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Kickin' Back at Home

Just Hanging around the House...

 OK, so sometimes you're not up to running out and around in costume...  Maybe you just want a break this year.  Maybe you're under the weather.  Home is not a bad place to be... you've got many choices to rock those hauntin' spirits.

This page works for everywhere, not just Los Angeles... times may vary as I'm listing PSTs.

bulletThe Boo-Tube
bulletTelevision time galore
bulletDVD Scares
bulletWhat's the latest out there
bulletWhen to expect the little Goblins and Ghouls
bulletLinks to tips

The Boo-Tube - TV Halloween Specials

The TV stations only release their schedules a few weeks in advance... so keep checking back for updates as I get them.

Loads of television for your Halloween viewing pleasure.  Check out your TV for all kinds of monster festivals.  Let them wear the costumes and makeup!  You'll have your feet propped up and a bowl of candy in your arms.   OK, you're allowed to wear a costume too, but sweats are just as good.  Wear black.

Get started with some web games and schedules:  (You're on your own for the rest!)

 TV Guide Halloween

A quick look at the TV Guild's Halloween schedule shows that lots of channels   They also have some fun spooky trivia and a list of the hottest scary stars... that's very painful.  <G>

bulletHalloween night series marathons
bullet(Not many just for prime time, see the grouping below for the weekend TV plans.)
bulletLifetime - Halloween episodes of a number of their series.
bulletCourt TV - "Psychic"  and other supernatural stories
bulletABC Family - "Scariest Places on Earth"
bulletTNT - (early morning) X-flies, Angel, Charmed
bulletSupernatural movie marathons:
bulletBravo, Showtime and more on the "extreme" chanels
bulletTBS - Sunday
bulletHalloween night fun - a few programs w/ a Halloween theme
bulletCBS - NCIS
bulletNBC - How I Met Your Mother
bulletABC - Boston Legal
bulletStarting on the weekend, or even earlier...
bulletDisney is airing spooky movies at 8pm for 2 weeks before Halloween
bulletSci-Fi Channel goes almost all movies for a 13 Days of Halloween marathon.   Scary movies and "Ghost Hunters" live special on Halloween night.
bulletHistory Channel has picked haunted and supernatural themes for it's programming from Houdini to UFOs, almost solid horror on Halloween
bulletTV Land - Munsters Marthon (Saturday)
bulletDiscovery - A Haunting (Saturday-Tuesday), Bugs (Sunday). Exorcisms & Criminals (Monday).
bulletTravel Channel goes for a live broadcast of "Most Haunted" and other "Most Haunted" 'classics', the weekend before is more Haunted Houses and Weird Travels
bulletThe cartoon channels are playing a lot of Scoobe-do and lots of "haunted" cartoons all weekend

and... much, much more, check your favorite channels for their version of Halloween.

 AMC's Monster Festwww.AMCTV.com

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They turn their schedule over to Horror starting Sunday October 22 though October 31, 2006.
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Check out their special website for the full list as well as fun trivia

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If you are into the the cheesy, fun horror movies set your  Tivo or VTR. 
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Seems like a big chunk of the prime time will be from the Halloween and Friday the 13 sagas.  If you miss your favs, check their schedule, they'll probably be rerunning it.

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Early morning look themed with classics:   Mummy, Frankenstein, Wolf Man.

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Afternoon has more modern horror flicks.  They're often in groups... so pick your favorite poisons.

Turner Classic Movies : www.TurnerClassicMovies.com.

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TCM has smaller lineup planned this year.  Horror movies from silent to comedy, B&W noir to modern ghosts are scattered throughout their schedule.
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Silent Sunday Nights in October showcase Lon Chaney.
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Oct 29, evening horror starting with the silent Phantom of the Opera... then at 3am... the marathon begins.

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TCM Halloween Movie Marathon... starts at 3am on Oct 31, 2006.
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Freaks, that bizarre 1932 murder at the circus flick leads off the selection of classically twisted horror and insanity.

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At  5pm... Vincent Price Horror Marathon continues the theme of madness.

Full October 2006 schedule for TCM is <here>

ABC - 13 Nights of Halloween

ABC Family TV hosts a set of spooky "family" movies October 19-31, 2006 Showcased this year include The 6 Sense, Ghost, Urban Legend and the Hollow.  On Saturday and Sunday they have a horror movie marathon.  And to turn your head completely around... catch a marathon of "Scariest Places on Earth" hosted by Linda Blair.

Showtime

Showtime has chosen the last Friday in October, 2006  to launch season 2 of their Masters of Horror anthology series that features creepy pieces directed by, yup, you've got it, master directors of the horror genre.

Also, there are plenty of horror movies showing - cheesy classics to modern mayhem

Check your favorite channel for your kind of horror movie.

DVD Scary Movies - just out, 2006

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The latest scares just out
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Bewitched, the movie

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Monster House

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The Gathering

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The Saw II

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Slither

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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New release of classics (or fun stuff as some aren't classics, but a grand scare which is just as good! <G>)
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The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology

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The Omen: The Complete Collection

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Chucky: The killer DVD Collection

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Dracula: The 75th anniversary Legacy Collection

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The Adams Family

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The Munsters

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Forever Knight, the trilogy: part II - finally!!!

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Steven King Collection -  including Pat Sematary & Dead Zone

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

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 House of Blood

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House of the Damned

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Various multi-movie Boris Karloff Horror Collections

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Hollywood's Legends of Horror Collection - Doctor X, Devil Doll, Mark of the Vampire and more

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...And, lots of cheesy horror flick for the connoisseur of B-movies.  Many are double DVDs

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List of all the DVD's coming out in October at Coming Soon

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Find reviews of the recent horror movies and DVD releases at Aint-It-Coolhttp://www.aintitcool.com/ - (warning: adult language)

When to expect the little Goblins and Ghouls at your door?

This has gotten tougher to determine.  It used to be about an hour before dusk... but here are a few tips....

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If the local Park and Rec department is having a Halloween Fair, don't expect them until after.  However, the closer you are to the park, the sooner after the close the kid's festivities you will see them.

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If the local part doesn't have something, you may see them as early as 4pm so that the parents can get the kids back in the house before the city's real ghouls are out... so if you come home early to change into your costume for the evening, have a bit of candy around for the kids because you never know.

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If you're in an apartment, you'll have very few beyond the building's kids... and the kids will be heading out to parties.

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If you've got a house near a heavy apartment area, and you're looking for lot trick-or-treaters, decorate you house with flare and leave your lights on late.  You'll get batches at all different times.

Tips for Safe Trick or Treating  - by the LA Fire Department[Cat/m_add_bottom_Halloween.htm]

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