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Check out these events that happened on May 8 in horror history!
Movies
Friday, May 8, 1942: The Corpse Vanishes was released in theaters
Bela Lugosi revels in his role as European horticulturalist Dr. Lorenz in this outlandish tale of horror and dementia.
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Thursday, May 8, 1958: Horror Of Dracula was released in theaters
The first Hammer Dracula film in which, the infamous vampire (Christopher Lee, Star Wars) is given a new, elegant and ruthless persona as he descends
Friday, May 8, 1964: The Evil of Frankenstein was released in theaters
When Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) recovers his monster from ice, a demented hypnotist (Peter Woodthorpe) arrives with plans to use the creature as
Thursday, May 8, 1980: The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb premiered on TV
Mysterious events occur soon after an archaelogist discovers the Egyptian ruler’s burial site, leading some observers to take an ancient curse serious
Friday, May 8, 1981: The Burning was released in theaters
A group of summer camp pranksters get the scare of their lives when they target the camp’s creepy caretaker…and he takes bloody revenge! “Gruesome”
Sunday, May 8, 1994: The Stand debuted on television
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King’s gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic ad
Friday, May 8, 2015: Maggie was released in theaters
A zombie epidemic spreads terror across the globe as a father cares for his infected daughter while struggling to prepare her for the inevitable. BUY
Television
Sunday, May 8, 1960: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “Insomnia” premiered
Season 5 Episode 30 A widower (Dennis Weaver) haunted by the fire that killed his wife can’t get a night’s sleep, but the real nightmare begins when h
Tuesday, May 8, 1962: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “Most Likely to Succeed” premiered
Season 7 Episode 31 A boastful businessman (Jack Carter) gives a job to his down-on-his-luck college friend (Howard Morris) and brags about how he has
Friday, May 8, 1964: “The Twilight Zone” episode “Mr. Garrity and the Graves” premiered
Season 5 Episode 32 A traveling con man (John Dehner) arrives in the Old West town of Happiness, Arizona, claiming that he can bring the dead back to
Sunday, May 8, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Cutty Black Sow” premiered
Season 4 Episode 14 On Halloween, a boy is warned by his dying great-grandmother about the Cutty Black Sow, a Celtic demon that steals the souls of th
Tuesday, May 8, 1990: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Thing From the Grave” premiered
Source: Tales From the Crypt #22 Season 2 Episode 6 A supermodel (Teri Hatcher) and her photographer (Kyle Secor) fall in love. When the model’s abusi
Saturday, May 8, 1999: “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” episode “The Tale of the Secret Admirer” premiered
Season 6 Episode 12 Shy Meggie is thrilled to learn she has a secret admirer, but her excitement turns to fear when she realizes the admirer is from b
