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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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I’m really disappointed in this years Fear fest also can you play the Halloween movies in order
I don’t understand what does Jurassic park and lake Placid has to do with Halloween also no child’s play or Scream 1 -4 I’m really disappointed in this years Fear fest also can you play the Halloween movies in order
Jaws, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Independence Day on Halloween Fear Fest?????!!!!!?????!!!!!
Im currently in Mexico.I have AMC but these movies do not appear!Why?!?!
No Halloween 3- Season of the Witch, no fear fest. Shame…
9 more days till Halloween!
Gonna have to have my own personal screening I guess….
Jaws and Jurassic Park are Halloween worthy?! so many other classics to play. Who schedules these anyway??
i wonder if anyone at AMC ever reads this blog. hope so, as the FEST this year was good to a point, but severely lacking in many ways.
HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY THE 13TH series were played way too often and though i love them – there’s room for other movies.
again i reiterate, as others have, show them in the proper order. there were so many parts of every series missing. truly disappointing.
including movies like INDEPENDENCE DAY, JAWS, JURASSIC PARK, were not necessary.
and closing on oct 30, 31, nov 1 with the HALLOWEEN series, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, was really sad. 29 times they were shown, in 2 days!!!!!
they missed the rest of the CHUCKY movies, and what about CANDYMAN?
and again, why was the programming not run 24×7 – the night time stuff was cruddy!!
FINAL DESITINATION was missing a good part of the series.
PARANORMAL movies – okay – really – watching hours of home video with some scary snipits is truly boring!!!
thanks anyway AMC, but it would be nice to hear on this blog, from AMC – hoping next year is much better.
Out of all the Halloween films, why does Halloween II (1981) always get the boot? Makes no sense to show Rob Zombie’s film. I mean unless they don’t have rights to it or something???
Why do you play the Halloween movie franchise three days in a row? Why not just save if for Halloween?
It’s a shame that Children Under the Stairs doesn’t get a daytime showing, it’s always at the obscure hours of night and only airs once. That film deserves more recognition than some of these so-called classics like Friday the 13th Part 9 and Halloween 6.
Would also be nice if they had chosen to air some other greats such as Exorcist 3 or Black Christmas. I like that Lake Placid is there, it’s quite a fun one and a few more of that nature such as the original Leprechaun would have also been welcome. And there’s always room for some silly ones such as Cutting Class or Troll.