The Best 2009 Halloween Movie Marathons

Halloween is right around the corner, which means that it is time to pop some popcorn and enjoy a scary movie marathon. Every year, several channels run movie marathons including some of the best scary movies ever made. Here is a guide to this year's best Halloween movie marathon channels and their lineups.

Turner Classic Movies

TCM has one of the best scary movie line-ups, full of many of the classic horror movies.

Here is their October 31^st schedule:

10am - The Haunting (1963)

12pm - The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

1:45pm - Diary of a Madman (1963)

5pm - Cat People (1942)

6:30pm - The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

8pm - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

10pm - Murders in the Zoo (1933)

11:15pm - The Body Snatcher (1945)

12:45am - Circus of Horrors (1960)

2am - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

3:45am - The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)

Check out their entire schedule at www.tcm.com/schedule/

SyFy

The Science Fiction Channel is celebrating Halloween all month long, with their 31 Days of Halloween, starting on October 1. They will have an all day marathon of horror movies every Saturday and Sunday in October. My favorite line up is on Saturday, October 17:

9am - Mimic 3: Sentinel

10:30am - Shallow Ground

12:30pm - Crow 3: Salvation.

2:30pm - The Crow

4:30pm - Saw

7pm - Saw II

9pm - Saw III

11pm - Joyride 2: Dead Ahead

1am - Beneath Still Waters

3am - Furnace

You can check out the schedule for the entire month at www.syfy.com/schedule/

The Movie Channel

The Movie Channel will show a marathon of some recent horror films on the night of Halloween, including a classic remake and a movie based on a Stephen King story. Their October 31^st schedule is:

9pm - Halloween (2007)

11pm - Day of the Dead

12:30am - Midnight Movie

2:25am - Skinwalkers

4am - 1408

Visit www.sho.com/site/schedules/ to see the entire schedule.

Encore

Encore movie channel has a thrilling line up for the entire day of Halloween featuring many of the best recent horror movies. Their October 31^st schedule is:

1:15am - 30 Days of Night

3:10am - Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

4:45am - Shocker

6:35am - Tremors

8:15am - Prom Night

9:45am - Ghoulies II

11:20am - P2

1pm - Mimic

2:50pm - Untraceable

4:35pm - Final Destination

6:15pm - Twilight Zone: The Movie

8pm - Carrie

9:40pm - Scream

11:35pm - Hellraiser

Visit www.starz.com/schedule to view the entire schedule.

AMC

The final place to look for great scary movies around Halloween is on AMC. They have not released the schedule for the month of October yet, but they have an annual thirteen day Monsterfest the last two weeks of October. Keep an eye on the site movies.amctv.com/schedule/ to check for the schedule. It should be released soon and is sure to include the original Halloween series among its many great horror movies.