For those of you who wanna experience a little Halloween stuff but don't want to just flip around and HOPE you find something scary, I'm giving you some upcoming stuff to look for:

Friday, October 24th

6:00PM, Travel, "World's Creepiest Destinations"
7:00PM-10:00PM, Travel, "Ghost Adventures"
11:00PM, Travel, "Most Haunted"

7:00PM, AMC - "Halloween" 1978; 9:00PM - "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers"

7:00PM, ENCR4, "Aliens"

Saturday, October 25th

9:00AM, AMC, "House of Frankenstein"
11:00AM-7:00PM, AMC, "Halloween", "Halloween 4", "Halloween 5", "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers"

7:00PM, TMC, "Pyscho" (1960)
9:00PM, TMC, "Peeping Tom" (highly recommended!)

7:00PM, Bravo, "Ghostbusters II"
9:30PM-11:30PM, Bravo, "Even Scarier Movie Moments"
11:30PM, Bravo, "The Exorcist"

7:00PM, ENCR4, "Tremors"

Sunday, October 26th

3:00PM, Travel, "Haunted New England"
4:00PM, Travel, "World's Creepiest Destinations"
5:00PM, Travel, "Haunted Lighthouses in America"
6:00PM, Travel, "Most Terrifying Places in America"
7:00PM, Travel, "Halloween's Most Extreme Attractions"
8:00PM, Travel, "Ghost Adventures"

Monday, October 27th

7:00PM, AMC, "House on Haunted Hill" (1999)

Tuesday, October 28th

7:00PM, ABC, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

7:00PM, AMC, "Jeepers Creepers"

Wednesday, October 29th

7:00PM, AMC, "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday"

6:00PM, Travel, "Most Terrifying Places in America"
7:00PM, Travel, "World's Creepiest Destinations"
8:00PM, Travel, "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions"

Thursday, October 30th

6:00PM, Travel, "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions"

7:00PM, MyTV, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

7:00PM, TCM, "Dead of Night" (highly recommended!) **followed by other anthology horror films**

7:00PM, ENCRe, "Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight"

8:00PM, IFC, "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child"
9:30PM, IFC, "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare"

9:00PM-9:30PM, FMC, "It's Alive: Making of Young Frankenstein"
9:30PM, FMC, "Young Frankenstein"

Friday, HALLOWEN NIGHT

5:30PM, TCM, "The Ghoul"

6:00PM, ION, "The Canterville Ghost"
8:00PM, ION, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

6:00PM, FX, "Halloween: H20"

7:00PM, AMC, "Resident Evil"

5:00PM-10:00PM, Bravo, "100 Scariest Movie Moments"
10:00PM, Bravo, "The Exorcist"

6:00PM-10:00PM, Travel, "Ghost Adventures"
10:00PM, Travel, "Most Haunted"

7:55PM, IFC, "The Burning" (highly recommended!)

7:00PM, ENCRe, "The Silence of the Lambs"
9:00PM, ENCRe, "Child's Play"

7:00PM, RETRO, "Night of the Living Dead"


ENJOY!

bump for this year's update.

i'm not gonna go into as much detail this time because I believe the same channels are running the same types of programs.

So I'll just point out some notables coming up:

Friday, October 23rd

7:00pm, TCM, "The Night of the Hunter"
7:00pm, AMC, "Alien"
9:00pm, TCM, "Dragonwyck"
9:30pm, AMC, "Aliens"

Monday, October 26th

9:00pm, AMC, "Halloween" (original)

Tuesday, October 27th

7:00pm, ABC, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
7:00pm, TCM, "Poltergeist"

**Travel channel's also doing "America Haunts" specials and other ghost related shows, just like last year. Just keep checking your listings.**

i'll update more as the days become available.

I always enjoyed the Christopher Lee Dracula movies.
Also,I loved the very 1st Night Stalker movie with Darren McGavin.

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No Evil Dead trilogy?

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I hope AMC shows Halloween II because they always show the additional scenes and alternate ending.

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more...

Friday, October 30th

7:00pm, AMC, "Young Frankenstein"
7:00pm, FMC, "Planet of the Apes" (original)
7:00pm, ENCRe, "Final Destination"

8:40pm, ENCRe, "From Dusk Till Dawn"
9:00pm, AMC, "The Amityville Horror" (original)
9:00pm, TCM, "Night Must Fall"

10:30pm, ENCRe, "The Craft"
11:00pm, TCM, "Psycho"

Last night I watched the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This film, along with Halloween, legitimately scared the shit out of me as a child. TCM is really made very well. I tend to think that the really good movies make you notice not only the actors' performances but also the scenery and atmosphere in which their performances take place. In other words, in a great film you will notice everything. Some films are carried by the actors, while are others are shot visually well but it is not often everything comes together. I'm not saying the TCM is a cinematic masterpiece but it does what it was meant to do so well. Even now as an adult I still had to turn away from the screen when they cut Marilyn Burns' finger so ole grandpa can suck her blood.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

tobe hooper's best work.

Hands down the best horror movie of all time, though people who have seen the Guinea Pig movies from Japan will argue nothing is more disturbing than those films. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was so unbelievable creepy and disturbing yet actually showed very little in terms of violence and bloodshed. From the first moment you hear John Larroquette's voice you know it's going to be an experience. You know it's not real, but in the back of your mind you keep thinking, "Man I bet you shit like this actually happens."

It's a shame that the legacy has been tarnished with Bay produced remakes. There's a whole generation out there who have no knowledge of the original film and only associate Leatherface with Jessica Biel. What a travesty.

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i refuse to see the remake of TCM. and i'm pretty much against the remake of "nightmare on elm street" too, although i'm not as strongly opposed.

to me, "friday the 13th" and "nightmare" were more along the lines of "slasher" that it almost seems inevitable for them to be remade.

TCM was a true horror film classic. though it had sequels, it never needed them. "nightmare" had some decent sequels, and "friday" had its best with 3 and 4.

speaking of tobe hooper; little fun fact about "poltergeist". it was originally a conception by steven spielberg who wanted to follow "close encounters" up with a scary alien movie called "Night Skies" (originally called "Watch the Skies") and it was based on the Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter of 1955. he ditched the idea for the family-friendly "E.T." (though the premise was somewhat similar), and basically had hooper make "poltergeist" out of the idea, only using ghosts instead of aliens. and even cast & crew members thought of "poltergeist" as a spielberg movie, not a hooper film.

Without sounding too sharky, Sci-Fi will be having a live Ghosthunters on Halloween where they are investigating Essex County Hospital.

I like watching this show, but usually the live stuff is a waste of time - maybe this will be different.

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Charlie: Oh shit. Look at that door dude. See that door right there? That door marked 'Pirate'? You think a pirate lives in there?
Dennis: I see a door marked 'Private.'

WGN America, the former WGN Superstation, has been airing a "Munsters" marathon since 3p this afternoon with shock rock icon Alice Cooper as host. WGN(A) has another classic Halloween-themed sitcom tomorrow 2-10p on DIRECTV 307 which came out around the same time as Herman, Lily, Eddie, Grandpa & Marilyn at 1313 Mockingbird Lane between 1964-66. It's the "Addams Family", followed later in the night at 11p by "Pet Sematary 2". Meanwhile, if you are a "Svengoolie" fan like I am, WCIU 26 The U and WWME 23 Me TV present a modern classic from the SONY/Columbia Pictures archives tomorrow. The 1992 box office blockbuster "Bram Stoker's Dracula" airs at 9p on The U and at 1a, right before we move the clocks back an hour, on Me TV. Thought you'd want to know...

Didn't they also collaborate on the mini series taken? I once heard on Coast to Coast am that Spielberg has an enormous collection of alien implant devices claimed to have been taken from abductees. It's obvious he has an interest in the paranormal, maybe even one that rivals Aykroyd's.

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Raoh: At this moment, I'm more powerful than you ever were. I am fist of the north star.
Ryûken: I don't agree and I never shall. Go and do what you must Raoh, but never set foot in this dojo again!

BUMP!

I probably missed a few here and there but I didn't see Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments" or "Psycho"...some glaring omissions there, including others...I repeated a few I think...oh well.

Halloween 2010 schedule

Thursday, Ocober 21st

5:00pm, ENCA, “Once Bitten”
5:20pm, ENCM, “Night of the Living Dead”
8:50pm, ENCD, “Christine”
9:00pm, ENCM, “Hellraiser”

Friday, October 22nd

8:00pm, Travel, “Ghost Adventures”
9:10pm, ENCM, “The Fly” (1986)

Monday, October 25th

5:00pm, FOX, “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror”
6:00pm, FOX, “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II”
7:00pm, AMC, “Halloween” (original)
7:00pm, Oxygen, “The Craft”

Tuesday, October 26th

5:00pm, FOX, “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror IV”
6:00pm, FOX, “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror V”
7:00pm, AMC, “Halloween 3: Season of the Witch”
7:00pm, IFC, “Slayground”
7:30pm, Encore(ENCA), “Child’s Play 3”
8:00pm, Travel, “Most Terrifying Places in America: Volume 7”
9:00pm, Travel, “Ghost Adventures”

Wednesday, October 27th

5:00pm, FOX, “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror VII”
6:00pm, ABC Family, “Corpse Bride”
7:00pm, FMC, “The Fly II”
8:00pm, SyFy, “Ghost Hunters”
9:15pm, AMC, “House on Haunted Hill” (1999)

Thursday, October 28th

5:00pm, FOX, “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror VIII”
5:00pm, FX, “The Strangers”
6:50pm, ENCA, “Jaws”
7:00pm, ABC, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
7:00pm, TCM, “Dead of Night”
7:00pm, FMC, “Suspiria”
8:00pm, MTV, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”
8:00pm, HBOZe, “The Last House on the Left” (remake)
9:00pm, ENCM, “Donnie Darko”
9:30pm, AMC, “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday”

Friday, October 29th

5:00pm, TCM, “Curse of the Demon”
7:00pm, AMC, “Predator”
7:00pm, TCM, “The Curse of Frankenstein”
7:00pm, Travel, “Most Terrifying Places in America Top 13”
8:00pm, Travel, “Ghost Adventures”
8:40pm, ENCD, “The Sixth Sense”
9:00pm, MTV, “Jeepers Creepers 2”
9:30pm, AMC, “Predator 2”

Saturday, October 30th

2:00am, Syfy, “Night of the Living Dead”
7:30am, ENCA, “Body Snatchers”
9:30am, AMC, “They Live”
10:45am, TCM, “The Old Dark House”
11:30am, AMC, “28 Days Later”
ALL DAY, Travel, “Ghost Adventures”
4:00pm, Comedy Central, “Shaun of the Dead”
5:30pm, FMC, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
6:00pm, FX, “The Strangers”
6:00pm, BET, “Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood”
6:00pm, Comedy Central, “Scary Movie 4”
7:00pm, AMC, “From Dusk Till Dawn”
7:00pm, CMTH, “Gremlins”
8:00pm, Spike, “Halloween” (remake)
8:00pm, THIS, “The Dark Half”
8:00pm, IFC, “Alien”
9:00pm, AMC, “Evil Dead 2”
10:00pm, Comedy Central, “Scary Movie 3”
10:30pm, Spike, “Freddy vs. Jason”
11:00pm, FMC, “Carrie”
11:45pm, IFC, “Saw”

Halloween, Sunday, October 31st

ALL DAY, FMC, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
7:00am, AMC, “Halloween” (original)
9:30am, TCM, “The Terror”
10:00am, Comedy Central, “Hot Fuzz”
10:00am, FX, “John Carpenter’s Vampires”
10:30am, ENCRe, “Child’s Play 2”
10:45am, INDIE, “Cemetary Man”
11:00am, A&E, “Ghostbusters”
ALL DAY, SyFy, “Ghost Hunters”
12:00pm, ENCRe, “Fright Night”
12:00pm, VH1, “The Lost Boys”
12:00pm, Travel, “Most Haunted Lighthouses of America”
6:00pm, FX, “The Ruins”
7:00pm, AMC, “Dawn of the Dead” (remake)
8:40pm, ENCRe, “Candyman”

Man another year another year with no Trilogy of Terror. That freaked me out as a kid esp the last one with the little African Doll. I had nightmares for a week first time I watched it.

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are they still on the show? i thought it was more about howard and robin talkin about reality television and zany politicians and chestbumping over BREAKING THE BIG GIANT MEGA UBER DAVID ARQUETTE STORY.

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Why aren't any of the phantasm movies ever on god dammit!! I also wouldn't mind some killer clowns from outerspace.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

You forgot The Walking Dead premiere episode Halloween night!

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Fright Night was one that had me scared as a little guy. Is this just a subpar
horror movie now or are the networks just missing this one?

Edit - Under closer review I see it is being run on Encore. Does this ever play on cable?
Question still stands as to whether it is still a viable horror flick.

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i was trying to point out stuff that you wouldn't see a lot of promos for. pretty much everyone should know about that.

I'm suprised The Blair Witch Project doesn't get more play this time of year. It would seem to be a movie that works better on TV than the big screen. Also, it is kind of a seminal movie in the horror genre. They should have an entire night of hand held camera horror movies with Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity and that one about the monster in NYC.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Cloverfield, which I loved. Blair Witch is a little better on TV, but it still sucks IMO. Paranormal Activity was alright.

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I am not a huge fan of Blair Witch. I like it and might watch it if it was on but I'd probably flip around to other stuff. Like it or not, you have to recognize it's importance to the the genre. It really started a different way of filming.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I completely agree. I really do enjoy the serio-documentary shaky hand held camera action when there is something to go with the movie. Blair Witch is fine example of "If it's on and I don't have anything else to do, I'll watch it". Paranormal Activity is much better on a TV with surround sound hooked up. I will wait for the sequel to come on PPV before I see it though.

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Hey baller, how are the rest of us normal schmucks supposed to watch it with our regular tv speakers.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I absolutely love the original Halloween and rarely miss an opportunity to watch it when it's on TV. It's transmogrification of suburban loneliness and isolation--the long, spacious tracking shots of empty side streets littered with darkened homes are an especially effective use of the landscape to develop the film's ominous mood--into social pathology is quite interesting. While the film most obviously reacts against sexual freedom, it is also a partially realized meditation on the context in which that freedom can occur--on the kind of society that provides the space for such loneliness and the adornments to mask it. Halloween is in many ways a cinematic masterpiece.

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I'm with you on that although the other 2 stories were disappointing. Another movie I recall as being disturbing as a youth was "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark". Little hooded creatures emerge from a formerly closed fireplace and drive the wife seemingly insane.

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i thought i was reading too much into the way it was shot. i think it's one of the best atmospheric and true horror films ever made. after i saw 'the thing' i thought...maybe this is John carpenter's best. But then I rewatched "halloween" and its simplicity and undertone approach is just pulled off so well. I love the scenes of Michael just watching...it's great stuff.