by JB
Read More Decorating my condo for Halloween today has got me in that Delicious, Murderous Scary Movie Month Mood (DMSMMM). I started to comb my favorite websites to make a “To Do List” for the month... I SHALL NOT MISS A THING. I started to comb my hair... and realized that I am bald.
I have noticed that the Halloween decorations for sale this year at the usual outlets (Spirit, Party City, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Bath and Body Works) are an unexciting lot. There’s less stuff and what stuff there is... is just BLAH. Cost Plus World Market has such meager fare for Halloween this year, they set up an aisle of Christmas stuff RIGHT NEXT TO IT to take up space... in September! Does this have something to do with tariffs on cheap Halloween gee-gaws coming in from other countries? Has the Grinch found a way to ruin Halloween too?
This Saturday, October 4: Svengoolie hosts The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, followed by the Sven Squad hosting Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Saturday, October 11: Svengoolie hosts THEM!, followed by the Sven Squad hosting ArachnophobiaSaturday, October 18: The Sven Squad Hosts Cartoon Boo-nanza at 9am/8am Central, followed by Svengoolie hosting Young Frankenstein FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER at 8pm/7pm Central
Saturday, October 25: Svengoolie hosts The Fly (1958), followed by the Sven Squad hosting Return of the Fly (1959)
PAY TV: Once again, Turner Classic Movies is leaning into Scary Movie Month in a big way. Here are some highlights. I am required to watch TCM as much as possible because my cable system invented a WHOLE NEW TIER OF PRICING JUST FOR OLD COOTS LIKE ME WHO LIKE OLD MOVIES. I pay the princely sum of $5 American just for TCM (and a hundred other assorted obscure channels that no sane person ever watches).
Thursday, October 2: Scary Children— Lord of the Flies (1963), Village of the Damned (1960), and Children of the Damned (1964)
Sunday, October 5: The Cosmic Monster (1958), The Cyclops (1957), and The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Friday, October 10: Creepy Cinema with Mario Cantone: He Ran All the Way (1951), Die! Die! My Darling! (1965), and The Haunting (1963)
Sunday, October 12: William Castle Double Feature: Macabre (1958) and House on Haunted Hill (1958)
Thursday, October 16: Angela Lansbury 100th Birthday Salute: Gaslight (1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Friday, October 17: Tod Browning Mysterious Morning Matinee: The Mystic (1925),
The Thirteenth Chair (1929), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and The Devil-Doll (1936)
Sunday, October 12: William Castle Double Feature: Macabre (1958) and House on Haunted Hill (1958)
Friday, October 17: Tod Browning Mysterious Morning Matinee: The Mystic (1925),
The Thirteenth Chair (1929), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and The Devil-Doll (1936)
Later that same day, Creepy Cinema with Mario Cantone: Leave Her to Heaven (1945) and Black Widow (1954). Followed by The Hypnotic Eye (1960), Eyes Without a Face (1959), and Chamber of Horrors (1966)
Saturday, October 18: John Carpenter introduces Frankenstein (1931) and Curse of Frankenstein (1957).
Choices! Choices! Will you watch this or Svengoolie over on the MeTV machine presenting Young Frankenstein? Later that same day, The Curse of the Cat People (1944), Isle of the Dead (1945), and Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows documentary.
Sunday, October 19: Nature Run Amok: The Birds (1963) and The Lost World (1925)
Monday, October 20: Hammer Horror: The Mummy (1959), The Devil's Own (1966), Horror of Dracula (1958), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Devil's Bride (1968) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Tuesday, October 21: Boris Karloff Quartet: The Black Cat (1934), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Body Snatcher (1945), and The Invisible Ray (1936)
Wednesday, October 22: Sci-Fi Horrors! Perennial F This Movie favorite Night of the Lepus (1972), Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), Destroy All Monsters (1969), The Black Scorpion (1957), The Giant Behemoth (1959), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Gojira (1954), and Invaders from Mars (1953)
Friday, October 24: Creepy Cinema with Mario Cantone: Suspicion (1941) and The Fury (1978), followed by The Tingler (1959), Scanners (1981), The Hand (1981), Mad Love (1935), and The Unknown (1927)
Saturday, October 25: Paul Giamatti introduces Carnival of Souls (1962) and Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Sunday, October 26: Alfred Hitchcock Double Feature: Psycho (1960) and Shadow of a Doubt (1943), followed by The Monster (1925) and Haunted Spooks (1920)
Tuesday, October 28: Halloween’s Almost Here: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Isle of the Dead (1945), Bedlam (1946), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and House of Dark Shadows (1970)
Thursday, October 30: All Hallow’s Eve Eve: Two on a Guillotine (1965), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Spider Baby (1964), Freaks (1932), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Leopard Man (1943), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Cat People (1942), Nightmare (1964), Curse of the Demon (1958), Burn, Witch, Burn (1962), The Seventh Victim (1943), The Woman in White (1948), The Hunger (1983)
Halloween, Friday, October 31: Toby Dammit (1968), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), House of Wax (1953), The Bat (1959), The Invisible Man (1933), Dracula (1931), The Mummy (1932), Frankenstein (1931), and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Later, that same spooky day, Creepy Cinema with Mario Cantone: In Cold Blood (1967) and Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965), followed by Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Carnival of Souls (1962)
PAY-THROUGH-THE-NOSE TV: Finally, on the fast-fading physical media front (FFPHMF), watch out for these new releases winging our way in October:
TODAY: A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 Film Collection in 4K; Creepshow 2, Arrow Limited Special Edition; Dracula Complete Legacy Collection in 4K; You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night Documentary.
October 7: The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 4K (Don’t forget that this one is also being re-released to theaters this month for its anniversary!); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me in 4K; Black Sunday in 4K; Child’s Play in 4K, Limited Edition Steelbook.
October 14: Weapons (Blu-ray and 4K); The Devil’s Rejects in 4K Limited Edition Steelbook; Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection in 4K; The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Mayhem/Suitable Flesh Double Feature; Eyes Without a Face, Criterion 4K.
October 21: The pause that refreshes.
October 28: Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Limited Edition 4K Steelbook; In the Mouth of Madness, Arrow Blu-ray Limited Edition; Dan Curtis Classic Monsters Collection: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Nightmare Alley, Criterion 4K of new B&W Director’s Cut; and The Cat and the Canary in 4K!
WHICH releases and broadcasts are you most looking FORWARD to? I think it is going to be ONE HELL of a Scary Movie Month (OHOASMM). See you all on the other side.
Sunday, October 19: Nature Run Amok: The Birds (1963) and The Lost World (1925)
Monday, October 20: Hammer Horror: The Mummy (1959), The Devil's Own (1966), Horror of Dracula (1958), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Devil's Bride (1968) and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Tuesday, October 21: Boris Karloff Quartet: The Black Cat (1934), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Body Snatcher (1945), and The Invisible Ray (1936)
Wednesday, October 22: Sci-Fi Horrors! Perennial F This Movie favorite Night of the Lepus (1972), Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966), The War of the Gargantuas (1966), Destroy All Monsters (1969), The Black Scorpion (1957), The Giant Behemoth (1959), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Gojira (1954), and Invaders from Mars (1953)
Friday, October 24: Creepy Cinema with Mario Cantone: Suspicion (1941) and The Fury (1978), followed by The Tingler (1959), Scanners (1981), The Hand (1981), Mad Love (1935), and The Unknown (1927)
Saturday, October 25: Paul Giamatti introduces Carnival of Souls (1962) and Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Sunday, October 26: Alfred Hitchcock Double Feature: Psycho (1960) and Shadow of a Doubt (1943), followed by The Monster (1925) and Haunted Spooks (1920)
Tuesday, October 28: Halloween’s Almost Here: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Isle of the Dead (1945), Bedlam (1946), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and House of Dark Shadows (1970)
Thursday, October 30: All Hallow’s Eve Eve: Two on a Guillotine (1965), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Spider Baby (1964), Freaks (1932), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Leopard Man (1943), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Cat People (1942), Nightmare (1964), Curse of the Demon (1958), Burn, Witch, Burn (1962), The Seventh Victim (1943), The Woman in White (1948), The Hunger (1983)
Halloween, Friday, October 31: Toby Dammit (1968), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), House of Wax (1953), The Bat (1959), The Invisible Man (1933), Dracula (1931), The Mummy (1932), Frankenstein (1931), and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Later, that same spooky day, Creepy Cinema with Mario Cantone: In Cold Blood (1967) and Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965), followed by Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Carnival of Souls (1962)
PAY-THROUGH-THE-NOSE TV: Finally, on the fast-fading physical media front (FFPHMF), watch out for these new releases winging our way in October:
October 14: Weapons (Blu-ray and 4K); The Devil’s Rejects in 4K Limited Edition Steelbook; Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection in 4K; The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Mayhem/Suitable Flesh Double Feature; Eyes Without a Face, Criterion 4K.
October 28: Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Limited Edition 4K Steelbook; In the Mouth of Madness, Arrow Blu-ray Limited Edition; Dan Curtis Classic Monsters Collection: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Nightmare Alley, Criterion 4K of new B&W Director’s Cut; and The Cat and the Canary in 4K!
Are you looking forward to any theater screenings in October, JB?
ReplyDeleteIn my area, tomorrow night there is a screening of Something Wicked This Way Comes, and on the weekend the Mahoning Drive-In is having a Vincent Price double feature. Later in the month, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is being shown on 35mm. That is a film I have long wanted to experience in a theater.
I will be catching some of those Turner Classic Movies broadcasts. The 1960 Children of the Damned is finally going to be watched this October.