Well, most channels are pretty much turning their back on the some of their greatest feats of programming. Look at MTV and VH1 and their infamous, "We were all about music, but now, we are just about reality TV!". Nickelodeon followed suit, as did Disney Channel and Cartoon Network("All cartoons, all the time" is a load of crap considering all the little reality shows they are now showing). I think MonsterFest, for a while, was doing pretty damn good. But with the past recent years, it was becoming tamer and tamer. We need some more life injected into it. We need a better assortment of CLASSIC horror flicks from the old days(Nosferatu, Universal monsters) to the early 90s(Candyman, Puppet Master). I know it's a hassle getting the rights to every flick, but you don't have to get the rights to every major horror flick. You can try to get the rights to some of the more obscure ones(House that Dripped Blood, The Changeling, The Beast Within, Neon Maniacs, Scarecrows, Intruder). It doesn't have to be A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-6, or Exorcist 1-3. Maybe one or two NOES flicks, and just the first Exorcist. Would be cool to have something like Demons or Demons 2(you can edit out the brief nudity EASY), or Wes Craven's Swamp Thing. There are a lot of good horror movies that always get overlooked. Would be killer to have the Robert Bloch anthology Asylum, Black Sabbath or the original Trilogy of Terror.

Y'know, we don't really need Constantine, or Resident Evil, nor do we need Pinata: Survival Island(Urgh)!

I agree, films like "Demons" and "Demons II" would be a great addition to AMC's Halloween lineup. Something different is always a good thing.

As much as I loathe such films as "Constantine" and "Resident Evil", I realize these films have their audiences and I can accept the fact that AMC shows them, but do they really have to play them to death? A lot of the films AMC showed on October 31st was a huge let down. I believe they called them the *Elite 8*... really?

The shameful thing about "Resident Evil" was that it could've been a great film had Universal went with their original plan to hire George A. Romero. Actually, anybody would've been a better choice than Paul W.S. Anderson.

Anyways, here's hoping FearFest 2009 will be a huge turn around from it's first year.

I would even settle for Day of the Dead or Motel Hell.

Good points. I especially agree with King about Constantine and Resident Evil. They played them to death. Once is enough for those flicks. I also think "House That Dripped Blood" is a good obscure movie. AMC did play it during Monsterfest back in 2005 I believe. Haven't seen it since. But I'm sure they will show "Pinata:Survival Island".

Let me tell you what I hated about Fearfest 2008 - ROB f'ing ZOMBIE. The man has the personality of a carrot and his presence made Fearfest abominable.

If I had my druthers and I was in charge of planning Fearfest, here's what I would do - I'd go out and hire a horror host worth a damn - none other than THE MAN - Joe Bob Briggs. Who else could introduce each movie with that familiar swagger and charm and make it worth watching?

Then, some of the movies they chose were awful - Constantine, Resident Evil, PANIC f'ing ROOM, Pinata, Magic, etc.

My lineup would be classic dominated because as any horror fan knows, good horror died in the 1980's.

My lineup would be:

The Howling
The Fog
Halloween
Halloween II
Halloween III
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the remake)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Childs Play
Wolfen
Motel Hell
The Funhouse
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th part 2
Friday the 13th part 3
Friday the 13th part 4
The Omen
The Amityville Horror
The Blob
Carrie
Christine
Scream
The Craft
Invaders From Mars
Psycho (the original)
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
An American Werewolf in London
Dawn of the Dead (the remake)
Jeepers Creepers
Young Frankenstein (to interject a modicum of comedy)
Warlock

...and no Fearfest should disclude the classic Universal monster movies that are still a staple of the Halloween season...

Frankenstein
The Wolf man
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Mummy
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Dracula

There you go - movies to suit many different tastes that span more than 70 years of film. IMO that would be an incredibly successful Fearfest and one that I would likely create a complete recording of the entire 7 days on DVD (if Joe Bob hosted that is).

I forgot to include The Exorcist.