Tis the time of year where some of the more fun films hit the TV screen in anticipation of the upcoming Halloween! It's a glorious time of year when the truly fun stuff hits the tube!
I'm sure I don't have a complete list, but here's some of the primary players who have annual events.
First up...
The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XXVII” Halloween episode airs on Sunday, October 16 on Fox.
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AMCs 2016 Fear Fest has a nice collection of lineups that start up on October 18th.
Aside from The Shining, Day of the Dead, they have
Resident Evil Marathon – Sunday, 10/18,
Halloween Marathon – Monday, 10/19,
Tremors Marathon – Tuesday, 10/20,
Amityville Horror Marathon – Wednesday, 10/21,
Chucky Double Feature – Thursday, 10/22,
Leprechaun Marathaun – Saturday, 10/24,
Predator Double Feature – Monday,
Friday the 13th Marathon – Tuesday, 10/27 and Wednesday, 10/28,
Halloween Marathon – Wednesday, 10/28 through Saturday, 10/31.
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Destination America has their Ghostober
PARANORMAL LOCKDOWN HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (wt), premiering Friday, October 28
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Freeform:
The Walt Disney owned Freeform network has a '13 Nights of Halloween' thing going on.
Wednesday, October 19
5:30 p.m The Nightmare Before Christmas
7 p.m. R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (television premiere)
9 p.m. Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. Corpse Bride
Thursday, October 20
3 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
4:35 p.m. Hocus Pocus
6:40 p.m. The Addams Family (1991)
8:50 p.m. Addams Family Values
12 a.m. The Final Girls
Friday, October 21
4 p.m. The Addams Family (1991)
6:10 p.m. Addams Family Values
8:20 p.m. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
12 a.m. Frankenweenie (2012)
Saturday, October 22
7 a.m. Spooky Buddies (Freeform Premiere)
9:10 a.m. ParaNorman
11:20 a.m. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
2 p.m. The Goonies
4:40 p.m. Scooby-Doo (2002)
6:50 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
9 p.m. Monsters University (Disney-Pixar)
11:30 p.m. Toy Story of Terror! (Disney-Pixar)
12 a.m. Corpse Bride
Sunday, October 23
7:30 a.m. The Goonies
10:10 a.m. R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls
12:20 p.m. Scooby-Doo (2002)
2:30 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
4:40 p.m. Matilda
6:50 p.m. Toy Story of Terror! (Disney-Pixar)
7:20 p.m. Monsters University (Disney-Pixar)
9:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
Monday, October 24
7 a.m. Practical Magic
2:30 p.m. Matilda
4:35 p.m. Addams Family (1991)
6:40 p.m. Addams Family Values
8:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. Scooby-Doo (2002)
Tuesday, October 25
7 a.m. Death Becomes Her
4 p.m. The Addams Family (1991)
6 p.m. The Addams Family Values
12 a.m. Halloweentown
Wednesday, October 26
3:30 p.m. Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
5:40 p.m. Dark Shadows (2012)
8:20 p.m. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
12 a.m. Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
Thursday, October 27
3:30 p.m. The Goonies
6:10 p.m. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
8:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. Halloweentown High
Friday, October 28
12 p.m. The Goonies
2:40 p.m. Corpse Bride
4:40 p.m. Hocus Pocus
6:45 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
8:20 p.m. Dark Shadows(2012)
12 a.m. Return to Halloweentown
Saturday, October 29
7 a.m. Frankenweenie
9 a.m. RL Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls
11 a.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
12:35 p.m. Corpse Bride
2:35 p.m. Dark Shadows (2012)
5:15 p.m. The Addams Family (1991)
7:20 p.m. Adams Family Values
9:25 p.m. Hocus Pocus
11:30 p.m. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sunday, October 30
7 a.m. Corpse Bride
9 a.m. Spooky Buddies
11:05 a.m. Scooby-Doo (2002)
1:10 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
3:15 p.m. The Addams Family (1991)
5:20 p.m. Addams Family Values
7:25 p.m. Hocus Pocus
9:30 p.m. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Monday, October 31
7 a.m. The Goonies
11 a.m. ParaNorman
1 p.m. Scooby-Doo
3 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2:Monsters Unleashed
5 p.m. The Addams Family
7 p.m. Addams Family Values
9 p.m. Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. Hocus Pocus
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Over on Syfy, they're having the 31 Days of Halloween film fest!
Here are the primary five original Syfy fright films they're playing this month:
Saturday, Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. — The Crooked Man
Saturday, Oct. 8 at 9 p.m. — Day of Reckoning
Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 9 p.m. — Channel Zero: Candle Cove*
Saturday, Oct. 15 at 9 p.m. — Stake Land 2
Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9 p.m. — Shadows of the Dead
Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9 p.m. — The Night Before Halloween
*This new series is about an old TV show that causes children to hurt people.
Other titles include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Zombieland, The Strangers, Cabin in the Woods, Wrong Turn, Maleficent, I Frankenstein and Drag Me to Hell.
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