Horror History: Friday, June 21, 1996: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Smoke Wrings” premiered

Season 7 Episode 9

A young man (Daniel Craig) with a strange device is hired into an advertising company by an esteemed executive. What the executive does not know is that the young man is scheming with the woman’s enraged ex-partner (Paul Freeman), who seeks revenge against her.

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Horror History: Wednesday, June 21, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Lover Come Hack to Me” premiered

Season 1 Episode 5

A newlywed couple (Amanda Plummer and Stephen Shellen) retreats to the mansion of the wife’s aunt in which the husband plans to kill her for her inheritance, but he soon learns that his wife’s family has a dark past and that the wife herself is not who she seems to be.

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Horror History: Friday, June 21, 1985: Lifeforce was released in theaters

A frightening journey into the unknown awaits an Earthbound scout ship when it comes across an alien spacecraft of enormous proportions. Further investigation reveals a roomful of glass coffins containing the bodies of frozen creatures. A terrifying nightmare begins when these life-hungry aliens arise and target the Earth as their new feeding ground. Directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist).

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Horror History: Wednesday, June 21, 1972: Beware! The Blob was released in theaters

The Blob returns,more outrageous than ever in this 1972 sequel to the popular sci-fi classic! Plenty of familiar faces, including Larry Hagman (who also directed), Burgess Meredith, Dick Van Patten, Robert Walker and Shelly Berman, add to the fun. A geologist (Godfrey Cambridge) unwittingly brings home an unusual frozen piece of debris from the North Pole. But when it accidentally thaws, the hungrier-than-ever blood-red Blob comes to life again, consuming nearly everyone in its path and terrorizing the town. No one is safe as it crawls into a bowling alley and oozes its way across an ice rink, becoming grotesquely bloated with the blood of its victims. Can this bizarre creature ever be stopped?!

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Horror History: Sunday, June 21, 1998: Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror was released direct-to-video

Prepare for edge-of-your seat thrills with one of the most chilling chapters in the popular series based on “Children of the Corn” by Master of Horror, Stephen King! Six college students take a wrong turn and find themselves lost in a strangely deserted rural town…

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Horror History: Friday, June 21, 2013: World War Z was released in theaters

Former U.N. employee Gerry Lane is called upon to help stop the chaotic pandemic that has gripped populations around the world. He fights to keep his family safe, while searching for an answer to the outbreak.

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