October is the month of Halloween and scares, but the box office screams otherwise. With only the worldwide release of the upcoming “Carrie” remake on October 18, the night of horror looks like it could be just a bland, forgettable event.

Normally, it’s that time of year you go to haunted houses and then catch a horror flick at the theater,” Michael Tiddes, director of the horror comedy “A Haunted House 2” tells USA Today, “But it’s just a really quiet year this October for horror movies. It’s kind of a bummer.”
According to Lohud, the reason for the sudden disappearance of scary films is because horror films are now a year-round thing. A few examples would be the films made in the past summer. In July, it was the release of “The Conjuring” that was claimed a box office success, while “Insidious 2” was deemed victorious in September. De Tormo’s thriller “Mama,” which was supposed to release in October 2012, was instead pushed back to January 2013. “A lot of people are moving (horror movies) everywhere.” Del Toro said.

According to “Lohud.com,” the weekend before Halloween used to be the night of screams and scares from year 2004 to 2009, with “Paranormal Activity” taking the spot from 2009 until 2013. However, it appeared to have unfortunately scared off its competitors to pave the way for the fifth movie installment, which sadly won’t come out on October 25 as planned.

“‘Paranormal Activity’ became the fixture for that weekend,” said “A Haunted House 2” producer Rick Alvarez. “You would never come up against them because you would be killed.”

So with the absence of everyone’s favorite “Paranormal” movie out of the picture, “Carrie” seems to have an even better chance of being this year’s box office hit.

“Well, I think if they release more [movies] during a Halloween time they would sell,” said Storm White, a student at McIntosh.