Sunday, October 17, 2010

AMC's FearFest 2010 FULL RUNDOWN, Schedule, More...

It's THAT time of year again!  Time for the FUN networks to start running horror movies and scary programming for the Halloween season.  Just about every TV net dips their toe in the scary pool in late October but there's only one that does a full-on cannonball:  AMC and their FEARFEST line of marathon horror movie programming.

As I mentioned HERE, FearFest's jewel-in-the-crown this year is the debut of The Walking Dead TV series on Halloween night.  But while we all eagerly await our weekly zombie stories, we get a plethora (yes that's right, a PLETHORA) of fine horror movie fare leading up to it.

Compared to last year here (which wasn't bad at all mind you) this year's line-up boasts a nice mix of both current and classic horror fare and such milestones as:
  • Friday the 13th parts 1-9 airing together for the first time, in celebration of the franchise’s 30th Anniversary airing primetime, October 18-22
  • Halloween I-V airing primetime, October 25-27
  • Stephen King classics Cujo, Pet Sematary, The Shining, Sleepwalkers and Graveyard Shift airing throughout the day on October 9
  • Classics:  Night of the Living Dead (1968), Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), The Wolf Man (1941)

Helping to round out the 'fest and elevating it to more than just a bunch of movies, AMC is also offerring segments such as:

"KILLER CONVERSATIONS"
Throughout AMC FEARFEST, the network will feature conversations between celebrated horror filmmakers including Darabont and award-winning makeup artist Greg Nicotero ("The Walking Dead, " Inglorious Bastards); Wes Craven (A Nightmare of Elm Street, Scream 3) and Mick Garris (Batteries Not Included, Hocus Pocus) and more. Each pair will talk candidly about their experience with the genre and what it takes to make a great horror film.

"NEW BLOOD"
AMC FEARFEST will profile new and upcoming filmmakers and actors who are creating waves in and transforming the horror genre. Included are Shawnee Smith (actress, Saw), James Gunn (director/writer, Slither), and Alexandra Aja (director, The Hills Have Eyes), among others. "New Blood" segments airs throughout the primetime AMC FEARFEST movies.

FANBOY IMAGE SHORTS
Airing during AMC FEARFEST, the network will feature a series of ten comedic shorts, which showcase two fanboys parodying horror film classics from Friday the 13th and Pet Sematary to The Shining and Halloween.

And for those who want films that are more off-the-beaten-path there's always AMC's on-line viewing.
B-MOVIE CLASSICS ON AMCTV.COM
In anticipation of the Halloween premiere of "The Walking Dead," AMCTV.COM features five new zombie classics including King of the Zombies (1941 Oscar nominee for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture), Revolt of the Zombies (1936), Teenage Zombies (1959), White Zombie (1932) and The Last Man on Earth (1964). Additional horror B-movies being shown online include Asylum (starring Peter Cushing and Charlotte Rampling), Corridors of Blood (starring Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee), What a Carve Up (starring Donald Pleasance) and The Undead (directed by Roger Corman). Each of these films will be available on AMCtv.com until December 31st.

All in all, it should be a great year with Halloween falling on a Sunday, The Walking Dead debuting in a movie-length premiere stunt on the 31st, and a constant stream of various scary from now 'til the end of the month.  I personally will have my TV tuned to AMC as we enter the final week and a half of Halloween fun. 


Click HERE for the AMC site full of trivia, schedule, polls and more.
And here's the full schedule rundown by date:

Monday October 18, 2010
Carved by AllHallowSteve at 10:00 AM
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4 comments:

Jay Clarke said...

*groan* Yet another reason it sucks I don't get AMC.

October 19, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Wings said...

Thanks for an awesome post! I copied the schedule so I can keep track!!!

October 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Necropolis said...

Your posts are dated like 2 days late. It says this was posted on Sunday the 17th.

October 19, 2010 at 7:01 PM
AllHallowSteve said...

Jay: You don't get AMC? I thought that was like a standard channel on cable systems. Lame!

Wings: Thanks!

Necropolis: Yep, I know. I swore I'd post everyday for this countdown and the past few days I've gotten half a post written but not posted. So I'm retro-postin'!

October 19, 2010 at 9:11 PM

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