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News Briefs -
Television
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Written by Allie Mathews
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Saturday, 06 October 2007 |
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For nine years now, ABC Family has brought us 13 Nights of Halloween. Spook-tacular nights await, starting on October 19 through October 31. ABC Family has a new original movie premiering during the line-up, and classics sure to please anyone looking for frights on the nights leading up to Halloween.
What's the line-up for this year's 13 Nights of Halloween?
Night One (Friday):
Night Two (Saturday-all day):
- ABC Family's all day line-up starts with the friendly ghost Casper in Casper Meets Wendy at 11 AM et/pt.
- Get ready for an unpopular high school student who uses her new powers to get revenge in Teen Witch at 1 PM et/pt.
- One can never have too much Hocus Pocus, which airs 3 PM et/pt. This film stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy—together, they make up the Sanderson sisters, and they are on a quest for immortal life.
- Tim Burton's animated film Corpse Bride depicts true love that is doomed as Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) is mistakenly married to a corpse bride (voice of Helena Bonham Carter) at 5 PM et/pt.
- ABC Family ends out the evening with the world's most lovable extraterrestrial E.T., airing at 7 and 9:30 PM et/pt.
Night Three (Sunday-all day):
- This isn't a fairy tale of clicking heels three times and going home—this is a tale of speaking a man's name three times and him wreaking havoc for a married couple. Beetlejuice airs at noon et/pt.
- Miss Hocus Pocus on night two? S'alright! Watch it on night three at 2 PM et/pt.
- Corpse Bride repeats at 4 PM et/pt.
- An encore airing of Beetlejuice commences after Corpse Bride at 6 PM et/pt.
- Make sure you check out the ABC Family original movie Nature of the Beast! It's a dark tale of a happy couple, Julia and Rich, planning their perfect wedding before a secret is revealed—Rich is...a werewolf! This doesn't seem to phase Julia in the slightest—ON WITH THE WEDDING!!! The movie starts at 8 PM and airs again at 10 PM et/pt.
Night Four (Monday):
Night Five (Tuesday):
Night Six (Wednesday):
Night Seven (Thursday):
Night Eight (Friday):
- Follow a couple from Tennessee who deal with some type of entity that is residing in their house in the basic cable premiere of An American Haunting at 8 PM et/pt.
Night Nine (Saturday-all day):
Night Ten (Sunday-all day):
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For those wanting something a little lighter filling their plates, Sunday is the day for it. Starting at noon et/pt, the film Matilda is a story of a young girl using her telekinetic powers to get rid of her evil principal and completely dysfunctional family.
- At 2 PM et/pt, a boy befriends a vampire in The Little Vampire.
- Watch the original Casper at 4 PM et/pt.
- There's another viewing of Matilda at 6 PM et/pt.
- No one is ever too old to watch Scooby-Doo, which airs at 8 PM et/pt.
- Check out the sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed at 10PM et/pt.
Night Eleven (Monday):
Night Twelve (Tuesday):
Night Thirteen (Wednesday) HALLOWEEN!!!:
Go to ABC Family's Official site for more information on the haunting line-up of 13 Nights of Halloween.
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