Monster Movies on TV for Halloween

Pull the covers over your heads or not because there are cute monsters for children and scary monsters for adults from the classic Frankenstein to cute creatures that multiply and turn into monsters on TV this week.

Monster Movies on Sunday, October 17, 2010

4:55am

Young Frankenstein (1974) AC MAX
Absurd Dr. Frankenstein visits the family castle in Transylvania and makes a monster. Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman.

Monster Movies on Tuesday, October 19, 2010

3:00pm

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007) SYFY
A plumber finds an outlet for his violent temper when his science professor turns into a monster. Robert Englund, Trevor Matthews, Rachel Skarsten.

Monster Movies for Wednesday, October 20, 2010

1:00am

How to Make a Monster (2001) HBO2E
Rogue programmers hired to design the ultimate scary video game are hunted one-by-one after their creation goes awry. Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane.

Monster Movies on Thursday, October 21, 2010

8:00pm

Van Helsing (2004) ABC FAMILY
A monster hunter joins forces with a beautiful woman to battle Dracula and other worldly creatures in Transylvania.

Monster Movies on Friday, October 22, 2010

2:15am

Sleepwalkers (1992) AMC
Mother and son monsters who survive on the blood of young women move to a sleepy town in Indiana. Brian Krause, Madchen Amick, Alice Krige.

8:00pm

Monsters, Inc. (2001) SK & FM
A blue behemoth and his one-eyed assistant work in a giant factory that exists to scare children. Voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs.

Monster Movies on Saturday, October 23, 2010

12:30am & 5:30pm

Gremlins (1984) CMT
An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters that wreck the town. Guess he should have followed directions and not gotten him wet.

4:20am

Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound (1990) HBOE
A mad scientist from the future meets the monster, his maker, and their literary creator. John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda.

10:00am

Frankenstein (1931) AMC
Baron Frankenstein creates a monster from cadavers and a killer's brain. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke.

8:00pm

Monster House (2006) CARTOON NETWORK
No adults believe 3 youth's assertion that a neighboring residence is a living creature that means harm to them. Voices of Steve Buscemi, Mitchel Musso, Maggie Gyllenhaal.

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

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