CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE MARATHON - TCM: SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012
08:00 PM Horror of Dracula (1958)
The legendary count tries to turn his enemies' women into his bloodthirsty brides. Probably Hammer Films' best shocker, a handsomely mounted retelling of the [Bram] Stoker tale, with fantasy elements deemphasized. Christopher Lee is smooth as the Count, and Peter Cushing perfect as tireless Professor Van Helsing. Script by Jimmy Sangster; full-blooded score by James Bernard.
Cast includes Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, Olga Dickie, John Van Eyssen, Valerie Gaunt, Janina Faye and Barbara Archer.
09:30 PM The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
A scientist's attempts to create life unleash a bloodthirsty monster. OK retelling of original [Mary] Shelley tale, with Peter Cushing as Baron von Frankenstein, whose experimentation with creation of life becomes an obsession. First of Hammer Films' long-running horror series, and itself followed by six sequels.
Cast includes Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee, Melvyn Hayes, Valerie Gaunt and Paul Hardtmuth.
11:00 PM The Mummy (1959)
A resurrected mummy stalks the archaeologists who defiled his tomb. Against warnings of severe consequences, archeologists desecrate ancient tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka. They return to England and those consequences.
Cast includes Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, George Pastell, Michael Ripper and George Woodbridge.
12:45 AM The Gorgon (1964)
A mythical monster turns men to stone in a remote European village.
Cast includes Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe, Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who), Joseph O'Conor, Prudence Hyman, Jack Watson and Redmond Phillips.
02:15 AM The Devil's Bride (1968) (aka: The Devil Rides Out)
Small town Satanists lure an innocent brother and sister into their coven.
Cast includes Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene, Patrick Mower, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Sarah Lawson, Paul Eddington, Rosalyn Landor and Russell Waters.
04:00 AM The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
A small town noble uses zombies to work his tin mine and kill his enemies.
Cast includes André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce, John Carson, Alexander Davion, Michael Ripper, Marcus Hammond, Dennis Chinnery, Louis Mahoney, Roy Royston and Ben Aris.
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