Josh Hartnett fights a sea monster in ‘Below’ on Netflix
Josh Hartnett fights a sea monster in ‘Below’ on Netflix
All six episodes drop Thursday, Oct. 8, with Hartnett playing a Newfoundland fisherman facing something very strange in the water.
Something sinister is lurking beneath the waters off Newfoundland in Netflix’s new thriller series Below.” Premiering Thursday, Oct. 8, the six-episode limited series stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, a stubborn fisherman who must protect his family and community after a mysterious sea creature begins terrorizing their coastal town. Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton co-star in the suspenseful drama, which blends creature-feature thrills with local folklore, family secrets, and a community fighting to preserve its disappearing way of life. As is the streamer’s custom, all six episodes will premiere at once, and you can watch them all with a subscription to Netflix.
How to watch ‘Below’
- When: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, at 3 a.m. ET
- TV: Netflix
- Stream: Watch with a subscription to Netflix.
- From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a VPN.
Everything you need to know about ‘Below’
When will ‘Below’ come out on Netflix?
The whole series (six episodes) drops on Netflix on Thursday, Oct. 8. That means you can get your spooky season binge on. Something strange is in the water; there’s a giant sea creature terrorizing a town in Newfoundland, and Josh Hartnett is trying to figure it all out.
Why watch ‘Below’ on Netflix?
Because it’s the only place you can watch it. “Below” is a Netflix original series, so you’ll need a subscription to watch it. Tara and I have the $9 per month plan with ads (we usually don’t mind the commercials), but you can go ad-free for $20 per month, and upgrade to 4K and HDR for $27 per month.
Can you watch ‘Below’ for free?
Nope. At this moment, Netflix doesn’t offer a free trial in the U.S., so there’s no good way to watch “Below” for free when it drops. Now, that doesn’t mean Netflix won’t eventually introduce a free trial here. They are currently testing free trials in other territories so here’s hoping that eventually spreads to the U.S. But for now, you’ll need a subscription.
Netflix
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Watch the trailer for ‘Below’
What is ‘Below’ about?
“Below” follows Calvin Penney (Josh Hartnett) as a fisherman in a small town in Newfoundland. He’s still got questions about his father’s death a few decades earlier, when something in the water starts attacking the community. Calvin’s got a son, Wade (Charlie Heaton), he needs to protect, and he teams up with a marine researcher, Fonda Howander (Mackenzie Davis) to figure out what exactly they’re dealing with.
So there’s the mystery of what kind of monster this is. But there’s also a deeper question: why this island? What secrets are the island and the people who have made a life here hiding? So you get a big monster problem, along with a deep mythology, family drama, and thriller in a very unique location all rolled into one. For Halloween, there’s nothing better!
Below
When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman and his family fight to protect their close-knit community.