Sunday, June 28, 2009

This Week in Horror: June 28 - July 4

Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror
June 28
1967 – Gil Bellows (actor in Snow White: A Tale of Terror) born
2006 – Blade: The Series premieres on television.

June 29
2005 – War of the Worlds (2005) released theatrically

June 30
1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio (actor in The Cell and The Thirteenth Floor) born
1971 – Monica Potter (actress in Saw and Along Came a Spider) born

July 1
1942 – Karen Black (actress in many horror films) born

July 2
1997 James Stewart (actor in Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo) dies (b. 1908)

July 3
1985 – Day of the Dead released theatrically
2003 – Silent Hill 3 released on the PlayStation and PC in Japan

July 4
2001 – Scary Movie 2 released theatrically




Source: wikipedia Portal:Horror/This day in horror archive

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

This Week in Horror: June 21 - 27


June 21
1972 – Frenzy released theatrically
1985 – Lifeforce released theatrically

June 22
1958 – Bruce Campbell (actor in The Evil Dead and several other horror films) born

June 23
2001 – Elvira's Haunted Hills released theatrically

June 24
2002 – Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem released on Nintendo GameCube in the United States
2005 – Land of the Dead released theatrically

June 25
1976 – The Omen released theatrically
1982 – The Thing released theatrically

June 26
1904 – Peter Lorre (actor in several horror films) born (d. 1964)

June 27
1966 – Dark Shadows premieres on television
2001 – Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare released on PlayStation and Dreamcast




Source: wikipedia Portal:Horror/This day in horror archive

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

This Week in Horror: June 14 - 20


June 14
2005 – The Historian released in hardcover

June 15
1929 – Herschell Gordon Lewis (film maker known for creating the splatter film genre) born
1948 – Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein released theatrically
1990 – Gremlins 2: The New Batch released theatrically

June 16
1938 – Robert Wiene (director of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) dies (b. 1880)
1960 – Psycho released theatrically
1978 – Jaws 2 released theatrically
2002 – The Dead Zone premieres on television

June 17
1927 – Lucio Fulci (director of several horror films) born (d. 1996)
1977 – Exorcist II: The Heretic released theatrically
2003 – Resident Evil: Dead Aim released on the PlayStation 2
2004 – Silent Hill 4: The Room released on the PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in Japan

June 18
1971 – Willard (1971) released theatrically
2003 – Haute Tension released theatrically in France

June 19
1950 – Daria Nicolodi (actress in several horror films)
1964 – The Twilight Zone (original series) ends its run on television

June 20
1975 – Jaws released theatrically




Source: wikipedia Portal:Horror/This day in horror archive

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

This Week in Horror: June 7 - 13

Rosemary
June 7
1997 – Perversions of Science premieres on television
2005 – Hellraiser: Deader released on DVD

June 8
2001 – Castlevania: Circle of the Moon released on the Game Boy Advance in North America
2007 – Hostel: Part II released theatrically

June 9
1978 – Damien: Omen II released theatrically

June 10
1988 – Poltergeist III released theatrically
1989 – Tales from the Crypt premieres on television
2001 – Castlevania: Circle of the Moon released on the Game Boy Advance in Europe

June 11
1905 – Richard A. Loeb (inspiration for the films Rope and Kiss the Girls) born (d. 1936)
1924 – Franz Kafka buried in Prague-Žižkov

June 12
1968 – Rosemary's Baby released theatrically
1987 – Predator released theatrically

June 13
1946 – Fictional mass murderer Jason Voorhees born
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård (actor in Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist) born




Source: wikipedia Portal:Horror/This day in horror archive

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