Horror History: Saturday, October 29, 1983: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Trick Or Treat” premiered

October 29, 1983October 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Pilot

A rich and spiteful old man named Gideon Hackles whose obsession for documenting and exploiting debts owed to him, annually offers trick-or-treaters the chance to search his house on Halloween night for their parents’ IOUs, only to terrify them with animatronic “ghosts”. In the course of this night’s events, Mr. Hackles finds himself terrified by real ghosts… or in this case, demons. Guest starring Barnard Hughes as Gideon Hackles, and Max Wright, written by George A. Romero.

Horror History: Friday, October 21, 1983: Boardinghouse was released in theaters

October 21, 1983October 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

A man with telekinetic power inherits a big house with a horrible past. He opens the house up as a boarding house and very quickly becomes inhabited by a group of gorgeous women. Soon the long sleeping evil supernatural power inhabiting the house starts killing off the tenants one by one.