Every school has its share of space cadets, but this semester, MONtgomery STERling HIGH is about toget theirs, complete with real live ray-guns, in this spaced-out sci-fi comedy. When all-American average guy Norm Median meets fatally-attractive Candace Caine the first day of fall term, they’re both too distracted to notice the weird new “transfer” students, even if they include a fashion-conscious zombie, a killer plant and a stone gargoyle. Hey, some kids are like that. But when their leader-famous inter-galactic terrorist Mr. Armageddon; drops in with global destruction on his mind, Norm has to think fast. The end seems near until Norm suggests challenging Mr. A’s “team” to a basketball game for the fate of the earth. The stakes are high, if the planet is destroyed, it would seriously wreck Norman’s chances with Candace but no one said being a senior was easy in the cosmically-campy campus comedy, MONSTER HIGH.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, December 20, 1989: Monster High was released in theaters”Category: Horror History
Horror History: Saturday, December 16, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Pawns” premiered
Season 5 Episode 26
A has-been musician who is down on his luck finally decides to pawn the only thing that means anything to him to make a few bucks, but realizes that what he’s sold is worth a lot more than he ever realized.
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Season 5 Episode 25
A producer’s assistant meets his match when he agrees to housesit for his boss and falls for the sexy young woman who is supposed to be helping him out.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, December 9, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Power Play” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, November 25, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “My Enemy” premiered
Season 5 Episode 24
Hollywood actress Jane Ambergris is so desperate to escape what her life has become she creates a new identity for herself, but it isn’t long before she finds out that the person she tries to become is far worse than the person she is leaving behind.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, November 25, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “My Enemy” premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 24, 1989: Beware! Children at Play was released in theaters
After several children have gone missing, a writer and a cop decide to get to the bottom of the problem once and for all. As they find more and more leads they discover that their children are being brainwashed into zombified cannibal killers by a disturbed teen.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 24, 1989: Beware! Children at Play was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 24, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Dying Generation” premiered
Season 5 Episode 23
After the suicide of their friend Katie, Adam Ross and Stephanie Duvall are faced with their own mortality. They learn from a friend, Brian, that he believes Katie was murdered, and that it had something to do with a fortune teller she had gone to see. Adam and Stephanie visit the same fortune teller, a woman who has let herself become so bitter she taints the life of everyone she comes in contact with.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 24, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Dying Generation” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, November 18, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Cruelest Cut” premiered
Season 5 Episode 22
Men in the city are being knifed by a prostitute who wears all black. Sterling Jenkins is a hard-hearted prostitute who, despite herself, is intrigued when an attractive man named Jason asks for help in fixing his car. Although she tries to rebuff the sensitive man, Sterling allows herself to believe Jason when he tells her that he’s fallen for her. It is only afterward that she realises appearances can be deceiving.
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Season 5 Episode 21
Two loners encounter each other and each believes they have found their soulmate.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 17, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Striptease” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, November 11, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Studio 3X” premiered
Season 5 Episode 20
When a television journalist’s private fantasies start appearing in pornographic videos, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, November 11, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Studio 3X” premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 10, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hit & Run” premiered
Season 5 Episode 19
A pedestrian dies in a hit and run and his killer can’t put it out of his mind.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 10, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hit & Run” premiered”Horror History: Thursday, November 9, 1989: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! was released in theaters
The notorious Santa Claus killer is back (after getting shot presumably dead in SNDN 2), and this time he’s hooked up with a blind young woman with telepathic powers. Directed by famed Roger Corman protege Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop)!
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Season 5 Episode 18
If Jennifer can convict Manuel Ortega in the drive-by shooting deaths of five people, she will have thirty-six convictions in a row. Unfortunately, there is little to no evidence against Manuel, and Jennifer is willing to do anything necessary, even break the law, to put him behind bars.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, November 4, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Verdict” premiered”Horror History: Friday, November 3, 1989: After Midnight was released in theaters
An attractive college student begins a journey of terror when she takes a class on fear from an “off-center” professor who believes one must experience fear firsthand to understand it.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 3, 1989: After Midnight was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 27, 1989: Shocker was released in theaters
Wes Craven directs this blend of special effects, jolting humor and an exhilarating soundtrack that portrays a mass murderer who harnesses electricity for unimaginable killing powers.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 27, 1989: Shocker was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 13, 1989: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers was released in theaters
One year following the events of Halloween 4, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield with a vengeance.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 13, 1989: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, October 12, 1989: Puppet Master was released direct-to-video
The Andre Toulon and the Puppet Master saga begins…Alex Whittaker and three other gifted psychics are investigating rumors that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer Andre Toulon. But the psychics quickly discover Toulon’s secret of death in the form of five killer puppets-each one uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, October 12, 1989: Puppet Master was released direct-to-video”Horror History: Saturday, September 30, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Coach” premiered
Season 5 Episode 17
A coach’s players learn more about his track record with other teams when his sadistic tendencies make themselves known.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, September 30, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Coach” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, September 16, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hootch” was released in theaters
Season 5 Episode 16
Things start to go wrong when a greedy woman decides to kick out her brother, a Vietnam war veteran.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, September 16, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hootch” was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 18, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Fashion Exchange” premiered
Season 5 Episode 15
A designer struggles to maintain control after the suicide of one of his models.
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Season 5 Episode 14
All isn’t well in the hamburger world when a restauranteur learns that not everything is easy.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, August 12, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Part of Me” premiered”Horror History: Friday, August 11, 1989: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child was released in theaters
Through the dreams of an unborn child, Freddy has resurrected himself … and he’s looking for new victims in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 11, 1989: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 11, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Square Deal” premiered
Season 5 Episode 13
A con artist finds out that sometimes there are limits as to how far one can go.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 11, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Square Deal” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, August 5, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Spinning Wheel” premiered
Season 5 Episode 12
A young performance artists tries to move forward, but is consumed with a series of disturbing nightmares.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, August 5, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Spinning Wheel” premiered”Horror History: Friday, August 4, 1989: Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland was released in theaters
This time, the camp set in the deep, dark woods is a camp for troubled youths. The psychotic killer that has roamed the woods and been the topic of many ghost stories, is still lurking about. He has come up with a permanent cure for the teens’ problems as the body count piles up.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 4, 1989: Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 4, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Phantom Zone” premiered
Season 5 Episode 11
A secret involving a long ago scandal with his friends causes trouble for a recent university graduate as he prepares to marry the woman of his dreams.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 4, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Phantom Zone” premiered”Horror History: Friday, July 28, 1989: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan was released in theaters
A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a hockey mask.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 28, 1989: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 28, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Together Forever” premiered
Season 5 Episode 10
A woman can’t get past the thought that her husband is unfaithful, and it begins to rule her life.
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Season 5 Episode 9
Cheryl and Bruno are con artists who believe the world owes them something. When they face homelessness because the building they live in is about to be torn down, they find a new mark, Emilie Langlois, an old woman with a failing memory. Their goal is to take over Mrs. Langlois’ home, but they soon realize that some memories are best left forgotten.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, July 22, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Her Finest Hour” premiered”Horror History: Friday, July 21, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Code-Liz” premiered
Season 5 Episode 8
A jealous husband finds himself at the mercy of a computer answering service.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 21, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Code-Liz” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, July 15, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Miracle of Alice Ames” premiered
Season 5 Episode 7
A bogus preacher who has been making a living out of fake miracles and the young girls he forces into prostitution finds his livelihood threatened when a real miracle takes place and one of his girls develops the stigmata.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, July 15, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Miracle of Alice Ames” premiered”