Duane Jones is born in New York City in 1937. Though he only appeared in a handful of films, he...
The first issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine hits newsstands in 1958. Edited by Forrest J Ackerman and featuring...
Ringu opens in Japan in 1998. Hideo Nakata’s film adaptation of Koji Suzuki’s novel series about a cursed video tape...
The Silence of the Lambs is released in New York City in 1991. The horror thriller directed by Jonathan Demme...
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the Evening Mirror in 1845. The classic poem is hugely influential,...
Murderer William Burke is hanged in 1829 for his role in the Burke & Hare body snatcher murders in Edinburgh,...
The Turn of the Screw is published in its first installment in Collier’s Weekly in 1898. Written by Henry James,...
Let the Right One In premieres at the Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden in 2008. Touring the international film...
Director Tobe Hooper is born in Austin, Texas in 1943. One of the horror genre’s most respected directors, his films...
Sharon Tate is born in 1943. The actress’s short career included The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Eye of The Devil...