What’s coming to Paramount+ in November 2021?
What’s available on Paramount+ on November 1?
Addams Family Values – Honestly, doing a double feature of the ‘90s Addams Family movies is always recommended—but the sequel, starring the incomparable Joan Cusack, is endlessly entertaining on its own.
Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh – It has nothing on the original which is probably why Bill Condon’s horror sequel was set aside for Nia DaCosta’s 2021 film to take its place as a spiritual successor. Still, it stars Veronica Cartwright who always gives 110%.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again! – In this 1972 sequel to cult horror-comedy The Abominable Dr. Phibes, the diabolical doc (horror legend Vincent Price in excellently campy form) returns—nay, rises—from the sarcophagus where he’s been hiding out since unleashing vengeful chaos in the first film. Still hellbent on resurrecting his beloved wife, this time he turns to the secrets of ancient Egypt to try and bring her back.
Friday The 13th Part II, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Friday The 13th Part VI : Jason Lives, Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan – If you’re still jonesing for a horror marathon after October 31, there’s this classic slasher series. We’re missing the original (and a few others) here, but seeing as how the sequel was really the introduction to Jason Voorhees anyway, you won’t be lost without it if you start there. Good luck with the rest?
Kate & Leopold – Stop us if you’ve heard this before: James Mangold directs Hugh Jackman as a long-living loner that… wait, this isn’t a movie about Wolverine? Jackman plays a 19th-century duke who falls through a time portal and in love with Meg Ryan?? His ancestor’s ex-girlfriend??? And that ancestor is Liev Schrieber????
Resident Evil – With several new takes on Capcom’sclassic horror video game series in the mix this year, now might be a good time to revisit the original live-action film, which is actually very good. Written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, the film stars Milla Jovovich (who would later marry the director and they’d make many beautiful and ridiculous movies together), Michelle Rodriguez, Colin Salmon, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, and Martin Crewes.
Star Trek – It’s time for a next generation… but not that one. J.J. Abrams goes back to give us a new version of the classic Star Trek crew, as Jim Kirk has to survive getting almost kicked out of Starfleet Academy before he can go save the day from time-traveling Romulans.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Tim Burton’s take on the musical classic brings with it the usual Burtonisms of twee dark fantasy and a now-unfortunate quantity of Johnny Depp, who stars as the titular murderous barber.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre II – Leatherface is back, and meat’s back on the menu, as the cannibalistic Sawyer family returns to wreak chainsaw-based havoc across Texas—and… the state chili cook-off? If you want to know more, we recently did a retro review.
The Fifth Element – The eye-candy that is The Fifth Element has no competition. Besides its over-the-top cast of Milla Jovovich, Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker, comic artists Jean “Moebius” Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières worked on production design and Jean-Paul Gaultier did costumes. Did we mention the alien opera singer? Worth the price of admission.
The Fly – It might be a little late for Halloween, but David Cronenberg’s remake of the iconic horror movie asks you to consider the scariest idea of them all: what if Jeff Goldblum became a very gross human-fly hybrid?
The Prestige – So many Marvel and DC stars in one film that has nothing to do with superheroes and everything to do with science, passion, and obsession. Bonus: David Bowie as Nikola Tesla.
What’s available on Paramount+ on November 17?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – The second film in the maligned (and seemingly now very dead) live-action/CG reboot of the venerable pizza-loving ninja turtles pairs Shredder up with beloved villains Baxter Stockman, Bebop, and Rocksteady thanks to the deadly mutagenic virus that can transform people into animal hybrids.
What Paramount+ Originals are available on Paramount+ on November 10?
Clifford the Big Red Dog — Paramount Film Premiere – The beloved dog/kaiju of children’s book fame leaps out the page and into significantly more distressing CG live-action, as a young girl finds herself having to keep her giant-sized adoptive pet out of the hands of a sinister genetics company.
What Paramount+ Originals are available on Paramount+ on November 18?
Star Trek: Discovery, Season 4 premiere – Michael Burnham (sorry, Captain Michael Burnham) and the Discovery crew are back, and a new threat is plunging the 31st century into chaos. Can the new captain on the bridge rally her friends and stop a mysterious anomaly from tearing worlds apart? Hopefully yes, otherwise Discovery season four will probably be pretty short.
What Paramount+ Originals are available on Paramount+ on November 25?
South Park: Post Covid – This brand new, hour-long South Park movie is exclusive to Paramount+, and the first of 14 Trey Parker and Matt Stone will deliver over the next seven years. You can guess at the topic.
