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Turner Classic Movies (October Horror) TV Schedule

Every October TCM (Turner Classic Movies channel) airs classic horror movies.

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2023 TCM October Horror Schedule

*date/times are subject to change – all times shown in Eastern*
(Last updated on 10/01/23)

Please note we only include horror films airing on TCM in the lineup below.

2023 News: A “Creepy Cinema” collection of features will air every Tuesday beginning October 3rd. The films will be introduced by actor Mario Cantone and TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. Beginning October 6th, the network also will spotlight Gothic movies each Friday and will add its “Creepy Comedies” lineup to the schedule on Sunday, October 29th. “TCM’s Terror-Thon” will air for 48 hours straight October 30th-31st.

Sunday, October 1, 2023

2:00am – Godzilla (1954)
4:00am – Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Monday, October 2, 2023

2:00am – The X from Outer Space (1967)
4:00am – Genocide (1968)

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

8:00pm – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
10:00pm – Dressed to Kill (1980)

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

12:00am – Cat People (1942)
1:30am – The Hunger (1983)
3:15am – Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
5:00am – The Wasp Woman (1960)

Saturday, October 7, 2023

1:45am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Monday, October 9, 2023

8:00am – It! (1967)
9:45am – The Mummy’s Shroud (1967)
11:30am – Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
1:00pm – Crack-Up (1946)

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

6:00am – King Kong (1933)
8:00am – Son of Kong (1933)
9:15am – Kongo (1932)
10:45am – The Death Kiss (1933)
12:15pm – Doctor X (1932)
1:45pm – The Walking Dead (1936)
3:00pm – The Vampire Bat (1933)
4:15pm – I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
5:30pm – Isle of the Dead (1945)
6:45pm – The Leopard Man (1943)
8:00pm – Cape Fear (1962)
10:00pm – The Night of the Hunter (1955)
11:45pm – From Beyond the Grave (1973)

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

3:15am – House of Dark Shadows (1970)

Friday, October 13, 2023

6:00am – Hausu (1977)
7:45am – Mark of the Vampire (1935)
9:00am – Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
10:45am – Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
12:30pm – The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
1:45pm – The Ghost Ship (1943)
3:00pm – Two on a Guillotine (1965)
5:00pm – Tormented (1960)
6:30pm – The Terror (1963)
8:00pm – Gaslight (1944)

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

3:00am – King Kong (1933)

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

12:30am – Poltergeist (1982)
4:15am – Village of the Damned (1960)
5:45am – Children of the Damned (1964)

Thursday, October 19, 2023

4:00pm – Freaks (1932)
5:15pm – The Devil-Doll (1936)
6:45pm – Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Saturday, October 21, 2023

1:30am – The Haunting (1963)

Sunday, October 22, 2023

4:15pm – The Nanny (1965)

Monday, October 23, 2023

12:30am – The Mysterious Island (1929)

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

3:30am – House of Wax (1953)
5:15am – House on Haunted Hill (1958)
6:30am – The Bat (1959)
8:00pm – Soylent Green (1973)
10:00pm – The Omega Man (1971)

Thursday, October 26, 2023

4:00am – The Awakening (1980)

Friday, October 27, 2023

8:00pm – Frankenstein (1931)
9:30pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Saturday, October 28, 2023

2:00am – Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
3:30am – The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
5:00am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

Sunday, October 29, 2023

9:45pm – The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
10:30pm – The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

TCM Terror-Thon

Monday, October 30, 2023

12:00am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
2:00am – Cure (1997)
4:15am – Kuroneko (1968)
6:00am – Chamber of Horrors (1966)
7:45am – Freaks (1932)
9:00am – Mad Love (1935)
10:30am – White Zombie (1932)
11:45am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
1:45pm – The Body Snatcher (1945)
3:15pm – The Seventh Victim (1943)
6:15pm – The Devil’s Bride (1968)
9:45pm – The Devil’s Own (1966)

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

4:45am – The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
6:30am – Rasputin–The Mad Monk (1966)
8:15am – Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
10:00am – The Mummy (1959)
11:45am – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
1:15pm – The Invisible Man (1933)
2:30pm – The Black Cat (1934)
3:45pm – Frankenstein (1931)
5:00pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
6:30pm – The Wolf Man (1941)
10:00pm – When a Stranger Calls (1979)

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

1:30am – Carnival of Souls (1962)
3:00am – Night of the Living Dead (1968)
4:45am – Spider Baby (1964)

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DirecTV – Channel 256
DISH Network – Channel 132
AT&T U-Verse – Channel 790

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