Dark days ahead on Netflix

Before the holiday season officially sets in and you’re left with a craving to watch terrible Christmas movies, settle in with a few more adventurous options.

Both Netflix (with the new series Dark) and CraveTV ( with the short- lived Ten Days in the Valley) take turns at the so- overdoneit’s- become- cliché television premise: a child goes missing, and in their hunt to find him/ her, families uncover some terrible secrets about their town instead.

Or, perhaps more wisely, opt for Reese Witherspoon, who chooses to get a little lost in Wild ( Netflix), finding herself on a far superior version of the Eat Pray Love journey, co- starring the always flawless Laura Dern.

Here’s all that’s new to streaming services this week:

NETFLIX

❚ Nov. 27 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ( Season 7)

❚ Nov. 28 Glitch ( Season 2) Good Morning Call ( Season 2) Prison Playbook ( Season 1)

❚ Nov. 30 State of Play

❚ Dec. 1 A StoryBots Christmas All Hail King Julien ( Season 5) Before I Fall Chelsea ( Season 2) Dark ( Season 1) Diana: In Her Own Words DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays Easy ( Season 2) Enemy Mine Exodus: Gods and Kings Gods or Men Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story Hired Gun Monster Island My Happy Family – Netflix Film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Our Man Flint Sinister 2 Slap Shot Sleeping with the Enemy Table 19 TURN: Washington’s Spies ( Season 4) Under the Same Moon Voyeur Wild Wilson

❚ Dec. 2 Temple The Survivalist

❚ Dec. 3 Lost & Found Music Studios ( Season 2)

CRAVE TV

❚ Dec. 1 Ten Days in the Valley Orny Adams: More Than Loud A Season with a Navy Football ( Episode 11) The Beaverton ( Season 2, Episode 5) 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony

❚ Dec. 3 SMILF ( Season 1, Episode 5) White Famous ( Season 1, Episode 9)

YOUR OFF- THE- BEAT RECOMMENDATION

Voyeur on Netflix

This Netflix Original Documentary examines the lurid tale of a real- life motel owner who secretly spied on his guests for decades through fake ventilation grills he had built into each room — like a modern- day Norman Bates.