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October 2025: Star-Studded Films Tackle Beauty, True Crime, and Horror

9/5/2025

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*Shell*, directed by Max Minghella, stars Kate Hudson and Elisabeth Moss, exploring beauty standards and sacrifice, releasing October 3, 2025.
*Monster: The Ed Gein Story*, featuring Charlie Hunnam, premieres on Netflix the same day, addressing Gein's legacy and true crime sensationalism.
*The Conjuring: Last Rites* is expected to earn over $40 million domestically, focusing on Ed and Lorraine Warren's 1980s case, releasing this weekend.
Guillermo del Toro's *Frankenstein* opens in select theaters on October 17 and on Netflix November 7, starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein.

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*Shell*, directed by Max Minghella, stars Kate Hudson and Elisabeth Moss, exploring beauty standards and sacrifice, releasing October 3, 2025.
*Monster: The Ed Gein Story*, featuring Charlie Hunnam, premieres on Netflix the same day, addressing Gein's legacy and true crime sensationalism.
*The Conjuring: Last Rites* is expected to earn over $40 million domestically, focusing on Ed and Lorraine Warren's 1980s case, releasing this weekend.
Guillermo del Toro's *Frankenstein* opens in select theaters on October 17 and on Netflix November 7, starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein.