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Check out these events that happened on October 18 in horror history!
Movies
Monday, October 18, 1976: Burnt Offerings was released in US theaters
In the great tradition of haunted house chillers comes this frightening tale of the supernatural set in a sprawling old country mansion. BUY IT NOW! B
Friday, October 18, 1985: Re-Animator was released In US theaters
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue. B
Friday, October 18, 1991: Dolly Dearest was released in US theaters
A centuries old black magic curse turns the world’s most beautiful doll into the world’s most savage killing machine. BUY IT NOW! DVD Amazon Prime htt
Friday, October 18, 1996: The Dentist was released in theaters
It’s Been Six Months. Time for your Check-Up! BUY IT NOW! DVD Amazon Prime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkDykd9ZmXM
Friday, October 18, 2002: The Ring was released in theaters
When four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching a videotape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller tracks down the
Friday, October 18, 2013: Carrie was released in theaters
horror – #HorrorHistory – #Carrie – A sheltered high school girl unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her p
Television
Sunday, October 18, 1959: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “Coyote Moon” premiered
Season 5 Episode 4 A professor (Macdonald Carey) stranded in the desert accepts the hospitality of an old man (Edgar Buchanan) and his young companion
Tuesday, October 18, 1960: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “The Contest for Aaron Gold” premiered
Season 6 Episode 4 A quiet, withdrawn boy (Barry Gordon) at summer camp sculpts a one-armed clay knight for an arts and crafts contest, much to the di
Tuesday, October 18, 1960: “One Step Beyond” episode “If You See Sally” premiered
Season 3 Episode 5 Unjustly blamed for her brother’s death, Sally Ellis (Anne Whitfield) runs away from home, and once forgiven she tries again and ag
Friday, October 18, 1963: “The Twilight Zone” episode “A Kind of a Stopwatch” premiered
Season 5 Episode 4 The world’s biggest bore (Richard Erdman) is given a magical stopwatch that can stop everything in the world except him (Herbie Fay
Saturday, October 18, 1980: “Hammer House Of Horror” episode “Charlie Boy” premiered
Season 1 Episode 6 Graham (Leigh Lawson) inherits his uncle’s collection of native art, including an African black magic doll that he and his girlfrie
Friday, October 18, 1985: “The Twilight Zone” episode “Little Boy Lost / Wish Bank / Nightcrawlers” premiered
Season 1 Episode 4 In “Little Boy Lost,” photographer Carol Shelton (Season Hubley) spends time with a little boy (Scott Grimes) who seems oddly famil
Saturday, October 18, 1986: “The Twilight Zone” episode “The After Hours / Lost and Found / The World Next Door” premiered
Season 2 Episode 4 In “The After Hours,” a remake of the original Twilight Zone episode, a woman (Terry Farrell) is trapped in a department store afte
Sunday, October 18, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Moth” premiered
Season 4 Episode 4 A dying woman is convinced that after death her soul will be trapped in a moth. Written by Michael McDowell, Guest starring Debbie
