31 Days of Halloween 2009 - Horror Movies for Oct. 28


1:00 AM [SyFy]
The Deaths of Ian Stone
It's like Groundhog's Day except that our main character gets murdered a number of times before he realizes what's going on. With bonus hockey!

4:30 AM [American Movie Classics]
And Now the Screaming Starts
Stephanie Beecham marries an English lord and for a wedding present, gets informed of the family curse by getting raped by a ghost with no eyes or a right hand. Peter Cushing tries to save her, but alas, vengeance for an ancestral assault will prevail.

8:00 AM [FX]
Urban Legend
Did you hear the one about the movie with Alicia Witt and Jared Leto as college students investigating a series of murders based on urban legends? It totally happened, except that it also had the girl from the Noxema commercials, young Lex Luthor, Pacey, and Freddy Krueger.

9:30 AM [American Movie Classics]
The Return of the Living Dead
Do you like zombies? Do you like stupid survivors? Do you like punk rockers taking off their clothes in the middle of a cemetery to do a gratuitous naked dance? If so, then you've come to the right place.

10:00 AM [Showtime]
Burnt Offerings
Karen Black and her family move into a decrepit Victorian house, not realizing that such houses are intrinsically evil and want you dead. And if the only catch to renting the house is that you take care of the old lady in the attic, you should probably run before the house eats you alive. Literally.

2:00 PM [American Movie Classics]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Before there was the cult television show, there was the movie with Kristy Swanson as Buffy and Donald Sutherland as her Watcher. And Luke Perry, when he was still considered to be dreamy, not "where are they now?" caliber. Bonus Hilary Swank and David Arquette.

11:00 PM [Independent Film Channel]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
If watching this and "The Hills Have Eyes" has taught me anything, it's that you should never go on road trips. Ever.