Netflix is finally making one of TV’s best sci-fi horror series easier to watch. Originally premiering in 2022 on Epix (now MGM+), the show follows a group of strangers trapped in a mysterious small town they can’t escape. As they struggle to survive and find a way out, terrifying, smiling creatures emerge from the surrounding forest at night to hunt them. But that’s only part of the nightmare: they soon discover their situation is even more terrible than they imagined.
From, which boasts an average critics’ score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, last aired toward the end of June, with a twisty finale that left the townspeople with an even more terrifying fate and once again dashed their hopes of ever finding a way home. Harold Perrineauleads the bingeable series as Boyd Stevens, the town’s self-appointed sheriff, who does his best to get everyone home.Eion Bailey, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Alpay,Ricky He, Elizabeth Saunders, Scott McCord, and Chloe Van Landschoot also star.
From is officially coming to Netflix months ahead of its fifth and final season. However, there’s a catch: the streamer will carry only the first three seasons for a limited time. That said, Netflix announced on X (formerly Twitter) that From arrives on October 19, 2026, as part of a short-term licensing deal. The move is part of a promotional window in anticipation of Season 5, set to air on MGM+ in 2027. Season 4 unfortunately isn’t included in the deal, but viewers can watch it on MGM+ along with Seasons 1-3.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes What Is Your Biggest Horror Nightmare? Elm Street · Chucky · Scream · The Conjuring
Four horror franchises. Four completely different ways of scaring you. One waits until you fall asleep. One makes sure nobody believes you. One is already in your group of friends. And one is in the house with your family. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually watch horror, and find out which nightmare was built for you.
😴Elm Street(Freddy Krueger)
🧸Chucky(Child’s Play)
📞Scream(Ghostface)
🕯️The Conjuring(The Warren Files)
01
Which horror scene makes you cover your eyes? Four classic images. One of them is worse than the others for you.
02
You are home alone and you hear a noise. First thought? Everybody has one. It arrives before you have decided anything.
03
Which horror movie rule would you break first? Everybody thinks they would survive. Almost nobody actually does.
04
Something genuinely frightening happens. What do you do? Not in a film. In your actual living room, tonight.
05
How do you actually watch a horror film? Be honest about this one. Nobody is checking.
06
Somebody offers you serious money. Which do you still refuse? The amount does not matter. There is one on this list you are not doing.
07
Which feeling stays with you a week after the film? Good horror does not stop when the credits do.
08
Something wakes you at 3am. What is the worst possibility? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides your nightmare.
The Lights Just Went Out Your Nightmare Is…
Four franchises, four completely different ways of getting underneath
your skin. This is the one built out of your particular fear, why it works so well on you, and what
it would leave behind.
A Nightmare on Elm Street · Since 1984
Elm Street
Your nightmare does not wait outside the door. It waits for you
to close your eyes, which you are going to have to do eventually, because nobody has ever
won that particular argument.
Freddy is horror’s cruellest idea: a threat that lives in the one place you cannot
guard, cannot lock, and cannot avoid forever.
You are the one who is fine during the film and wide awake at two in the morning. Your
own head is where this does its damage.
These films understood exhaustion as a horror engine. The kids on Elm Street do not lose
because they are weak. They lose because they are tired.
You can lock every door in the house. You still have to sleep.
Child’s Play · Chucky · Since 1988
Chucky
Your nightmare is not really the doll. It is the face of the
person you tell, and the way they decide, very kindly, that you have imagined all of it.
Chucky works precisely because he is absurd. That is the trap: the more accurately you
describe him, the less anybody is going to believe you.
You are the one shouting at the screen because the characters are not listening. You
know that feeling from real life too.
The franchise is at its best when the adults in the room are the real obstacle, and you
have met those adults.
By the time somebody finally believes you, you will have handled most of it on your own.
Scream · Ghostface · Since 1996
Scream
Your nightmare has your number, knows your name, and has almost
certainly been inside your house before. The worst part is that you already know them.
Scream is the only one of these where the killer takes the mask off and turns out to be
somebody who was at the party.
You are the person who calls the twist out loud before it lands. You watch people the
same way you watch films.
The franchise made the rules of horror part of the plot, which means the survivors are
the ones paying attention. You would be paying attention.
Everybody is a suspect, including the person who just offered to walk you home.
The Conjuring · The Warren Files · Since 2013
The Conjuring
Your nightmare is not really about you. It is about the people
asleep down the hall, and the feeling that whatever is here is not interested in leaving.
The Conjuring films are domestic horror. The house, the family, the perfectly ordinary
room that quietly stops feeling ordinary.
Your instinct is to get everybody into one room. Your fear is protective rather than
personal, which is rarer than it sounds.
This is the one franchise where belief is the weapon. The people who come through it are
the ones who are not alone and refuse to be.
Whatever is here did not come for you. It came for the household, and you are the one
standing in the hallway.
When Does ‘From’ Season 5 Premiere?
The mystery series was renewed for Season 5on April 15, 2026, less than a week before Season 4 premiered. An exact premiere date hasn’t been announced, but production began in early July in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is expected to wrap on November 28. From star Ricky He, who plays Deputy Kenny Liu, marked the start of Season 5 production with an Instagram post captioned, “We’re starting to shoot season 5 btw,” playfully adding “anghkookies.” “Anghkookies” is an amusing reference to the word “anghkooey,” which holds major significance in the show’s lore. Co-star Hannah Cheramy, who portrays rebellious and confused teenager Julie Matthews, also confirmed the news in an Instagram Story featuring several fan-favorite cast members gathered around a table, each studying their own screen, likely reviewing scripts.
From Season 5 premieres in 2027, while Seasons 1–3 arrive on Netflix next week.
Release Date
February 20, 2022
Network
Epix, MGM+
Directors
Jack Bender, Brad Turner, Alexandra La Roche, Bruce McDonald, Jeff Renfroe
Writers
Vivian Lee, Kristen Layden, Brigitte Hales, Jeff Pinkner, John Griffin
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