Halloween weekend means dressing in costumes for parties or trick-or-treating fun. But if you prefer staying in, TV has plenty of frights for you.
The new season of “Grimm” begins on NBC Friday, while Saturday brings the long-awaited new season of the disturbing French drama “The Returned” on Sundance.
Also Saturday, Starz debuts its hilariously scary “Ash vs. The Evil Dead,” a follow-up to the “Evil Dead” movie franchise starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams.
If real (supposedly) scares are more your thing, check out the reportedly first-ever live TV exorcism Friday night when “Exorcism: Live!” airs on Destination America.
Here’s a look at this weekend’s scary TV offerings. All times are central, and I know I’ve missed some things, so check local listings.
Friday, Oct. 30
5 a.m.
- “Ghost Asylum” marathon, Destination America (through 8 p.m.)
5:30 a.m.
- “Saw” movie marathon, IFC (through 8 p.m.)
9 a.m.
- “Halloween” movie marathon, AMC (through 11 p.m.)
- “Ghost Adventures” marathon, Travel (through 3 a.m. Saturday)
- Monster-related programming marathon, History (all day)
11:30 a.m.
- “The Omen,” Syfy (movie)
Noon
- “Quarantine 2: Terminal,” Chiller (movie)
12:15 p.m.
- “Dracula Has Risen From the Grave,” TCM (1969 movie)
1:30 p.m.
- “The Addams Family,” ABC Family (movie)
2 p.m.
- “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed!” TCM (1969 movie)
- “The Fog,” Syfy (movie)
- “Detention,” Chiller (movie)
- “The Forgotten,” FXM (movie)
3 p.m.
- “Hotel Transylvania,” FXX (movie)
3:15 p.m.
- “The Amityville Horror,” Showtime (movie)
3:30 p.m.
- “Addams Family Values,” ABC Family (movie)
4 p.m.
- “The Twilight Saga” movie marathon, FX (through 3 a.m. Saturday)
- “1408,” Syfy (movie)
- “Spiders 3D,” Chiller (movie)
5:15 p.m.
- “Dracula A.D. 1972,” TCM (movie)
5:30 p.m.
- “Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight,” HBO Comedy) (movie)
- “Hocus Pocus,” ABC Family (movie)
6:30 p.m.
- “Toy Story of Terror!” Disney (movie)
7 p.m.
- “The Simpsons ‘Treehouse of Horror’ ” marathon, FXX (through 11 p.m.)
- “The Evil Dead” movie marathon, Starz (through 11:17 p.m.)
- “Beetlejuice,” HBO Comedy (movie)
- “Cat People, TCM (1942 movie)
7:30 p.m.
- “Poltergeist,” ABC Family (movie)
8 p.m.
- “Exorcism: Live!” Destination America (special; live televised exorcism of the St. Louis house that inspired “The Exorcist”)
- “Grimm,” NBC (season premiere)
- “Ghostbusters” movie marathon, IFC (through 3 a.m. Saturday)
8:35 p.m.
- “Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood,” HBO Comedy (movie)
9 p.m.
- “The Craft,” MTV (movie)
10 p.m.
- “The Real Story of Halloween,” History (doc special)
- “The Seventh Victim,” TCM (1943 movie)
10:15 p.m.
- “Queen of the Damned,” HBO Signature (movie)
11 p.m.
- “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” ABC Family (movie)
Saturday, Oct. 31
Midnight
- “Sinister,” Syfy (movie)
- “Feardotcom,” HBO Signature (movie)
12:30 a.m.
- “Ghost Ship,” TCM (1945 movie)
12:45 a.m.
- “Ghostbusters,” IFC (movie)
1 a.m.
- “Halloween” movie marathon, AMC (through 4:30 a.m.)
- “Cujo,” Sundance (movie)
1:45 a.m.
- “The Faculty,” HBO Signature (movie)
- “The Body Snatcher,” TCM (1945 movie)
2 a.m.
- “Halloweentown High,” Disney (movie)
- “The Real Story of Halloween,” History (doc special)
2:30 a.m.
- “The Fog,” Syfy (movie)
3 a.m.
- “Saw II,” IFC (movie)
- “Stephen King’s Silver Bullet,” Sundance (movie)
3:15 a.m.
- “Isle of the Dead,” TCM (1946 movie)
3:30 a.m.
- “May,” HBO Signature (movie)
4:30 a.m.
- “Stephen King’s Rose Red” miniseries, Spike (through 10:30 p.m.)
- “Bedlam,” TCM (1946 movie)
5 a.m.
- “Village of the Damned,” Chiller (movie)
- “Stephen King’s Riding the Bullet,” Sundance (movie)
- “The Rite,” HBO Signature (movie)
6 a.m.
- “Most Terrifying Places in America” marathon, Travel (through 10 a.m.)
- “Doctor X,” TCM (1932 movie)
6:15 a.m.
- “A Nightmare on Elm Street” movie marathon, IFC (through 8:30 p.m.)
7 a.m.
- “Hannibal,” HBO Signature (movie)
- “Stephen King’s Thinner,” Sundance (movie)
- “Most Terrifying Places in America” marathon, Travel (through 10 a.m.)
7:30 a.m.
- “The Omen,” Syfy (movie)
- “White Zombie,” TCM (1932 movie)
8 a.m.
- “Toy Story of Terror!” Disney (movie)
8:30 a.m.
- Halloween episodes of Disney shows, Disney (through 9 p.m.)
- “Hotel Transylvania,” FXX (movie)
8:45 a.m.
- “Dementia 13,” TCM (1963 movie)
9 a.m.
- “Alaska Haunting” marathon, Destination America (through 3 p.m.)
- “Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn,” Chiller (movie)
9:15 a.m.
- “Hollow Man,” HBO Signature (movie)
10 a.m.
- “Ghost Adventures” marathon, Travel (through 3 a.m.)
- “1408,” Syfy (movie)
- “Beetlejuice,” HBO Family (movie)
10:15 a.m.
- “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” TCM (1967 movie)
10:30 a.m.
- “The Simpsons ‘Treehouse of Horror’” marathon, FXX (through 11 p.m.)
11 a.m.
- “Firestarter,” Sundance (movie)
- “The Silence of the Lambs,” Chiller (movie)
11:10 a.m.
- “Gothika,” HBO Signature (movie)
11:30 a.m.
- “Poltergeist,” ABC Family (movie)
Noon
- “The Amityville Horror,” Showtime Beyond (movie)
12:15 p.m.
- “Homicidal,” TCM (1961 movie)
12:30 p.m.
- “Stephen King’s It,” Spike (movie)
12:50 p.m.
- “House on Haunted Hill,” HBO Signature (movie)
1:30 p.m.
- “Cujo,” Sundance (movie)
- “The Thing,” Chiller (movie)
2 p.m.
- “Sleepy Hollow,” ABC Family (movie)
- “The Tingler,” TCM (1959 movie)
- “The Real Story of Halloween,” History (doc special)
2:25 p.m.
- “Return to the House on Haunted Hill,” HBO Signature (movie)
3 p.m.
- “Haunted History” marathon, History (through 11 p.m.)
- “Insidious,” IFC (movie)
- “Hauntings in America,” Destination America (special)
3:30 p.m.
- “Pet Sematary,” Sundance (movie)
- “House of Wax,” TCM (1953 movie)
3:45 p.m.
- “Dawn of the Dead,” HBO Signature (movie)
3:50 p.m.
- “The Craft,” MTV (movie)
4:30 p.m.
- “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” ABC Family (movie)
5 p.m.
- “Scream Queens” marathon, FX (through 11 p.m.)
- “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” Flix (movie)
5:15 p.m.
- “The Devil’s Bride,” TCM (1963 movie)
5:30 p.m.
- “Insidious: Chapter 2,” Syfy (movie)
- “The Shining,” Sundance (movie)
6 p.m.
- “Beetlejuice,” ABC Family (movie)
- “Hocus Pocus,” ABC Family (movie)
6:10 p.m.
- “Scream 3,” MTV (movie)
7 p.m.
- “The Purge: Anarchy,” HBO (movie)
- “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” TCM (1945 movie)
7:30 p.m.
- “The Amityville Horror,” Showtime Beyond (movie)
8 p.m.
- “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” Starz (series premiere; chain saw-handed Deadite killer Ash Williams returns to slay more demons)
- “The Conjuring,” Syfy (movie)
8:15 p.m.
- “Hocus Pocus,” ABC Family (movie)
8:30 p.m.
- “Scary Movie,” Showtime 2 (movie)
- “Halloween,” IFC (movie)
9 p.m.
- “The Returned,” Sundance (season 2 premiere)
- “Texas Chainsaw 3D,” MTV (movie)
- “Curse of the Demon,” TCM (1957 movie)
10 p.m.
- “Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn,” Chiller (movie)
- “The Shining,” Sundance (movie)
10:30 p.m.
- “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” Syfy (movie)
- “Sleepy Hollow,” ABC Family (movie)
- “Dead of Night,” TCM (1945 movie)
11 p.m.
- “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” HBO Zone (movie)
- “Bride of Chucky,” MTV (movie)
11:45 a.m.
- “The Purge: Anarchy,” HBO (movie)
Sunday, Nov. 1
11 a.m.
- “Paranormal Survivor” marathon, Destination America (through 9 p.m.)
12:30 a.m.
- “Halloween,” AMC (movie)
- “Lost Boys: The Tribe,” Syfy (movie)
- “Mark of the Vampire,” TCM (1935 movie)
12:39 a.m.
- “Firestarter,” Sundance (movie)
1 a.m.
- “Texas Chainsaw 3D,” MTV (movie)
2 a.m.
- “Return to Halloweentown,” Disney (movie)
5 a.m.
- “Halloween” movie marathon, Sundance (through 1 p.m. Monday)
5:30 a.m.
- “The Last House on the Left,” AMC (movie)
6:30 a.m.
- “The Exorcist” movie marathon, IFC (through 5:15 p.m.)
7 a.m.
- “Doomsday,” AMC (movie)
Noon
- “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia,” Syfy) (movie)
2 p.m.
- “Insidious: Chapter 2,” Syfy (movie)
4:40 p.m.
- “The Conjuring,” Syfy (movie)
8 p.m.
- “The Walking Dead,” AMC (special 90-minute episode)
9 p.m.
- “The Demon Files,” Destination America (series premiere; NYPD cop-turned-demonologist Ralph Sarchie battles evil)