TCM Schedule for Monday October 24 - TCM Spotlight: Classic Horror

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Lorraine Bracco begins her guest hosting stint with more classic horror, including Francis Coppola's first directing effort, and 2 of Roger Corman's Edgar Allen Poe adaptations.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM What! No Beer? (1933)
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters. Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Jimmy Durante , Rosco Ates . BW-65 mins, TV-G,

7:45 AM This Land Is Mine (1943)
A soft-spoken school teacher tries to prove he's not a Nazi collaborator. Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Hara , George Sanders . BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:30 AM Step Lively (1944)
Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit. Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Frank Sinatra , George Murphy , Adolph Menjou . BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:00 AM Cornered (1946)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife. Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dick Powell , Walter Slezak , Micheline Cheirel . BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:45 PM Riffraff (1947)
After lucking into a map to a rich oil field, a man has to dodge those out to steal it. Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Pat O'Brien , Walter Slezak , Anne Jeffreys .
BW-80 mins, TV-PG,

2:15 PM Yellow Cab Man, The (1950)
An inventor's unbreakable glass attracts the attention of businessmen and gangsters. Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Red Skelton , Gloria De Haven , Walter Slezak . BW-84 mins, TV-G,

3:45 PM Miracle, The (1959)
When a 19th century nun elopes, the Virgin Mary takes her place at the convent.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Carroll Baker , Roger Moore , Walter Slezak . C-121 mins, TV-PG,

6:00 PM Dr. Coppelius (1968)
A mysterious inventor passes off an animated doll as his daughter. Dir: Ted Kneeland Cast: Walter Slezak , Claudia Corday , Caj Selling . C-94 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM Carnival of Souls (1962)
After surviving a car crash, a church organist is haunted by the undead. Dir: Herk Harvey Cast: Candace Hilligoss , Herk Harvey , Frances Feist . BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

9:30 PM : TCM Night at the Movies: Horror (2011) BW-0 mins, ,

10:30 PM Dementia 13 (1963)
Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune. Dir: Francis Coppola Cast: William Campbell , Luana Anders , Bart Patton .B W-75 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM Strait-Jacket (1964)
Murder follows an axe murderer home when she's released from a mental hospital.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Joan Crawford , Diane Baker , Leif Erickson . BW-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 AM Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
A young man investigates his sister's death in a mysterious castle. Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , John Kerr , Barbara Steele . C-80 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM Masque Of The Red Death, The (1964)
A sadistic nobleman isolates his court from a world stricken with the plague.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price , Hazel Court , Jane Asher . C-89 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM Devil's Bride, The (1968)
Small town Satanists lure an innocent brother and sister into their coven. Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Christopher Lee , Charles Gray , Nike Arrighi . C-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

[CBHagman]

1. Lorraine Bracco is a surprise.

Is Robert Osborne on hiatus? I know he's had some health problems, lately.

Nothing against Lorraine Bracco, though. I guess it makes a change to play the Hostess of Horror.

[Matilda]

2. Looking at this selection,

which mirrors the kind of thing shown here when the 13th falls on a Friday, I can't help reflecting that the scariest films for me are those in which you see little or nothing of the ghosts/ghouls.

I remember the first time I saw "The Uninvited" with Ray Milland and Gail Russell - I swear there were moments when I didn't breathe. Once you've seen it through, it's never quite so scary again, but I can still watch it with great admiration for its direction and acting. But no unearthly howls, no apparitions - your imagination did all the work.

I also thought "The Innocents", although not classified as classic horrror, was one of the scariest films I've ever seen (I refer to the Deborah Kerr version). Just a flicker of movement here and there, until the "ghost" appears towards the end - I recall people shrieking in the theatre when he appeared on screen. And yet you could never be sure it wasn't all in the governess's mind, which is how it was meant to be. I think the black and white photography was a definite asset, and I think there's a case for all horror films to be shot in black and white ("Psycho" in colour? Hitchcock would spin in his grave at the thought).

Filmmakers shouldn't underestimate the power of the imagination of the audience.