Ghostly Movies on TV

Spooky Movies on TV October 24 Through October 31, 2010

Alice Clair Gunkee
Boo! Meet some spooky and not so spooky spirited ghosts on TV this week.

Sunday Spooks, October 24, 2010

3:45pm

Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) AMC
A treasure hunt leads a group of unsuspecting victims to a mansion inhabited by ghosts. Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino, Cerina Vincent.

5:00pm

Over Her Dead Body (2008) USA
A jealous ghost, who died on her wedding day, tries to sabotage her groom's new romance with a psychic. Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell.

The Grudge 3 (2009) SYFY
A doctor needs the help of a mysterious Japanese woman to combat two vengeful ghosts. Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith, Mike Straub.

6:15pm

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) ACMAX
Spirits of jilted lovers take a cod on an odyssey examining his many failed relationships. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas.

10:55pm

Over Her Dead Body (2008) USA
A jealous ghost, who died on her wedding day, tries to sabotage her groom's new romance with a psychic. Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell.

Monday Spooks, October 25, 2010

7:55am

Ghostbusters II (1989) SMC
The Ghostbusters try to rid NY of pink slime. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver.

12:30pm

The Grudge 3 (2009) SYFY
A doctor needs the help of a mysterious Japanese woman to combat two vengeful ghosts. Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith, Mike Straub.

1:20pm

Ghostbusters II (1989) SMC
The Ghostbusters try to rid NY of pink slime. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver.

1:30pm

Ghost Ship (2002) AMC
Members of a salvage crew and a pilot board a haunting vessel found floating in the Bering Sea. Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington.

5:00pm

Mostly Ghostly (2008) DISNEY XD
A boy has fantastic adventures when he encounters two ghosts. Based on the R.L. Stine book.

Tuesday Spooks, October 26, 2010

1:00pm

The Others (2001) SHOE
A devout woman with two sunlight-sensitive children believes ghosts inhabit her darkened island mansion. Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan.

4:15pm

13 Ghosts (1960) SMC
A couple and their children occupy a house haunted by 12 ghosts who are seeking a 13th. Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner.

5:00pm

Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island (2007) DISNEY XD
Three young detectives encounter a ghost at an abandoned amusement park. Based on the book by Robert Arthur. Chancellor Miller, Nick Price, Cameron Monaghan.

5:30pm

Ghost Dad (1990) HBOFM
A deceased father is granted 3 days to reassess his finances and bolster his relationship with his 3 children. Bill Cosby, Kimberly Rissell, Denise Nicholas.

Wednesday Spooks, October 27, 2010

5:35am

The Others (2001) SHOE
A devout woman with two sunlight-sensitive children believes ghosts inhabit her darkened island mansion. Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan.

8:15am

13 Ghosts (1960) SMC
A couple and their children occupy a house haunted by 12 ghosts who are seeking a 13th. Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner.

9:00pm

The Haunted Mansion (2003) ABC FAMILY
A real estate agent and his family encounter ghosts in an old New Orleans house on a remote bayou. (These ghosts look real similar to the ghosts in the haunted mansion at Disney World.) Eddie Murphy,
Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn.

Thursday Spooks, October 28, 2010

2:15pm

Thirteen Ghosts (2001) AMC
A widower, along with is son, daughter and others become trapped in a house with vengeful spirits. Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard.

6:00pm

The Canterville Ghost (1996) HMC
A jaded American family frustrates the ghost trying to scare them from his 400-year-old English manor. Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, Ed Wiley.

6:15pm

Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) AMC
A treasure hunt leads a group of unsuspecting victims to a mansion inhabited by ghosts. Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino, Cerina Vincent.

7:00pm

The Haunted Mansion (2003) ABC FAMILY
A real estate agent and his family encounter ghosts in an old New Orleans house on a remote bayou. (These ghosts look real similar to the ghosts in the haunted mansion at Disney World.) Eddie Murphy,
Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn.

8:15pm

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) ACMAX
Spirits of jilted lovers take a cod on an odyssey examining his many failed relationships. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas.

Friday Spooks, October 29, 2010

9:30am

100 Feet (2008) SYFY
Killed by his wife in self-defense, a violent man returns as a ghost to seek revenge against her. Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick.

5:00pm, 7:05pm
Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island (2007) DISNEY XD
Three young detectives encounter a ghost at an abandoned amusement park. Based on the book by Robert Arthur. Chancellor Miller, Nick Price, Cameron Monaghan.

9:00pm

Halloween II (2009) SHOE
Evil comes home to roost as unstoppable killer Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to restore his family, together with his ghostly matriarch. Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherie Moon Zombie.

Saturday Spooks, October 30, 2010

7:00am

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) HALLMARK
The pirate helps a track coach spook gangsters out to turn his family's island home into a casino. Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette.

1:30pm

13 Ghosts (1960) TCM
A couple and their children occupy a house haunted by 12 ghosts who are seeking a 13th. Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner.

4:00pm

The Haunted Mansion (2003) ABC FAMILY
A real estate agent and his family encounter ghosts in an old New Orleans house on a remote bayou. (These ghosts look real similar to the ghosts in the haunted mansion at Disney World.) Eddie Murphy,
Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn.

8:00pm, 11:00pm

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) OXYGEN
Captain Jack Sparrow must find a way to avoid the clutches of ghostly pirate Davy Jones and his crew or be damned for all eternity. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley.

Sunday Spooks, October 31, 2010

10:30am

The Terror (1963) TCM
A French Lieutenant follows a ghostly beauty to a baron's Baltic coast castle. Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight.

11:00am

Wind Chill (2007) LIFETIME
Sharing a ride home for the holidays, two college students become stranded on a stretch of highway haunted by the ghosts of those who died there. Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan.

11:15am

The Frighteners (1996) MAX E
Friendly ghosts help a psychic detective probe the hauntings that killed residents if a coastal California town. Michael J Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson.

12:00pm

Ghostbusters (1984) A & E
Parapsychologists armed with original ghost traps go into business ridding New York of ghosts. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis.

The Grudge 3 (2009) SLEUTH
A doctor needs the help of a mysterious Japanese woman to combat two vengeful ghosts. Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith, Mike Straub.

1:00pm

The Haunted Mansion (2003) ABC FAMILY
A real estate agent and his family encounter ghosts in an old New Orleans house on a remote bayou. (These ghosts look real similar to the ghosts in the haunted mansion at Disney World.) Eddie Murphy,
Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn.

8:30pm

Ghost Dad (1990) HBOFM
A deceased father is granted 3 days to reassess his finances and bolster his relationship with his 3 children. Bill Cosby, Kimberly Rissell, Denise Nicholas.

9:30pm

Mostly Ghostly (2008) DISNEY XD
A boy has fantastic adventures when he encounters two ghosts. Based on the R.L. Stine book.

Program schedules are subject to change. All times listed as EST.

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Sources:

A & E
ABC FAMILY
AMC
CINEMAX
DISNEYXD
HALLMARK
HBO
LIFETIME
OXYGEN
SHOWTIME
SLEUTH
SYFY
TCM
USA

Published by Alice Clair Gunkee

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  • Michael Segers10/25/2010

    Great tv reporting.

  • Jeffrey Weeks10/23/2010

    boo! :) jeffrey

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