Horror History: Friday, September 24, 2004: Shaun of the Dead was released in US theaters

Get ready for a gut-busting, bone-mashing good time in the hilarious horror comedy, Shaun of the Dead. There comes a day in every man’s life when he has to get off the couch – and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it’s up to slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best pal (Nick Frost) to save their friends and family from becoming the next entree. Satisfy your bloodthirsty appetite with the movie that masters of horror and film critics alike are hailing as the funniest and scariest movie of the year. Novelist Stephen King gushes “it’s a 10 on the fun meter and destined to be a cult classic” and Newsweek calls Shaun of the Dead “a bloody hoot!” It’s a screamingly hilarious zomedy that will have you dying with laughter.

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Horror History: Tuesday, September 7, 2004: Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning was released direct-to-video

Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders’ Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. An enigmatic Indian hunter decides to help the girls, but one of the girls has been bitten by a werewolf. Brigitte and Ginger may have no one to turn to but themselves.

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Horror History: Friday, August 27, 2004: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid was released in theaters

Eight adventurers brave the perilous jungles of Borneo in pursuit of the fountain of youth, unaware they’re being stalked by gigantic snakes that feed on human flesh.

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Horror History: Friday, August 13, 2004: Alien vs. Predator was released in theaters

During an archaeological expedition in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.

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Horror History: Friday, March 19, 2004: Dawn of the Dead was released in theaters

Heart-pounding action and bone-chilling thrills power this edgy, electrifying fright-fest where a handful of human survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle against flesh-eating zombies.

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Horror History: Friday, January 2, 2004: Tremors 4: The Legend Begins was released in theaters

This prequel to the original phenomenon will thrill you with incredible action sequences and earth-shaking special effects created by the award-winning team behind the first box-office hit!

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Horror History: Tuesday, December 30, 2003: Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood was released direct-to-video

The Leprechaun is back in the hood, all blazed up and seeking revenge! When a group of friends discover his treasure, they soon find out they’ve unleashed a can of demented whoop ass! With their stack of riches, they go from poor to ghetto-fabulous overnight, spending their newfound loot on pimped-out cars and hair extensions.

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Horror History: Friday, October 17, 2003: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released in theaters

Based on the true events that inspired the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – a group of college kids on their way back from Mexico come into contact with the serial killer.

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Horror History: Friday, October 10, 2003: Bubba Ho-Tep was released in theaters

Having switched identities with an impersonator years before his “death”, but having missed his chance to switch back, Elvis (Bruce Campbell) ends up an elderly resident at a nursing home in East Texas. Together with a fellow resident who believes he’s President Kennedy (Ossie Davis), Elvis must battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their care facility as his hunting grounds.

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Horror History: Friday, August 29, 2003: Jeepers Creepers 2 was released in theaters

As its 23 horrifying days of flesh-eating come to an end, the Creeper has embarked on its final voracious feeding frenzy while a terrified group of young athletes must come together to survive.

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Horror History: Tuesday, April 15, 2003: Cube 2: Hypercube was released in US theaters

Eight Strangers wake up in a bizarre cube with no recollection of how they got there and no idea of how to get out. They soon discover that they’re in a deadly dimension where the laws of physics don’t apply and they must unravel the secrets of the “hypercube” in order to survive.

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Horror History: Friday, April 11, 2003: House of 1000 Corpses was released in theaters

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

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Horror History: Friday, March 21, 2003: Dreamcatcher was released in theaters

Four young friends perform a heroic act and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they are overtaken by a blizzard, a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves. Challenged to stop a deadly alien force, they confront an unparalleled horror.

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Horror History: Friday, January 24, 2003: Darkness Falls was released in theaters

A young man, considered crazy by everyone in town, except for his childhood girlfriend and her little brother, is put to the ultimate test when he becomes the only thing that stands between a legendary evil and the little brother.

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