Ghostly Spooky Movies on TV for Halloween

Are you ready to be spooked? Check out these haunting movies featuring spooky, friendly or just plain mean ghostly characters that will be on TV this coming week.

Ghostly Spooky Movies on Sunday, October 17, 2010

9:00am

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

3:00pm

Ghost Voyage (2008) SYFY
Seven strangers awake aboard a haunted cargo ship adrift at sea. Antonio Sabato Jr, Deanna Russo.

5:00pm

Ghost Town (2009) SYFY
Deadly ghosts terrorize a group of college students. Jessica Rose, Randy Wayne, Gil Gerard.

Ghostly Spooky Movies on Monday, October 18, 2010

3:00am

Haunted Prison (2006) SYFY
Vengeful ghosts terrorize a gang of thieves and a documentary crew at an abandoned penitentiary. Jake Busey, Stacy Keach, Kyle Schmid.

8:00pm

Mostly Ghostly (2008) DISNEY E
A boy has fantastic adventures when he encounters two ghosts. Based on a novel by R.L. Stine. Sterling Beaumon, Ali Lohan.

Ghostly Spooky Movies on Tuesday, October 19, 2010

4:05pm

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

Ghostly Spooky Movies on Wednesday, October 20, 2010

2:15am & 4:00pm

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

11:45pm

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.

Ghostly Spooky Movies on Friday, October 22, 2010

3:25am

Ghost Dad (1990) HBO FAMILY
A deceased father is granted 3 days to reassess his finances and bolster his relationship with his 3 children. Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell, Denise Nicholson.

11:45am

Topper (1937) TCM
The ghosts of socialites George & Marion decide to help their friend, banker Cosmo Topper. Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young.

1:30pm

Topper Takes a Trip (1939) TCM
The ghosts of socialite Marion and her dog Skippy help Cosmo Topper with his wife on the Riviera. Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke.

5:00pm

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

Ghostly Spooky Movies on Saturday, October 23, 2010

6:20am

Field of Dreams (1989) ENCORE
An inspired Iowa farmer builds a baseball field, then sees Shoeless Joe Jackson's ghost. Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones.

7:00am

Casper Meets Wendy (1998) ABC FAMILY
Friendly ghost Casper helps a witch protect her aunts from an evil warlock. Hilary Duff, Shelley Duvall, Jeremy Foley.

12:00pm

Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) CARTOON NETWORK
A teacher helps a boy dissuade his father, a developer, from razing a friendly ghost's home. Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Brendon Ryan Barrett.

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

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