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AMC FearFest
What is FearFest? In 1997, the AMC network launched Monsterfest, a popular week-long marathon of horror movies and thrillers that aired in late October. On September 26, 2008, AMC announced the launch of a new horror-themed movie marathon for its October schedule called “Fearfest” which replaced Monsterfest. Fear Fest typically runs from mid-October every year until Halloween (often the day after too) and in recent years has run throughout the entire month of October. In 2023 AMC ran a “Kickoff to FearFest” that began on September 25th.
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2024 AMC Halloween Movies on TV News
FearFest returns all month long this October on AMC!
AMC shared a short teaser for this year’s “FearFest” celebration, including clips from the Hellraiser, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises.
Other films featured in the video include Creepshow, Poltergeist, The Thing, and The Shining.
2024 AMC Fear Fest Schedule
AMC’s annual horror marathon FearFest is bringing the frights in the lead-up to Halloween with 31 days of genre programming featuring 80 films and 400 hours of programming. Includes the iconic film franchises Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Stephen King classics.
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in ET)
Airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times/dates can vary by TV provider.
Schedule last updated on 10/02/24
Fear Fest will begin Tuesday, October 1st 2024
AMC FearFest Schedule
Schedule subject to change, please check back for new updates.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- 12:00am – The Crazies
- 9:00am – The Apparition
- 11:00am – The Crazies
- 1:30pm – The Last House on the Left
- 4:00pm – Trick ‘r Treat
- 6:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 8:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 10:00pm – House of Wax (2005)
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- 12:30am – The First Purge
- 9:00am – Hellraiser (1987)
- 11:15am – House on Haunted Hill (1999)
- 1:15pm – The Haunting (1999)
- 3:45pm – The Last Exorcism
- 5:45pm – Poltergeist
- 8:15pm – The Exorcist (1973)
- 11:00pm – Christine (1983)
Thursday, October 3, 2024
JOHN CARPENTER MARATHON
- 1:00am – Carrie (1976)
- 5:27am – Violent Midnight
- 9:00am – John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars
- 11:00am – John Carpenter’s Vampires
- 1:30pm – John Carpenter’s They Live
- 3:30pm – John Carpenter’s The Thing
- 6:00pm – John Carpenter’s Christine
- 8:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 10:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
Friday, October 4, 2024
AMC Celebrates A Nightmare of Freddy Marathon
- 12:00am – Horror’s Greatest (2024)
- 1:20am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 5:45am – Voodoo Woman
- 9:00am – Corridors of Blood (1958)
- 9:15am – The Creation of the Humanoids
- 9:30am – Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 11:30am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- 1:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- 3:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 6:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 10:15pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Friday the 13th Marathon
- 3:56am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
6:00am – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) - 8:00am – Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- 10:00am – Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
- 12:00pm – Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
- 2:00pm – Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- 4:00pm – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- 6:00pm – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 10:00pm – Friday the 13th Part 2
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Final Destination Marathon
- 12:00am – Friday the 13th Part III
- 2:00am – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- 4:00am – How to Make a Monster (1958)
- 4:15am – Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- 6:15am – Jason X
- 8:30am – Freddy vs. Jason
- 10:45am – I Know What You Did Last Summer
- 1:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 3:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 5:00pm – Final Destination 3
- 7:00pm – Final Destination 5
- 11:56pm – Final Destination (2000)
Monday, October 7, 2024
Halloween Marathon Begins
- 9:00am – Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
- 9:15am – Jet Attack (1958)
- 9:30am – Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
- 11:30am – Motel Hell
- 2:00pm – Pumpkinhead
- 4:00pm – The Fly (1986)
- 6:00pm – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 8:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 10:00pm – Halloween (1978)
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Halloween Marathon Continued
- 12:00am – Halloween II (1981)
- 2:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 4:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 9:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 11:00am – Halloween II (1981)
- 1:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 3:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 5:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 7:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 9:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- 12:00am – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 2:00am – House on Haunted Hill
- 4:00am – Piranha 3DD
- 9:00am – Invasion of the Neptune Men
- 9:15am – How to Make a Monster
- 9:30am – Halloween (2007)
- 12:00pm – Child’s Play (2019)
- 2:00pm – Candyman
- 4:00pm – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- 6:00pm – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 10:40pm – Friday the 13th Part 2
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- 1:20am – Hellraiser (1987)
- 3:35am – House of the Dead
- 9:00am – The Rite
- 10:45am – The Haunting
- 1:15pm – Cloverfield
- 3:15pm – House of Wax
- 5:45pm – I Know What You Did Last Summer
- 8:00pm – Final Destination 5
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 3
Friday, October 11, 2024
- 12:00am – Horror’s Greatest (New Episode)
- 1:10am – Child’s Play (2019)
- 3:10am – Ghost Rider
- 5:40am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:00am – Voodoo Woman
- 9:15am – Hellraiser: Inferno
- 11:45am – Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
- 1:45pm – Hellraiser (1987)
- 4:00pm – Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 6:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 8:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 10:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Stephen King Marathon
- 12:00am – The Last House on the Left
- 3:58am – Suicide Battalion (1958)
- 4:13am – The Ring
- 6:45am – Cujo
- 8:45am – Graveyard Shift
- 10:45am – Children of the Corn (1984)
- 1:00pm – Carrie (1976)
- 3:15pm – Misery
- 5:45pm – Thinner
- 7:45pm – Carrie (2013)
- 10:00pm – Silver Bullet
Sunday October 13, 2024
Fear the 80s Marathon
- 12:00am – Christine
- 2:00am – Carrie (2013)
- 5:43am – Thinner
- 7:45am – The Thing
- 10:15am – Child’s Play
- 12:15pm – Friday the 13th Part 2
- 2:15pm – Poltergeist
- 4:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 6:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 11:30pm – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Monday, October 14, 2024
- 4:00am – Body Snatchers
- 11:15am – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 1:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 3:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 5:45pm – Freddy vs. Jason
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 10:00pm – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- 12:30am – Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
- 2:30am – The Prodigy
- 5:45am – Violent Midnight (1963)
- 9:00am – Ghoulies
- 11:00am – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 1:00pm – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
- 3:30pm – Candyman (1992)
- 5:30pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
- 7:30pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 9:45pm – Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
- 11:45pm – Jason X
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- 2:00am – Hellboy
- 4:00am – Piranha 3DD
- 5:45am – Voodoo Woman (1957)
- 9:00am – War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
- 9:15am – Corridors of Blood (1958)
- 9:30am – Tanks of El Alamein (1958)
- 9:45am – Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
- 11:45am – Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- 1:45pm – Friday the 13th A New Beginning
- 3:45pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 6:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 8:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 10:00pm – Child’s Play (2019)
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- 12:00am – The First Purge
- 2:00am – The Last Exorcism
- 4:00am – The Covenant
- 9:00am – Pumpkinhead
- 10:30am – Creepshow
- 1:30pm – Children of the Corn (1984)
- 3:45pm – Silver Bullet
- 5:45pm – Christine (1983)
- 7:45pm – Carrie (2013)
- 10:00pm – Thinner
Friday, October 18, 2024
House of Horrors Marathon
- 12:00am – Horror’s Greatest (2024)
- 1:25am – The Mist
- 4:05am – Piranha 4D
- 9:00am – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 11:00am – The Shining
- 2:30pm – Misery
- 5:00pm – The Last House on the Left
- 7:30pm – House of Wax (2005)
- 10:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Final Destination Marathon
- 12:00am – Poltergeist
- 4:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 6:00pm – Final Destination 5
- 8:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 3
Sunday, October 20, 2024
SLASHER SUNDAY
- 6:45am – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
- 8:45am – Candyman
- 10:45am – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- 12:45pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 3:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street
- 5:00pm – Halloween
- 7:00pm – Friday the 13th
Monday, October 21, 2024
- 5:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 8:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 10:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- 5:30pm – Misery
- 8:00pm – Poltergeist
- 10:30pm – The Exorcist
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- 6:00pm – Trick ‘r Treat
- 8:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 2
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- 12:00am – House of Wax (2005)
- 7:30pm – Ghost Ship
- 9:30pm – AMC Premiere Event: The Meg
Friday, October 25, 2024
Friday the 13th Marathon
- 9:00am – Friday the 13thPart VI: Jason Lives
- 11:00am – Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- 1:00pm – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- 3:00pm – Freddy vs. Jason
- 5:15pm – Friday the 13th Part III
- 7:15pm – Friday the 13th
- 9:15pm – Friday the 13th Part 2
- 11:15pm – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Creature Feature Marathon
- 1:15am – Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- 3:15am – Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
- 5:15am – Friday the 13th
- 7:15am – The Mist
- 10:00am – Gremlins
- 12:30pm – Christine
- 2:30pm – Silver Bullet
- 4:30pm – The Fly (1986)
- 6:30pm – The Thing
- 9:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 11:00pm – Child’s Play
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Halloween Marathon
- 1:00am – Sleepy Hollow
- 3:30am – Eight Legged Freaks
- 9:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 11:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 1:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 3:00pm – Halloween
- 5:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 7:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
Monday, October 28, 2024
Final Destination Marathon
- 4:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 6:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 8:00pm – Final Destination 3
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 5
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Nightmare Marathon
- 9:00am – Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 11:00am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- 1:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- 3:15pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 5:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 7:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 9:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 11:45pm – Freddy vs. Jason
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Halloween Marathon
- 2:00am – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
- 9:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 11:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 1:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 3:00pm – Halloween
- 5:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 9:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 11:00pm – Halloween
Thursday, October 31, 2024
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Halloween Marathon Continues
- 1:30am – Halloween II (2009)
- 4:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 6:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 8:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 10:00am – Halloween: Resurrection
- 12:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 2:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
- 5:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 7:00pm – Halloween
- 9:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 11:00pm – Halloween
Friday, November 1, 2024
- 1:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 3:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
What channel is AMC Fear Fest?
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- DISH Network – Channel 131
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Why Christine not on here this year ugh bring back last year
Shut up. This year is waaay better than it’s been in a while.
Hey now no need for the abusive language. Fear Fest is far from better from recent years.
Omg lol. Anyone watch friday the 13th part 3 and laugh at how they showed shelly with his throat cut but yet totally edited out Rick’s eye popping scene?Lol what is wrong with these guys?
That’s how the director intentionally wanted it because they wanted the eye popping to look 3Dish and make it more shocking towards Jason’s pure brutality and strength, most of the deaths didn’t though.
AMC FearFest Fan… No I am talking about the bad editing job that was done by the network. They show someone with their throat slit yet they totally showed nothing of the eye pop. It is 2020 time for the MPAA and people in general to grow up and realize people want to see these things, otherwise what is the point? Besides the kills are the whole reason behind the movie.
Halloween should be played from first movie last movie in order
I totally agree. Minus part 3 of course.
Why in the hell is (Halloween 2 1981) not on the schedule, it was last year including the bad rzh2 remake. Wtf
I would have love to see the Phantasm movies on the list. My father and I were just talking about then the other day!
They should show them in order……
Seems like they could since a lot of the movies are ones they show on Shudder (which is owned by AMC). They’ve been showing Phantasm 1 and 3 on and off a lot.
I love the Halloween Movies as I’m a huge fan of the franchise & I would love to see all the Pumpkinhead Movies & the movie Boo about the people are trapped inside a haunted mental hospital,can you please put that one on also?
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Not a bad selection of films for this year’s edition of Fear Fest but there is several films missing from the list.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Hellraiser (1987)
Idle Hands (1999)
The Ring (2002)
Saw (2004)
Hostel (2005)
Hostel: Part 2 (2007)
Vacancy (2007)
Drag Me To Hell (2009)
The Conjuring (2013)
Anabelle (2014)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
The Strangers (2018)
AMC also needs to chill out on the Halloween movie series overload. I got nothing but love for the Halloween series but why are they are showing Halloween 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 so much !!!
Halloween 2 and 3 have been omitted as well as the two Halloween movies from Rob Zombie
The Conjuring is on the schedule
Your right it is. I don’t know how I missed it when I was looking at the schedule.
Enjoy watching. I probably would not even have said anything except that it is one of my favorite movies and I’d already marked my calendar!
Love the the lineup great job but why no Halloween 2 that’s my only complaint
They may not have the rights to show Halloween 2 and 3. They are showing Anabelle and The Conjuring tho.
Chill on the Halloween series? Are you nuts? I’m pissed that Halloween(1978) won’t be on in the afternoon or evening on Halloween like it usually is! I understand there are a lot of movies they could play but I think they can chill on Eli Roth. Is he paying them? More Halloween and Halloween II.
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There are so many good movies that never get played and with this year being all month long I feel like you guys dropped the ball !! Syfy will get most of my attention as they seem to have a decent lineup of good scary movies like “the strangers” !
I wonder why they never play Halloween 2. They always play the first one and then skip to Halloween 4. I love the second one!
Their skipping Halloween 2 for some odd reason as well as Halloween III: Season of the Witch
See I don’t mind when they don’t play Season of the Witch because I don’t really like that one. Lol it doesn’t have Michael in it! They used to play it though, some years ago. But I don’t see the point in skipping the second one. Unless it doesn’t have high ratings? Which I don’t see why it wouldn’t.
Every year I love putting on Fear Fest to put me in the Halloween mood. I love all the movies that you put on and hope that you continue to do this every year. I had to buy the channel AMC this month so i can get my horror fix.
I had to buy Youtube TV to get all of Fear Fest and to await December and all their Holiday movies they show. Not really a bad deal with their unlimited cloud DVR.