The Latest on TV: Tell Them Boris Sent You

Notable movies and other programs on TV for Monday October 22 to Wednesday October 31:

Boris Karloff wraps up this month's monstrous offerings on Turner Classic Movies, with a marathon of his non-Frankenstein films on Halloween, including The Old Dark House and The Walking Dead (not available on DVD).

Another actor best known for his fright films, Anthony Perkins, gets the non-horror spotlight as well on TCM Saturday, including the not-on-DVD Five Miles to Midnight and Green Mansions.

And rounding up the channel's month long look at "Classic Horror Directors", Roger Corman will be saluted on Friday, including his The Terror, starring Karloff.

TCM celebrates the 75th birthday of Louis Malle with a two-day marathon (Tuesday and Wednesday) of his films, most making their debuts on the channel, including the not-on-DVD Zazie Dans le Métro, The Fire Within and Black Moon.

Also on TCM but not yet on DVD for the next week and a half: Edward G. Robinson in Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, Spencer Tracy in Edison, the Man and Rosalind Russell in Sister Kenny (Monday), Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street and Fredric March in both The Adventures of Mark Twain (Tuesday) and One Foot in Heaven (Wednesday), Frank Sinatra in Come Blow Your Horn (Thursday), Irene Dunne in The White Cliffs of Dover and Barbara Stanwyck in The Miracle Woman (Sunday), Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (Monday, October 29) and Dirk Bogarde in Song Without End, Ginger Rogers in Tender Comrade, Susan Hayward in Deadline at Dawn and Gene Kelly in The Cross of Lorraine (Tuesday, October 30).

The Sundance Channel original series Iconoclasts returns Thursday with Sean Penn and author Jon Krakauer, author of the book Into the Wild, the source material for Penn's latest film of the same name.

As if you couldn't tell by the title, vampire movies are the subject of Bloodsucking Cinema, a new special on Starz Friday featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Corey Haim, John Landis, Leonard Maltin, Joel Schumacher and Stuart Townsend. Over at AMC, Backstory takes an hour-long look at Carpenter's Halloween on Saturday.

Bravo offers up the Ultimate Superheroes, Vixens and Villains and Even Scarier Movie Moments on Friday, and The 100 Scariest Movie Moments on Saturday. The latter two specials (which are a must-see for horror movie enthusiasts) are running several times between then and Halloween, so check their schedule for other showtimes.

Click on the network links to find the show times in your area. All programming is subject to change.

PLEASE NOTE that this week's "The Latest on TV" not only goes to the end of the month, but also that it will be the last weekly edition. Tune in later for a full explanation and the future plans for this section in an upcoming post.

Links via TCM.com, SundanceChannel.com, Starz.com, AMCTV.com and BravoTV.com.