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Turner Classic Movies October 2004 Horror Lineup

October 2004

This year's schedule is not nearly as good as last year's, but it's got some good stuff. Let me know if I missed anything and I'll update accordingly.


All Times Eastern



Test your courage with our month-long festival of spooky houses (The Haunting), dangerous critters (The Devil Bat, unwelcome aliens (The Blob) and more.


2 Saturday
4:00 PM Cape Fear (1962) An ex-convict plots to destroy the district attorney who sent him to prison. Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen. D: J. Lee Thompson. BW 106m. LBX CC


3 Sunday
8:30 PM Village Of The Damned (1960) After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring. George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn. D: Wolf Rilla. BW 77m. LBX CC DVS

10:00 PM Children Of The Damned (1964) Space invaders impregnate six women with super-powered offspring. Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris. D: Anton Leader. BW 89m. LBX CC

12:00 AM The Mysterious Shadow (1917) BW 26m.


9 Saturday
10:00 AM Forbidden Planet (1956) A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen. D: Fred M. Wilcox. C 99m. LBX CC

12:00 PM Lord of the Flies (1963) Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization. James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards. D: Peter Brook. BW 91m. CC

4:00 PM House Of Wax (1953) A scarred sculptor re-populates his ravaged wax museum with human corpses. Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones. D: Andre de Toth. C 88m.


10 Sunday
4:00 PM 8:00 PM Psycho (1960) A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. D: Alfred Hitchcock. BW 108m. LBX CC

8:15 PM The Devil Bat (1941) A mad scientist trains killer bats to respond to a special scent. Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, David O'Brien. D: Jean Yarbrough. BW 68m.

9:30 PM Jaws (1975) The sheriff of an island town takes to the seas when a bloodthirsty shark invades the local waters. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss. D: Steven Spielberg. C 124m. LBX CC


16 Saturday
1:00 AM I Walked With A Zombie (1943) A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband. Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. D: Jacques Tourneur. BW 69m. CC DVS

2:15 AM Freaks (1932) A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles. D: Tod Browning. BW 65m. CC


17 Sunday
12:00 PM Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man (1951) Two bumbling private eyes turn a boxer invisible to save him from being framed for murder. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Arthur Franz. D: Charles Lamont. BW 82m. CC

7:30 PM The Blob (1958) A misunderstood teen fights to save his town from a gelatinous monster from outer space. Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe. D: Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. C 82m. LBX

9:00 PM Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956) Space invaders attack the nation's capital. Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Morris Ankrum. D: Fred F. Sears. BW 83m. LBX

10:30 PM The Thing From Another World (1951) The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space. Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness. D: Christian Nyby. BW 87m. CC DVS

12:00 AM Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) Life could be pretty if there wasn't someone like Ernest P. Worrell on this planet. In this movie he helps to escape an evil trol out of his grave. That's the start of the end for the world. But... Ernest wouldn't be Ernest if he wasn't planning on saving all the people. This action doesn't make it any better. It's getting worse. Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler. D: John R. Cherry III. C 91m. LBX


18 Monday
The Hard Way (1942) An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star. Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. D: Vincent Sherman. BW 109m. CC

8:00 PM The Birds (1963) In a California coastal area, flocks of birds unaccountably make deadly attacks on humans. Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy. D: Alfred Hitchcock. C 119m. LBX CC


21 Thursday
6:30 AM The Lost World (1925) In this silent film, a scientist tries to prove the existence of dinosaurs in South America. Bessie Love, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone. D: Harry Hoyt. BW 93m.

8:30 AM King Kong (1933) A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong. D: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack. BW 100m. CC DVS

10:30 AM Son Of Kong (1933) Producer Carl Denham returns to Skull Island in search of more monsters. Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher. D: Ernest B. Schoedsack. BW 70m.


24 Sunday
9:00 PM The Raven (1935) An insane plastic surgeon plots to kill people in ways inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware. D: Louis Friedlander. BW 61m. CC

10:15 PM Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1932) Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart. D: Rouben Mamoulian. BW 96m. CC

12:00 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous monster. John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst. D: John S. Robertson. 63m.

2:00 AM Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1941) A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster. Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner. D: Victor Fleming. BW 113m. CC DVS

4:00 AM Mad Love (1935) A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists. Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive. D: Karl Freund. BW 68m. CC


25 Monday
8:00 PM Dracula (1931) The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood. Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye. D: Tod Browning. BW 74m.

9:30 PM The Mummy (1932) An Egyptian mummy returns to life to stalk the reincarnation of his lost love. Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners. D: Karl Freund. BW 73m.

10:45 PM The Wolf Man (1941) A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf. Lon Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy. D: George Waggner. BW 70m. CC

12:00 AM The Invisible Man (1933) A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman. Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O'Connor. D: James Whale. BW 71m. CC

1:15 AM Frankenstein (1931) A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke. D: James Whale. BW 70m. CC

2:30 AM Bride of Frankenstein (1935) To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester. D: James Whale. BW 75m. CC

4:00 AM Son Of Frankenstein (1939) The legendary scientist's son is tempted to resume his father's horrible experiments. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone. D: Rowland V. Lee. BW 99m. CC


29 Friday
6:00 PM Mad Love (1935) A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists. Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive. D: Karl Freund. BW 68m. CC

12:30 AM M (1931) The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention. Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens. D: Fritz Lang. BW 111m.

2:00 AM You'll Find Out (1940) Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion. Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre. D: David Butler. BW 97m. CC

4:00 AM You'll Find Out (1940) Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion. Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre. D: David Butler. BW 97m. CC


30 Saturday
8:00 PM Psycho (1960) A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. D: Alfred Hitchcock. BW 108m. LBX CC

12:15 AM Possessed (1947) A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad. Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey. D: Curtis Bernhardt. BW 108m. CC


31 Sunday
6:00 AM The Unholy Night (1929) A mad strangler haunts the London fog. Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Boris Karloff. D: Lionel Barrymore. BW 93m.

8:00 AM I Walked With A Zombie (1943) A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband. Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. D: Jacques Tourneur. BW 69m. CC DVS

10:00 AM You'll Find Out (1940) Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion. Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre. D: David Butler. BW 97m. CC

12:00 PM Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Scientists track a prehistoric monster in the South American jungle while it tracks them. Julie Adams, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning. D: Jack Arnold. BW 79m. CC

1:30 PM Wait Until Dark (1967) A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who've invaded her home. Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna. D: Terence Young. C 108m. LBX CC

3:30 PM The Bad Seed (1956) A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer. Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones. D: Mervyn LeRoy. BW 129m. CC

6:00 PM Spellbound (1945) A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious. Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov. D: Alfred Hitchcock. BW 118m. CC

8:30 PM House On Haunted Hill (1959) A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house. Vincent Price, Richard Long, Carol Ohmart. D: William Castle. BW 75m. LBX CC

10:00 PM The Haunting (1963) A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn. D: Robert Wise. BW 112m. LBX CC

12:00 AM The Phantom of the Opera (1925) In this silent film, a hideously deformed man haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry. D: Rupert Julian. BW & C 90m.

1:45 AM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin. Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed. D: Albert Lewin. BW & C 110m. CC

3:45 AM The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939) A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke. D: William Dieterle. BW 117m. CC DVS

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10:30 PM Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
some reason, i had to laugh at that. a personal favorite since i was little, but on tcm??? (hey, its letterboxed as well, while the dvd is full screen.)
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Ernest doesn't really seem to fit in with the rest. That's more of an American Movie Classic.

I watched a bunch of TCM's movies last October and will do so again this year. They do a great job of bringing out the classics.
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Monday the 25th looks wonderful.....but slipping Jaws into the lineup just doesn't feel right.....that said, I love TCM for the sheer volume of GREAT movies they bring us each and every day.
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Originally posted by Rypro 525
10:30 PM Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
some reason, i had to laugh at that.
So did I. Thats pretty ridiculous.
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It's Evil Sunday...

It wasn't originally in today's lineup, but TCM is honoring Janet Leigh today and playing Psycho.
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Looks like it's starting to pickup somewhat. Just an FYI that tonight the forum favorite "Freaks" is playing...if you don't already own the DVD, it's your last chance to catch it this month on TCM:

1:00 AM I Walked With A Zombie (1943) A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband. Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. D: Jacques Tourneur. BW 69m. CC DVS

2:15 AM Freaks (1932) A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles. D: Tod Browning. BW 65m. CC
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Tonight's "Evil Sunday" lineup for those interested:

24 Sunday
9:00 PM The Raven (1935) An insane plastic surgeon plots to kill people in ways inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware. D: Louis Friedlander. BW 61m. CC

10:15 PM Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1932) Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart. D: Rouben Mamoulian. BW 96m. CC

12:00 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous monster. John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst. D: John S. Robertson. 63m.

2:00 AM Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1941) A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster. Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner. D: Victor Fleming. BW 113m. CC DVS

4:00 AM Mad Love (1935) A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists. Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive. D: Karl Freund. BW 68m. CC
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A great Halloween lineup going on now:


6:00 AM The Unholy Night (1929) A mad strangler haunts the London fog. Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Boris Karloff. D: Lionel Barrymore. BW 93m.

8:00 AM I Walked With A Zombie (1943) A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband. Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. D: Jacques Tourneur. BW 69m. CC DVS

10:00 AM You'll Find Out (1940) Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion. Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre. D: David Butler. BW 97m. CC

12:00 PM Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Scientists track a prehistoric monster in the South American jungle while it tracks them. Julie Adams, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning. D: Jack Arnold. BW 79m. CC

1:30 PM Wait Until Dark (1967) A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who've invaded her home. Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna. D: Terence Young. C 108m. LBX CC

3:30 PM The Bad Seed (1956) A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer. Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones. D: Mervyn LeRoy. BW 129m. CC

6:00 PM Spellbound (1945) A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious. Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov. D: Alfred Hitchcock. BW 118m. CC

8:30 PM House On Haunted Hill (1959) A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house. Vincent Price, Richard Long, Carol Ohmart. D: William Castle. BW 75m. LBX CC

10:00 PM The Haunting (1963) A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn. D: Robert Wise. BW 112m. LBX CC

12:00 AM The Phantom of the Opera (1925) In this silent film, a hideously deformed man haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry. D: Rupert Julian. BW & C 90m.

1:45 AM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin. Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed. D: Albert Lewin. BW & C 110m. CC

3:45 AM The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939) A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke. D: William Dieterle. BW 117m. CC DVS

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