Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver sensational, Oscar-winning performances in this “shockingly powerful thriller” (New York). “Stunning” (Los Angeles Times) and “spellbinding” (The Hollywood Reporter), this terrifying masterpiece garnered five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. A psychopath nicknamed Buffalo Bill is murdering women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide clues to the killer’s actions.
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Horror History: Friday, February 8, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Offspring” premiered
Season 6 Episode 18
A meek and mild-mannered young man allows his mother to dictate life to him and embarrass him, until he finally snaps.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 8, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Offspring” premiered”Horror History: Thursday, February 7, 1991: Puppet Master II was released direct-to-video
You can’t keep a good man down or a Puppet Master buried as Tunneler, Leech Woman, Pinhead and the rest of the puppets return to exhume their beloved creator in Puppet Master II, the sequel to the hit horrorfest, Puppet Master. This time, the little devils are after the special fluid that keeps them alive, which is only found in…You guessed it…human brains.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, February 7, 1991: Puppet Master II was released direct-to-video”Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1991: Popcorn was released in theaters
A campy movie marathon turns into an endless night of terror when a crazed killer decides to make a horror movie of his own.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1991: Popcorn was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “A Whole New You” premiered
Season 6 Episode 17
A man in Witness Protection becomes more and more paranoid that he’ll be found, and goes to a plastic surgeon to change his face.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “A Whole New You” premiered”Horror History: Thursday, January 31, 1991: Shock ‘Em Dead was released direct-to-video
Martin is a total loser who makes a deal with the devil to become the greatest rock star in the world.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, January 31, 1991: Shock ‘Em Dead was released direct-to-video”Horror History: Friday, January 25, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Made In Paris” premiered
Season 6 Episode 16
A boss who does nothing for his employees soon finds himself the victim of their black magic.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 25, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Made In Paris” premiered”Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Living a Lie” premiered
Season 6 Episode 15
When a bartender takes a stolen shopping card on a shopping spree he realises that sometimes the best life to live … is one’s own.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Living a Lie” premiered”Horror History: Friday, January 11, 1991: Warlock was released in US theaters
A warlock and witch-hunter time travel from the 1600s to the 1990s, as the warlock searches for ultimate control of Satan’s Bible and the destruction of all creation.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 11, 1991: Warlock was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, January 11, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Homecoming” premiered
Season 6 Episode 14
A neo-fascist cannot relax because he cannot forget about his past.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 11, 1991: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Homecoming” premiered”Horror History: Friday, December 14, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Tourist Trap” premiered
Season 6 Episode 13
A Parisien con artist meets his match and learns that there is no such thing as the perfect con.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 14, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Tourist Trap” premiered”Horror History: Friday, December 7, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “White Slaves” premiered
Season 6 Episode 12
Two men kidnap a young woman for a night out in Paris.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 7, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “White Slaves” premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 30, 1990: Misery was released in theaters
Based on the novel by Stephen King. Successful romantic novelist, Paul Sheldon, who just had his life saved by his No.1 fan…now lives to regret it. When Ann Wilkes discovers that her favorite character, Misery Chastain, has been killed off in his latest novel she’ll do anything to make sure he brings her back to life. Now Paul Sheldon must write as if his life depended on it…because it does.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 30, 1990: Misery was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 30, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Working Girl” premiered
Season 6 Episode 11
After a housewife shoots her philandering husband, she goes after the other woman.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 30, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Working Girl” premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 23, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Windows” premiered
Season 6 Episode 10
After spending all of his time with his paintings, an artist begins to believe that his art and life are melding together.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 23, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Windows” premiered”Horror History: Wednesday, November 21, 1990: Predator 2 was released in theaters
A police chief discovers that an invisible creature — an extraterrestrial big game hunter known as the Predator — is killing off criminals and cops and has targed him as its next victim.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 21, 1990: Predator 2 was released in theaters”Horror History: Sunday, November 18, 1990: Stephen King’s It debuted on television
A fanged monster that won’t stay on the movie screen. Something ominous lurking in the basement. No matter what your biggest fear is, no one knows It better than Stephen King.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 18, 1990: Stephen King’s It debuted on television”Horror History: Friday, November 16, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Trust Me” premiered
Season 6 Episode 9
A con man who preys on wealthy, older women soon learns that one day everyone must pay the piper.
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Anthony Perkins, Henry Thomas and Olivia Hussey star in this chilling prequel to the classic Hitchcock thriller.
A seemingly rehabilitated Norman Bates (Perkins) is drawn to a late night radio show where the host (CCH Pounder, Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight) encourages him to share his views on the topic of matricide. Reliving his childhood, Norman recounts his trials of a young boy (Thomas, Ouija 2) living with his widowed schizophrenic mother (Hussey, the original Black Christmas). These haunting memories are more than just disturbing visions of the past; they threaten to rekindle his killing urge in this spine-tingling thriller directed by Mick Garris (The Stand, Masters of Horror).
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, November 10, 1990: Psycho IV: The Beginning premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 9, 1990: Child’s Play 2 was released in theaters
Chuckie’s back as the doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer, butchering all who stand in his way of possessing the body of a boy.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 9, 1990: Child’s Play 2 was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 9, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “A Function of Control” premiered
Season 6 Episode 8
After an office manager accidentally kills the boss’s wife, she has to find a way to cover up the murder and keep herself out of jail.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 9, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “A Function of Control” premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 2, 1990: Jacob’s Ladder was released in theaters
A Vietnam War veteran, now a New York City postal worker, struggles with flashbacks and hallucinations. With the help from his new bride, he fights to keep sane while his brain fluctuates between reality and delusion.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 2, 1990: Jacob’s Ladder was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 2, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “New Dawn” premiered
Season 6 Episode 7
An adulterer faces a murder frame-up when his wife becomes tired of his catting around.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 2, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “New Dawn” premiered”Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1990: Graveyard Shift was released in theaters
From horror master Stephen King comes his most terror-filled tale yet… Gates Falls, Maine. When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1990: Graveyard Shift was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Toxic Shock” premiered
Season 6 Episode 6
After years of illegal dumping, the poison’s in the land start to leech into the mind.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Toxic Shock” premiered”Horror History: Friday, October 19, 1990: Night of the Living Dead was released in theaters
It’s a new dawn for terror when the dead come back to feast on the living in this contemporary version of the horror classic.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 19, 1990: Night of the Living Dead was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 19, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hard Rhyme” premiered
Season 6 Episode 5
A teacher steals the writings of an inmate in a class he’s teaching at prison, but he’ll soon learn that all criminals have to pay the price.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 19, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hard Rhyme” premiered”Horror History: Friday, October 12, 1990: Mirror, Mirror was released in theaters
A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 12, 1990: Mirror, Mirror was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 12, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Strate Shooter” premiered
Season 6 Episode 4
Johnny Mattel thinks only about himself. He keeps himself busy stealing, sleeping around, and generally doing whatever he wants to do. After meeting a beautiful young woman at a bar, he becomes obsessed with a television show, “Strate Shooter”, and is determined to ‘rescue’ the young woman. Nothing is as it seems though, which Johnny soon learns after he manages to get the young woman out of the house and back to his father’s home.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 12, 1990: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Strate Shooter” premiered”Horror History: Friday, October 5, 1990: Sorority House Massacre II was released in theaters
Five college women buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. They decide to stay in it for the night to meet the movers in the morning, but begin to get the creeps when the weird neighbor starts poking around.
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