Paranormal Pick of the Week: Camelot and The Tempest on TCM Canada

While our friends south of the boarder are going to be chomping on turkey and shopping Black Friday deals, it's a regular week up here in Canada with the exception of having new TV episodes to enjoy slashed by half or more. But have no fear as there is always something to watch, and for this weeks Paranormal Pick of the Week we can enjoy movies on the small screen care of TCM Canada:

Camelot (1967)
Friday November 23, 2012 at 11PM ET on TCM Canada
Arthurian musical starring Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Harris and Franco Nero, directed by Joshua Logan. I thought I had seen most Arthurian films, but ran across this musical a few years ago and it was such a treat. It's amazing to see the 60's free-spirtedness eek into a classic love story, and you can't beat the cast of Richard Harris as Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere and Franco Nero (who is married to Vanessa Redgrave) and Lancelot. It's a beautiful film, romantic and whimsical, and it's a treat to see it being shown on TV.  If you want to see a snippet, IMDb has a sweet trailer, complete with singing.  Yes, there is singing!

The Tempest (1979)
Friday November 23, 2012 at 11PM ET on on TCM Canada
I find this to be one of the Shakespearean plays I'm continually dawn to for the mystical elements, but still have almost zero understanding of and therefore am always curious about seeing more versions. This one is from 1979, is directed by Derek Jarman and stars Peter Bull, David Meyer Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams and Toyah Willcox. This version looks stunning and is described as "An experimental and anachronistic adaptation of William Shakespeare's play which casts the mad Prospero as a struggling artist desperate to transform his bleak world into something more spriritually satisfying." that's enough to get me to check it out!

Also Awesome
Although it's a quiet week for most of our shows due to the US holiday there are a few that are still airing new episodes this week:

• Mon Nov 19, 2012: New episodes of Falling Skies and Primeval: New World on Space
• Fri Nov 23, 2012: New episode of Haven on Showcase, which should bring the Canada and US schedules into alignment
• Sun Nov 25, 2012: New episodes of 666 Park Avenue and The Walking Dead

Paranormal Pick of the Week: Bedlam Season 2 Finale on Space

Image: Nikesh Patel & Lacey Turner during filming of Bedlam S2

Bedlam Season 2 Finale
Saturday November 10, 2012 at 8pm ET on Space

Although Season 2 of Bedlam has had an (almost) completely different cast than Season 1, Bedlam it certainly has grown on me this season and I'm very curious to how they will wrap it all up. We have chatted about it on Hexed occasionally and it's nice to have a haunted house style show on to enjoy, which makes it this weeks Paranormal Pick of the Week.  If you need to catch up on any episodes, you can watch them online over at Space's Website.


King Kong Lobby Card (source)

Also Awesome

• King Kong (1933) - Sat Nov 10, 2012 at 1:15pm on TCM Canada, that's right the classic monster movie with the giant pre-historic ape. If you've not seen it, watching it on a Saturday afternoon is a perfect time to add it to your viewing card.
• Earthquake (1974) - Sat Nov 10, 2012 at 5:00pm on AMC Canada, this is one 70's disaster movies that I'm not sure I've seen so I'm super keen to check it out this weekend! It stars Ava Gardner, Barry Sullivan, Charlton Heston and Geneviève Bujold and is directed by Mark Robson.
• The Man with No Name Trilogy - Although it's not paranormal, I can't help but share that this awesome western trilogy starring Clint Eastwood will be airing on TCM Canada on Friday November 9, 2012 starting at 8pm. That's right, they are airing A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More *and* The Good, The Bad and The Ugly back to back to back. What a treat!

Paranormal Pick of the Week: Friday the 13th Films ALL WEEK LONG on AMC

Well, we've survived the barrage of new show premieres and now it's time to get our scares on with some countdown to Halloween spirit. Thank goodness AMC stepped up to the plate providing us with plethora of Jason permutations in the Friday the 13th Films. With so many to choose from, the Friday the 13ths on AMC is the Paranormal Pick of the Week:


Friday the 13th Films ALL WEEK on AMC Canada 

• Monday October 15, 2012: Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part II starting at 8PM.
• Tuesday October 16, 2012: Friday the 13th Part III and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter starting at 8PM.  
• Wednesday October 17, 2012: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives starting at 8PM.   
• Thursday October 18, 2012: Friday the 13th VII: The New Blood and Friday the 13th VII: Jason Takes Manhattan starting at 8PM.    
• Friday October 19, 2012: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday starting at 8PM.   
• Saturday October 20, 2012: Jason X starting at 8PM.   
• See AMC's schedule here.

Also Awesome:

• Primeval Season 4 Marathon: Sunday October 21, 2012 from 11am - 6pm EST on Space; I've been loving catching up with the series marathon style and am eagerly awaiting more dinosaur & anomaly goodness.  
• Spooky Movies on TCM Canada Wednesday October 17, 2012 - TCM is airing scary movies all evening and all through the night with Horror of Dracula, the Curse of Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Gorgon, The Devil's Bride and The Plague of Zombies.  That's a lot of monsters (and their families...) see schedule here.
• American Horror Story Season 2 / Asylum beings on FX Canada on Wednesday October 17, 2012.  We tried this one out in Season 1 and didn't take to it, but I'm happy to see it is again available here in Canada on FX Canada although I still can't tell what it's being branded under 2 titles of Asylum and also American Horror Story.  It's a mystery - which seems to be quite fitting for the show.