It all began in a sleepy Midwestern community, a place that had never known evil…until now. But years ago, in a stillness beneath the waters, something sinister happened, and now its deadly spawn are emerging from the depths into the light. What are these hungry, mutated creatures after? Any piece of flesh they can get, including human beings!
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Horror History: Friday, January 29, 1988: Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama was released in theaters
There are no freshmen in the college of love, and they’re about to graduate to madcap mayhem when a sorority prank goes crazy. Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, the kids accidentally unleash The Imp – a sadistic little spirit with a diabolical sense of humor. He creates demons and loves sexy women. He’s inviting you to come along and die laughing – just like everybody else.
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A canister falls off an Army truck and spreads a mysterious gas over a cemetery – and up sprouts newly-minted zombies, with a hunger for brains!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 15, 1988: Return of the Living Dead Part II was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, December 19, 1987: Opera was released in Italian theaters
A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, December 19, 1987: Opera was released in Italian theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 13, 1987: Howling III was released in theaters
A strange race of marsupials suddenly appear in Australia. A sociologist studying these creatures falls in love with a female and she gives birth to a new race of hairy offspring.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 13, 1987: Howling III was released in theaters”Horror History: Sunday, November 1, 1987: Mindkiller was released direct-to-video
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A lonely library clerk stumbles across a manuscript that he uses to develop psychic powers, which make him irresistible to women. Soon, his powers get out of control, just as they start showing up in his friends.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 1, 1987: Mindkiller was released direct-to-video”Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1987: The Hidden was released in theaters
Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri star as a pair of Los Angeles police detectives assigned to stop a crime spree.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1987: The Hidden was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1987: Prince of Darkness was released in theaters
This story centers on a Catholic priest who discovers a gelatinous fluid that he believes is the source of power for the anti-Christ that is about to attack an unsuspecting world.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1987: Prince of Darkness was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 16, 1987: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II was released in theaters
Thirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 16, 1987: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 2, 1987: Zombie High was released in theaters
An academy coed (Virginia Madsen) discovers a faculty plot to achieve immortality with a serum made from students’ brains.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 2, 1987: Zombie High was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 2, 1987: Creepozoids was released in theaters
Your flesh will CRAWL right off your SKIN! Set in a futuristic 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, a group of army deserters take refuge from ‘acid rain’ in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex…a band of desperate deserters flee into the desert, they stumble across an underground lab where they discover a horror even greater than war itself.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 2, 1987: Creepozoids was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 25, 1987: From a Whisper to a Scream was released in theaters
When a reporter ventures to Oldfield, the town historian tells her of the raw evil which lurks throughout Oldfield. To prove his point, he relates four grisly tales from the town’s petrifying past.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 25, 1987: From a Whisper to a Scream was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 18, 1987: Hellraiser was released in US theaters
Kirsty Cotton’s family moves into an ancestral home and is terrorized by the resurrected corpse of her uncle, who requires the flesh of innocent victims to stay alive.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 18, 1987: Hellraiser was released in US theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, September 16, 1987: Street Trash was released in US theaters
Things turn deadly for a liquor store who is unknowingly selling toxic brew to homeless citizens in the community.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, September 16, 1987: Street Trash was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1987: The Outing was released in theaters
An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman’s house. They are killed and the lamp is sent to a museum to be studied. The curator’s daughter is soon possessed by the genie and invites her friends to spend the night at the museum, along with some uninvited guests.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1987: The Outing was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1987: A Return to Salem’s Lot was released in theaters
A sleepy new england town harbors a community of the undead — a horde of blood-frenzied vampires who’ve kept their ghoulish identities hidden for more than 300 years.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1987: A Return to Salem’s Lot was released in theaters”Horror History: Tuesday, September 1, 1987: Night Screams was released in theaters
Two insane escaped killers slash their way through a high school party as they elude the authorities.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, September 1, 1987: Night Screams was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1987: Slaughterhouse was released in theaters
A crazed meat packer, Lester Bacon, takes his revenge on the Lakeside townspeople responsible for his bankruptcy. Using “Buddy”, his maniacal son, he cuts a bloody swath of death and destruction during the town’s annual “Pig Out” Festival. Can Sheriff Borden put the pieces together and save the town, his daughter, and her friends from the clutches of a madman…and Buddy!!!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1987: Slaughterhouse was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1987: House II: The Second Story was released in US theaters
Jesse McLaughlin’s sitting on top of the world. He’s a talented artist with a growing career and a beautiful girlfriend. And he’s moving into a magnificent house. A very special house. A house which will plunge him into an incredible adventure…one where all of his dreams, fantasies and nightmares will be realized.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1987: House II: The Second Story was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 14, 1987: The Monster Squad was released in theaters
Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Gill-Man, the Mummy, and the Frankenstein Monster are in hot pursuit of a mysterious amulet that will allow their return and only the movie-loving kids in the neighborhood Monster Club can stop them!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 14, 1987: The Monster Squad was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 31, 1987: The Lost Boys was released in theaters
Strange events threaten an entire family when two brothers move with their divorced mother to a California town where the local teenage gang turns out to be a pack of vampires.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 31, 1987: The Lost Boys was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 17, 1987: Jaws: The Revenge was released in theaters
This time–it’s personal. The Jaws saga reaches its conclusion in this thrilling fourth and final installment as the wife of police chief Brody is followed to the Bahamas by a Great White.
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The Namtut brothers run the most popular restaurant in town, but their delicious meals contain the byproducts of their after-hours sorcery. They are using human sacrifices to resurrect the ancient and deadly Sheeter, the goddess of blood and lust.
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The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast food chain.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, June 16, 1987: Bad Taste was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 12, 1987: Predator was released in theaters
On a mission in a Central American jungle, a team of commandos find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 12, 1987: Predator was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, June 10, 1987: The Believers was released in theaters
Recovering from the death of his wife in a freak accident, a psychologist and his son move to New York City where he takes a job with the NYPD.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, June 10, 1987: The Believers was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 22, 1987: Dolls was released in theaters
The Hartwicke’s vast collection of dolls is fun to play with and nice to look at, but beneath the painted faces of their lifelike dolls lie murderous creatures with a vengeance for blood!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 22, 1987: Dolls was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 15, 1987: The Gate was released in theaters
When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate – an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 15, 1987: The Gate was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1987: Blood Rage was released in theaters
During their childhoods, Todd is institutionalized for a murder while his twin goes free. 10 years later, on Thanksgiving, Todd escapes and a killing spree begins in his neighborhood.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1987: Blood Rage was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1987: Creepshow 2 was released in theaters
The rotting Creep himself is back with three new gruesome tales of horror that will make your skin crawl: a cigar store wooden Indian comes to life to avenge the store owner’s brutal murder at the hands of three punks in “Ol’ Chief Woodenhead.” Prepare for a terrifying roller coaster ride from the masters of horror!
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