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


Well, there's the usual fare today: Halloween and most of its sequels, AMC's showing Night of the Living Dead multiple times today, and the premium movie channels are repeating their usual fare. Here's a few new ones in case you decide to stay at home, turn the lights off, and either dole out candy to strangers at the door or pretend you're not at home.

5:00 AM [Turner Classic Movies]
Dead of Night (1945)
"Apart from my bit of nonsense, the curious thing is that all of you, even Sally, seems to have had one of these extraordinary experiences."
"Well, perhaps they aren't so extraordinary. Perhaps they happen to most people."
"Oh, you mean there's a ghost as well as a skeleton in everyone's cupboard. That's a pretty thought!"
"And what's the ghost in your cupboard, Doctor?"
"Well, there was one occasion in my professional career that made me wonder. Made me wonder quite a lot."

7:00 AM [Comedy Central]
Shaun of the Dead
"As Bertrand Russell once said, "The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." I think we can all appreciate the relevance of that now."
"Was that on a beer mat?"
"Yeah, it was Guinness Extra Cold."
"I won't say anything."
"Thanks."

9:00 AM [Turner Classic Movies]
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
"A brass unicorn has been catapulted across a London street and impaled an eminent surgeon. Words fail me, gentlemen."

10:45 AM [Turner Classic Movies]
Diary of a Madman
"... the vulture has eaten the pigeon; the wolf has eaten the lamb; the lion has devoured the sharp-tongued buffalo; man has killed the lion with an arrow, with spear, with gun-powder; but the *"Horla"* will make of man what man has made of the horse and of the ox; His chattel, His slave, and His food, but the mere power of His will. Woe to us!"... Guy de Maupassant

1:00 PM [TV One]
Blacula
3:00 PM [TV One]
Scream, Blacula, Scream
"You shall pay, black prince. I shall place a curse of suffering on you that will doom you to a living hell. I curse you with my name. You shall be... Blacula!"

2:00 PM [Turner Classic Movies]
Cat People (1942)
3:30 PM [Turner Classic Movies]
The Curse of the Cat People
"What should I tell my husband? Naturally, he's anxious to have some word."
"What does one tell a husband? One tells him nothing."

5:00 PM [Turner Classic Movies]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
"When you went to see the good doctor, before you left you said... I almost thought, well what did you think? Maybe that you saw a little bit of ME, Hyde in him?"

6:05 PM [Encore Mystery]
Jacob's Ladder
"Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth."

6:15 PM [Encore]
Twilight Zone: The Movie
"So, you had a pretty big scare up there, huh?"
"Oh yeah!"
"You wanna see something really scary?"

8:00 PM [Encore]
Carrie (1976)
"Got Satan's Power."
"It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It's me. Me. If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things."

9:45 PM [Turner Classic Movies]
Circus of Horrors
"Quick, get her to a doctor. And send the clowns in."