Tuesday, October 28, 2014
6:00 AM
89 min
silent
Nosferatu(1922)
In this silent film, a beautiful woman risks her life to end a vampire's plague of death and pestilence.
Dir: F. W. Murnau Cast: Max Schreck , Alexander Granach , Gustav von Wangenheim .
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: F. W. Murnau. Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroeder. Early film version of Dracula is brilliantly eerie, full of imaginative touches that none of the later films quite recaptured. Schreck's vampire is also the ugliest in film history. The making of this film is dramatized in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE. Remade in 1979.
A cornerstone of the horror film, F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu is triumphantly reborn in this breathtaking new restoration by the F.W. Murnau Foundation.
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7:45 AM
61 min
horror
Vampire Bat, The (1933)
Villagers suspect the town simpleton of being a vampire.
Dir: Frank Strayer Cast: Lionel Atwill , Fay Wray , Melvyn Douglas .
CLOSE
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Frank Strayer. Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Wray, Dwight Frye, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Lionel Belmore. Good cast helps average story along. Atwill stars as mad doctor forced to kill townsfolk in search of "blood substitute.'' Beware shorter prints.
REVIEW:
Is Vampirism on the rise? Why else would people of the town be suffering from blood loss. One man is suspect because of his fascination with bats
.but when he dies, the attacks go...
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9:00 AM
63 min
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 .
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10:15 AM
72 min
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 .
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.
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11:45 AM
69 min
horror
Return of the Vampire, The (1944)
A vampire terrorizes a British family during World War II.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Bela Lugosi , Frieda Inescort , Nina Foch .
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: Lew Landers. Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno, Miles Mander, Matt Willis. Lugosi plays a vampire in wartorn London (with a werewolf assistant!) in limp attempt to capitalize on previous success as Dracula. Final scene is memorable, though.
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1:00 PM
C- 97 min
horror
House Of Dark Shadows (1970)
A vampire seeks a cure so he can wed the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Dan Curtis Cast: Jonathan Frid , Joan Bennett , Grayson Hall .
close captioned
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3:00 PM
C- 81 min
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
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.
widescreen
close captioned
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4:30 PM
C- 90 min
horror
Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1965)
Four travelers unwittingly revive the bloodsucking count.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Christopher Lee , Barbara Shelley , Andrew Keir .
widescreen
close captioned
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6:15 PM
C- 92 min
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 .
widescreen
close captioned
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TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HORROR ANTHOLOGIES
8:00 PM
103 min
horror
Dead of Night (1945)
Guests at a country estate share stories of the supernatural.
Dir: [Alberto] Cavalcanti Cast: Mervyn Johns , Hartley Power , Roland Culver .
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.
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10:00 PM
C- 120 min
horror
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
A poisonous young beauty, the secrets of eternal life and a haunted house chill this collection of Nathaniel Hawthorne stories.
Dir: Sidney Salkow Cast: Vincent Price , Sebastian Cabot , Mari Blanchard .
widescreen
close captioned
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12:15 AM
C- 161 min
horror
Kwaidan (1965)
Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings.
Dir: Masaki Kobayashi Cast: Rentaro Mikuni , Michiyo Aratama , Misako Watanabe .
Widescreen
3:00 AM
C- 101 min
horror
House That Dripped Blood, The (1970)
Scotland Yard investigates four mysterious murders connected to the same old house.
Dir: Peter Duffell Cast: Denholm Elliott , Joanna Dunham , Tom Adams .
widescreen
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5:00 AM
C- 100 min
horror
Torture Garden (1967)
A sideshow exhibit on torture predicts the deaths of those who view it.
Dir: Freddie Francis Cast: Jack Palance , Burgess Meredith , Beverly Adams .
widescreen
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This time, the theme is GHOST STORIES, few of which are scary. However, there will be one this Thursday night / Friday morning from Japan.
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=EST&sdate=2014-10-09
