There are numerous hit TV shows that explore our fears of how the world will end, whether it’s a zombie plague The Walking Dead, nuclear war in Fallout, or a deadly pandemic in Station Eleven. Craig Mazin added to that trend as co-showrunner of The Last of Us,but before he adapted Naughty Dog’s game about fungal zombies, he wrote an even scarier show for HBO.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps jumps from Earth 828 to Disney Plus, offering another chance to do your MCU homework ahead of Avengers: Doomsday. Meanwhile, Frankenstein movies are often Halloween fare, but Guillermo del Toro treats the story of a mad scientist building a monster as a deeply emotional Gothic fairy tale. After a limited theatrical run, Netflix releases the Creature onto streaming this weekend.