Just in time for the new “Batman”...

Just in time for the new “Batman” movie starring Val Kilmer as the Dark Knight, here’s the original 1989 Batman, starring Michael Keaton as the hero leading a troubled double life (CBS Tuesday at 8 p.m.) Tim Burton was the director, and he gives the Bob Kane comic book material an infernally gloomy, almost Wagnerian force. The production design is a grand-scale urban nightmare; it owes as much to “Blade Runner” as it does to the comic strips. It’s a vision of the city as a malevolent playground, and the playmates and jokesters--including, of course, Jack Nicholson’s Joker, as well as Jack Palance and Kim Basinger--already seem to have a comic-book look. And how is Keaton as Batman? He’s brooding and a bit of a gloomypuss, but he gives the role a tragic power.

Prince made his movie acting debut in the 1984 Purple Rain (KCOP Saturday at 4 p.m.) and, as one might imagine, it’s a truly strange one. He plays a budding Minneapolis rock star who is into a brand of futuro-rock that is suspiciously like the sound of the man formerly known as Prince. He gallivants through the movie like a sporty pipsqueak Musketeer, and his scenes with Appolonia are kinky lovefests. Morris Day shows up as a rival to Prince, and he’s in hilarious form. (He should have had a major comic career.) The soundtrack is full of Prince music, including “When Doves Cry.”

The Hidden (KCOP Saturday at 6 p.m.) is a neglected horror film with a terrific “Body Snatchers”-style premise about space aliens who implant themselves in earthlings and cause them to wreak havoc. Plus, it’s mostly set in L.A., which helps explain things. The cast is highly suitable for this material and includes Michael Nouri and a pre-”Twins Peaks” Kyle MacLachlan.

Like Father Like Son (KTLA Sunday at 6 p.m.) was one of the first of the ‘80s movies about adults and kids swapping identities--a dubious honor. In this one Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron are the father and son who swap.

Parents (KABC Saturday at 3 p.m) is a terrific black comedy about a family of cannibals. Bob Balaban, who directed, should have had his reputation made with this film but it was just too strong and upsetting for audiences. Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt are the suburban couple who are not nearly as normal as they first appear. Bryan Madorsky, who plays their wised-up son, gives one of the best children’s performances on film.