This Week’s FearFest Favs on AMC and AMC+

Creepy Catalog obsessively tracks the best horror movies available to stream and in October, these movies are part of FearFest. From frightful new films like Daddy’s Head to monster-sized events like the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, experience the joy of horror with FearFest all October on AMC and AMC+. Check the full FearFest schedule and plan your October movie nights accordingly. 

Our #1 streaming pick for this weekend is The Thing (1982), John Carpenter’s classic isolation horror movie about a research team in Antarctica who are hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. Dripping with paranoia, dread and iconic jumpscares, there is a reason The Thing is a favorite among die-hard horror fans. We have it ranked as the #1 horror movie of the 80s, which is arguably the #1 decade for horror. Catch it airing on AMC this Sunday as part of the “Fear the 80s” marathon, or stream it any time on AMC+.

More movies to stream on AMC+ this weekend:

Daddy’s Head (2024). Official synopsis: “A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy’s recently deceased father visits them.”

Carrie (1976). Official synopsis: “Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.”

Child’s Play (1988). Official synopsis: “A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.”

The Dead Zone (1983). Official synopsis: “A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.”

House of the Devil (2009). Official synopsis: “In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.”

For live television viewers, this weekend’s FearFest schedule includes:

Friday, October 11: No Survivors Marathon:

6pm: Final Destination (2000)

8pm: Ghost Ship

10pm: Jeepers Creepers   

12am: Last House on the Left

Saturday, October 12: Stephen King Marathon:

6:45am: Cujo

8:45am: Graveyard Shift

10:45am: Children of the Corn (1984)

1pm: Carrie (1976)

3:15pm: Misery

5:45pm: Thinner

7:45pm: Carrie (2013)

10pm: Silver Bullet

12am: Christine

2am: Carrie (2013)

Sunday October 13: Fear the ’80s Marathon:

7:45am: The Thing

10:15am: Child’s Play

12:15pm: Friday the 13th Part 2

2:15pm: Poltergeist

4:45pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

6:45pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)   

9pm: New Episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol   

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Join us for a full month of frights, delights, and all your favorite iconic horror franchises. Watch FearFest all month on AMC and AMC+.