TCM Underground
TCM Underground is a weekly late-night cult film showcase airing on Turner Classic Movies. Developed by former TCM marketing director Eric Weber, 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 is periodically pre-empted by special month-long or seasonal scheduling themes, such as February's "31 Days of Oscar" film series and the month-long "Summer Under the Stars".[2] When it does not conflict with a special theme, TCM Underground airs in its usual slot at 2:00 AM (EST). The movies were programmed by Eric Weber until 2007 when TCM programmer Millie De Chirico took over the role. TCM began airing a new program titled Friday Night Spotlight and, in effect, TCM Underground was moved from its Friday time slot to Saturdays beginning April 6, 2013 (a TCM broadcast day runs from 6am-5:59am EST the following day, making Underground, in fact, airing on Sunday).[3] Promotional bumper material and opening credit sequences were created by Raygun.[4]
The series was launched in an attempt to attract more young viewers to Turner's older-skewing audience.[5]
The cult films featured in TCM Underground belong to a number of genres, including but not limited to blaxploitation films (Coffy, Darktown Strutters, The Mack), horror, slasher, and giallo films (Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Black Christmas, Hatchet for the Honeymoon), and counterculture films (An American Hippie in Israel, Ciao! Manhattan, Blue Sunshine).
Contents
List of films featured in the TCM Underground block
See also
References
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- ↑ Dempsey, John. "TCM digs deep for database". Variety. 2005-10-23. URL retrieved 2006-12-02.
External links
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- Official website not in Wikidata
- 2006 American television series debuts
- 2007 American television series endings
- 2000s American television series
- Turner Classic Movies shows
- Midnight movie television series
- Motion picture television series
- English-language television programming
