Ah, I love October because a. it finally gets cold enough to wear a hoodie or jacket b. Halloween is at the end of the month, and C. that means there is a constant showing of horror movies on TV.

Fridays at 2am there's always TCM Underground on Turner Classic Movies. Also their website is pretty amazing. Check out the Illustrations and Lost Scenes pages to see artwork from our heroes Nathan Fox and Guy Davis.

Then on AMC starting Oct 24 is FearFest. For one week until Halloween they are showing nothing but (mostly the horrible remakes of classic) horror movies. Look at the Schedules page to see what movies play on what day...there's some good ones in there...mostly just The Fly.

And if you happen to be living in the Tampa/St. Pete area, also starting Oct 24th is the Halloween Horror Picture Show. Below is their official schedule:

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Friday, October 24th:
Free, family friendly movies with vintage trailers, etc.
1:30 p.m. - ROBOT MONSTER
3:00 p.m. - SON OF GODZILLA
5:00 p.m. - I BURY THE LIVING
6:45 p.m. - HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (with William Castle gimmicks: "coward's corner", a nurse in lobby to check hearts, etc.)

Friday night is "DEADITE NIGHT!": EVIL DEAD II and ARMY OF DARKNESS shown back to back! Come and be part of the action and dress as a Deadite or as Ash! (No real chainsaws or rifles, please!) "EVIL DEAD II" starts at 8:30 p.m., followed by "ARMY OF DARKNESS" at 10:45 p.m.. $7 admission for one movie, or $10 for the double feature.

Saturday, October 25th:
On Saturday, there will be FREE family friendly movies with vintage trailers, face painting for the kids, a costume parade before the first movie and we're working on adding more!
10:00 a.m. - ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
12:00 p.m. - MUNSTER GO HOME
2:00 p.m. - GREMLINS (with interactive stuff, like "Gremlins" in audience!)
4:30 p.m. - GHOSTBUSTERS
7:00 p.m. - THE TINGLER (with interactive stuff, like William Castle gimmicks!)

Saturday night, is "Zombie Night!": George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD will start at 9:00 p.m., followed by a special Zombie Night with the live cast of "Interchangeable Parts" performing THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW while dressed as zombies! Audience Participation is encouraged for both movies! $7 admission for one movie, or $10 for the double feature.

Sunday, October 26th:
The FREE family friendly movies continue!
10:00 a.m. - GHOSTBUSTERS
12:00 p.m. - GREMLINS (with audience interaction!)
2:15 p.m. - THE TINGLER (w audience interaction!)

Sunday evening, the Halloween Horror Picture Show takes over!: At 4:30 p.m., the Halloween Horror Picture Show’s festival of independent horror films begins! Admission is $7 at the door!

4:30 p.m., Shorts Package - (60 Minutes)
- "The Reaper"
- "Frankenstein vs The Wolfman"
- "Side Effect"
- "Lamp Post Lake"
- "In Darkness"
- "Alarum"

5:45 p.m. - Feature Film (135 minutes)
- "A Gothic Tale"

8:15 p.m. Feature Film
- "Live Evil"

10:00 p.m. - Feature Film
- "Shadowland"

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William Castle movies WITH the gimmicks? Evil Dead II and Ghostbusters on the big screen? Are you kidding? You had me at "Son of Godzilla". Though, not as totally amazing as the Shining Party, it's about as equally amazing as the 25th anniversary edition of The Stanley Kubrick Archives now available for $44.10 on Amazon.

And now for your moment of zen, courtesy of my new favorite website the Wrong Side of the Art: