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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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Listen to Reason: “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” Is Totally A Halloween Movie

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I must admit that I fully know that many of you reading this are going to say this is a far reach; however, I got you here didn’t I?! So you must be open somehow with listening to reason that Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, most certainly can be seen as a Halloween movie.

Pee Wee’s first big-time Hollywood debut is one that many audiences cherish from this nugget in time and one that I personally, have both fond, and nightmarish memories of. The 80s’ really had a knack for taking a family-friendly film and inserting horrific scenes in them, giving kids, and hell even some adults, nightmares for years to come. Great examples of such are Return To Oz, hell that whole movie is a horror show, and how about Atrax’s fate in The Neverending Story? It’s clear as day why anyone of us growing up in the 80s’ needed therapy. Pee Wee’s Big “Halloween” Adventure is no exception, as the movie is chock full of sketchy scenes that are horrific in nature, horror movie references, and plenty of Halloween decor to give us that good ol’ Halloween feeling that we’re watching a film dedicated to our all-time favorite holiday.

So let’s open with the fact that this Tim Burton’s first big directorial debut, working alongside composer Danny Elfman. Who we all know when the pair are teamed together, make one hell of a kooky, gothic soundtrack that can only be described as well, Halloween-ish. Even in the light-hearted musical excerpts from the film have an underlying spook factor that you just can’t smooth over. And I absolutely love that shit.

Then, of course, there’s Pee Wee’s home. First off, there are Jack-O-Lanterns all over the house, skeleton cling decor, and a creepy Abe Lincoln with his minion animal dinosaur skeletons helping make Pee Wee breakfast. Pee Wee even sleeps with a cow skull attached to his headboard, with Godzilla figures keeping a watchful eye over his slumbers. I think Doc Brown would approve of the breakfast contraption, while I wholeheartedly approve of the creepy representation.

The Lobster might be mocking my Halloween vibes.
Notice the big ceramic (maybe) pumpkin on the shelf in the background.
The makings of a madman sleeping with cow skulls.
Another ceramic jack-o!
I spy some sort of weird Jack-O-Lantern dummy prop!

Hell, there’s even a little Jack-O-Lantern set up in the front yard that is a part of his secret hiding spot for his bike!

Then there’s Mario’s Magic shop, where it’s anything but. It just looks like a hole-in-the-wall Halloween store where horror fanatics are frequent flyers. Halloween masks and shrunken heads galore. Tell me this doesn’t scream Halloween mini-mart?

Not to mention the mistress of the dark herself, Elvira makes a cameo not only in the film as the badass biker chick, but on the wall of Mario’s at the entrance!

Now let’s talk about some of that nightmare-inducing imagery. Recurring scary clowns are all over this movie, and every single one of them gives all the damn skeevies.

Then there’s a delightful appearance with Francis as the devil murdering Pee Wee’s precious bike. I gotta tell you this whole dream sequence was pretty anxiety-inducing as a kid. Softcore kid horror at its finest folks.

Oh, and let’s not forget, there’s a Day of the Dead parade happening in the middle of the movie. Which, of course, happens to be celebrated on the day after Halloween.

For context, this is seen during the chase between Andy and Pee Wee.

Last, but certainly not least, who could forget the most iconic scene from Big Adventure- LARGE MARGE. Yes sir. It was the worst accident I’ve (never seen). And I’m still of the opinion that Marge needs her own stand-alone horror film where we dive into her death and her restless spirit scaring the shit out of hitchhikers. Thanks.

I’m not here to convince anyone that Pee Wee’s Big Adventure is definitively a Halloween film, but I sure do get those Halloween vibes every time I watch it and it hits those notes even higher and more profound around the October season. Whether you agree with me or not, let’s at least agree that the movie rules.