October’s Horror Channel Line Up Will Be A ‘Fright Fest!’
Hallows Eve is only 6 weeks away, the Horror Channel will feast your dark heart. The October line up will deliver eleven premieres, including a hellish Halloween night double-bill of Corin Hardy’s impressive Irish monster movie debut The Hallow. Ante Novakovic’s rampant Halloween slasher Fright Fest, Both channel premieres will be broadcast on Saturday 31 October.
The demons are let loose in chiller Firstborn starring Antonia Laura Thomas. Social media can be a terrifying platform and in hashtage horror Selfie From Hell will be #scary. The haunting, award-winning Echoes Of Fear and the pint-sized gold-digger is back in the Leprechaun sequel Leprechaun Returns make up the four prime-time UK premieres.
There are five further channel premieres including a twisted tale of obsession and complexities of the human condition in Pet starring Dominic Monaghan. David Cronenberg’s cult classic body horror The Brood and Tom Paton’s giddy nerve-shredder, The Ascent. Christopher Lee‘s final movie performance psychological thriller The Resident, starring Hilary Swank and finally, killer crocodiles and giant anacondas clash big-time in Lake Placid VS Anaconda.
Saturday 3 October @ 21:00 – LAKE PLACID VS ANACONDA (2015) *Channel Premiere*
Get ready for a non-stop bloodbath in this vicious battle between mutated crocodiles and genetically engineered anacondas In the latest instalment of the Lake Placid and Anaconda franchises. When they’re not hunting for human prey, they’re more than willing to take on each other. Staring horror legend Robert Englund
Sunday 4 October @ 21:00 – FIRSTBORN (2016) *UK TV Premiere*
Charlie and James are just starting their lives together. Young and in love, they’re relishing having no responsibilities until Charlie discovers she is pregnant. In a moment of youthful abandon, they decide to keep the baby. So into their world comes Thea, a beautiful girl. But her arrival brings with it terrifying entities that threaten their newly formed family.
Friday 9 October @ 21:00 – SELFIE FROM HELL (2018) *UK TV Premiere*
Julia, an online blogger from Germany, comes to the US to visit her cousin Hannah. Upon her arrival, Julia falls fatefully ill, prompting Hannah’s suspicion of the strange and sudden illness. When unusual happenings start taking place in her home, Hannah begins a relentless internet search to discover the cause. She comes across Julia’s blog entries and finds herself immersed deep in the web – too deep – in a place where terror knows no end.
Saturday 17 October @ 21:00 – PET (2016) *Channel Premiere*
Socially awkward Seth (Dominic Monaghan) works diligently at an animal shelter. One day he sees old schoolmate Holly on a bus and tries to rekindle the acquaintance. But the waitress is just coming off a failed relationship and isn’t remotely interested. Realising his feelings will never be reciprocated the stalker takes drastic action to find a new way of showing his crush how much she needs him in her life.
Saturday 17 October @ 21:00 – LEPRECHAUN RETURNS (2018) *Channel Premiere*
The eighth instalment of the Leprechaun franchise picks up 25 years after the original. Lila, the daughter of Tory Redding, returns to the home that changed her mother forever. Joined by a group of girls who attempt to convert it into an eco-friendly sorority house, Lila is forced to face the demons of her mother’s past. Although Lila grew up to believe the demons lived purely inside Tory’s head, it turns out there really is an indestructible Leprechaun on a murderous rampage in search for his gold…
Sunday 18 October @ 21:00 – ECHOES OF FEAR (2018) *UK TV Premiere*
After inheriting her grandfather’s house, Alysa must confront the mystery of his sudden death and the evil that hides inside.
Friday 23 October @ 21:00 – THE ASCENT (2019) *UK TV Premiere*
A special operations squad known in secret elite circles as Hell’s Bastards is sent to infiltrate a civil war in order to retrieve vital intelligence. But the crack unit soon finds themselves trapped on a never-ending, twisting and turning stairwell, which they are forced to climb – or they will die. To survive, they must revisit past sins and take important steps if they ever want to get off the staircase to nowhere. With: Shayne Ward, Toby Osmond, Simon Meacock and Rachel Warren.
Saturday 24 October @ 22:35 – THE BROOD (1979) *Channel Premiere*
Frank Carveth is becoming increasingly concerned about his ex-wife Nola’s secretive treatment at the sinister ‘Somafree Institute of Psychoplasmics. Headed by cult figure Dr Raglan, his controversial and extreme methods seek to unleash his patients’ rage, often taking on physical manifestations. As Frank delves deeper he is finally led to an horrific and repellant final confrontation.
Sunday 25 October @ 21:00 – THE RESIDENT (1979) *Channel Premiere*
After separating from her adulterous husband, Dr. Juliet Devereau (Hilary Swank) moves to New York and settles into a new life in her spacious apartment, Mysterious occurrences lead her to suspect she is not alone and quickly her fears become all too real as she discovers her seemingly charming landlord, Max, has developed a dangerous obsession with her. A terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues as Juliet is forced to fight and free herself from Max’s increasingly sinister intentions. The film also features a cameo from Christopher Lee, in his first collaboration with Hammer Films since 1976’s To the Devil a Daughter and his last before his death in 2015.
Saturday 31 October @ 21:00 – THE HALLOW (2015) *Channel Premiere*
When a conservationist is sent to Ireland with his wife and infant child to survey an area of forest believed to be hallowed ground by superstitious locals, his actions unwittingly disturb a horde of demonic creatures who prey upon the lost. Alone and deep within the darkness of the remote wilderness, he must now fight back to protect his family against the ancient forces’ relentless attack.
Saturday 31 October @ 22:55 – FRIGHT FEST (2018) *Channel Premiere*
Blood runs rampant on Halloween night when the Mayor of Sommerton decides to mount a live Fright Fest event within the walls of a long abandoned lunatic asylum. Only problem is a van of criminally insane prisoners crashes just outside and the trick or treaters think their murderous acts are part of the performance. Enter if you dare…
Horror Channel: Be Afraid TV: Sky 317 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 70 / Freesat 138
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