Horror History: Friday, October 17, 2008: [REC] was released in US theaters

From Executive Producers who brought you Quarantine, comes the movie that inspired the terror. A beautiful TV reporter (Manuela Velasco, Law of Desire) and her cameraman are doing a routine interview at a local fire station when an emergency call comes in. Accompanying the firefighters to a nearby apartment, the news team begins recording the bloodcurdling screams coming from inside an elderly woman’s unit. After authorities seal off the building to contain the threat, the news crew, firefighters and residents are trapped to face a lethal terror inside. With the camera running, nothing may survive but the film itself.

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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 17, 1997: I Know What You Did Last Summer was released in theaters

Last summer, four friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has apparently learned the truth.

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Horror History: Thursday, October 17, 1991: Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge was released direct-to-video

After hearing that Andre Toulon’s puppets have no strings but rather seem to have a life of their own, Dr. Hess, a Nazi Gestapo henchman during World War II, sends soldiers to the theater to kidnap them. During the melee, Toulon’s wife ELSA is killed and Toulon the Puppet Master vows revenge and sends his living dolls to kill all who wronged him.

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