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post #1 of 16
9/22/02 at 5:17pm
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There’s a whole lot to look forward to in the next few months. Here’s a sampling. Got more you think everyone should know about? Feel free to add to this thread.

September 24
Buffy season premiere
UPN 8-9 PM
Joss Whedon promises less doom and gloom this season, more sunshine and puppy dogs. Sounds good to me. I’m dying to know what’s next for Spike, now that he’s got his soul back. Oh, and Willow goes through rehab in England.
<a href="http://www.upn.com/shows/buffy/" target="_blank">http://www.upn.com/shows/buffy/</a>

September 24
Haunted
UPN 9-10 PM
Matthew Fox is cursed to walk the Earth in limbo for eternity following his role in Party of Five. Ha! No, he’s just talking to ghosts each week. Looks promising.
<a href="http://www.upn.com/shows/haunted/" target="_blank">http://www.upn.com/shows/haunted/</a>

October 6
Angel season premiere
WB 9-10 PM
When last we left Angel, his troubled son had chained him in a box and dropped him into the Pacific Ocean. How’s that for a cliffhanger? Cordelia has gone on to some higher plane of existence, so I guess we won’t be seeing her around anymore. But Faith is supposed to be making an appearance sometime this season, so I’m tuning in.
<a href="http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Show/0,7353,||139,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Show/0,7353,||139,00.html</a>

October 26
Clive Barker Presents Saint Sinner
SciFi 9-11 PM
Reportedly, this has almost nothing to do with the comic of the same name. Some hot female demons wreak some havok.

October 26
Backstory: Halloween (2002)
Documentary, Color, 60 min.
AMC 10-11 PM
From the AMC website:
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It was 1978 and a horror movie about a bogeyman terrorizing a handful of babysitters, with a novice director and no stars, was about to change cinema history. John Carpenter’s Halloween came from nowhere and created a whole new vocabulary for horror films. A seminal film in its genre, the movie became one of the most imitated and profitable horror films of all time.

Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P. J. Soles, and crewmembers, Backstory: Halloween unveils the tumultuous production of the indy chiller and how the ingenuity of Carpenter and his team, coupled with the modest budget of $320,000, drove the filmmakers to create some of the most inventive, and memorable, images ever put to film. Plus, the new technology of the steadicam, just recently introduced into filmmaking, allowed the crew to shoot one of the most gripping opening scenes in horror-film history. The film that resulted forever changed horror movies--inspiring scores of imitators and inspiring the “slasher” genre--and, with a worldwide gross of over $70 million, became the most profitable ever independently released.
American Movie Classics’ MonsterFest runs during the last week of October. It’s interesting to note that they’ve got a backstory on Halloween, and movies 2-5, but not the original! Oh well, can’t have everything. This year’s schedule includes:

The Invisible Man (33)
The Alligator People (59)
Rollercoaster (77)
Predator 2 (90)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (71)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (72)
The Raven (63)
The Masque of the Red Death (64)
The Conqueror Worm (68)
Backstory: Halloween (2002)
Halloween II (81)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (83)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (88)
Halloween 5 (89)
Werewolf of London (35)
The Serpent and the Rainbow (88)
Dracula (31)
Frankenstein (31)
The Mummy (33)
The Wolf Man (41)
The Bride of Frankenstein (35)
Son of Frankenstein (39)
The Evil of Frankenstein (64)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (48)
Frankenstein's Daughter (58)
The Bride (85)
Fright Night (85)
Blood of Dracula (57)
Blood of the Vampire (58)
Slaughter of the Vampires (62)
Count Yorga, Vampire (70)
The Return of the Vampire (43)
The Brides of Dracula (60)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (54)
Revenge of the Creature (55)
Curse of the Swamp Creature (66)
Tentacles (77)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (55)
The Mummy's Hand (40)
The Mummy's Curse (44)
Earth Vs. the Spider (58)
Village of the Giants (65)
Empire of the Ants (77)

See the October schedule here: <a href="http://www.amctv.com/guide/0,,20-9-2002-M--N-EST,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.amctv.com/guide/0,,20-9-2002-M--N-EST,00.html</a>

October 31
William Shatner’s Full Moon Fright Night Chain Reaction
SciFi 7 AM – 5 AM Nov. 1
Get your Full Moon fix on Halloween. Or come to your senses and flip over to AMC.
<a href="http://www.scifi.com/frightnight/" target="_blank">http://www.scifi.com/frightnight/</a>

November (date to be announced)
Carrie
NBC (time to be announced)
A 3 hour (?) remake of everybody’s favorite Sissy Spacek movie.

December 2-6, 9-13
Steven Spielberg Presents Taken
SciFi 9-11 PM
This might be more science fiction than horror, but who knows at this point? According to my math, this is a 20 hour mini-series. Can that be right? At least it’s got a creepy website.
<a href="http://www.scifi.com/taken/index_flash.html" target="_blank">http://www.scifi.com/taken/index_flash.html</a>
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post #2 of 16
9/22/02 at 7:33pm
yeah,i'm pretty psyched about the Buffy premiere on Tuesday,even though last season was sort of....meh.Angel could get cancelled this very second and i dont think i'd give a rat's ass though.you can only watch vampires fight in slow motion so much.
as for the AMC October line-up,thats fantastic,but it really pisses me of that they show commercials during the movies now.i have so many tapes full of classic horror movies i taped off of there commercial free a couple years ago.now it just frustrates me.
but i probably will tape the William Shatner chain reaction offa sci-fi,cuz who knows how much longer that shows gonna even exist...
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post #3 of 16
9/22/02 at 9:03pm
Lay off angel this season looks very promising. Annyway as for Spike he is going to return to sunnydale and hide his soul for a while, supposed to live under the new sunnydale high.
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post #4 of 16
9/23/02 at 12:33pm
Christ AMC are going all out! Great stuff... looks like I need to get the munchies in, got some serious tv viewing in a few weeks.
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post #5 of 16
9/23/02 at 12:38pm
Do AMC cut out as much stuff as the Scifi channel, or do they leave the films alone mostly?
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post #6 of 16
9/23/02 at 12:52pm
Cordelia is back in Angel. They wrote that ending in case she didn't renew her contract, but she did so she will return. Not sure how, where or why though.
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post #7 of 16
9/23/02 at 1:03pm
Begining on Monnday, October 1st, my Girlcreeture will be compiling a list of what's on EVERY DAY in October, so you'll never be left without your horror fixin's.
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post #8 of 16
9/23/02 at 1:09pm
*breathes sigh of relief*

*screams in apoplectic anguish as he realises he will be taunted once again with tv that he does not posess....*
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post #9 of 16
9/23/02 at 6:43pm
Thread Starter 
AMC's commercial breaks are a pain if you're taping, but there not so bad if you need a break to run to the kitchen. They only have them once or twice during the movies, rather than every ten minutes.

And yes, AMC does edit their R movies. Most of the stuff they're showing won't be affected, but I expect cuts to Predator 2 and the Halloweens.
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post #10 of 16
9/23/02 at 6:50pm
Wow! That does it. I'm ordering up AMC on the dish. At least for October. That is great that Girlcreeture is going to be doing a TV listing. There is usually too much on in October to keep track of.
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post #11 of 16
9/24/02 at 2:36am
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Here are some more TV events I found at the <a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue282/screen.html" target="_blank">SciFi website</a>
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From Kathie Huddleston's 2002 Fall SF TV Preview:

Puppetmaster vs. Demonic Toys
SCI FI, Saturday, Dec. 21, at 9 p.m. ET
Merry Christmas, SCI FI style. What could be better than evil toy makers trying to turn harmless dolls into killer toys just in time for Christmas? When the great-nephew of the original puppet master and his daughter reanimate the puppets, a fiendish group of evildoers want to steal their reanimation formula.

Carnivale
HBO, 2003
This supernatural series about satanic evangelists and carny workers during the Depression promises to be a mix of The X-Files, David Lynch and Marjoe Gortner. The good-versus-evil tale is set in the Dust Bowl. The classic carny characters will include everyone from a dwarf to Siamese twins to a bearded lady to Adrienne Barbeau as a tattooed snake charmer. Also starring are Nick Stahl, Clancy Brown, Michael Jay Anderson, Patrick Bauchau, Clea DuVall and John Fleck. The pilot for Carnivàle was directed by Rodrigo Garcia.

The Hospital
ABC, 2003
The Hospital is a 15-hour limited series from Stephen King.

Night Gallery
USA Network, To Be Determined
First UPN takes on Twilight Zone and now USA will produce a limited series based on Night Gallery. Even Rod Serling might be surprised he's so popular after more than 30 years have passed. Stories will be updates of classic episodes, as well as new tales, some derived from work by best-selling authors. Tom Thayer will executive produce.

Ripper
BBC
Ripper is still on the books as a possibility. This series, which would star Anthony Stewart Head, would revolve around his character Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his adventures in England. While Head and Buffy creator Joss Whedon both appear still to be interested in doing the series, Whedon already has four series on his plate, so it doesn't appear that Ripper will take off any time soon.

Scare Tactics
SCI FI, First Quarter 2003
Let's just call this one Candid SCI FI Camera. Shannen Doherty hosts this 13-episode hidden camera series that features everything from a mock alien encounter to babysitting in a haunted house. Yes, friends and loved ones set up their unwitting victims with elaborately staged pranks, but it's all in good fun and for the cameras.

Tremors
SCI FI, January
Even after three movies, that little desert town of Perfecton, Nev., still appears to be a hotbed of activity for giant worms and all sorts of other creepy-crawlies in this new one-hour series. While the U.S government would like to take care of the problem, it seems the locals do a better job at kicking monster butt. Michael Gross returns as Burt Gummer, and the films' creators, Nancy Roberts, Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson, will be on hand to work with the show's executive producer, David Israel.

The Witching Hour
NBC, 2003-2004
NBC has acquired the rights to Anne Rice's The Witching Hour trilogy, which is set to be developed as a 12-hour limited series. The trilogy is set in New Orleans and is about the Mayfair Witches, a family with a supernatural history. John Wilder is set to adapt the three books, The Witching Hour, Lasher and Taltos
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post #12 of 16
9/24/02 at 2:48am
Hey are you sure about the Puppet Master Vs the Demonic Toys?
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post #13 of 16
9/24/02 at 2:48am
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Here's some more on the Stephen King miniseries, from <a href="http://www.stephenking.com/future.html" target="_blank">http://www.stephenking.com/future.html</a>

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Kingdom Hospital
Television miniseries, ABC/Stephen King

ABC and Stephen King will be collaborating on a dramatic series titled Kingdom Hospital to air sometime in the 2002-03 season. Stephen will write the first two-hour installment. The series was inspired by the Danish miniseries, The Kingdom, directed by Lars Van Trier. The ABC press release describes Kingdom Hospital as a "shocking and frightening tale of a haunted hospital that was built over an ancient graveyard. The doctors have put all their faith into science and technology, and are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism or unseen powers...at their own peril."
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post #14 of 16
9/24/02 at 2:50am
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PuppetMasterFan:
Hey are you sure about the Puppet Master Vs the Demonic Toys?
I'm not sure about anything. I'm just telling you what's being reported on SciFi's website. They've had the movie listed there for a while now, and this is the first time I've seen a date and plot description spelled out.
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post #15 of 16
9/24/02 at 3:24am
Here's some 'Saint Sinner' for ya... <a href="http://www.creature-corner.com/reviews/saintsinner.php3" target="_blank">Saint Sinner</a>

I'm still trying to get some buzz on this Rob Zombie Pay-per-View special too which falls conveniently on the night "Backstory: Halloween" airs.

October is a good month for TV, yessir.
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post #16 of 16
9/24/02 at 12:57pm
Thanks for the input maddogmike, some useful info here.
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