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Owner, operator, and fuzzy retro feelers giver at NightmareNostalgia.com. Worshipper of our Lord and savior Boo Berry, Patti is a seasoned pro having written for the top horror websites and magazines over the past few years until she decided to go balls to the wall and make her own focusing on pure feel-good nostalgia. Mom to two humans and three furballs.
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AMC FearFest Full Lineup for 2025

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It’s beginning to smell a lot like FEARFEST.

It’s the most wonderful time of year again, and AMC is in full swing with their chainsaws, machetes, and kitchen knives, bringing their annual FEARFEST to our horror-loving eyeballs. Starting September 27th, the annual horror-thon kicks off and runs throughout October, leading up to Halloween night.

And THANK LOOMIS we actually get the 1981 version of HALLOWEEN II this year. It’s not a valid Halloween lineup without it!

Everyone is waiting for the full schedule, but AMC online already has half the schedule completely available for those interested. I’ll keep updating this as the rest of the schedule releases!

Saturday, September 27th

11:00am The Lost Boys

1:00pm Beetlejuice

9:00pm The Lost Boys

11:00pm They Live

Sunday, September 28th

1:00am Pet Sematary

3:00am The Dead Zone

5:30am The Crazies

8:00am Final Destination

10:00am Final Destination 2

12:00pm Final Destination 3

2:00pm The Final Destination

4:00pm Final Destination 5

6:00pmThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

7:08pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

8:16pm Ride With Norman Reedus S7 E3

9:19pm The Final Destination

11:19pm Final Destination 5

Monday, September 29th

1:19am The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

6:30am Se7en

9:30am House of Wax

12:00pm The Green Mile

4:00pm Independence Day

7:00pm Signs

9:30pm 28 Days Later

Tuesday September 30th

6:15am 1408

8:45am Independence Day

11:45am Signs

2:15pm The Exorcist

5:00pm The Shining

8:30pm Misery

10:59pm Creepshow

Wednesday October 1st

6:00am Body Snatchers

8:00am They Live

10:00am Pumpkinhead

12:00pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

2:00pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

4:00pm Halloween

6:00pm Halloween II

8:00pm Halloween III: Season of the Witch

10:00pm The Return of the Living Dead

Thursday October 2nd

12:00am Night of the Living Dead

6:00am Prince of Darkness

8:30am Thirteen Ghosts

10:30am House of Wax

1:00pm Final Destination 3

3:00pm Trick ‘r Treat

5:00pm Friday the 13th

7:00pm Jeepers Creepers

9:00pm Jeepers Creepers 2

11:15pm The Final Destination

Friday October 3rd

6:00am Carrie

8:15am Graveyard Shift

10:15am Misery

12:45pm Christine

2:45pm Carrie

5:00pm It

8:00pm Pet Sematary

10:00pm Pet Sematary Two

Saturday October 4th

12:00am Gremlins

2:30am Fright Night

5:00am Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

7:00am Friday the 13th — A New Beginning

9:00am Friday the 13th, Part 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 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

5:00pm Friday the 13th

7:00pm Friday the 13th, Part 2

9:00pm Friday the 13th Part 3

11:00pm Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Sunday October 5th

1:00am Friday the 13th — A New Beginning

3:00am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

5:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

7:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

9:15am A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

11:30am A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

1:30pm A Nightmare on Elm Street

3:45pm Freddy vs. Jason

6:00pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

7:25pmThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

8:50pm The Conjuring

Monday October 6th

6:00am

Invasion of the Neptune Men

6:15am Hellboy

8:15am Stigmata

10:30am House on Haunted Hill

12:30pm The Cabin in the Woods

2:30pm House of Wax

5:00pm Ghost Ship

7:00pm Thirteen Ghosts

9:00pm Jeepers Creepers

11:00pm Cabin Fever

Tuesday October 7th

1:00am Piranha 3D

6:00am Eight Legged Freaks

8:30am Leprechaun

10:30am Pumpkinhead

12:30pm The Thing

3:00pm Pet Sematary

5:00pm Lake Placid

7:00pm Tremors

9:00pm Child’s Play

11:00pm Cujo

Wednesday October 8th

1:00am Anaconda

6:00am The People Under the Stairs

8:30am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

10:30am Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

1:00pm Candyman

3:00pm Friday the 13th

5:00pm A Nightmare on Elm Street

7:55pm Freddy vs. Jason

10:50pm Jason X

Thursday October 9th

6:00am War of the Colossal Beast

6:15am The Exorcist

9:00am Poltergeist

11:30am Stephen King’s It S1 E1

1:45pm Stephen King’s It S1 E2

4:00pm Christine

6:00pm It

9:00pm The Conjuring

11:30pm Insidious: The Last Key

Friday October 10th

2:15am Voodoo Woman

2:30am Violent Midnight

2:45am Corridors of Blood

6:00am The Creation of the Humanoids

6:15am Corridors of Blood

6:30am Violent Midnight

6:45am A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

9:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

11:00am Halloween III: Season of the Witch

1:00pm Halloween

3:00pm Halloween II

5:00pm Halloween

7:30pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

9:30pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

11:30pm Tales From the Darkside: The Movie

Saturday October 11th

1:30am Killer Klowns From Outer Space

3:30am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

5:30am The Cabin in the Woods

7:30am Scream 4

10:00am Final Destination

12:00pm Final Destination 2

2:00pm Final Destination 3

4:00pm The Final Destination

6:00pm Final Destination 5

8:00pm Final Destination

10:00pm Trick ‘r Treat

Sunday, October 12

3:00am They Live

5:00am Fright Night

7:30am A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

9:30am Poltergeist

12:00pm Silver Bullet

2:00pm Christine

4:00pm The Lost Boys

6:00pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

S3 E6

7:16pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

8:32pm Friday the 13th

10:32pm The Crazies

Monday October 13

6:00am Creepshow

9:00am Child’s Play

11:00am Halloween III: Season of the Witch

1:00pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

3:00pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

5:00pm Halloween

7:00pm Halloween II

9:00pm Scream 4

11:30pm Final Destination 5

Tuesday October 14th

6:00am Fright Night

8:30am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

10:30am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

12:30pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

2:45pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

5:00pm A Nightmare on Elm Street

7:15pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

9:15pm Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

11:45pm The People Under the Stairs

Wednesday, October 15th

6:15am Invasion of the Neptune Men

6:30am The Dead Zone

9:00am Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

11:00am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

1:00pm Ghost Ship

3:00pm Trick ‘r Treat

5:00pm Jeepers Creepers

7:00pm I Know What You Did Last Summer

9:15pm House of Wax

11:45pm 1408

Thursday October 16th

6:00am The Possession

8:00am The Shining

11:30am Carrie

1:45pm The Omen

4:15pm The Omen

6:45pm Carrie

9:00pm The Crazies

11:30pm 28 Days Later

Friday October 17th

6:00am Candyman

8:00am Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

10:00am

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

12:00pm Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

2:00pm Friday the 13th Part VII — The New Blood

4:00pm Freddy vs. Jason

6:15pm Friday the 13th

8:15pm Friday the 13th, Part 2

10:15pm Friday the 13th – Part III

Wednesday, October 22

4:30 pm: Jeepers Creepers
6:30 pm: Halloween (2007)
9 pm: Ghost Ship
11 pm: Friday the 13th (2009)

Thursday October 23rd

6 pm: Trick ‘r Treat
8 pm: I Know What You Did Last Summer
10:15 pm: Scream 4

Friday October 24th

11:30 am: The Exorcist
2:15 pm: The Shining
5:45 pm: Poltergeist
8:15 pm: The Conjuring
10:45 pm: The Omen (2006)
1:15 am: Insidious: The Last Key

Saturday, October 25

11:30 am: The Exorcist
2:15 pm: The Shining
5:45 pm: Poltergeist
8:15 pm: The Conjuring
10:45 pm: The Omen (2006)
1:15 am: Insidious: The Last Key

Sunday, October 26

11 am: Final Destination (2000)
1 pm: Final Destination 2
3 pm: Final Destination 3
5 pm: The Final Destination (2009)
7 pm: Final Destination 5

Monday, October 27

7 pm: Thir13en Ghosts
9 pm: House of Wax (2005)
11:30 pm: Ghost Ship

Tuesday, October 28

6 pm: Final Destination 5
8 pm: Final Destination (2000)
10: pm: Trick ‘r Treat

Wednesday, October 29

7 pm: Poltergeist
9:30 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
11:45 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

Thursday, October 30

2 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
6 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
8 pm: ; Halloween (2007)
10:30 pm: Halloween (1978)
12:30 am: Halloween II (1981)
2:30 am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Friday, October 31 HALLOWEEN

6:30 am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
8:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
10:30 am: Halloween (1978)
12:30 pm: Halloween II (1981)
2:30 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4:30 pm: Halloween (2007)
7 pm: Halloween (1978)
9 pm: Halloween II (1981)
11 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
3 am: Halloween (1978)

HAPPY BINGING NUGGETS!


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“Making Monsters: Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Creatures”- A Must Have For Horror Fans

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Academy Award-winning make-up effects artist Howard Berger (ARMY OF DARKNESS, JENNIFER’S BODY, DRAG ME TO HELL) and acclaimed journalist Marshall Julius are celebrating monsters, monster movies, and monster moviemakers with the ultimate love letter for horror fans, “Making Monsters: Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Creatures” in a gorgeous new hardbound book that is a MUST have for anyone that call themselves a horror fan.

Making Monsters dives into the world of the greatest horror movies ever made to answer the question: what makes a great movie monster? To find out, Howard and Marshall include interviews with more than 75 luminaries in the film industry, from legendary directors John Carpenter and Wes Craven and iconic horror film actors like Barbara Crampton and Simon Pegg, to dozens of make-up artists including Tom Savini and Greg Nicatero along with music composers and writers themselves.

With a foreword by Robert Englund and afterword by Alex Winter, Making Monsters explores the creature feature genre, from the earliest days of monsters with Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi, to the newest arrivals of Art the Clown and Vecna from STRANGER THINGS. The book is a behind-the-scenes tale of what goes into making a horror movie, as well as an all-access collage of never-before-seen on-set photos and several specially commissioned new art pieces by Jason Edmiston, Graham Humphreys, Mark Tavares, and Terry Wolfinger.

The engaging insider text and stories behind these passionate movie mammoths will have horror fans and film aficionados who truly appreciate all that goes into making a “monster movie”, chest bursting at the seams with visual gore-lore while taking you down a horror information highway that you won’t want to get off of. It’s an absolutely gorgeous piece of work that no coffee table should be without ready to go on a rainy Sunday afternoon with a pumpkin-spiced coffee in hand.

Making Monsters: Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Creatures is set to be released to the public on September 16th, 2025, and you can preorder your copy from AMAZON RIGHT HERE.

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Las Vegas Universal Horror Unleashed- Haunted House Review

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Not since the days of MGM’s Scream Park which ran for a few years in the late 90s, has horror hit Vegas on such a massive scale, addressing the desired need for a proper haunt for Las Vegas locals and horror fans alike. The only suitable and worthy of noting haunt for the Vegas Valley, which has been running for the last 30 or so years, is the Mollner (JT Mollner of MY STRANGE DARLING, and THE LONG WALK) family’s FREAKLING BROS. But as with Halloween, the haunt comes and sadly goes, leaving people like me Halloween blue balls for the rest of the year. With UNIVERSAL HORROR UNLEASHED located in Zone 2 of AREA 15, the haunt experience doesn’t see an end on November 1st. And you know what? It’s about time we as a society got a year-round haunt. I’m tired of living like a Halloween gopher only to burrow back into a hole once November arrives.

We arrived as soon as the place opened and were greeted right away with a haunting mist and a lovely vampire and her slave gimp priming you up for what lies ahead in the haunts. With 100,000 square feet of horror play at your fingertips that include scare actors on the ground, AND in the air, this place is BUILT like a horror fan’s personal playground. While it is a Universal property, it is NOT like Halloween Horror Nights at Orlando or Hollywood. For one, it’s air-conditioned, thank fucks, and for me, it was a way more intimate experience. Also, as someone who wears the wrong shoes all the time, I appreciate that it is super walkable.

As for the haunted houses, there are four in total inside Unleashed so let’s dive right into each one- I mean, that’s why you’re here, right?

The Exorcist: Believer

If you loved THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER, then you’re going to thoroughly enjoy the shot for shot storytelling of this haunt. This house in particular was the easiest to navigate through, perhaps because it was better lit than the others, and it jam packed with things to look at. The detail in BELIEVER was absolutely insane, so if there wasn’t a scare actor jumping on my ass every 5 seconds, mind you I’m not bitching about that, I would have lingered in every room just to inspect all the fine attributes that went into making this. My only gripe really is that I would have loved to see the iconic Pazuzu face appear somewhere along the way. Yeah, I know it’s not in this movie in particular, but it would have been a nice touch.

The Scarecrow: The Reaping

This is an original concept built specifically for Las Vegas and this is the one that felt the Halloweeniest of all four haunts. The aesthetics of the outside rival that of the HALLOWEEN 4 opening, albeit a much darker version, with a breeze in your face, lots of hay, and jack o’ lanterns abundant, you can smell Autumn here, and it is damn glorious. Now, because it was pitch black dark inside, the photos I took didn’t take kindly without a flash, (with respect flash cameras were off limits due to obviously that being rude as fuck to the actors and other haunt goers) So, no inside look here, but you can use your imagination. So just picture a really pissed off PumpkinHead-like Scarecrow popping out from every corner of this farmhouse and a corn maze outside. It definitely sets the mood for the upcoming season and was spectacularly done.

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS

Let me just get this out of the way real quick: whoever that scare actor is who plays DRACULA, give that man a raise and keep him happy, Universal. That guy hammed up every second of his performance and I ate that shit up like Halloween candy.

Anyway, I truly love that Universal knows it roots and respects it with the Universal Monsters because without them, they probably wouldn’t be around as those films paved the way for the rest of Universal’s history. The haunt incorporates all the famous monsters we know and love as they each have their own little corner of mischief and mayhem. The set design is gothically delightful and while yes, the jump scares were executed flawlessly, it was a weirdly joyful to just walk around in there. Which most likely I can attribute to being exposed to these films while I was in diapers. Sweet horrific nostalgia. More of this, please!

THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

The review you’re about to read is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of two (not so) youths… the tragedy being I wasn’t allowed to join the Saw family. Kind of bullshit if you ask me.

This was my absolute favorite of the four haunts, as it felt like I was walking through the 1974 film and the lens of Tobe Hooper’s immortal horror classic. Chef’s kiss to the set design and whoever’s idea it was to put the opening text credits along with that infamous graveyard corpse opener at the front of the haunt before even going inside. Genius move.

You walk around and see the VW bus at the gas station, turn a hard right and the Sawyer house is right there, fully built in all its glory for you to walk through and try to outrun Leatherface and the rest of the family. With special appearances by Sally, Franklin, and friends, they nailed this experience right down to the bones and chicken feathers. I didn’t want it to end and just like with Believer, I could have lingered around if they had let me just to soak in all the attention to detail.

In addition to the four glorious haunts, horror-themed drinks and bites at the bars and restaurants, there are plenty of places to hang out while enjoying the atmosphere, watch out for MEGAN by the way, and a live show to boot, starring Jack the Clown and Chance with the STAY OR SLAY show that involves audience participation, which yours truly got picked to be a part of. If you look closely, you’ll spot the awkward pickle of the bunch and see me. It’s definitely entertaining, showcasing some crazy talent, and a must-see between haunted housing.

Because I know how Las Vegas can be, I can only hope this attraction stays around for a while because it sure is a breath of fresh air for us horror junkies. When you plan on coming, make sure to pack extra funds for their gift shop, because holy smokes, it is full of wants and needs for every horror fan! And the apparel is HIGH quality, so be prepared to spend extra for that, which I’m more than happy about because there’s nothing I hate more than souvenir t-shirts that don’t last through one washing.

Grab your tickets here and plan your visit today!