Just ahead of Halloween, a horror-centric FAST channel is set to make its debut in the United States.
Scream TV, owned by NYX Media Corp., will debut via the Distro TV app on Oct. 13 and be available to stream via Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, as well as on mobile platforms. NYX, which is based in Edmonton, Alberta, also operates FAST channels in Canada and the U.K.
“We are so excited to launch Scream TV and bring our unique horror entertainment experience to the fans across North America for free,” NYX Media Corp. CEO Corinne Ferguson said in a statement. “One of our passions as horror fans is to painstakingly craft a journey through the horror genre worthy of the viewer’s time every night and 24/7. Our programming is done with the utmost respect towards our viewer’s time — which we feel is one of the most precious commodities — and we want the viewer to have the best experience possible.”
The Scream TV library will feature horror classics including 1920s silent films The Phantom of the Opera and Nosferatu, 1960’s 13 Ghosts and Black Sunday and 1970s and ’80s films including Halloween, The Evil Dead, Suspiria, Black Christmas and Alice Sweet Alice. More recent films including The Descent and the Hell House LLC franchise will also be available.
Among the series available on Scream TV are Tales of the Unexpected and One Step Beyond. There are even some family-friendly offerings in the form of episodes of Casper the Friendly Ghost and the cult-favorite 1970s Canadian series The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. Original shows and shorts will join the lineup later.
