This Day in Halloween: Byron Haskin's sci-fi horror classic "War of the Worlds" opens across the U.S. in 1953. / Illustration by Leslie Rodriguez
War of the Worlds opens across the U.S. in 1953. The sci-fi horror classic directed by Byron Haskin, updates H.G. Wells’ classic novel from Victorian England to 1950s Los Angeles and is the first film version of the story. The film won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
