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  1. On This Day July 18, 1980 – Prom Night Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 18, 1980 – Prom Night Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 18, 1980, Prom Night premiered in theaters and gave horror fans a chilling new reason to fear the high school dance. Directed by Paul Lynch and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen, the film mixed teenage drama with a masked killer plot that helped shape the earliest...
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  2. On This Day: July 11, 1987 – Werewolf Premiered on Fox

    On This Day: July 11, 1987 – Werewolf Premiered on Fox

    On this day July 11, 1987, Werewolf premiered on the Fox network as one of its earliest original drama series. The show followed college student Eric Cord, who becomes cursed with lycanthropy and sets off on a cross country journey to find and destroy the origin of his bloodline. Played by John...
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  3. On This Day: July 8, 1983 - Mortuary Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 8, 1983 - Mortuary Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 8, 1983, Mortuary premiered in theaters and added another eerie entry to the wave of early 80s low budget horror. Directed by Howard Avedis, the film followed a teenage girl who becomes entangled in a string of mysterious deaths connected to a local mortuary and an unsettling...
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  4. July 5, 1985 - The Lift Premieres in Theaters

    July 5, 1985 - The Lift Premieres in Theaters

    On this day July 5, 1985, The Lift premiered and introduced audiences to a different kind of horror. Written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Dick Maas, the film told the story of a modern office building where a newly installed elevator begins to malfunction in terrifying ways. As the death toll...
  5. On This Day: July 2, 1986 - Psycho III Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 2, 1986 - Psycho III Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 2, 1986, Psycho III premiered in theaters with Anthony Perkins not only returning as Norman Bates but also stepping behind the camera as director for the first and only time in the series. With a budget of 8.4 million dollars and a box office return of 14.4 million, the film...
  6. On This Day: June 25, 1982 - The Thing Premieres in Theaters

    On This Day: June 25, 1982 - The Thing Premieres in Theaters

    On this day June 25, 1982, The Thing premiered in theaters. Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, the film told the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who discover a terrifying shape shifting alien that can perfectly imitate any living creature. As paranoia spreads...
  7. On This Day: June 17, 1988 - Waxwork Premieres in Theaters

    On This Day: June 17, 1988 - Waxwork Premieres in Theaters

    On this day June 17, 1988, the horror fantasy film Waxwork premiered in theaters. Directed by Anthony Hickox, the movie starred Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, David Warner, Dana Ashbrook and Patrick Macnee. Waxwork tells the story of a group of teens who visit a mysterious...
  8. On This Day: June 13, 1980 - The Children Premieres in Theaters in the U.S.

    On This Day: June 13, 1980 - The Children Premieres in Theaters in the U.S.

    On this day June 13, 1980, the horror film The Children premiered in theaters in the U.S. Directed by Max Kalmanowicz, the low budget shocker told the unsettling story of a group of schoolchildren who are exposed to toxic waste and return home transformed into deadly killers with radioactive...
  9. On This Day: June 10, 1988 - Poltergeist III Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: June 10, 1988 - Poltergeist III Premiered in Theaters

    On this day June 10, 1988, Poltergeist III premiered in theaters, continuing the haunted saga with a change in setting and tone. Directed by Gary Sherman, the film shifted the terror from suburban homes to a Chicago skyscraper, offering a new twist on the supernatural chaos that defined the...
  10. On This Day: May 29, 1981 - Dead & Buried Creeps into Theaters

    On This Day: May 29, 1981 - Dead & Buried Creeps into Theaters

    On this day May 29, 1981, the horror film Dead & Buried was released in theaters. Directed by Gary Sherman, the film starred James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Nancy Locke, and Robert Englund. Set in a quiet coastal town, the film followed a sheriff who uncovers a...
  11. On This Day: May 21, 1986 - Crawlspace Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: May 21, 1986 - Crawlspace Premiered in Theaters

    On this day May 21, 1986, the psychological horror film Crawlspace premiered in theaters. Directed by David Schmoeller, the movie starred Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, Carole Francis, Tane McClure, Sally Brown, Jack Heller and David Abbott. The story focused on a disturbed...
  12. On This Day: May 19, 1989 - Fright Night Part 2 Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: May 19, 1989 - Fright Night Part 2 Premiered in Theaters

    On this day May 19, 1989, Fright Night Part 2 premiered in theaters as the sequel to the cult horror hit Fright Night. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, the film continued the story of Charley Brewster and Peter Vincent as they once again battled the undead. Returning stars included Roddy McDowall...
  13. On This Day: May 16, 1983 - Deadly Eyes Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: May 16, 1983 - Deadly Eyes Premiered in Theaters

    On this day May 16, 1983, the horror film Deadly Eyes premiered in theaters. Directed by Robert Clouse, best known for Enter the Dragon, the film starred Sam Groom, Scatman Crothers and Sara Botsford. Loosely based on the novel The Rats by James Herbert, Deadly Eyes offered a gruesome take on...
  14. On This Day: May 15, 1987 - The Gate Released in Theaters

    On This Day: May 15, 1987 - The Gate Released in Theaters

    On this day May 15, 1987, the supernatural horror film The Gate was released in theaters, bringing a mix of practical effects, heavy metal lore and childhood terror to the big screen. Directed by Tibor Takács, the film starred Stephen Dorff in his feature debut alongside Kelly Rowan, Jennifer...
  15. On This Day: May 14, 1982 - The House Where Evil Dwells Released in Theaters

    On This Day: May 14, 1982 - The House Where Evil Dwells Released in Theaters

    On this day May 14, 1982, the supernatural horror film The House Where Evil Dwells was released in theaters. Directed by Kevin Connor and starring Edward Albert, Susan George and Doug McClure, the film blended American horror with a Japanese ghost story setting, offering a unique East meets West...
  16. On This Day: May 13, 1988 - The Nest Released in Theaters

    On This Day: May 13, 1988 - The Nest Released in Theaters

    On this day May 13, 1988, the horror film The Nest was released in theaters, adding a grotesque blend of science fiction and creature horror to the late 80s horror lineup. Directed by Terrence H. Winkless and starring Robert King and Robert Lansing, the film centered around a small coastal town...
  17. On This Day: May 13, 1988 - Maniac Cop Released in Theaters

    On This Day: May 13, 1988 - Maniac Cop Released in Theaters

    On this day May 13, 1988, the cult horror action film Maniac Cop was released in theaters. Directed by William Lustig, the movie featured a cast of genre favorites including Robert Z’Dar, Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell and Richard Roundtree. The film combined slasher horror with gritty urban action...
  18. On This Day: May 13, 1988 - Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood Released in Theaters

    On This Day: May 13, 1988 - Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood Released in Theaters

    On this day May 13, 1988, Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood was released in theaters, bringing Jason Voorhees back to the big screen for the seventh installment of the iconic horror franchise. Directed by special effects artist John Carl Buechler, the film starred Lar Park Lincoln, Terry...
  19. On This Day: May 9, 1980 - Friday the 13th Premieres in Theaters

    On This Day: May 9, 1980 - Friday the 13th Premieres in Theaters

    On this day May 9, 1980, Friday the 13th premiered in theaters and changed the horror genre forever. Made on a modest budget of just 500,000 dollars, the film shocked audiences with its grisly kills, eerie setting at Camp Crystal Lake, and a twist ending that left people talking long after the...
  20. On This Day: May 8, 1981 - The Burning Premieres in Theaters

    On This Day: May 8, 1981 - The Burning Premieres in Theaters

    On May 8, 1981, the slasher film The Burning premiered in theaters. Directed by Tony Maylam, the movie was inspired by the urban legend of the Cropsey killer and centered on a summer camp caretaker who returns to stalk and murder teenagers after being horribly disfigured in a prank gone wrong...
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