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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.
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 10/20/24
AMC FearFest Schedule
Schedule subject to change, please check back for new updates.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
SLASHER SUNDAY
- 12:00am – Ghost Ship
- 2:00am – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 4:15am – Hellraiser: Inferno
- 6:45am – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
- 8:45am – Candyman (1992)
- 10:45am – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- 12:45pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 3:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 5:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 7:00pm – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 11:36pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Monday, October 21, 2024
- 1:51am – Ghost Rider
- 5:39am – The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
- 9:00am – How to Make a Monster
- 9:15am – Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
- 9:30am – Jason X
- 11:45am – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 1:45pm – Halloween (1978)
- 3:45pm – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 5:45pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 8:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 10:30pm – Halloween II (2009)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- 1:00am – The Ring
- 3:30am – The Ring Two
- 9:00am – Legion
- 11:15am – Daybreakers
- 1:30pm – Hellboy
- 3:30pm – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 5:30pm – Misery
- 8:00pm – Poltergeist (1982)
- 10:30pm – The Exorcist (1973)
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- 1:15am – Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- 9:00am – Suicide Battalion (1958)
- 9:15am – Candyman (1992)
- 11:15am – House of the Dead
- 1:15pm – The Crazies (2010)
- 3:45pm – I Know What You Did Last Summer
- 6:00pm – Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
- 8:00pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 10:00pm – Final Destination 2
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- 12:00am – House of Wax (2005)
- 3:48am – Killer Klowns From Outer Space
- 9:00am – The Dead Zone
- 11:30am – Night of the Living Dead (1990)
- 1:30pm – Final Destination 2
- 3:30pm – Final Destination (2000)
- 5:30pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 7:30pm – Ghost Ship
- 9:30pm – AMC Premiere Event: The Meg
Friday, October 25, 2024
Friday the 13th Marathon
- 12:00am – Horror’s Greatest (2024)
- 1:15am – Cloverfield
- 3:15am – The Rite
- 5:45am – Suicide Battalion
- 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 (1980)
- 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 (1980)
- 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 (1988)
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Halloween Marathon
- 1:00am – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- 3:30am – Eight Legged Freaks
- 6:00am – Creepshow
- 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 (1978)
- 5:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 7:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 11:48pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Monday, October 28, 2024
Final Destination Marathon
- 1:48am – The Exorcist (1973)
- 9:00am – The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
- 11:15am – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 1:30pm – The Last House on the Left
- 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
- 12:00am – Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
- 2:00am – Ghost Ship
- 4:00am – Hellraiser: Hellseeker
- 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 (1978)
- 5:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 9:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 11:00pm – Halloween (2007)
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 (1978)
- 9:00pm – Halloween II (1981)
- 11:00pm – Halloween (1978)
Friday, November 1, 2024
- 1:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 3:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 10:00am – Thinner
- 12:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 2:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 4:00pm – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 6:00pm – Friday the 13th, Part 2
- 8:00pm – Beetlejuice
- 10:00pm – The Lost Boys (1987)
Saturday, November 2, 2024
- 12:00am – Silver Bullet
- 2:00am – Thinner
- 4:00am – Graveyard Shift
- 10:30am – The Craft (1996)
- 12:30pm – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- 3:00pm – The Lost Boys (1987)
- 5:00pm – Beetlejuice
What channel is AMC Fear Fest?
- DirecTV – Channel 254
- DISH Network – Channel 131
- AT&T U-Verse – Channel 795
Available on most cable networks. Check with your local provider for channel.
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Me encanta el fear fest 👌❤🎃 espero ver mas para el proximo año gracias desde PR.
amc fear fest the best, thank you for entertaining us for these 31 days of October with your classic horror movies.💪👍👌✌ I hope more for next year. thanks from PR.
Great marathon this year! I don’t mind having fearfest play 24/7 on the TV even as background noise. There were a ton new to the line up and some great ones missing (e.g. the Conjuring). Props to amc for commiting to the annual marathon. It won’t last forever so enjoy it while you can. Hopefully this introduce some newbies into the genre we love.
So I luv fearfest thanks for playing the 84 nightmare on Elm Street.Again this year the schedule went haywire and was wrong alot of movies weren’t on.American werewolf not on again second year in a row.Also movies repeat way too much.But Happy Halloween.
Greetings, I continue to enjoy all the fear fest 2023 movies. Thanks from PR.
I really love “fear fest” in October every year but it seems it’s the same horror movies repeated. Of all the Friday the 13th ones, why keep showing the 2009 version? What about part 2-6 or something else.
Yes for some insane reason 1-8 are not on this year…. Very mind boggling.
What is the deal with Hellraiser 3 being in Spanish? I’m am Canadian and speak English and only understand English. There have also been other movies in foreign language. Very disappointing because they are good movies!
fear fest is the bomb I love horror movies i wish they would have other days throughout the year where they would run horror movies
Am I seeing things??? How TF is there no Friday the 13th 1-8???? They didn’t have the rights to show them this year???? Insane!!
Exactly!!! I think we needed a marathon of those on Friday the 13th, not just the other ones.
Max has the rights to all the Jason movies.
Is it me or has the schedule changed a lot from this list? It shows at 8:15am to 10:30am for me central time today that Flight of the Living Dead is on, but the scheduled movie on AMC lineup on the tv says it is Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance.
Notice this a lot this year.
They’ve been changing it constantly this year, super frustrating to keep up with it. Sorry trying to keep it updated here.
Quarantine was the scariest movie I’ve seen in a long time!!!!!! Kudos to the programmer who picked it!!!!!