NYX|UK April 2025 Highlights
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Horror channel NYX UK celebrates the birthdays of Lon Chaney and Lamberto Bava amongst slate of April premieres
NYX UK celebrates the birthdays of two iconic figures in the horror genre. On Tuesday 1 April, the channel honours Lon Chaney, the legendary “Man of a Thousand Faces”, with screenings of Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN (1927) at 9pm, followed at 10.15pm by THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923), in which he plays a heart-breaking ‘Quasimodo’ – a perfect tribute to his unparalleled contributions to silent horror cinema.
Then on Thursday 3 April, NYX UK celebrates the legacy of Italian horror maestro Lamberto Bava with a double-bill of his most gore-soaked, high-energy horror spectacles – DEMONS (9pm) and DEMONS 2 (11pm). Produced by the legendary Dario Argento, they blend supernatural terror with neon-drenched 80s excess, creating some of the most stylish and chaotic zombie-like horror ever put to film.
Horror series DARK REWIND continues its 9pm popular run with two April channel premieres. On April 8, host August Kyss takes viewers back to 1980 to revisit the meaty cult horror-comedy MOTEL HELL, and then on April 22, she invites us back to 1983 for a deep dive into THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW, a slasher gem drenched in sorority drama, deadly secrets, and classic 80s horror vibes.
Another horror series enjoying a successful run is GALVASTON’S CAVERN OF CREEPS, which streams on Thursday nights at 9pm. This month our favourite underworld exile Galveston and his clueless mortal roommate Jack tackle two Channel premieres – Jacques Tourneur’s 1957 supernatural classic NIGHT OF THE DEMON (a.k.a. Curse of the Demon) and Joseph Green’s 1962 sci-fi horror THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE.
There are two other Channel premieres this month – Anders Banke’s multi-award winning vampire horror FROSTBITE (Frostbitten, 2006), which plays on Thurs 10 April, 9pm, and HANSEL & GRETAL GET BAKED (2013), a horror meets stoner comedy that puts a darkly humorous, twist on the classic fairy tale. Viewers can catch this at 9pm, Sun 20 April.
Other gruesome 9pm delights include Renaud Gauthier’s Canadian slasher DISCOPATHE, (Fri 11 April), Scottish werewolf thriller WILD COUNTRY, starring Peter Capaldi and Martin Compston (Thurs 17 April), Israel’s first slasher film RABIES (Thurs 24 April), GRIMM LOVE (Fri 25 April), a psychological horror film inspired by the Armin Meiwes cannibal murder case, and TENEBRAE, one of Dario Argent’s Giallo masterpieces, which screens on Sun 26 April.
Editor’s notes:
NYX Corporation, based in Canada, is a global media content distribution network specialising in the horror genre. The company delivers high-quality programmed content across linear digital broadcast TV networks. First launched in the UK late 2022, NYX is dedicated to curating a unique and entertaining blend of horror films and TV series and invites genre fans to delve into a world of carefully selected horror content – for free! https://www.nyxtv.co.uk/
NYX has also launched Scream TV in the US, a brand new, free-to-air and free-to-stream TV channel dedicated to horror. To get Scream TV, download the DistroTV app on any Roku or Amazon Fire TV as well as iOS and Android devices. Or visit www.scream-tv.com.
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