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Freeform Releases the Full Schedule for This Year’s “31 Nights of Halloween” Celebration
It’s just about that time of the year where horror movies will become a whole lot more prominent on your television, and one of the annual celebrations that we always look forward to is Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween.” As always, Freeform will be showing fright flicks from October 1st through October 31st, and this year’s schedule has arrived.
Freeform previews, “Who’s ready to watch some devilishly spooky movies? Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween begins October 1st, and this year’s line-up is more spook-tacular than ever. It’s time to gather your coven and catch spell-binding entertainment all October long.”
The lineup includes The Addams Family (1991), Hocus Pocus, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Fright Night (2011), Ghostbusters, Alien, Aliens, The Craft and so much more.
Here’s the full schedule…
Friday, Oct. 1
2:30p/1:30c – Casper (1995)
5p/4c – The Addams Family (1991)
7p/6c – Addams Family Values
9p/8c – Hocus Pocus
Saturday, Oct. 2
7a/6c – The Goonies
9:35a/8:35c – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
12:15p/11:15c – Casper (1995)
2:45p/1:45c – The Addams Family (1991)
4:50p/3:50c – Addams Family Values
6:55p/5:55c – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.
9p/8c – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters University
11:30p/10:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
Sunday, Oct. 3
7a/6c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
8:40a/7:40c – Ghostbusters (1984)
11:10a/10:10c – Matilda
1:15p/12:15c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
2:55p/1:55c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
4:35p/3:35c – Hocus Pocus
6:45p/5:45c – Maleficent
8:50p/7:50c – Freeform Premiere Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
11:30p/10:30c – The Craft (1996)
Monday, Oct. 4
12:30p/11:30c – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
1:30p/12:30c – The Goonies
4p/3c – Matilda
6p/5c – The Craft (1996)
8:30p/7:30c – Freeform Premiere Fright Night (2011)
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Tuesday, Oct. 5
10:30a/9:30c – Matilda
12:30p/11:30c – Casper (1995)
3p/2c – Shrek
5p/4c – Shrek 2
7p/6c – Shrek Forever After
9p/8c – Hocus Pocus
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Wednesday, Oct. 6
10:30a/9:30c – Casper (1995)
12:30p/11:30c – Shrek
2:30p/1:30c – Shrek 2
4:30p/3:30c – Shrek Forever After
6:30p/5:30c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
8-11p / 7-10c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Thursday, Oct. 7
11:30a/10:30c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
1:30p/12:30c – Halloweentown
3:30p/2:30c – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
6p/5c – Ghostbusters (1984)
8:30p/7:30c – Ghostbusters II
12a/11c – Freeform Premiere Jaws 3
Friday, Oct. 8
10:30a/9:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
9-11p/8-10c – Family Guy – Halloween Episodes
12a/11c – Frankenweenie (2012)
Saturday, Oct. 9
9:10a/8:10c – Shrek
11:15a/10:15c – Shrek 2
1:20p/12:20c – Shrek Forever After
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 – The Addams Family (1991)
11:55p/10:55c – Addams Family Values
Sunday, Oct. 10
7a/6c – Shrek
9:05a/8:05c – Shrek 2
11:10a/10:10c – Shrek Forever After
1:15p/12:15c – Hotel Transylvania 2
3:20p/2:20c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
5:30p/4:30c – Hocus Pocus
7:40p/6:40c – The Addams Family (1991)
9:45p/8:45c – Addams Family Values
11:50p/10:50c – Casper (1995)
Monday, Oct. 11
11:30a/10:30c – Freeform Premiere Jaws
2:30p/1:30c – Freeform Premiere Jaws 2
5:05p/4:05c – Alien
7:45p/6:45c – Aliens
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Tuesday, Oct. 12
3p/2c – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
4p/3c – Casper (1995)
6:30p/5:30c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
8p/7c – Mrs. Doubtfire
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Wednesday, Oct. 13
12:30p/11:30c – Casper (1995)
3p/2c – Halloweentown
5p/4c – Mrs. Doubtfire
8-11p / 7-10c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Thursday, Oct. 14
1p/12c – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
3:30p/2:30c – Hook
6:45p/5:45c – Matilda
8:50p/7:50c – Hocus Pocus
Friday, Oct. 15
11a/10c – Matilda
9-11p / 8-10c – Family Guy – Halloween Episodes
Saturday, Oct. 16
7a/6c – Ghostbusters (1984)
9:30a/8:30c – Ghostbusters II
12p/11c – Mrs. Doubtfire
3:05p/2:05c – Men in Black (1997)
5:15p/4:15c – Freeform Premiere Men in Black II
7:15p/6:15c – Hocus Pocus
9:25p/8:25c – Maleficent
11:30p/10:30c – Freeform Premiere The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Sunday, Oct. 17
7:30a/6:30c – Mrs. Doubtfire
10:30a/9:30c – Men in Black (1997)
12:40p/11:40c – Men in Black II
2:40p/1:40c – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
5:10p/4:10c – Hocus Pocus
7:20p/6:20c – Hotel Transylvania 2
9:25p/8:25c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
11:35p/10:35c – Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story of TERROR!
12:05a/11:05c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Monday, Oct. 18
2p/1c – Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
4p/3c – Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story of TERROR!
4:30p/3:30c – Hotel Transylvania 2
6:30p/5:30c – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
8:30p/7:30c – Casper (1995)
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Tuesday, Oct. 19
12:30p/11:30c – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
3:40p/2:40c – X-Men: First Class
6:50p/5:50c – Men in Black (1997)
9p/8c – Men in Black II
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Wednesday, Oct. 20
10:30a/9:30c – X-Men: First Class
1:30p/12:30c – Freeform Premiere Cowboys & Aliens
4p/3c – Men in Black (1997)
6p/5c – Men in Black II
8-11p / 7-10c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Thursday, Oct. 21
1p/12c – The Perfect Storm
4p/3c – The Craft (1996)
6:30p/5:30c – Freeform Premiere The Huntsman: Winter’s War
9p/8c – Maleficent
Friday, Oct. 22
10:30a/9:30c – The Craft (1996)
9-11p / 8-10c – Family Guy – Halloween Episodes
12a/11c – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Saturday, Oct. 23
7a/6c – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
9:30a/8:30c – Casper (1995)
11:50a/10:50c – Shrek
1:55p/12:55c – Shrek 2
4p/3c – Halloweentown
6:05p/5:05c – Hocus Pocus
8:15p/7:15c – Ghostbusters (2016)
11:30p/10:30c – Fright Night (2011)
Sunday, Oct. 24
7a/6c – Casper (1995)
9:30a/8:30c – Shrek
11:40a/10:40c – Shrek 2
1:45p/12:45c – Halloweentown
3:50p/2:50c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
5:30p/4:30c – Ghostbusters (2016)
8:45p/7:45c – Hocus Pocus
10:55p/9:55c – Mrs. Doubtfire
Monday, Oct. 25
1p/12c – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
2p/1c – The Goonies
4:30p/3:30c – Scared Shrekless
5p/4c – Shrek
7p/6c – Shrek 2
9p/8c – Shrek Forever After
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Tuesday, Oct. 26
12p/11c – The Goonies
2:30p/1:30c – Scared Shrekless
3p/2c – Shrek
5p/4c – Shrek 2
7p/6c – Shrek Forever After
9p/8c – Maleficent
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Wednesday, Oct. 27
1p/12c – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3:30p/2:30c – Casper (1995)
6p/5c – Matilda
8-11p / 7-10c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
12-2a / 11-1c – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Thursday, Oct. 28
11:30a/10:30c – Casper (1995)
2p/1c – Matilda
4p/3c – Ghostbusters (1984)
6:30p/5:30c – The Craft (1996)
9p/8c – Hocus Pocus
12a/11c – Frankenweenie (2012)
Friday, Oct. 29
12:30p/11:30c – Men in Black (1997)
9-11p / 8-10c – Family Guy – Halloween Episodes
12a/11c – Men in Black II
Saturday, Oct. 30
7a/6c – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
8a/7c – Ghostbusters (1984)
10:30a/9:30c – Men in Black (1997)
12:35p/11:35c – Men in Black II
2:35p/1:35c – Goosebumps (2015)
5:05p/4:05c – Freeform Premiere Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
7:10p/6:10c – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
8:50p/7:50c – Hocus Pocus
11p/10c – Freeform Premiere Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Sunday, Oct. 31
7a/6c – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
10a/9c – Goosebumps (2015)
12:30p/11:30c – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2:35p/1:35c – Hocus Pocus
4:45p/3:45c – Casper (1995)
7:15p/6:15c – Maleficent
9:20p/8:20c – Hocus Pocus
11:30p/10:30c – Ghostbusters (1984)
AMC’s FearFest is also back on October 1st. Preview the schedule right here!
Judging from the unprecedented box office success of Kane Parsons’ Backrooms adaptation, you’ve likely already seen the liminal horror hit that managed to make audiences afraid of empty hallways and bad wallpaper. And now that so many of us have already entered the yellow labyrinth (some of us more than once), the time has come to discuss the spoiler-filled details that make the movie so fascinating in the first place.
And if there’s one element here that makes the Backrooms movie stand out from any previous lore/mythology, it has to be the genius addition of the Still Life entities. Warped recreations of real people that somehow wandered into the Complex, these misremembered creatures are responsible for some of the most disturbing imagery of 2026 – as well as laugh-out-loud memes created by one of the film’s very own concept artists.
However, true to Parsons’ word that the movie would rely heavily on practical effects, each of these distorted monsters was brought to life by real actors under heavy layers of makeup and prosthetics (with the occasional splash of CGI enhancements). While Anora and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You actress Ivy Wolk wasn’t among these performers, despite what Letterboxd might have you believe, the creature cast did benefit from veteran players with plenty of genre experience.
For starters, Alien: Romulus alumni Robert Bobroczkyi (who previously brought that film’s horrific Offspring to life during its most memorable sequence) plays the flick’s main antagonist, the Still Life version of Captain Clark. And though there was some obvious CGI involved in making the character’s peg-leg and nightmarish face more believable, Bobroczkyi’s monstrous performance and his natural 7’7″ frame helped to make that final chase sequence a clear highlight among this year’s genre offerings.
The film’s Texas-Chain-Saw-inspired “dinner” scene also features a freaky collection of less-aggressive Still Life creatures in the form of the Bearded Man, the Red-Headed Woman and, strangest of them all, the cheekily named “Archibald Leland Sutter Still Life” (who earned this title among fans and crewmembers as a reference to his apparent affinity for lamps).
While this was the first major horror outing for both Patrick Baynham (The Bearded Man) and Dana Mahmood (Archibald), Rhiannon Roberts has worked as a stunt performer in everything from Yellowjackets to HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation – which is probably why The Red-Headed Woman is the most active out of Clark’s impromptu “family.” That being said, the Archibald Leland Sutter Still Life is my personal favorite of the bunch simply because his anachronistic outfit suggests that the Backrooms phenomenon might be a lot older than the Async Foundation. I also love how hard he tries to be helpful with that little light of his!
That might be it for the Still Life entities, but I think horror fans will also be pleased to hear that the film’s Found Footage prologue stars none other than Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City star Avan Jogia as Naren Warne – and American Mary herself Katharine Isabelle also shows up in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo at Mary’s house party towards the middle of the story (though I have a feeling that she originally had a bigger part that was likely cut for time).
At the end of the day, Parsons’ Backrooms may have been an auteur-driven project motivated by the young director’s unique take on the classic creepypasta, but film has always been a collective artform, so it’s fun to see just how many talented performers it takes to bring this kind of supernatural nightmare to life in a way that connects with so many people.
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