Horror channel NYX UK reveals a terror-filled menu for January 2025
Paranormal fantasies, gory urban legends,graphic exploitation, classic Sci-Fi and a John Carpenter birthday celebration lead a terror-filled menu on NYX UK this Janu
Beyond The Gates
There are twelve Channel premieres this month, including two standout directorial debuts: Jackson Stewart’s impressive adventure fantasy BEYOND THE GATES (Fri Jan 24, 9pm), starring genre favourites Barbara Crampton, Brea Grant and Graham Skipper, and Padraig Reynolds’ glossy and shocking RITES OF SPRING (Sat Jan 10,9pm), starring the award-winning actor AJ Bowen. NYX UK also presents the Fast TV premiere of Robbie Banfitch’s outstanding experimental found-footage horror THE OUTWATERS, which screens on Friday 31 January at 9pm.
There is also a further eight feature film Channel Premieres this month including such Sci-Fi cult classics as CONTAMINATION (Thurs Jan 2, 9pm), Luigi Cozzi’s Italian gory homage to Ridley Scott’s Alien, and Brit favourites – THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (Fri Jan 3, 5pm), the original movie released in 1962 and THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (Thurs Jan 16, 5pm), directed by Terence Fisher in 1964.
Fans of 70s horror / fantasy exploitation can savour the unsavoury delights of LISA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS (Fri Jan 3, 11pm), GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY (Fri Jan 31, 11pm) and the nunsploitation drama FLAVIA THE HERETIC (Sat Jan 10, 11pm).
The Outwaters
Other contemporary devilish delights include the Channel premieres of Chilean Vampire chiller ETERNAL BLOOD (Fri Jan 9, 9pm) and Hong Kongpsychological horror-thriller FOREST OF DEATH (Sun Jan 11, 9pm).
The channel also celebrates the great John Carpenter’s birthday on Thursday 16 Jan with his most iconic film HALLOWEEN, which has spawned numerous sequels and imitators, solidifying its status as a classic in the horror genre and launching the career of Jamie Lee Curtis. That is followed at 11pm with a screening of his underrated supernatural shocker THE WARD, starring Amber Heard.
Plus, Thursday January 30th, 7pm sees the premiere launch of GALVESTON’S CAVERN OF CREEPS, a wickedly entertaining horror-comedy series where Galveston, a snarky demon on a quest to unleash the apocalypse, ends up bonding with Jack, a clueless but lovable horror movie enthusiast. Each episode features the duo diving into horror classics, B-movie treasures, and forgotten gems, all while dealing with supernatural antics and laugh-out-loud subplots that mirror the films they’re watching.
Season One kicks off with “The Giant Gila Monster” and the nine episodes with be broadcast on subsequent Thursday nights.