CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE MARATHON - TCM: SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
08:00 PM The Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933)
A disfigured sculptor turns murder victims into wax statues. Vintage horror film strays somewhat into excess "comic relief'' and contrivances, but plot of madman Lionel Atwill encasing victims in wax, with Fay Wray next on his list, is still exciting. Filmed in early two-color Technicolor; noteworthy as first horror film with contemporary urban setting.
Cast includes Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Allen Vincent, Gavin Gordon and Edwin Maxwell.
09:30 PM Doctor X (1932)
A reporter investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college. Police have tracked the "full-moon strangler" to Lionel Atwill's experimental laboratory. Ludicrous Grand Guignol chiller (Fay Wray's entrance has her screaming--for no reason at all) is a must for horror-film buffs because of its Anton Grot sets, special Max Factor makeup, and rich use of two-color Technicolor... but it creaks badly and seems much longer than it is.
Cast includes Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford and Arthur Edmund Carewe.
11:00 PM Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder. Delightful, intriguing tale of vampires terrorizing European village; inspector Lionel Atwill, vampire expert Lionel Barrymore investigate. Beautifully done, with an incredible ending.
Cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt, Henry Wadsworth, Donald Meek and Jessie Ralph.
12:15 AM House of Dracula (1945)
A mad scientist's experiments attract Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Frankenstein monster.
Cast includes Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Jane Adams, Ludwig Stössel, Gunsmoke's Glenn Strange and Skelton Knaggs.
01:30 AM Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Sailors try to salvage a sunken treasure guarded by zombie seamen.
Cast includes Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell, Joel Ashley, Morris Ankrum, Marjorie Eaton and Gene Roth.
02:45 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A space probe unleashes microbes that turn the dead into flesh-eating zombies.
Cast includes Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley and Kyra Schon.
04:30 AM I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband. Nurse Frances Dee comes to Caribbean island to treat zombielike wife of troubled Tom Conway, finds skeletons in family closet, plus local voodoo rituals and legends that cannot be ignored. Exceptional Val Lewton chiller with rich atmosphere, mesmerizing story. Loosely adapted from Jane Eyre!
Cast includes James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Bell and Christine Gordon.
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