Syfy's "31 Days of Halloween" Includes Movies Starring Amber Benson, Connor Paolo

The Crooked Man premieres October 1 on Syfy.

The scare is everywhere during Syfy's "31 Days of Halloween." All October, the network will unleash a mix of spooky Syfy originals and nightmare-inducing horror movies, in a cross-platform celebration of the most wickedly wonderful time of the year.

"31 Days of Halloween" highlights include the premiere of Syfy's original anthology series Channel Zero: Candle Cove, on Tuesday, October 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Based on a popular "creepypasta" story shared on the internet, viewers will want to keep their nightlights on for this chilling tale. The spook-a-thon also features the Syfy movie premieres of horror favorites Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Zombieland, The Strangers, Cabin in the Woods, Wrong Turn, Maleficent, I, Frankenstein and Drag Me to Hell. Additionally, audiences will discover new scares with five original Syfy fright films airing Saturday nights, including The Crooked Man, Stake Land 2 and The Night Before Halloween. New episodes of Van Helsing, Aftermath and Z Nation will also continue to air throughout the month.

Original programming airing as part of "31 Days of Halloween" includes:

Saturday, October 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT - The Crooked Man

Original Syfy Movie Starring Michael Jai White (Spawn) and Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Singing a nursery rhyme summons a demonic figure known as Crooked Man. Once you sing the rhyme, everyone in the house is cursed to die by his hands.