TCM Underground

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The official site featuring a double feature of Night of the Living Dead and The Crazies
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The official site featuring a double feature of Night of the Living Dead and The Crazies

TCM Underground is a late-night Turner Classic Movies series that features cult films hosted by industrial rock/heavy metal musician and independent filmmaker Rob Zombie. TCM Underground began airing Friday the 13th of October 2006 with Plan 9 from Outer Space and Bride of the Monster.[1] It has been confirmed that the series would continue through to 2007.[2] The promotional material was created by Raygun.[3]

The series was launched in an attempt to attact more young viewers to Turner's older-skewing audience.[4]

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[edit] List of films

Film Day Airing Year Released
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Bride of the Monster
October 13 2:00 AM
3:30 AM
1959
1953
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Mudhoney
October 20 2:00 AM
3:30 AM
1965
1965
Night of the Living Dead
The Crazies
October 27 2:00 AM
3:45 AM
1968
1973
Sisters November 3 2:00 AM 1973
Electra Glide in Blue November 10 2:00 AM 1973
Freaks
Mark of the Vampire
November 17 2:00 AM
3:15 AM
1932
1935
The Sadist
Wild Guitar
November 24 2:00 AM
3:45 AM
1963
1962
The Conqueror Worm December 1 2:00 AM 1968
The Honeymoon Killers December 8 2:00 AM 1970

[edit] References

  1. ^ TCM Welcomes Auteur Filmmaker and Music Artist Rob Zombie as Host Of New Cult Movie Showcase on TCM. TCM Movie News (2006-11-25). Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  2. ^ TCM 2006-2007 Programming Slate. TCM Movie News (2006-12-01). Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
  3. ^ Raygun Goes Underground With Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Yahoo! Finance (2006-12-12). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  4. ^ Dempsey, John. "TCM digs deep for database". Variety. 2005-10-23. URL retrieved 2006-12-02.

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