The best films on subscription-free TV: Monday, 30 March

Christina Applegate and Will Ferrell in a still from <i>Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy</i>. (Paramount)
Christina Applegate and Will Ferrell in a still from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. (Paramount)

Set your DVR and settle in as TopFilmTip brings you cult comedy, hard-boiled Brit thriller & a veritable horror-fest to help you unwind with the best free films on TV for Monday, 30 March.

Presidential bodyguard gets drawn into thwarting a terror plot in Gerard Butler’s ultra-violent and questionable action sequel London Has Fallen 9pm 5Star

Newsreader pursues pirate hooker with help of mayo toasting moron, sex panther & trident melee Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy 9pm Sky 1

Elvis hallucinater & ex-prostitute go on the run in Quentin Tarantino’s cameo-fuelled, delectably dialogued Pulp Fiction preamble True Romance 10pm Sony Movie Channel

Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette in 'True Romance'. (Warner Bros.)
Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette in 'True Romance'. (Warner Bros.)

New romantic 80s biker punks press-gang teen while bouffanted brother seeks idiotic assistance in superb sax-jamming vampire treat The Lost Boys 11pm 5Star

Gay cop Paddy Considine & hard-boiled Jason Statham track serial cop killer in hammer bludgeoning, crowbar bashing Brit thriller Blitz 11:05pm Channel 5

Inspired artist's work spirals into demonic depths after he moves family to Texan town whilst treading line between passion & madness in soul slithering horror The Devil's Candy 11:20pm Horror Channel

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Would Elijah Wood become creepy, scalping obsessed, mannequin collecting, POV psychopath serial killer? Elijah Wood would in lesser known treat Maniac 00:55am Horror Channel

Cake craving corpses, wife munching crate-yetis, bugged-out billionaires & tidal torment in masterful horror anthology Creepshow 1:25am Film4

Mysteriously causing deaths of those immediately around him, amnesiac seeks enigmatic answers in uncommon, off-kilter curio Radius 2:40am Horror Channel

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