TCM Schedule for Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 - Sci-Fi, Horror, and Creepy Cinema
Welcome to Creepy Cinema, TCM's month long prime time tribute to, uh, creepy cinema. Hosted by Mario Cantone, comedian, impressionist, writer, actor, and singer, there's sure to be some laughs before and after the mayhem.
Daytime begins with some of Hollywood's all-time best camp sci-fi efforts (Ed Wood -- need I say more?), then segues into horror classics, including the excellent thriller, The Thing from Another World (1951).
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6:00 AM | Queen of Outer Space (1958)
While on a space mission to Venus, explorers discover a society of Amazons.
Dir: Edward Bernds | Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Lisa Davis
7:30 AM | Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action: resurrecting the dead of the Earth.
Dir: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Cast: Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore
9:00 AM | Forbidden Planet (1956)
A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox | Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
10:45 AM | The Invisible Boy (1957)
A boy and a robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth.
Dir: Herman Hoffman | Cast: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster
12:30 PM | The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
A retelling of Shelley's famous novel, but told in flashbacks from the point of view of Dr. Frankenstein.
Dir: Terence Fisher | Cast: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
2:00 PM | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Dir: Eugène Lourié | Cast: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
3:30 PM | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
The monster is awakened by an undersea explosion and wreaks havoc on Tokyo.
Dir: Ishiro Honda | Cast: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi
5:00 PM | The Thing from Another World (1951)
The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous being from outer space.
Dir: Christian Nyby | Cast: Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite
6:30 PM | Invaders from Mars (1953) TCM PREMIERE
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies | Cast: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt
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8:00 PM | Sudden Fear (1952)
An ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright, marries her, then plots her murder.
Dir: David Miller | Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
10:15 PM | In This Our Life (1942)
A neurotic southerner steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man.
Dir: John Huston | Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, George Brent
12:15 AM | House of Wax (1953)
Ghoulish shenanigans, creepy goings-on, and bloody mayhem all register to full effect in the "Wax Museum."
Dir: Andre Detoth | Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk
2:00 AM | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian | Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart
3:45 AM | Mad Love (1935)
A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists.
Dir: Karl Freund | Cast: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive
5:00 AM | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Dir: Albert Lewin | Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed