Horror History
August 10th is a good day. It’s the wife’s birthday. This year it falls on a Thursday, which means traffic won’t be as bad as it could be. I’ll convince the lovely
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August 10, 2017 // 0 Comments
John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A. was no Escape from New York. In fact, there are a solid number of Carpenter fans who like to point to this film and declare it
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August 9, 2017 // 1 Comment
Today is another one of those days that, for some, carries horrible memories. Rising starlet and wife to Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by three of Charles
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August 9, 2017 // 0 Comments
Fay Wray is widely recognized as film’s very first Scream Queen, and that’s a rightful assessment. Unfortunately, 13 years ago today, in 2004, Wray passed away as a
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August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments
76 years ago, in 1941, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello would make one of their many treks into the world of the macabre. Don’t fret, though, the film is of course loaded with
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August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments
There are some heavy hitting horror contributors celebrating birthdays today, so we wanted to acknowledge these good folks. Happy birthdays are in order for Alexandre Aja,
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August 7, 2017 // 0 Comments
Brion James may not be a name that immediately jumps out to you, but I’d bet you a doughnut you’re quite familiar with the man’s work. Sadly, his time on earth has
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It’s been 36 years since Mickey Rose and Michael Ritchie’s silly slasher Student Bodies hit theaters. While the film did debut in the top slot, it did so with a meager
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It may seem pretty far out, but 18 years ago today, M. Night Shyamalan turned the world’s collective head with his brilliantly assembled chiller, The Sixth Sense. The
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August 6, 2017 // 0 Comments
It’s wild to think that it’s been nearly 20 years since Steve Miner’s Halloween H20 hit theaters. Some would tell you that H20 is the last legitimately enjoyable
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August 5, 2017 // 0 Comments
Carolyn Jones starred in all sorts of impressive films during her heyday, from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and House of Wax to The War of the Worlds, but what she may
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August 3, 2017 // 0 Comments
Historically speaking, August 3rd hasn’t been the most giving of dates. Most of the horror films that hit theaters were definitely of the forgettable sort. But, there were
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August 3, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Final Girl is a well-known slasher film trope which connects deeply with Jungian archetypes and Freudian symbolism. Each final girl, from Jamie Lee Curtis to Neve
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August 3, 2017 // 0 Comments
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