Howdy! I got today's post idea from last year's series; with Halloween a couple of days away I wanted to post TCM's lineup early enough for you to check it out. I believe last year's post came out on the 29th as well, so I wanted to keep them lined up. If you're going to be at home for Halloween, then you're a loser and as president, I'd like to welcome you to the club. lol Don't worry, I've made room for you on the couch with me. We'll watch movies and eat the Halloween candy we should be passing out to the kiddies but probably won't. So what's on the lineup for Halloweenie?
TCM Halloween Lineup (all times in EST)
6:00AM Mark of the Vampire (1935) Lionel Atwill, Lionel Barrymore, Bela Lugosi
A man dies with suspicious marks on his neck, leading a doctor and the victim's friend to believe that the murder was the work of a father/daughter vampire duo. The circumstances surrounding the man's death are revealed as people work to prevent the two from murdering again.
7:15AM Cat People (1942) Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
A Serbian-born fashion designer in New York fears that she comes from a line of people who are cursed to become panthers when sexually aroused.
8:30AM I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison
A nurse is hired by a man to come to a Caribbean island and treat his wife, who is in a zombie-like state, but she falls in love with the woman's husband and finds out some dark family secrets.
9:45AM Dementia 13 (1963) William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton
After accidentally causing her husband to die of a heart attack while visiting his family's castle in Ireland, a woman tries to claim his part of the inheritance in her mother-in-law's will, but an axe murderer begins picking off members of the family, leaving everyone's fate in question.
11:15AM House of Wax (1953) Vincent Price, Roy Roberts, Frank Lovejoy
After a sculptor loses his museum of wax figures to a fire and becomes disfigured from the flames, he finds a morbid way to rebuild his collection.
12:45PM Black Sabbath (1964) Michele Mercier, Boris Karloff, Jacqueline Pierreux
This is a collection of three spooky stories with one focusing on Suzy, who is being harassed and stalked; Gorca, who tries to convince his family that he has killed an undead creature; and Helen, who steals a ring from a corpse and is haunted by its owner afterward.
2:30PM Dead of Night (1945) Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Michael Redgrave
Guests staying the night at a home in the country share their stories of encounters with the supernatural, from horrible nightmares coming true, to haunted mirrors and a now-classic scene with a mentally ill ventriloquist.
4:30PM House on Haunted Hill (1958) Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
An eccentric millionaire offers a group of strangers $10,000 if they can last the night in a haunted house with a dark past. The group is given guns for protection/party favors, and this quickly devolves into a potentially dangerous situation.
6:00PM The Haunting (1963) Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
A group of paranormal investigators set up shop at a haunted house responsible for the deaths of the family who lived there.
8:00PM The Devil's Bride (1968) Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi
A man realizes his friend's son has joined a cult of black magic practicing Satanists and attempts to save both him and another initiate from being fully integrated (or sacrificed) into the cult. The results of those actions have both magical and life-threatening consequences.
9:45PM The Mummy (1959) Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
A group of archaeologists in Egypt go against several warnings and open the tomb of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka, which triggers the resurrection of a mummy bent on getting revenge on those who defiled the tomb.
11:30PM The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell
Famous detective Sherlock Holmes is called to investigate Baskerville Hall, which has become known for having a "Hound of Hell" known to kill members of the Baskerville family caught alone on the moor at night. But something else is clearly amiss at Baskerville Hall.
1:15AM Scream of Fear (1961) Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Christopher Lee
After her father disappears, his wheelchair-bound daughter visits the family estate in order to investigate what may have happened to him but begins seeing what she thinks is her father's corpse in random places throughout the mansion, causing her to begin questioning her sanity.
2:45AM The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1961) Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee
A scientist eager to discover the inner workings of the human mind concocts a potion enabling him to do so, but inadvertently awakens a murderous beast within himself.
4:30AM To the Devil, a Daughter (1976) Richard Widmark, Nastassja Kinski, Christopher Lee
An occult novelist brings his friend's daughter, a nun, to stay with him but soon finds that the "father" of the order is actually the leader of a cult of black magic Satanists and she is intended to become an avatar to one of the members of the evil trinity.
I'm a little miffed that the Frankenstein trilogy won't be on this year, but since they did that back on the 2nd, I'm not terribly surprised. I also wish there was an Agatha Christie film in the lineup; Halloween is a great night for a good murder mystery and I feel like American tv doesn't do a good job of airing the greatness that is Poirot. LOL But on the flip side, we do get a night full of spooky movies that weren't on the lineup last year. So paint your face, put on your pajamas and bring your candy bags with you because #ATVLoserSquad is having a movie night on Halloween. See you in a couple of days!
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