TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 27 -- The Essentials: Mind Games

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6:00 AM
THE DEVIL DOLL (1936)

A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton.
BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC


7:30 AM
BEDLAM (1946)

When an actress tries to reform an asylum, its corrupt keeper has her committed.
Dir: Mark Robson
Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House.
BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:00 AM
CAT PEOPLE (1942)

A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC


10:15 AM
DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)

Four travelers unwittingly revive the bloodsucking count.
Dir: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir.
C-90 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


12:00 PM
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1969)

Dracula goes after the niece of the monsignor who destroyed his castle.
Dir: Freddie Francis
Cast: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson.
C-92 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


2:00 PM
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE HORRORS OF STEPHEN KING (2011)

Author Stephen King discusses the various types of horror films and why they are so popular with moviegoers.
C-58 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


3:15 PM
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960)

After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Dir: Wolf Rilla
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens.
BW-77 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


4:45 PM
HOUSE OF WAX (1953)

A scarred sculptor re-populates his ravaged wax museum with human corpses.
Dir: Andre DeToth
Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk.
C-88 mins, TV-PG


6:30 PM
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959)

Sherlock Holmes investigates the haunting of an isolated British estate by a murderous canine.
Dir: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee.
C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


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THE ESSENTIALS: MIND GAMES

8:00 PM
DIABOLIQUE (1955)

A cruel man's wife and lover plot to kill him.
Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Paul Meurisse, Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret.
BW-116 mins, TV-MA


10:00 PM
GAMES (1967)

A mysterious woman inserts herself into a rich young couple's strange pranks and questionable jokes.
Dir: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross.
C-100 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


12:00 AM
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? (1971)

After their sons are convicted of murder, two women relocate to Hollywood to start a talent school.
Dir: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver.
C-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


2:00 AM
I BURY THE LIVING (1958)

A cemetery keeper thinks he can mark people for death.
Dir: Albert Band
Cast: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer.
BW-77 mins, TV-PG, CC


3:30 AM
TORMENTED (1960)

A composer is haunted by the ghost of the former lover he let die.
Dir: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders.
BW-75 mins, TV-PG


5:00 AM
WITNESS TO MURDER (1954)

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. I always thought the French actor in Les Diaboliques, Paul Meurisse bore a

strange resemblance to American actor Jack Webb.