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Syfy Announces “31 Days of Halloween” Lineup With Five Brand New Original Horror Films!
One of the highlights of this year’s annual “31 Days of Halloween” over on Syfy is the six-part event style roll-out for “Channel Zero: The Dream Door,” which will premiere on October 26 with new episodes hitting each night and the finale airing on Halloween night. But that’s not all, as five original horror movies are also coming, plus tons more 10th anniversary fun!
Yes, this year is the TENTH annual “31 Days of Halloween” event!
The chilling lineup airs all day and night throughout the month, including:
ORIGINAL SERIES
Z NATION – Season 5 Premiere Friday, October 5 at 9/8c
An unlikely group of survivors become reluctant heroes in the zombie apocalypse when they find themselves on a mission to save humanity in this series starring Kellita Smith, Keith Allan, Russell Hodgkinson, DJ Qualls, Anastasia Baranova, Nat Zang and Lydia Hearst.
VAN HELSING – Season 3 Premiere Friday, October 5 at 10/9c
In Season 3, after being bitten by a shape-shifting Elder vampire loyal to the Van Helsing clan, Vanessa is once again resurrected and forced to confront her family’s legacy. At Crooked Falls, Axel, Scarlett and the others fend off Blak Tek’s forces who hope to add Scarlett to their list of lab rats. The series stars Kelly Overton, Jonathan Scarfe, Christopher Heyerdahl, Missy Peregrym, Vincent Gale, Rukiya Bernard, Trezzo Mahoro and Aleks Paunovic.
CHANNEL ZERO: THE DREAM DOOR – World Premiere, Friday October 26 at 11/10c, airs October 26-31
CHANNEL ZERO returns with THE DREAM DOOR, the anthology series’ latest installment based on the “creepypasta” short story “Hidden Door” by Charlotte Bywater. Premiering over six consecutive nights from Friday, October 26 through Halloween Night, Wednesday, October 31 at 11/10c, CHANNEL ZERO: THE DREAM DOOR follows newlyweds Jillian and Tom, who have each brought secrets into their marriage. When they discover a strange door in their basement, those secrets start to threaten their relationship and their lives.
Created by Nick Antosca, CHANNEL ZERO: THE DREAM DOOR is directed by Evan Katz (“Small Crimes,” “Cheap Thrills”) and stars Brandon Scott (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Maria Sten (“Straight Outta Compton”), Steven Robertson (“Elementary”), Troy James (“The Strain”), Steven Weber (“Wings”) and Barbara Crampton (“You’re Next”). Following the premiere on October 26, all 6 episodes will be available on VOD.
ALL-NEW ORIGINAL MOVIES
NO ESCAPE ROOM – Saturday, October 6 at 9/8c
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place. Starring Mark Ghanimé (“Reign”).
CUCUY: THE BOOGEYMAN – Saturday, October 13 at 7/6c
A teenage girl confined to her home on house arrest soon discovers that the nightmarish urban legends of the Mexican boogeyman, El Cucuy, are actually true. Starring Marisol Nichols (“Riverdale”) and Brian Krause (“Charmed,” “House of Purgatory,” “Sleepwalkers”).
KARMA – Saturday, October 13 at 9/8c
When recent college grad Manny has trouble making ends meet, his father-in-law offers him a job evicting delinquent tenants. Manny soon finds himself unleashing a karma demon which stalks him at every turn. Starring Mandela Van Peebles (“Jigsaw”), Brytni Sarpy (“Truth or Dare”) and Tony Amendola (“Annabelle,” “Once Upon a Time”).
KILLER HIGH – Saturday, October 20 at 9/8c
Sabrina’s perfectly planned high school reunion goes south when a monster keeps killing all the guests in this horror-comedy. Starring Kacey Rohl (THE MAGICIANS, “Hannibal”), Asha Bromfield (“Riverdale”) and Varun Saranga (WYNONNA EARP).
DEAD IN THE WATER – Saturday, October 27 at 9/8c
An all-female crew on a boat in the middle of nowhere must deal with an invader on their ship. Starring Nikohl Boosheri (“The Bold Type”).
SELECT FAN FAVORITE MOVIES
RESIDENT EVIL – Monday, October 1 at 2:30/1:30c
SORORITY ROW – Tuesday, October 2 at 1:30/12:30c
SILENT HOUSE – Wednesday, October 3 at 1/12c
AMERICAN PSYCHO – Wednesday, October 3 at 7/6c
INSIDIOUS – Thursday, October 4 at 6:30/5:30c
CABIN FEVER – Saturday, October 6 at 11/10c
CABIN IN THE WOODS – Saturday, October 6 at 5/4c
FRIGHT NIGHT – Sunday, October 7 at 11:25/10:25c
THE QUIET ONES – Tuesday, October 9 at 9/8c
LIGHTS OUT – Wednesday, October 10 at 7:15/6:15c
TRUTH OR DARE – Wednesday, October 10 at 8:30/7:30c
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE – Thursday, October 11 at 5/4c
LEATHERFACE – Friday, October 12 at 7/6c
For a daily schedule and full list of movies, be sure to visit SYFY.com.
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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation
The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.
The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”
The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.
The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.
Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.
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