Stuff To Watch This Week (Oct 25-31, 2021)
It’s Halloween weekend! Killer doll Chucky has a new TV series; James Seah gives the legend of Justice Bao a supernatural twist.
Catch five pilots that incorporate CGI, AR and other digital tools in their narratives. Among them: Justice Boo, a supernatural reimagining of the famous dark-skinned Chinese judge starring James Seah, from the creators of Mind Jumpers and Last Madame.
Watch it on: Fri, meWATCH
Three young people — a loner (Chen Yixi), a science geek (Jamil Schulze) and a psychic (Estelle Lim) — battle monsters from an alternate dimension (which is basically what everyone’s experiencing for the last 18 months). Think Stranger Things, but set in Singapore. Kinda.
Watch it on: meWATCH
Anthology of scary tales adapted from the works of Singaporean writers from Wattpad, featuring the likes of the Pontianak, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face Guardians of Hell and the Penanggalan. Is this the new Incredible Tales? Click here for other ‘Screamapura’ offerings to catch this Halloween weekend.
Watch it on: Sat, meWATCH
Everyone’s favourite curmudgeon Larry David is back with more nitpicks and names for social faux pas (in the 40-minute season premiere, there’s something called ‘plopped’).Watch it on: Mon, HBO Go
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Ex-SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis returns to host, with Brandi Carlie as musical guest (performances available in encores) and cameos from Oscar Isaac, Emily Ratajkowski and Succession’s Nicholas Braun. Watch Jason’s very Ted Lasso-ish opening monologue here:
Watch it on: Paramount Network (Singtel TV Ch 418), Tue, 10pm
Photo: NBC
Six sequels, one reboot and a video game later, Chucky the demonic doll finally gets his first TV series executive produced by creator Don Mancini. First three episdoes, with subsequent ones dropping every Wednesday, 9.45pm, same day as the US.Watch it on: Rock Entertainment (Singtel TV Ch 318, StarHub Ch 509), Sun, 9pm
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Set before the events of Army of the Dead, this zombie-free (maybe) prequel centres around safe-cracker Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer, who also directs the movie) as he joins a mysterious woman (Fast & Furious 7’s Nathalie Emmanuel) in a series of bank heists across Europe.Watch it on: Netflix, Fri
Photos: Stanislav Honzik/Netflix