SMC Delivers A Month Of Terrifying Tricks And Twisted Treats This Halloween Season, With A Star-Studded "Killer Thursdays" Lineup Every Thursday In October, At 10 p.m. ET

CULVER CITY, Calif., Sept. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Creatures of the night take over October, as Sony Movie Channel unleashes a "Killer Thursdays" block loaded with tricks and treats every week at 10 p.m. ET. The lineup features genre icon Tony Todd in the Clive Barker classic CANDYMAN (October 2); Tom Atkins fights alien parasites in NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (October 9); Stephen King's feline terror SLEEPWALKERS (October 16); Tobin Bell in BOOGEYMAN 2 (October 23); old favorites get a modern twist in the '06 thriller WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION, starring Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger (October 30); and more. The month closes with a monster 12-film Halloween Marathon on Friday, October 31, at 6 a.m. ET.

SMC honors comedy mastermind Richard Pryor on Tuesday, October 7, in a special double feature at 10 p.m. ET. The night begins with the groundbreaking RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP, as the influential funnyman delivers a trademark set that is simultaneously heartfelt, honest, and hilarious. Then, Pryor and Gene Wilder are falsely accused in the 1980 fish-out-of-water prison comedy STIR CRAZY.

"Sundays in HD" presents five visual cinema masterpieces, every week at 7 p.m. ET. Sam Rockwell learns he is not alone in MOON, and Gene Hackman and Gregory Peck lead a doomed lunar expedition in the Oscar®-winning drama MAROONED (October 5); Uma Thurman, John Neville and Robin Williams star in THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (October 12); Matt Damon finds trouble in Mexico in ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (October 19); and Patrick Swayze shines in CITY OF JOY (October 26).

Spend an evening with Sean Connery, as SMC celebrates the Oscar®-winning leading man as part of the "Friday Features" block on October 24, at 10 p.m. ET. Connery stars as a reclusive author who mentors a writing prodigy in Gus Van Sant's FINDING FORRESTER. Then, Connery's King Arthur enters a Medieval love triangle with Richard Gere as Lancelot and Julia Ormond as Guinevere, in FIRST KNIGHT.

And SMC's "The Recline" takes you into the ring for a night of "Brawling and Boxing," on Wednesday, October 1, at 8 p.m. ET, with Charles Bronson as a talented Depression-era boxer who partners with a shifty promoter, played by James Coburn, in HARD TIMES. Then, two boxers clash as their careers head in opposite directions in the 1972 Oscar®-nominated drama FAT CITY, starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges.

OCTOBER PROGRAMMING PRIME TIME HIGHLIGHTS  (All Times Eastern)
Mandays (movies guys like)

Monday, October 6 – C.I.A. SEAGAL
10 p.m. & 1:30 a.m. – SHADOW MAN (2006)
11:45 p.m. & 3:15 a.m. – BLACK DAWN (2005)

Monday, October 13 – ART OF WAR FRANCHISE
10 p.m. & 1:25 a.m. – THE ART OF WAR II: BETRAYAL (2008)
11:50 p.m. & 3:15 a.m. – THE ART OF WAR III: RETRIBUTION (2009)

Monday, October 20 – SCI-FI HORROR
10 p.m. & 1:45 a.m. – SCREAMERS (1996)
12 a.m. & 3:40 a.m. – SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING (2009)

Monday, October 27 – MILITARY HORROR THRILLS
10 p.m. & 1:10 a.m. – RED SANDS (2009)
11:35 a.m. & 2:45 a.m. – OUTPOST (2008)

Take Two Tuesdays (two movies – one theme)

Tuesday, October 7 – RICHARD PRYOR
10 p.m. & 1:30 a.m. – RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (1982)
11:30 p.m. – STIR CRAZY (1980)

Tuesday, October 14 – TEEN-DRIVEN SUSPENSE
10 p.m. & 1:40 a.m. – TOY SOLDIERS (1991)
12 a.m. & 3:40 a.m. – LITTLE NIKITA (1988)

Tuesday, October 21 – ONE WILD AND CRAZY NIGHT
10 p.m. & 1:20 a.m. – AMERICAN CRUDE (2008)
11:45 p.m. – THE HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS (1980)

Tuesday, October 28 – JAMES SPADER
10 p.m. & 1:50 a.m. – ALIEN HUNTER (2003)
11:40 p.m. & 3:30 a.m. – WOLF (1994)

The Recline (classics)

Wednesday, October 1 – BRAWLING AND BOXING
8 p.m. & 11:25 p.m. – HARD TIMES (1975)
9: 40 p.m. & 1:05 a.m. – FAT CITY (1972)

Wednesday, October 8 – WESTERN ACTION
8 p.m. & 10:35 p.m. – SEMINOLE UPRISING (1955)
9:20 p.m. & 11:55 p.m. – SECRET OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN (1956)

Wednesday, October 15 – WARREN BEATTY
8 p.m. & 11:30 p.m. – SHAMPOO (1975)
10 p.m. & 1:25 a.m. – THE FORTUNE (1975)

Wednesday, October 22 – GRITTY MOB NOIR
8 p.m. & 11:15 p.m. – THE BROTHERS RICO (1957)
9:40 p.m. & 12:55 a.m. – THE MOB (1951)

Wednesday, October 29 – RARE SCARES
8 p.m. & 11:15 p.m. – THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN (1971)
9:40 p.m. & 12:50 a.m. – SEE NO EVIL (1971)

Killer Thursdays (horror and suspense)

Thursday, October 2 – CLIVE BARKER
10 p.m. & 1:20 a.m. – CANDYMAN (1992)
11:45 a.m. & 3:05 a.m. – CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE (2006)

Thursday, October 9 – ZOMBIE NIGHTS
10 p.m. & 1:10 a.m. – NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)
11:35 p.m. & 2:45 a.m. – NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)

Thursday, October 16 – CAMPY SCREAMING
10 p.m. & 1:20 a.m. – SLEEPWALKERS (1992)
11:40 p.m. & 3 a.m. – BRAINSCAN (1994)

Thursday, October 23 – BOOGEYMAN FRANCHISE
10 p.m. & 1:15 a.m. – BOOGEYMAN 2 (2008)
11:35 p.m. & 2:50 a.m. – BOOGEYMAN 3 (2009)

Thursday, October 30 – SINISTER REMAKES
10 p.m. & 1:15 a.m. – WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (2006)
11:40 p.m. & 2:50 a.m. – TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION (1994)

Friday Features (popular hits)

Friday, October 3 – HOUSEBOUND THRILLERS
10 p.m. & 2 a.m. – STRAW DOGS (2011)
12:05 a.m. – THE GLASS HOUSE (2001)

Friday, October 10 – EXPLOSIVE ACTION
10 p.m. & 1:15 a.m. – S.W.A.T.: FIREFIGHT (2011)
11:35 p.m. – SNIPER: RELOADED (2011)

Friday, October 17 – FBI LONE WOLVES
10 p.m. & 1:50 a.m. – THUNDERHEART (1992)
12:10 a.m. – NO WAY BACK (1996)

Friday, October 24 – SEAN CONNERY
10 p.m. & 2:45 a.m. – FINDING FORRESTER (2000)
12:25 a.m. & 5:10 a.m. – FIRST KNIGHT (1995)

Friday, October 31 – ZOMBIE NIGHTS
10 p.m. & 1:15 a.m. – NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)
11:40 p.m. & 2:50 a.m. – NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)

Sundays in HD (cinematic favorites)

Sunday, October 5
7 p.m. & 11:15 p.m. – MOON (2009)
9 p.m. & 1:10 a.m. – MAROONED (1969)

Sunday, October 12
7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. – THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1989)

Sunday, October 19
7 p.m. & 9 p.m. – ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (2000)

Sunday, October 26
7 p.m. & 9:20 p.m. – CITY OF JOY (1992)

Halloween Marathon

Friday, October 31
6 a.m. – BOOGEYMAN 2 (2008)
7:35 a.m. – BOOGEYMAN 3 (2009)
9:15 a.m. – GUILTY AS CHARGED (1992)
10:55 a.m. – BRAINSCAN (1994)
12:35 p.m. – SLEEPWALKERS (1992)
2:15 p.m. – CLIVE BARKER'S THE PLAGUE (2006)
3:50 p.m. – CANDYMAN (1992)
5:35 p.m. – MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN (1994)
7:45 p.m. – WOLF (1994)
10 p.m. & 1:15 a.m. – NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)
11:40 p.m. & 2:50 a.m. – NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)
4:25 a.m. – INSANITARIUM (2008)

For a complete schedule of films and times, visit www.Sonymoviechannel.com/schedule.
In addition to airing these films on the dates noted above, some of the movies mentioned are scheduled for further broadcasts throughout the month. (See listings for further details.)

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