more retro rewinds

“Ghostbusters” (Freeform, Sunday, Oct. 23, and Thursday, Oct. 27): Especially at this time of year, who ya gonna call? Oh, come on, you know. Director Ivan Reitman’s original 1984 horror-comedy remains a classic, thanks in no small part to the good cheer among title stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (also the film’s co-writer) and Ernie Hudson as they try to keep New York, and one apartment building in particular, safe from specters. Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis also star.

“Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (MeTV, Sunday, Oct. 23): As path of the channel’s Halloween-centric month, the anthology series fronted by suspense-master filmmaker Hitchcock gets a 10-episode marathon. First up is “The Greatest Monster of Them All,” a knowingly winking homage to creature features with Richard Hale as an actor (allegedly modeled on screen “Dracula” Bela Lugosi) who’s striving for a comeback. The teleplay is by Robert Bloch, who had just done the “Psycho” screenplay for Hitchcock.

“Planet of the Apes” (Decades, Saturday, Oct. 27): While the franchise has endured for almost six decades, one of its earliest outgrowths was this 1974 television series that lasted only half a season, but Is cherished by “Apes” fans. Roddy McDowall returned from the original movie, still in simian makeup but as a different character – Galen, assisting two more astronauts (Ron Harper, James Naughton) who have passed through a time warp into the far future. This “Decades Binge” of the show continues through early Sunday morning.