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Full Schedule Lineup for AMC FEARFEST 2026!

Image September 22, 2026 Patti PaulterGeist Leave a comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year folks. The pumpkin spice coffee is overflowing, the leaves from the neighborhood trees are beautifully rotting into colors of yellow and orange, and AMC Fearfest is kicking off to give us our annual dose of 24/7 programming in preparation of the greatest holiday of the year! And as always, I got the full schedule right here in one lovely little palce for you to bookmark as your personal FearFest TV Guide.

I am so thoughtful. I’ll just give myself a round of applause.

2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the annual AMC horrorthon and officially kicks off on October 1st with all the usual horror films that run every year, like the slasher marathons of Michael Myers, Freddy, and Jason, along with Stephen King nights and AMC original series programming thrown in the middle- mostly The Walking Dead which I AM TIRED OF SEEING. But thank ghouls and ghost FearFest is replacing the Kirkman zombies with the tried and true Crypt Keeper this year and episodes of Tales From The Crypt!

Now enough rambling, here’s the reason why you even opened up this link to begin with!

Thursday, Oct 1

12:30am 1408
6:00am Pumpkinhead
8:00am Halloween III: Season of the Witch
10:00am Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
12:00pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
2:00pm Halloween II
4:00pm Halloween
8:00pm Tales From the Crypt S5 E1 Death of Some Salesmen
8:30pm Tales From the Crypt S2 E12 Television Terror
9:00pm Tales From the Crypt S3 E14 Yellow
9:30pm Tales From the Crypt S4 E6 What’s Cookin’?
10:00pm Tales From the Crypt S2 E10 The Ventriloquist’s Dummy
10:30pm Tales From the Crypt S3 E3 Abra Cadaver
11:00pm Tales From the Crypt S4 E7 The New Arrival
11:30pm Tales From the Crypt S5 E3 Forever Ambergris

Friday, Oct 2

12:00am Tales From the Crypt S4 E1 None but the Lonely Heart
12:30am The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E1 November in My Soul
1:38am The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E2 Disturbed
6:15am Tales From the Crypt S2 E7 The Sacrifice
6:45am Rosemary’s Baby
9:45am The Exorcist
12:30pm The Amityville Horror
2:30pm The Conjuring
5:00pm Insidious
7:30pm Insidious: Chapter 2
10:00pm Insidious: Chapter 3

Saturday, Oct 3

12:00am – The Shining
3:30am – Graveyard Shift
5:30am – Pet Sematary
7:30am – Silver Bullet
9:30am – Stephen King’s It (S1 E1)
11:45am – Stephen King’s It (S1 E2)
2:00pm – Christine
4:00pm – It
7:00pm – Carrie
9:15pm – Misery
11:45pm – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Sunday, Oct 4

2:15am Tales From the Crypt S1 E5 Lover Come Hack to Me
2:45am Tales From the Crypt S7 E9 Smoke Wrings
3:15am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
5:15am Seed of Chucky
7:15am Bride of Chucky
9:15am Halloween
11:45am A Nightmare on Elm Street
2:00pm Friday the 13th
4:00pm Halloween II
6:00pm The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E3 New York in June
7:07pm The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E3 New York in June
8:14pm Friday the 13th
10:14pm A Nightmare on Elm Street

Monday, Oct 5

12:14am The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E3 New York in June
1:21am Tales From the Crypt S5 E3 Forever Ambergris
1:51am Tales From the Crypt S5 E13 Till Death Do We Part
2:21am Tales From the Crypt S7 E6 Cold War
2:51am The Three Stooges Three Missing Links
6:00am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8:15am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
10:15am From Dusk Till Dawn
12:15pm House of Wax
2:45pm I Know What You Did Last Summer
5:00pm Final Destination
7:00pm Final Destination 2
9:00pm The Final Destination
11:00pm The Last House on the Left

Tuesday, Oct 6th

1:30am The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E3 New York in June
2:37am The Three Stooges A Bird in the Head
6:00am An American Werewolf in London
8:00am Fright Night
10:30am Hellraiser
12:45pm Trick ‘r Treat
2:45pm Thirteen Ghosts
4:45pm Ghost Ship
6:45pm Jeepers Creepers
8:45pm Jeepers Creepers 2
10:45pm Child’s Play

Wednesday, Oct 7th

12:45am Body Snatchers
2:45am The Three Stooges Mummy’s Dummies
2:55am The Three Stooges S1 E6 Scotched in Scotland
6:00am Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
8:00am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
10:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
12:00pm Child’s Play 3
2:00pm Child’s Play 2
4:00pm Child’s Play
6:00pm Bride of Chucky
8:00pm Seed of Chucky
10:00pm Curse of Chucky

Thursday, Oct 8th

12:00am Cult of Chucky
2:00am Tales From the Crypt S5 E5 People Who Live in Brass Hearses
2:30am Tales From the Crypt S6 E12 Doctor of Horror
6:00am Tales From the Crypt S5 E8 Well-Cooked Hams
6:30am The Dead Zone
9:00am Pet Sematary
11:00am Poltergeist
1:30pm Stephen King’s It S1 E1
3:45pm Stephen King’s It S1 E2
6:00pm TNA iMPACT!
8:00pm Carrie
10:15pm 1408

Friday, Oct 9th

12:45am Legion
6:00am Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
8:00am Friday the 13th — A New Beginning
10:00am Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
12:00pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
2:00pm Halloween II
4:00pm Halloween
6:00pm Halloween
8:30pm Halloween II
11:00pm Friday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood

Saturday, Oct 10th

1:00am Jason X
3:15am Eight Legged Freaks
5:45am The Blob
8:00am Leprechaun
10:00am Gremlins
12:30pm The Fly
2:30pm The Thing
5:00pm Tremors
7:00pm Lake Placid
9:00pm Cujo
11:00pm Anaconda

Sunday, Oct 11th

1:00am Creepshow
4:00am Silver Bullet
6:00am Children of the Corn
8:15am Misery
10:45am Christine
12:45pm Carrie
3:00pm It
6:00pm The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E4 A Number in the System
7:05pm The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E4 A Number in the System
8:10pm Final Destination 2
10:10pm The Cabin in the Wood

Monday, Oct 12th

12:10am Army of Darkness
1:55am The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E4 A Number in the System
6:00am Pet Sematary Two
8:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
10:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
12:15pm Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
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 A Nightmare on Elm Street
11:15pm Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

Tuesday, Oct 13th

1:15am The Terror: Devil in Silver S1 E4 A Number in the System
2:20am Tales From the Crypt S4 E7 The New Arrival
2:50am The Three Stooges If a Body Meets a Body
6:00am Tales From the Crypt S2 E10 The Ventriloquist’s Dummy
6:30am Thinner
8:30am Silver Bullet
10:30am The Cabin in the Woods
12:30pm House on Haunted Hill
2:30pm House of Wax
5:00pm Thirteen Ghosts
7:00pm Ghost Ship
9:00pm Trick ‘r Treat
11:00pm Jeepers Creepers 2

Wednesday, Oct 14th

1:00am Night of the Living Dead
6:00am Motel Hell
8:30am Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
10:30am Halloween III: Season of the Witch
12:30pm The Thing
3:00pm Halloween
5:00pm Christine
7:00pm It
10:00pm The Conjuring

Thursday, Oct 15th

12:30am: The Haunting in Connecticut
2:45am: The Three Stooges (S1 E6: “Scotched in Scotland”)
2:55am: The Three Stooges (“Mummy’s Dummies”)
6:00am: Tales From the Crypt (S5 E7: “House of Horror”)
6:30am: Poltergeist
9:00am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
11:00am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1:00pm: Halloween II
3:30pm: Halloween
6:00pm: TNA iMPACT!
8:00pm: Ghost Ship
10:00pm: Friday the 13th

Friday, Oct 16th

12:00am: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
2:00am: Tales From the Crypt (S6 E8: “The Assassin”)
2:30am: Tales From the Crypt (S1 E1: “The Man Who Was Death”)
6:00am: Tales From the Crypt (S1 E2: “And All Through the House”)
6:30am: Tales From the Crypt (S5 E7: “House of Horror”)
7:00am: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
9:00am: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
11:00am: Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
1:00pm: Friday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood
3:00pm: Friday the 13th
5:00pm: Friday the 13th, Part 2
7:00pm: Friday the 13th – Part III
9:00pm: Stephen King’s It (S1 E1)
11:15pm: Stephen King’s It (S1 E2)

Saturday, Oct 17th

1:30am: The Omen
4:00am: The Amityville Horror
6:30am: The Amityville Horror
8:30am: The Omen
11:00am: The Conjuring
1:30pm: Insidious
4:00pm: Final Destination
6:00pm: Final Destination 2
8:00pm: I Know What You Did Last Summer
10:20pm: The Final Destination

Sunday, Oct 18th

12:25am: The Mist
3:15am: Friday the 13th – Part III
5:15am: Friday the 13th
7:15am: Friday the 13th, Part 2
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 Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E5: “Vermillion”)
7:03pm: The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E5: “Vermillion”)
8:06pm: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
10:06pm: Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Monday, Oct 19th

12:36am: The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E5: “Vermillion”)
1:39am: Tales From the Crypt (S6 E1: “Let the Punishment Fit the Crime”)
2:09am: Tales From the Crypt (S7 E13: “The Third Pig”)
2:39am: The Three Stooges (“Pardon My Scotch”)
2:49am: The Three Stooges (“Pop Goes the Easel”)
2:55am: The Three Stooges (“Slippery Silks”)
6:00am: Leprechaun: Origins
8:00am: Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
10:00am: Pumpkinhead
12:00pm: Jeepers Creepers 2
2:00pm: From Dusk Till Dawn
4:00pm: Tremors
6:00pm: Jeepers Creepers
8:00pm: Trick ‘r Treat
10:00pm: The Cabin in the Woods

Tuesday, Oct 20th

12:00am: The Mist
2:45am: The Three Stooges (“They Stooge to Conga”)
2:55am: The Three Stooges (“Three Little Beers”)
6:00am: Tales From the Crypt (S5 E9: “Creep Course”)
6:45am: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
8:45am: Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
10:45am: Friday the 13th, Part 2
12:45pm: Freddy vs. Jason
3:00pm: Friday the 13th
5:00pm: Halloween
7:30pm: Halloween II
10:00pm: Child’s Play

Wednesday, Oct 21st

12:00am: Child’s Play
2:00am: Tales From the Crypt (S2 E3: “Cutting Cards”)
2:30am: Tales From the Crypt (S2 E6: “The Thing From the Grave”)
4:30am: Life & Leisure hosted by Bill and Giuliana Rancic
6:00am: 1408
8:30am: The Last House on the Left
11:00am: The Omen
1:30pm: The Conjuring
4:00pm: Insidious
6:30pm: Insidious: Chapter 2
9:00pm: Insidious: Chapter 3
11:00pm: The Amityville Horror

Thursday, Oct 22nd

1:00am: Land of the Dead
6:00am: Jeepers Creepers
8:00am: Anaconda
10:00am: The Fly
12:00pm: Pet Sematary
2:00pm: Tremors
4:00pm: Lake Placid
6:00pm: TNA iMPACT!
8:00pm: Final Destination
10:00pm: Final Destination 2
11:59pm: The Final Destination

Friday, Oct 23rd

1:58 AM – The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E5: “Vermillion”)
6:00 AM – Leprechaun 2
7:45 AM – Ghost Ship
9:45 AM – House of Wax
12:15 PM – Poltergeist
2:45 PM – Carrie
5:00 PM – It
8:00 PM – Silver Bullet
10:00 PM – The Shining

Saturday, Oct 24th

Fear the ’80s
1:30 AM – Motel Hell
4:00 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S6 E14: “99 and 44/100 Percent Pure Horror”)
4:30 AM – The Return of the Living Dead
6:30 AM – Cujo
8:30 AM – The Fly
10:30 AM – Fright Night
1:00 PM – The Lost Boys
3:00 PM – Christine
5:00 PM – A Nightmare on Elm Street
7:15 PM – Friday the 13th
9:15 PM – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
11:15 PM – Gremlins

Sunday, Oct 25th

Halloween Marathon
1:45 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S4 E4: “Seance”)
2:15 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S4 E13: “Werewolf Concerto”)
2:45 AM – Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5:30 AM – Pumpkinhead
7:30 AM – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
9:30 AM – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
11:30 AM – Halloween
2:00 PM – Halloween II
4:00 PM – Halloween
6:00 PM – The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E6: “Starry Night”)
7:03 PM – The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E6: “Starry Night”)
8:06 PM – Stephen King’s It (S1 E1)
10:21 PM – Stephen King’s It (S1 E2)

Monday, Oct 26th

Friday the 13th Marathon
12:36 AM – The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E6: “Starry Night”)
1:39 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S7 E1: “Fatal Caper”)
2:19 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S7 E5: “Horror in the Night”)
6:00 AM – Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
8:00 AM – Friday the 13th — A New Beginning
10:00 AM – Friday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood
12:00 PM – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
2:00 PM – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
4:00 PM – Friday the 13th
6:00 PM – Friday the 13th
8:00 PM – Friday the 13th, Part 2
10:00 PM – Freddy vs. Jason

Tuesday, Oct 27th

Nightmare on Elm Street Marathon
12:15 AM – Friday the 13th – Part III
2:15 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S3 E2: “Loved to Death”)
6:00 AM – Tales From the Crypt (S4 E11: “Split Personality”)
6:45 AM – Jason X
9:00 AM – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
11:15 AM – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
1:45 PM – Freddy vs. Jason
4:00 PM – A Nightmare on Elm Street
6:15 PM – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
8:15 PM – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
10:30 PM – A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wednesday, Oct 28th

Final Destination Marathon
2:30 AM – The Conjuring
6:00 AM – The Crazies
8:30 AM – Jeepers Creepers 2
10:30 AM – Jeepers Creepers
12:30 PM – House of Wax
3:00 PM – Final Destination
5:00 PM – Final Destination 2
7:00 PM – The Final Destination
9:00 PM – Ghost Ship
11:00 PM – Poltergeist

Thursday, Oct 29th

1:30 AM – The Terror: Devil in Silver (S1 E6: “Starry Night”)
2:33 AM – The Three Stooges (“Hokus Pokus”)
6:00 AM – The Three Stooges (“Mummy’s Dummies”)
6:05 AM – The Three Stooges (“If a Body Meets a Body”)
6:15 AM – The Exorcist
9:00 AM – Child’s Play
11:00 AM – A Nightmare on Elm Street
1:00 PM – Friday the 13th
3:00 PM – It
6:00 PM – TNA iMPACT!
8:00 PM – Thirteen Ghosts
10:00 PM – Child’s Play

Friday, Oct 30th

Halloween on Halloween Marathon
12:00am – Tales From the Crypt (S7 E11: Confession)
12:45am – Tales From the Crypt (S7 E12: Ear Today … Gone Tomorrow)
1:30am – Halloween
3:30am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
5:30am – Halloween II
8:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
10:00am – Halloween
12:00pm – Halloween II
2:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
4:00pm – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
6:00pm – Halloween
8:00pm – Halloween
10:30pm – Halloween II

Saturday, Oct 31st

Halloween on Halloween Marathon
1:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
3:00am – Halloween II
5:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
7:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
9:00am – Halloween II
11:30am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1:30pm – Halloween
4:00pm – Halloween
6:00pm – Halloween II
8:00pm – Halloween
10:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Sunday, Nov 1st

Halloween Hangover
12:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1:00 AM – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
3:00am – Judge Dredd
6:00 AM: Christine
8:00 AM: Halloween (1978)
10:00 AM: The Terminator
12:30 PM: Predator
3:00 PM: Men in Black
5:00 PM: Men in Black II
7:00 PM: Jurassic World Dominion

I’ll be adding to this list as more of the full schedule becomes avaiable to fill in gaps here and there! Thanks and make sure to bookmark this for easy access! Happy Fall y’all!

Editorials, Horror Nostalgia

Tales From the Video Store: PUPPET MASTER II

Image August 9, 2026 Patti PaulterGeist Leave a comment

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. Oh shit, wrong movie. As far back as I can remember, I was completely enthralled with the killer doll genre, long before Chucky took center stage in 1988 and really kicked off a line of killer doll films from competing studios. It all really started for me with Talky Tina and THE TWILIGHT ZONE, then spilled over into Stuart Gordon’s DOLLS– a film I became obsessed with when I was very young, and still has a grip on me today as an adult. Not long after DOLLS hit video store rental shelves, which is where I discovered it, another film that Charles Band, who produced the 1987 horror flick, and his production company FULL MOON PICTURES showed up in the horror section of my local Mom and Pop Video Store entitled PUPPET MASTER. And this little movie did for FULL MOON what Freddy did for NEW LINE- it built a legacy and a ton of quirky B Horror and straight-to-VHS horror films to follow. And we all have Blade and friends to thank for it.

To be totally transparent, I actually saw PUPPET MASTER II before seeing the first movie. I know, wild; I was totally confused, but it didn’t restrict any love that happened upon my first viewing because I was immediately hooked and went to rent the original the following day. So, hence, the sequel is the one that truly sparked my love for the franchise and the one that remains a favorite. Not just for nostalgic reasons, but I firmly believe this is the best film of the franchise without a doubt.

SYNOPSIS:

The living puppets dig up their dead creator, Andre Toulon. Running low on the secret life-giving fluid, Toulon and his killer creations harvest brain fluid from a team of paranormal investigators at the Bodega Bay Inn. At the same time, Toulon targets a researcher he believes is his reincarnated wife.

Puppet Master II ramps up the body count, expands the franchise lore, and introduces some of the most iconic elements of the entire series. The deadly marionettes-Blade, Jester, Pinhead, Tunneler, and Leech Woman are running out of the mystical green elixir that sustains them. To save themselves, they head to a foggy graveyard, dig up the mummified corpse of their creator Andre Toulon, and bring him back from the dead.

Toulon is now alive, but he is a decomposing mess wrapped in bandages. To brew a fresh batch of his life-giving serum, he needs a very specific ingredient: fresh human brain tissue. YUMMO. Conveniently, a team of unsuspecting paranormal investigators rolls into the creepy Bodega Bay Inn to look into the events of the first film. Toulon, masquerading as a hotel guest and trying to channel his best Claude Rains impression, unleashes his mini-monsters to harvest the team’s grey matter.

Things take a bizarre turn when Toulon realizes the lead investigator, Carolyn, looks exactly like his deceased wife, Elsa. The plot shifts from a simple slasher into a mad-scientist romance. Toulon concocts a plan to murder Carolyn, kill himself, and transfer both of their souls into life-sized human mannequins so they can live happily ever after.

How romantic. Also the most nightmare-inducing images of the entire movie.

Puppet Master II is also the introduction to one of my favorites of the franchise, TORCH. The only puppet with the absolute balls to kill a kid.

As an 80s kid, I’m a stickler for practical effects, and David Allen’s stop-motion animation gives the puppets a distinct, uncanny movement that CGI just can’t replicate. Which is something I’m afraid of happening, as rumors are circulating that BLUMHOUSE will be rebooting the beloved B Horror franchise in the future. I’m all for breathing new life into the puppets of my generation, but let’s be clear- Blumhouse has always been hit or miss, with a lot more misses, unfortunately, when it comes to horror movie reboots. This is why I can’t even fuck with the new Chucky movies or series. There is way too much CGI going on, and it makes the dolls look even more cheesy than intended and completely unrealistic. I mean, it’s about as fake as you can get, and we’re talking puppets and dolls who come alive from spells and potions. Which is a WILD thing to even say. But I just know that Blumhouse would pull that same kind of shit, and Toulon’s creations will just become another mediocre product from Jason Blum.

Yeah. I said it.

That being said, Puppet Master II perfectly balances genuinely creepy imagery with the delightful, low-budget B-movie charm of the early ’90s, and I’ll always remember the first time I saw it thanks to my local video store. Another treasure that gained momentum through word of mouth, an intriguing VHS cover, and inspired young horror fans to come back for more B horror.

All hail the memories of horror movie video rentals.

Games

All Hell Unleashed: The Ultimate NES Horror Game- and You Can Play for Free!

Image July 5, 2026 Patti PaulterGeist Leave a comment

Cough, cough-in my very best Sophia Petrillo voice: Picture it- Las Vegas, Summer of 1989. It’s hot as balls outside in the desert sun, and even though I was a pretty tough hellion in my youth, some days in Vegas are meant for indoors. To hell with the eleven-foot deep swimming pool WITH a built-in slide in my backyard that landscapes the view outside my bedroom window. It’s too miserable to even bear. So I grab some Ecto-Cooler, a can of Planter’s Cheese Balls, and waste the day away on shag carpet with my beloved NES in the comforting air conditioning. The game of the Summer was FRIDAY THE 13TH, and you can imagine just how many times I threw my controller against the wall with that one. But it was Jason Voorhees and a game based on a fucking R-rated horror movie; a horror movie, mind you, every kid my age knew and secretly watched anytime one of the flicks was on television. So, based on that alone, I suffered through some preadolescent rage just to be the cool kid on the block who could take out Jason and save everyone at Camp Crystal Lake.

And not much has changed in the last 30 years. James Rolfe got this one right.

I still play these shitty games, but bless the NES Homebrews and people like Steve McCall (8-Bit Slasher), who have taken their love for horror and NES glory and mashed them together into a holy matrimony of what we all should have had in an NES cartridge growing up.

“I’ve always had a love for horror movies, and the NES & I always wanted to see all of these horror icons have their own NES games. With my background of making simple old school horror games in the late 90s for PC where you could play as the slashers, and later learning how to program for the NES, demaking my old flash games for the system felt like a natural step.“

“It was only a matter of time before I made a brand new horror game. The problem was.. I didn’t know which slasher to pick… so I said to myself, “All of them.” Well, as many as I could fit anyway lol… and that’s how All Hell Unleashed was born.“

8-Bit Slasher

You may have seen his homebrews before, as far back as the late 90s, where Steve made his own horror PC versions that mimic 8-bit gaming with titles such as A Nightmare on Elm Street: Son of a Hundred Maniacs (1999), Halloween: October 31st (1999), Friday the 13th: Return to Camp Blood (1998), and Candyman: Be My Victim (2006), also all avaible to download for free by clicking on those individual links. And believe me, they’re truly fun as hell, so give it a go.

8-Bit’s latest venture is ALL HELL UNLEASHED, a horror game that takes every horror fan’s favorite icon and throws them into a game of structured chaos. Every icon is a boss to fight at the end of a stage, once you’ve collected all the orbs to progress to the boss stage, and whoever you fight depends on what world of horror you dared to enter, which includes Jason, Michael, Freddy, Candyman, Ghostface, Leatherface, Chucky, Pennywise, Pinhead, and the Killer Klowns From Outer Space.

Also, you can fight Regan if you can find her secret hiding spot located in one of the horror icon’s stages. Hint: The window on the second-floor house blinks SIX TIMES! She was a pain in the ass, by the way…

GAME STORYLINE: Amidst a realm where darkness reigns and evil lurks in every shadow, a sinister cult has unleashed chaos upon our world. Introducing ‘All Hell Unleashed,’ the NES game that pits YOU against the most infamous horror icons of all time.. Jason, Michael, Freddy, Candyman, Ghostface, Leatherface, Chucky, Pennywise, Pinhead and the Killer Klowns. As the world teeters on the brink of eternal fear, you must embark on a perilous journey to confront these iconic villains. But beware, time is of the essence, for the shattered fragments of a cursed amulet hold the key to sealing the dimensional rift and saving our world from eternal darkness. Can you rise to the challenge, gather the fragments, and stop the cult before it’s too late? The fate of humanity rests in your hands. ‘All Hell Unleashed’ Confront the terror… or let it claim your soul.

I went through every stage, and it is GLORIOUS. The little details in the game are pixel-perfect, and why, yes, I very much like to listen to the Dickies’ “Killer Klowns” theme while taking out Shorty. Watch out for those pies, boys.

Screenshot

In the most recent upgraded version of ALL HELL UNLEASHED, THE V6.66 VERSION, you can play as 8-Bit machete-wielding Jason or Ash with his trusty chainsaw, with their own little mini-games included!

Head on over to Fista Productions’ website to download this game and all the others while you’re at it for FREE because you deserve to live like its the Summer of 1989. Also, for tips and tricks for the game itself, take a gander at the ALL HELL UNLEASHED exclusive web page by clicking here!

And the answer is yes: physical copies ARE available through a sister site for a mere $20! Which I totally prefer because I need to feel the nostalgia running through my veins from my 40-year-old NES controller.

Bonus points for you if you get to play it with the Power Glove.