Last year we ran a schedule of every TV/Cable network schedule we could find that could be construed as Horror or Halloween related for the month of October. Let’s just say it proved useful for our readers and even for our staff when they were looking to find something to watch, wanted to program their DVR’s or didn’t want to miss out on some great “live” Horror. Isn’t there something about having a movie fed to you on TV as opposed to watching it on Blu-ray or DVD or streaming? We may not like commercials, but the randomness that you can associate with a TV program itinerary is novel. It removes a little bit of control from the audience who is all to concerned with being in control these days (just look at the reasons behind publishing a piece like this).
So here’s the 2013 Halloween Seasonal TV Preview, what you can find on TV, when and what channel you’ll find it on. I’m still waiting for that damn Disney Halloween Treat to air even though I can find it on YouTube. There’s something great about not paying $200 for a VHS tape of a piece of my childhood. There’s something great about my kids just stumbling on to Mickey Mouse fighting a pile of ghosts. Personally I’m hoping to randomly catch the Halloween Roseanne episodes so that I don’t have to dig out my collected Halloween episode disc from the towering stack of DVD Hell. I’d also like to actually watch some Halloween programming with the kids this year though they never seem to stay awake for the gory stuff.
A quick note: We are not going to be able to get it all. So many different markets and channels and providers… it’s impossible for me to compile a full list, but we will update it throughout the entire season. That means you can check back for updates and when we update this article we’ll post it on Facebook and Tweet it out to you. Make sure to follow us in the best way for you. Also note, schedules change. If we find out that something changes, we’ll change it on this article. Let us know when you have updates or find something we should add. This is a community effort for the community.
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES (TCM)
OCTOBER 4
8:00 PM Carnival of Souls (1962)
9:30 PM Night of the Living Dead (1968)
1:30 AM Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
3:00 AM Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
4:45 AM Wasp Woman, The (1959)
OCTOBER 5
6:30 AM Captain Nemo And The Underwater City (1970)
10:30 AM Gorgon, The (1964)
12:00 PM Devil’s Bride, The (1968)
2:00AM Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula (1966)
3:15 AM Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966)
OCTOBER 11
8:00PM Horror of Dracula (1958)
9:30 PM Isle Of The Dead (1945)
11:00PM Dead of Night (1945)
1:00 AM Haunting, The (1963)
3:00AM House of Seven Corpses, The (1974)
4:30AM Horror Castle (1963)
OCTOBER 12
12:00PM Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The (1961)
4:30PM It Came From Outer Space (1953)
6:00PM World, The Flesh, And The Devil, The (1959)
OCTOBER 13
12:00AM Nosferatu (1922)
2:00AM Vampyr (1932)
3:15AM Vampire Bat, The (1933)
4:30AM Vampire, The (1957)
OCTOBER 17
1:30AM Master Of The World (1961)
OCTOBER 18
8:00PM Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
9:45PM Tomb Of Ligeia, The (1964)
11:15PM Seventh Victim, The (1943)
12:30AM Curse of the Demon (1958)
2:15AMI Walked With A Zombie (1943)
3:30AM Leopard Man, The (1943)
OCTOBER 19
6:00AM Mask Of Fu Manchu, The (1932)
10:30AM Devil’s Own, The (1966)
12:15PM Plague of the Zombies, The (1966)
8:00PM Freaks (1932)
9:15 PM Mark Of TheVampire (1935)
10:30 PM Devil Doll, The (1936)
1:15AM London After Midnight (1927)
2:15AM Incubus (1965)
3:45AM Hypnotic Eye, The (1960)
5:15AM Rosie (1960)
OCTOBER 20
2:00AM Kwaidan (1965)
OCTOBER 21
6:30PM Eye of the Devil (1966)
OCTOBER 22
4:30PM Place of One’s Own, A (1945)
OCTOBER 24
8:00PM House Of Wax (1953)
9:45PM Mad Magician, The (1954)
11:00PM House Of Usher (1960)
12:30AM Diary of a Madman (1963)
2:15AM Tingler, The (1959)
3:45AM House On Haunted Hill (1959)
5:15 AM Bat, The (1959)
OCTOBER25
6:45AM Tower Of London (1962)
8:15AM Raven, The (1963)
6:15PM Walking Dead, The (1936)
8:00PM Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
9:15PM Dementia 13 (1963)
10:45PM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
1:15AM Sisters (1973)
3:00AM Spider Baby (1964)
4:30AM Village Of The Damned (1961)
OCTOBER 26
10:30 AM Maniac (1963)
8:00 PM Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
9:30 PM Mummy, The (1932)
11:00 PM CatPeople (1942)
12:30 AM White Zombie(1932)
2:00 AM Horror Hotel (1960)
OCTOBER 27
4:15 PM Children Of The Damned (1964)
6:00 PM Them! (1954)
OCTOBER 30
12:00 AM Freaks (1932)
OCTOBER 31
6:00 AM Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
7:30 AM Mummy, The (1959)
9:00 AM Horror Castle (1963)
10:30 AM Castle of the Living Dead, The (1964)
12:15 PM Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1965)
1:45 PM Devil’s Bride, The (1968)
3:45 PM Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969)
5:30 PM Horror Express (1972)
8:00 PM Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
9:30 PM Haunted Palace, The (1963)
11:15 PM Masque Of The Red Death, The (1964)
1:00 AM Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
2:45 AM Twice-Told Tales (1963)
5:00 AM Tomb Of Ligeia, The (1964)
ENCORE SUSPENSE
Encore has many stations from which to choose and nearly all of them might have some Halloween related programming on though understand that these are primarily movie channels. Most of the month of October on Encore Suspense has a little something to help your merriment along however we’ll post the Halloween Day schedule since it seems to be focused on holiday programming. The complete schedule is available for all Encore channels.
Thursday, 10/31
7:15a The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
8:10a Cursed
9:50a Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
11:50a The Fog
1:35p Bats
3:10p Poltergeist
5:05p Cursed
6:45p Tales From The Darkside: The…
8:20p The Fly
10:00p Diagnosis Murder
10:50p The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
11:45p A Nightmare On Elm Street 4:…
1:20a Tales From The Darkside: The…
http://www.starz.com/schedule/download
FOX
Note this is Last Year’s Poster (will update once this year’s is available)
The Simpsons annual Halloween offering, The Treehouse of Horror, now in its 24th installment will be released on October 6th at 8PM EST. This year the opener will be from none other than Guillermo del Toro. I can assure you that this is one not to miss though I would say all of them have merit.
From the press release about each episode:
In “Oh The Places You’ll D’oh,” the first of three spine-tingling stories, Homer rides around Springfield wreaking havoc as “The Fat in The Hat” in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale. In “Dead and Shoulders,” Bart is beheaded during a kite accident; his head is attached to Lisa’s body and they must live together as one. The final terrifying tale, “Freaks no Geeks,” features Mr. Burns’ traveling circus, The Burnsum and Bailey Circus, which has stopped in Springfieldland in the 1930s. Trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer are performers, and things go awry when circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge
AMC (AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS)
Starting Monday October 7th at 8PM you’ll get a hefty dose of The Walking Dead. Each night reruns will air in anticipation for the new season airing Sunday October 13th at 9pm. Saturday and Sunday on the weekend of the season premiere will be filled with an all day marathon of episodes. Walk Like You’re Dead. Talk Like You’re Dead. Also shortly there after you’ll find the new episode of Dead Already from The Liberal Dead, the unofficial Walking Dead podcast this year featuring Heather Seebach of *Viewer Discretion Advised.
Monday begins true Halloween October programming outside of AMC’s successful original series. The line-up has not as of yet been full announced but you can follow along HERE for the full schedule, and we will try to update this post as each day becomes available. The reported schedule so far:
October 14th
4AM Candyman
9AM And Now the Screaming Starts
11AM Candyman
1PM Candyman Farewell to the Flesh
3pm Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
5pm House on the Haunted Hill (Remake)
7pm Friday the 13th Part 3
9pm Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
11pm Friday the 13th – A New Beginning
http://www.amctv.com/movie-event/amc-fearfest (This link does not appear to have been updated as of yet)
IFC (INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL)
IFC appears to be starting early this year. Scary programming begins Monday September 23rd. The selection is eclectic and usually, mostly uncut though these features will have commercials. There will be gaps where regular, non horror programming happens.
You can follow the schedule HERE, but below is what has been posted so far. (Oh and I realize that IFC Midnight is actually IFC’s darker new releases but I like the name and logo and they don’t have a horror specific one yet).
September 23
1:3AM Blade Runner
4AM Valhalla Rising
6AM Godsend
8:15AM Hannibal Rising
10:45 Dark Floors
12:30PM Godsend
2:45PM Hannibal RIsing
5:15PM Fallen
8PM Turistas
10PM Cabin Fever
September 24
12AM Turistas
2AM Cabin Fever
4AM Dark Ride
8:15AM Fallen
8PM The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Remake)
10PM Pathfinder
September 26
6PM Maximum Overdrive
8PM The Warriors
10PM The Warriors
September 27th
6:45AM Joy Ride
8:45aM Hannibal Rising
11:15AM Maximum Overdrive
1:15PM Joy Ride
3:15PM Hannibal Rising
5;45PM Blade Runner
8:15PM Cloverfield
September 28th
2AMMy Bloody Valentine (remake)
4:15AM The Children (not the one from the early 80′s)
September 30
6:15PM The Blair Witch Project
8PM The Hills Have Eyes 2
10PM House of 1000 Corpses
October 1
12aM Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massare III
1:45Am The Hills Have Eyes 2
3:45 AM House of 1000 Corpses
October 2
1AM Hannibal Rising
October 4
6:30AM Exorcismus
8:45AM Scream 3
11;15AM The Objective
1:15PM Exorcismu
3:30PM Scream 3
6PM The Children
11PM Hostel Part II
October 5
2AM Splice
4:15AM The Children
5:30PM Blade Runner
8PM A Clockwork Orange
11PM The Shining
October 6
2AM A Clockwork Orange
October 7
7AM and 2PM Pan’s Labyrinth
October 9
7:15AM The Objective
9:15AM and 3:45PM DeepStar Six
October 10
1AM Captivity
2:45aM Borderland
11:30aM Brotherhood of Blood
October 12
5:45PM DeepStar Six
8PM Cloverfield
9:45PM Silent Hill
ABC FAMILY 13 NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN
ABC Family’s schedule for October is not yet up, but if they’re still doing 13 Nights of Halloween (and I bet they are otherwise the site for it would probably be down) we’ll announce it and post the schedule here. Still, you’ll have to wait until mid-October anyway, so no rush here. It’ll be fare for the younger folks. Family horror and spook shows as the channel suggests.
http://abcfamily.go.com/specials/13-nights-halloween/blogs
DISNEY CHANNEL
Monstober should be upon us again this year though the schedule is not up. We’ll update it here when available, but you can check on the site HERE. This is the best for the kids. Truly fun horror and spook shows. The Disney Channel generally does a great job of this year round anyway. Of course if you get a chance to make your way to Disney World or Disney Land you’ll be treated to a decorated nightmare land… lite.
THE FOOD NETWORK
Halloween Wars is back for another season. This is one of my favorite seasonal shows from the Food Network. The kids get to watch. They have horror specific guest judges. There’s tons of pumpkin, cake and candy on the screen. Two years ago they had Rob Zombie. This past year it was Tom Savini (among others). Let’s see who the guest judges will be this year.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/halloween-wars/index.html
FEARNET
FearNet is always on the horror kick. That’s what they do. They link to their full shedule is below and as they announce special programming that you should be aware of, we’ll get it up here too. Last year they brought us Tales from the Crypt in sequential order. This year?
http://www.fearnet.com/schedule/tv
FX NETWORKS
FX has the premiere of American Horror Story: Coven coming at you this October 9 at 10PM, and before that they’ll be running some reruns of Asylum. This is going to be a terrifying year with beautiful seductive witch imagery. The damn commercials actually creeped me out. Kathy Bates. Jessica Lange. Angela Bassett. The rest of the returning cast. Sold.
Also note that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is on FX at 8AM every single day as part of their regular programming. Perfect for a quick pick me up while you get ready for work.
http://www.fxnetworks.com/schedule
SYFY CHANNEL
SyFy will be running a 31 Days of Halloween series each day during the month of October. Titles vary. A rather eclectic and somewhat nontraditional approach to some of the titles, but I can say that it’s nice to see the change up. Now realize that the SyFy channel hosts Face Off and a horde of original features as well as Twilight Zone re-runs. There’s always something Halloweeny to watch. I’m focusing on features they are listing as part of the 31 Days listing. Full schedule at the link below.
Oct 1 (a Nic Cage Double Feature? Somebody get Jesse Bartel on the phone NOW)
1:30AM The Hitcher
3:30PM Drive Angry
5:30 PM Ghost Rider
Oct 2
1AM Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
3AM Pumpkin Karver
Oct 3
3AM Hydra
1PM Growth
3PM Primal
5Pm Stake Land
7PM Underworld: Evolution
9PM Resident Evil: Afterlife
11PM Underworld: Evolution
Oct 4
1AM Ferryman
3AM Dark Relic
6PM Resident Evil: Afterlife
Oct 5
3AM Fertile Ground
5PM Husk
Oct 6
9AM 100 Feet
11AM Pulse
7PM Psychosis
9PM Ninth Gate
Oct 7
12AM Skeleton Key
2AM Drag Me to Hell
8AM Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II Ascension
10AM Dracula 2000
12PM Drag Me to Hell
2PM Psychosis
4PM Ninth Gate
7PM Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
9PM Dawn of the Dead
11:30PM Daybreakers
Oct 8
1:30AM Prowl
1:30PM Daybreakers
3;30PM Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
5:30PM Dawn of the Dead
Oct 9 features a Ghost Mine and Ghost Hunters Marathon all day.
Oct 10
7PM Night of the Demons (remake)
Oct 11 – Friday the 13th The Series all day
3PM – Friday the 13th The Series Hellowe’en! (warrants mentioning)
6PM Night of the Demons
Oct 12
1AM Halloween H2O
3AM An American Werewolf in London
9AM An American Werewolf in London
11AM Halloween H20
1PM Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
3PM Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
5PM Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
7PM Freddy vs. Jason
9PM Fright Night (2011)
11:30PM Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Oct 13
1:30AM Nightmare on Elm Street 4
3:30AM Nightmare on Elm Street 5
12:30PM Leprechaun
2:30PM 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
4:30PM Freddy vs. Jason
6:30PM Fright Night (2011)
9PM Blade II
Oct 14
11:30AM The Cursed
1:30PM Open Graves
3:30PM My Soul to Take
5:30 Blade II
8PM Devil’s Advocate
11PM Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Oct 15
1AM Nightmare on Elm Street 5
11AM My Soul to Take
1PM Nightmare on Elm Street 4
3PM NIghtmare on Elm Street 5
5PM Devil’s Advocate
Oct 16
1AM Jack Brooks Monster Slayer
3AM Clive Barker’s Book of Blood
Followed by an All Day Ghost Mine and Ghost Hunters marathon
Oct 17
3AM Second Apart
9AM The Hive
11AM Dargonwasps
1PM Camel Spiders
3PM Vipers
Oct 18
1AM Camel Spiders
3AM In The Spiders Web
The rest of the day is a Being Human marathon
Oct 19
1Am Daybreakers
3AM Dracula 2000
9AM The Cursed
11AM Seamstress
11PM The Ruins
Oct 20
1AM SyFy original Grave Halloween (mentioned due to the name)
1PM Black Swarm
3PM Infestation
7PM The Ruins
9PM Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom (see I told you it was eclectic)
11:30PM Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Oct 21
1:30AM The Task
3:30AM Prowl
9AM The Pumpkin Karver
11AM Chain Letter
1PM The Collector
3PM Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
5PM Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
7PM Nightmare on Elm Street 2
9PM Fright Night (2011)
11:30PM 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
Oct 22
1:30AM Toolbox Murders
1:30PM Wrong Turn 5
3:30PM 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
5:30PM Fright Night (2011)
Oct 23
3AM Dead Season
Ghost Mine/Ghost Hunters marathon
Oct 24
9AM Blood Monkey
1PM Wolvesbayne
3PM War Wolves
5PM An American Werewolf in London
7PM Underworld: Evolution
9PM Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Oct 25
1AM Leprechaun
3AM Leprechaun’s Revenge
4PM Underworld: Evolution
6PM Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Oct 26
1AM Wrong Turn 4
3AM Wrong Turn 5
11:30AM Devil’s Advocate
2:30AM Blade II
Oct 27
3AM The Dead
9Am Case 39
11:30AM Blade II
2PM Ninth Gate
5PM The Hitcher
7PM Drive Angry
9PM Ghost Rider
11:30PM Ninth Gate
Oct 28
2:30AM Drive Angry
All day marathon of Scare Tactics
Oct 29
12PM An American Werewolf in London
2PM Devil’s Advocate
5PM Ninth Gate
Oct 30
1AM Dracula II
3AM Seamstress
All day Ghost Hunters and Ghost Mine Marathon (SyFy loves this shit)
Oct 31 Halloween
3AM The Ferryman
9AM Nightmare on Elm Street 2
11AM Nightmare on Elm Street 4
1PM Nightmare on Elm Street 5
3PM Freddy vs. Jason
5PM Nightmare on Elm Street 2
7PM Nightmare on Elm Street 4
9PM Nightmare on Elm Street 5
11PM Freddy vs. Jason
Nov 1
1AM Halloween H20
3AM The Pumpkin Karver
http://www.syfy.com/schedule/
TRAVEL CHANNEL
The Travel Channel? Really? You think I’m kidding when I include this in the list of channels to feature Halloween or Horror related programming, but these guys do an excellent job at featuring seasonal programming that’s a whole lot of fun and modestly educational. Someone in the programmer’s booth must celebrate the holiday like we celebrate the holiday. They’ve got programming up through October 12th at this point. That means that we won’t be able to give you the complete Halloween schedule yet, but let’s point out some programming that demands your attention (and you can just use the schedule link below to get times).
They’re always showing Ghost Adventures. Always. Early in the morning. When they need filler… Ghost Adventures. Keep an eye out for it.
Sept 29th
12AM-4AM Ghost Adventures
4PM Halloween Crazier
5PM Most Terrifying Places in America
6PM Most Terrifying Places in America
7PM Halloween Fright House
8PM Making Monsters (this show is also on all the time and friggin rocks)
9PM Making Monsters
10PM Halloween Night Frights
11PM America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions (a staple of the season and must watch)
Sept 30
12AM Making MOnsters
1AM Halloween Fright Nights
2AM America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions
3AM Making Monsters
Oct 2
9PM Making Monsters
10PM Most Terrifying Placs in America
Oct 3
12AM Making MOnsters
1AM Most Terrifying Places in America
Oct 4
11AM-1PM Paranormal Paparazzi
1PM Halloween Night Frights
3PM-6PM Ghost Adventures
7PM-10PM Ghost Adventures
11PM Dead Files
Oct 5
12 AM Ghost Adventures
1AM The Dead Files
2AM The Dead Files
3AM Ghost Adventures
11AM Making Monsters
6PM-12AM Ghost Adventures
Oct 6
12AM-4AM Ghost Adventures
4PM America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions
5PM Most Terrifying Places in America
6PM Most Terrifying Places in America
7Pm Halloween Tricked Out
8PM Making Monsters (premiere)
9PM Making Monsters (premiere)
1oPM Halloween’s Most Extreme
11PM Halloween Crazy
Oct 7
12AM Making Monsters
1AM Halloween’s Most Extreme
2AM Halloween Crazy
3AM Making Monsters
Oct 8
Nada …. Booooo!
Oct 9
9PM Making Monsters
10PM Most Terrifying Places in America
Oct 10
12AM Making Mosnters
1AM Toy Hunter (Kiss n’ Tell)
1:30AM Most Terrifying Places in America
Oct 11
11AM-1PM Paranomral Paparazzi
1PM-4PM America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions
4PM-6PM Ghost Stories
6PM Destination Fear
7PM-10PM Ghost Adventures
10PM-12AM The Dead Files
Oct 12
12AM Ghost Advenutres
1AM The Dead Files
2AM The Dead Files
3AM Ghost Adventures
6PM Mysteries (featuring the Annabelle Doll as featured in THE CONJURING!)
7PM Mysteries
8PM UFOs Crashed My Vacation
9PM-12AM Ghost Adventures
http://www.travelchannel.com/schedule
CHILLER
Chiller TV is very much like FearNet. They show Horror and Science Fiction related programming throughout the year. That means you can tune in through the entire month of October and see something holiday related. As of yet, the schedule isn’t up for October but you can easily access it via the link below. Also, I don’t get this channel so keep that under consideration. I’m sure they’ll be making a big seasaonal push, but what form this will take I truly cannot say. Check back.
http://www.chillertv.com/schedule
HALLOWEEN MOVIES ON TV
http://www.halloweenmoviesontv.com/ is a great resource where you might locate specific movies or access schedules as well. I’ve used them on a couple entries in this post although mostly just went to the network website. I love what they’re doing. They have a “days to Halloween countdown”, and I like their format. They even have links to previous years schedules so you can see how Halloween is gradually being eradicated from our programming by reality television (half truth only). No, I don’t care if you use their awesome site instead of this one. I only post this to be helpful anyway and it’s fun and pretty much we’re all IN THIS TOGETHER!!! The battle for Halloween 2013 hath begun! Also make sure to “like” their FaceBook page HERE. They have some very fun pics up of animated features from my youth.
-Dr. TERROR … ready for Autumn and October and more pixy stix up my nose.