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Freeform Announces “31 Nights of Halloween” Full Schedule
Freeform has announced its big 31 Nights of Halloween event schedule. The full shindig of horror begins with some greats like Edward ScissorHands and The Witches and moves into Ghostbusters and The Haunted Mansion.
The schedule is in high gear throughout the month of October and we really love its playful tone this year.
The full scheduele can be found below and as you can see it is a pretty fun one with a lot to offer all month long.
What do you think of Freeform’s Halloween schedule?
Saturday, Oct. 1
7:00a/6:00c – Edward ScissorHands
9:10a/8:10c – The Witches (1990)
11:20a/10:20c – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
1:25p/10:20c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
3:05p/2:05c – Hotel Transylvania
5:10p/4:10c – Hotel Transylvania 2
7:15p/6:15c – Hocus Pocus
9:25p/8:25c – Beetlejuice
11:30p/10:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
Sunday, Oct. 2
7:00a/6:00c – The Witches (1990)
9:10a/8:10c – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
10:10a/9:10c – Halloweentown
12:15p/11:15c – Hotel Transylvania
2:20p/1:20c – Hotel Transylvania 2
4:25p/3:25c – Maleficent
6:30p/5:30c – Beetlejuice
8:35p/7:35c – Hocus Pocus
10:45p/9:45c – Ghostbusters (2016)
Monday, Oct. 3
1:00p/12:00c – Freeform Premiere Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
3:00p/2:00c – Ghostbusters (1984)
5:30p/4:30c – Ghostbusters II
8:00p/7:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Tuesday, Oct. 4
11:30a/10:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
2:00p/1:00c – Ghostbusters II
4:30p/3:30c – Edward ScissorHands
7:00p/6:00c – Maleficent
9:00p/8:00c – Hocus Pocus
12:00a/11:00c – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Wednesday, Oct. 5
12:00p/11:00c – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2:00p/1:00c – Madagascar
4:00p/3:00c – Hotel Transylvania
6:00p/5:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
8:00p/7:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Thursday, Oct. 6
11:00a/10:00c – Madagascar
1:00p/12:00c – Hotel Transylvania
3:00p/2:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
5:00p/4:00c – Shrek Forever After
7:00p/6:00c – Halloweentown
9:00p/8:00c – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Friday, Oct. 7
10:30a/9:30c – Scared Shrekless
11:00a/10:00c – Shrek Forever After
1:00p/12:00c – 11:00p/10:00c – Family Guy
12:00a/11:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
Saturday, Oct. 8
7:00a/6:00c – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
8:00a/7:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
10:00a/9:00c – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
12:05a/11:05c – Ghostbusters (1984)
2:35p/1:35c – Ghostbusters II
5:05p/4:05c – Beetlejuice
7:10p/6:10c – Hocus Pocus
9:20p/8:20c – Maleficent
11:25p/10:25c – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Sunday, Oct. 9
7:00a/6:00c – Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins
7:30a/6:30c – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
9:35a/8:35c – Ghostbusters (1984)
12:05a/11:05c – Ghostbusters II
2:40p/1:40c – Beetlejuice
4:45p/3:45c – Hocus Pocus
6:55p/5:55c – Freeform Premiere Get Out
9:25p/8:25c – Freeform Premiere Halloween (2018)
11:55p/10:55c – Freeform Premiere A Quiet Place
Monday, Oct. 10
11:30a/10:30c – A Quiet Place
1:40p/12:40c – Get Out
4:15p/3:15c – Halloween (2018)
6:50p/5:50c – Freeform Premiere Happy Death Day
9:25p/8:25c – Freeform Premiere Happy Death Day 2U
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Tuesday, Oct. 11
12:30p/11:30c – Maleficent
2:30p/1:30c – The House with a Clock in its Walls
5:00p/4:00c – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
7:00p/6:00c – Hotel Transylvania
9:00p/8:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Wednesday, Oct. 12
10:30a/9:30c – The House with a Clock in its Walls
1:00p/12:00c – Hotel Transylvania
3:00p/2:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
5:00p/4:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
8:00p/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Thursday, Oct. 13
10:30p/9:30c – Frankenweenie (2012)
12:30p/11:30c – Edward Scissorhands
3:00p/2:00c – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
6:00p/5:00c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
7:30p/6:30c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
9:00p/8:00c – Beetlejuice
12:00a/11:00c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Friday, Oct. 14
10:30a/9:30c – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
1:30p/12:00c – 5:00p/4:00c – Family Guy
5:00p/4:00c – Beetlejuice
7:00p/6:00c – 11:00p/10:00c – Family Guy
12:00a/11:00c – 2:00a/1:00c – Family Guy
Saturday, Oct. 15
7:00a/6:00c – Hook
10:15a/9:15c – How to Train Your Dragon 2
12:25p/11:25c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
2:25p/1:25c – Toy Story of TERROR!
2:55p/1:55c – Scared Shrekless
3:25p/2:25c – Shrek Forever After
5:30p/4:30c – Hocus Pocus
7:40p/6:40c – Hotel Transylvania
9:45p/8:45c – Hotel Transylvania 2
11:50p/10:50c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Sunday, Oct. 16
7:00a/6:00c – How to Train Your Dragon 2
9:10a/8:10c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
10:45a/9:45c – Scared Shrekless
11:15a/10:15c – Shrek Forever After
1:20p/12:20c – Hotel Transylvania
3:25p/2:25c – Hotel Transylvania 2
5:30p/4:30c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
7:40p/6:40c – Hocus Pocus
9:50p/8:50c – Maleficent
11:55p/10:55c – The Witches
Monday, Oct. 17
12:00p/11:00c – Ghostbusters (1984)
2:30p/1:30c – Ghostbusters II
5:05p/4:05c – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
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7:10p/6:10c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
8:50p/7:50c – Hocus Pocus
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Tuesday, Oct. 18
10:30a/9:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
1:00p/12:00c – Ghostbusters II
3:30p/2:30c – Fright Night (2011)
6:00p/5:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
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9:00p/8:00c – Beetlejuice
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Wednesday, Oct. 19
10:30a/9:30c – Fright Night (2011)
1:00p/12:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
4:00p/3:00c – Maleficent
6:00p/5:00c – Beetlejuice
8:00p/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Thursday, Oct. 20
11:00a/10:00c – The Witches (1990)
1:00p/12:00c – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
3:00p/2:00c – Halloweentown
5:00p/4:00c – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
7:00p/6:00c – Hotel Transylvania
9:00p/8:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
12:00a/11:00c – The Witches (1990)
Friday, Oct. 21
10:30a/9:30c – 5:00p/4:00c – Family Guy
5:00p/4:00c – Hotel Transylvania
7:00p/6:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
9:00p/8:00c – 11:00p/10:00c – Family Guy
12:00a/11:00c – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Saturday, Oct. 22
7:00a/6:00c – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
9:00a/8:00c – Maleficent
11:00a/10:00c – Ghostbusters (1984)
1:30p/12:30c – Ghostbusters II
4:00p/3:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
7:15p/6:15c – Beetlejuice
9:20p/8:20c – Hocus Pocus
11:30p/10:30c – The House with a Clock in its Walls
Sunday Oct. 23
7:00a/6:00c – The House with a Clock in its Walls
9:30a/8:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
12:00p/11:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
3:10p/2:10c – Beetlejuice
5:15p/4:15c – Hocus Pocus
7:25p/6:25c – Monsters, Inc.
9:30p/8:30c – Monsters University
12:00a/11:00c – Shrek Forever After
Monday, Oct. 24
12:00p/11:00c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
2:00p/1:00c – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
5:00p/4:00c – Shrek Forever After
7:00p/6:00c – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
9:00p/8:00c – Maleficent
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Tuesday, Oct. 25
10:30a/9:30c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
12:00p/11:00c – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
3:00p/2:00c – Halloweentown
5:00p/4:00c – Hotel Transylvania
7:00p/6:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
9:00p/8:00c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Wednesday, Oct. 26
12:00p/11:00c – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
2:00p/1:00c – Hotel Transylvania
4:00p/3:00c – Hotel Transylvania 2
6:00p/5:00c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
8:00p/7:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Thursday, Oct. 27
11:00a/10:00c – Ready or Not
1:00p/12:00c – Maleficent
3:00p/2:00c – Ghostbusters (1984)
5:30p/4:30c – Ghostbusters II
8:00p/7:00c – Ghostbusters (2016)
12:00a/11:00c – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Friday, Oct. 28
10:30a/9:30c – Ghostbusters (2016)
1:30p/12:30c – 11:00p/10:00c – Family Guy
12:00a/11:00c – 2:00a/1:00c – The Office
Saturday, Oct. 29
7:00a/6:00c – How to Train Your Dragon 2
9:10a/8:10c – Edward Scissorhands
11:40a/10:40c – Frankenweenie (2012)
1:40p/12:40c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
3:35p/2:35c – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
5:40p/4:40c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
7:20p/6:20c – Hotel Transylvania
9:25p/8:25c – Hocus Pocus
11:35p/10:35c – Ghostbusters II
Sunday, Oct. 30
7:00a/6:00c – The Witches (1990)
9:05a/8:05c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
10:45p/9:45c – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
12:50p/11:50c – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
2:55p/1:55c – Hotel Transylvania
5:00p/4:00c – Beetlejuice
7:05p/6:05c – Hocus Pocus
9:15p/8:15c – Maleficent
11:20p/10:20c – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Monday, Oct. 31
10:30p/9:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
1:00p/12:00c – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
3:00p/2:00c – Beetlejuice
5:00p/4:00c – Maleficent
7:00p/6:00c – Hotel Transylvania
9:00p/8:00c – Hocus Pocus
12:00a/11:00c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Episodes
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‘Behind the Mask 2’ Slays Kickstarter
If you are hardwired into the horror community there is no doubt you heard the gasp around the internet earlier this month when Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon was announced. The announcement of the long anticipated sequel came at a screening of the original at American Cinematheque in Los Angeles.
That same evening we also learned that Behind the Mask’s director Scott Glosserman as well as writer David J. Stieve will be returning to the film. Furthermore, cast members Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, and Robert Englund will be reprising their roles from the original.
A Kick into Overdrive
While the sequel is happening one way or another, a Kickstarter campaign was established. The money pledged would allow the filmmakers to create a movie that goes above and beyond their original budget.
As the campaign’s page states;
“The film is happening, that’s no-take-backs. If we hit these goals, it makes it possible to do it bigger, bloodier, and bolder.”
The campaign goes on, saying;
“This is not a “save the movie” campaign. The movie is happening. Kickstarter is how we make it our way. “
Roughly two weeks after the sequel’s announcement, the campaign launched with a modest day one goal of $20,000. To say that fans crushed this number is an understatement. In 9 minutes they reached their goal. In less than 24 hours the amount of backers climbed to over 300, and the pledges donated totaled more than $100,000!
Get to the Good Stuff!
For pledging, the moviemakers have included incentives that are truly in line with what the horror community wants.
The rewards begin at $25 with a digital streaming link of Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon. Tiers continue on as the pledge amounts increase. T-shirts, posters, Blu Rays and scripts are just some of the middle tier goodies. The larger donation amounts are rewarded with on screen “Special Thank You”s and various producer credits.
It is the ‘Exclusive Add Ons’ where things get really interesting. Once a backer has already pledged, they can add on additional perks. These additions include
“accessories, autographs, props, and truly unique, fan forward in-person experiences… all intended to complement your chosen reward tier!”
One of the unique add on perks includes VHS tapes of the original Behind the Mask or the sequel, your choice! Given the fact the first movie was created right on the heels of when VHS was truly dead, older horror fans will especially find this perk an exciting addition to their vintage collection.
The reward add-ons also have the horror prop collectors in mind. You can purchase Leslie Vernon’s weapon of choice, a scythe, as well as his mask. Both of these are signed by actor Nathan Baesel.
For more personal experiences, you can add on a visit to the Behind the Mask II set during filming! You can also choose a cast and crew screening in LA or New York, complete with an after party. Finally, for the crème de la crème; you can be killed onscreen by Leslie Vernon himself!
Powered by the Fans
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon is the little slasher movie that could!
For two decades the creators tried to find ways to make Leslie’s legacy continue. A failed first Kickstarter, rumors, teases, and false starts all led to the delay of a dream.
For twenty years the movie’s cult gathering slowly formed, cultivated, and grew louder and louder. Too loud to be ignored.
As soon as the campaign went live, horror fans donated their hard earned money. And let’s face it; we are currently living in a time where the dollar doesn’t stretch as far. The fact that the long awaited sequel gained so much traction and backing, so quickly, really demonstrates the community’s love, support, and anticipation for Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon.
It looks like Leslie Vernon will finally be returning!
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The Best Possible Person Is Directing A24’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A24 went into a competitive auction, beat out Blumhouse, acquired one of the most difficult pieces of IP in the genre, and then gave the job to a director with one feature film to his name. That is a wild risk to take on such a young talent. But also, it’s Curry Barker, so we get it.
Curry Barker is writing and directing a reimagining of the 1974 original created by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel. As we have talked about before, A24 announced the acquisition back in February with no director attached. At least we have that figured out.
Who Curry Barker Is
Barker got here through Obsession, a film he made for under a million dollars that played TIFF Midnight Madness and sold to Focus Features for north of $14 million. He built the career that got him into that room starting on YouTube, which is the kind of origin story that should not end with A24 handing you a legacy franchise before your first wide release even opens. And yet, here we are.
The Franchise and the People Behind It
The 1974 original has since produced eight sequels and remakes. Some are far better than others. The franchise has been a problem for a long time and everyone who has touched it since the original has found a different way to confirm that.
A24 formally announced the acquisition earlier this year after winning the rights in a competitive bid. The producers are Roy Lee, Steven Schneider of Spooky Pictures, and Kim Henkel through Exurbia Films. Henkel co-created the original with Tobe Hooper.
One More Thing
There is also a separate Texas Chainsaw Massacre TV series in development at A24 from JT Mollner. Different project. The film and the series are happening at the same studio simultaneously, which means A24 now has more Leatherface in development than anyone has since the franchise was actually relevant. Barker’s film has no release date yet. Obsession opens May 15.
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ITCH Is the Outbreak Film That Actually Gets Under Your Skin
No one would blame you for looking at ITCH and filing it under zombie film. Because it is. The outbreak spreads person to person. People stop being people. The world ends a little bit. You know how it goes.
What Bari Kang actually made is something with a different mechanism at its center. The contagion does not spread through biting. It spreads through scratching. You scratch yourself. This makes you sick while it is happening. You scratch because someone near you scratched and something in your brain said that looks right.
I talked to Kang about it. Turns out it was not a deliberate subversion. “It was never meant to be a zombie film,” he told me. “That happened along the way.” The idea came during COVID. He watched someone scratching in a store and could not stop thinking about it. “What if that’s how something spreads?” He started writing from there and somewhere in the process the zombies arrived. “All of a sudden I had these zombies running around.” He went that route without going that route.
Why the Scratch Works
We all get how zombies work. They bite, someone hides their bite, sometime later everyone is dead. Kang’s instinct was that the scratch would do something different. “It’s really visceral and contagious,” he said. “I figured if I could lean into that, that might work well.” He was right.
There is something about watching someone scratch that is harder to look away from than watching someone get bitten. You feel it on your own skin. The sympathy itch is real and ITCH knows it and uses it without being cute about it. That is craft. For a film Kang wrote, directed, produced, and starred in himself, that is not a small thing.
Who Is Bari Kang
The short version: he decided he wanted to be an actor, spent a year auditioning and booking nothing, and then casting director Judy Henderson, who was in the middle of casting Homeland at the time, told him to go write his own stuff. “I was like, oh, you can do that,” he told me.
He said: “Nobody’s coming to give you a hand. There’s no handouts. It seems like we need permission or something to do it, but you just gotta get out there.” Yeah. That.
The Rule About Lore
There were versions of ITCH that explained what the itch was, where it came from, who started it. Kang cut all of it. The less he showed, the more the film asked audiences to do the work themselves. And audiences who do the work are more scared than audiences who are shown everything.
ITCH does not explain itself and it does not need to. A film about a contagion that spreads through something you cannot stop yourself from doing, made in the aftermath of a pandemic everyone lived through, does not require a mythology breakdown. It requires you to sit with what it is suggesting. Which is worse.
ITCH is available now.
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