Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1998: The Last Broadcast was released in theaters

A cult film which is widely thought to have been the inspiration for ‘The Blair Witch Project’. On Dec 15th 1995, the four-strong crew of a cable access show head into the woods to search for the legendary Jersey Devil. Two days later the bloody corpses of three of the crew are discovered and the sole survivor is charged with murder. A year passes and filmmaker David Leigh (David Beard) makes a film investigating the killings…

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Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1998: Apt Pupil was released in theaters

A sixteen-year-old honor student discovers a Nazi war criminal in his hometown and exchanges a vow of silence for an in-depth look into the Nazi’s sinister history. Based on the novella by Stephen King.

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Horror History: Friday, October 16, 1998: Bride of Chucky was released in theaters

Chucky’s doll body is rescued by his fiance and he comes back to life. For their homicidal honeymoon, the demonic newlyweds hit the road, leaving a trail of murder and mayhem behind them!

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Horror History: Tuesday, October 13, 1998: Phantasm IV: Oblivion was released direct-to-video

The Tall Man’s unholy harvest reaches its crescendo, Mike, Reggie and Jody will converge across portals of time and dimensions of the undead to uncover his startling secrets.

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Horror History: Friday, September 25, 1998: Urban Legend was released in theaters

Urban legends, those contemporary macabre myths that have no traceable source yet they can’t be proven false, come to terrifying life in this hip and fast-paced horror film. What you don’t believe can kill you.

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Horror History: Friday, August 21, 1998: Carnival of Souls was released in theaters

Twenty years ago, Alex Grant witnessed the brutal murder of her mother. Ever since, she has been haunted by hallucinations and nightmares of the horrible crime and the killer.

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Horror History: Wednesday, August 5, 1998: Halloween H20 was released in theaters

This smart and suspenseful thriller scares up a bone-chilling good time with original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis (You Again) and a hot cast of hip young stars! Now the headmistress of a private school, Laurie Strode (Curtis) is still struggling with the horrifying, 20-year-old memories of the maniacal killer Michael Myers…when he suddenly reappears with a vengeance.

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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, January 30, 1998: Deep Rising was released in theaters

From the depths of the south China sea, creatures attack and cannibalize the passengers on a luxury cruise liner. For the few survivors remaining on board who are able to elude the bone-crushing forces, a living nightmare awaits them at every turn.

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Horror History: Thursday, December 25, 1997: An American Werewolf in Paris was released in US theaters

An American tourist (Tom Everett Scott) becomes involved with the lycanthropic misadventures of a French werewolf (Julie Delpy, “Before Sunrise”). With Julie Bowen.

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Horror History: Tuesday, December 16, 1997: The Creeps (Deformed Monsters) was released in theaters

Dracula. Frankenstein. The Werewolf. The Mummy. They’re alive – and angry. These scary subjects have been brought to life, but there was a problem… Though imbued with most of the attributes, the creator made a little error. The frightening fiends materialized in miniature! Three feet tall and not happy, the mini monsters embark on a mad mission to complete their creation – at any cost!

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Horror History: Friday, December 12, 1997: Scream 2 was released in theaters

Away at college, Sidney Prescott thought she’d finally put the shocking murders that shattered her life behind her… until a copycat killer begins acting out a real-life sequel.

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Horror History: Wednesday, November 26, 1997: Alien: Resurrection was released in theaters

Get even more sci-fi action in the Special Edition of Alien Resurrection, featuring a custom intro from Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet! 200 years after her last adventure, a group of scientists has cloned Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), along with the alien queen inside her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley is full of surprises for her resurrectors–as are the aliens they’ve attempted to imprison. To combat the creatures, Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers, including an advanced android named Call (Winona Ryder), to combat the rampaging aliens in a lab ship hurtling toward Earth.

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Horror History: Tuesday, November 18, 1997: Jack Frost was released direct-to-video

When his prison transport collides with a truck full of “genetic material,” condemned serial killer Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald) is inexplicably transformed into a terrifying, murderous snowman.

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Horror History: Friday, November 7, 1997: The Night Flier debuted on television

From Stephen King, comes a new tale of terror. What flies by night in a dark winged Cessna, lands at secluded airports and brutally murders local residents? For one reporter, the story of a lifetime may be his last.

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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: Friday, August 15, 1997: Event Horizon was released in theaters

The year is 2047. Years earlier, the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace. Now a signal from it has been detected, and the United States Aerospace Command responds. Hurtling toward the signal’s source are a fearless captain (Laurence Fishburne), his elite crew and the lost ship’s designer (Sam Neill). Their mission: find and salvage the state-of-the-art spacecraft. What they find is state-of-the-art interstellar terror.

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Horror History: Tuesday, February 25, 1997: Leprechaun 4: In Space was released direct-to-video

On a planet in a distant galaxy, a power hungry Leprechaun (Warwick Davis), holds a beautiful alien princess (Rebekah Carlton), hostage in order to marry her for her royal title and his beloved gold, he’ll be able to rule the universe. While making his maniacal plans, what he doesn’t count on is an invading platoon of marines from Earth, to save the princess and foil his plans.

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