A monthly look at what's scheduled to be added to the catalogues of streaming services Netflix Canada, Shomi and CraveTV:

TOP PICKS

CraveTV's launch of its Top 20 Halloween Episodes Collection is bound to inspire thrills, chills and laughs. Beginning Oct. 5, viewers will be able to watch 20 popular Halloween-themed episodes from such series as "South Park," "True Blood," "The Big Bang Theory," "Community," "Veronica Mars" and "Grimm."

CraveTV will also feature "The Roast of Rob Lowe" on Oct. 7 and the music doc "The Rolling Stones Ole Ole Ole!: A Trip Across Latin America" on Oct. 14. Season 4 of the Showtime drama "Ray Donovan" starts Oct. 21, with "fixer" Ray (Liev Schreiber) trying to return to the fold of his family and his church in the wake of his confession to Father Romero (Leland Orser, "Taken"). At the end of the month the streaming service will focus on world champion boxer Muhammad Ali, with a profile and collection of his greatest fights.

Shomi has announced it will shut down on Nov. 30, but new content is still being streamed. The miniseries "Casual Vacancy," based on the novel of the same name by J.K. Rowling, premieres Oct. 14. The 2015 British series, directed by Jonny Campbell from a screenplay by Sarah Phelps, centres around conflicts in a typical English village. Young viewers can binge on the animated "Scooby-Doo!" series, with a dozen titles available.

Netflix premieres "Joy," the David O. Russell film starring Jennifer Lawrence about the rise of the title character as she founds a family business dynasty. The film, which netted Lawrence a Golden Globe for best acting along with an Oscar nomination, streams on Oct. 1.

Here are the lists of movies and TV shows that are expected this month:

NETFLIX

Oct. 1

"A Life Less Ordinary"

"All Good Things"

"And So It Goes"

"Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts"

"Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem"

"Casanova"

"Deadpool"

"Drive Me Crazy"

"Flintstones and the WWE: The Stone Age Smackdown"

"Food, Inc."

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year"

"Joy"

"Kill Bill: Vol. 1"

"Kill Bill: Vol. 2"

"Lego: Justice League vs. Bizarro League"

"Mars Needs Moms!"

"Masha's Spooky Stories" (season 1)

"Miracle"

"Romeo + Juliet"

"Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness"

"Teen Titans Go!"

"The Counselor"

"The Mighty Ducks"

"The Parent Trap"

"The Prestige"

"The Town"

"The Waterboy"

"Under the Tuscan Sun"

Oct. 4

"The Good Wife" (season 7)

Oct. 5

"From Dusk Till Dawn" (season 3, new episodes weekly)

Oct. 6

"No Good Deed"

Oct. 7

"13th"

"Dinotrux" (season 3)

"Russell Peters: Almost Famous"

"The Ranch" (season 1, part 2)

"The Siege of Jadotville"

Oct. 10

"Horrible Bosses 2"

"Kuromukuro" (season 2)

Oct. 12

"Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids"

"No Men Beyond This Point"

"Queen Mimi"

Oct. 13

"Mascots"

Oct. 14

"Haters Back Off!" (season 1)

"Project MC2" (season 3)

"Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang"

Oct. 15

"Being George Clooney"

"Glitch" (season 1)

"Inside the World's Toughest Prisons" (series 1)

"Sky"

Oct. 16

"You May Not Kiss the Bride"

Oct. 17

"Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day"

Oct. 18

"The Switch"

Oct. 19

"Miles Ahead"

"The First Monday in May"

"The Lobster"

Oct. 20

"I Saw the Light"

Oct. 21

"Black Mirror" (season 3, part 1)

"District 9"

"Joe Rogan: Triggered"

"Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories"

"The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show" (season 3)

"Vampire Diaries" (season 7)

"Word Party" (season 2)

Oct. 22

"The Man Who Knew Infinity"

Oct. 26

"Supergirl" (season 1)

"Viva"

"Wentworth" (season 4)

Oct. 27

"Fury"

Oct. 28

"7 Anos"

"I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House"

"Into the Inferno"

"Skylanders Academy" (season 1)

"Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park: Europe"

Oct. 31

"Chewing Gum" (season 1)

SHOMI

Oct. 1

"Aloha, Scooby-Doo!"

"Batman & Robin"

"Batman Returns"

"Batman Forever"

"Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!"

"The Fountain"

"Gothika"

"Insomnia"

"Lethal Weapon, Director's Cut"

"Natural Born Killers"

"Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders"

"Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost"

"Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island"

"Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo"

"Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King"

"Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare"

"Wonder Woman"

Oct. 7

"What's New Scooby-Doo" (season 3)

"Limitless" (season 1)

"Parks and Recreation" (season 7)

"Beerfest"

"The Believers"

"Buba Hotel"

"Cake"

"Death Race"

"Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters"

"October Sky"

"Scooby-Doo! Franken Creepy"

Oct. 12

"Fresh Off the Boat" (season 3)

Oct. 14

"Casual Vacancy" (miniseries)

"Falling Skies" (season 4)

"Mars Attacks!"

"Monsters vs. Aliens"

"Return of the Living Dead"

"Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals"

"Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery"

"Talented Mr. Ripley"

"Warm Bodies"

Oct. 18

"Jane the Virgin" (season 3)

Oct. 21

"Satisfaction" (season 2)

"Vikings" (season 4)

"Dragon Fly"

"Carrie 2: The Rage"

"Justice League: Throne of Atlantis"

"Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"

"The Rover"

"Save the Last Dance"

Oct. 28

"Devil"

"Jeepers Creepers 2"

"Last House on the Left"

"Psycho II"

"The Unborn"

"Wrong Turn"

CRAVETV

Oct. 5

"Top 20 Halloween Episodes Collection"

"The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (season 1, episode 21)

Oct. 7

"Salem" (season 2)

"Legends" (season 2)

"The Roast of Rob Lowe"

"Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle"

"Roadies" (season 1)

Oct. 14

"Martin Lawrence: Doin' Time: Uncut"

"Jersey Shore" (seasons 1-6)

"Beavis & Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection" (seasons 1-3)

"The Rolling Stones Ole Ole Ole!: A Trip Across Latin America"

"The Meltdown With Johah and Kumail" (season 2)

Oct. 21

"Ray Donovan" (season 4)

"The Librarians" (season 2)

Oct. 28

"The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth" (season 1, episode 22)

"This Is Not Happening"

"Ali vs."

"Cassius Clay's Greatest Hits"

"Ringside: Ali"

"Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee"

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