Horror History: Friday, October 22, 1982: Halloween III: Season of the Witch was released in theaters

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Producer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling installment in the shocking Halloween collection. When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and clutching the year’s most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, doctor Daniel Challis is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman’s daughter, Ellie, Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran. Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran’s shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country never come home in this terrifying thriller.

Horror History: Friday, October 15, 1982: Unhinged was released in theaters

October 15, 1982October 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

When three beautiful young women crash their car in a blustery rainstorm and wake up in a mysterious old mansion they don’t realize the magnitude of terror in store for them. Taken in by a spinster and her demented mother violence unfolds in an unrelenting tale of sexual repression turning again and again to savage brutality as it hurls toward its paralyzing climax. Graphic violence and full nudity caused the English Parliament to ban “Unhinged” in 1985.

Horror History: Friday, October 1, 1982: The Slayer was released in theaters

October 1, 1982September 28, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Two young couples set off to a secluded island for what promises to be a restful retreat. But the peace is short-lived: as a storm batters the island, troubled artist Kay begins to sense that a malevolent presence is here with them, stalking them at every turn. Is she losing her mind, or are her childhood nightmares of a demonic assailant coming to terrifying life?

Horror History: Friday, August 27, 1982: The Incubus was released in US theaters

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From the best-selling book by Ray Russell, a small town doctor and sheriff join forces to track down a vicious sex-killer who may be the indestructible incarnation of a demon spawned from hell. Features an uncredited performance by Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) and his band Samson.

Horror History: Friday, August 13, 1982: Friday The 13th Part III was released in theaters

August 13, 1982August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake’s bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn… “Friday the 13th, Part 3” will have you frozen with fear, as Jason finds his way into your living room!

Horror History: Thursday, August 12, 1982: Manhattan Baby was released in Italian theaters

August 12, 1982August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

A young girl on vacation in Egypt is given a mysterious charm, causing her archeologist father to be struck blind inside an unexplored pyramid tomb. But, when the family returns home to Manhattan, a plague of supernatural evil and sudden violence follows. Can this ancient curse be stopped before it is unleashed on the streets of New York City?

Horror History: Friday, June 25, 1982: The Thing was released in theaters

June 25, 1982June 2, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and begins killing the researchers one by one.

Horror History: Friday, June 4, 1982: Poltergeist was released in theaters

June 4, 1982May 23, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Steve Freeling moves his family into a new house in development and it looks like things are going well. But as his wife and his children begin to unpack strange things start happening.

Horror History: Friday, May 28, 1982: Visiting Hours was released in theaters

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A hospital provides the unlikely setting for this tale of maniacal murder. A hospitalized news reporter recovering from an assault is stalked by her would-be killer who is intent on finishing the job of doing her in.

Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: The Dorm That Dripped Blood was released in theaters

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A college dormitory stands condemned… the dark halls now vacant and unsafe. Student Joanne Murray and her close friends volunteer to help close down the building, unaware a psychopathic lunatic is hiding in the shadows. As the students disappear one by one, Joanne discovers the horrifying reality that if she is to survive, she alone will have to find a way to slay the brutal murderer.

Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: Cat People was released in theaters

April 2, 1982April 2, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Irena is a beautiful young woman entering the new terrain of her sexuality; she discovers love for the first time only to find that the explosive experience brings with it tragic consequences. The tremendous passion of this girl’s first romantic love is so strong, however, it bypasses the chaos around her including her brother’s extraordinary demands as it pushes her on to her own bizarre destiny.

Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: Basket Case was released in theaters

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A pair of separated twins set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation.

Horror History: Friday, March 12, 1982: Parasite was released in theaters

March 12, 1982March 12, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Demi Moore in her first starring role, and she steals the show, showing her star power in this gritty creature feature. Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.

Horror History: Thursday, March 4, 1982: The New York Ripper was released in Italian theaters

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A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detectives follow the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, he’s the killer that can’t be stopped!

Horror History: Friday, February 12, 1982: The Beast Within was released in theaters

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A teenager is experiencing growing pains of a most shocking sort in this exciting, tense and all-too-real story of human-into-monster transformation.

Horror History: Friday, December 18, 1981: Ghost Story was released in theaters

December 18, 1981December 18, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Fred Astaire stars in this terrifying story of the Chowder Society, a group that gathers weekly to share tales of horror, but is invaded by a real-life ghost that is part of their past.

Horror History: Friday, November 27, 1981: Just Before Dawn was released in theaters

November 27, 1981November 27, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

When a group of people who have bought land in the mountains go to look at it they are told to be careful because a maniac is on the loose. They camp and start disappearing one by one.

Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1981: Saturday the 14th was released in theaters

October 30, 1981October 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

On Friday the 13th it gets bad…but on Saturday the 14th it gets worse for a family that inherits a cursed house in this outrageous and suspenseful comedy spoof.

Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1981: Halloween II was released in theaters

October 30, 1981October 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Crazed psychopath Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge in this spine-tingling blockbuster written by horror masters John Carpenter and Debra Hill.

Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1981: The Pit was released in theaters

October 23, 1981October 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Jamie wouldn’t kill anyone… unless Teddy told him to! Twelve-year-old Jamie (Sammy Snyders, Tom Sawyer of TV’s “Huckleberry Finn and His Friends”) is one creepy kid… he has a perverse obsession with sex, his only friend is an evil teddy bear, and he’s the only one who knows about the hole in the forest where he feeds raw meat to a ravenous pack of mutant troglodytes. Jamie will teach everyone a lesson: the kids who teased and bullied him, the mean old lady down the street, even his pretty new babysitter. Soon they – and his entire town – will face the flesh-eating horror of The Pit! The one and only directorial effort by Lew Lehman with a script by documentarian Ian A. Stuart and featuring a wonderful cast that includes Jeannie Elias (Nomads), Sonja Smith (Videodrome) and Richard Alden (The Sadist).

Horror History: Thursday, October 15, 1981: The Evil Dead was released in theaters

October 15, 1981October 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

In 1979, a group of college students who, during a weekend getaway, find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they’ve rented.

Horror History: Friday, October 9, 1981: The Prowler was released in theaters

October 9, 1981October 1, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Avalon Bay, 1945: On the night of her graduation dance, young Rosemary and her date are brutally murdered by a prowler thought to be a jilted soldier home from the war. The killer was never found. Thirty years later, the dance is held again for the first time since that horrific evening – but something else may have also returned.

Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1981: Night School was released in US theaters

September 11, 1981August 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Rachel Ward stars in this horror film about a police detective who must find out who has been decapitating the women who attend night school at Wendell College.

Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1981: Hell Night was released in theaters

August 28, 1981August 7, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

One dark night 12 years ago, madman Raymond Garth butchered his wife and children in their creepy mansion before killing himself. Tonight, a group of fraternity and sorority pledges must spend the night in Garth Manor on the anniversary of the killings.

Horror History: Friday, August 21, 1981: An American Werewolf in London was released in theaters

August 21, 1981August 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

David Kessler and Jack Goodman arrive in Northern England for a walking tour. One night, a beast attacks them, killing Jack. Weeks later Jack returns to warn David that a werewolf was their assailant, and that he is now the last of the werewolves!

Horror History: Friday, August 14, 1981: Deadly Blessing was released in theaters

August 14, 1981August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

In this terrifying tale from director Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street), a farmer in community of religious extremists dies in a mysterious “accident”, and his widow is left to face the frightening cult as strange and deadly events happen.

Horror History: Friday, August 7, 1981: Student Bodies was released in theaters

August 7, 1981July 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds students having sex, he kills them. He has some intense issues with which to deal. He likes to breathe heavily, and he likes to make prank calls while talking through a rubber chicken.

Horror History: Friday, July 24, 1981: Wolfen was released in theaters

July 24, 1981June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

A real estate tycoon, his wife and a slum wino are the latest victims ina series of random murders. A veteran NYPD detective suspects thekillings may be supernatural and deliberate.