NYX UK announces twelve channel premieres for October 2024, including SANTA SANGRE, BOOK OF MONSTERS, and the newly released BEYOND THE CHAMBER OF TERROR and GLOWZIES.

Plus, the channel celebrates Bela Lugosi’s birthday and there’s a Halloween presentation of Carpenter’s seminal HALLOWEEN.

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Santa Sangre

NYX UK presents twelve must-see primetime channel premieres in October, headed up by Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist horror masterpiece SANTA SANGRE (1989), which screens on Turs 22 Oct, 9pm. There are also first time showings for Stewart Sparke’s 2018 FrightFest splatter comedy discovery BOOK OF MONSTERS (Thurs 10 Oct, 9pm), GLOWZIES (2023), a zany award-winning zom-com directed by Hank Braxton (Thurs 31 Oct, 5pm), and BEYOND THE CHAMBER OF TERROR (2021) , which marks the feature film debut of writer/director Michael Pereira, who introduces us to Timothy Paul McCarthy’s Nash Caruthers, or Mr. Nash Fucking Caruthers to those who cross him. The film premieres on Fri 25 Oct, 9pm.

Beyond The Chamber of Terror

LOVELY MOLLY (2011) makes her scary entrance on Tues 29 Oct, 9pm. This gripping psychological horror is directed by Eduardo Sánchez, co-director of  The Blair Witch Project. Then there is RABIES (2010), Israel’s first horror film, directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, which streams on Fri 11 Oct, 9pm, and the 2020 remake of CASTLE FREAK (Thurs 3 Oct, 9pm), directed by Tate Steinsiek, which reimagines the 1995 original, based on H.P. Lovecraft’s story, The Outsider.

Book of Monsters

From writer / director Roxanne Benjamin, comes survival thriller BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK (2019), which has its Channel premiere on Sat 5 Oct, 9pm. Another 2019 production, showing on Fri 18 Oct, 9pm,  is HELL HOUSE LLC III: LAKE OF FIRE, which marks the final instalment in the “Hell House LLC” series, directed by Stephen Cognetti. Also, on Fri 4 Oct, 9pm is ANTRUM: THE DEADLIEST FILM EVER MADE, a unique blend of horror and mockumentary, directed by David Amito and Michael Laicini.

Other 9pm primetime premieres include RESTITUTION (2024), a gripping horror thriller directed and edited by Danny Draven (Tues 15 Oct) and THE NINTH CONFIGUATION (1980), a psychological thriller directed by William Peter Blatty, based on his novel of the same name (Thurs 17 Oct).

Halloween

The channel also celebrates the birthday, on Sunday 20 October, of the legendary Bela Lugosi  who played a pivotal role in the modern mythology and rich legend of the iconic Count Dracula. At 5pm there is WHITE ZOMBIE (1932), which is particularly notable for being the first feature-length zombie film. This is followed at 7pm with MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932), starring Lugosi as Dr Mirakle, a mad scientist who roams the Paris streets with his pet ape.

Finally, what better way to mark Halloween on than by showing John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, HALLOWEEN (Thurs 31 Oct, 9pm). Carpenter’s film was not just a box office success but also a critical one, influencing countless horror films that followed. It spawned a large franchise including sequels, remakes and reboots, continually renewing its relevance in popular culture.

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