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AMC FEARFEST FULL SCHEDULE LINEUP FOR OCTOBER 2024!

Image September 30, 2024 Patti PaulterGeist Leave a comment

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 with the last weekend in September, brought us 48 hours of Michael Myers with their Halloween marathon that they run at various times throughout the schedule with October 1st, 2024 going ham on some familiar favorites and new classics.

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

Happy binge-watching nuggets!

Tuesday, October 1
6pm: Thir13en Ghosts
8pm: Jeepers Creepers
10pm: House of Wax (2005)

Wednesday, October 2
5:45pm: Poltergeist
8:15pm: The Exorcist
11pm: Christine

Thursday, October 3
John Carpenter Marathon:
9am: Ghosts of Mars
11am: Vampires
1:30pm: They Live
3:30pm: The Thing
6pm: Christine
8pm: Halloween
10pm: Halloween II (1981)
12am: Series Premiere of Horror’s Greatest: Tropes & Clichés

Friday, October 4
A Nightmare of Freddy Marathon:
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
6pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
8pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
10:15pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Saturday, October 5
Friday the 13th Marathon:
8am: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
10am: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
12pm: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
2pm: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
4pm: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
6pm: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
8pm: Friday the 13th
10pm: Friday the 13th Part 2
12am: Friday the 13th Part III
2am: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Sunday, October 6
Final Destination Marathon:
1pm: Final Destination (2000)
3pm: Final Destination 2
5pm: Final Destination 3
7pm: Final Destination 5
9pm: New Episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol

Monday, October 7
Run Michael Run Marathon:
6pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
8pm: Halloween: Resurrection
10pm: Halloween

Tuesday, October 8
Halloween Marathon continued:
12am: Halloween II (1981)
2am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4am: Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
9am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
11am: Halloween II (1981)
1pm: Halloween
3pm: Halloween: Resurrection
5pm: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
7pm: Halloween (2007)
9:30pm: Halloween II (2009)
12am: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Wednesday, October 9
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Double Feature:
8pm: Friday the 13th
10:40pm: Friday the 13th Part 2

Thursday, October 10
8pm: Final Destination 5
10pm: Final Destination 3
12am: New Episode of Horror’s Greatest: Horror Comedies

Friday, October 11
No Survivors Marathon:
6pm: Final Destination (2000)
8pm: Ghost Ship
10pm: Jeepers Creepers
12am: Last House on the Left

Saturday, October 12
Stephen King Marathon:
6:45am: Cujo
8:45am: Graveyard Shift
10:45am: Children of the Corn (1984)
1pm: Carrie (1976)
3:15pm: Misery
5:45pm: Thinner
7:45pm: Carrie (2013)
10pm: Silver Bullet
12am: Christine
2am: Carrie (2013)

Sunday October 13
Fear the 80s Marathon:
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)
9pm: New Episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol

Monday, October 14
5:45pm: Freddy vs. Jason
8pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
10pm: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Tuesday, October 15
5:30: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
7:30pm: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
9:45pm: Trick ‘r Treat

Wednesday, October 16
6pm: Jeepers Creepers
8pm: Halloween: Resurrection
10pm: Child’s Play (2019)

Thursday, October 17
5:45pm: Christine
7:45pm: Carrie
10pm: Thinner
12am: New Episode of Horror’s Greatest: Stephen King Adaptations

Friday, October 18
House of Horrors Marathon:
9am: The Haunting in Connecticut
11am: The Shining
2:30pm: Misery
5pm: The Last House on the Left
7:30pm: House of Wax (2005)
10pm: Thir13en Ghosts
12am: Poltergeist

Saturday, October 19
Final Destination Marathon:
4pm: Final Destination 2
6pm: Final Destination 5
8pm: Final Destination (2000)
10pm: Final Destination 3

Sunday, October 20
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)
3pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street
5pm: Halloween
7pm: Friday the 13th
9pm: New Episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol

Monday, October 21
5:45pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
8pm: Halloween
10:30pm: Halloween II (2009)

Tuesday, October 22
5:30pm: Misery
8pm: Poltergeist
10:30pm: The Exorcist

Wednesday, October 23
6pm: Trick ‘r Treat
8pm: Final Destination (2000)
10pm: Final Destination 2
12am: House of Wax (2005)

Thursday, October 24
7:30pm: Ghost Ship
9:30pm: AMC Premiere Event: The Meg
12am: New Episode of Horror’s Greatest: Giant Monsters

Friday, October 25
Friday the 13th Marathon:
9am: Friday the 13thPart VI: Jason Lives
11am: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
1pm: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
3pm: 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
1:15am: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
3:15am: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
5:15am: Friday the 13th

Saturday, October 26
Creature Feature Marathon:
7:15am: The Mist
10am: Gremlins
12:30pm: Christine
2:30pm: Silver Bullet
4:30pm: The Fly (1986)
6:30pm: The Thing
9pm: Jeepers Creepers
11pm: Child’s Play
1am: Sleepy Hollow
3:30am: Eight Legged Freaks

Sunday, October 27
Michael vs Everyone Marathon:
9am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
11am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1pm: Halloween II (1981)
3pm: Halloween
5:pm: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
7pm: Halloween: Resurrection
9pm: New Episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol

Monday, October 28
Final Destination Marathon:
4pm: Final Destination 2
6pm: Final Destination (2000)
8pm: Final Destination 3
10pm: Final Destination 5

Tuesday, October 29
A Nightmare of Freddy Marathon:
9am: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
11am: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1pm: 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
2am: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Wednesday, October 30
Halloween on Halloween Marathon:
9am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
11am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
3pm: Halloween
5pm: Halloween II (1981)
7pm: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
9pm: Halloween: Resurrection
11pm: Halloween
1:30am: Halloween II (2009)
4am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Thursday, October 31
Halloween Marathon:
6am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
8am: Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
10am: Halloween: Resurrection
12pm: Halloween (2007)
2:30pm: Halloween II (2009)
5pm: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
7pm: Halloween
9pm: Halloween II (1981)
11pm: Halloween
1am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
3am: Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Games, News

Boss Games and John Carpenter Working On TWO Halloween Games Based On The Franchise!

Image August 12, 2024 Patti PaulterGeist Leave a comment

Big news coming from an exclusive with IGN this morning-not one, but TWO games based on John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN are currently being developed by Boss Games (Evil Dead: The Game). One of those which is still in early development is being created in Unreal Engine 5 with oversight from the master of horror himself, John Carpenter. Both games are being released in association with Compass International Pictures and Further Front.

According to the announcement, both games will allow players to “relive moments from the film and play as classic characters from one of the most iconic and important horror films of all time.”

Boss Team Games CEO Steve Harris added, “Everyone at Boss Team Games are huge fans of horror, and Halloween obviously holds a special place in the hearts of all horror fans. Getting to work with iconic characters like Michael Myers and build on John Carpenter’s original vision is literally a dream come true. Everyone at Boss Team is thrilled and honored to be working with Malek Akkad and John Carpenter to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience that fans of the movie and video games will love.”

John Carpenter adds, “As a huge gamer myself, I’m thrilled to help bring Michael Myers to life again in this game, and my hope is to scare you silly,” said Carpenter, who is “intimately involved” with the project.”

Over the last few years, popular horror films and franchises have been getting the video game treatment with enthusiasm from fans, but it’s certainly not a new thing; and this isn’t Myers’ first rodeo with being thrown into the gaming world.

Back in 1983, Myers would become immortalized in his very first video game released by the Atari 2600 titled simply, HALLOWEEN. However, Myers never passed the 8-bit stage until the PC fan-regulated game TERRORDROME hit the web, and then Myers making his way into DEAD BY DAYLIGHT. So while the likes of Jason, Leatherface, and even the Killer Klowns from Outer Space have gotten their own games in the last few years, it’s been long overdue for Myers to rise out of 8bit hell to finally get his updated gamer dues.

Hopefully, however, they’ll give a nod to the original 1983 Wizard game and if decapitated by Myers, you’ll be falling around the screen like a headless chicken. Because that was hilarious.

No release dates have been announced as of yet, so stay tuned as more details emerge!

News

The Most Successful Horror Movie Sequels, Prequels, and Remakes According To Supercomputer Data Analysis

Image July 9, 2024 Patti PaulterGeist Leave a comment

Horror movie sequels, prequels, and remakes are a dime a dozen and in 2024, have become an overly saturated part of the genre. Sometimes it’s good, Sometimes, not so much. And sometimes the film even surpasses its predecessor in terms of quality. Recently, a local magazine in my hometown, Vegas Insider, ran a data analysis on a supercomputer on the extension films on approximately 361 horror movies including, Alien, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Jaws, Scream, Saw, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser just to name a few. And because it is Vegas after all, they were assigned points by the supercomputer based on their worldwide box office reported gross, user reviews score, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic score as well as the estimated return on investment. In the points analysis, 1 point was given to the sequel/prequel/remake/revival which had a higher performance than the first movie in the given franchises in the following categories: Rotten Tomatoes score, IMDb rating, Metacritic score, reported worldwide gross and an estimated ROI.

So who made it out on top? Let’s take a look!

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

The most successful franchise continuation when the estimated return on investment is considered is Paranormal Activity 2 (2010). On a budget of 3 million dollars, it grossed 177.5 million dollars, thus an ROI of, 5817%.

The top 5 of the most successful ROI franchise continuations are:

2. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) ROI 4040%, Paranormal Activity universe

3. Annabelle (2014) ROI 3862%, The Conjuring universe

4. Saw II (2005) ROI 3593%, Saw universe

5. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) ROI 3138%, Insidious franchise

USER RATING

When looking strictly at the highest-rated continuations of horror franchises, the movie with the highest IMDb user rating is Aliens (1986), which has a user rating of 8.4/10, only 0.1 point lower score than the 1979 Alien.

The rest of the top 5 of the highest-rated horror continuations are:

2. Dawn of the Dead (1978) – 7.8 rating, George Romero’s Dead series

3. Evil Dead II (1987) – 7.7 rating, Evil Dead series

4. The Fly (1986) 7.6 rating – remake of The Fly

5. Army of Darkness (1992) 7.4 rating, Evil Dead Series

CRITIC REVIEWS

The top 5 horror continuations with the highest Rotten Tomatoes score are:

Creep 2 (2017) – 100% score, sequel of Creep (2014)
Slumber Party Massacre (2021) – 100% score, remake of the 1982 version
Aliens (1986) – 98% score, sequel of Alien (1979)
Prey (2022) – 94% score, prequel of Predator (1987)
The Fly (1986) – 93% score, remake of the 1958 version

On Metacritic, the top 5 horror continuations with the highest score are:

Aliens (1986) – 84 score, sequel of Alien (1979)
The Fly (1986) – 81 score, remake of the 1958 version
28 Weeks Later (2007) – 78 score, sequel of 28 Days Later (2002)
Pearl (2022) – 76 score, prequel of X (2022)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) – 76 score, second movie in the Cloverfield franchise

WORLDWIDE GROSS

Even though the budget and gross of the 1990 TV Mini-Series “IT” is not known, as it was a television event, it can be safe to say that the 2017 remake of “IT” surpassed the success of the first adaptation, grossing over 704 million dollars and becoming the highest-grossing horror movie of all time. It is also the highest-grossing horror remake ever.

When only the total worldwide gross is considered, the remaining highest-grossing franchise continuations that make up the top 4 are:

It Chapter 2 (2019, gross: 473 million dollars, IT franchise),

Prometheus (2012, gross: 403 million dollars, Alien franchise)

The Nun (2018, gross: 366 million dollars, Conjuring universe).

However, when looking strictly at the difference in total worldwide gross of a franchise’s first movie and its continuations where box office numbers are known (since it was not known for 1990’s It), the most successful franchise continuation is the 2012 prequel to the legendary Alien – Prometheus (2012).

Alien (1979) was a box office success of its own, grossing 108.5 million dollars on a budget of 11 million dollars, however, Prometheus reportedly grossed over 403 million dollars, thus grossing 294.5 million more than the first movie in the Alien franchise. Its worldwide gross of over 400 million also makes it the most successful horror prequel ever made.

OVERALL POINTS

According to the results of a points-based system, which was assigning 1 point to the movies that performed better than the first movie in their respective horror franchises, the supercomputer determined that the most successful horror sequels / prequels / remakes / reboots / spin-offs ever are:

DRUMROLL PLEASE!

Evil Dead II (1987) and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)!

When it comes to Evil Dead 2, it performed better than The Evil Dead (1981) in 4 areas: total worldwide gross, Metacritic score, Rotten Tomatoes score, and IMDb rating score, thus gaining 4 points in total.

Hail to the king, baby. I’m not going to argue with that!

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) also outperformed Cloverfield (2008) on 4 metrics, thus gaining 4 points: Metacritic score, Rotten Tomatoes score, IMDb ratings score, and Estimated return on investment.