For thirteen nights, from Saturday, October 19th to Thursday, October 31st at 9pm, Horror Channel will present a "Haunted Halloween Season," a supernaturally spooky selection of the scariest movies, including the UK premiere of Sheldon Wilson's ghostly chiller The Unspoken and the channel premiere of the Nicholas Cage-starring thriller Pay the Ghost.
Other highlights include Damiano Damiani’s diabolical prequel to The Amityville Horror – Amityville II: The Possession. James Watkins’ spine-chilling remake The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ti West’s The Shining slacker-style indie sensation, The Innkeepers. the 2008 US remake of The Eye, starring Jessica Alba and box-office supernatural horror hit The Pact.
Check out the full list of programming below.
Saturday, October 19th @ 9pm – THE UNSPOKEN (2015) *UK TV Premiere
In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and no explanation satisfied curiosity. For seventeen years the house has remained undisturbed…until now.
Sunday, October 20th @ 9pm – AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION (1982)
A hard-hitting prequel to The Amityville Horror, this tells the ‘true’ story of the Montelli’s, a dysfunctional Catholic family who arrives in the Amityville house years before the Lutzes of the first film. Sonny, the eldest son, is horrifically possessed by a sinister supernatural presence rising up from a secret basement room, and the rest of the family, including family priest Father Adamsk, appear powerless to stops the unfolding evil rampage.
Monday, October 21st @ 9pm – THE INNKEEPERS (2011)
After 100 years of silver service, the Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees – Claire and Luke – are determined to uncover proof that the hotel is haunted. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of amateur ghostbusters begins to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the establishment’s long unexplained history.
Tuesday, October 22nd @ 9pm – STIR OF ECHOES (1999)
After he is hypnotized at a neighbourhood party, Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) changes. He sees things he can’t explain and hears voices he can’t ignore. As the horrific visions intensify, Tom realises they are pieces of a puzzle, echoes of a crime calling out to be solved. But when his other-worldly nightmares begin coming true, Tom desperately tries to rid himself of his eerie, unwanted powers.
Wednesday October 23rd @ 9pm – THE MESSENGERS (2007)
The first English-language horror entry by the Pang Brothers and produced by Sam Raimi this suspenseful supernatural thriller centres on the dysfunctional Solomon family, who leave the fast paced life of Chicago for the secluded world of a North Dakota farm. Amidst the tranquil sway of the farm’s field of sunflowers, Jess soon realises how terrifying seclusion can be when she and her brother Ben begin seeing ominous apparitions invisible to everyone else.
Thursday, October 24th @ 9pm – FLIGHT 7500 (2014)
From the director of The Grudge comes this spine-chilling journey into fear. On a flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, a plane is shaken by severe weather. When the turbulence subsides, a passenger suddenly dies—and a supernatural force is unleashed, overtaking the passengers as they desperately fight to figure out what it is and how to stop it.
Friday, October 25th @ 9pm – THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2010)
Based on the classic ghost story, The Woman in Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps, a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone, Kipps begins to uncover the town’s tragic secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest to him become threatened by the vengeful woman in black, Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror.
Saturday, October 26th @ 9pm – THE POSSESSION (2016)
From two acclaimed masters of horror – producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) and director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch), comes a terrifying true story of how a family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable and malicious evil. Divorced Clyde and Stephanie Brenek see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box covered with arcane Hebrew inscriptions she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst.
Sunday, October 27th @ 9pm – THE NUN (2005)
Years ago, a cruel and merciless nun turned a boarding school into a living hell for her students until they could no longer bear the abuse, causing her undiscovered death. Now, the alumni are being brutally murdered one by one. Feeling a familiar and evil presence, the surviving women regroup to save their lives and lay the nun to rest one final time.
Monday, October 28th @ 9pm – THE EYE (2008)
Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba), blind since childhood, undergoes surgery that successfully restores her sight. But unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Not knowing if they are an aftermath of surgery, her imagination, or something horrifyingly real, Sydney becomes convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.
Tuesday, October 29th @ 9pm – THE PACT (2012)
Following her mother’s funeral, Annie reluctantly returns to her childhood home – a place she would rather forget. Then as her sister Nicole and cousin inexplicably disappear, Annie is forced to unlock the doors to the past to discover the hidden secrets of the house and in doing so finds a room that she has no memory of. Things take a sinister and terrifying turn as Annie soon realises she isn’t alone in the house…
Wednesday, October 30th @ 9pm – BOO (2005)
Written and directed by Anthony C. Ferrante and Dog Soldiers producer Davis E. Allen, this jump-out-of-your-seat movie bursts with goo and gore and neat homage as a group of young friends spend Halloween in a dilapidated hospital, and soon find trouble-a-plenty in the ghoulish form of a psychotic spirit intent on escaping the dank wards.
Thursday, October 31st @ 9pm – PAY THE GHOST (2015) *Channel Premiere
Almost a year after his young son disappeared on Halloween night in New York City, Mike (Nicolas Cage) is alone and haunted by terrifying visions of his son. Determined not to let go, he researches all the cases of missing children in the city and comes to a horrifying conclusion: that every Halloween a vengeful ghost surfaces to abduct three children and if they don’t recover their son within a short window of time on All Hallows Eve, he will be lost to the spirit world forever. Following a series of terrifying clues, Mike is led deeper into the ancient curse that could destroy him and all he loves.