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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I’m Fired Up for AMC Fear Fest 2023!!
Starting it up on Sept 25th is Big Time!!
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I just cancelled Philo I’ve been watching Amc on that for the past 2 years for 20 bucks a month why? Im picking up Am plus and I get Shudder? Should have researched awile back
Every year, for the past 5 years, I do a 31 Days of Halloween (1 move a day for 31 Days in October). Usually it’s a combo of BluRays I buy, what’s on Fearfest, stuff on Freeform or perhaps something that may stand out on a streaming service for me (usually something from Disney + though). Last 2 years, AMC disappointed me and I only had like 2 moves from them to watch. This year, there’s a lot more.. I am happy for this and will continue this tradition for many more years to come!
You guys wanna hear something funny? This past summer I went and bought Halloween 2, I needed it anyway for my official collection and I just assumed AMC wouldn’t show it again, but here it is!! Looool. Although it will be watered down (Edited). So I’ll just watch my copy. Good to see a few more movies being shown again that weren’t in past years.
You’re not gonna do an all-day Jason marathon… on FRIDAY THE 13TH… IN OCTOBER?? Seriously, AMC? Big fail.
I love Halloween , and I love Fearfest but if AMC doesn’t show some movies I want to see I’ll just watch my own horror movie marathon from my own collection.
Looks like first up is Michael Myers on the first Me I am ready for a change in fear feast like jaws Jaw2. Jaw 3 and jaws 4, steven kings some times they come back cujo. Steven kings it. The blob legend of boggy creek Sleepy hollow
AMC will be “shocked by Shudder” this year and is making some changes to how they program FearFest this year – and will be expanding their selectiongs to their other channels like WETV, IFC, and BBC America. Additionally, Shudder programmers will be taking the lead but it does sound like more of the same on AMC, like years past.
More on the new approach at this link : https://www.vulture.com/article/shudder-amc-fearfest-halloween-movies-tv-shows.html
I grew up on all the Halloweens it’s my favorite but I like all the conjurings of Stephen kings movies Honestly I don’t think the lineup is going to change much because u can watch all these same flix everywhere else it’s just fun to sit around with friends or family or just by urself to enjoy all of the movies but I do understand what every ones talking about but I doubt it might not change but who knows.
AMC. Has been playing jaws. It was just on last night jaws. Jaws2. Jaws 3 and jaws the revenge
IFC is showing horror movies every Friday this month fyi
Thank you! The schedule for this weekend on IFC is:
Friday, August 18, 2023
10:00pm – Beetlejuice
Saturday, August 19, 2023
12:00am – Leprechaun
2:00am – Leprechaun 2
4:00am – Leprechaun 3
6:00pm – Beetlejuice
I don’t know if this has already been posted, but Fubo TV no longer has AMC. You may want to update your article.
Thank you for the heads up.
Can’t wait to read everyone’s complaints with the line up as if they understand licensing agreements.
You’re totally correct, they can’t show something they don’t have the rights to show. They can but they will get the pants sued off them. I think some people just state their frustrations or disappointment.
Hahahaha so true
Right!!! Those are the same people that complained about Monster/ Fearfest only being for a week 15years ago. I say if you don’t like the schedule make your own monster fest schedule with the movies you like. There are too many options in today’s world to sit around and complain about Fearfest but I appreciate it. Maybe because I grew in the 80’s/90’s when networks like Usa, Tnt, and Sci-fi only aired scary movies marathons the weekend before Halloween so that’s all we got. We didn’t complain about it, we enjoyed and loved it those horror marathons
What I want for AMC Fear Fest 2023 are Ghostbusters (1 and 2), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, all movies from the Halloween franchise, all movies from the Friday the 13th franchise, all movies from The Leprechaun franchise, Warlock (1 and 2), Christine, Silver Bullet, Salem’s Lot, The Fog (1981), Dracula (2000), Tremors (1990), An American Werewolf in London, The Monster Squad, Bats (1999), The Exorcist (1973), all movies from the Alien franchise, The Omen (1976), Francis Ford Copula’s Dracula, Beetlejuice, Universal Studio’s monster movies, Night of the Living Dead (1968 and 1990), all movies from the Jaw franchise, Gremlins (1 and 2), The Craft, all movies from the Poltergeist franchise, the Graveyard shift, my Demon Lover, Scanners (1981), Vampries (1998), The Lost Boys (1987), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Kolchak: The Night Strangler, all the movies from the Urban Legend franchise, Elvira, all movies from the Conjuring franchise, and more to be added later, either by myself or other fans of AMC Fear Fest.
I was a big fan of tales from the crypt when. It was on hbo back in the mid 90s I got a picture of the crypt keeper signed by him in a frame I also got my mom to make a stuffed one I still have him he sits on my Dresser in the corner of my room at my condo You can still find episodes on you tube
AMC introduced me to Micheal myers the boogeyman growing up on cable and I wanted to say I am excited for 2023 Fear Fest. AMC do it like your cousin channel IFC where gore and bad words are not censored. I know people love to stream but for me it’s more fun watching it on Cable like it’s year 2000
This year I want Halloween 2023 scream 1 and scream 2 and scream 3 and Halloween 1978 and Halloween 1981 and Halloween 1988 and Halloween 1989 and Halloween 1995 and Halloween 2007 and Halloween 2009 and Jespers creepers 1 2001 and
They should show Rosemary’s Baby and I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Craft, Jaws, Dawn of the Dead original
I don’t think they can put Scream movies on fearfest since paramount has rights to the films unfortunately Streaming messed up tv channels to put whatever they want or they can be sued I’m with you on the micheal myers movies but peacock has rights to Halloween 2 and 3 when I was a teenager AMC played it all
At least AMC showed Halloween movies, SYFY did not Fast movies and Dr strange where not Halloween at all and they stopped showing on the 28th
I would liked to have seen the following movies for greater variety:
Omen I & II
The Hearse
Hell Night
Phantasm
Dracula (1979)
Salem’s Lot
Psycho
Fade to Black
V, miniseries
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Blacula
House of Dark Shadows
The Fog (1981)
Burnt offerings
The Ninth Gate
So many good horror movies from years back that are repeatedly ignored by AMC. Some were shown during Monsterfest, but no longer televised. Licensing issue ?
Huge AMC/fearfest fan !!!!great idea!! showing all the old classic from the past that no longer play on tv. Great memories from growing up and being terrified.
Next year, you need to change the movie line up a bit. You’re showing so many of the same Halloween and Friday The 13th movies over and over. Some variety would be appreciated!
There is nothing better than Friday the 13th and Halloween those are iconic they will always have to be in the rotation and even being played more than once.
Amc fear fest will probably get cancelled for next year anyway. No one watches cut movies with commercials. There are so many streaming apps that have these movies uncut commercial free they should just cancel it. No one watches AMC anymore. Unless they show the uncut version with very limited commercials like maybe 2 they can compete but no one watches AMC anymore.
Lets hope they don’t cancel fear fest !! AMC stays on my tv the whole run of fear fest. Nothing better than my tv station staying on Fear Fest!
Should Carrie once on Oct. 1, then never again for the rest of the month, yet Final Destination gets played over and over and over again. Carrie is a genuine horror film, why not play it a few more times? It’s like AMC purposely tries to mess up the line-up.
It was on 4 times.
For the sake of this community, I hope next year they play 31 straight days of Halloween 5. Maybe sprinkle in a Walking Dead episode unannounced. Nothing would give me more pleasure than watching the freakout here.
I laughed SO hard at this 🎃