AMC’s FearFest to Include ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘Halloween,’ and ‘The Exorcist’

By
Rebecca Murray
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Nightmare on Elm Street star Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ 2010 (Photo © New Line Productions)

This year’s AMC FearFest is set to be the network’s biggest horror event to date. 2016 marks FearFest’s 20th anniversary and will include more than 400 hours of horror/genre programming, with AMC scheduling an 88 hour marathon of all six seasons of The Walking Dead during the frightfest. Among the classic horror films that will be screened this year are movies from the Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises.

The 2016 AMC FearFest runs for 19 days, beginning on October 13th and finishing up on Halloween night.


“Movies have always been at the core of AMC, and for 20 years AMC FearFest has given us the opportunity to serve some of the most passionate and engaged movie fans of all – fans of the horror genre,” said Tom Halleen, executive vice president of programming and scheduling for AMC and SundanceTV. “This year’s AMC FearFest is the largest in our history, more than 400 hours of programming including 11 iconic horror franchises, a full 88-hour marathon of The Walking Dead, which premiered as part of the annual celebration in 2010, an all-new two-hour catch-up special and the highly anticipated season seven premiere.”

The AMC FearFest Lineup:

  • Halloween: The original Halloween 1-5 (1978-1989), Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009).
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street: The original A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-5 (1984-1989), Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (#6, 1991), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
  • Friday the 13th: The original Friday the 13th Parts I-VIII (1980-1989), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (Part 9, 1993), Jason X (Part 10, 2001), and Friday the 13th (2009).
  • The Amityville Horror: The original The Amityville Horror (1979), Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Amityville 3 (1983), and The Amityville Horror (2005).
  • The Exorcist: The original The Exorcist (1973) and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
  • The Omen: The original The Omen (1976), Damien: Omen II (1978), Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), Omen IV: The Awakening (1991).
  • Alien: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien: Resurrection (1997).
  • Chucky: Child’s Play 2 (1990), Child’s Play 3 (1991), Bride of Chucky (1998) and Seed of Chucky (2004).
  • Tremors: Tremors (1990), Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996), Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001), Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004).
  • Underworld: Underworld (2003), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009).
  • Stephen King: Cujo (1983), Carrie (1976, 40th anniversary), Silver Bullet (1985), The Graveyard Shift (1990), Dreamcatcher (2003), Thinner (1996, 20th anniversary), 1408 (2007), Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995).




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