TORONTO — Hollywood Suite announced today its Shocktober programming for this year, which includes the premiere of its original production Cinema A to Z: Monsters on Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. ET, as well as 100 spooky films available to stream on Hollywood Suite On Demand starting Oct. 1.
“From Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) to Zuul (Ghostbusters), Cinema A to Z: Monsters entertainingly explores why we are collectively attracted to monsters on film through interviews with film experts and fans,” reads a press release.
Horror movie lovers in Toronto will be able to get a sneak peek of this docuseries at a special free screening of Ridley Scott’s Legend (1985) on Oct. 12 at the Revue Cinema. Hollywood Suite’s Cam Maitland is hosting the event, which begins at 7 p.m. ET. Tickets are available on the Revue Cinema’s website.
Hollywood Suite’s Shocktober lineup also includes the next two episodes in its rollout of the Blumhouse Into the Dark anthology on Oct. 31. Into the Dark: The Body will air at 9 p.m. ET on Hollywood Suite’s HS00 channel, followed by Into the Dark: Uncanny Annie at 10:25 p.m. ET.
In the episode The Body, “a cynical hitman struggles to transport a dead body on Halloween night while everyone assumes it is his killer costume”, while Uncanny Annie “follows a group of college students who get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life,” the release explains.
Other Shocktober premieres include The Tingler (1959), Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), He Knows You’re Alone (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Clue (1985), April Fool’s Day (1986), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Dead Again (1991), Fear (1996), Hellboy (2004), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Ghost Rider (2007) and The Babadook(2014).
For the full list of Shocktober selections available on Hollywood Suite on Demand this October, please click here.
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