AMC’s 2024 FearFest: Countdown Features Chucky and Halloween Films

The countdown is on to FearFest 2024. Ahead of AMC’s annual Halloween programming, which returns for its 16th year in October, AMC Networks announced its month-long Countdown to FearFest. Available all September, the AMC+ streaming service will feature a collection of horror titles priming fans for the scare-athon. Offerings will include horror icons like Michael Myers, the Brad Dourif-voiced Chucky, and the creepy creations of Stephen King.

Along with the new Shudder original series Horror’s Greatest and a trio of original horror film premieres—supernatural horror The Demon Disorder (Sept. 6th), slasher In a Violent Nature (Sept. 13th), and paranormal creeper Oddity (Sept. 27th)—AMC+’s Countdown to FearFest collection includes classics like John Carpenter’s 1978 original Halloween and zombie master George A. Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead alongside its 1990 remake. 1984’s Children of the Corn and its 2020 remake are also available, along with other Stephen King adaptations such as 1408, Christine, and Salem’s Lot.

The 2019 Child’s Play reboot will be part of the collection, alongside the first two seasons of the fan-favorite Chucky TV series. Fans can also look forward to 1991’s Silence of the Lambs and all three seasons of Hannibal, starring Mads Mikkelsen as the infamous cannibal Hannibal Lecter. Other notable titles include 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer, 2014’s The Babadook, and Shudder originals such as Late Night with the Devil, the V/H/S franchise, the Hell House LLC franchise, and the original 2022 Speak No Evil.

AMC has yet to announce the full FearFest 2024 schedule, but a teaser revealed that this year’s lineup of horror movies includes Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, Freddy vs. Jason, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, The Thing, An American Werewolf in London, and The Shining.

New episodes of Horror’s Greatest will premiere every Tuesday until the season finale on September 24th. Celebrating the very best the genre has to offer, the Shudder original series is a deep dive into the horror genre. From fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast.

A gallery of ghoulish pros, including actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects artists like filmmaker Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat), actress Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass), actor David Dastmalchian (The Boogeyman), actor Alex Winter (Shudder’s Destroy All Neighbors), and author Joe Hill (AMC’s NOS4A2) draw on their unique knowledge to answer the big questions. What are the must-see films in horror’s many sub-genres? What’s the appeal of horror tropes, and how do today’s filmmakers subvert our expectations? What shape does horror take in countries outside of the United States? The answers encompass the breadth of the nightmares we watch for our entertainment.