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Check out these events that happened on April 5 in horror history!
Movies
Horror History: Thursday, April 5, 1973: Theatre of Blood was released in theaters
Vincent Price is a crazed Shakespearean actor who adds murder to his repertoire when he takes gruesome revenge on the critics who slighted him. BUY IT
Horror History: Thursday, April 5, 2007: The Reaping was released in theaters
Investigative scholar Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a debunker of modern “miracles,” bringing scientific light to superstition and fraud. BUY IT
Horror History: Friday, April 5, 2013: Evil Dead was released in theaters
Five friends have found the mysterious and fiercely powerful Book of the Dead which releases a violent demon on a bloodthirsty quest to possess them a
Television
Horror History: Sunday, April 5, 1959: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “Cheap Is Cheap” premiered
Season 4 Episode 26 When a miser (Dennis Day) discovers how much a divorce will cost him, he comes up with a cheaper way to get rid of his wife (Alice
Horror History: Tuesday, April 5, 1960: “One Step Beyond” episode “I Saw You Tomorrow” premiered
Season 2 Episode 28 “There is no new thing under the sun” in this tale of a vision of tomorrow, starring Rosemary Murphy, Jack Raine and Barbara Morri
People
Horror History: Monday, April 5, 1926: Roger Corman was born
Happy Birthday, Mr. Corman! BUY IT NOW! Roger Corman on Amazon