OCT 30:
6:15am Mad Love (1935)
A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists.
Cast: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive. Dir: Karl Freund. BW-68 mins, TV-PG
7:30am Beast With Five Fingers, The (1946)
After a famous pianist's murder, his hand returns to wreak vengeance.
Cast: Peter Lorre, Robert Alda, J. Carrol Naish. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-89 mins, TV-PG
9:00am 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.
Cast: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-69 mins, TV-PG
10:15am Curse of the Demon (1958)
An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon.
Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-82 mins, TV-PG
12:00pm Gorgon, The (1964)
A mythical monster turns men to stone in a remote European village.
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco. Dir: Terence Fisher. C-83 mins, TV-PG
1:30pm Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
A man whose face is frozen in a horrible smile forces a doctor to treat him.
Cast: Oskar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton. Dir: William Castle. BW-90 mins, TV-PG
3:15pm Tomb Of Ligeia, The (1964)
A man's obsession with his dead wife leads to trouble for his new bride.
Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, Oliver Johnston. Dir: Roger Corman. C-82 mins, TV-PG
5:00pm Tingler, The (1959)
A scientist discovers an organism that lives on fear.
Cast: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman. Dir: William Castle. BW-82 mins, TV-PG
6:30pm House Of Usher (1960)
A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves from her demonic brother.
Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey. Dir: Roger Corman. C-79 mins, TV-PG
8:00pm Dead of Night (1945)
Guests at a country estate share stories of the supernatural.
Cast: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Michael Redgrave. Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer. BW-103 mins
10:00pm Torture Garden (1967)
A sideshow exhibit on torture predicts the deaths of those who view it.
Cast: Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams. Dir: Freddie Francis. C-100 mins, TV-PG
11:45pm Twice-Told Tales (1963)
A poisonous young beauty, the secrets of eternal life and a haunted house chill this collection of Nathaniel Hawthorne stories.
Cast: Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland. Dir: Sidney Salkow. C-120 mins, TV-14
2:00am Kwaidan (1964)
Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings.
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe. Dir: Masaki Kobayashi. C-161 mins, TV-14
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.jsp?startDate=10/30/2008&timezone=EST&cid=N
OCT 31:
4:45am Spirits of the Dead (1969)
This film comprises three supernatural tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp. Dir: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim C-121 mins
7:00am Festival of Shorts #11 (1998)
In The Tell-Tale Heart (1942) a man confesses to murder after being tormented by the sound of his victim's beating heart.
BW-22 mins
7:30am Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-73 mins, TV-PG
9:00am Freaks (1932)
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband.
Cast: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-62 mins, TV-PG
10:15am Devil Doll, The (1936)
A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-78 mins, TV-PG
11:45am Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-61 mins, TV-PG
1:00pm Devil Bat, The (1940)
A mad scientist trains killer bats to respond to a special scent.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien. Dir: Jean Yarbrough. BW-68 mins, TV-PG
2:15pm White Zombie (1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, John Harron. Dir: Victor Halperin. BW-67 mins, TV-PG
3:30pm Body Snatcher, The (1945)
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.
Cast: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-78 mins, TV-PG
5:00pm Bedlam (1946)
When an actress tries to reform an asylum, its corrupt keeper has her committed.
Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House. Dir: Mark Robson. BW-79 mins, TV-PG
6:30pm Ghoul, The (1933)
An ancient Egyptian returns to punish those who violated his tomb.
Cast: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger. Dir: T. Hayes Hunter. BW-81 mins, TV-G
8:00pm Haunted Palace, The (1963)
After inheriting a decaying estate, a man discovers his family's deadly secret.
Cast: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney[Jr.], Jr.. Dir: Roger Corman. C-87 mins
9:30pm Die, Monster, Die ! (1965)
On a trip to meet his girlfriend's family, a young man uncovers deadly secrets.
Cast: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson. Dir: Daniel Haller. C-79 mins, TV-PG
11:00pm Shuttered Room, The (1966)
A man takes his young wife to her family home just as a series of strange murders start.
Cast: Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed. Dir: David Greene. C-100 mins, TV-PG
12:45am Dunwich Horror, The (1970)
A demonic priest uses a young innocent to help him bring banished elder gods back to Earth.
Cast: Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley. Dir: Daniel Haller. C-88 mins, TV-MA
2:30am Blood Feast (1963)
An Egyptian priest uses human sacrifice to bring back his goddess.
Cast: William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason. Dir: Herschell Gordon Lewis. C-67 mins
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.jsp?startDate=10/31/2008&timezone=EST&cid=N
Note that most of these are older B&W films & younger viewers may find them campy & not at all frightening.
Edit: added this
A few notable ones:
Fri, 30: 9:00am 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.
Cast: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-69 mins, TV-PG
Sat, 31: 2:15pm White Zombie (1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, John Harron. Dir: Victor Halperin. BW-67 mins, TV-PG
These films have the true zombies, the mind-numbed slaves-type, rather than the cannibal-type.
Fri 30th: 3:30pm Body Snatcher, The (1945)
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.
Cast: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-78 mins, TV-PG
This one relates to a picture of Skunk on the Tezuka in English forum:
Rock's Sunglasses wrote:An internet buddy wanted something with a pickaxe in it. I imagined Skunk (oh, man, is he fun to draw). What resulted was a picture one wants to know absolutely no more about:
And like I suggested earlier: Skunk in a top hat just works.
Fan Art Tread, page 5
