TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 31: Creepy Cinema: Terror's on the Phone with Mario
I hope you weren't planning on getting a good night's sleep for some time to come, because between the last part of the TCM Terror-Thon and the final installment of the Creepy Cinema series, the channel's got everything that could unsettle you, from answering fateful phone calls to zombies on the march. Pleasant dreams, movie fans, and have a happy if haunted Halloween. 
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
1:15 AM Suspiria (1977)
A dancing school is haunted by mysterious murders.
Dir: Dario Argento Cast: Fulvio Mingozzi, Rudolf Schundler, Miguel Bose
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
3:00 AM The Crimson Cult (1968)
A man stops at a lodge, where he meets a professor of witchcraft and dreams of a green-faced witch.
Dir: Vernon Sewell Cast: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Horror Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
4:45 AM The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
A small town noble uses zombies to work his tin mine and kill his enemies.
Dir: John Gilling Cast: Andre Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
6:30 AM Rasputin--The Mad Monk (1966)
A Russian monk claiming healing powers insinuates himself into Russia's royal family.
Dir: Dan Sharp Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:15 AM Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
After three curious worshipers resurrect count Dracula and murder his servant, the vampire plans to exact his revenge.
Dir: Peter Sasdy Cast: Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 AM The Mummy (1959)
A resurrected mummy stalks the archaeologists who defiled his tomb.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:45 AM Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
A scientific expedition ventures into the upper regions of the Amazon and discovers a Gill Man, a living amphibious missing link.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:15 PM The Invisible Man (1933)
A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 PM The Black Cat (1934)
A Satanist faces off with the vengeful man whose wife and daughter he has stolen.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:45 PM Frankenstein (1931)
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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5:00 PM Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dr. Frankenstein creates a female mate for his monster.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:30 PM The Wolf Man (1941)
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
Dir: George Waggner Cast: Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CREEPY CINEMA: TERROR'S ON THE PHONE WITH MARIO
8:00 PM Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
A neurotic invalid accidentally overhears a phone conversation plotting her own murder.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM When a Stranger Calls (1979)
A babysitter is tormented by a series of ominous phone calls until a compulsive cop is brought on the scene to apprehend the psychotic killer. Seven years later, however, the nightmare begins again when the madman returns to mercilessly haunt her.
Dir: Fred Walton Cast: Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
11:45 PM Black Sabbath (1963)
Boris Karloff introduces tales of a haunted nurse, a stalked call girl and a vampire.
Dir: Mario Bava Cast: Jacqueline Pierreux, Milly Monti, Michèle Mercier
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
1:30 AM Carnival of Souls (1962)
A church organist battles demons and delusions after a deadly car accident.
Dir: Herk Harvey Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968)
An army of dead bodies comes to life and terrorizes a group of friends trapped inside a rural farmhouse.
Dir: George A. Romero Cast: Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
4:45 AM Spider Baby (1964)
Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family.
Dir: Jack Hill Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y