BlumFest to Include ‘Paranormal Activity’ Re-Release

'Lights Out,' 'Insidious: Chapter 2,' 'Happy Death Day,' 'The Black Phone' and 'Five Nights at Freddy's' will also return to theaters.

BlumFest has found its lineup for this year’s Halloween season. It will kick off with the 2009 found footage featureParanormal Activity, that will get a one-night only re-release.

Writer-director Oren Pel’sParanormal Activitykicks off the fest on Sept. 25 in 150 AMC locations in 54 cities. It will be followed every Wednesday by a different Blumhouse movie, which will screen at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. local time, and include free poster giveaways and sneak peeks at upcoming projects.

Lights Outarrives Oct. 2. The feature was a breakout forShazam!director David F. Sandberg, who wrote the film with Eric Heisserer. The film was not a Blumhouse release, but actually hails from Atomic Monster, the James Wan run-company that recently merged with Blumhouse.

Insidious: Chapter 2comes a week later on Oct. 9. The feature reteamedSawduo Wan and Leigh Whannell, who wrote the script, with Wan direting.

Writer Scott Lobdell and director Christopher Landon’s time-loop featureHappy Death Dayhits on Oct. 16.

The Black Phone, which has a sequel on the way from director Scott Derrickson dials into theaters on Oct. 23. The script, based on the original short story by Joe Hill, was written by Derrickson and frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill.

Things end with the 2023 hitFive Nights at Freddy’s, the surprise video game hit directed by Emma Tammi and which she wrote with Scott Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback.

“This whole month is a love letter to Halloween and our fans, and we’re grateful to our partners at AMC for joining us for BlumFest, our annual October celebration of all things Blumhouse. I can’t believe we’re already celebrating the 15th anniversary ofParanormal Activity, because it feels like we’re just getting started,” said Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum.