This week's clearest anchor is a horror-comedy hybrid landing on Apple TV+: Widow's Bay, starring Matthew Rhys as the mayor of a small, possibly cursed New England town, premieres its first episode on April 29 with Kate O'Flynn, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey and Stephen Root rounding out the cast, drawing praise for its performances and tonal balance.
Hokum, a horror feature directed by Damian McCarthy (Caveat, Oddity), starring Adam Scott as a novelist consumed by stories of a witch haunting a remote inn's honeymoon suite, reaches Australian release around April 30, close enough to this week to anchor a genre pick for horror audiences.
Looking just ahead, The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens May 1, reuniting Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt for a story built around a media industry in crisis rather than a fashion-world retread, making it the week's biggest anticipated arrival even though it lands just outside this specific window.
For a straightforward pick this week: Widow's Bay suits viewers wanting a fresh horror-comedy series premiere, Hokum is the pick for genre audiences wanting a straight horror feature, and anyone planning ahead should mark May 1 for The Devil Wears Prada 2's ensemble reunion.
