Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

Publisher's Weekly reported that Quirk Books will be following it's international bestseller, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, with Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, to be published September 15. The new book, to be written by Ben H. Winters, will find the Dashwood sisters tossed from their home and sent to an island of man-eating sea creatures.

Thanks to Phillip for the heads up!

This Week in Horror: July 12- 18

July 12
1880 – Tod Browning (director of Dracula and Freaks) born (d. 1962)
1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr. (actor in numerous horror films) dies (b. 1906)
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez (actress in Resident Evil and The Breed) born
2002 – Halloween: Resurrection released theatrically

July 13
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård (actor in Exorcist: The Beginning and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist) born

July 14
1939 – Sid Haig (actor in many horror movies) born
2001 – The Chronicle premieres on television

July 15
1941 – Larry Cohen (director of numerous horror films) born
2004 – Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital ends its run on television

July 16
1958 – The Fly (1958) released theatrically

July 17
1987 – Jaws: The Revenge released theatrically
2002 – Eight Legged Freaks released theatrically

July 18
1980 – Prom Night released theatrically
1986 – Aliens released theatrically
1990 – Arachnophobia released theatrically




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This Week in Horror: July 5 - 11

July 5
2003 – Battle Royale II: Requiem released theatrically

July 6
1963 – Blood Feast released theatrically
2005 – The Descent released theatrically

July 7
1944 – The Mummy's Ghost released theatrically
2000 – Scary Movie released theatrically

July 8
1935 – The Raven released theatrically
2005 – Dark Water (2005) released theatrically

July 9
1945 – Dean Koontz born

July 10
1926 – Fred Gwynne (actor in The Munsters and Pet Sematary) born (d. 1993)

July 11
1972 – Michael Rosenbaum (actor in Urban Legend and Cursed) born




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This Week in Horror: June 28 - July 4

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




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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




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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




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This Week in Horror: June 7 - 13

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




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