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 desires 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 collaborating horror motion pictures, or do completely different combos like seeing one of many particular motion pictures with 5 of their mates. Horror motion pictures are inclined to do fairly effectively financially, one thing AMC’s senior advertising and marketing VP Ellen Copaken highlighted within the press launch: “Horror has rapidly turn into one in every of our hottest genres, particularly amongst Gen Z audiences, who know [they’re] finest loved within the snug, communal setting of our theatres.”

For these , the Slash Move will price you $66.66 and final by way of the rest of 2025. Movies underneath its purview embody 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 will also be utilized towards traditional horror motion pictures coming again to AMC for its “Thrills & Chills” banner. That collection of movies contains the unique Nightmare on Elm Avenue, Friday the thirteenth, Scream, Candyman, and Terrifier. 

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

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