Those of you that are fans of Halloween are probably aware of AMC Fear Fest or as I still call it Monster Fest since that is what it was called for over a decade. programming Block that I never miss.
Similar to Discovery's Shark Week AMC has it's famous
Back in the days before AMC was known for their award winning shows it was a classic movie channel called American Movie Classics.
The channel was intended as an wander to the classic films that were released on television and were all unedited and in Black and White. Also the movies were not commercially interrupted.
Beginning in 1997 AMC began Monsterfest which was a week long block of programming featuring a multitude of classic horror films. Along with the films were documentaries such as "Monstermania" hosted by Jack Palance telling the screen history of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman.
Monstermania proved to be so popular that in the next couple I years saw the sequels like Bride of Monstermania telling about women in horror, and Attack of the 50 foot Monstermania featuring Giants on screen.
Many of these Documentaries were hosted by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark with her own comedic style.
Monsterfest also began having hosts book ending these productions. These hosts included Linda Blair and Whoopee Goldberg giving the viewers information about the films.
In 1999 Fright Film Producer Roger Corman was the host featuring his own original segments.
In 2002 AMC began their own film school and commissioned their students to make Short Screamers and the shorts were shown durring that year's Monsterfest line up even receving their own special hosted by John Carpenter.
One year later a new slew of shorts were screened and again they had their own special this time hosted by Clive Barker.
By the way speaking of John Carpenter AMC aired the infamous Television cut of Halloween 2 along with one of the definitive documentaries on the film Halloween: A cut above the Rest which went on to become one of the Special Features on the Halloween 25th Anniversary DVD release one year later.
in 2007 Monsterfest celebrated it's 10 year anniversary with new specials and even a DVD release of some cult classics featuring many of the works of Roger Corman among others.
However in 2008 the tide began to change. AMC began airing Horror Films on late Friday Nights entitled Fear Friday with the website featuring the change in tide.
Surely enough that October Monsterfest was re-branded Fear Fest bringing mostly just a change in title but much of the programing remained.
The name change was appropriate since the programing had less emphisis on the monsters and more fear elements.
In 2008 Fear Fest was hosted by Rob Zombie.
The next Year George A. Romero Hosted the marathon.
Another change to the line up was utilized in 2010 when that year's Fear Fest on Halloween Night treated viewers to the Premiere of the first ever Zombie Television Show The Walking Dead to a massive viewing audience
in 2012 AMC Fear Fest made another change when instead of One Week in October the programing now became a two week event and to promote this as well as the return of Comic Book Men AMC Fear Fest was hosted by the one and only Kevin Smith who treated the viewing audience on his views on horror films.
Also added to the line up was the now infamous Friday the 13th marathon making AMC the location where you can find the best in Slashers and Horror entertainment on Halloween.
Gory Matters Here.
One year later a new slew of shorts were screened and again they had their own special this time hosted by Clive Barker.
By the way speaking of John Carpenter AMC aired the infamous Television cut of Halloween 2 along with one of the definitive documentaries on the film Halloween: A cut above the Rest which went on to become one of the Special Features on the Halloween 25th Anniversary DVD release one year later.
in 2007 Monsterfest celebrated it's 10 year anniversary with new specials and even a DVD release of some cult classics featuring many of the works of Roger Corman among others.
However in 2008 the tide began to change. AMC began airing Horror Films on late Friday Nights entitled Fear Friday with the website featuring the change in tide.
Surely enough that October Monsterfest was re-branded Fear Fest bringing mostly just a change in title but much of the programing remained.
The name change was appropriate since the programing had less emphisis on the monsters and more fear elements.
In 2008 Fear Fest was hosted by Rob Zombie.
The next Year George A. Romero Hosted the marathon.
Another change to the line up was utilized in 2010 when that year's Fear Fest on Halloween Night treated viewers to the Premiere of the first ever Zombie Television Show The Walking Dead to a massive viewing audience
in 2012 AMC Fear Fest made another change when instead of One Week in October the programing now became a two week event and to promote this as well as the return of Comic Book Men AMC Fear Fest was hosted by the one and only Kevin Smith who treated the viewing audience on his views on horror films.
Also added to the line up was the now infamous Friday the 13th marathon making AMC the location where you can find the best in Slashers and Horror entertainment on Halloween.
Gory Matters Here.
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