HALLOWEEN on TCM: Vincent Price, star of the month!

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HALLOWEEN on TCM:

Lots of yummy 'horror' films this month, with the focus on Vincent Price's films; though the 1st 2 weeks will be his non-horror films. Vincent Price's movies will be shown on Thursday nights, Halloween also falling on Thursday. All month long, the Friday night films will be horror:

Fri 10/04:

TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FRIDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT:
8:00 PM 1380931200 horror
Carnival of Souls 83 min
TV-PG (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 , CC CLOSE close captioned Buy The DVD
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9:30 PM 1380936600 horror
Night of the Living Dead (1968) 96 min
TV-MA
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 CLOSE close captioned Buy The DVD
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Zombies in a farmhouse bring terror. Night of the Living Dead is a horror classic: tense, taut and terrifying from its opening scenes all the way to its shocking and disturbing... more

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11:15 PM 1380942900 crime
Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das
121 min
TV-PG (1933)
A crime wave grips the city and all clues seem to lead to the nefarious Dr. Mabuse.

Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge , Gustav Diesel , Otto Wernicke .
121 min, TV-PG CLOSE widescreen Buy The DVD
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1:30 AM 1380951000 horror
Bride of Frankenstein
75 min
TV-PG (1935)
To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster.

Dir: James Whale Cast: Karloff , Colin Clive , Valerie Hobson .
75 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: James Whale. Karloff (Boris Karloff), Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor, Clive, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Heggie, Dwight Frye, John Carradine. Eye-filling sequel to FRANKENSTEIN is even better, with rich vein of dry wit running through the chills. Inimitable Thesiger plays weird doctor who compels Frankenstein into helping him make a mate for the Monster; Lanchester plays both the "bride" and, in amusing prologue, Mary Shelley. Pastoral interlude with blind hermit and final, riotous creation scene are highlights of this truly classic movie. Scripted by John L. Balderston and William Hurlbut. Marvelous Franz Waxman score, reused for many subsequent films. Followed by SON OF FRANKENSTEIN; reworked in 1985 as THE BRIDE.

REVIEW: close captioned
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3:00 AM 1380956400 horror
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) C- 92 min
TV-14 horror Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
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 CLOSE widescreen
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4:45 AM 1380962700 horror
Wasp Woman, The (1959) 61 min
TV-PG
A cosmetics executive's search for eternal beauty turn her into a monster.

Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Susan Cabot , Fred Eisley , Barboura Morris .
61 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Roger Corman. Susan Cabot, Fred (Anthony) Eisley, Barboura Morris, Michael Mark, William Roerick. Enjoyable Corman cheapie about cosmetics magnate Cabot, fearful of aging, using royal jelly from wasps to become young and beautiful. She also periodically turns into a wasp-monster that must kill. Minor camp classic; an unauthorized semi-remake, EVIL SPAWN, was made for video in 1987. Remade for TV in 1996.

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Fri 10/11:

TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FRIDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT:
8:00 PM 1381536000 horror
Horror of Dracula C- 81 min
TV-PG (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 , CC 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.

REVIEW: widescreen close captioned Buy The DVD
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9:30 PM 1381541400 horror
Isle Of The Dead
72 min
TV-PG (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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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11:00 PM 1381546800 horror
Dead of Night
103 min
TV-14 (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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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1:00 AM 1381554000 horror
Haunting, The (1963) 112 min
TV-PG
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 CLOSE widescreen close captioned
Terror awaits inside an 18th century mansion in "The Haunting" (1963) a gripping paranormal thriller starring Richard Johnson, Julie Harris, and Claire Bloom. Evil lurks in every... more
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3:00 AM 1381561200 horror
House of Seven Corpses, The
C- 88 min
TV-14 (1974)
A director courts disaster by filming his horror movie in a real haunted house.

Dir: Paul Harrison Cast: John Ireland , Faith Domergue , John Carradine .
C- 88 min, TV-14
A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult... more

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4:30 AM 1381566600 horror
Horror Castle (1963)
C- 84 min
TV-14
A Holocaust survivor tortures women in the dungeons of an ancient castle.

Dir: Anthony Dawson Cast: Rossana Podestà , Georges Rivière , Christopher Lee .

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Sat 10/12: Only a few scattered horror films, the SUSPENSE films are also scary:

8:30 AM 93 min
TV-PG suspense
Mystery Street (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on.

Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban , Sally Forrest , Bruce Bennett .
93 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: John Sturges. Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Eamon Ryan, Betsy Blair. The skeleton of a murdered B girl is studied by Cape Cod cop Montalban and Harvard doctor Bennett in an early movie depiction of forensic science. Intelligent, realistic mystery is well acted and engrossing, if slow paced.

REVIEW: close captioned
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10:30 AM 1381588200 suspense
Scream of Fear (1961) 81 min
TV-PG suspense Scream of Fear (1961)
A wheelchair-bound heiress doubts her sanity when she sees her dead father's body around the family estate.

Dir: Seth Holt Cast: Susan Strasberg , Ronald Lewis , Ann Todd .
81 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE close captioned Buy The DVD
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12:00 PM 1381593600 horror
Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The (1961)
C- 88 min
TV-PG
An eminent doctor releases a dark force from within himself.

Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Paul Massie , Dawn Addams , Christopher Lee .
C- 88 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Terence Fisher. Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, Francis De Wolff, Norma Marla. Uneven, sometimes unintentionally funny reworking of Stevenson story stresses Mr. and Mrs. relationship, plus fact that doctor himself is a weakling (and Hyde is suave and handsome!). Unfortunately, dialogue and situations are boring. Look for Oliver Reed as a bouncer. Originally shown in U.S. as HOUSE OF FRIGHT. Megascope.

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4:30 PM 80 min, TV-G horror
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
No one believes an amateur astronomer's spaceship sighting until the town's people begin disappearing.

Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Richard Carlson , Barbara Rush , Charles Drake .
80 min, TV-G CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Jack Arnold. Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Russell Johnson, Joe Sawyer, Kathleen Hughes. Intriguing science-fiction based on a Ray Bradbury story. An alien ship crashes in the Arizona desert; its passengers assume the identities of nearby townspeople so they can effect repairs unnoticed--they think. Remarkably sober for its era, with crisp performances and real restraint, even in its use of 3-D. The 1996 TV movie IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE II is a much inferior remake, rather than the sequel the title suggests.

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6:00 PM 95 min, TV-PG horror
World, The Flesh, And The Devil, The (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.

Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer .
95 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Ranald MacDougall. Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer. Belafonte and Stevens are only survivors of worldwide nuclear accident; their uneasy relationship is jarred by arrival of Ferrer. Intriguing film starts well, bogs down halfway through, and presents ridiculous conclusion. Best scenes are at beginning, when Belafonte is alone in an impressively deserted Manhattan. CinemaScope.

I do not consider World, The Flesh, And The Devil to be a horror, though is is apocalyptic, because as I recall, it has no real horror elements. It does have conflict between the 2 men, competing for the 1 woman.

Thursday 10/17:

1:30 AM C- 99 min, TV-PG horror
Master Of The World (1961)
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.

Dir: William Witney Cast: Vincent Price , Charles Bronson , Henry Hull .
C- 99 min, TV-PG , CC

This has a similar plot to 20,000 Leagues, & is a great Price B-grade film.

Fri 10/18:

TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FRIDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT:
8:00 PM 1382140800 horror
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
89 min
TV-14
A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years.

Dir: Sidney Hayers Cast: Janet Blair , Peter Wyngarde , Margaret Johnston .
89 min, TV-14 , CC CLOSE widescreen close captioned
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9:45 PM 1382147100 horror
Tomb Of Ligeia, The (1964) C- 82 min
TV-PG
A man's obsession with his dead wife leads to trouble for his new bride.

Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , Elizabeth Shepherd , John Westbrook .
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11:15 PM 1382152500 horror
Seventh Victim, The (1943)
71 min

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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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12:30 AM 1382157000 horror
Curse of the Demon (1958)
82 min
An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon.

Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dana Andrews , Peggy Cummins , Niall MacGinnis .
82 min, TV-PG , CC 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.

REVIEW: widescreen close captioned
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2:15 AM 1382163300 horror
I Walked With A Zombie (1943) 69 min
TV-PG
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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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3:30 AM 1382167800 suspense
Leopard Man, The (1943) 66 min
TV-PG
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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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4:45 AM 1382172300 suspense
Window, The (1949)
74 min
TV-G
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can't get anyone but the killer to believe him.

Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale , Arthur Kennedy , Paul Stewart .
74 min, TV-G , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Ted Tetzlaff. Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman. Sleeper film less impressive now than in 1949; still good, with young Driscoll earning a special Academy Award for his performance as a little boy who witnesses a murder and is unable to convince his parents he's not lying. Parents' dialogue weakens credibility, but suspense still mounts; extremely well photographed (by William Steiner) and staged. Based on a story by Cornell Woolrich. Remade as THE BOY CRIED MURDER and CLOAK AND DAGGER (1984).

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Sat 10/19

6:00 AM 68 min
TV-PG horror
Mask Of Fu Manchu, The (1932)
A Chinese warlord threatens explorers in search of the key to global power.

Dir: Charles Brabin Cast: Boris Karloff , Lewis Stone , Karen Morley .
68 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Charles Brabin. Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Myrna Loy, Charles Starrett, Jean Hersholt. Elaborate chiller of Chinese madman Karloff menacing expedition searching for tomb of Genghis Khan. Adaptation of Sax Rohmer novel is ornate and hokey, but fun; Loy is terrific as Fu's deliciously evil daughter.
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10:30 AM C- 91 min
TV-14 horror Devil's Own, The (1966)
Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.

Dir: Cyril Frankel Cast: Joan Fontaine , Kay Walsh , Alec McCowen .
C- 91 min, TV-14 CLOSE wscreen
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12:15 PM 1382199300 horror
Plague of the Zombies, The (1966)
C- 90 min
TV-14
A small town noble uses zombies to work his tin mine and kill his enemies.

Dir: John Gilling Cast: Andre Morell , Diane Clare , Brook Williams .


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TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TOD BROWNING
8:00 PM 1382227200 horror
Freaks (1932) 62 min
TV-PG
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband.

Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Wallace Ford , Leila Hyams , Olga Baclanova .
62 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Tod Browning. Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Harry Earles, Roscoe Ates, Johnny Eck, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Prince Randian, Zip and Pip, Schlitze. A unique movie about a traveling sideshow and the camaraderie of its unusual performers, goaded to vengeance by cruel trapeze star Baclanova. Horror-film master Tod Browning gathered an incredible cast of real-life sideshow freaks for this bizarre and fascinating film. Severely cut in U.S. during release and banned in the U.K. for 30 years, some reissue prints are missing brief epilogue; aka NATURE'S MISTAKES.

REVIEW: close captioned
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9:15 PM 1382231700 horror
Mark Of The Vampire (1935) 61 min
TV-PG
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.

Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Elizabeth Allen , Lionel Atwill .
61 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Tod Browning. Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Carol (Carroll) Borland, Jean Hersholt, Donald Meek. Delightful, intriguing tale of vampires terrorizing European village; inspector Atwill, vampire expert Barrymore investigate. Beautifully done, with an incredible ending. Remake of Browning's silent LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT.

REVIEW: close captioned
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10:30 PM 1382236200 horror
Devil Doll, The (1936)
78 min
TV-PG
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 .
7LEONARD 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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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12:00 AM 1382241600 suspense
Miracles For Sale (1939)
71 min
TV-G
A magician turns detective to investigate murder and a phony seance.

Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Robert Young , Florence Rice , Frank Craven .
71 min, TV-G CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Tod Browning. Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull, Lee Bowman, Cliff Clark, Astrid Allwyn, Walter Kingsford. Young is an ex-magician who now devises elaborate illusions for a living and tries to expose fake spiritualists. When murder rears its head and Rice is threatened, he has his hands full. Browning's last movie is a slick whodunit that cheats its audience a bit too often and features a red herring character who's painfully obvious.

Plague of the Zombies, A truly creepy HAMMER FILM!

THURS 10/24:

TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: VINCENT PRICE
8:00 PM 1382659200 horror
House Of Wax (1953) C- 88 min
TV-PG
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!
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9:45 PM 1382665500 horror
Mad Magician, The (1954) 73 min
TV-PG
Betrayed by his manager, a master magician uses his skills to seek revenge.

Dir: John Brahm Cast: Vincent Price , Mary Murphy , Eva Gabor .
73 min, TV-PG CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: John Brahm. Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Patrick O'Neal, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Lenita Lane, Donald Randolph, Jay Novello. Amusing knockoff of HOUSE OF WAX, made by many of the same hands (and also shot in 3-D). This time Price is an illusionist, but otherwise the plots are pretty much alike. Much better than it has any right to be; Brahm, no stranger to Victorian-era melodrama, keeps it moving swiftly, with Lane upstaging the stars as a nosy crime novelist. Lyle Talbot appears unbilled as a program hawker.

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Legendary horror star Vincent Price is at his terrifying best as Gallico the Great, an inspired inventor of magic acts who longs to perform his creations himself. When he finally... more
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11:00 PM 1382670000 horror
House Of Usher (1960) C- 79 min
TV-PG
A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves from her demonic brother.

Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , Mark Damon , Myrna Fahey .
C- 79 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Roger Corman. Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe. First-rate horror film based on classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe. When beautiful young girl's suitor arrives to ask her hand in marriage, the doors of the house of Usher fling open, and terror begins. Filmed several times before and since, but never this effectively; a great tour de force for Price. First of Corman's eight Poe adaptations. Aka THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. CinemaScope.

REVIEW: widescreen close captioned
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12:30 AM 1382675400 suspense
Diary of a Madman (1963) C- 97 min
TV-14 suspense Diary of a Madman (1963)
The body of a French magistrate is taken over by the soul of a murderer.

Dir: Reginald Le Borg Cast: Vincent Price , Nancy Kovack , Chris Warfield .
C- 97 min, TV-14 CLOSE widescreen
Vincent Price turns in a classic performance as a sculptor, possessed by an evil spirit, who hires a model (Nancy Kovack) to pose for him -- then learns thereafter that she has been... more

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2:15 AM 1382681700 horror
Tingler, The (1959) 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.

REVIEW: widescreen close captioned
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3:45 AM 1382687100 horror
House On Haunted Hill (1959) 75 min
TV-14

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.

REVIEW: widescreen close captioned

Vincent Price stars in this chilling horror tale helmed by B-movie maestro William Castle as a deranged millionaire playing a dangerous game with a group of party guests. When he... more
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5:15 AM 1382692500 horror
Bat, The (1959) 80 min
TV-PG
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.

Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: Vincent Price , Agnes Moorehead , Gavin Gordon .
80 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Crane Wilbur. Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton, Lenita Lane, Elaine Edwards, Darla Hood. Faithful filming of the Mary Roberts RinehartAvery Hopwood play, with mystery writer Moorehead renting an eerie mansion for the summer; she and her maid soon are plagued by the title fiend. Filmed before in 1915, 1926 and (as THE BAT WHISPERS) in 1930.

I LOVE THE WILLIAM CASTLE FILMS!

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I'm getting the new House of Wax Blu-ray in the mail soon!

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6:45 AM 1382697900 horror
Tower Of London (1962) buy dvd EXPAND
80 min
TV-14
A hunchback murders his way to the British throne.

Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , Michael Pate , Joan Freeman .
80 min, TV-14 CLOSE widescreen

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8:15 AM 1382703300 horror
Raven, The (1963) C- 86 min
TV-PG
A widowed sorcerer discovers his late wife is alive and living with his mortal enemy.

Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , Peter Lorre , Boris Karloff .
C- 86 min, TV-PG CLOSE

There is really nothing horrifying about THE RAVEN; rather, it is a fantasy-comedy in the so-called horror genre, that links the old with the newer actors. Karloff & Price, with Lorre caught in the middle.

6:30 PM 65 min
TV-PG horror Walking Dead, The (1936)
A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.

Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Boris Karloff , Ricardo Cortez , Edmund Gwenn .
65 min, TV-PG , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Michael Curtiz. Boris Karloff, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill, Ricardo Cortez, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull, Joe Sawyer. Karloff is framed and executed, but professor brings him back to life. As he regains his memory, he seeks out those who framed him. Good horror tale.

REVIEW: close captioned
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TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: FRIDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT:
8:00 PM 1382745600 horror
Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
65 min
TV-PG
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.
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9:15 PM 1382750100 horror
Dementia 13 (1963) 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 .

The first mainstream feature debut from legendary filmmaker and Academy Award Winner Francis Ford Coppola, "Dementia 13" (1963) darkly weaves a macabre tale. Troubled couple Louise... more
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10:45 PM 1382755500 horror
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 134 min
TV-PG
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.

Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis , Joan Crawford , Victor Buono .
134 min, TV-PG , widescreen close captioned
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1:15 AM 1382764500 horror
Sisters (1973) C- 93 min
TV-MA
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.

Dir: Brian De Palma Cast: Margot Kidder , Jennifer Salt , Charles Durning .
C- 93 min, TV-MA CLOSE widescreen Buy The DVD
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Some sisters are closer than others! Brian De Palma makes his film debut with the terrifying psychological thriller "Sisters" (1973). Margot Kidder plays a double role as surgically... more
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3:00 AM 1382770800 horror
Spider Baby (1964) 84 min
TV-PG
Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family.

Dir: Jack Hill Cast: Lon Chaney Jr. , Carol Ohmart , Quinn Redeker .
84 min, TV-PG CLOSE widescreen
This 1968 minor horror classic made a major impact on its cult following that enjoys devouring the plot's delightfully horrid twists and turns. This fascinating, offbeat thriller... more

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4:30 AM 1382776200 horror
Village Of The Damned (1961) 77 min
TV-14
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 .

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10:30 AM 86 min
TV-14 horror Maniac (1963)
A beautiful woman seduces a drifter so he can help free her murderous husband from an insane asylum.

Dir: Michael Carreras
86 min, TV-14 CLOSE
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8:00 PM 1382832000 horror
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 75 min
TV-PG
To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster.

Dir: James Whale Cast: Karloff , Colin Clive , Valerie Hobson .
75 min, TV-PG , LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: James Whale. Karloff (Boris Karloff), Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor, Clive, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Heggie, Dwight Frye, John Carradine. Eye-filling sequel to FRANKENSTEIN is even better, with rich vein of dry wit running through the chills. Inimitable Thesiger plays weird doctor who compels Frankenstein into helping him make a mate for the Monster; Lanchester plays both the "bride" and, in amusing prologue, Mary Shelley. Pastoral interlude with blind hermit and final, riotous creation scene are highlights of this truly classic movie. Scripted by John L. Balderston and William Hurlbut. Marvelous Franz Waxman score, reused for many subsequent films. Followed by SON OF FRANKENSTEIN; reworked in 1985 as THE BRIDE.

REVIEW: close captioned
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9:30 PM 1382837400 horror
Mummy, The (1932)
73 min, TV-14
An Egyptian mummy returns to life to stalk the reincarnation of his lost love.

Dir: Karl Freund Cast: Boris Karloff , Zita Johann , David Manners .
73 min, TV-14 , CC CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Karl Freund. Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher, Noble Johnson. Horror classic stars Karloff as Egyptian mummy, revived after thousands of years, believing Johann is reincarnation of ancient mate. Remarkable makeup and atmosphere make it chills ahead of many follow-ups.

REVIEW: close captioned
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11:00 PM 1382842800 suspense
Cat People (1942) 73 min
TV-PG
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.

REVIEW: close captioned
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12:30 AM 1382848200 horror
White Zombie (1932) 67 min
TV-PG
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.
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2:00 AM 1382853600 horror
Psychomania (1973) 86 min
TV-14
When her son and his motorcycle gang are killed, a witch brings them back to life.

Dir: Don Sharp Cast: Beryl Reid , George Sanders , Serretta Wilson .
C- 86 min, TV-14 CLOSE widescreen Buy The DVD
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A motorcycle gang goes to the depths of hell - and back. In this cult classic from 1973, the young, death-obsessed leader of an English motorcycle gang known as "The Living Dead"... more
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3:30 AM 1382859000 comedy Witches, The (1966) 100 min
TV-PG
This film presents five short films about witches by popular Italian directors.

Dir: Cyril Frankel Cast: Joan Fontaine ,

[jeffbert]

There are also a few on Sundays, & scattered about the weeks.

I will add the remaining listings later.

[EyeOdyssey]

Carnival of Souls, Night of the Living Dead, and Psychomania? Sounds like it's going to be a great October. They always have something great for the month of Halloween. I remember when they played the Pit and the Pendulum, it blew me away the first time I saw it. They also had the Hammer Horror film marathon.

[jeffbert]

I really love those 'Poe' films, though they hardly do justice to the literature.

[EyeOdyssey]

There are three levels to the Poe adaptions. One is the adaption of Masque of the Red Death, which is more like the original source. Second is the Pit and the Pendulum, which has one or two elements from the original source. And three is the Raven, and that one just goes all over the place after the first five minutes.

[cybotron]

Thanks Jeffbert. I syfy will be scarry and walking Dead.