I guess posting this in the middle of September is going to be the norm from now on because people like me like to search early and know what’s coming on waaaaaaay before October 1st. So here’s the movies of interest for us Halloween & horror freaks that TCM is playing in October:
10/02
TCM’s Night at the Movies: Thrillers (2009)
Rear Window (1954)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
10/03
White Zombie (1932)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
10/04
Beast with Five Fingers, The (1946)
Mad Love (1935)
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1946)
10/08
Black Moon (1934)
10/09
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987)
Horror House (1969)
10/10
Tales Of Terror (1962)
Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
10/11
Body Snatcher, The (1945)
Isle Of The Dead (1945)
Unknown, The (1927)
10/15
Son Of Kong (1933)
I Married A Monster From Outer Space (1958)
War Of The Worlds, The (1953)
10/16
Gaslight (1944)
Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945)
TCM’s Night at the Movies: Thrillers (2009)
Lured (1947)
Lodger, The (1944)
Videodrome (1982)
10/17
Freaks (1932)
Devil Doll, The (1936)
Time Machine, The (1960)
20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
2010 (1984)
Ghost Ship, The (1943)
10/20
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Tingler, The (1959)
13 Ghosts (1960)
Old Dark House, The (1963)
Old Dark House, The (1932)
Festival of Shorts #11: In The Tell-Tale Heart (1942)
10/24
Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
Twonky, The (1953)
Son Of Kong (1933)
Land That Time Forgot, The (1975)
Poltergeist (1982)
10/25
Doctor X (1932)
Mystery Of The Wax Museum, The (1933)
Blob, The (1958)
Die, Monster, Die ! (1965)
Riders To The Stars (1954)
Nosferatu (1922)
Diabolique (1955)
TCM’s Night at the Movies: Thrillers (2009)
10/26
Festival of Shorts #9: Killer Dogs & Jonker Diamond
10/27
Poltergeist (1982)
Power, The (1968)
Haunting, The (1963)
Village Of The Damned (1960)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
10/30
Mask Of Fu Manchu, The (1932)
Ghoul, The (1933)
Black Room, The (1935)
Walking Dead, The (1936)
Man They Could Not Hang, The (1939)
Man With Nine Lives, The (1940)
Before I Hang (1940)
Ape, The (1940)
Devil Commands, The (1941)
Isle Of The Dead (1945)
Gaslight (1944)
Night Must Fall (1937)
Psycho (1960)
Zaat (1972)
Swamp Thing (1982)
10/31
Dead of Night (1945)
Haunting, The (1963)
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
Diary of a Madman (1963)
Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton: The Man In The Shadows (2007)
Cat People (1942)
Curse of the Cat People, The (1944)
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1941)
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Body Snatcher, The (1945)
Circus of Horrors (1960)
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1932)
Son of Dr. Jekyll, The (1951)
So Friday, Oct 31st, is a Boris Karloff marathon, which is all well and good… Except WHERE ARE MY UNIVERSAL AND HAMMER HORROR MOVIES !!!????!!!! Will no one touch those movies and put’em on TV these days?
5 years ago, TCM was all about Hammer in October, now we don’t get anyway. It’s a shame because with the modernization of American Movie Classics (Really, what does constitute a “classic” in their eyes these days?), TCM is our last hope for the preservation of the oldies.
Nothing really jumps out and makes me go “OOOH!”, but I know on lazy days & nights I’ll switch over and watch whatever is on. Worked out pretty well for me last year.
As always, check out TurnerClassicMovies.com for a more detailed schedule.