Spaceport Beach Film Fest

The Newport Beach Film Fest is coming up soon: Oct. 13-20, 2022. Flipping through the Los Angeles Times film fest supplement this morning, there are multiple movies of interest to genre fen included in the schedule. Here are the highlights.

Sunday, Oct. 16, the festival will honor this year's Newport Beach Film Fest honorees and the Variety 10 Actors to watch, which include:

• Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Thuso Mbedu, The Woman King
• Amber Midthunder, Prey
• Keke Palmer, Nope (Artist of Distinction)
• Joseph Quinn, Stranger Things

Notable genre screenings include:

Friday, Oct. 14

Doctor Who Am I

British Doctor Who writer Matthew Jacobs returns to fandom reluctantly.

Next Exit

A research scientist discovers how to follow people into the afterlife.

Saturday, Oct. 15

Jurassic Punk

Steve "Spaz" Williams, who was behind the computer animation of the 1993 Jurassic Park, had a tumultuous career.

Nocebo

A caretaker applies folk healing to a mysterious ill fashion designer.

Sunday, Oct. 16

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

A stolen sword leads to adventure.

The Moon and Back

After her father's death, a high school senior attempts to complete her father's unfinished sf screenplay.

Monday, Oct. 17

Goddamned Asura

A comic written by a young man begins to predict real-life events.

The Park

Children in an abandoned amusement park struggle to survive.

Tuesday, Oct. 18

The Pez Outlaw

Pez smugglers in the 1990s compete to corner the market for the collectible candy dispenser.

Wednesday, Oct. 19

The School for Good and Evil

Students at a school for heroes and villains are forced to choose sides.

Thursday, Oct. 20

Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

A young pinball fan helps overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball machines in 1976.

Horror shorts include Bowlhead, Bye Bye Baby, Cruise, Mama Retreat, Rooted, and Sushi Noh.

There are also multiple animated shorts and other films on the schedule.

Genre Films on Turner Classic Movies: October 2022

The following movies, shorts, serials, and cartoons are scheduled for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies in October, according to TCM’s Web site. All times listed are Pacific Time. Please check your local listings before tuning in.

Oct. 1—5 a.m.: MGM Cartoons—Jerky Turkey (1945), 6:30 a.m.: Tarzan—Crossed Trails (1935), 7 a.m.: Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953), 10:45 a.m.: Gulliver's Travels (1939), 5 p.m.: Metropolis (1926), 7:45 p.m.: Forbidden Planet (1956)

Oct. 2—11 p.m.: Kwaidan (1965)

Oct. 3—5:45 a.m.: Carnival of Sinners (1943), 7:15 a.m.: Angel on My Shoulder (1946), 9:15 a.m.: Sylvia and the Phantom (1946), 11:15 a.m.: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), 1:15 p.m.: All That Money Can Buy (1941), 3:15 p.m.: Blithe Spirit (1945), 9:15 p.m.: The Devil's Own (1966), 11 p.m.: The Haunting (1963)

Oct. 5—12:45 p.m.: Fingers at the Window (1942), 2:15 p.m.: Sherlock Holmes—The Woman in Green (1945), 3:30 p.m.: Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946)

Oct. 7—11:30 a.m.: The Three Musketeers (1973), 1:30 p.m.: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), 11:30 p.m.: The Velvet Vampire (1971)

Oct. 8—1 a.m.: The Hunger (1983), 5 a.m.: MGM Cartoons—The Honduras Hurricane (1938), 6:30 a.m.: Tarzan—The Devil's Noose (1935), 7 a.m.: Popeye—Firemen's Brawl (1953), 3:15 p.m.: The Omega Man (1971), 5 p.m.: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), 7 p.m.: Westworld (1973)

Oct. 9—11:45 p.m.: Village of the Damned (1960)

Oct. 10—1:15 a.m.: Children of the Damned (1964), 3 a.m.: Five Million Years to Earth (1968), 4:45 a.m.: Battle Beneath the Earth (1967), 6:15 a.m.: The Time Machine (1960), 8:15 a.m.: War Of The Planets (1965), 10 a.m.: The Wild, Wild Planet (1965), 11:45 a.m.: The Green Slime (1969), 1:30 p.m.: The Illustrated Man (1969), 3:30 p.m.: Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968), 8:45 p.m.: The Fog (1980), 10:30 p.m.: The Howling (1981)

Oct. 11—12:15 a.m.: The Brood (1979), 2 a.m.: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Oct. 12—5 p.m.: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), 7 p.m.: Bedazzled (1967), 9 p.m.: Angel on My Shoulder (1946), 11 p.m.: Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Oct. 14—3 a.m.: Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1960)

Oct. 15—1:45 a.m.: Cartoon—Six Men Getting Sick (1966), 1:55 a.m.: The Grandmother (1970), 5 a.m.: Cartoon: Peace on Earth (1939), 6:30 a.m.: Tarzan—River Perils (1935), 7 a.m.: Popeye's Mirthday (1953), 5 p.m.: THX 1138 (1971), 7 p.m.: Robocop (1987)

Oct. 16—9:30 p.m.: The Lodger (1927), 11:30 p.m.: Yotsuya Kaidan, Part One (1949)

Oct. 17—1 a.m.: Yotsuya Kaidan, Part Two (1949), 5 p.m.: What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), 7 p.m.: Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971), 8:45 p.m.: The Masque of the Red Death (1964), 10:30 p.m.: House of Wax (1953)

Oct 18—12:15 a.m.: The Hypnotic Eye (1960), 1:45 a.m.: Mad Love (1935), 3 a.m.: The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

Oct. 20—4:30 a.m.: Freaks (1932), 5:45 a.m.: Mark of the Vampire (1935), 7 a.m.: The Devil-Doll (1936), 11:15 a.m.: Isle of the Dead (1945), 12:30 p.m.: The Body Snatcher (1945), 3:30 p.m.: Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)

Oct. 21—12:30 a.m.: The Boy with Green Hair (1948), 11 p.m.: It's Alive (1974)

Oct. 22—12:45 a.m.: It Lives Again (1978), 5 a.m.: MGM Cartoons—Screwball Squirrel (1944), 6:30 a.m.: Tarzan—Unseen Hands (1935), 7 a.m.: Popeye—Toreadorable (1953), 5 p.m.: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), 7 p.m.: Making Mr. Right (1987)

Oct. 24—1 a.m.: The Plumber (1979), 8:45 a.m.: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), 3 p.m.: Brainstorm (1983), 5 p.m.: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977), 6:45 p.m.: Alice, Sweet Alice (1977), 8:45 p.m.: The Haunting of Julia (1977), 10:30 p.m.: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Oct. 25—12:15 a.m.: Carnival of Souls (1962), 1:45 a.m.: Spider Baby (1964), 3:15 a.m.: Freaks (1932), 6 a.m.: Dracula—Prince of Darkness (1965), 7:45 a.m.: The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), 9:30 a.m.: Rasputin—The Mad Monk (1966), 11:15 a.m.: Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969), 1 p.m.: Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), 2:45 p.m.: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), 9 p.m.: Mac and Me (1988), 11 p.m.: Hausu (1977)

Oct. 28—1:15 a.m.: The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), 1 p.m.: Them! (1954), 5 p.m.: Poltergeist (1982), 7:15 p.m.: The Innocents (1961), 9:15 p.m.: Don't Look Now (1973), 11:15 p.m.: Alligator (1980)

Oct. 29—1 a.m.: Alligator II: The Mutation (1990), 3 a.m.: Around the World Under the Sea (1965), 5 a.m.: MGM Cartoons: The Calico Dragon (1935), 6:30 a.m.: Tarzan—Fatal Fangs (1935), 7 a.m.: Popeye—Bride and Gloom (1954), 9 a.m.: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), 12:45 p.m.: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), 3:15 p.m.: House of Dark Shadows (1970), 5 p.m.: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974), 6:45 p.m.: Deadly Friend (1986), 8:30 p.m.: Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935), 9 p.m.: El Vampiro Negro (1953)

Oct. 30—1 a.m.: Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), 3 a.m.: Two on a Guillotine (1965), 5 a.m.: It! (1967), 7 a.m.: El Vampiro Negro (1953), 9 a.m.: Cat People (1942), 10:30 a.m.: I Walked with a Zombie (1943), 11:45 a.m.: The Seventh Victim (1943), 1:15 p.m.: Return to Glennascaul (1953), 1:45 p.m.: Eye of the Devil (1966), 3:30 p.m.: Curse of the Demon (1958), 5 p.m.: Peeping Tom (1960), 7 p.m.: The Tenant (1976), 9:15 p.m.: Haxan (1922), 11:15 p.m.: Cronos (1993)

Oct. 31—1 a.m.: Eyes Without a Face (1959), 3 a.m.: The Bat (1959), 4:30 a.m.: House on Haunted Hill (1958), 6 a.m.: Horror Hotel (1960), 7:30 a.m.: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), 10:30 a.m.: The Mummy (1959), 12 p.m.: The Devil's Bride (1968), 1:45 p.m.: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), 3:30 p.m.: The Plague of the Zombies (1966), 5 p.m.: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), 6:30 p.m.: Son of Frankenstein (1939), 8:15 p.m.: Frankenstein (1931), 9:30 p.m.: The Invisible Man (1933), 11 p.m.: The Wolf Man (1941)

You might also be interested in the movies screened by Svengoolie on MeTV. Airing Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT), October’s features include Trilogy of Terror, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, The Tingler, Bride of Frankenstein, and Count Yorga, Vampire. Also airing at 11 a.m. CT Saturdays on the CW 26, Svengoolie is featuring Gargoyles, Trilogy of Terror, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, The Tingler, and Bride of Frankenstein.