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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.
Spooky season is right around the corner and your fave fears are coming back. 🎃😱
Get ready for #FearFest all October long only on AMC. pic.twitter.com/ExmsRHj2HB
— AMC TV (@AMC_TV) August 20, 2024
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 9/03/24
Fear Fest will begin Tuesday, October 1st 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
- 9:00am – Jaws The Revenge
Friday, September 13, 2024
- 12:30pm – Cape Fear
- 3:30pm – The Shining
- 7:00pm – Jaws
- 10:00pm – Jaws 2
Saturday, September 14, 2024
- 12:30am – Jaws 3
- 2:45am – Jaws The Revenge
- 1:30pm – Jaws
- 4:30pm – Jaws 2
Monday, September 16, 2024
- 9:00am – Cujo
- 11:00am – Se7en
- 2:00pm – Misery
- 4:30pm – The Silence of the Lambs
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- 10:00am – The Silence of the Lambs
- 4:30pm – The Shining
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- 7:00pm – Jaws
- 10:00pm – Jaws 2
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- 10:00am – The Silence of the Lambs
- 12:30pm – Jaws 2
- 3:00pm – Jaws
- 10:00pm – The Shining
Countdown to FearFest Begins
Schedule subject to change, please check back closer for updates.
Friday, September 27, 2024
- 9:00am – 1408
- 11:30am – The Shining
- 3:00pm – Cujo
- 5:00pm – Misery
- 7:30pm – Christine
- 9:30pm – Thinner
- 11:30pm – Silver Bullet
Saturday, September 28, 2024
FearFest Kickoff Halloween Weekend
- 1:30am – Graveyard Shift
- 3:30am – Misery
- 6:00am – Cujo
- 8:00am – Graveyard Shift
- 10:00am – Thinner
- 12:00pm – Silver Bullet
- 2:00pm – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 4:00pm – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 8:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 10:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
Sunday, September 29, 2024
FearFest Kickoff Halloween Weekend Continues
- 1:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 3:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 5:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 7:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 9:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 11:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 1:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 3:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 5:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Monday, September 30, 2024
- 3:44am – Halloween II (1981)
- 9:00am – 1408
- 11:15am – The Mist
- 2:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 4:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 6:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 8:00pm – Trick ‘r Treat
- 10:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
AMC FearFest Schedule
Schedule subject to change, please check back closer for 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
- 11:15am – House on Haunted Hill
- 1:15pm – The Haunting
- 3:45pm – The Last Exorcism
- 5:45pm – Poltergeist
- 8:15pm – The Exorcist
- 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
- 10:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
Friday, October 4, 2024
AMC Celebrates Nightmare Marathon
- 1:20am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 5:44am – Voodoo Woman
- 9:00am – Corridors of Blood
- 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
- 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
- 1:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 3:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 5:00pm – Final Destination 3
- 7:00pm – Final Destination 5
Monday, October 7, 2024
Halloween Marathon
- 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
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 10:40pm – Friday the 13th Part 2
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- 8:00pm – Final Destination 5
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 3
Friday, October 11, 2024
- 6:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 8:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 10:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Stephen King Marathon
- 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)
- 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)
Monday, October 14, 2024
- 5:45pm – Freddy vs. Jason
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 10:00pm – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- 5:30pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
- 7:30pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 9:45pm – Trick ‘r Treat
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- 6:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 8:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 10:00pm – Child’s Play (2019)
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- 5:45pm – Christine
- 7:45pm – Carrie
- 10:00pm – Thinner
Friday, October 18, 2024
House of Horrors Marathon
- 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
More coming… stay tuned!
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- DISH Network – Channel 131
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Sheesh, so many people complaining. I understand wanting to see certain movies and giving suggestions but don’t be so rude about it! At least they’re showing something, that’s always better than nothing!
I have always said that each year about Fearfest. If you don’t like the movies stop complaining about it. We have too many options in today’s world. You can have your own fearfest and watch the movies you want to watch. There’s TCM, Syfy and other channels to watch horror movies on. I love this time of year and I will enjoy fearfest like I do every year. Thank you Amc
Im with you, you can’t make everybody happy but to have Jaws on for fear fest as the opener, maybe for shark week. You do a great job AMC though keep it up…
I’m honestly disappointed with this selection! I look forward to this every year and the excess in Jaws and Jurassic Park makes no sense to me. I’m still happy that they’re doing it, but each year, it feels more and more like they don’t care. Normally, it’s marathons of Friday the 13th and Halloween (which is what I like) and I loved when they used to include Universal Monster movies. I agree absolutely with not showing the movies in order too? That’s really annoying! Oct 14 is looking the best for me :), but no Halloween II (1981)? I really hope the last few days are dedicated to the Halloween franchise (NOT including any Rob Zombie “remake”).
Jaws Halloween Jason Freddy
More Stephen King please!
What about the evil dead beneath the darkness there’s a lot I can’t think of AMC needs to come up with new ones its same ones every year drag me to hell there a good one wish they make pt 2 there many more if they took the time to look ????????????????????????
what the heck are these 2 movies doing in the lineup? …..
9:00am – Tanks of El Alamein (1958)
9:15am – Suicide Battalion (1958)
they’re WAR movies, for heaven’s sake!
thanks for putting in all the final destination movies!
the overall lineup looks p-r-e-t-t-y good so far!
and yeah, i agree with the comments above regarding showing the movie (series) in the proper order. just makes lots of sence.
thanks AMC!
I also think they should show some of the old universal classics, and I agree Jaws is a great movie but not a Halloween movie….I wish they would also show the original Salems Lot by Stephen King and the original It…
After reading these comments I’m glad other people feel the way I do. I disagree having the walking dead during fear fest. The lineup looks good so far except for jaws. I hope they include all the nightmare on elm streets and some b rated horror flicks you dont normally see. The Monday oct 21 lineup looks like crap. Overall I guess I should be lucky fear fest is even a thing anymore since the world is going soft. So thank you amc for continuing fear fest.
Hey did you guys and girls here of the new movie coming out on Net flix called Army of the Dead? Well it is a sequel to the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead. Zach Snyder is directing it, and if you never heard of him he directed Superman the movie a couple years ago and other high budget movies as well. He was the one who directed the 2004 Dawn of the Dead also. He wanted to make another movie for a sequel to Dawn of the Dead earlier but I believe Paramount was not letting him shop for all the groceries and giving him a unlimited credit card on the matter. So Netflix came in and is giving him 90 to a 100 million to play with and he has full control and can do anything he wants. So finally it will be on Netflix in 2020…I can’t wait on this…Its been way to long for a second one to come around, and it takes place in vegas. When you have a chance look it up. And Im still waiting for World War Z 2, it has been going back and fourth for a start date for filming. hopefully they start it soon, and I also heard there is going to be a 28 years later……..The first movie was great and the first 15 mins of the second movie of 28 was one of the best openings I ever seen for a zombie movie….Let me know what you think
I love AMC during this time of year! My only problem is that I don’t understand why they always play series out of order.
Same, it seems odd to play out of order.