Horror History: Friday, August 28, 2009: The Final Destination was released in theaters

A young man and his girlfriend try to escape his horrific premonition of death in the latest of the highly popular “Final Destination” series.

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Horror History: Friday, May 29, 2009: Drag Me to Hell was released in theaters

Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) returns to the horror genre with a vengeance. When Christine decides to evict an old woman, she becomes the victim of a spirit determined to drag her to hell.

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Horror History: Tuesday, May 12, 2009: The Grudge 3 was released direct-to-DVD

Kayako’s curse from The Grudge and The Grudge 2 continues killing the residents of a Chicago apartment building. News of these deaths reaches Japan, where Kayako’s sister knows the secret that could end the grudge once and for all. Will she be able to stop the raging spirit, or will she become another victim?

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Horror History: Tuesday, April 28, 2009: Martyrs was released direct-to-video

Lucie is found wandering the streets bruised and bloodied. Unable to say who did this to her, she’s placed in a hospital where she meets Anna, another abused young girl. Fifteen years later, with Anna’s help, Lucie sets out to get revenge on her attackers.

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Horror History: Friday, March 27, 2009: The Haunting in Connecticut was released in theaters

After a family is forced to relocate for their son’s health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, which turns out to be a former mortuary.

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Horror History: Friday, March 13, 2009: The Last House on the Left was released in theaters

The unrated cut (too terrifying for theaters!) of one of the most notorious horror films of all time, following two ordinary people who go to increasingly gruesome extremes to get revenge.

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Horror History: Friday, January 30, 2009: The Uninvited was released in theaters

Based on Kim Jee-Woon’s 2003 korean horror film. Story of two sisters returning home to their father from a mental institution, whose recovery is hindered by their cruel stepmother.

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Horror History: Friday, January 23, 2009: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans was released in theaters

The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Michael Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret secret lover, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.

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Horror History: Friday, January 16, 2009: My Bloody Valentine was released in theaters

Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he’s innocent.

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Horror History: Friday, December 12, 2008: Let the Right One In was released in US theaters

Lonely, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates. A new friendship develops when Eli, a pale, serious young girl who only comes out at night, moves in next door.

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Horror History: Friday, October 31, 2008: The Haunting of Molly Hartley was released in theaters

Molly Hartley hopes she can forget the violence of her family’s past and start over. She has found a new life, a new school and a new boyfriend. But when her secret past and haunting nightmares continue, Molly fears she has inherited her mother’s psychosis. What she doesn’t know is that she’s inherited something else…

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Horror History: Friday, October 17, 2008: [REC] was released in US theaters

From Executive Producers who brought you Quarantine, comes the movie that inspired the terror. A beautiful TV reporter (Manuela Velasco, Law of Desire) and her cameraman are doing a routine interview at a local fire station when an emergency call comes in. Accompanying the firefighters to a nearby apartment, the news team begins recording the bloodcurdling screams coming from inside an elderly woman’s unit. After authorities seal off the building to contain the threat, the news crew, firefighters and residents are trapped to face a lethal terror inside. With the camera running, nothing may survive but the film itself.

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Horror History: Friday, October 10, 2008: Quarantine was released in theaters

When a news crew decides to trail a brave fire-fighting team, they never suspect that the first call for help they respond to that night may be their last. Now they’re trapped in an apartment complex sealed off by the government. With no way of escape, they find themselves surrounded by frightened residents who are infected with a deadly mutant virus. What happens next is only known because of the footage they left behind.

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Horror History: Friday, August 15, 2008: Mirrors was released in theaters

From the director of The Hills Have Eyes comes the terrifying story of troubled ex-cop who must save his family from an unspeakable evil that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

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Horror History: Friday, August 1, 2008: The Midnight Meat Train was released in theaters

Struggling photographer Leon Kaufman’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany, the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters — ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

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Horror History: Friday, August 1, 2008: The Midnight Meat Train was released in theaters

Struggling photographer Leon Kaufman’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany, the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters — ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

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Horror History: Friday, June 13, 2008: The Happening was released in theaters

Mark Wahlberg stars as a man who takes his family on the run when a natural disaster threatens to end civilization. For years, the earth has been the victim of mankind’s “progress,” and the pollution has finally built to a point that causes a global backlash.

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Horror History: Friday, June 6, 2008: The Mother of Tears was released in US theaters

Sarah opens an ancient urn that unleashes the power of the world’s most potent witch. As suicides plague the city and witches from all over pay homage, Sarah must use her psychic powers to stop the ‘Mother of Tears’.

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Horror History: Friday, April 4, 2008: The Ruins was released in theaters

Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, The Ruins follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins.

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Horror History: Friday, January 11, 2008: The Orphanage was released in US theaters

The Orphanage centers on Laura (Belén Rueda) who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring & reopening the abandoned facility as a place for disabled children.

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Horror History: Friday, January 4, 2008: One Missed Call was released in theaters

What will it sound like when you die? In “One Missed Call,” a chain of people receive terrifying cell phone messages of their own final moments. Though the messages can be deleted…

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