“Michael Carreras” is born in London in 1927. The son of Hammer Films founder James Carreras becomes a key figure in Hammer’s success, producing, writing and or directing more than 60 films during Hammer’s heyday including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, among others. #halloweeneverynight
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“Michael Carreras” is born in London in 1927. The son of Hammer Films founder James Carreras becomes a key figure in Hammer’s success, producing, writing and or directing more than 60 films during Hammer’s heyday including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, among others. #halloweeneverynight
Burnt Offerings premieres in New York in 1976. The evil house movie, based on the novel, starred Bette Davis, Oliver Reed, Karen Black and Burgess Meredith. It was the first film shot at The Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California. #halloweeneverynight #burntofferings #BetteDavis #OliverReed
September 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Burnt Offerings premieres in New York in 1976. The evil house movie, based on the novel, starred Bette Davis, Oliver Reed, Karen Black and Burgess Meredith. It was the first film shot at The Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California. #halloweeneverynight #burntofferings #BetteDavis #OliverReed
Ed Wood opens in limited release in the U.S. in 1994. The Tim Burton dark comedy biopic of the man often considered to be the world’s worst filmmaker centers mostly on the making of his film Plan 9 From Outer Space. #halloweeneverynight #EdWoods #plan9fromouterspace #martinlandu #belalugosi
September 28, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Ed Wood opens in limited release in the U.S. in 1994. The Tim Burton dark comedy biopic of the man often considered to be the world’s worst filmmaker centers mostly on the making of his film Plan 9 From Outer Space. #halloweeneverynight #EdWoods #plan9fromouterspace #martinlandu #belalugosi
Linda Hamilton is born in Salisbury, Maryland in 1956. The actress’ career features theater and voice over work, as well as TV work including Beauty and the Beast and Stranger Things and most famously film work in The Terminator franchise and Children of the Corn. #halloweeneverynight #LindaHamilton
September 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Linda Hamilton is born in Salisbury, Maryland in 1956. The actress’ career features theater and voice over work, as well as TV work including Beauty and the Beast and Stranger Things and most famously film work in The Terminator franchise and Children of the Corn. #halloweeneverynight #LindaHamilton
Movie Macabre premieres on KHJ-TV, channel 9 in Los Angeles in 1981. Hosted by the character “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,” the show typically runs B-movie horror films with Elvira hosting the show and poking fun at the movie throughout the Saturday night broadcast. #halloweeneverynight
September 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Movie Macabre premieres on KHJ-TV, channel 9 in Los Angeles in 1981. Hosted by the character “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,” the show typically runs B-movie horror films with Elvira hosting the show and poking fun at the movie throughout the Saturday night broadcast. #halloweeneverynight
An American Werewolf in London opens across the U.S. in 1981. The horror comedy directed by John Landis was the most successful of three werewolf movies made that year, winning the Oscar for Best Makeup. #Thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
August 21, 2026 at 11:29 AM
An American Werewolf in London opens across the U.S. in 1981. The horror comedy directed by John Landis was the most successful of three werewolf movies made that year, winning the Oscar for Best Makeup. #Thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
Hammer’s The Mummy opens in the U.K. in 1959. The iconic British film company’s version of the monster movie borrows heavily from Universal’s Mummy sequels The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb and The Mummy’s Ghost, while following very little of the original Mummy plot. #halloweeneverynight #TheMummy
September 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Hammer’s The Mummy opens in the U.K. in 1959. The iconic British film company’s version of the monster movie borrows heavily from Universal’s Mummy sequels The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb and The Mummy’s Ghost, while following very little of the original Mummy plot. #halloweeneverynight #TheMummy
Midnight Mass premieres on Netflix in 2021. Mike Flanagan’s gothic horror mini-series starring Kate Seigel, Hamish Linklater and Henry Thomas uses the vampire genre to create a meditation about religion, faith and addiction. #halloweeneverynight#MikeFlanagan#kateseigel #hamishlinklater #HenryThomas
September 24, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Midnight Mass premieres on Netflix in 2021. Mike Flanagan’s gothic horror mini-series starring Kate Seigel, Hamish Linklater and Henry Thomas uses the vampire genre to create a meditation about religion, faith and addiction. #halloweeneverynight#MikeFlanagan#kateseigel #hamishlinklater #HenryThomas
The Black Death Briefing or the “Terribilis”— autumn 1348 (Sept. 23?) [Edward III tells the Archbishop of Canterbury to instruct the people that plague was coming. #halloweeneverynight #blackplague #plaguedoctor #TheBlackDeath #historical
September 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The Black Death Briefing or the “Terribilis”— autumn 1348 (Sept. 23?) [Edward III tells the Archbishop of Canterbury to instruct the people that plague was coming. #halloweeneverynight #blackplague #plaguedoctor #TheBlackDeath #historical
Archie Comics Publications launches Archie Horror in 2015. Based on the success of Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the imprint allows the 76-year-old company to explore dark, adult subject matter using its classic characters.
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March 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Archie Comics Publications launches Archie Horror in 2015. Based on the success of Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the imprint allows the 76-year-old company to explore dark, adult subject matter using its classic characters.
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#thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight
Director Al Adamson is born in Hollywood, Calif. in 1929. Known for making fun but trashy, low-budget drive-in movies in the 1960s and 1970s including Blood of Dracula’s Castle, Horror of the Blood Monsters and Dracula vs. Frankenstein.#Thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
July 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Director Al Adamson is born in Hollywood, Calif. in 1929. Known for making fun but trashy, low-budget drive-in movies in the 1960s and 1970s including Blood of Dracula’s Castle, Horror of the Blood Monsters and Dracula vs. Frankenstein.#Thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
Lewis Carroll — Alice Liddell and her two sisters the first version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland while paddling a boat down the Thames in Carroll would later handwrite and draw the first version of the book for Alice in 1864.
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July 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Lewis Carroll — Alice Liddell and her two sisters the first version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland while paddling a boat down the Thames in Carroll would later handwrite and draw the first version of the book for Alice in 1864.
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The Devil Rides Out opens in the U.K. in 1968. Written by Richard Matheson and directed by Terence Fisher, the film features Christopher Lee in a rare good-guy role in a Hammer film, where he battles devil worshippers on Salisbury Plain. #Thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
July 20, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The Devil Rides Out opens in the U.K. in 1968. Written by Richard Matheson and directed by Terence Fisher, the film features Christopher Lee in a rare good-guy role in a Hammer film, where he battles devil worshippers on Salisbury Plain. #Thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
The Haunting premieres in New York City in 1963. The creepy and atmospheric haunted-house thriller directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblyn, is a moderate success at the time, but has since come to be regarded as a horror classic. #halloweeneverynight
September 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The Haunting premieres in New York City in 1963. The creepy and atmospheric haunted-house thriller directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblyn, is a moderate success at the time, but has since come to be regarded as a horror classic. #halloweeneverynight
Seven opens across the U.S. in 1995. David Fincher’s groundbreaking and bleak crime thriller stars Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey and follows two detectives trying to stop a series of murders based on the seven deadly sins. #halloweeneverynight #BradPitt #morganfreeman #DavidFincher
September 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Seven opens across the U.S. in 1995. David Fincher’s groundbreaking and bleak crime thriller stars Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey and follows two detectives trying to stop a series of murders based on the seven deadly sins. #halloweeneverynight #BradPitt #morganfreeman #DavidFincher
Actor Harry Dean Stanton is born in Irvine, Kentucky in 1926. The character actor’s 60-year career began after his service in World War II and included television and movies like Christine.
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July 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Actor Harry Dean Stanton is born in Irvine, Kentucky in 1926. The character actor’s 60-year career began after his service in World War II and included television and movies like Christine.
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#Thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight
Cloverfield opens across the U.S. in 2008. The movie, directed by Matt Reeves, brought giant monsters back to American movies while pushing the found-footage horror movie to a bigger scale. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #cloverfield
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Cloverfield opens across the U.S. in 2008. The movie, directed by Matt Reeves, brought giant monsters back to American movies while pushing the found-footage horror movie to a bigger scale. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #cloverfield
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is published in 2009. The mashup novel by Ben H. Winters combines Jane Austin’s original narrative with sea monster tropes and is a conceptual follow up to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, released five months earlier by Seth Grahame-Smith. #halloweeneverynight
September 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is published in 2009. The mashup novel by Ben H. Winters combines Jane Austin’s original narrative with sea monster tropes and is a conceptual follow up to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, released five months earlier by Seth Grahame-Smith. #halloweeneverynight
The Thing With Two Heads opens across the U.S. in 1972. The campy sci-fi horror chase movie intended as social commentary co-stars Ray Miland and football star Rosey Grier as the titular Thing. #thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
July 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The Thing With Two Heads opens across the U.S. in 1972. The campy sci-fi horror chase movie intended as social commentary co-stars Ray Miland and football star Rosey Grier as the titular Thing. #thisdayinhalloween #Halloweeneverynight
The Andromeda Strain opens in the U.S. in 1971. Robert Wise’s Oscar-nominated sci-fi film, based on Michael Crichton’s bestselling novel, follows scientists probing a deadly alien virus and is notable for Douglas Trumbull’s pioneering special effects.
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March 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Andromeda Strain opens in the U.S. in 1971. Robert Wise’s Oscar-nominated sci-fi film, based on Michael Crichton’s bestselling novel, follows scientists probing a deadly alien virus and is notable for Douglas Trumbull’s pioneering special effects.
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#thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight
Dean Koontz is born in Everett, Penn. in 1945. The best-selling author of more than 100 novels, including Demon Seed, and Phantoms, What The Night Knows, Midnight, The Bad Place, Cold Fire, Dragon Tears.
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July 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Dean Koontz is born in Everett, Penn. in 1945. The best-selling author of more than 100 novels, including Demon Seed, and Phantoms, What The Night Knows, Midnight, The Bad Place, Cold Fire, Dragon Tears.
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Norman Reedus is born in Hollywood, Florida in 1969. The actor and former model is known primarily as Daryl Dixon on the TV series The Walking Dead. and spin-off Daryl Dixon. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #normanreedus #twd
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Norman Reedus is born in Hollywood, Florida in 1969. The actor and former model is known primarily as Daryl Dixon on the TV series The Walking Dead. and spin-off Daryl Dixon. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #normanreedus #twd
H. G. Wells is born in Bromley, Kent, England in 1866. The prolific writer, futurist and social critic is one of the founding fathers of science fiction. #halloweeneverynight #hgwells #waroftheworlds #islandofdrmoreau #thetimemachine #TheInvisibleMan #theshapeofthingstocome
September 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
H. G. Wells is born in Bromley, Kent, England in 1866. The prolific writer, futurist and social critic is one of the founding fathers of science fiction. #halloweeneverynight #hgwells #waroftheworlds #islandofdrmoreau #thetimemachine #TheInvisibleMan #theshapeofthingstocome
What We Do in the Shadows premieres on FX in 2019. The Emmy-nominated TV spinoff of the 2014 movie is a horror comedy mockumentary featuring a group of vampires sharing a house on Staten Island in New York City.
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#thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight
March 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
What We Do in the Shadows premieres on FX in 2019. The Emmy-nominated TV spinoff of the 2014 movie is a horror comedy mockumentary featuring a group of vampires sharing a house on Staten Island in New York City.
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#thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight
Julian Sands is born in Otley, Yorkshire, England in 1958. Sands starred in films like Warlock, Gothic, 1998’s Phantom of the Opera, and the TV show Dexter and mini-series Steven King’s Rose Red. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #juliansands
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Julian Sands is born in Otley, Yorkshire, England in 1958. Sands starred in films like Warlock, Gothic, 1998’s Phantom of the Opera, and the TV show Dexter and mini-series Steven King’s Rose Red. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #juliansands