AMC Hopes Its New Slash Move Lures Horror Followers Into Theaters

This weekend’s The Conjuring: Last Rites kicks off fall’s slate of horror motion pictures, and AMC Theaters needs to make use of the event to get extra butts in seats. Enter, the Slash Move.

Starting with Final Rites, theatergoers can use the Move to see six taking part horror motion pictures, or do totally different mixtures like seeing one of many particular motion pictures with 5 of their associates. Horror motion pictures are likely to do fairly nicely financially, one thing AMC’s senior advertising VP Ellen Copaken highlighted within the press launch: “Horror has rapidly develop into one in every of our hottest genres, particularly amongst Gen Z audiences, who know [they’re] greatest loved within the snug, communal surroundings of our theatres.”

For these , the Slash Move will price you $66.66 and final via the rest of 2025. Movies underneath its purview embrace subsequent week’s The Long Walk, together with Him on September 19, October 17’s Black Phone 2 and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 on December 5. It can be utilized towards traditional horror motion pictures coming again to AMC for its “Thrills & Chills” banner. That collection of movies consists of the unique Nightmare on Elm Road, Friday the thirteenth, Scream, Candyman, and Terrifier. 

If any of this sounds up your scary alley, you may learn the total collection of movies and the Slash Move’ guidelines here.

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