The first issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine hits newsstands in 1958. Edited by Forrest J Ackerman and featuring...
Phenomena opens across Italy in 1985. The psychically-themed thriller directed by Dario Argento and starring Jennifer Connelly and Donald Pleasance...
James Carreras is born in Brentford, Middlesex, England in 1909. The producer served as chairman of Hammer Films from 1949...
“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,...
The Undying Monster opens across the U.S. in 1942. A werewolf movie notable for its atmospheric cinematography. It is a...
Alien: Resurrection opens across the U.S. in 1997. The fourth and final film in the original Alien film series features...
The Invisible Man opens across the U.S. in 1933. James Whale’s classic film uses innovative special effects to tell H.G....
Carnival of Souls premieres in Lawrence, Kansas in 1962. The eerie low-budget horror movie of a woman pursued by the...