Halloween is over four months away, but it’s never too early to prepare for the killer spooky season.Horrorfans can’t prepare without at least a couple of yearly trips to the seasonal one-stop-shopSpirit Halloween. Over the years, they’ve had some amazing life-like animatronics of the genre’s most beloved deadly characters. Now the eerie chain hasjust teased their animatronic lineup for 2024, and it’s full of horror heavyweights.
The new cinematic animatronicsinclude Michael Myers (Halloween), Art the Clown (Terrifier), Ghostface (Scream) and Emily and Victor (The Corpse Bride). They join the store’s crazy lineup of genre giants, which have featured Leatherface (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Slim (Killer Klowns From Outer Space) and The Crypt Keeper (Creepshow)in the past. These horror icons will also be joining a long list of Spirit Halloween’s own terrifying creations this year, both old and new. This monster mash includesGraveyard Ghoul, Night Terror, The Ringmaster, Nibbles the Clown, Twitching Banshee, Wanda Webworthand much more.
While we don’t know what the final animatronics will look like, Spirit Halloween dropped a short eight-second teaser “Caranevil” that showed glimpses of Ghostface and Art with his playful sunflower sunglasses fromTerrifier 2. With each passing Halloween, decorating for the ghoulish holiday has become its own artful pastime. This includes highly quality animatronics which are only becoming more and more popular. Because of that, it’s great to see three of horror’s most popular killers join this year’s rotation.
Horror Icons Are Still in Their Prime
While franchises likeHalloweenandScreamare decades old at this point, the recent slasher renaissance that was partially led by them helped Michael Myers and Ghostface remain pop culture relevant.Halloween (2018)andScream (2022)remain the gold standard for modern slasher reboots, while new franchises likeTerrifierhave shown that this sub-genre still has a ton of blood-soaked thrills left in it. DirectorDamian Leone’s creationArt the Clownhas taken horror by storm with blood-drenched kills and particle gore. Thanks to the ultra success ofTerrifier 2in 2022, Art has arguably become the poster demon of the genre. While theHalloweenfranchise is about to enter its next era, theChristmas-themedTerrifier 3is set to release this October, whileScream 7will be ramping up its production soon withNeve Campbellreturning to the meta-series.
While horror fans wait forSpirit Halloween’s new batch of horrifying animatronics to go up for pre-order,you can browse the current scream-filled collection on theirwebsite. If you are looking to stream the films included in this year’s set, theScreamfranchise is currently streaming on Paramount+ whileTerrifier 2and the originalHalloweenare free on Tubi and SlingTV respectively.The Corpse Brideis available to rent on all major VOD services, like Prime Video.
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
