TCM Schedule for Saturday, Oct. 18 - Frankenstein, It!, Tarzan And His Mate, Eyes Without a Face, John Carpenter

DAY AT A GLANCE

- HORROR
Hypnotic Eye, The (1960)
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
It! (1967)
Saturday, October 18
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Spiritualist, The (1948) (6:45 am ET)
Body Disappears, The (1941)
Mystery Mountain Ch. 4:
The Human Target (1934) (TCM Premiere)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) (Musical Matinee)
Night Must Fall (1964)
World, the Flesh and the Devil, The (1959)
Last Run, The (1971)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- JOHN CARPENTER
Frankenstein (1931)
Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- NOIR ALLEY
Black Tuesday (1954) (TCM Premiere)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT
Big Wednesday (1978)
Hooper (1978)

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

12:00 AM The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
A city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who appear to be in a hypnotic trance.
Dir: George Blair Cast: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:30 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
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: N


3:15 AM Chamber of Horrors (1966)
A one-handed madman uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Dir: Hy Averback Cast: Patrick O'Neal, Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 AM It! (1967)
Often cited as the film that inspired Alien, this fast-paced B thriller takes place on an earth-bound space ship featuring a mysterious stowaway - a blood-drinking Martian with claws that can rip through metal.
Dir: Herbert J. Leder Cast: Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

6:45 AM The Spiritualist (1948)
While walking on the beach in front of her house, a woman hears voices and suddenly meets a man who claims to be a spiritualist and seems to know all about her. Shortly thereafter she begins to see signs of her late husband's presence. Also known by the title "The Amazing Mr. X."
Dir: Bernard Vorhaus Cast: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:15 AM The Body Disappears (1941)
A scientist's invisibility formula gets him in trouble with the police.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM The Human Target (1934)
Chapter 4 of the Mystery Mountain 1934 serial. Railroad detective Ken Williams is dispatched to catch the mysterious Rattler, who is disrupting construction of a new railroad line and interfering with a stagecoach line run by Jane Corwin. The Rattler remains a mystery with his skill at disguising himself to look like other people.
Dir: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Syd Saylor
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:00 AM Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
The jungle king fights to protect his wife from a greedy ivory hunter.
Dir: Cedric Gibbons Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 PM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
In this musical remake, a conservative boys' school teacher falls in love with an actress.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave
Runtime: 151 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:45 PM Night Must Fall (1964)
A psychopath worms his way into an elderly woman's household.
Dir: Karel Reisz Cast: Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:30 PM The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM The Last Run (1971)
An aging gangster insists on pulling one more job for the mob.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 PM Frankenstein (1931)
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:00 PM The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
A retelling of Shelley's famous novel, but told in flashbacks from the point of view of Dr. Frankenstein, awaiting execution for the murder of his wife in the climactic confrontation with the monster.
Dir: Terence Fisher Cast: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


12:00 AM Black Tuesday (1954)
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Dir: Hugo Fregonese Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Parker, Peter Graves
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N


1:45 AM Big Wednesday (1978)
Matt, Jack and Leroy are surfers who begin the 1960s living at the beach, indulging their passion for their sport. But as the 60s progress and with the start of the Vietnam war, life becomes more complex for them.
Dir: John Milius Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:00 AM Hooper (1978)
Two Hollywood stunt men, a long-time veteran and a younger man, compete for the title of greatest stunt man alive by performing increasingly dangerous feats.
Dir: Hal Needham Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y