Comments on: Halloween horror on TV

By: The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:26:32 +0000

In reply to bud. The majority are practical effects except for *bleep*, *bleep* and *bleep*. (don't want to give any spoilers)

By: chaide

chaide — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:46:07 +0000

The El Rey Network on Cable has some pretty decent movies. I’ve seen a lot of Italian Horror films on there (Zombie 2, New York Ripper, Black Belly of the Tarantula, City of the Living Dead) as well as more conventional titles (From Dusk Til Dawn, it is Robert Rodriguez’ channel after all).

It’s a grab bag of campy schlock films, with the occasional cable fare of paid-programming and forgettable shows.. but it’s mostly on the ball. This Halloween, they even did a Puppet Master marathon all day.

By: Sakura4anime25

Sakura4anime25 — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 19:06:24 +0000

Man, I really wanted to watch Ash vs The Evil Dead, but I don’t have a Starz subscription and I don’t really want to buy one just for this one thing… Oh well, if it comes out on Blu Ray I’ll watch it then.

By: Jackred89

Jackred89 — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 16:06:02 +0000

Also more recently FXX plays almost every Treehouse of Horror episode close or on Halloween.

By: Jackred89

Jackred89 — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 16:04:40 +0000

The Walking Dead om AMC for starters. No longer on TV but an great horror show Tales from the Crypt. The original Twilight Zone could count as one. Syfy usually does horror movies during October.

By: bud

bud — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 21:39:54 +0000

In reply to The Wicker Man. I'm curious what James thinks about all the CGI vs. practical effects...

By: The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 19:04:21 +0000

I watched Ash vs Evil Dead last night and IT IS AWESOME! It’s everything I hoped it would be, highly recommended if you like the Evil Dead movies.

By: RMBowie

RMBowie — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 07:47:05 +0000

Mother Duckers

By: Midnite Marauder

Midnite Marauder — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:56:30 +0000

In reply to ptentacle. It'd be great if a lot of local TV stations went back to this, if only for the month of October. There always was a back to back creature feature Friday/Saturday nights when I was a kid in Albuquerque NM. Great stuff! In Houston TX around that same time during mid to late 80's, Channel 20 & 39 would always air a couple weeknights worth of Halloween horror movies and promote their movie marathons, and guess what, yep just like James himself commented once, I'd look in the Sunday newspaper straight for the TV guide and check to see which horror goodies were going to be showing. I swear our TV guide would have so many pen marks and circles, and I even recall once waking up at 1AM just so I could videotape the movie playing.

By: bud

bud — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:41:27 +0000

I forgot to mention PBS aired a concert from their “Live from Lincoln Center” series featuring Danny Elfman and his scores to Tim Burton films (including him reprising his role as Jack Skellington!). You can watch that here: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365596258/