Original 'The Haunting' and other horror classics on TCM are Saturday TV picks

'The Haunting'

"And whatever walked there ... walked alone." So begins Robert Wise's creepy 1963 film adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" (beware the awful 1999 remake). No "Saw"-like contraptions or buckets of gore here. It's just a tale of a group of people (with Julie Harris a standout) staying in a haunted New England house with some very unsettling results. All filmed in glorious black and white. It's on early, so set your DVR and watch it later, with the drapes closed ... and the doors locked. 7 a.m. Saturday, TCM (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).

Doug Knoop, Seattle Times staff

Other Halloween-worthy classics on TCM Saturday: "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (9 a.m.) from 1971 and "Diary of a Madman" from 1963 (10:30 a.m.) with Vincent Price; "Cat People" from 1942 (2 p.m.) and "The Curse of the Cat People" from 1944 (3:30 p.m.); "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" from 1941 with Spencer Tracy (5 p.m.); "Murders in the Zoo" from 1933 (7 p.m.); "The Body Snatcher" from 1945 with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (8 p.m.); "Circus of Horrors" from 1960 (9:30 p.m.); and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" from 1932 with Fredric March (11:30 p.m.)