TCM 2025 Halloween Movie Marathon

Turner Classic Movies has their annual two-day Halloween marathon on Oct. 30-31, featuring classics like Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy.

The TCM Halloween marathon begins at 4:00 am ET on Thursday, October 30, and ends at 7 am Nov. 1.  Here is the schedule:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 HALLOWEEN MARATHON

4:00am The Swarm (1978). 2h|horror/science-fiction|TV-14.  Killer bees extend their territory into the U.S., with devastating effect. Director Irwin Allen, Cast Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark.  See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

6:00am Two on a Guillotine (1965). 2h|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A magician’s estranged daughter must stay in his mansion for seven nights alone to inherit his fortune. Director William Conrad, Cast Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero.  See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

8:00am What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). 2h 15m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion. Director Robert Aldrich, Cast Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

10:15am Spider Baby (1968). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family. Director Jack Hill, Cast Lon Chaney, Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

11:45am Freaks (1932). 1h 15m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG.  A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband. Director Tod Browning, Cast Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

1:00pm Horror of Dracula (1958). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. The legendary count tries to turn his enemies’ women into his bloodthirsty brides. Director Terence Fisher, Cast Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

2:30pm The Curse of Frankenstein (1957).1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-14. A scientist’s attempts to create life unleash a bloodthirsty monster. Director Terence Fisher, Cast Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

4:00pm The Leopard Man (1943). 1h 15m|suspense/mystery|TV-PG. When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders. Director Jacques Tourneur, Cast Dennis O’keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

5:15pm I Walked with a Zombie (1943). 1h 15m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she’s in love with the woman’s husband. Director Jacques Tourneur, Cast James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

6:30pm Cat People (1942). 1h 15m|suspense/mystery|TV-PG. A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast. Director Jacques Tourneur, Cast Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph. Based on Algernon Blackwood’s 1906 short story “Ancient Sorceries.” See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

8:00pm Nightmare (1964). 1h 30m|thriller. Janet is a young student at a private school; her nights are troubled by horrible dreams in which she sees her mother, who is in fact locked in an insane asylum, haunting her. Director Freddie Francis, Cast David Knight, Moira Redmond, Jennie Linden. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

9:45pm Curse of the Demon (1958). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon. Based on “Casting the Runes” by M.R. James. Director Jacques Tourneur Cast Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall Macginnis. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website.

11:15pm Night of the Eagle a.k.a. Burn, Witch, Burn (1962). 1h 45m|horror/science-fiction|TV-14. A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Director Sidney Hayers, Cast Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde, Margaret Johnston. Based on Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. See reviews and more details on the IMDB wbsite.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 HALLOWEEN MARATHON

1:00am The Seventh Victim (1943). 1h 15m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A girl’s search for her missing sister puts her in conflict with a band of satanists. Director Mark Robson, Cast Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

2:15am The Woman in White (1948). 2h|romance|TV-G. Classic Wilkie Collins mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate. Director Peter Godfrey, Cast Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

4:15am The Hunger (1983). 1h 45m|horror/science-fiction|TV-MA. A centuries-old female vampire falls for a beautiful young research doctor. Director Tony Scott, Cast David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Catherine Deneuve. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

6:00am Toby Dammit (1968). 45m|drama. During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press and the Devil. Director Federico Fellini, Cast Terence Stamp, Anne Tonietti, Salvo Randone. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

6:45am Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A disfigured sculptor turns murder victims into wax statues. Director Michael Curtiz, Cast Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

8:15am Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932).1h 45m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Director Rouben Mamoulian, Cast, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

10:00am House of Wax (1953). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A scarred sculptor re-populates his ravaged wax museum with human corpses. Director Andre Detoth, Cast Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

11:30am The Bat (1959). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer. Director Crane Wilbur, Cast Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

1:00pm The Invisible Man (1933). 1h 15m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. A scientist’s experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman. Director James Whale, Cast Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

2:15pm Dracula (1931).1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-14. The original Dracula film starring Bela Lugosi.  A vampire stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood. Director, Tod Browning, Cast Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

3:45pm The Mummy (1932). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-14. An Egyptian mummy returns to life to stalk the reincarnation of his lost love. Director Karl Freund, Cast Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

5:15pm Frankenstein (1931). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. The original Frankenstein film, starring Boris Karloff. A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman’s brain. Director James Whale, Cast Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

6:30pm Bride of Frankenstein (1935). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster. Director James Whale, Cast Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

8:00pm In Cold Blood (1967). 2h 30m|suspense/mystery|TV-14. Two vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker. Based on a book by Truman Capote. Director Richard Brooks, Cast Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

10:30pm Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965). 2h|drama. A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. Director Joseph Cates, Cast Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

12:30am  Night of the Living Dead (1968). 1h 45m|horror/science-fiction|TV-MA. The original zombie film. A space probe unleashes microbes that turn the dead into flesh-eating zombies. Director George A. Romero, Cast Judith O’dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

2:15am Carnival of Souls (1962). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. After surviving a car crash, a church organist is haunted by the undead. Director  Herk Harvey, Cast Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

3:45am Hausu (1977). 1h 30m|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. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

5:15am Eye of the Devil (1967). 1h 45m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret. Director J. Lee Thompson, Cast Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website

7:00am Vampyr (1932). 1h 30m|horror/science-fiction|TV-PG. Classic tale of a young traveler finding himself in a sinister castle. Director Carl Th. Dreyer, Cast Nicolas Degunzburg, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel. See reviews and more details on the IMDB website