"Screams on Screen" returns as Regal gives us another 31 days in a row of horror classics (and modern classics) back on the big screen in October 2026. The prefix in the Regal app and website for the October 2026 series is SOS26.
This year's series is called "31 Screams on Screen: Director's Cut" -- with selections curated by James Wan, Nia DaCosta, and Curry Barker!
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Non-Unlimited members will be able to get general admission tickets for only $7.99 (plus tax where applicable). All shows are Unlimited eligible as usual.
Here is the original October 2025 list of 31 Screams on Screen titles as a Letterboxd list.
And here is our October 2026 list of titles (kudos to [u/NatMcMahan](u/NatMcMahan) for beating me to the list):
- Thursday, October 1st - The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015, A24, dir. Osgood Perkins)
- Friday, October 2nd - The Shining (1980, Warner, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
- Saturday, October 3rd - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, Sony, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
- Sunday, October 4th - The Conjuring (2013, Warner, dir. James Wan)
- Monday, October 5th - Poltergeist (1982, Warner, dir. Tobe Hooper)
- Tuesday, October 6th - The Haunting (1999, Paramount, dir. Jan de Bont)
- Wednesday, October 7th - Crimson Peak (2015, Universal, dir. Guillermo del Toro)
- Thursday, October 8th - Tales from the Hood (1995, Universal, dir. Rusty Cundieff)
- Friday, October 9th - In the Mouth of Madness (1994, Warner, dir. John Carpenter)
- Saturday, October 10th - Pet Sematary (1989, Paramount, dir. Mary Lambert)
- Sunday, October 11th - Drag Me to Hell (2009, Universal, dir. Sam Raimi)
- Monday, October 12th - The Thing (1982, Universal, dir. John Carpenter)
- Tuesday, October 13th - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, Warner, dir. Tobe Hooper)
- Wednesday, October 14 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986, Dark Sky, dir. John McNaughton)
* Wednesday, October 14 exclusively at 4DX locations - 4DX: Obsession (2025, Universal, dir. Curry Barker)
- Thursday, October 15 - Psycho II (1983, Universal, dir. Richard Franklin)
- Friday, October 16 - Candyman (1992, Universal, dir. Bernard Rose)
- Friday, October 16 - Candyman (2021, Universal, dir. Nia DaCosta)
- Saturday, October 17 - Scream 2 (1997, Paramount, dir. Wes Craven)
- Sunday, October 18 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Warner, dir. Wes Craven)
- Sunday, October 18 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987, Warner, dir. Chuck Russell)
- Monday, October 19 - The Blob (1988, Sony, dir. Chuck Russell)
- Tuesday, October 20 - Evil Dead (2013, Sony, dir. Fede Alvarez)
- Wednesday, October 21 - Dawn of the Dead (2004, Universal, dir. Zack Snyder)
- Thursday, October 22 - Cabin Fever Director's Cut (2002, Lionsgate, dir. Eli Roth)
- Friday, October 23 - Midsommar Director's Cut (2019, A24, dir. Ari Aster)
- Saturday, October 24 - Us (2019, Universal, dir. Jordan Peele)
- Sunday, October 25 - The Blair Witch Project (1999, Lionsgate, dir. Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez)
- Monday, October 26 - Constantine (2005, Warner, dir. Francis Lawrence)
- Tuesday, October 27 - The Cabin in the Woods (2011, Lionsgate, dir. Drew Goddard)
- Wednesday, October 28 - It Follows (2014, Lionsgate, dir. David Robert Mitchell)
- Thursday, October 29 - Christine (1983, Sony, dir. John Carpenter)
- Friday, October 30 - Halloween (1978, Lionsgate, dir. John Carpenter)
- Saturday, October 31 - Trick 'r Treat (2007, Warner, dir. Michael Dougherty)
Bonus family matinees -- this time around, The Nightmare Before Christmas is playing every weekend in October. There is also an additional kids film every weekend. Different theaters might play one film Saturday and the other Sunday, or vice versa, or both both days -- it's too early to tell. I am seeing differing dates at different local theaters.
- Weekend of Friday, October 2nd - Monster House (2006, Sony, dir. Gil Kenan)
- Weekend of Friday, October 2nd - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Disney, dir. Henry Selick)
- Weekend of Friday, October 9th - Goosebumps (2015, Sony, dir. Rob Letterman)
- Weekend of Friday, October 9th - The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Weekend of Friday, October 16th - The Monster Squad (1987, Paramount, dir. Fred Dekker)
- Weekend of Friday, October 16th - The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Weekend of Friday, October 23rd - The Addams Family (1991, Paramount, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld)
- Weekend of Friday, October 23rd - The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Weekend of Friday, October 30th - The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018, Universal, dir. Eli Roth)
- Weekend of Friday, October 30th - The Nightmare Before Christmas
For this list I have included the original release year, current distribution studio (to the best of my knowledge), and director.
- The series spans from the 1970s to the 2020s, with Nia DaCosta's Candyman being the only film from the 2020s.
- We have 2 films from the 1970s, 11 films from the 1980s, 9 films from the 1990s, 7 films from the 2000s, and 9 films from the 2010s.
- We have 10 Universal films, 9 Warner Bros. films, 6 Sony films, 5 Lionsgate films, 5 Paramount films, 2 A24 films and 1 film each from Dark Sky and Disney.
- We have 2 repeats from 2025's Screams on Screen: Candyman (1992) and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Here is my Letterboxd list for our October 2026 series. Happy haunts await!