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Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi finally lands release date for new horror series

Someone chuck us a pumpkin emoji.

Doctor Who favourite Peter Capaldi's horror miniseries The Devil's Hour will officially premiere on Friday, October 28.

This release date seems appropriate for such a hair-raising tale, and fans will be able to stream it over on Prime Video.

Capaldi stars as Gideon, a nomad with a murderous obsession, while Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife) joins him as Lucy, who wakes up every single night at precisely 3.33am – the devil's hour – suffering from unspeakable visions.

peter capaldi, the devil's hour
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Created by Tom Moran (The Feed) and executive produced by Steven Moffat (Sherlock), the Scottish actor previously teased of the new series: "The nature of the piece is quite spectacularly dark and that can be quite enjoyable.

"Everything starts with the scripts and Tom's scripts were wonderful and inventive and such a brilliant idea at the core. Kind of an aspect of it is that you should listen to your nightmares, because they may be communicating with you in some way."

On his reclusive character's relationship with Lucy and her young son, Capaldi explained: "Jess plays a character who Gideon has absolutely targeted. He is coming for her, he is coming for her child, he will not be stopped.

"But the reason that he's doing it is not what you think... or maybe it is."

jessica raine, the devil's hour
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If you can't wait until Halloween-time to plant eyes on Capaldi, though, simply pay a visit to Netflix where his latest film Benediction a biopic on the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon – recently began streaming.

The Devil's Hour premieres October 28 on Amazon Prime Video.

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