Horror History: Friday, March 10, 2006: The Hills Have Eyes was released in theaters

A reinterpretation of Wes Craven’s 1977 suspenseful cult classic about a vacationing family who suddenly face a desperate battle for survival in the desert against bloodthirsty mutants.

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Horror History: Friday, February 3, 2006: When a Stranger Calls was released in theaters

Fear turns to horror when a 16-year-old babysitter realizes a series of frightening phone calls that threaten the sleeping children are coming from within the house itself.

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Horror History: Friday, January 20, 2006: Underworld: Evolution was released in theaters

Kate Beckinsale is back as vampire heroine Selene in the highly anticipated sequel to Underworld. As the war between the Death Dealers and the Lycans rages on, Selene (Beckinsale), the vampire warrior, and Michael (Speedman), the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.

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Horror History: Friday, January 6, 2006: Hostel was released in theaters

Presented by Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.

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Horror History: Friday, September 9, 2005: The Exorcism of Emily Rose was released in theaters

A thrilling horror film about a lawyer (Linney), who takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest (Wilkinson) who performed an exorcism on a young girl.

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Horror History: Tuesday, September 6, 2005: Hellraiser: Hellworld was released direct-to-video

Experience a real-life nightmare in this all-new and totally unique chapter in the terrifying and insanely popular series created by horror master Clive Barker!

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Horror History: Friday, August 26, 2005: The Cave was released in theaters

Jack (Hauser) and his brother Tyler (Eddie Cibrian) are thrill-seeking professional cave explorers who run a team of the top divers in the world. They arrive in Romania with all the latest equipment, including a new type of scuba tank allowing a diver to remain submerged for up to 24 hours. The crack unit, which also includes Charlie (Perabo) and Buchanan (Chestnut) immediately begins their exploration. But what they find deep inside the caves is not just a anew eco-system, but an entirely new species altogether…

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Horror History: Tuesday, July 19, 2005: Urban Legends: Bloody Mary was released direct-to-video

Three teens chant an incantation, unleashing a deadly spirit. Is it all a prank taken to gruesome extremes or has a murdered homecoming queen returned from the grave to wreak vengeance?

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Horror History: Friday, June 24, 2005: Land of the Dead was released in theaters

In a near future, the zombies are all around the world, and the human society is restructured and adapted for the new reality. In a protected city ruled by the powerful Kaufman (Dennis Hopper), the upper class has the usual privileges living in a fancy well-supplied building, while the poor people lives on the streets. Riley (Simon Baker) and Cholo (John Leguizamo) belong to a team that bring supplies (food, medicine etc.) to the city using a heavy truck called Dead Reckoning and designed by Riley. When Cholo is betrayed by Kaufman, he steals the Dead Reckoning and threatens Kaufman, who requests Riley to retrieve the vehicle, with the support of his friend Charlie (Robert Joy) and Slack (Asia Argento). But the dead are smarter and organized under the leadership of Big Daddy (Eugene Clark).

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Horror History: Friday, April 15, 2005: The Amityville Horror was released in theaters

This modern remake tells the true story about a large house on the coast of Long Island where a newlywed couple and their three children move into, unaware that a murder took place in the house several years back.

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Horror History: Friday, March 18, 2005: The Ring Two was released in theaters

To escape their haunting memories, Rachel and her son start a new life in a small Oregon town. But when evidence at a local crime scene reveals a mysterious unmarked videotape, Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror.

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Horror History: Tuesday, February 22, 2005: Cube Zero was released in US theaters

Eight strangers wake up in a strange cube-shaped room with no recollection of how they came to be there. They soon discover that they’re in a strange fourth dimension where the laws of physics don’t apply and they have to unravel the secrets of the “hypercube” in order to survive?

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Horror History: Friday, January 28, 2005: Hide and Seek was released in theaters

For young Emily Callaway, her games of Hide-and-Seek with an imaginary friend named Charlie have become anything but simple and innocent. Instead she finds herself in the middle of a series of increasingly nightmarish acts that even her father David cannot stop.

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Horror History: Saturday, December 18, 2004: Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys debuted on television

It’s the night before Christmas Eve, and oddball inventor Robert Toulon (Corey Feldman of The Goonies and Stand by Me) has discovered a formula for reanimating the master’s lethal puppets: Six-Shooter, Jester,Blade and Pinhead. Meanwhile, diabolical industrialist Erica Sharpe (Vanessa Angel of Kingpin and Weird Science) is finalizing her evil plan for unleashing the foul-mouthed, blood-guzzling toys on the world’s children. But even if Toulon can give the puppets a deadly cyber makeover and stop the blood sacrifice of his daughter can he still prevent the coming Christmas carnage? Playtime is over: Get ready for the final battle between the ultimate titans of toy terror!

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Horror History: Friday, November 12, 2004: Seed of Chucky was released in theaters

The killer doll is back! The all-new film is the fifth in the popular series of Chucky (“Child’s Play”) horror comedies. Making his directorial debut is the franchise creator and writer of all five films, Don Mancini. The film introduces Glen (voiced by “The Lord of the Rings” star Billy Boyd), the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky (again voiced by series star Brad Dourif) and his equally twisted bride Tiffany (again voiced by Jennifer Tilly). When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of his parents’ lethal exploits, Glen heads for Hollywood where he brings his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead. The family dynamics are far from perfect as Chucky and Tiffany go Hollywood and get rolling on a new spree of murderous mayhem; much to gentle Glen’s horror. Chucky can’t believe that his child doesn’t want to walk in his murdering footsteps, and star-struck Tiffany can’t believe that the movie will star her favorite actress, Jennifer Tilly (playing herself), who soon becomes an unwitting hostess to this new family in more ways than one.

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Horror History: Friday, October 29, 2004: Saw was released in theaters

Would you die to live? That’s what two men, Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Gordon (Cary Elwes), have to ask themselves when they’re paired up in a deadly situation. Abducted by a serial killer, they’re both holed up in a prison constructed with such ingenuity that they may not be able to escape before their captor decides it’s time to dismantle their bodies in his signature way.

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