I am so very excited! TCM(Turner Classic Movies) is having a Hammer Horror Festival every Friday night in October. They are kicking it off with a quartet of Dracula movies this Friday night.! I love Hammer Horror to an unholy degree! I just wish I had a DVR (at least I have been getting Saturdays off!). Anyway here is what is showing this week!!!
8:00pm
Horror of Dracula (1958)
The legendary count tries to turn his enemies' women into his bloodthirsty brides.
Cast:
Peter Cushing,
Michael Gough,
Melissa Stribling,
Christopher Lee Dir:
Terence Fisher C-82 mins, TV-PG
9:30pm
Brides Of Dracula, The (1960)
A handsome vampire stalks the students at a remote girl's school.
Cast:
Peter Cushing,
Martita Hunt,
Yvonne Monlaur,
Freda Jackson Dir:
Terence Fisher C-86 mins
11:00pm
Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966)
Four travelers unwittingly revive the bloodsucking count.
Cast:
Christopher Lee,
Barbara Shelley,
Andrew Keir,
Francis Matthews Dir:
Terence Fisher C-90 mins, TV-14
12:45am
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969)
Dracula goes after the niece of the monsignor who destroyed his castle.
Cast:
Christopher Lee,
Rupert Davies,
Veronica Carlson,
Barbara Ewing Dir:
Freddie Francis C-92 mins, TV-14
And as an extra for fans of classic horror after the Dracula quartet, TCM is showing these:
2:30am
Psychomania (1973)
When her son and his motorcycle gang are killed, a witch brings them back to life.
Cast:
Roy Evans,
George Sanders,
Martin Boddey,
Serretta Wilson Dir:
Don Sharp C-86 mins, TV-14
4:00am
Daughters of Satan (1972)
After a man buys a painting of a witch that resembles his wife, his wife is possessed by the spirit of the witch and plans his murder.
Cast:
Tom Selleck,
Barra Grant,
Tani Phelps Guthrie,
Vic Silayan Dir:
Hollingsworth Morse C-90 mins, TV-MA
I am going to have to dust off the VCR I guess (hope it still works!)