TCM Underground

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TCM Underground is a weekly late-night cult film showcase airing on Turner Classic Movies. It was originally 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] The series will continue through 2007, though it is periodically pre-empted by special month-long or seasonal scheduling themes, such as February's "31 Days of Oscar" film series and the summer-long "Summer Under the Stars".^[2] When it does not conflict with a special theme, TCM Underground airs in its usual slot (during "Summer Under the Stars", when the Friday theme belongs to an actor associated with cult film, that actor's cult films are also broadcast as part of TCM Underground). Promotional bumper material and opening credit sequences were created by Raygun.^[3]

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

Contents 1 Host 2 List of films 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Host

Turner Classic Movies hired popular heavy metal artist/filmmaker Rob Zombie to host the series. Zombie, an avid horror movie fan whose filmwork included directing and writing the controversial horror films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, hosted the series until the December 1st, 2006 installment of the series.

Though Fangoria described his presenting style as the antithesis to TCM host Robert Osborne's film introductions^[5], Zombie's hosting format was the same as Osborne's. Both introduce the proceeding films, explain the basic plot, and tell the story behind the making of the film. The only variation was Zombie's ending segment, shown after the end of the film, where he discusses the reasons behind the film's box office failure.

Currently TCM Underground is without a host. Rob Zombie is promoting his latest film, Halloween, which will be released by Dimension Films in theaters August 31st, 2007. At this time, it is unknown whether or not Zombie will return to host TCM Underground, as there has been no official announcement from Zombie himself or Turner Classic Movies. According to an online post by a Rue Morgue Radio host,^[6] Zombie has unofficially indicated that he will not be returning.

[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
The Unholy Three West of Zanzibar	December 15	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1925 1928
Dementia 13	December 22	2:00 AM	1963
Madhouse The Last Man on Earth	December 29	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1974 1964
Coffy Foxy Brown	January 5	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1973 1974
The Black Sleep The Brain That Wouldn't Die	January 12	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1956 1962
Curse of the Demon House of Usher	January 19	2:00 AM 3:45 AM	1957 1960
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	January 26	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1966
I Bury the Living	March 9	2:00 AM	1958
Spider Baby	March 16	2:00 AM	1968
Night of the Living Dead The Crazies	March 23	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1968 1973
Sisters	March 30	2:00 AM	1973
A Bucket of Blood The Terror	April 6	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1959 1963
Coffy Foxy Brown	April 13	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1973 1974
Plan 9 from Outer Space Bride of the Monster	April 20	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1959 1953
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Mudhoney	April 27	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1965 1965
The Born Losers	May 4	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1967
Black Caesar Hell Up in Harlem	May 11	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1967 1973
Electra Glide in Blue	May 18	2:00 AM	1973
Freaks Mark of the Vampire	May 25	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1932 1935
Head	June 1	2:00 AM	1968
The Sadist Wild Guitar	June 8	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1963 1962
The Conqueror Worm The Pit and the Pendulum	June 15	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1968 1961
The Honeymoon Killers Harold and Maude	June 22	2:00 AM 4:00 AM	1970 1971
West Of Zanzibar The Unholy Three	June 29	2:00 AM 3:15 AM	1928 1925
Curse Of The Demon Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)	July 6	2:00 AM 3:45 AM	1958 1978
Billy The Kid vs. Dracula Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	July 13	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1966 1966
I Bury The Living Zombies Of Mora Tau	July 20	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1958 1957
A Bucket Of Blood The Terror	July 27	2:00 AM 3:15 AM	1959 1963
Berserk Trog	August 3	2:00 AM 4:00 AM	1967 1970
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Theatre Of Blood	August 10	2:30 AM 4:15 AM	1971 1973
Dementia 13 Homicidal	September 7	2:00 AM	1963 1961
Madhouse The Last Man On Earth	September 14	2:00 AM 3:45 AM	1974 1964
The Black Sleep Corruption	September 21	2:15 AM 3:45 AM	1956 1968
Spider Baby Die! Die! My Darling!	September 28	2:00 AM 3:30 AM	1964 1965
The Born Losers	October 6	2:00 AM 4:00 AM	1967
Black Caesar Hell Up in Harlem	October 13	2:15 AM 4:00 AM	1967 1973
Head	October 20	2:00 AM	1968
Carnival of Souls	October 27	2:00 AM	1962
Attack of the Crab Monsters The Killer Shrews	December 7	2:00 AM 3:15 AM	1957 1959
Suburbia The Legend of Billie Jean	December 14	2:00 AM 3:45 AM	1984 1985
Häxan The Seventh Victim	December 21	2:00 AM 4:00 AM	1922 1943
Grand Theft Auto The Fast and the Furious	December 28	2:00 AM 4:00 AM	1977 1955

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Midnight movie
• B movie

[edit] External links

• "TCM Underground" (2006) at the Internet Movie Database
• TCM Underground official website
• IGN: TCM Underground Trailer, Videos and Movies