THIS WEEK’S MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
1:00 pm . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child ›› (’89, Horror)A young woman wages a desperate battle to protect the soul of her unborn child from dream stalker Freddy Krueger. (cc)
SYFY 1:00pm.................WillyWonka and the Chocolate Factory ››› (’71, Children’s) A poor boy and his grandfather win a tour through the marvelous factory of a wily confectioner. (cc)FREE
1:00pm............Obsession ›››
(’49, Suspense) A London psychiatrist suspects that wife is having yet another affair; when he confirms it, he takes her lover prisoner and taunts his wife about the other man’s condition. (cc). . . TCM 1:30pm...............TheFirstPurge ›› (’18, Action) Violence and mayhem spread across the nation when the New Founding Fathers of America try a radical sociological experiment that allows citizens to vent their aggression for one night in an isolated community. (cc)FX
1:30pm..................SweetHome Alabama ›› (’02, Romance-Comedy) Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce. (cc)MTV
2:45pm.................. Seanceona Wet Afternoon ›››› (’64, Suspense) A medium orders her husband to kidnap a child so she can stage a seance later to findit.(cc)...................... TCM 3:00 pm . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master ›› (’88, Horror) Grotesque Freddy Krueger gives some more suburban teenagers something to dreamabout.(cc).............. SYFY 3:30 pm. . . . . . . Alita: Battle Angel ››
(’19, Science Fiction) Animated. Alita is a futuristic cyborg who wakes up in a doctor’s clinic with no memory of who she is. She must soon use her extraordinary fighting abilities to combat deadly forces while trying to uncover the truth behind her mysterious past. (cc) . . FX 3:30pm.........................Hook ››› (’91, Children’s) Aided by Tinker Bell, a corporate lawyer turns into Peter Pan to rescue his children from Captain Hook.(cc)...................... FREE 4:00 pm The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ››› (’15, Children’s) Live action/animated. Perpetual adversaries SpongeBob and Plankton join forces and come ashore to battle a pirate who has plans for the stolen Krabby Patties recipe.(cc)..................... NICK 4:45 pm. . . . . . . . . . . Eyes Without a Face ››› (’59, Horror) A Paris surgeon tries to fix his daughter’s face with skin from kidnappedwomen............... TCM 5:00pm................ ANightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ››
(’87, Horror) Institutionalized teenagers who share similar nightmares join forces to rid themselves of a murderer’s influence.(cc)...................... SYFY 5:30pm........................Boo! A Madea Halloween ›› (’16, Comedy) Cranky, fast-talking Madea finds herself under attack from ghosts, ghouls and zombies after breaking up a fraternity’s Halloween party. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . VH1 6:00pm.............Venom ›› (’18, Action) Journalist Eddie Brock develops superhuman strength and power when his body merges with the alien Venom.
Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating. (cc).............................. FX 6:30 pm . . . . . . House of Wax ›› (’53, Horror) A fire-scarred sculptor uses horrible methods to restore the marvelous wax creations his crippled hands cannot. (cc)............................. TCM 6:45 pm Matilda ››› (’96, Children’s)A little girl develops extraordinary mental abilities, despite neglectful parents and a brutal headmistress. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 7:00 pm . . . A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge ›› (’85, Horror) Mass murderer Freddy Krueger invades the nightmares of a new teenager and uses his body to continue his dirty work. (cc)............................ SYFY 8:00 pm Stuber ›› (’19, Comedy) After crashing his car, a cop who’s recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city’s seedy side.(cc)......................... FX 8:00 pm . . . Pretty Woman ››› (’90, Romance-Comedy) A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills. (cc)
LIFE
8:00 pm . . . We’re the Millers ›› (’13, Comedy) Indebted to a big-time drug lord, a pot dealer travels to Mexico with a fake family and a camper to pick up a large shipment and smuggle it into the U.S.(cc)......................... TNT 8:00 pm . Madea’s Witness Protection ›› (’12, Comedy) Placed under federal protection in Madea’s Southern home, a Wall Street banker and his dysfunctional family get a taste of the no-nonsense matriarch’s special brand of tough love. (cc)............................. VH1 8:00pm......... BeeMovie ›› (’07, Children’s) Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind’s honey over the centuries. (cc)............................ NICK 8:00 pm Too Many Girls ›› (’40, Musical) An heiress attends a Southwest college with four football-star bodyguards hired byherfather.(cc)............... TCM 8:50 pm Hocus Pocus ›› (’93, Children’s) Halloween trick-or-treaters come face to face with three witch sisters from the past in Salem, Mass. (cc) . . . . . . . . FREE 9:00 pm . . . . . . Boyz N the Hood ›››
(’91, Drama) Three boys become men, one guided by his father, in their racially divided Los Angeles neighborhood. (cc)
BET
9:00pm............. ANightmareon Elm Street ››› (’84, Horror) Freddy Krueger, a badly burned boogeyman with razors on his glove, haunts and kills teens in their dreams. (cc) . . . . . . SYFY 9:00pm.................. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later ›› (’98, Horror) In hiding for two decades, a traumatized woman learns her murderous brother has returned for her. (cc) . . . . . . . . AMC 10:00 pm . . . . . . The Long, Long Trailer ››› (’54, Comedy) Newlyweds splurge on a trailer for their honeymoon, which includes Yosemite National Park. (cc)TCM
FRIDAY
7:15 am . . . Go Chase Yourself ›› (’38, Comedy) Bank robbers tow away a bank teller in a trailer, chased by the police andtheteller’swife.............. TCM 7:30 am The Visit ›› (’15, Suspense)A teen and her younger brother discover a shocking secret about their seemingly charming grandparents while staying at their remote Pennsylvania farm. (cc)FX
8:30 am. A Girl, a Guy and a Gob ›››
(’41, Comedy) A shipping magnate loves his secretary, but she has a boyfriend in theNavy.(cc)................... TCM 9:30am .............. TheFirstPurge ›› (’18, Action) Violence and mayhem spread across the nation when the New Founding Fathers of America try a radical sociological experiment that allows citizens to vent their aggression for one night in an isolated community. (cc)FX
10:15am.............................. Twelve Crowded Hours ›› (’39, Crime Drama) An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders. (cc)............................. TCM 11:00am.................SweetHome Alabama ›› (’02, Romance-Comedy) Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce. (cc)MTV 11:00 am Matilda ››› (’96, Children’s)A little girl develops extraordinary mental abilities, despite neglectful parents and a brutal headmistress. (cc) . . . . . . FREE 11:30 am . . . . . . Alita: Battle Angel ››
(’19, Science Fiction) Animated. Alita is a futuristic cyborg who wakes up in a doctor’s clinic with no memory of who she is. She must soon use her extraordinary fighting abilities to combat deadly forces while trying to uncover the truth behind her mysterious past. (cc) . . FX 11:30 am . . . . . You Can’t Fool Your Wife ›› (’40, Comedy) An outcast husband flirts with another woman who turns out tobehiswife.(cc)............... TCM 2:00 pm . . . . . . . X-Men: Days of Future Past ››› (’14, Action) The X-Men join forces with their younger selves in order to change the past and save mankind’s future as well as their own. (cc) . . . FX 2:00pm......... BeeMovie ›› (’07, Children’s) Animated. After he talks to a human florist, a college-educated bee decides to sue the human race for stealing his kind’s honey over the centuries. (cc)............................ NICK 2:30 pm. . Madea’s Witness Protection ›› (’12, Comedy) Placed under federal protection in Madea’s Southern home, a Wall Street banker and his dysfunctional family get a taste of the no-nonsense matriarch’s special brand of tough love. (cc)............................. VH1 2:30pm....................... Carnival Story ›› (’54, Drama) Willie, a German woman, joins an American carnival passing through Munich. While traveling town to town, she joins Frank in his high-dive act, but tragedy is only a slip away. (cc)
3:00pm...............................TCM Real Steel ›› (’11, Action) A small-time boxing promoter and his estranged son reluctantly join together to build and train a robot fighter of championship caliber. (cc)............................... TNT 4:00 pm Halloween ›››› (’78, Horror) John Carpenter’s chiller about an escaped maniac who returns to his Illinois hometown to continue his bloody rampage. (cc)
AMC
4:15pm...........TheBigCircus ›››
(’59, Adventure) A circus man’s show goes on under the scrutiny of a bank examiner and with help from a PR woman. (cc)TCM 5:00 pm . . . . . . . Evan Almighty ›› (’07, Children’s) A newly elected congressman faces a crisis of biblical proportions when God commands him to build an ark. (cc)
VH1
5:00 pm The Croods ››› (’13, Children’s) Animated. A caveman catches the eye of a less-evolved female, as she and her family seekanewhome.(cc)............ NICK 5:30 pm . . . . . X-Men: Dark Phoenix ››
(’19, Action) During a rescue mission, Jean Grey is hit by a cosmic force that makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now unite to save her soul and battle aliens that want to utilize Grey’s mysterious new abilities. (cc)................................ FX 5:30 pm Fast & Furious ›› (’09, Action) Back in Los Angeles, fugitive Dom Toretto and agent Brian O’Conner reignite their feud but, then, must join forces against a commonenemy.(cc).............. TNT 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . Boyz N the Hood ›››
(’91, Drama) Three boys become men, one guided by his father, in their racially divided Los Angeles neighborhood. (cc)
BET
6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Halloween II ›› (’81, Horror) A killer follows his injured target to the hospital on Oct. 31 in Haddonfield, Ill.(cc)........................... AMC 6:10pm.....................TheTexas Chainsaw Massacre ›› (’03, Horror) In 1973, teenagers taking a road trip wander into a farmhouse belonging to a family of cannibals.(cc)................... SYFY 6:15pm.....................Carnivalof Souls ››› (’62, Horror) After taking a job as a church organist, the sole survivor of a fatal car crash encounters mysterious phantoms which lure her to a deserted carnival outside of town. (cc) . . . . . .TCM 7:30pm.......................FastFive ›› (’11, Action) In Rio de Janeiro, ex-con Dom Torretto and ex-cop Brian O’Conner join forces against a corrupt businessman who wants them both dead. (cc) . . . TNT 7:33 pm . . . . . . . . Suicide Squad ›› (’16,
Action) Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc and other armed supervillains unite to battle a mysterious and powerful entity, while the diabolical Joker launches an evil agenda of his own. (cc)............................... TBS 8:00pm.................. Halloween ›› (’18, Horror) It’s been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. She now faces a terrifying showdown when the masked madman returns to Haddonfield, Ill. — but this time, Laurie’s ready for him. (cc) . . FX 8:00 pm . . . . . This Christmas ›› (’07,
Comedy-Drama) A matriarch assembles her brood for their first holiday reunion in four years, but secrets come to light and family ties become strained. (cc)LIFE
8:00pm.................. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later ›› (’98, Horror) In hiding for two decades, a traumatized woman learns her murderous brother has returned for her. (cc) . . . . . . . . AMC 8:00pm..........................My Dear Miss Aldrich ›› (’37, Comedy)A Nebraska schoolteacher inherits a New York daily and tells her managing editor howtorunit.(cc)............... TCM 9:00 pm . . . Sister Act ›› (’92, Musical Comedy) A Reno lounge singer on the run plays nun and shows a San Francisco convent’s chorus how to rock. (cc)BRV
9:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story ››› (’04, Comedy) The owner of a gym and an overbearing entrepreneur form dodgeball teams to compete for $50,000 in Las Vegas. (cc)
VH1
9:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citizen Kane ›››› (’41, Drama) Enigmatic newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane rises, falls and leaves behind a riddle with his dyingbreath.(cc)............... TCM 10:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . The Magnificent Seven ›› (’16, Western) Desperate townspeople hire seven mercenaries to battle a greedy industrialist and his ruthless henchmen in the Old West. (cc)
PARMT
10:00 pm . . Hancock ›› (’08, Action) A scruffy superhero protects the citizens of Los Angeles but leaves horrendous collateral damage in the wake of every well-intentioned feat. (cc) . . . . . . . TBS 10:00pm................RushHour2 ›› (’01, Action) Two detectives battle a Hong Kong gangster and his henchmen after a bombing at the U.S. Embassy. (cc)
TRU
SATURDAY
6:00 am Ghosts — Italian Style ›› (’69, Comedy) A crooked secret-admirer lets a married couple stay in his supposedly haunted palace. (cc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 7:00am...............Ghostbusters ››› (’84, Comedy) Armed with proton packs, four paranormal investigators battle mischievous ghouls in New York. (cc)............................ FREE 7:45 am The Exorcist ›››› (’73, Horror) An actress calls upon Jesuit priests to try to end the demonic possession of her 12-year-old daughter. (cc) . . . . . . . . AMC