Horror History: Tuesday, October 8, 1996: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering was released direct-to-video

Nothing can prepare you for the onslaught of spine-tingling thrills unleashed in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering – a chilling chapter in the wildly popular Children of the Corn series!

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Horror History: Monday, October 7, 1996: Pinocchio’s Revenge was released direct-to-video

A defense attorney acquires a Pinnocchio puppet from her condemned serial killer client. When her daughter stumbles upon the doll and becomes attached to it, odd things begin to transpire.

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Horror History: Friday, August 16, 1996: Bordello of Blood was released in theaters

In this creepy comedy, Dennis Miller plays a wisecracking private eye investigating a brothel of voluptuous vampires and battling a crooked televangelist and his powerful talisman.

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Horror History: Friday, July 19, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Third Pig” premiered

Season 7 Episode 13

In this show’s animated version of The Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) slaughters Drinky Pig (voiced by Brad Garrett) and Smokey Pig (Charlie Adler), leaving the third pig Dudley (voiced by Cam Clarke) accused of the murders and found guilty by a jury of wolves. With the ghosts of his dead brothers helping him to escape, Dudley plans to take revenge on the Big Bad Wolf where he uses a laboratory owned by the previous mad scientist to create a zombie pig (also voiced by Brad Garrett) to help him. While John Kassir was also credited as the narrator and Cam Clarke voicing the Bailiff Wolf, this episode also features the voices of Corey Burton and Jim Cummings as different characters.

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Horror History: Friday, July 12, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Ear Today… Gone Tomorrow” was released in theaters

Season 7 Episode 12

Glenn (Robert Lindsay), a gambling safecracker with a slight hearing loss, finds himself getting entangled in a deadly game between a mobster and his exotic wife. He soon finds he has the auditory system of an owl.

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Horror History: Friday, July 5, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Confession” premiered

Season 7 Episode 11

A screenwriter (Eddie Izzard) finds himself as the prime suspect when a serial killer is on the rampage, decapitating females in the city.

Also stars Ciarán Hinds.

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Horror History: Friday, June 28, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “About Face” premiered

Season 7 Episode 10

In Victorian era England, a corrupt priest (Anthony Andrews) discovers that he is the long-lost father of twin daughters: a beautiful, gentle girl named Angelica and an angry, deformed girl named Leah (played in a double role by Anna Friel).

Also stars Imelda Staunton.

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Horror History: Friday, June 21, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Smoke Wrings” premiered

Season 7 Episode 9

A young man (Daniel Craig) with a strange device is hired into an advertising company by an esteemed executive. What the executive does not know is that the young man is scheming with the woman’s enraged ex-partner (Paul Freeman), who seeks revenge against her.

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Horror History: Friday, June 14, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Report from the Grave” premiered

Season 7 Episode 8

After creating a machine that collects thoughts from the dead, which had accidentally resulted in his own lover’s death, a young man (James Frain) becomes obsessed with resurrecting her at any cost.

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Horror History: Friday, June 7, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Kidnapper” was released in theaters

Season 7 Episode 7

A simple young man (Steve Coogan) takes in a homeless pregnant woman (Julia Sawalha) and falls in love with her, but he becomes envious and jealous when her child is born, so he sets out to get rid of the kid forever.

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Friday, May 31, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Cold War” premiered

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Season 7 Episode 6

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Cammy (Jane Horrocks) and Ford (Ewan McGregor) are two lovers on the wrong side of the law, but when Cammy has had enough and decides to get out, she brings home a man that reminds them on why they’re perfect for each other.

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Horror History: Friday, May 24, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Horror in the Night” premiered

Season 7 Episode 5

A jewel thief (James Wilby) hides out in a hotel after being shot and meets a beautiful woman (Elizabeth McGovern) that only he can see.

Also stars Peter Guinness.

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Horror History: Friday, May 17, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Escape” premiered

Season 7 Episode 4

During World War II, two Germans, a traitor (Martin Kemp), and the man he had betrayed are trapped in a British prison camp, where they must work together as a team in order to escape.

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Horror History: Friday, May 3, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “A Slight Case of Murder” premiered

Season 7 Episode 3

A game of cat and mouse ensues between a female mystery novelist (Francesca Annis) and her jealous husband (Christopher Cazenove) when he accuses her of cheating on him with her nosy neighbor’s son.

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Horror History: Friday, April 26, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Last Respects” premiered

Season 7 Episode 2

Three sisters named LaVonne (Emma Samms), Delores (Kerry Fox), and Marlice (Julie Cox) think they have found a way out of their own troubles when they soon discover a monkey’s paw that grants them their own personal wishes.

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Horror History: Friday, April 19, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Fatal Caper” premiered

Season 7 Episode 1

Mycroft (Leslie Phillips), an elderly rich man, adds a stipulation in his will stating that his two sons must find their long-lost brother or else risk having their own inheritance be given away to charity.

Also features Natasha Richardson and Bob Hoskins.

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Horror History: Tuesday, April 9, 1996: Tremors 2: Aftershocks was released direct-to-video

The giant underground creatures that terrorized a desert town in Tremors are now plowing their way through Mexican oil fields, gobbling up everything and everyone around-and only one man can stop them! In the style of its predecessor, this comedy sci-fi creature feature reunites Fred Ward as down-on-his-luck Earl Basset and Michael Gross as gung-ho survivalist Burt Gummer, two desert desperados who take on the task of destroying the monsters. Partnered with them is Christopher Gartin, a young guy in need of kicks, cash, and a career change, and Helen Shaver, a sexy and intrepid scientist who’s seen it all until now. Together they devise an ingenious plan for tracking and killing the creatures. Tremors 2 is filled with high-speed action and plenty of laughs-until the predators wise up.

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Horror History: Friday, March 8, 1996: Hellraiser: Bloodline was released in theaters

Pinhead is back — And he’s out for more blood. The fourth terrifying chapter of the wildly popular Hellraiser series chronicles the struggle of one family who unknowingly created the puzzle box that opened the door of Hell.

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Horror History: Friday, January 19, 1996: From Dusk till Dawn was released in theaters

It’s nonstop thrills when George Clooney (The American) and Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) star as the Gecko brothers – two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree!

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Horror History: Friday, January 12, 1996: Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace was released in theaters

They thought they had destroyed him, but the simple gardener-turned-superkiller has found a way to reboot himself in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.

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Horror History: Friday, October 27, 1995: Vampire in Brooklyn was released in theaters

Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a woman who had a vampire father, and he searches for her in Brooklyn. Rita’s mother, who has died in an asylum, was that woman and Rita has nightmares that she does not understand. Not knowing that she is part vampire, Max woos her and attempts to bring her to her blood sucking destiny. Even though Rita has strange dreams and actions, Justice, her partner, has feelings for her and does not want her involved with this stranger Max. But it is Rita who must decide her destiny.

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Horror History: Friday, October 6, 1995: The Addiction was released in theaters

A New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.

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Horror History: Friday, September 29, 1995: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers was released in theaters

For pulse-pounding suspense and relentless thrills, nothing can match Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers — one of the most frightening chapters in the chilling Halloween series. In a single horrifying night, Michael Myers’ masked reign of terror changed Halloween forever.

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Horror History: Friday, September 1, 1995: The Prophecy was released in theaters

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him. Starring Academy Award winner Christopher Walken, Viggo Mortensen, Virginia Madsen and Eric Stoltz.

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Horror History: Friday, August 25, 1995: Lord of Illusions was released in theaters

Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap) stars as a private detective who gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan (Kevin J. O’Connor), a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world. But are they really illusions? Harry isn’t so sure..

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