Frank Frazetta is born in Brooklyn in 1928. The award-winning and highly influential fantasy and sci-fi artist’s work adorned the...
The Fog opens across the U.S. in 1980. John Carpenter directed, co-wrote and scored the film starring Jamie Lee Curtis,...
Steve Johnson is born in Houston in 1960. The special effects makeup artist’s long career stretches more than 200 films...
Stephen King’s Night Shift is published in 1978. The collection of short stories includes unpublished and the first published stories...
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...
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,...