Horror History: Thursday, February 14, 1991: The Silence of the Lambs was released in theaters

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Horror History: Saturday, November 10, 1990: Psycho IV: The Beginning premiered

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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