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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?
- DirecTV – Channel 254
- DISH Network – Channel 131
- AT&T U-Verse – Channel 795
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every year no variety, I especially hate a full day of Halloween, Final Destination, Fred Kruger Jason and Worst of all Saw! So many horror movies your programmer needs to step outta the box! Also wouldn’t hurt to add older classics that young people never saw it might enlighten them lol!
I keep fearfest on all day, every year however no variety, I especially hate a full day of Halloween, Final Destination, Fred Kruger Jason and Worst of all Saw! So many horror movies your programmer needs to step outta the box! Also wouldn’t hurt to add older classics that young people never saw it might enlighten them lol!
totally agree with pablo’s post, and others. HALLOWEEN series is great, but wayyyy overdone again. where’s the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET? there are so many other great movies that are never shown. TCM has great ones too, (MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, THE BAT, PLAN 9), but certainly not enough. add the CANDYMAN series, and thanks for adding DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, and SHUTTER! what about CHUCKY / CHILD’S PLAY? those were great too…..and don’t forget THE OMEN series, and THE FOG, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. certainly leave out ‘the walking dead’ for the month – it’s on at other times constantly! commenting on other posts here – the 50’s movies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_films_of_the_1950s), and the 60’s movies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_films_of_the_1960s) were incredible (campy but good to watch), with stars that were just stating out! (like Clint Eastwood’s uncredited minor role as a jet squadron leader in 1955’s TARANTULA! , and his brief, uncredited role that same year in THE CREATURE as a lab assistant. those are find to spot too!
a lot of good movies and a lot of movies I never heard of or cared to watch lol. as much as I loved the Halloween movies they are playing them way too much on fearless almost as if they are just fillers to the whole month schedule. Where are the Nightmare on Elm Street movies and they should have more of the rest of the Friday the 13th movies on also than just the original being on there. This lineup is a little better than last year’s. I hope the rest of the schedule has more good movies.
One full day of Final Destination?? Really ?? Who schedules this roster? Come on AMC – do better.
The lore and the events in which they die are amazing.
Please delete the comment by CARLOS, it does not do anyone any good and is rude and not necessary.
Gotta cater to the poppy people too
Been saying this for years. Why are there not more James Wan flics?
There should be more Steven King movies for fear fest instead of the same ones that get played every year
Please give us more variety this year. Add a lot of old and classic horror (I.E universal monster movies, the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, etc.) and you can’t beat the classics. That’s why I watch fear fest. You can learn a thing or two from Svengoolie, AMC Fear Fest.
Stick to TCM, they have the classics
I look forward to Fearfest every year on AMC, but I wish they would play more variety of horror flicks. There are so many great horror movies out there you don’t see shown during October.
Anymore updates as to the rest of the dates for movies?
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