31 Days of Halloween 2013

It's August 25th, you probably haven't started thinking about Halloween yet. Me? I've been obsessed with Halloween all year, practically clawing my eyes out for 10 months waiting until September 1st so I can start my Halloween festivities. I start in September because there's just not enough time if I wait until October. I mean, I've been watching horror movies all year, an average of two per weekend. But for Halloween I go all out, everything becomes Halloween: what I listen to, what I read. And to pump myself up and research which movies, TV shows, and documentaries I'm going to be watching this Halloween season, I compose my "31 Days of Halloween," 750 hours of premo spooky October television for my as-of-yet purely hypothetical fanstreamed television network.

The inaugural 2012 version was more about structure than content. While the pieces were there, it was full of filler: movies and programs I haven't even seen that were necessary to withhold the structure for each different marathon. This time around I have a much more vast collection of horror film, tv, and documentary knowledge in my hands and I've crafted what is, for me personally, a completely flawless month of horror programming. Nothing but the best films, the best documentaries, the best TV shows, everything here is either a personal favorite of mine or something I'm looking forward to watching this season.

I've also expanded many of the themes. So you may not be ready for Halloween yet, but if you're looking for some great material to watch this October, bookmark this page or get out a pen and paper, 'cause I've got you covered for 750 hours! I'll also be updating the list as I watch new programs this season, to insure that the absolute best possible marathon is represented here.

Movies are coded in RED.
Documentary programs & series are coded in GREEN.
Fictional (drama, comedy) television series are coded in BLUE.

Weekday Lineup (Monday through Thursday October 1st through October 24th.)

4am: Beyond Bizarre
5: movie slot d "early morning"
7: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
8: The Twilight Zone

9: Falling Skies

10: movie slot a "kids"
12:  Urban Legends (Mon & Tues) / Ancient Aliens (Wed) / MonsterQuest (Thurs)
1pm: slot reserved for Halloween-themed episodes
2: Unsealed: Conspiracy Files
2.30: R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Mon & Wed) / Lost Tapes (Tues & Thurs) 
3: Jericho
4: The Vampire Diaries
5: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
5.30: Sightings
6: A Haunting (Mon & Wed) / Paranormal Witness (Tues & Thurs)
7:  movie slot b "primetime fun"
9: American Horror Story

10: The Walking Dead
11: Real Scary Stories

11.30: Unsealed: Alien Files

12: movie slot c "scary"

2am: Is It Real?
3: Masters of Horror

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"Halloween Essentials" Weekend Theme Marathons (Beginning 4am Friday morning, ending 4am Monday morning)

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Prehistoric Night

(Friday, October 4th, 2013)

4am: Carnosaur

6: Jurassic Fight Club
7: MonsterQuest s3e18 "The Last Dinosaur"
8: Is It Real? s1e5 "Lake Monsters"

9: Land of the Lost (1960s)

10: Land of the Lost (1990s)

11: Dino King
1pm: Terra Nova

2: Terra Nova

3: Shark Week: Prehistoric Sharks

4: Planet Dinosaur

5: Planet Dinosaur

6: Jurassic Park

8: The Dinosaur Project

10: Jurassic Park III 

12: Area 407

2am: Incident at Loch Ness

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Beast Night

(Saturday, October 5th, 2013)

4am: Open Water

6: Night

6.30: Shark Week: Blood in the Water

8: MonsterQuest s2e18 "Jaws in Illinois"

9: When Animals Attack

10: Dark Days in Monkey City
10.30: Dark Days in Monkey City

11: In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

1pm: Untamed & Uncut

2: I'm Alive 

3: MonsterQuest s2e15 "Giant Bear Attack"

4.30: Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives

6: Jaws

8: The Reef

10: Grizzly Park

12: Grizzly Man

2am: Eyes in the Dark

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Creature Night

(Sunday, October 6th, 2013)

4am: Feast

6: The X-Files s1e20 "Darkness Falls"

7: iCarly s3e17 "iBelieve in Bigfoot"
7.30: Futurama s4e17 "Spanish Fry:"

8: Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science

9: Is It Real? s2e2 "Chupacabra"
10: MonsterQuest s1e12 "The Real Hobbit"

11: They

1pm: Lost Tapes

1.30: Animal X
2: Animal X

2.30: Mermaids: The Body Found
3.30: Mermaids: New Evidence 

4.30: The Last Dragon (Fantasy Made Real)

6: The Roost

8: The Descent

10: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

12: Trollhunter

2am: Cloverfield

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Alien Abduction Night 

(Friday, October 11th, 2013)

4am: Visitors of the Night

6: Is It Real? s1e2 "UFOs"

7: The White Mountain Abduction

7.20: Is It Real? s3e6 "Ancient Astronauts"

8: The X-Files s2e5 "Duane Barry"

9: The X-Files s3e9 "Nisei"
10: Best Evidence: UFOs

11: Altered

1pm: UFO Files s2e12 "Texas' Roswell"

2: Sightings

2.30: Sightings
3: Unsealed: Alien Files
3.30 Unsealed: Alien Files
4: The X-Files s3e20 "Jose Chung's From Outer Space"
5: Sightings

5.30: Unsealed: Alien Files

6: Fire in the Sky

8: Grey Skies

10: Night Skies

12: Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County

2am: The Wicksboro Incident

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Extraterrestrial Life Night 

(Saturday, October 12th, 2013)

4am: Unaware

6: Falling Skies

7: Falling Skies

8: Falling Skies

9: Curiosity s1e2 "Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?"

10: The Universe s2e7 "Astrobiology"

11: District 9

1pm: Defying Gravity

2: Europa: Mystery of the Ice Moon

3: Is It Real? s2e7 "Life on Mars"

4: The Universe s5e2 "Mars: The New Evidence"

5: The Universe s6e4 "Crash Landing on Mars"

6: Alien

8: Monsters (2010)

10: Europa Report

12: Infection (2005)

2am: Nightfall (2011)

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Apocalypse Night

(Sunday, October 13th, 2013)

4am: Carriers

6: Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague

7.30: Survivors

8.30: Survivors

9.30: Stephen King's The Stand (part one)

11: Hell

1pm: Countdown to Zero 

2.30: Jericho

3.30: Forecasting The End s1e2 "Rogue Planet"
4: Forecasting The End s1e6 "Tsunami"

4.30: Apocalypse How?

6: The Road

8: Right At Your Door

10: The Quiet Earth

12: The Bay

2am: Chernobyl Diaries

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Night of the Full Moon (Wolf Night)

(Friday, October 18th, 2013)

4am: Dog Soldiers

6: Freak Encounters s1e2 "Werewolf"

6.30: Lost Tapes s2e4 "Werewolf"

7: The Real Wolfman

8: MonsterQuest s1e14 "American Werewolf"

9: Fear Itself s1e9 "Something With Bite"

10: Wolf Lake

11: The Grey

1pm: Teen Wolf

2: Teen Wolf

3: Being Human

4: Being Human
5: Werewolves: The Dark Survivors

6: An American Werewolf in London

8: Ginger Snaps

10: Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

12: Jack & Diane

2am: Ginger Snaps Back

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Witch Night

(Saturday, October 19th, 2013)

4am: Suspiria
6: Curse of the Blair Witch

7: Eastwick (2009)
8: Charmed
9: Salem Witch Trials [History Channel]

10: Witchcraft: The Magick Rituals of the Coven

11: Hocus Pocus

1pm: The Secret Circle

2: The Secret Circle

3: The Secret Circle

4: Secret Circles Hidden Prayers

4.30: R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour s1e15 "My Sister the Witch"

5: Witchcraft: Myths & Legends [National Geographic]

6: The Wicker Man

8: The Craft

10: The Woods

12: The Blair Witch Project

2am: Paranormal Activity 3

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Vampire Night

(Sunday, October 20th, 2013)

4am: Interview With the Vampire

6: Lost Tapes s2e1 "Vampire"

6.30: Hellsing

7: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

8: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

9: True Blood

10: True Blood

11: Cronos

1pm: Real Vampires... Exposed!

2: Vampire Secrets

3.30: Hellsing

4: The Vampire Diaries

5: Diary of a Vampire: The Legacy of Bram Stoker

6: Stake Land

8: Let the Right One In

10: 30 Days of Night

12: Vampires (2010)

2am: Shadow of the Vampire

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Zombie Night

(Friday, October 25th 2012)

4am: [REC] 3: Genesis

6: Lost Tapes s3e1 "Zombies"

6.30: Unsealed: Conspiracy Files s1e5 "Zombies"

7: Dead Set (part one)
8: Dead Set (part two)
8.30: Dead Set (part three)
9: Dead Set (part four)
9.30: Dead Set (part five)

10: History's Mysteries: Zombies

11: Zombieland

1pm: The Walking Dead
2: The Walking Dead

3: The Walking Dead

4: The Unexplained: Zombies

5: Zombie Apocalypse (Discovery)

6: Night of the Living Dead

8: 28 Days Later

10: 28 Weeks Later

12: [REC]

2am: Diary of the Dead

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Partially-Dead Syndrome Awareness Day

(Saturday, October 26th, 2013)

4am: Beneath the Surface

6: Investigating The Haitian Zombie

7: Zombies: A Living History

8.30: Masters of Horror s1e3 "Dance of the Dead"

9.30: Scare Tactics s3e16 "Zombie Town"

10: The Truth Behind Zombies 

11: Shaun of the Dead
1pm: Fear Itself s1e6 "New Year's Day"

2: Beyond Bizarre s1e4 "Goths and Zombies"

3: In The Flesh s1e1

4: In The Flesh s1e2

5: In The Flesh s1e3

6: Warm Bodies

8: Deadgirl

10: Les Revenants

12: Mutants

2am: Perkins' 14

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Ghost Night

(Friday, October 27th 2013)

4am: Atrocious

6: Real Scary Stories

6.30: Real Scary Stories

7: American Horror Story

8: American Horror Story

9: American Horror Story

10: My Ghost Story

11: Insidious

1pm: Scariest Places on Earth

2: Celebrity Ghost Stories

3: A Haunting

4: Paranormal Witness

5: Paranormal Witness

6: Poltergeist

8: The Innkeepers

10: Session 9

12: Paranormal Activity

2am: Lake Mungo

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Possession Night

(Monday, October 28th, 2013)

4am: Exorcismus

6: Exorcism: Driving Out the Devil

7: Is it Real? s1e9 "Exorcism" 

8: A Haunting s1e8 "The Diabolical"

9: Apparitions

10: Apparitions 

11: The Conjuring

1pm: Apparitions

2: The Secret Circle s1e4 "Heather"

3: The Secret Circle s1e5 "Slither"

4: A Haunting s3e24 "The Possessed"

5: A Haunting s2e4 "Where Demons Dwell"

6: The Exorcist

8: Requiem

10: The Possession

12: The Last Exorcism

2am: [REC] 2

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Killer Night

(Tuesday, October 29th, 2013)

4am: Penny Dreadful

6: The First 48

7: Snapped

8: Deadly Women

9: American Justice

10: Harper's Island

11: Scream 4

1pm: Stalked: Someone's Watching
2: Unusual Suspects
3: American Horror Story: Asylum

4: American Horror Story: Asylum
5: American Horror Story: Asylum

6: Scream

8: Wilderness Survival for Girls

10: ATM

12: Home Movie

2am: Amber Alert

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Devil's Night

(Wednesday, October 30th, 2013)

4am: Night of the Demons (2009)

6: Lost Tapes s2e10 "Dover Demon"

6.30: Lost Tapes s2e7 "Jersey Devil"

7: The Twilight Zone s2e41 "The Howling Man"

8: Scare Tactics s3e1 "Satan's Baby"
8.30: Todd McFarlane's Spawn

9: Todd McFarlane's Spawn

9.30: Todd McFarlane's Spawn

10: Masters of Horror s2e5 "Pro-Life"

11: Devil
1: Todd McFarlane's Spawn
1.30: Hell: The Devil's Domain

3: Unsealed: Conspiracy Files s1e09 "The Anti-Christ"

3.30: Masters of Horror s1e8 "Cigarette Burns"

4.30: Devil Worship: The Rise of Satanism

6: Jacob's Ladder
8: Evil Dead (2013)

10: The House of the Devil

12: Darkest Night

2am: Paranormal Activity 2

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All Hallow's Eve (Campfire Night/Anthology Night)

(Thursday, October 31st, 2013)

4am: Trick 'r Treat

6: Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files

7: Tales from the Crypt
7.30: Goosebumps

8: Goosebumps
8.30: The Hunger

9: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

10: Real Scary Stories
10.30: The Hunger

11: Trick 'r Treat

1: Beyond Bizarre

2: Urban Legends

3: Masters of Horror s1e9 "Fair Haired Child"
4: Masters of Horror s1e13 "Imprint"
5: The Real History of Halloween

6: Campfire Tales

8: Trick 'r Treat

10: V/H/S 2

12: V/H/S

2: Trick 'r Treat
4am: The Cabin in the Woods

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Weekday Movie Slots

Movie Slot A (kids)
10am
- 15 slots -

Surviving Crooked Lake
Pan's Labyrinth
Ghost Cat
Let Me In
Wilderness Survival for Girls
Legend
Fun Size
Ginger Snaps
Requiem
The Hole
The Devil's Backbone
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
My Babysitter's a Vampire
In The Company of Wolves
Halloweentown


Movie Slot B (primetime fun)
7pm
- 15 slots -

Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Scream 4
The Mooring
The Cabin in the Woods
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Incident at Loch Ness
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Abandoned Mine
The Horseman
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The East
Trigger Man

Movie Slot C (scary)
Midnight
- 15 slots -

Atrocious
Blair Witch Project
Paranormal Activity 2
[REC]
The House of the Devil
Grave Encounters
Silent House
Ghostwatch
Dying Breed
Cherry Tree Lane
Another Kind
Midnight Son
Compliance
From Within
The Mist


Movie Slot D (early morning)
5am
- 15 slots -

Deadgirl
Fourth Kind
Hideous
Kissed
Splice
Unearthed
Crazy Eights
Tooth and Nail
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Milo
Battle Royale
Communion
The Woman
Red State
Midnight Meat Train

HALLOWEEN THEMED EPISODES (1pm Mon - Thurs slot)

- 15 slots -
(half hour programs are paired together)

• iCarly s1e7 "iScream on Halloween" & iCarly s6e4 "iHalfoween"
• Roseanne s2e7 "BOO!" & Roseanne s3e7 "Trick or Treat"
• A.N.T. Farm s1e14 "MutANT Farm" & Jessie s2e1 "The Whining"
• Veronica Mars s3e5 "President Evil"
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch s2e7 "A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It" & Eerie, Indiana s1e5 "America's Scariest Home Video"
• Dawson's Creek s3e7 "Escape from Witch Island"
• The Drew Carey Show s2e5 "The Devil, You Say" & George Lopez s3e7 "No One Gets Out Alive"
• Freaks and Geeks s1e3 "Tricks and Treats"
• Wizards of Waverly Place s3e2 "Halloween" & Austin & Ally s2e1 "Costumes & Courage"
• Dawson's Creek s5e9 "Four Scary Stories"
• Good Luck Charlie s2e25 "Scary Had a Little Lamb" & Good Luck Charlie s3e15 "Le Halloween"
• Pretty Little Liars s2e13 "The First Secret"
• Beavis and Butt-head s5e1 "Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest" & Everybody Hates Chris s1e6 "Everybody Hates Halloween"
• Dawson's Creek s1e11 "The Scare"
• The Secret World of Alex Mack s2e4 "The Secret" & Lizzie McGuire "Night of the Day of the Dead"