May 26, 2020
The Deadly Mantis opens across the U.S. in 1957. Mostly a cash-in on the success of Them!, the cheesy B-movie fun later became an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. ...
‘The Shining’: Still Haunting After All These Years
Director Stanley Kubrick's previous film had flopped. Stephen King was on a roll, but it came at a heavy cost. The director desperately needed the author's bestseller to provide him a hit and keep him wor...
May 25, 2020
Alien opens exclusively at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles in 1979. The movie plays around the clock for its opening weekend as people lineup for blocks to see it. Director Ridley Scott’s classic of horror ...
May 24, 2020
Dawn of the Dead opens in the U.S. in 1979. George Romero’s follow-up to the groundbreaking Night of the Living Dead, the film is known as much for upping the level of gore as it is for dark commentary on Ameri...
May 23, 2020
The Shining premieres in Los Angeles in 1980. Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic, based on Stephen King’s book, stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Multiple cuts of the film divides critical and audience opi...
May 22, 2020
Dracula opens across the U.K. in 1958. The first in Hammer’s Dracula series was renamed The Horror of Dracula in the U.S. to avoid confusion with the Universal classic. Starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Le...
The Man Who Created ‘Jaws’
He's a legend in film history, still most film fans don't know Joe Alves, who turns 84 on May 21. But if you were unable to get into the water after seeing Jaws, you know his work. If watched Close Encou...
May 21, 2020
Jimmy Spicer’s “Adventures of Super Rhyme” is released by Dazz Records in 1980, marking arguably the first known appearance of “Horrorcore” rap. The lengthy rap includes a portion where Spicer recounts meeting ...
May 20, 2020
The Psychopath opens in the U.S. in 1966. The British horror-mystery, directed by Freddie Francis and written by Robert Bloch, follows the murders of the former investigators of a German millionaire who are fou...
May 19, 2020
The Mad Magician opens across the U.S. in 1954. One of the string of 3D films made during 3D’s “Golden era” of 1952-1955. It stars Vincent Price and is a quickly-made, campy cash in after the success of House o...