There’s Fabulous Lives v/s Bollywood Wives for those chasing drama and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice for a twisted laugh. If danger’s your game, roll the dice with Snakes & Ladders or get tangled in the intrigue of The Devil’s Hour Season 2. Paris Has Fallen brings action, while Woman of the Hour cuts deep. It’s all out there—yours for the taking.
OTT Titles Dropping This Week (October 18-24, 2024)
1. The Devil’s Hour Season 2
Created by: Tom Moran
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The clock’s ticking again in The Devil’s Hour, and Lucy, Isaac, and Gideon are right in the thick of it. Life’s already rough, but when strange things start happening—things that don’t belong in the daylight—they have no choice but to ride the storm and see where it breaks.
2. Paris Has Fallen
Created by: Howard Overman
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Lionsgate Play
In Paris Has Fallen, a protection officer finds himself in a game where the rules keep shifting. Framed, hunted, and short on friends, he’s forced to join hands with an MI6 agent to unravel a conspiracy that could blow the French capital sky-high. The stakes are high, and the clock’s not slowing down.
3. Snakes & Ladders
Created by: Kamala Alchemis, Dhivakar Kamal
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Snakes & Ladders drops you into the kind of trouble you don’t walk away from clean. Four reckless kids stumble into a mess thick with gangsters and cops, and the only way out is straight through the middle. It’s fast, messy, and dangerous.
4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Directed by: Tim Burton
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: BookMyshow Stream
In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Lydia Deetz’s world twists sideways. Betelgeuse is back, and when he shows up, life doesn’t just go off track—it jumps the rails. With Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and others along for the ride, it’s a wild, dark dance between the living and the dead.
5. 1000 Babies
Directed by: Najeem Koya
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
A man with a past sharp enough to cut keeps pulling strings from the shadows. Cryptic letters, deadly games—he’s in control, and nobody knows it until it’s too late. Neena Gupta and Rahman headline this slow-burn thriller from Najeem Koya, rolling out in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, and more.
6. Woman of the Hour
Directed by: Anna Kendrick
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Netflix
Woman of the Hour is coming out on October 18. It’s a tight, edge-of-your-seat ride where ambition meets danger. Anna Kendrick plays a young actress chasing fame, but fate hands her something darker—a serial killer, hiding in plain sight on a dating show. The stakes? Her life.
7. The Apprentice
Directed by: Ali Abbasi
Release Date: 18 October
Where to Watch: Theatres
Sebastian Stan steps into the shoes of Donald Trump in a biopic directed by Ali Abbasi. It digs into Trump’s climb through the cutthroat world of real estate, with a crooked hand from prosecutor Roy Cohn. Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan, and Maria Bakalova round out the cast, all caught in the shadows of ambition and power.
8. Rivals
Directed by: Elliot Hegarty
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Rivals pulls you back to the ’80s, where egos clash and power is the prize. A politician and a TV station owner lock horns, their feud rippling through the lives around them like a bad storm that won’t quit. This eight-part series adapts Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel, delivering scandal, intrigue, and betrayal.
9. Fabulous Lives v/s Bollywood Wives
Directed by: Uttam Ramakrishna Domale
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: Netflix
The third season of Fabulous Lives is back, and this time the claws are out between Mumbai’s glitterati and Delhi’s high-society queens. Bhavana Panday, Maheep Kapoor, Neelam Kothari Soni, and Seema Sajdeh return, but now they’ve got new company—Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Shalini Passi, and Kalyani Saha Chawla, socialites with more shine than a diamond mine. It’s drama wrapped in silk, and it’s hitting Netflix this Friday.
10. Krispy Rishtey
Directed by: Jagat Singh
Release Date: 18 October
Streaming Platform: JioCinema
In this romance, a young man marries the woman his family picks, but the match feels colder than last winter’s ashes. When he finally spills the truth, his wife takes matters into her own hands, setting off on a wild mission to track down his childhood love and patch up his heart—whether he likes it or not.
11. Family Pack
Directed by: François Uzan
Release Date: 23 October
Streaming Platform: Netflix
Family Pack is landing on Netflix October 23. A French fantasy comedy directed by François Uzan, it stars Franck Dubosc, Jean Reno, and Suzanne Clément. One roll of a strange board game, and a family is whisked into a medieval world crawling with werewolves.
Conclusion
This week’s OTT lineup is a mixed bag, sharp enough to cut every which way. There’s The Devil’s Hour if you like your suspense taut and your nerves frayed, or Paris Has Fallen for a hit of action with a side of mystery. Comedies, fantasies, and thrillers—all lined up, waiting to grab you by the collar. With standout performances and plots that twist like a knife, the stories run deep. So pour a drink, settle in, and let the screen do the talking.
FAQs
1. What are the major OTT releases this week (October 18-24, 2024)?
This week, major releases include The Devil’s Hour Season 2 on Amazon Prime, Paris Has Fallen on Lionsgate Play, Woman of the Hour on Netflix, and Fabulous Lives v/s Bollywood Wives Season 3 on Netflix.
2. Is there any new romantic content this week?
Yes, Krispy Rishtey on JioCinema brings a heartwarming romance where a man’s wife sets out to help him reconnect with his childhood love.
3. Is there any new documentary or reality show release?
This week’s reality content includes Fabulous Lives v/s Bollywood Wives Season 3, which returns with more drama between Mumbai’s socialites and Delhi’s high-society queens.
4. Are there any family-friendly options in this week’s releases?
Yes, Family Pack, a French fantasy comedy on Netflix, offers a fun adventure for the whole family, where a board game transports them to a medieval world filled with werewolves.
Amit Gupta is a 2016 graduate of Delhi University, India. After working over a decade as an additional writer at TheScoopVilla, he decided to start his own news publication. He mainly focuses on Bollywood News, Hindi and South Indian Movies, Web series articles and editorials. He likes to cooking and play cricket in his free time. Follow On Facebook.