When I sat down to write this, I incorrectly assumed that I didn’t watch many Halloween movies this year. Truth is, I wasn’t in the Halloween spirit (not that I ever really am). But upon further review, I did watch several horror and monster movies that qualify as Halloween movies, though not the ones I usually watch every October.
For instance, I did not watch Hocus Pocus this year, which usually makes my yearly tradition. Nor did I watch as many classics from Universal as previous years. No The Black Cat, no Night Monster, No Creature from the Black Lagoon. (I did watch quite few on 10/21: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, and House of Dracula.)
Instead, I partook in several "new" horror/monster movies for the very first time this year, particularly from Hammer Studios and selections off the TCM app, including many wonderful Vincent Prince movies (House of Wax being my favorite). But my big obsession this October? A TV show that has nothing to do with the spooky season: The First 48.
Titles in bold indicate lesser-known movies that I recommend others give a try
next year.
(movie titles are FULLY CAPITALIZED. Television show titles are not. Titles of books/short stories are in quotation marks.)
10/1 ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1951), The First 48
10/2 HORROR OF DRACULA, The First 48
10/3 DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, The First 48
10/4 PLAYFUL PLUTO (short), Ahsoka, The First 48
10/5 MUPPETS HAUNTED MANSION, The First 48
10/6 DRACULA (1931), The First 48
10/7 WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD (short), The First 48
10/8 OLD MACDONALD DUCK (short), The First 48
10/9 INFERIOR DECORATOR (short), The First 48
10/10 WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY (short), The First 48
10/11 THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, FIDDLING AROUND (short)
10/12 THE WALKING DEAD (1938), The First 48
10/13 HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, The First 48
10/14 THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
10/15 THE PAPER BRIGADE
10/16 CASPER
10/17 THE MUMMY (1958)
10/18 THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
10/19 THE HAUNTING (1963), THE INNOCENTS, “Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor” (Cheever), “Dagon”(Lovecraft)
10/20 THE WOLF MAN (1941)
10/21 FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HOUSE OF DRACULA
10/22 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, “Nyarlathotep” (Lovecraft), “Azathoth” (Lovecraft), “History of the Necronomicon” (Lovecraft)
10/23 THE WICKER MAN (1973)
10/24 THE GORGON, The First 48, “The Nameless City” (Lovecraft)
10/25 THE UNINVITED (1944)
10/26 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959), SON OF DRACULA
10/27 HALLOWEENTOWN
10/28 THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, HOUSE OF USHER
10/29 THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, HOUSE OF WAX
10/30 DOCTOR X; IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN
10/31 TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
-T.Z.
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