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October 30th, 2009

31 Days of Halloween 2009 - Horror Movies for Oct. 30

Oct. 30th, 2009 at 12:03 AM

One more day to go...

SyFy Channel
1:00 AM
Leprechaun
3:00 AM
Leprechaun 2
Start off the early morning with a double feature of everyone's favorite wee Irish sociopath. The first one's known more for being one of Jennifer's Aniston first roles, but I like to think of it as the movie where someone gets killed with a pogo stick. The second one has more of a romantic subplot to it, but let's face it: one only watches these movies for the crazy death scenes.

Turner Classic Movies
Boris Karloff Marathon!:
Since I have seen none of these movies, all descriptions are taken from TCM's website. But hey - an entire day of Karloff! You can't beat that.
5:30 AM
The Ghoul - An ancient Egyptian returns to punish those who violated his tomb.</b>
7:00 AM
The Black Room - An evil twin brother disposes of his enemies in a secret death chamber on his estate.
9:15 AM
The Walking Dead - A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
10:45 AM
The Man With Nine Lives - A doctor's attempts to cure cancer lead to a series of grisly murders.
12:00 PM
Before I Hang - A mad scientist experiments with a serum tainted with a psychopath's blood.
1:15 PM
The Ape - A mad doctor dresses as an ape to kill victims for their spinal fluid.
2:30 PM
The Devil Commands - A scientist kills innocent victims in his efforts to communicate with his late wife.
Plus a repeat at 3:45 PM of Isle of the Dead, already covered in this journal.

AMC

8:00 PM
Young Frankenstein
"From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, "I am man.", our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself."

10:30 PM
The Amityville Horror (1979)
This movie teaches us three things: don't invest in dubious real estate, giant pigs are terribly frightening, and just because a book says it's a true story doesn't necessarily mean it's true. With James Brolin and Margot Kidder.