This Day in Halloween: Fernando de Fuentes's Mexican horror classic "The Phantom of the Convent" opens in the U.S. in 1934. / Illustration by Kyo Johnson
The Phantom of the Convent opens in the U.S. in 1934. Also known as El Fantasma del Convento, the classic Mexican horror film is written, directed and edited by Fernando de Fuentes and offers a haunted monastery tale shot at an actual monastery.
