Feb. 2, 2020
Duane Jones is born in New York City in 1937. Though he only appeared in a handful of films, he made cinematic history as the first African-American star of a horror movie in 1968’s Night of the Living Dead. A ...
Feb. 1, 2020
The first issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine hits newsstands in 1958. Edited by Forrest J Ackerman and featuring lots of photos and vivid artwork, the highly influential publication covered the entir...
Jan. 31, 2020
Phenomena opens across Italy in 1985. The psychically-themed thriller directed by Dario Argento and starring Jennifer Connelly and Donald Pleasance is cut by 20 minutes and renamed Creepers in the U.S. It’s the...
Jan. 30, 2020
James Carreras is born in Brentford, Middlesex, England in 1909. The producer served as chairman of Hammer Films from 1949 to 1980, when the studio became an iconic maker of horror, including reviving the Frank...
Jan. 29, 2020
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the Evening Mirror in 1845. The classic poem is hugely influential, and has been imitated and parodied, referenced or adapted in dozens of radio and TV shows and m...
Jan. 28, 2020
Murderer William Burke is hanged in 1829 for his role in the Burke & Hare body snatcher murders in Edinburgh, Scotland. The crowd is estimated to be as large as 25,000 people. The facts and legend of the mu...
Jan. 27, 2020
The Turn of the Screw is published in its first installment in Collier’s Weekly in 1898. Written by Henry James, the gothic ghost novella would complete its serialization in April and becomes a classic that is ...
Bill Moseley’s Ode to Otis
Every monster has his own sense of personal style — personality quirks, if you will. Michael Myers is the strong, silent type peppered with elements of OCD (e.g. an unwavering desire to kill his sister). ...
The 3rd Eye Haunted Maze Video and Photos
The 3rd Eye Haunted Maze offers some unique, spooky scares at Anaheim GardenWalk. / Photo by Jessica Peralta The 3rd Eye Haunted Maze offers some unique, spooky scares at Anaheim GardenWalk. / Photo by...
Have Leftover Halloween Candy? Pair It With Some Wine!
Trick-or-treating may be over, but the candy probably isn’t. If you’re wondering what to do with your shelf full of Tootsie Rolls and candy corn, Brooke Matthias, wine director at Winc, a wine home delivery...