Horror History: Friday, November 24, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Dying Generation” premiered

November 24, 1989November 23, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 23

After the suicide of their friend Katie, Adam Ross and Stephanie Duvall are faced with their own mortality. They learn from a friend, Brian, that he believes Katie was murdered, and that it had something to do with a fortune teller she had gone to see. Adam and Stephanie visit the same fortune teller, a woman who has let herself become so bitter she taints the life of everyone she comes in contact with.

Horror History: Saturday, November 18, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Cruelest Cut” premiered

November 18, 1989November 17, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 22

Men in the city are being knifed by a prostitute who wears all black. Sterling Jenkins is a hard-hearted prostitute who, despite herself, is intrigued when an attractive man named Jason asks for help in fixing his car. Although she tries to rebuff the sensitive man, Sterling allows herself to believe Jason when he tells her that he’s fallen for her. It is only afterward that she realises appearances can be deceiving.

Horror History: Friday, November 17, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Striptease” premiered

November 17, 1989November 17, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 21

Two loners encounter each other and each believes they have found their soulmate.

Horror History: Saturday, November 11, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Studio 3X” premiered

November 11, 1989November 11, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 20

When a television journalist’s private fantasies start appearing in pornographic videos, there is a fine line between fantasy and reality.

Horror History: Friday, November 10, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hit & Run” premiered

November 10, 1989November 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 19

A pedestrian dies in a hit and run and his killer can’t put it out of his mind.

Horror History: Thursday, November 9, 1989: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! was released in theaters

November 9, 1989November 9, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

The notorious Santa Claus killer is back (after getting shot presumably dead in SNDN 2), and this time he’s hooked up with a blind young woman with telepathic powers. Directed by famed Roger Corman protege Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop)!

Horror History: Saturday, November 4, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Verdict” premiered

November 4, 1989November 3, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 18

If Jennifer can convict Manuel Ortega in the drive-by shooting deaths of five people, she will have thirty-six convictions in a row. Unfortunately, there is little to no evidence against Manuel, and Jennifer is willing to do anything necessary, even break the law, to put him behind bars.

Horror History: Friday, November 3, 1989: After Midnight was released in theaters

November 3, 1989November 3, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

An attractive college student begins a journey of terror when she takes a class on fear from an “off-center” professor who believes one must experience fear firsthand to understand it.

Horror History: Friday, October 27, 1989: Shocker was released in theaters

October 27, 1989October 10, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Wes Craven directs this blend of special effects, jolting humor and an exhilarating soundtrack that portrays a mass murderer who harnesses electricity for unimaginable killing powers.

Horror History: Friday, October 13, 1989: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers was released in theaters

October 13, 1989October 3, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

One year following the events of Halloween 4, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield with a vengeance.

Horror History: Thursday, October 12, 1989: Puppet Master was released direct-to-video

October 12, 1989October 3, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

The Andre Toulon and the Puppet Master saga begins…Alex Whittaker and three other gifted psychics are investigating rumors that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer Andre Toulon. But the psychics quickly discover Toulon’s secret of death in the form of five killer puppets-each one uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem.

Horror History: Saturday, September 30, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Coach” premiered

September 30, 1989September 3, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 17

A coach’s players learn more about his track record with other teams when his sadistic tendencies make themselves known.

Horror History: Saturday, September 16, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hootch” was released in theaters

September 16, 1989September 3, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 16

Things start to go wrong when a greedy woman decides to kick out her brother, a Vietnam war veteran.

Horror History: Friday, August 18, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Fashion Exchange” premiered

August 18, 1989August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 15

A designer struggles to maintain control after the suicide of one of his models.

Horror History: Saturday, August 12, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Part of Me” premiered

August 12, 1989August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 14

All isn’t well in the hamburger world when a restauranteur learns that not everything is easy.

Horror History: Friday, August 11, 1989: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child was released in theaters

August 11, 1989August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Through the dreams of an unborn child, Freddy has resurrected himself … and he’s looking for new victims in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.

Horror History: Friday, August 11, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Square Deal” premiered

August 11, 1989August 5, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 13

A con artist finds out that sometimes there are limits as to how far one can go.

Horror History: Saturday, August 5, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Spinning Wheel” premiered

August 5, 1989July 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 12

A young performance artists tries to move forward, but is consumed with a series of disturbing nightmares.

Horror History: Friday, August 4, 1989: Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland was released in theaters

August 4, 1989July 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

This time, the camp set in the deep, dark woods is a camp for troubled youths. The psychotic killer that has roamed the woods and been the topic of many ghost stories, is still lurking about. He has come up with a permanent cure for the teens’ problems as the body count piles up.

Horror History: Friday, August 4, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Phantom Zone” premiered

August 4, 1989July 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 11

A secret involving a long ago scandal with his friends causes trouble for a recent university graduate as he prepares to marry the woman of his dreams.

Horror History: Friday, July 28, 1989: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan was released in theaters

July 28, 1989June 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a hockey mask.

Horror History: Friday, July 28, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Together Forever” premiered

July 28, 1989June 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 10

A woman can’t get past the thought that her husband is unfaithful, and it begins to rule her life.

Horror History: Saturday, July 22, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Her Finest Hour” premiered

July 22, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 9

Cheryl and Bruno are con artists who believe the world owes them something. When they face homelessness because the building they live in is about to be torn down, they find a new mark, Emilie Langlois, an old woman with a failing memory. Their goal is to take over Mrs. Langlois’ home, but they soon realize that some memories are best left forgotten.

Horror History: Friday, July 21, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Code-Liz” premiered

July 21, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 8

A jealous husband finds himself at the mercy of a computer answering service.

Horror History: Saturday, July 15, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Miracle of Alice Ames” premiered

July 15, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 7

A bogus preacher who has been making a living out of fake miracles and the young girls he forces into prostitution finds his livelihood threatened when a real miracle takes place and one of his girls develops the stigmata.

Horror History: Friday, July 14, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Renaissance” premiered

July 14, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 6

When the Paris underworld finds their livelihoods threatened by a developer’s plans, they take action of their own to stop it.

Horror History: Saturday, July 8, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Shadow Puppets” was released in theaters

July 8, 1989June 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 5

A psychologist with a twisted bent takes the wrong track with a disturbed patient and learns that sometimes it’s dangerous to play games.

Horror History: Friday, July 7, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Garter Belt” premiered

July 7, 1989June 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 4

A politician finds his life and his career in jeopardy when people start to find out about the dins in his past.

Horror History: Thursday, July 6, 1989: Witchery was released direct-to-video

July 6, 1989June 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

When a storm strands a group on a Massachusetts island where the only dwelling is an old hotel supposedly haunted by the ghost of a former German actress (Knef), the result is the standard horror film as each of the cast is picked off one-by-one.

Horror History: Saturday, July 1, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Dark Wishes” premiered

July 1, 1989June 2, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 3

A mentally disturbed nurse concocts an elaborate plan to poison a woman so that she can steal her husband from her.