Feb. 18, 2023

This Day in Halloween: Italian noir thriller horror film "The Ghost" -- a.k.a "Lo Spettro" -- premieres in Dallas, Texas in 1965. / Illustration by Brandon Chi

The Ghost premieres in Dallas, Texas in 1965. The Italian noir thriller horror film originally titled Lo Spettro, stars Barbara Steele during her 1960s string of horror films and is a gothic retelling of Les Diaboliques. It’s a small hit in Italy and the U.S.

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