TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 25: TCM Underground Book

Daytime is devoted to Christopher Lee's films — totally fitting for Halloween viewing.

Evening is all about TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

1:30 AM
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
1h 29m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse.
Director
John Hancock
Cast
Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor

3:15 AM
Carnival of Souls (1962)
1h 20m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A church organist battles demons and delusions after a deadly car accident.
Director
Herk Harvey
Cast
Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist

4:45 AM
Spider Baby (1964)
1h 20m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family.
Director
Jack Hill
Cast
Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker

6:15 AM
Freaks (1932)
1h 30m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her husband.
Director
Tod Browning
Cast
Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova

7:30 AM
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
1h 21m | Documentary | TV-PG
About the rich history of American film criticism, while providing an insider's view of the critics' profession.
Director
Gerald Peary
Cast
Scott Weinberg, Penelope Spheeris, Andrew Sarris

9:00 AM
Dracula—Prince of Darkness (1965)
1h 30m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
Four travelers unwittingly revive the bloodsucking count.
Director
Terence Fisher
Cast
Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir

10:45 AM
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
1h 36m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
In his secret headquarters under the Thames River, archfiend Fu Manchu threatens to destroy the world with a poison gas developed by a German professor he holds prisoner.
Director
Dan Sharp
Cast
Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, James Robertson Justice

12:30 PM
Rasputin—The Mad Monk (1966)
1h 31m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A Russian monk claiming healing powers insinuates himself into Russia's royal family.
Director
Dan Sharp
Cast
Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco



2:15 PM
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969)
1h 32m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
Dracula goes after the niece of the monsignor who destroyed his castle.
Director
Freddie Francis
Cast
Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson

4:00 PM
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
1h 35m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
After three curious worshipers resurrect count Dracula and murder his servant, the vampire plans to exact his revenge.
Director
Peter Sasdy
Cast
Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford



5:45 PM
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
1h 28m | Horror | TV-MA
Count Dracula is undead and well and living in London. And he is creating a plague to unleash on the world—unless Scotland Yard can stop him.
Director
Alan Gibson
Cast
Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles

7:30 PM
MGM Parade Show #30 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's early career; Irene Papas introduces behind-the-scenes footage from "Tribute to a Badman."
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Irene Papas

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8:00 PM
Secret Ceremony (1968)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-14
A tormented rich girl hires a prostitute to act as her mother.
Director
Joseph Losey
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum



10:00 PM
Emma Mae (1976)
1h 40m | Crime | TV-MA
A young black woman turns to crime when she falls in love with a drug dealer.
Director
Jamaa Fanaka
Cast
Jewell Williams, Leopoldo Mandeville, Charles David Brooks

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12:00 AM
Mac and Me (1988)
1h 39m | Adventure | TV-PG
The relationship between a young disabled boy and a homesick alien who has been separated from his family.
Director
Stuart Raffill
Cast
James C Duke, John Curtin, George Flower



2:00 AM
Hausu (1977)
1h 27m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-MA
A schoolgirl spends her summer vacation in a haunted house.
Director
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Cast
Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba



4:00 AM
The Honeymoon Killers (1969)
1h 46m | Crime | TV-14
Two very-much-in-love con artists—a sadistic, corpulent nurse and a conscience-free ex-con—prey on lonely women as they plot to fleece and slaughter a succession of rich spinsters and widows.
Director
Leonard Kastle
Cast
Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby