TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: Classic Horror - Mondays in October
Throughout the month leading up to Halloween, TCM presents a festival of shiver-inducing fright films highlighted by the premiere of the latest entry in our A night at the Movies documentary series, A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (2011). Unlike previous entries that featured the view- point of various industry insiders, this one focuses exclusively on the one- and-only master of horror storytelling, Stephen King.
Taking viewers through their darkest hours are five full nights of horror classics, arranged roughly by decade and ranging from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) to Repulsion (1965). Also raising goosebumps will be such masterworks of the genre as Nosferatu (1922), Frankenstein (1931), Cat People (1942), House of Wax (1953) and Night of the Living Dead (1968).
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR
Monday October 10, 2011
8:00 PM
70 min
TV-PG horror Wolf Man, The (1941)
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
Dir: George Waggner Cast: Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy.
70 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: George Waggner. Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Warren William, Bela Lugosi, Fay Helm. One of the finest horror films ever made: Larry Talbot (Chaney) is bitten by werewolf Lugosi, survives to carry the curse himself. Outstanding cast includes Rains as Chaney's oblivious father, Ankers as perplexed girl friend, Ouspenskaya as wizened gypsy woman who foretells his fate and attempts to care for him. Literate and very engrossing, with superb makeup by Jack Pierce, atmospheric music (re-used in many other Universal chillers) by Charles Previn and Hans J. Salter. Written by Curt Siodmak. Sequel: FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN.
9:15 PM 1318295700 horror Uninvited, The (1944)
9:15 PM
99 min
TV-PG horror Uninvited, The (1944)
A brother and sister buy a house with a ghostly secret.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp.
99 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Lewis Allen. Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Gail Russell, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dorothy Stickney, Barbara Everest, Alan Napier. Eerie ghost suspenser about Russell disturbed by dead mother's specter; Milland and Hussey, new owners of haunted house, try to solve mystery. No trick ending in this ingenious film, which introduced Victor Young's melody "Stella by Starlight.'' Spooky cinematography by Charles Lang, Jr. Scripted by Dodie Smith and Frank Partos, from Dorothy Macardle's novel.
11:00 PM horror Dead of Night (1945)
11:00 PM
103 min
TV-14 horror Dead of Night (1945)
Guests at a country estate share stories of the supernatural.
Dir: [Alberto] Cavalcanti Cast: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Hartley Power.
103 min, TV-14 , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton. Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Antony Baird, Judy Kelly, Miles Malleson, Sally Ann Howes, Googie Withers, Ralph Michael, Michael Redgrave, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Frederick Valk. Classic chiller of gathering at a country house, where guests trade supernatural stories. One of them (Johns) has been having a nightmare that now seems to be coming true; final sequence with Redgrave as a schizophrenic ventriloquist is a knockout. U.S. theatrical version ran 77m.; complete edition has been restored for TV.
1:00 AM horror I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
1:00 AM
69 min
TV-PG horror 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.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway.
69 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Jacques Tourneur. Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, Christine Gordon, Theresa Harris, James Bell. Nurse Dee comes to Caribbean island to treat zombielike wife of troubled Conway, finds skeletons in family closet, plus local voodoo rituals and legends that cannot be ignored. Exceptional Val Lewton chiller with rich atmosphere, mesmerizing story. Loosely adapted from Jane Eyre! Read small-print disclaimer in opening credits carefully.
2:15 AM suspense Cat People (1942)
2:15 AM
73 min
TV-PG suspense Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
73 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Jacques Tourneur. Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jack Holt, Jane Randolph. Storyline and plot elements don't hold up, but moments of shock and terror are undiminished in the first of producer Val Lewton's famous horror films. Smith falls in love with strange, shy woman (Simon) who fears ancient curse of the panther inside her. Followed by THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE. Remade in 1982.
3:45 AM suspense Curse of the Cat People, The (1944)
3:45 AM
70 min
TV-PG suspense Curse of the Cat People, The (1944)
A lonely child creates an imaginary playmate with surprisingly dangerous results.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph.
70 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise. Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Elizabeth Russell, Ann Carter, Julia Dean. Follow-up to CAT PEOPLE creates wonderful atmosphere in story of lonely little girl who conjures up vision of Simon, her father's mysterious first wife. Despite title, not a horror film but a fine, moody fantasy. Produced by Val Lewton, written by DeWitt Bodeen. Wise's directing debut. Also available in computer- colored version.
5:00 AM horror Devil Bat, The (1940)
5:00 AM
68 min
TV-PG horror Devil Bat, The (1940)
A mad scientist trains killer bats to respond to a special scent.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien.
68 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Jean Yarbrough. Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher, Yolande Mallott (Donlan), Donald Kerr. Lugosi raises bats and trains them to suck victims' blood on cue. One of Lugosi's more notorious pictures, and fairly entertaining. Aka KILLER BATS. Reworked as THE FLYING SERPENT. Sequel: DEVIL BAT'S DAUGHTER.
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR
Monday October 17, 2011
8:00 PM
C-81 min
TV-PG horror Horror of Dracula (1958)
The legendary count tries to turn his enemies' women into his bloodthirsty brides.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling.
C-81 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Terence Fisher. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Melissa Stribling, Michael Gough, Carol Marsh, John Van Eyssen, Valerie Gaunt, Miles Malleson. Probably Hammer Films' best shocker, a handsomely mounted retelling of the Stoker tale, with fantasy elements deemphasized. Lee is smooth as the Count, and Cushing perfect as tireless Professor Van Helsing. Script by Jimmy Sangster; full-blooded score by James Bernard. Released in Britain as DRACULA; followed by six sequels, the first of which was DRACULA--PRINCE OF DARKNESS.
9:30 PM horror House On Haunted Hill (1959)
9:30 PM
75 min
TV-14 horror House On Haunted Hill (1959)
A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long.
75 min, TV-14 , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: William Castle. Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Elisha Cook, Jr., Carolyn Craig, Leona Anderson. Zillionaire Price offers group of people $10,000 each if they'll spend a night in spooky old mansion with murder-laden history; he even provides loaded guns as party favors. Campy fun; probably the Castle film which holds up best on TV. Originally presented theatrically with flying skeleton gimmick "Emergo.'' Remade in 1999.
11:00 PM horror Tingler, The (1959)
11:00 PM
C-82 min
TV-PG horror Tingler, The (1959)
A scientist discovers an organism that lives on fear.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman.
C-82 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: William Castle. Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Philip Coolidge, Patricia Cutts. Preposterous but original shocker: coroner Price discovers that fear causes a creepy-crawly creature to materialize on people's spines; it can be subdued only by screaming. This is the infamous picture that got moviegoers into the spirit with vibrating gizmos under selected theater seats!--a gimmick director/producer Castle billed as "Percepto.'' Also noteworthy as likely the earliest film depicting an LSD trip. One critical sequence is in color.
12:30 AM horror House Of Wax (1953)
12:30 AM
C-88 min
TV-PG horror House Of Wax (1953)
A scarred sculptor re-populates his ravaged wax museum with human corpses.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk.
C-88 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Andre de Toth. Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Paul Picerni, Carolyn Jones, Paul Cavanagh, Charles Buchinsky (Bronson). Remake of MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM stars Price as vengeful sculptor who rebuilds his fire-destroyed showplace by using human victims as wax figures. Jones excellent as an early victim. Most popular of the era's 3-D films, a status it retains today. This is the film that launched Price on his horror film cycle after 15 years of "straight'' roles. Love that paddleball man!
2:15 AM horror Curse of the Demon (1958)
2:15 AM
96 min
TV-PG horror Curse of the Demon (1958)
An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis.
96 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Jacques Tourneur. Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Athene Seyler, Liam Redmond, Reginald Beckwith, Maurice Denham. Andrews is a stuffily cynical psychologist who doesn't believe that series of deaths have been caused by ancient curse, but film convinces audience right off the bat and never lets up. Charles Bennett and producer Hal E. Chester adapted Montague R. James' story ''Casting the Runes.'' Exceptional shocker, originally called NIGHT OF THE DEMON. 83m. American version circulated for many years.
4:00 AM TCM Night at the Movies: Horror (2011)
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5:00 AM horror Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
5:00 AM
65 min
TV-PG horror Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone.
65 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Roger Corman. Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, Bert Convy. Wimpy busboy impresses his coffeehouse betters with amazingly lifelike ``sculptures.'' Writer Charles Griffith's predecessor to THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is nifty semi-spoof of dead- bodies-in-the-wax-museum genre. Nicely captures spirit of beatnik era; cult actor Miller's finest hour (he's reused his character's name, Walter Paisley, several times since). Remade for TV as THE DEATH ARTIST in 1996.
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR
Monday October 24, 2011
8:00 PM
83 min
TV-PG horror Carnival of Souls (1962)
After surviving a car crash, a church organist is haunted by the undead.
Dir: Herk Harvey Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist.
83 min, TV-PG
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10:30 PM horror Dementia 13 (1963)
10:30 PM
75 min
TV-14 horror Dementia 13 (1963)
Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune.
Dir: Francis Coppola Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton.
75 min, TV-14
12:00 AM horror Strait-Jacket (1964)
12:00 AM
93 min
TV-14 horror Strait-Jacket (1964)
Murder follows an axe murderer home when she's released from a mental hospital.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson.
93 min, TV-14 , CC
1:45 AM horror Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
1:45 AM
C-80 min
TV-PG horror Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
A young man investigates his sister's death in a mysterious castle.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele.
C-80 min, TV-PG
3:15 AM horror Masque Of The Red Death, The (1964)
3:15 AM
C-89 min
TV-14 horror Masque Of The Red Death, The (1964)
A sadistic nobleman isolates his court from a world stricken with the plague.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher.
C-89 min, TV-14
5:00 AM horror Devil's Bride, The (1968)
5:00 AM
C-96 min
TV-14 horror Devil's Bride, The (1968)
Small town Satanists lure an innocent brother and sister into their coven.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi.
C-96 min, TV-14 CLOSE
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: EVIL TWINS
Friday, October 28, 2011
8:00 PM suspense Dead Ringer (1964)
8:00 PM
116 min
TV-14 suspense Dead Ringer (1964)
A woman murders her rich twin and tries to take her place.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford.
116 min, TV-14
10:00 PM horror Black Room, The (1935)
10:00 PM
68 min
TV-G horror Black Room, The (1935)
An evil twin brother disposes of his enemies in a secret death chamber on his estate.
Dir: R. William Neill Cast: Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen.
68 min, TV-G , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Roy William Neill. Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Katherine DeMille, John Buckler, Thurston Hall. Excellent, understated thriller of twin brothers (Karloff) and the ancient curse that dominates their lives in 19th-century Hungary. Features one--no, two--of Karloff's best performances.
11:15 PM horror Other, The (1972)
11:15 PM
C-100 min
TV-14 horror Other, The (1972)
A boy's evil twin leads him on the path to murder.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky.
C-100 min, TV-14 , CC
1:00 AM horror Dead Men Walk (1943)
1:00 AM
63 min
TV-PG horror Dead Men Walk (1943)
A small-town doctor's twin returns from the grave seeking vengeance.
Dir: Sam Newfield Cast: George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young.
63 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Sam Newfield. George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, Dwight Frye, Fern Emmett. Zucco plays brothers, one good, one evil, in this standard low-budget vampire tale--but it's hard to dismiss any film with Dwight Frye as a maniacal assistant.
2:15 AM horror Motel Hell (1980)
2:15 AM
C-101 min
TV-MA horror Motel Hell (1980)
A brother and sister use their remote motel to turn tourists into sausage.
Dir: Kevin Connor Cast: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons.
C-101 min, TV-MA
4:00 AM crime 10 Rillington Place (1971)
4:00 AM
C-111 min
TV-14 crime 10 Rillington Place (1971)
A serial killer frames a mentally challenged man.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt.
C-111 min, TV-14 , CC
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: VAL LEWTON
Saturday, October 29, 2011
8:00 PM suspense Cat People (1942)
8:00 PM
73 min
TV-PG suspense Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
73 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Jacques Tourneur. Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jack Holt, Jane Randolph. Storyline and plot elements don't hold up, but moments of shock and terror are undiminished in the first of producer Val Lewton's famous horror films. Smith falls in love with strange, shy woman (Simon) who fears ancient curse of the panther inside her. Followed by THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE. Remade in 1982.
9:30 PM documentary Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton: The Man In The Shadows (2007)
9:30 PM
C-77 min
TV-PG documentary Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton: The Man In The Shadows (2007)
This TCM original documentary looks at the imaginative producer who fashioned a lasting body of beautiful and unsettling films on meager budgets.
Dir: Kent Jones
C-77 min, TV-PG , CC
11:00 PM horror Body Snatcher, The (1945)
11:00 PM
78 min
TV-PG horror Body Snatcher, The (1945)
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell.
78 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Robert Wise. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Rita Corday. Fine, atmospheric tale from Robert Louis Stevenson short story of doctor (Daniell) who is forced to deal with scurrilous character (Karloff) in order to get cadavers for experiments in 19th-century Edinburgh. Last film to team Karloff and Lugosi, their scenes together are eerie and compelling. Classic Val Lewton thriller. Screenplay by Philip MacDonald and Carlos Keith (Lewton).
12:30 AM horror Isle Of The Dead (1945)
12:30 AM
72 min
TV-PG horror Isle Of The Dead (1945)
The inhabitants of a Balkans island under quarantine fear that one of their number is a vampire.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer.
72 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Mark Robson. Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery, Helene Thimig, Jason Robards (Sr.). Eerie horror tale of assorted characters stranded on Greek island during quarantine--one of them possibly a vampire. Good Val Lewton production.
2:00 AM horror Bedlam (1946)
2:00 AM
79 min
TV-PG horror Bedlam (1946)
When an actress tries to reform an asylum, its corrupt keeper has her committed.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House.
79 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Mark Robson. Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Ian Wolfe, Richard Fraser, Billy House, Jason Robards, Sr. Atmospheric chiller of courageous Lee trying to expose shameful conditions at notorious 18th-century London insane asylum run by corrupt head Karloff. Producer Val Lewton also coscripted under pseudonym Carlos Keith. Robert Clarke appears unbilled.
3:30 AM horror Seventh Victim, The (1943)
3:30 AM
71 min
TV-G horror Seventh Victim, The (1943)
A girl's search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell.
71 min, TV-G , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Mark Robson. Tom Conway, Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks, Evelyn Brent, Elizabeth Russell, Hugh Beaumont, Erford Gage, Isabel Jewell, Barbara Hale. Offbeat Val Lewton chiller of innocent Hunter stumbling onto N.Y.C. group of devil-worshipers. Genuinely eerie.
5:00 AM horror Ghost Ship, The (1943)
5:00 AM
69 min
TV-PG horror Ghost Ship, The (1943)
A young innocent signs on with a ship whose captain is going mad.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett.
69 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Mark Robson. Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Lawrence Tierney. Offbeat Val Lewton melodrama about young man who signs on merchant ship run by power-crazy captain (Dix) who's obsessed with "authority.'' Absorbing mood piece with unfortunately abrupt conclusion.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
6:15 AM
66 min
TV-PG suspense Leopard Man, The (1943)
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks.
66 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Jacques Tourneur. Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, James Bell, Margaret Landry, Abner Biberman. Intriguing but flawed Val Lewton thriller about series of murders in small New Mexico town blamed on escaped leopard. Based on novel Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR
Sunday October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
7:30 AM horror White Zombie (1932)
7:30 AM
67 min
TV-PG horror White Zombie (1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation.
Dir: Victor Halperin Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn.
67 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Victor Halperin. Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer, John Harron, Brandon Hurst, Clarence Muse. Zombie master Lugosi menaces newlyweds on Haitian sugar plantation; eerie, unique low-budget chiller.
8:45 AM horror Devil Doll, The (1936)
8:45 AM
78 min
TV-PG horror Devil Doll, The (1936)
A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton.
78 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Tod Browning. Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont, Henry B. Walthall, Grace Ford, Rafaela Ottiano. Very entertaining yarn of Devil's Island escapee Barrymore shrinking humans to doll size to carry out nefarious schemes. Coscripted by Erich von Stroheim.
10:15 AM horror Uninvited, The (1944)
10:15 AM
99 min
TV-PG horror Uninvited, The (1944)
A brother and sister buy a house with a ghostly secret.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp.
99 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Lewis Allen. Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Gail Russell, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dorothy Stickney, Barbara Everest, Alan Napier. Eerie ghost suspenser about Russell disturbed by dead mother's specter; Milland and Hussey, new owners of haunted house, try to solve mystery. No trick ending in this ingenious film, which introduced Victor Young's melody "Stella by Starlight.'' Spooky cinematography by Charles Lang, Jr. Scripted by Dodie Smith and Frank Partos, from Dorothy Macardle's novel.
12:00 PM suspense Berserk (1967)
12:00 PM
C-96 min
TV-PG suspense Berserk (1967)
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Dir: Jim O'Connolly Cast: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors.
C-96 min, TV-PG , CC
2:00 PM suspense Dial M For Murder (1954)
2:00 PM
C-105 min
TV-PG suspense Dial M For Murder (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.
C-105 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Alfred Hitchcock. Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson. Frederick Knott's suspense play of man plotting wife's murder and subsequent police investigation: stagey at times but slick and entertaining. Filmed in 3-D. Remade for TV in 1981 with Angie Dickinson and Christopher Plummer, and in 1998 as A PERFECT MURDER.
4:00 PM horror Them! (1954)
4:00 PM
93 min
TV-PG horror Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon.
93 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Gordon Douglas. James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens. First-rate '50s sci-fi about giant ant mutations running wild in the Southwest. Intelligent script (by Ted Sherdeman, from George Worthing Yates' story) extremely well directed, with memorable climax in L.A. sewers. Fess Parker has small but memorable role. Look fast for Leonard Nimoy at a teletype machine.
6:00 PM horror Forbidden Planet (1956)
6:00 PM
C-99 min
TV-PG horror Forbidden Planet (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen.
C-99 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Fred McLeod Wilcox. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, George Wallace, James Drury. Sci-fi version of Shakespeare's The Tempest remains one of the most ambitious and intelligent films of its genre; only slow, deliberate pacing works against it, as Nielsen and fellow space travelers visit planet where expatriate Pidgeon has built a one-man empire with daughter Francis and obedient Robby the Robot. Great effects, eerie electronic score. Beware 95m. reissue prints. Lavish use of wide-screen CinemaScope is severely diminished on television.
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR
Monday October 31, 2011 Halloween
7:15 AM
C-90 min
TV-PG horror Reptile, The (1966)
Indian snake worshippers turn an explorer's daughter into a hideous monster.
Dir: John Gilling Cast: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett.
C-90 min, TV-PG
8:45 AM horror Gorgon, The (1964)
8:45 AM
C-83 min
TV-PG horror Gorgon, The (1964)
A mythical monster turns men to stone in a remote European village.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco.
C-83 min, TV-PG
10:15 AM horror Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966)
10:15 AM
C-90 min
TV-14 horror Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966)
Four travelers unwittingly revive the bloodsucking count.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir.
C-90 min, TV-14
12:00 PM horror Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969)
12:00 PM
C-92 min
TV-14 horror Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969)
Dracula goes after the niece of the monsignor who destroyed his castle.
Dir: Freddie Francis Cast: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson.
C-92 min, TV-14
1:45 PM horror Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
1:45 PM
C-83 min
TV-14 horror Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
A scientist's attempts to create life unleash a bloodthirsty monster.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart.
C-83 min, TV-14 CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Terence Fisher. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Valerie Gaunt, Noel Hood. OK retelling of original Shelley tale, with Cushing as Baron von Frankenstein, whose experimentation with creation of life becomes an obsession. First of Hammer Films' long-running horror series, and itself followed by six sequels, starting with THE RE VENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
3:15 PM horror Frankenstein Created Woman (1966)
3:15 PM
C-92 min
TV-14 horror Frankenstein Created Woman (1966)
Baron Frankenstein puts a wrongly executed man's brain into a beautiful woman's body.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters.
C-92 min, TV-14
5:00 PM horror Mummy, The (1959)
5:00 PM
C-88 min
TV-PG horror Mummy, The (1959)
A resurrected mummy stalks the archaeologists who defiled his tomb.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux.
C-88 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Terence Fisher. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley. Against warnings of severe consequences, archeologists desecrate ancient tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka. They return to England and those consequences. Stylish Hammer resurrection of Universal's Kharis series.
6:30 PM horror Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The (1964)
6:30 PM
C-80 min
TV-PG horror Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The (1964)
An unearthed mummy returns to life to claim the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Michael Carreras Cast: Ronald Howard, Terence Morgan, Fred Clark.
C-80 min, TV-PG , CC
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC HORROR
Monday October 31, 2011 Halloween
8:00 PM horror Village Of The Damned (1960)
8:00 PM
77 min
TV-14 horror Village Of The Damned (1960)
After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Dir: Wolf Rilla Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens.
77 min, TV-14 , CC
9:30 PM horror Night of the Living Dead (1968)
9:30 PM
96 min
TV-MA horror Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A space probe unleashes microbes that turn the dead into flesh-eating zombies.
Dir: George A. Romero Cast: Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones.
96 min, TV-MA , CC
11:15 PM TCM Night at the Movies: Horror (2011)
11:15 PM
0 min
TCM Night at the Movies: Horror (2011)
0 min,
12:15 AM horror Innocents, The (1961)
12:15 AM
99 min
TV-PG horror Innocents, The (1961)
A governess convinces herself the children in her charge are haunted.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins.
99 min, TV-PG , CC
2:00 AM horror Haunting, The (1963)
2:00 AM
112 min
TV-PG horror Haunting, The (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
112 min, TV-PG , CC
4:00 AM horror Repulsion (1965)
4:00 AM
105 min
TV-PG horror Repulsion (1965)
Strange dreams haunt a beautiful young woman left alone in her apartment.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser.
105 min, TV-PG
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