TCM Schedule for Sunday October 29, 2023 - Creepy Comedies

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As we approach Halloween, it's laughs and chills.

(all times Eastern)

6:15 am Ode To Billy Joe (1976)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
A country boy tries to hide from his homosexuality by courting a female friend.
Director: Max Baer Jr. Cast: Robby Benson, James Best, Glynnis O'connor

8:00 am Wise Blood (1979)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-14
An ambitious Southern boy tries to set himself up as a street preacher.
Director: John Huston. Cast: Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, Harry Dean Stanton

10:00 am Experiment in Terror (1962)
2h 3m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist.
Director: Blake Edwards. Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers

12:15 pm The Stranger (1946)
1h 35m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
Director: Orson Welles. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles

2:00 pm The Bad Seed (1956)
2h 9m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A woman suspects that her perfect little girl is a ruthless killer.
Director: Mervyn Leroy. Cast: Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden

4:15 pm The Nanny (1965)
1h 33m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
A disturbed young man tries to prove his nanny is out to kill him.
Director: Seth Holt. Cast: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett

6:00 pm Wait Until Dark (1967)
1h 48m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who've invaded her home.
Director: Terence Young. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna

8:00 pm Hold That Ghost (1941)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
Two bumbling gas station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Director: Arthur Lubin. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson

9:45 pm The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
30m | Comedy | TV-G
In this comedic short, a fishing trip leads Laurel and Hardy to a mansion where a murder has been committed.
Director: James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel, Del Henderson, Rosa Gore

10:30 pm The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
1h 6m | Comedy | TV-G
The Bowery Boys battle a family of mad scientists.
Director: Edward Bernds. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

12:00 am Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
1h 7m | Silent | TV-PG
In this silent film, a doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous monster.
Director: John S. Robertson. Cast: John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst

2:00 am Cure (1997)
1h 55m | Adaptation
Takabe is a Tokyo detective who is investigating a series of brutal murders in which each victim is found with an "X" carved into their chest.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki

4:15 am Kuroneko (1968)
1h 39m | Foreign | TV-14
A woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war.
Director Kaneto Shindo. Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi