Image: Kindred promotional poster/FX on Hulu
Octavia Butler, the venerable science fiction writer and futurist, died unexpectedly in 2006. That spared her from witnessing just how terrifyingly prescient was her 1993 post-apocalyptic novel The Parable of the Sower. But it also robbed her of seeing her work, once relegated to the fringes of genre fiction, embraced by the wider critical community—and adapted for television.
Though the likes of Ava DuVernay and Nnedi Okorafor have attempted to bring Butler’s overtly science-fictional novels Dawn and Wild Seed to the screen, respectively, another adaptation made it to the finish line first. Kindred, based on the author’s challenging, bestselling 1979 time-travel fantasy, arrives on Hulu on Dec. 13. As you can see from the trailer, it looks like absolute fire:
Kindred - Official Trailer I IFC Midnight
Brought to the screen by Pulitzer-nominated playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the series follows a young Black woman named Dara (Mallori Johnson) who has just moved into a new home with her white husband Kevin (Micah Stock) when she starts experiencing repeated, uncontrollable, and inexplicable hallucinations—or more than that—of horrific events that befell her enslaved ancestors more than a hundred years earlier. The narrative is both a satisfying, centuries-spanning thriller and a fearless exploration of the horrific conditions under which countless Black American slaves suffered and died, and the adaptation seems poised to bring it to the screen to powerful effect.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in December 2022.
What’s coming to Hulu in December 2022
Arriving Dec. 1
Banyana: Complete Season 1 (dubbed)Big Brother: Complete Seasons 3 & 7Bleach: Complete Seasons 1-26 (Spanish subbed & dubbed)Floribama Shore: Complete Seasons 1-2Love Island US: Complete Seasons 1-3Project Runway: Complete Seasons 10,11,12 & 13The Real World: Complete Seasons 3 & 30Siesta Key: Complete Seasons 1-2A Chance for Christmas (2021)Anger Management (2003)Awakenings (1990)Bachelor Party Vegas (2006)Barney’s Version (2010)Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)Being Julia (2004)Brothers (2009)Christine (1983)The Da Vinci Code (2006)Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2006)Dawn Of The Dead (2004)Epic Movie (2007)Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)Final Destination (2000)Final Destination 2 (2003)Final Destination 3 (2006)The Final Destination (2009)Final Destination 5 (2011)Good Kids (2016)The Good Witch of Christmas (2022)Hancock (2008)The Happening (2008)I, Frankenstein (2014)I’m Glad It’s Christmas (2022)Liar, Liar (1997)The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)Machine Gun Preacher (2011)Marmaduke (2010)Never Back Down (2008)Only You (1994)Pathfinder (2005)Picture Perfect (1997)Pulling Strings (2013)The Rider (2018)Rio (2011)The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)The Scout (1994)Stomp The Yard: Homecoming (2010)This Christmas (2007)Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)Wall Street (1987)White Men Can’t Jump (1992)Witless Protection (2008)Arriving Dec. 2
Darby and the Dead (2022)American Carnage (2021)Gone in the Night (2022)Arriving Dec. 3
Arriving Dec. 5
Back in the Groove: Two-Episode Series PremiereHousebroken: Special Holiday EpisodesArriving Dec. 7
Connect: Complete Season 1Arriving Dec. 8
The Night House (2020)Proximity (2020)Arriving Dec. 9
It’s A Wonderful Binge (2022)The Mighty Ones: Complete Season 4CMA Country Christmas: Special PremiereFate of a Sport (2022)My Favorite Girlfriend (2022)White Elephant (2022)Arriving Dec. 10
Arriving Dec. 11
Retrograde (2022)Rogue (2020)Arriving Dec. 12
Batman Begins (2005)Blackfish (2013)Dunkirk (2017)Inception (2010)Insomnia (2002)The Dark Knight (2008)The Dark Knight Rises (2012)Arriving Dec. 13
FX’s Kindred: Complete Season 1Arriving Dec. 14
Grails: When Sneakers Changed the Game: Complete Limited SeriesArriving Dec. 15
A Very Backstreet Holiday: Special PremiereAly Raisman: Darkness to Light: SpecialBiography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne: SpecialBraxton Family Values: Complete Seasons 1-3Bridezillas: Complete Seasons 10-11Class of 1975: Gene Simmons: SpecialThe First 48: Complete Seasons 1-2The Food That Built the World: Complete Season 3Freddie Mercury: SpecialGrowing Up Hip Hop: Complete Seasons 1-3Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta: Complete Seasons 1-3Guns N’ Roses: SpecialThe Hunt for the Versace Killer: Complete Season 1I Survived a Serial Killer: Complete Season 1Love at First Sight: Complete Season 1Mama June: From Not to Hot: Complete Seasons 1-2Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48: Complete Season 1Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars: Complete Seasons 4, 5, 7 & 8Married at First Sight: Complete Season 14Million Dollar Matchmaker: Complete Seasons 1-2O.J.: Guilty in Vegas: SpecialSecrets of Playboy: Complete Season 1Secrets of the Chippendale Murders: Complete Season 1Surviving Jeffrey Epstein: Complete Season 1The Private Voice of Hitler: SpecialThird Reich: The Fall: SpecialWaterfront House Hunting: Complete Season 1WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures: Complete Season 1360 (2011)Life Partners (2014)Arriving Dec. 16
Collide (2022)I Love My Dad (2022)Arriving Dec. 18
The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021)Arriving Dec. 19
Paranoia (2013)The Torch (2022)Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021)Arriving Dec. 20
Fear the Walking Dead: Complete Season 7Fear the Walking Dead en Espanol: Complete Season 7Arriving Dec. 21
Big Bet: Three-Episode Series PremiereLucifer and the Biscuit Hammer: Season 1, Eps. 1-12 (DUBBED)Arriving Dec. 23
Mack + Rita (2022)Sharp Stick (2022)Arriving Dec. 24
Breaking News: ABC Tracks Santa: LivestreamInside Airport Lost & Found: Special PremiereThe Hummingbird Project (2018)Arriving Dec. 25
The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade: LivestreamMfkz (2018)Arriving Dec. 26
Letterkenny: Complete Season 11Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Last Looks (2021)Arriving Dec. 27
The Devil is a Part-Timer!: Season 2, Eps. 1-12 (DUBBED)Arriving Dec. 30
Delia’s Gone (2022)Into the Deep (2022)The Last Journey of Paul W.R. (2020)Arriving Dec. 31
Enough Said (2013)Runner Runner (2013)New Year’s Eve: Times Square Ball Drop 2022: LivestreamWhat’s leaving Hulu in December 2022
Leaving Dec. 1
Leaving Dec. 14
All Good Things (2010)Nature Calls (2012)Leaving Dec. 31
8 Mile (2002)About Last Night (1986)About Time (2013)Adaptation. (2002)Along Came Polly (2004)America’s Sweethearts (2001)American Ultra (2015)An American Citizen (1992)Anaconda (1997)Another Earth (2011)Baby Boy (2001)Battle of the Year (2013)Beerfest (2006)Beyond JFK (1991)Billboard Dad (1999)Blade (1998)Blade 2 (2002)Blade: Trinity (2004)Blast From The Past (1999)Blazing Saddles (1974)Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)The Bounty Hunter (2010)The Call (2013)Casino (1995)Catch and Release (2006)Cedar Rapids (2011)City of Angels (1998)The Collection (2012)The Covenant (2006)Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)Dark Shadows (2012)Dawn Of The Dead (2004)The Descendants (2011)Desperado (1995)Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)Don’t Say A Word (2001)Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)Drive Angry 3D (2011)Evil Dead (2013)The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)Father of the Bride (1991)Father of the Bride II (1995)Final Destination (2000)Final Destination 2 (2003)Final Destination 3 (2006)The Final Destination (2009)Final Destination 5 (2011)Fired Up! (2009)The Fisher King (1991)Fright Night (2011)The Fugitive (1993)Gandhi (1982)Get Smart (2008)The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)The Good Shepherd (2006)The Gospel (2005)Grandma’s Boy (2006)The Green Hornet (2011)Hall Pass (2011)Hancock (2008)The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)He Got Game (1998)Higher Learning (1995)The Hulk (2003)I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)Julie & Julia (2009)Kusama: Infinity (2018)Labios Rojos (2011)Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole (2010)Looper (2012)Lords of Dogtown (2005)Lost In Space (1998)Mama (2013)The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)Maverick (1994)The New Age (1994)Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)Ninja Assassin (2009)Norman (2017)Not Another Teen Movie (2001)Notes on a Scandal (2006)O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)Open Water (2004)Passport to Paris (1999)The Patriot (2000)Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)Phantom (2013)The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)The Perfect Storm (2000)Philadelphia (1993)The Pirates! Band Of Misfits (2012)Pleasantville (1998)Poetic Justice (1993)Poseidon (2006)Punch-Drunk Love (2002)Q & A (1990)Robot And Frank (2012)The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)Shaun Of The Dead (2004)Short Circuit (1986)Silent Hill (2006)Sinister 2 (2015)The Sixth Sense (1999)The Smurfs (2011)The Smurfs 2 (2013)Snakes On A Plane (2006)Spanglish (2004)Spirit: Stallion Of Cimarron (2002)Stir Crazy (1980)Stripes (1981)Stripper (1986)Sunchaser (1996)Surf’s Up (2007)The Sweetest Thing (2002)Switching Goals (1999)Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)Terminator Salvation (2009)That Night (1993)This Christmas (2007)The Three Musketeers (2011)Todo Cambia (2000)The Transporter (2002)Turtle Beach (1992)Twister (1996)Ultraviolet (2006)Unbreakable (2000)Undercover Brother (2002)Warm Bodies (2013)The Watch (2012)What a Girl Wants (2003)Wild Wild West (1999)X-Men (2000)Year One (2009)G/O Media may get a commission