Our daughter is coming home for her Thanksgiving vacation on Tuesday, so I have spent the last week getting all of our Christmas decorations up as well as getting all of the food I’ll need to prepare our Thanksgiving meal. (It’s been rather hectic!) Since I just finished getting the last of the Christmas things up, I decided that this would be a great time to finally finish my list of Christmas movies that will be airing on television during the month of December (2014).

(I am only listing the Christmas movie premier dates for the Hallmark, Lifetime, and ION channels’ movies.)

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December’s TCM Christmas Movies

Thursday – December 4, 2014

7:00 PM
Remember the Night (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi.
BW-94 mins, CC
*****I think this movie is one of the best classic Christmas movies!*****

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Sunday – December 7, 2014

11:30 AM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW-113 mins, CC
*****How can you go wrong with Bette Davis? This is another one of my favorite classic Christmas movies.*****

1:30 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC

3:30 PM
Scrooge (1970)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – December 11, 2014

7:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW-99 mins, CC
*****OK, I guess my secret is out. I have a whole lot of classic Christmas favorites!*****

8:45 PM
Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW-87 mins, CC

10:30 PM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 14, 2014

1:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW-99 mins, CC
*****If you didn’t get a chance to watch this movie a few days ago, make sure you do now!*****

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Thursday – December 18, 2014

7:00 PM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW-69 mins, CC

8:15 PM
Scrooge (1970)
A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans.
C-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
Scrooge (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Cast: Maurice Evans
BW-78 mins

11:45 PM
A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Robert Shaw, Sterling Hayden, Peter Sellers.
BW-86 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 21, 2014

1:00 AM
Santa Claus (1959)
Santa Claus enlists Merlin to help him save Christmas from the devil.
Dir: Rene Cardona
C-95 mins

2:45 AM
A Visit to Santa (1963)
Two children dreaming of Christmas visit Santa at the North Pole in this short film.
C-12 mins

11:30 AM
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
A soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
BW-85 mins, CC

1:00 PM
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-102 mins, CC
*****I love, love, love this classic, black & white Christmas movie!*****

3:00 PM
Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW-87 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – December 24, 2014

What a day for classic Christmas movies!

5:00 AM
Scrooge (1935)
The legendary miser searches his past, present and future to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Cast: Maurice Evans
BW-78 mins

11:15 AM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charlie Ruggles.
BW-115 mins, CC

1:15 PM
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
A soldier meets a woman on Christmas furlough from prison and they fall in love.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple.
BW-85 mins, CC
*****If you missed this a few days ago, make sure you catch it today. I think this is a very over-looked classic Christmas movie.*****

3:00 PM
The Shop Around the Corner(1940)
Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
BW-99 mins, CC

7:00 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley.
BW-113 mins, CC

9:00 PM
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
A homemaking specialist who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-102 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – December 25, 2014

10:00 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart.
BW-69 mins, CC

11:15 AM
Holiday Affair (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey.
BW-87 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies in Central time zone

Saturday – December 6, 2014

7:00 PM
Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle
Starring: Rob Morrow, Michelle Harrison, Britt Irvin, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Andrew Francis
Heavenly angel Harry Mills is sent to Earth on a trial assignment to intervene in the life of a woman who needs help getting her life on track after the death of her father. With a deadline of Christmas day, he attempts to help her heal in order to embrace a new future, and an unexpected love, just in time to celebrate the miracle of the holiday season.

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Sunday – December 7, 2014

7:00 PM
Christmas at Cartwright’s
Starring: Alicia Witt, Wallace Shawn
With Christmas approaching, a struggling single mom finds herself working as a department store Santa Claus, as a real-life angel delivers good fortune and the possibility of holiday romance.

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – December 13, 2014

7:00 PM
Best Christmas Party Ever
Starring: Torrey DeVitto, Steve Lund, Linda Thorson, Harmon Walsh
With the holidays approaching, a young party planner arranges a special Christmas party for a New York toy store. When a powerful corporation threatens to shut her down, she decides to follow her heart, moving forward with the party plans and finding true love in time for Christmas.

***** ***** ***** *****

Sunday – December 14, 2014

7:00 PM
The Christmas Parade
Starring: AnnaLynne McCord, Jefferson Brown, Drew Scott
A popular network morning host finds herself humiliated on the air by her fiancé and disappears to a small town. While there, she helps a budding artist save a community art center for the town’s kids, by helping them with their float for the annual Christmas Parade. 

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I copied and pasted the descriptions from the Hallmark channel Christmas movies from the Hallmark channel’s  television schedule online.

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Lifetime Channel Christmas Movies in Central time zone

Saturday – December 6, 2014

7:00 PM
Wally Lamb’s Wishin’ and Hopin’
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Chevy Chase, Annabella Sciorra, Cheri Oteri, Wyatt Ralff, Danny Nucci, Conchata Ferrell, Michael Lee Aday (aka Meat Loaf), Camila Banus, Blanche Baker, Sosie Bacon, Krysta Rodriguez
Based on the New York Times best-selling Christmas novel by Wally Lamb comes the new Christmas classic, starring Molly Ringwald and featuring Chevy Chase as the narrator. Set in the 1960s, “Wishin’ and Hopin’” is the story of 10-year-old Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff, “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”), who is doing his best to navigate fifth grade at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School. His father (Danny Nucci, “The Fosters”) runs the local diner, and their family’s claim to fame is their cousin, Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez, “Smash”), the famous teen star and Mouseketeer. With the dreaded Christmas pageant on the horizon, the holiday season gets even more exciting with the sudden arrivals of a substitute teacher (Ringwald) and a feisty Russian student, Zhenya, and promises to be one Christmas Felix will never forget. Also stars Meat Loaf (“Fight Club”), Annabella Sciorra (“CSI”), Cheri Oteri (“Saturday Night Live”), Conchata Ferrell (“Two and a Half Men”) and Camila Banus (“Days of Our Lives”).

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Saturday – December 13, 2014

7:00 PM
The Santa Con
Starring: Barry Watson, Melissa Joan Hart, Jaleel White, John Ratzenberger, Wendy Williams
Small-time con man Nick DeMarco (Barry Watson, “Hart of Dixie”) is ordered by his parole officer to take a minimum-wage job as a department store Santa during the holidays…and he hates it. Near the end of his first shift, he hastily promises a young boy, Billy (“Tucker Meek”), that Santa will bring his estranged parents back together by Christmas. When his sister Rosemary (Melissa Joan Hart, “Melissa and Joey”) hears this, she is livid and can’t believe he would break a little boy’s heart with an empty promise. After a long night of soul searching – and with the help of an insightful female pastor (Wendy Williams) – Nick decides to make good on his promise to the child, somehow. But after meeting the boy’s mother Carol (Melissa Sagemiller, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), will Nick ultimately choose to put the happiness of others ahead of his own? Jaleel White (“Family Matters”), Scott Grimes (“Party of Five”) and John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) also star. Hart also directs this film.

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I copied and pasted the descriptions of the Lifetime channel Christmas movies from the Lifetime channel television schedule online.

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ION Channel Christmas Movies in Central time zone

Sunday – December 7, 2014

8:00 PM
Merry Ex-Mas
Cast: Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson, Lochlyn Munro, Shannon Kummer, Sharon Thomas Cain, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Ernie Hudson, Rebecca Grant
When misleading photos are published of security company chief Jessie Rogers purportedly caught in a love nest with his rock star client, his humiliated wife, Noëlle, throws him out of the house and swiftly files for divorce. Unable to convince her of his innocence, Jessie fights in vain to win Noëlle back. A year later at the family ski cabin, a Christmastime blizzard snowbounds Jessie, his daughter, ex-mother-in-law, Noëlle and her wealthy suitor, Flynn, who is plotting a surprise wedding.

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Saturday – December 13, 2014

8:00 PM
A Christmas Kiss II
Cast: Elisabeth Harnois, Adam Mayfield, Elisabeth Röhm, Lola Glaudini, Jonathan Bennett, Celesta Hodge, Ray Laska
At a Christmastime event, Jenna shares an impromptu, unforgettable kiss under the mistletoe with the dashing Cooper Montgomery, a billionaire playboy who recently returned to the city. Although she doesn’t know him, Cooper learns that Jenna works for Cooper’s sister at the designer fashion house founded by their dad. Fearful of getting hurt in another relationship, Jenna vows to resist Cooper’s charms and feigns a romance with her heartbroken next door neighbor. As the two begin spending more time together, Jenna realizes that Cooper’s affection is real, but still worries that he won’t be able to shed his former ways.

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Sunday – December 14, 2014

8:00 PM
A Perfect Christmas List
Cast: Ellen Hollman, Marion Ross, Aaron Hill, Beth Broderick, Richard Karn
Just two weeks before Christmas, Sara Smith gets a call from home about her grandmother Evie, who has been sent to the hospital. Having always been close, the health scare is enough to get Sara to do the unthinkable… come home for Christmas. While Sara plans to get a hotel room for her stay, her mother won’t allow it. Sara eventually relents, but it’s clear that time has not repaired their relationship, and her mother returns to her overbearing ways. With her handsome doctor’s approval, the convalescing Evie conjures up a curious challenge. As a “last wish,” she tasks her daughter and granddaughter with list of festive accomplishments to do together before Christmas, hoping that the adventure of the experience will repair their relationship. Along the way, Sara discovers an unlisted Christmas adventure with Evie’s physician.

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Saturday – December 20, 2014

8:00 PM
Back to Christmas
Cast: Kelly Overton, Michael Muhney, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Jennifer Elise Cox, Moses Jacob Storm, Gloria Loring, Mark Hutter
Saddened about spending another Christmas alone, Ali meets Ginny, a quirky and spunky woman, at a diner on Christmas Eve. Ali tells Ginny that she was to be married on New Year’s Eve last year, but over the course of the holidays she and her fiancé unexpectedly split. When Ali explains that she would do everything differently if she could go back in time, Ginny tells her that “sometimes people do get second chances.” The following morning, Ali wakes up to find herself transported back to that Christmas before her planned wedding. While she sets out to avoid the mistakes of her past, she learns that changing the course of history is no easy task.

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I copied and pasted the description of the ION channel Christmas movies from a September 22, 2014 article titled “ION Television Invites Viewers to ‘Get Wrapped Up in the Holidays!’ with Five Original Holiday Movies” found on the Broadcasting and Cable site.

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If you know of any other Mystery theme movies that are going to be aired on television during December 2014, please post a comment. Please only tell us about the Christmas movies that will be premiering. I know that Hallmark and its sister network, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, will be showing a lot of Christmas movies, but I  will not be able to list all of the movies from past years.

Here are two entries that I wrote about favorite Christmas movies:

Christmas: Favorite Classic Holiday Movies : Old, Black & White

Christmas: Favorite Holiday Movies – More Recent, In Color

As I told you several days ago, my October television movies are going to be a little different. I have just posted them Upcoming Television Mystery Movies that will be airing this month, but now I want to tell you about some Halloween Television movies that will be airing during October 2014.

I have broken this entry into three Paranormal categories (well, actually there are four categories since I found a Christmas movie that will be airing this month): Ghosts, Halloween/Horror, and  Vampires.

I have gone through the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as the Hallmark Movie channel mystery movies. Also, I took a look at what I could on the Hallmark Channel, and for all of you fans of The Good Witch – I have posted the Hallmark Channel’s marathon at the very bottom of the entry. This year will be bringing us a new movie in the series. I know there are more than a few of you who (like me) enjoy that Hallmark movie series!

You will see that I highlighted Vincent Price every time he appears in a movie this month. What can I say? Lists of Halloween movies just don’t seem complete without his (sometimes quite campy!) appearances.

If you know of any other Television Halloween Movie that will be airing during the month (October), please post a comment. We’d all love to know about it. Thank you!

October 2014 Turner Classic Movies Channel Halloween – Paranormal -Movies (Central time zone):

GHOSTS –

Thursday – October 2, 2014

7:00 PM
TOPPER (1937)
A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast:  Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young.
BW-98 mins, CC

9:00 PM
THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES (1946)
Two ghosts from the Revolutionary War haunt a house until they can clear their names of treason charges.
Dir: Charles Barton Cast:  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds.
BW-82 mins

10:30 PM
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST (1944)
A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. GIs to become heroes.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast:  Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien.
BW-96 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – October 3, 2014

12:15 AM
A PLACE OF ONE’S OWN (1945)
An elderly woman’s caregiver becomes possessed by a murdered girl’s spirit.
Dir: Bernard Knowles Cast:  Margaret Lockwood,  James Mason, Barbara Mullen.
BW-93 mins

2:00 AM
THE COCKEYED MIRACLE (1946)
Father and son ghosts sort out their family’s problems.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast:  Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway.
BW-82 mins

3:30 AM
BEYOND TOMORROW (1940)
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland Cast:  Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger.
BW-84 mins

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – October 9, 2014

7:00 PM
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948)
An artist discovers his gift when he falls for a beautiful ghost.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast:  Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore.
C-86 mins, CC

8:45 PM
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947)
A spirited widow rents a haunted cottage and builds an emotional bond with the resident ghost.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast:  Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders.
BW-104 mins, CC

10:45 PM
PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (1951)
A Spanish temptress falls for a haunted ship’s captain.
Dir: Albert Lewin Cast:  James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick.
C-124 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – October 10, 2014

1:00 AM
A GUY NAMED JOE (1943)
A downed World War II pilot becomes the guardian angel for his successor in love and war.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson.
BW-120 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – October 16, 2014

7:00 PM
THE GHOST BREAKERS (1940)
A radio broadcaster running from the mob helps an heiress deal with her family’s haunted mansion.
Dir: George Marshall Cast:  Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson.
BW-85 mins, CC

8:30 PM
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1963)
An eccentric millionaire invites a car salesman to visit his decaying family home.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott.
BW-86 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
THE SMILING GHOST (1941)
A newswoman investigates a haunted house.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast:  Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith.
BW-71 mins, CC

11:45 PM
THE GHOST GOES WEST (1936)
An American millionaire moves a Scottish castle to Florida, not realizing it’s haunted.
Dir: René Clair Cast:  Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene Pallette.
BW-82 mins, CC

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Friday – October 17, 2014

1:15 AM
GHOST CHASERS (1951)
The Bowery Boys take on a fake medium.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan.
BW-69 mins

2:30 AM
SPOOK BUSTERS (1946)
When they set themselves up as ghost hunters, the Bowery Boys tangle with a mad scientist.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast:  Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Douglass Dumbrille.
BW-68 mins

3:45 AM
GILDERSLEEVE’S GHOST (1944)
Two ghosts help a small-town eccentric run for mayor.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast:  Harold Peary, Marion Martin, Richard LeGrand.
BW-64 mins

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Wednesday – October 22, 2014

3:30 PM
TOPPER TAKES A TRIP (1939)
A glamorous ghost helps a henpecked husband save his wife from gold-digging friends.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast:  Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke.
BW-80 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – October 23, 2014

7:00 PM
THE INNOCENTS (1961)
A governess convinces herself the children in her charge are haunted.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast:  Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins.
BW-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
THE UNINVITED (1944)
A brother and sister buy a house with a ghostly secret.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast:  Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp.
BW-99 mins, CC

11:00 PM
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast:  Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
BW-109 mins, CC

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Friday – October 24, 2014

1:00 AM
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS (1971)
Newlyweds try to survive life at a haunted family estate.
Dir: Dan Curtis Cast:  David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson.
C-94 mins

3:00 AM
THE OTHERS (2001)
The mother of two children comes to suspect her remote country estate is haunted.
Dir: Alejandro Amenßbar Cast:  Nicole Kidman, Fionnuala Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston.
C-104 mins

***** ***** ***** *****

Thursday – October 30, 2014

7:00 PM
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1958)
A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long.
BW-75 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:30 PM
THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973)
Scientists and psychics team to crack the secrets of a murderously haunted house.
Dir: John Hough Cast:  Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill.
C-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
13 GHOSTS (1960)
A family inherits a house haunted by 13 ghosts and a living killer.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner.
BW-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Friday – October 31, 2014

12:00 AM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast:  Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
BW-112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
BURNT OFFERINGS (1976)
A family moves into a haunted house that seems to be stealing their lives.
Dir: Dan Curtis Cast:  Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith.
C-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

HALLOWEEN/HORROR

Saturday – October 25, 2014

7:00 PM
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast:  Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
BW-112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1961)
After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Dir: Wolf Rilla Cast:  George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens.
BW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 PM
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)
A scientist’s attempts to create life unleash a bloodthirsty monster.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast:  Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart.
C-83 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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Sunday – October 26, 2014

12:15 AM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE HORRORS OF STEPHEN KING (2011)
Author Stephen King discusses the various types of horror films and why they are so popular with moviegoers.
Dir: Laurent Bouzereau
C-58 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Tuesday – October 28, 2014

7:00 PM
DEAD OF THE NIGHT (1945)
Guests at a country estate share stories of the supernatural.
Dir: [Alberto] Cavalcanti Cast:  Mervyn Johns, Hartley Power, Roland Culver.
BW-103 mins, CC,

9:00 PM
TWICE-TOLD TALES (1963)
A poisonous young beauty, the secrets of eternal life and a haunted house chill this collection of Nathaniel Hawthorne stories.
Dir: Sidney Salkow Cast:  Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Mari Blanchard.
C-120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
KWAIDAN (1965)
Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings.
Dir: Masaki Kobayashi Cast:  Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe.
C-161 mins, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Wednesday – October 29, 2014

2:00 AM
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1970)
Scotland Yard investigates four mysterious murders connected to the same old house.
Dir: Peter Duffell Cast:  Denholm Elliott, Joanna Dunham, Tom Adams.
C-102 mins

4:00 AM
TORTURE GARDEN (1967)
A sideshow exhibit on torture predicts the deaths of those who view it.
Dir: Freddie Francis Cast:  Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams.
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
PSYCHO (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast:  Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin.
BW-109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – October 31, 2014

5:00 AM
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927)
In this silent film, vampires are suspected in an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast:  Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall.
BW-47 mins

7:15 AM
THE DEVIL-DOLL (1936)
A Devil’s Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast:  Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O’Sullivan, Frank Lawton.BW-78 mins, CC

8:45 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.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast:  James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway.
BW-69 mins, CC

10:00 AM
CAT PEOPLE (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW-73 mins, CC

11:15 AM
THE TINGLER (1959)
A scientist discovers an organism that lives on fear.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman.
C-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 PM
SPINE TINGLER!  THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY (2007)
The last great American showman, producer-director William Castle used outrageous hype to sell his low-budget horror films.
Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz Cast:  Terry Castle, John Waters, Joe Dante.
C-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 PM
DEMENTIA 13 (1963)
Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune.
Dir: Francis Coppola Cast:  William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton.
BW-75 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 PM
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
After surviving a car crash, a church organist is haunted by the undead.
Dir: Herk Harvey Cast:  Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist.
BW-83 mins, CC

5:15 PM
REPULSION (1965)
Strange dreams haunt a beautiful young woman left alone in her apartment.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast:  Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser.
BW-105 mins

7:00 PM
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
A space probe unleashes microbes that turn the dead into flesh-eating zombies.
Dir: George A. Romero Cast:  Judith O’Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones.
BW-96 mins, CC

9:00 PM
CURSE OF THE DEMON (1958)
An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast:  Dana Andrews , Peggy Cummins , Niall MacGinnis .
BW-82 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 PM
HOUSE OF WAX (1953)
A scarred sculptor re-populates his ravaged wax museum with human corpses.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast:  Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk.
C-88 mins, CC

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Saturday – November 1, 2014

12:30 AM
POLTERGEIST (1982)
Evil spirits abduct a suburban family’s daughter causing chaos and havoc.
Dir: Tobe Hooper Cast:  Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight.
C-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
STRAIT-JACKET (1964)
Murder follows an axe murderer home when she’s released from a mental hospital.
Dir: William Castle Cast:  Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson.
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1959)
A surgeon steals young women’s faces hoping to heal his daughter’s scars.
Dir: Georges Franju Cast:  Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob.
BW-90 mins, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

VAMPIRE –

Tuesday – October 28, 2014

6:45 AM
THE VAMPIRE BAT (1933)
Villagers suspect the town simpleton of being a vampire.
Dir: Frank Strayer Cast:  Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas.
BW-61 mins

8:00 AM
DEAD MEN WALK (1943)
A small-town doctor’s twin returns from the grave seeking vengeance.
Dir: Sam Newfield Cast:  George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young.
BW-63 mins

9:15 AM
ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945)
The inhabitants of a Balkans island under quarantine fear that one of their number is a vampire.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast:  Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer.
BW-72 mins, CC

10:45 AM
THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1944)
A vampire terrorizes a British family during World War II.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast:  Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch.
BW-69 mins

12:00 PM
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970)
A vampire seeks a cure so he can wed the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Dan Curtis Cast:  Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett, Grayson Hall.
C-97 mins

2:00 PM
HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)
The legendary count tries to turn his enemies’ women into his bloodthirsty brides.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast:  Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling.
C-81 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM
DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1965)
Four travelers unwittingly revive the bloodsucking count.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast:  Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir.
C-90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 PM
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1969)
Dracula goes after the niece of the monsignor who destroyed his castle.
Dir: Freddie Francis Cast:  Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson.
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

***** ***** ***** *****

Friday – October 31, 2014

6:00 AM
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast:  Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allen, Lionel Atwill.
BW-61 mins, CC

***** ***** ***** *****

Christmas –

Wednesday – October 8, 2014

11:00 PM
HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Core .
BW-87 mins, CC

(All of the above TCM descriptions were copied from the TCM site.)

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Here are the Halloween Movies I found on the Hallmark Channel:

October 2014 Hallmark Channel Halloween (Paranormal) Movies (Central time zone):

Wednesday – October 1, 2014

9:00 AM
Home & Family
“Haunt & Family” kicks off with scary fun DIY decorations for Halloween.

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Thursday, October 02, 2014

11:00 AM
Home & Family
“Haunt & Family” kicks off with scary fun DIY decorations for Halloween. (a repeat of yesterday’s show)

***** ***** ***** *****

Saturday – October 25, 2014

(These are all in the correct chronological order, except The Good Witch’s Family is not being shown today.)

10:00 AM
The Good Witch
When Cassandra Nightingale moves into a small town’s supposedly “haunted house” and opens an aromatherapy shop, she changes the lives of the local residents with her magical ways. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

12:00 PM
The Good Witch’s Garden
Good witch Cassie Nightingale has finally found a home at stately Grey House and her relationship with handsome police chief Jake Russell is blossoming when mysterious stranger Nick Chasen arrives in town. Nick claims to be a long lost relative of the house’s original owner and soon threatens the new life Cassie has found. Sequel to the popular Hallmark Channel original The Good Witch. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

2:00 PM
The Good Witch’s Gift
Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale always has a few tricks up her sleeve, but is surprised when her handsome fiancé, chief of police Jake Russell, proposes they set their wedding date for Christmas Eve—only six days away! The two hurry to plan the wedding, but run into trouble when a criminal from Jake’s past returns to town. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

(The Good Witch’s Family is not being shown in this sequence of movies.)

4:00 PM
The Good Witch’s Charm
Good witch Cassie Nightingale has her hands full juggling her job as mayor and new motherhood so she is looking forward to a planned family vacation. However, a crime wave in town and a reporter threaten the plans and even cause her to consider stepping down as mayor. With encouragement from her friends and a little magic, Cassie finds a way to solve their problems and bring her family together. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

6:00 PM
The Good Witch’s Destiny
All Good Witch Cassie wants for her birthday is for her family and friends to be together, but new family member Gwen’s estranged son makes trouble for Cassie while her own stepson seems determined to take a step neither Cassie nor her husband think he is ready for. Meanwhile, stepdaughter Lori discovers disturbing parallels between Cassie and the original Grey Lady who disappeared at her own birthday party years before. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

8:00 PM
The Good Witch’s Wonder (New)
In the seventh installment of Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated Original Movie Series, Catherine Bell returns to star as Cassie Nightingale, the benevolent, kind-hearted witch living in the small community of Middleton with her husband Jake and three children. While helping to plan the wedding of her stepson Brandon and raising funds for Middleton’s new botanical gardens project, Cassie takes in a mysterious woman named Audrey who has drifted into town. Coinciding with Audrey’s arrival, Middleton is soon faced with a number of challenges that Cassie can’t solve with magic alone. Stars: Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

(The Hallmark channel guide currently ends to Oct. 25 , so I am not able to check beyond that date for any more mystery movies.)

(All of the above Hallmark Movie channel descriptions were copied from the Hallmark Movie channel site.)

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If you know of any other Halloween theme movies that are going to be aired on television during October 25, 2014, please post a comment.

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