*Updated on 10/18 with new listings.* It’s that time of year again, dear readers! Halloween season is finally upon us and to get you ready for all the seasonal scares, Daily Dead has once again put together our Annual Halloween Viewing Guide, which gives you a rundown of everything—from movies to specials and more—headed to the small screen over the next few weeks.
And as we’ve done in past years, we’ll be updating this list every Friday to add new programming as they’re revealed by the various channels, so be sure to check back each week to see what kind of horror and sci-fi will be headed to network and cable TV through the weekend after Halloween.
**All listings are in Est.**
**Updated Listings Are In Bold.**
Thursday, October 31st
1:00am – Scream 4 (Paramount)
1:00am – The Walking Dead (1936) (Turner Classic Movies)
1:15am...
And as we’ve done in past years, we’ll be updating this list every Friday to add new programming as they’re revealed by the various channels, so be sure to check back each week to see what kind of horror and sci-fi will be headed to network and cable TV through the weekend after Halloween.
**All listings are in Est.**
**Updated Listings Are In Bold.**
Thursday, October 31st
1:00am – Scream 4 (Paramount)
1:00am – The Walking Dead (1936) (Turner Classic Movies)
1:15am...
- 10/31/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Director Rob Grant's (Fake Blood) zombie thriller Yesterday is being released on home entertainment platforms. To show in a special two-disc Blu-ray version, Yesterday was shot on beautiful 16mm. Starring Graham Wardle (Grave Halloween), P. Lynn Johnson (Final Destination), Bill Murdoch, Mike Kovac and Jesse Wheeler, Yesterday will be offered in a two-disc Blu-ray version. Darkside Releasing and Shivers Entertainment are distributing this feature, which just released this week. More release and story details are hosted here. In Yesterday, six strangers are caught in a zombie apocalypse. Each character struggles to survive in a dying city. Events come to a head, in a local grocery store. Here, the remaining few survivors fight danger, from all around. Yesterday was originally released in 2009, on the film festival circuit. This release on Blu-ray will offer lots of extras, including: extensive special features, a 16 page booklet and a slipcover. More details on this limited release.
- 8/31/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Gus Van Sant’s latest film “The Sea of Trees” prominently features the Aokigahara forest, popularly known as “The Suicide Forest” because of its reputation as one of the most popular suicide spots in the world. However, Van Sant isn’t the only director with a film that explores the mystery and danger of the Suicide Forest. First there was the supernatural horror film “The Forest,” and now there’s Nadia Litz’s latest film “The People Garden.”
The film follows Sweetpea (Dree Hemingway), a young woman who travels to Japan to break up with her rocker boyfriend Jamie (François Arnaud). But when she arrives, Jamie is nowhere to be found and was last seen shooting a music video at the base of the Aokigahara forest. Sweetpea resolves to find him with the help of local ranger Mak (Jai West), but she soon discovers a mystery far larger than she anticipated.
The film follows Sweetpea (Dree Hemingway), a young woman who travels to Japan to break up with her rocker boyfriend Jamie (François Arnaud). But when she arrives, Jamie is nowhere to be found and was last seen shooting a music video at the base of the Aokigahara forest. Sweetpea resolves to find him with the help of local ranger Mak (Jai West), but she soon discovers a mystery far larger than she anticipated.
- 9/12/2016
- by Annakeara Stinson
- Indiewire
After watching Gus Van Sant’s The Sea Of Trees, I’m convinced that composer Mason Bates was shown a completely different movie to score. How else can you explain the gentle woodland nymph-y aesthetic that Bates favors as Matthew McConaughey stumbles frantically around Aokigahara, otherwise known as The Suicide Forest?!
Last time I checked, suicide forests weren’t happy-go-lucky camping sites, and actor Ken Watanabe wasn’t a magical forest creature. The Sea Of Trees is such a strange, bi-polar fever-dream, far beyond Bates’ ill-fitting – and never ceasing – musical accompaniment, but it’s a damn good place to start. Then we can get to how a famed location known for unspeakable sorrow is barely characterized and defined, as yet another movie wastes Japan’s deadliest landmark.
McConaughey plays Arthur Brennan, an adjunct college professor who buys a one-way ticket to the Aokigahara forest. Arthur can’t bear to live another day alone,...
Last time I checked, suicide forests weren’t happy-go-lucky camping sites, and actor Ken Watanabe wasn’t a magical forest creature. The Sea Of Trees is such a strange, bi-polar fever-dream, far beyond Bates’ ill-fitting – and never ceasing – musical accompaniment, but it’s a damn good place to start. Then we can get to how a famed location known for unspeakable sorrow is barely characterized and defined, as yet another movie wastes Japan’s deadliest landmark.
McConaughey plays Arthur Brennan, an adjunct college professor who buys a one-way ticket to the Aokigahara forest. Arthur can’t bear to live another day alone,...
- 8/29/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
As I watched The Forest, drawn in by Aokigahara’s natural horrors, I couldn’t help but feel a weird sense of déjà vu. A nostalgic sensation that called back to my October horror binge – oh right, because I Did see an almost identical story in Grave Halloween only a few months back. That’s not to say similar movies can’t coexist peacefully, and admittedly, The Forest is much better than that previous Syfy effort I just mentioned, but director Jason Zada’s new film is not without its own downfalls. In a wilderness full of danger and deception, it’s easy to find yourself hopelessly lost – just ask screenwriters Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell and Ben Ketai.
Natalie Dormer stars as an identical twin named Sara, whose country-hopping sister, Jess, goes missing in the aforementioned Japanese forest. When a lost soul enters Aokigahara, it’s usually to commit suicide.
Natalie Dormer stars as an identical twin named Sara, whose country-hopping sister, Jess, goes missing in the aforementioned Japanese forest. When a lost soul enters Aokigahara, it’s usually to commit suicide.
- 1/8/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
To celebrate the opening of Gramercy Pictures’ The Forest this Friday, Wamg is giving away free tickets to see the film.
The forest is real. Rising with terrifying grandeur at the base of Mr. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of the supernatural thriller The Forest.
An American woman, Sara (played by Natalie Dormer of Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games), journeys to the forest in search of her twin sister Jess (also played by Ms. Dormer), who has mysteriously disappeared. Frustrated at Jess’ pattern of behavior, Sara’s husband Rob (Eoin Macken of The Night Shift) is unable to talk his wife out of making the 6,000-mile trip.
After a visit to the school where Jess teaches, the resourceful Sara sets out for the forest itself. Accompanied by a charismatic new acquaintance, expatriate journalist Aiden (Taylor Kinney of Chicago Fire), she enters...
The forest is real. Rising with terrifying grandeur at the base of Mr. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of the supernatural thriller The Forest.
An American woman, Sara (played by Natalie Dormer of Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games), journeys to the forest in search of her twin sister Jess (also played by Ms. Dormer), who has mysteriously disappeared. Frustrated at Jess’ pattern of behavior, Sara’s husband Rob (Eoin Macken of The Night Shift) is unable to talk his wife out of making the 6,000-mile trip.
After a visit to the school where Jess teaches, the resourceful Sara sets out for the forest itself. Accompanied by a charismatic new acquaintance, expatriate journalist Aiden (Taylor Kinney of Chicago Fire), she enters...
- 1/6/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Enter the heart of Aokigahara with a 360-degree video and audio experience ahead of the release of Gramercy Pictures' The Forest. Also in this round-up: a confirmed release date for The Abandoned (formerly The Confines), Kickstarter details on the 4K restoration of the 1963 B movie, The Atomic Brain, and info on The Ice Cream Truck.
The Forest: "Join the Experience and 'Enter the Suicide Forest' http://thesuicideforest.com/.
Enter the Suicide Forest is an immersive 360-degree sight and sound experience that takes fans right into the heart of Aokigahara, the terrifying real-life suicide forest located at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. The experience uses real images taken at Aokigahara.
The experience is best viewed in either mobile or virtual reality using Google Cardboard and your phone. 360-degree video and audio transports fans right into The Suicide Forest.
Find your friend, trace her path...but leave the forest before it takes you.
The Forest: "Join the Experience and 'Enter the Suicide Forest' http://thesuicideforest.com/.
Enter the Suicide Forest is an immersive 360-degree sight and sound experience that takes fans right into the heart of Aokigahara, the terrifying real-life suicide forest located at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. The experience uses real images taken at Aokigahara.
The experience is best viewed in either mobile or virtual reality using Google Cardboard and your phone. 360-degree video and audio transports fans right into The Suicide Forest.
Find your friend, trace her path...but leave the forest before it takes you.
- 12/22/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Gramercy Pictures invites you to enter the Suicide Forest from their upcoming film The Forest.
It is an immersive 360 degree sight and sound experience that takes fans right into the heart of Aokigahara, the terrifying real life suicide forest located at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. The experience uses real images taken at Aokigahara.
Enter here: thesuicideforest.com
The experience is best viewed in either mobile or virtual reality using Google Cardboard and your phone. 360 degree video and audio transports fans right into the The Suicide Forest.
Find your friend, trace her path…but leave the forest before it takes you.
Rising with terrifying grandeur at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of the supernatural thriller. A young American woman, Sara (Natalie Dormer of “Game of Thrones” and “The Hunger Games”), journeys there in search of her twin sister,...
It is an immersive 360 degree sight and sound experience that takes fans right into the heart of Aokigahara, the terrifying real life suicide forest located at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. The experience uses real images taken at Aokigahara.
Enter here: thesuicideforest.com
The experience is best viewed in either mobile or virtual reality using Google Cardboard and your phone. 360 degree video and audio transports fans right into the The Suicide Forest.
Find your friend, trace her path…but leave the forest before it takes you.
Rising with terrifying grandeur at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan, the legendary real-life Aokigahara Forest is the suspense-filled setting of the supernatural thriller. A young American woman, Sara (Natalie Dormer of “Game of Thrones” and “The Hunger Games”), journeys there in search of her twin sister,...
- 12/21/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Kaitlyn Leeb, Cassi Thomson, Graham Wardle, Dejan Loyola, Jeffrey Ballard, Hiro Kanagawa, Jesse Wheeler, Tom Stevens, Kevan Ohtsji, Hyuma Frankowski | Written by Ryan W. Smith, Sheldon Wilson | Directed by Steven R. Monroe
Apparently (at least according to the blurb on the front cover) based on a true story, Grave Halloween is the latest movie from director Steven R. Monroe – yes he of I Spit on Your Grave 1 & 2 fame – who returns to making TV movies for the Syfy channel (I really liked Mongolian Death Worm Fyi) with this, a J-horror inspired slice of mediocrity that tries to mix American and Japanese filmic ideals, never quite meshing the two together well enough to be a complete success.
Deep in stark woodland at the base of Mount Fuji, restless whispers echo as the light fades on a mid-winter afternoon. Here, amongst a maze of roots, a lone figure takes her life, binding...
Apparently (at least according to the blurb on the front cover) based on a true story, Grave Halloween is the latest movie from director Steven R. Monroe – yes he of I Spit on Your Grave 1 & 2 fame – who returns to making TV movies for the Syfy channel (I really liked Mongolian Death Worm Fyi) with this, a J-horror inspired slice of mediocrity that tries to mix American and Japanese filmic ideals, never quite meshing the two together well enough to be a complete success.
Deep in stark woodland at the base of Mount Fuji, restless whispers echo as the light fades on a mid-winter afternoon. Here, amongst a maze of roots, a lone figure takes her life, binding...
- 12/24/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Reviewed by Jesse Miller
MoreHorror.com
Grave Halloween is mostly set in Japan’s infamous ‘Suicide Forest’, the nickname given to this rather luscious forest since unfortunately, so many folk come here to end their lives.
Because of the multiple suicides, the forest has its own special place in Japanese mythology due to the belief demons and angry spirits roam the forest. As if Japanese folklore wasn’t horrific enough, right?
The place is intriguing and uncomfortable all at once. Intriguing because – well, why aren’t we seeing more material featuring this location? The 1960 novel Kuroi Jukai (Black sea of trees) features the location and Director Gus Van Sant’s Sea of Trees is on its way out. But where are the horror films using this backdrop? Shouldn’t we be seeing hundreds? And then it’s uncomfortable material because the place is still being used for suicide and how...
MoreHorror.com
Grave Halloween is mostly set in Japan’s infamous ‘Suicide Forest’, the nickname given to this rather luscious forest since unfortunately, so many folk come here to end their lives.
Because of the multiple suicides, the forest has its own special place in Japanese mythology due to the belief demons and angry spirits roam the forest. As if Japanese folklore wasn’t horrific enough, right?
The place is intriguing and uncomfortable all at once. Intriguing because – well, why aren’t we seeing more material featuring this location? The 1960 novel Kuroi Jukai (Black sea of trees) features the location and Director Gus Van Sant’s Sea of Trees is on its way out. But where are the horror films using this backdrop? Shouldn’t we be seeing hundreds? And then it’s uncomfortable material because the place is still being used for suicide and how...
- 11/25/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Mmmm, can you smell it in the air? Pumpkin-flavored-everything, that crisp fall breeze and fresh apple pie – it’s October alright. Along with those distinctive fall treats comes a never-ending shipment of horror movies waiting to be reviewed, with Grave Halloween being my inaugural kickoff of what purists deem the official horror movie season. Coming to you from the producer of Embrace Of The Vampire (ugh) and the director of I Spit On Your Grave 2 (double ugh), this SyFy original (Ahhh) was picked up for reasons unknown by Anchor Bay, almost a full year after its silver screen premiere. If you find yourself wandering around the “Suicide Forest,” don’t say I didn’t warn you – and watch out for evil Geisha ghosts!
Kaitlyn Leeb plays Maiko, a girl looking to uncover the truth about her mother’s suicide. Accompanied by some of her filmmaker friends, who obviously record the adventure documentary-style,...
Kaitlyn Leeb plays Maiko, a girl looking to uncover the truth about her mother’s suicide. Accompanied by some of her filmmaker friends, who obviously record the adventure documentary-style,...
- 10/4/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Just the thought of Japan's Aokigahara forest, or the Suicide Forest, sends a chill down our spines. Director Steven R. Monroe knows this all too well and word has come that his latest film which takes place there, Grave Halloween, is hitting the UK.
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has announced the UK release of Grave Halloween, available digitally and on DVD October 27, 2014.
Synopsis
Deep in stark woodland at the base of Mount Fuji, restless whispers echo as the light fades on a mid-winter afternoon. Here, amongst a maze of roots, a lone figure takes her life, binding her body to the branches and her spirit to the undergrowth. Years later as the crows scatter, Miko and her college friends head into Suicide Forest. Miko yearns to abide a Halloween ritual steeped in demonic tradition which will release her mother’s trapped soul. Filming their journey amongst the shadows, strange things start...
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has announced the UK release of Grave Halloween, available digitally and on DVD October 27, 2014.
Synopsis
Deep in stark woodland at the base of Mount Fuji, restless whispers echo as the light fades on a mid-winter afternoon. Here, amongst a maze of roots, a lone figure takes her life, binding her body to the branches and her spirit to the undergrowth. Years later as the crows scatter, Miko and her college friends head into Suicide Forest. Miko yearns to abide a Halloween ritual steeped in demonic tradition which will release her mother’s trapped soul. Filming their journey amongst the shadows, strange things start...
- 9/1/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Maiko’s following in her mother’s footsteps, leading her to a vast stretch of trees known as the “Suicide Forest.” It’s where her mother took her life, and now Maiko’s come seeking answers about her mom and these cursed woods, with a documentary film crew in tow. Having debuted last October on the Syfy channel, Anchor Bay Entertainment will be releasing Grave Halloween on DVD in time for October 31st horror movie marathons.
Available to pre-order for around $20.00 beginning August 27th and officially being released on DVD on September 30th, Grave Halloween is directed by Steven R. Monroe:
Press Release - “In Japan, on the northwest base of Mount Fuji, lies a patch of dense forest roughly 21 miles square. Called Aokigahara, or the “Sea of Trees,” it’s also known as the “Suicide Forest.” For one woman desperate to resolve a loved one’s death, it...
Available to pre-order for around $20.00 beginning August 27th and officially being released on DVD on September 30th, Grave Halloween is directed by Steven R. Monroe:
Press Release - “In Japan, on the northwest base of Mount Fuji, lies a patch of dense forest roughly 21 miles square. Called Aokigahara, or the “Sea of Trees,” it’s also known as the “Suicide Forest.” For one woman desperate to resolve a loved one’s death, it...
- 7/1/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Japan's Aokigahara forest, or the Suicide Forest, is widely considered one of the most frightening places on the planet and for good reason. Read on for details concerning the latest film set in this sinister locale.
From the Press Release
In Japan, on the northwest base of Mount Fuji, lies a patch of dense forest roughly 21 miles square. Called Aokigahara, or the “Sea of Trees,” it’s also known as the “Suicide Forest.” For one woman desperate to resolve a loved one’s death, it will become a battlefield for her very soul...
On September 30th, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Grave Halloween on DVD. Directed by Steven R. Monroe (2010’s I Spit On Your Grave) and produced by John Prince (Metal Shifters, 12 Disasters, Collision Earth), Grave Halloween terrified viewers during its premiere last year as part of Syfy’s 31 Days of Halloween celebration. Srp is $19.98 for the DVD, and pre-book is August 27th.
From the Press Release
In Japan, on the northwest base of Mount Fuji, lies a patch of dense forest roughly 21 miles square. Called Aokigahara, or the “Sea of Trees,” it’s also known as the “Suicide Forest.” For one woman desperate to resolve a loved one’s death, it will become a battlefield for her very soul...
On September 30th, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Grave Halloween on DVD. Directed by Steven R. Monroe (2010’s I Spit On Your Grave) and produced by John Prince (Metal Shifters, 12 Disasters, Collision Earth), Grave Halloween terrified viewers during its premiere last year as part of Syfy’s 31 Days of Halloween celebration. Srp is $19.98 for the DVD, and pre-book is August 27th.
- 6/30/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
On September 30th, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Grave Halloween on DVD. Directed by Steven R. Monroe (2010’s I Spit On Your Grave) and produced by John Prince, Grave Halloween premiered during SyFy's 31 Days of Halloween programming. Taking its cue from various J-horror offerings, the film finds Kaitlyn Leeb playing "Maiko," a college student whose mother, years earlier, took her own life in the infamous “Suicide Forest.”
The post A ‘Grave Halloween’ is Making Its Way to DVD This September appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
The post A ‘Grave Halloween’ is Making Its Way to DVD This September appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 6/30/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Did you watch "Grave Halloween" as part of Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween celebration?
It features Maiko (Kaitlyn Leeb), a young girl studying in Japan who puts own life at risk to help the spirit of her dead mother, who took her own in life in a place known as the "Suicide Forest." It also starred Cassi Thomson as Amber, one of Maiko's friends, who was nearly unrecognizable from her days on "Big Love" as Cara Lynn.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/19/3286877/what-to-watch-on-saturday-get.html#storylink=cpy
It was pretty creepy, especially for Syfy fare -- usually their "horror" movies involve, you know, piranhacondas or sharknados.
What did you think?...
It features Maiko (Kaitlyn Leeb), a young girl studying in Japan who puts own life at risk to help the spirit of her dead mother, who took her own in life in a place known as the "Suicide Forest." It also starred Cassi Thomson as Amber, one of Maiko's friends, who was nearly unrecognizable from her days on "Big Love" as Cara Lynn.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/19/3286877/what-to-watch-on-saturday-get.html#storylink=cpy
It was pretty creepy, especially for Syfy fare -- usually their "horror" movies involve, you know, piranhacondas or sharknados.
What did you think?...
- 10/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
October is one of the best months of the year, and one of the reasons is that it’s officially Halloween season. Syfy is once again celebrating with its “31 Days of Halloween Scare-a-Thon,” starting tonight with a new episode of Face Off. There’ll be a host of new and returning Syfy Original Movies, along with the return of Ghost Hunters, marathons of Being Human, Friday the 13th: The Series, Ghost Whisperer, and Forever Knight, and much more.
Check out the full info below:
Syfy’S Sixth Annual 31 Days Of Halloween Scare-a-thon Unleashes 600 Hours Of Bloodcurdling Programming Ghost Hunters And Naked Vegas Holiday Episodes Original Horror Movies Zombie Night, Scarecrow And Grave Halloween
New York – September 13, 2013 – Syfy’s sixth annual 31 Days of Halloween will unleash nearly 600 hours of bloodcurdling programming throughout the entire month of October, led by Halloween-themed episodes of Ghost Hunters (October 30) and Naked Vegas (October 29), a...
Check out the full info below:
Syfy’S Sixth Annual 31 Days Of Halloween Scare-a-thon Unleashes 600 Hours Of Bloodcurdling Programming Ghost Hunters And Naked Vegas Holiday Episodes Original Horror Movies Zombie Night, Scarecrow And Grave Halloween
New York – September 13, 2013 – Syfy’s sixth annual 31 Days of Halloween will unleash nearly 600 hours of bloodcurdling programming throughout the entire month of October, led by Halloween-themed episodes of Ghost Hunters (October 30) and Naked Vegas (October 29), a...
- 10/1/2013
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
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