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 as well.
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2023 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, Leprechaun, Alien, and Stephen King classics.
FearFest officially begins on Sunday, October 1st 2023.
*date/times are subject to change – all times shown in Eastern*
(Last updated on 10/01/23)
Check back in for schedule updates throughout the year.
FearFest October Schedule
Schedule subject to change, check back in for updates.
Sunday, October 1, 2023
- 1:30am – Halloween II
- 4:00am – Halloween (1978)
- 6:00am – Halloween III: Season of The Witch
- 8:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 10:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 12:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 2:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
- 5:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Monday, October 2, 2023
- 9:00am – Corridors Of Blood
- 9:15am – The Apparition
- 11:15am – Jason X
- 1:30pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 3:30pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 5:30pm – Misery
- 8:00pm – Rosemary’s Baby
- 11:00pm – Cursed Films
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
- 12:00am – Misery
- 9:00am – Jet Attack
- 9:15am – Drag Me to Hell
- 11:15am – The Rite
- 1:45pm – The Prodigy
- 3:45pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 6:00pm – Candyman
- 8:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 10:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
- 12:00am – Insidious: The Last Key
- 9:00am – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
- 11:15am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- 1:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 3:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 5:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 10:00pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
Thursday, October 5, 2023
- 12:00am – Child’s Play (2019)
- 9:00am – Sinister 2
- 11:15am – Freddy Vs. Jason
- 1:30pm – Friday The 13th (2009)
- 3:30pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 5:30pm – Poltergeist
- 8:00pm – The Exorcist (1973)
- 10:45pm – Jeepers Creepers
Friday, October 6, 2023
- 12:45am – Creepshow
- 9:30am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:30am – The Uninvited
- 12:30pm – Poltergeist
- 3:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 5:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 7:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
Saturday, October 7, 2023
- 2:15am – V/H/S/99
- 2:45am – Dark Skies
- 6:00am – Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell
- 8:15am – Army Of Darkness
- 10:00am – Halloween (2007)
- 12:30pm – Halloween: II (2009)
- 3:00pm – Final Destination 5
- 5:00pm – The Final Destination
- 7:00pm -Final Destination
- 9:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 11:00pm – Final Destination 3
Sunday, October 8, 2023
- 1:00am – Final Destination
- 3:00am – Final Destination 2
- 5:00am – Quarantine 2: Terminal
- 7:00am – Hellraiser: Bloodline
- 9:00am – The Dead Zone
- 11:30am – 1408
- 2:00pm – Misery
- 4:30pm – Firestarter
- 7:00pm – Christine (1983)
- 11:46pm – Christine (1983)
Monday, October 9, 2023
- 9:30am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:30am – Sinister 2
- 12:45pm – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 3:00pm – Misery
- 5:30pm – The Last House on the Left
- 8:00pm – House of Wax
- 10:30pm – Thirteen Ghosts
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
- 12:30am – Evil Dead
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – House of the Dead
- 12:00pm – Evil Dead
- 2:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 4:00pm – Pumpkinhead
- 6:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 8:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 10:00pm – The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Halloween (1978) AMC Original Special
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- 12:30am – Halloween (2007)
- 5:07am – Corridors of Blood
- 5:22am – Jet Attack
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 12:00pm – Halloween Resurrection
- 2:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 4:00pm – Halloween II
- 6:00pm – Halloween III
- 8:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 10:00pm – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Thursday, October 12, 2023
- 12:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 5:25am – Suicide Battalion
- 5:40am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:00am – War of The Colossal Beast
- 9:15am – Hellboy
- 11:15am – Ghoulies
- 1:15pm – Tremors II: Aftershocks
- 3:30pm – Tremors
- 5:30pm – The Thing
- 8:00pm – The Exorcist (1973)
- 10:45pm – Final Destination
Friday, October 13, 2023
- 9:15am – Invasion of the Neptune Man
- 9:30am – Voodoo Woman
- 9:45am – Priest
- 11:45am – Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 1:45pm – Friday the 13th Part IX: Jason Goes to Hell
- 3:45pm – Freddys Vs. Jason
- 5:45pm – Jason X
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
- 10:00pm – Creepshow SEASON 4 PREMIERE
Saturday, October 14, 2023
- 5:03am – Ghoulies
- 7:00am – Pumpkinhead
- 9:00am – The Thing
- 11:30am – Fright Night
- 2:00pm – Christine
- 4:00pm – Halloween II
- 6:00pm – Halloween III
- 8:00pm – Poltergeist
- 10:30pm – Candyman
Sunday, October 15, 2023
- 12:30am – Pumpkinhead
- 2:30am – An American Werewolf In London
- 4:30am – Hellraiser: Inferno
- 7:00am – Happy Death Day 2U
- 9:00am – Child’s Play
- 11:00am – The Strangers
- 1:00pm – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- 3:00pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 5:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 7:00pm – Halloween (1978)
Monday, October 16, 2023
- 12:34am – Halloween (1978)
- 9:00am – Identity
- 10:30am – The Rite
- 1:00pm – The Possession
- 3:00pm – The People Under the Stairs
- 5:30pm – Firestarter
- 8:00pm – Christine
- 10:00pm – The Exorcist
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- 5:19am – Suicide battalion
- 5:34am – Violent Midnight
- 9:00am – Body Snatchers
- 11:00am – 1408
- 1:30pm – Misery
- 4:00pm – Christine
- 6:00pm – Trick ‘R Treat
- 8:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 10:00pm – House of Wax
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
- 12:30am – Insidious: The Last Key
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – Candyman
- 12:00pm – Hellraiser: Hellseeker
- 2:00pm – Hellraiser: Hellworld
- 4:00pm – Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
- 6:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 8:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 10:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
Thursday, October 19, 2023
- 12:00am – Candyman
- 5:30am – Voodoo Woman
- 5:45am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:30am – Daybreakers
- 11:45am – Don’t Breathe
- 1:45pm – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 4:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 6:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
- 10:00pm – Poltergeist
Friday, October 20, 2023
- 12:30am – Pumpkinhead
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 12:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- 2:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- 4:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 6:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Saturday, October 21, 2023
- 12:30am – Army of Darkness
- 6:30am – The Dead Zone
- 9:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 11:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 1:00pm – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 3:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 5:00pm – Halloween II
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 9:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 11:00pm – Halloween (1978)
Sunday, October 22, 2023
- 1:00am – Halloween II
- 3:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 5:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 7:00am – The Last Exorcism
- 9:00am – The Possession
- 11:00am – Final Destination 5
- 1:00pm – The Final Destination
- 3:00pm – Final Destination
- 5:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 7:00pm – Final Destination 3
- 9:00pm – Fear the Walking Dead (Mid-Season Premiere)
Monday, October 23, 2023
- 12:12am – Final Destination
- 3:14am -Final Destination 2
- 9:00am – Violent Midnight
- 9:15am – The Creation of the Humanoids
- 9:30am – Quarantine
- 11:30am – Priest
- 1:30pm – Cloverfield
- 3:30pm – The Thing
- 6:00pm – Candyman
- 8:00pm – Trick ‘R Treat
- 10:00pm – Ghost Ship
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
- 12:00am – The Last House on the Left
- 9:30am – Invasion Of the Neptune Men
- 9:45am – Land Of The Dead
- 11:45am – Trick ‘R Treat
- 1:45pm – Ghost Ship
- 3:45pm – Child’s Play
- 5:45pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 8:00pm – Friday The 13th (2009)
- 10:00pm – Pumpkinhead
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
- 12:00am – Hellraiser: Hellworld
- 5:10am – Invasion Of the Neptune Men
- 5:25am – War Of The Colossal Beast
- 9:00am – Vampires
- 11:15am – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
- 1:45pm – Friday The 13th (2009)
- 3:45pm – Insidious: The Last Key
- 6:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 10:00pm – House Of Wax
Thursday, October 26, 2023
- 12:30am – The Exorcist (1973)
- 9:00am – The Prodigy
- 11:00am – The Possession
- 1:00pm – 1408
- 3:30pm – House Of Wax
- 6:00pm – Final Destination
- 8:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 3
Friday, October 27, 2023
- 9:15am – Army Of Darkness
- 11:00am – The People Under the Stairs
- 1:30pm – Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
- 3:30pm – An American Werewolf in London
- 5:30pm – The Lost Boys
- 7:30pm – Poltergeist
Saturday, October 28, 2023
- 12:18am – A Haunted House
- 2:04am – A Haunted House 2
- 5:15am – Tremors 5: Bloodlines
- 7:30am- Evil Dead
- 9:30am – The Thing
- 12:00pm – Leprechaun
- 2:00pm – Anaconda
- 4:00pm – Tremors
- 6:00pm – Christine
- 8:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 10:00pm – Friday The 13th (2009)
Sunday, October 29, 2023
- 12:00am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 2:00am – The Strangers
- 3:45am – The Thing
- 6:00am – Creepshow
- 9:00am – Jeepers Creepers
- 11:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 1:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 3:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 5:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 7:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
Monday, October 30, 2023
- 12:30am – Halloween: Resurrection
- 3:38am – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 6:00am – Halloween (1978)
- 8:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 10:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 12:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 2:00pm – Halloween III: Season of The Witch
- 4:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 6:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 8:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 10:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
- 12:00am – Halloween II (1981)
- 2:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 4:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 6:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 8:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 10:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 12:00pm – Halloween III: Season of The Witch
- 2:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 4:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 6:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 8:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 10:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
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Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I know the lines before say it. I’m bored, but Happy Halloween everyone!!
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I’m so disappointed with fearfest this year. This channel has basically been a tradition of mine for the month of October since my grown children were little but I’m barely watching it and feel like i wasted money. The schedule has been off a lot also. I was excited to finally be watching the classic An American Werewolf In London this morning and instead Im watching Gremlins. I don’t know whats going but AMC has really gone downhill this year.
I soooo agree w you!
HORRIBLE Lineup. Final Destination? How is that horror? And how many times can you play it? Not to mention maybe the first one was the only one worth watching once. Tremors? Come on. Give us horror! There are many incredible horror flicks out there, maybe it is a licensing thing but this lineup truly sucks.
I think I’m out on Fearfest. It’s been multiple years in a row now that they haven’t aired Season of the Witch.
They aired it last year lol
Too many showings of the Final Destination franchise, save that for Friday the 13th (the date, not the movie)!
I’m also watching a lot of “Ghostober” on the Travel Channel.
HBO generally sucks these days.
Why aren’t you showing the thing wrong turn hellraiser evil dead comon people put the classics back on!!!
Horrible this year AMC!!! Why are they playing taken and fast & furious ??? on Fear fest!! You need to start playing some oldies that you haven’t played!! Dawn of the dead 1978, Day of dead, return of the living dead, people under the stairs, Stephen king’s IT the original, Salem’s lot, House 1985, The omen, Wrong turn’s. You skipped nightmare on elm street all of the original’s. AMC why do keep playing the same movie’s over and over again? You need to switch up the movie’s what happened to AMC ???
I agree you need to put hellraiser on the wrong turns movies all the classics that you used to evil dead tooo!!!
Worst lineup I’ve seen to date !!!! What the heck is going on ? What happened to Dracula or nightmare on elm street ? Sure you play the remakes but what about the originals. ??
Agree with your movie suggestions, but I thought Taken and the F and the F was airing on the SciFi channel. I saw their lineup and thought it was ridiculous. Regardless, AMC is playing the same movies over and over. Halloween is on repeat, and it’s getting so old. There are many awesome movies they could be playing. What a shame!
Couldn’t agree more horrible playlist this year!!!!
Moe
Horrible Fearfest Movies! Like the classics: Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy with Lon Chaney, Frankenstein, The Blob etc. very disappointed😢
Jennifer, all those movies would be great, AMC does not have the rights to air them.
Killer Klowns!! cats scared
I wonder why they are not playing any of the Scream movies this year. New Scream movie comes out in March 2023.
Does anyone know where I can watch Halloween 2018 edited version?
Freeform had it on it may be on again? I’m not sure but I’d check there
I’m enjoying the 80’s films. Nice selection this year.
It’s hilarious that you can say certain “curse” words on AMC and not others. It’s the same movies every year on repeat. I know they have permissions they have to get, but I think everyone would love a fan vote! Happy Halloween! 👻🔪🎃🪦
Where are the Chris Lee Dracula (Hammer) films?
Where are the Universal monster movies (Lugosi’s Dracula, Karloff’s Frankenstein, Lon Chaney’s Wolfman)?
Where’s the 2010 Wolfman movie?
Why do you keep showing all of the Halloween movies OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
You are American Movie CLASSICS. So, where are the classics?? Seriously?? You can’t give up two or three days to show Hammer and universal films??
Halloween rob zombie 1 and 2 are not on amc this year also no Halloween 2 original or Halloween 3 smh AMC needs to fight to get these classics back on the lineup this year amc is getting bullied by steaming companies like peacock
Also there has been none of the Scream movies shown
Hi everyone, or anyone,
Based on all the comments, depending on what generation you’re from. this is just my honest and humble, opinion. what the heck even happened to the real Halloween CLASSIC movies back in the day, oldies but goodies, rethinking reality, critical thinking, 1950’s 1960’s, 1970’s and early to mid-1980s like the Wolf Man, Lon Chaney, The Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, and the best actors like Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee. The original Halloween was the best ( 1976) see the problem today is directors and producers try to reinvent the wheel. Just leave it alone. Those are classics that will never be the same just like the original movies as well. Because most of the time I think they’re just not the same or good. Today’s movies don’t look real ( it’s all this computer ammunition, drama on steroids, they’re not like back then at hammer studios in
( England) or actually shot live on real locations. It felt more real and kept you in suspense and the actors, and writers were brilliant. Now it’s boring and most of these horror movies are on a loop. But it’s like everything today greed, going with the flow, and politics. Not me, I’m 97 % in boycott mode with even today’s sports, But the good news is, you can now buy them all on the internet 😉 I’ve enjoyed the glory days now it’s over.
Sign, Baby Boomer.
Why do they cut everything out it should be played like it is in the theaters that’s the only thing about fear fest that sucks.
I think the people are right when they say the same movies play year after year they should play classics and what about all the great slashers and horror from the 70’s 80’s they need to upgrade their gear fest in the future cause I’m sure alot of people will not watch they’s movies they may as well play cartoons
I think I saw a movie on amc a few years back and I can’t remember what it is. It had something to do with hunters going into a club/bar in the middle of no where and I think at night women turned into some type of creatures and I think they all died when the sun came up or something like that?
From dusk till dawn
Year after year, they never show Halloween 2 (1981) or Halloween 3 (1983). Why? Stop showing Resurrection and show H2 & H3. I’ll even take the Zombie remakes over Resurrection.
AMC fear fest is not the same anymore I been a fan for 15 years and this year it’s just a terrible mix they are showing Halloween 6 Halloween 5 and 4 in the morning on Halloween lots of the movies are during the day latest 10pm all AmC cares about now is the walking dead
if you have comcast xfinty and one of those grey remotes that have microphoe press it and say halloween 2 you might have to pay a small rental fee like i did or you can buy it they also have halloween james think if you google it halloween 2 it should come up on tubi website i found it there as well
James, all networks including AMC are bound by law that they cannot show a movie or film with out the explicit rights of the producer or film company. It sucks yes, they can go ahead and air it, but they will have their butts sued off, so they are not willing to have that just for OUR viewing pleasure.
It’s basically October. I hope none of you are happy with the schedules.
No shining?!
I like, love horror movies
For those who may not have seen yet and are interested . Halloween II (1983) and Halloween III season of the witch will be on SYFY this October.
Do you know what days?
Need Creepshow and Humanoids from the Deep!