This bay is about to make a complete lot of widows.
In Below, “big‑hearted but stubborn” fisherman Calvin Penney (Josh Hartnett) is haunted by his father’s “mysterious” death a long time earlier, per Netflix. When an “unidentified sea creature” begins terrorizing his small Newfoundland hometown, “Calvin must fight to carry his close-knit community together.”
The teaser trailer for Below is posted, well, below.
“Determined to maintain his son Wade (Charlie Heaton) and the remainder of his family secure, [Calvin] teams up with a visiting marine researcher (Mackenzie Davis) to confront the creature and reveal the island’s buried secrets before it’s too late,” the streamer’s synopsis continues. “Mixing local myth, thrilling suspense, and heartfelt humour, this twisty six-part limited series dives into themes of family, community, and alter — each terrifying and inevitable.”
Remember, this can be a Canadian thing — in order that “humour” isn’t any typo.
The press materials for Below specify that the series is not supernatural. So there’s, like, an actual sea monster here. Also, the note might be there to indicate the way it is not Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay. (Not that there’s anything improper with that: Widow’s Bay recently received 19 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, probably the most for any latest series.) Either way, you’re probably going to wish to stay out of the waters north of the Jersey Shore this 12 months — especially when the fog rolls in.
Jesse McKeown is the creator and showrunner of Below. He executive produces with Harnett, Jessica Rhoades (through her company Pacesetter), Chris Hatcher, Jamie Childs, Louise Sutton and Sharon Hall. Below, filed on location in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, also stars Ruby Stokes, Kaleb Horn, Rohan Campbell and Willow Kean.
Below will open TIFF’s (again, Canadian) 2026 primetime program on Sept. 10 — its world premiere. The series debuts on Netflix on Oct. 8.
Watch the teaser: