TCM Schedule for Fri, Oct 31, 2025: Happy Halloween/Universal Classic Horror/Creepy Cinema
DAYTIME: (EST)
6:00 AM | Toby Dammit (1968) TCM PREMIERE
A debauched actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press, and the Devil.
Dir: Federico Fellini | Cast: Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, Marina Yaru
6:45 AM | Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
A disfigured sculptor turns murder victims into wax statues.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell
8:15 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
10:00 AM | House of Wax (1953)
Ghoulish shenanigans, creepy goings-on, and mayhem register in a wax museum.
Dir: Andre Detoth | Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk
11:30 AM | The Bat (1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir: Crane Wilbur | Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
UNIVERSAL PICTURES CLASSIC HORROR
1:00 PM | The Invisible Man (1933)
A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him mad.
Dir: James Whale | Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
2:15 PM | Dracula (1931)
A vampire stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Dir: Tod Browning | Cast: Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, David Manners
3:45 PM | The Mummy (1932)
An Egyptian mummy returns to life to stalk the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Karl Freund | Cast: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, Edward Van Sloan
5:15 PM | Frankenstein (1931)
Very loose adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic 1818 gothic novel.
A scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a criminal brain.
Dir: James Whale | Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Dwight Frye, Mae Clarke
6:30 PM | Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dr. Frankenstein creates a female mate for his monster.
Dir: James Whale | Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester
PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING
8:00 PM | In Cold Blood (1967)
Two vagrants commit a savage crime in this fact-based story from Truman Copote.
Dir: Richard Brooks | Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
10:30 PM | Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965) TCM PREMIERE
A disco hostess, stalked by a predator, requests help from a vice squad detective.
Dir: Joseph Cates | Cast: Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray
12:30 AM | Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dead bodies come to life and terrorizes a group of friends inside a rural farmhouse.
Dir: George A. Romero | Cast: Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones
2:15 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
3:45 AM | Hausu (1977)
A schoolgirl spends her summer vacation in a haunted house.
Dir: Nobuhiko Obayashi | Cast: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba
5:15 AM | Eye of the Devil (1966)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson | Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence