Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: The Driller Killer was released in theaters

An artist slowly goes insane from struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings and care for his two female roommates. This leads him to the streets of New York after dark where he randomly kills derelicts with a power drill.

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Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: Prophecy was released in theaters

Prophecy is a contemporary story of stark terror. Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire (Rocky, The Godfather) star as a doctor and his wife, who, at the request of a concerned friend, travel to Maine to research the impact of the lumber industry on the local environment. They begin to investigate a succession of mysterious and terrifying events: ecological freaks of nature (including fish that grow many times their normal size), and a series of bizarre and grisly human deaths. Veteran suspense director John Frankenheimer manages to present “Prophecy” as a “monster movie” as well as suspenseful tale about the deadly forces which result from the pollution of the environment.

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