A young girl on vacation in Egypt is given a mysterious charm, causing her archeologist father to be struck blind inside an unexplored pyramid tomb. But, when the family returns home to Manhattan, a plague of supernatural evil and sudden violence follows. Can this ancient curse be stopped before it is unleashed on the streets of New York City?
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Horror History: Friday, June 25, 1982: The Thing was released in theaters
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and begins killing the researchers one by one.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 25, 1982: The Thing was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 4, 1982: Poltergeist was released in theaters
Steve Freeling moves his family into a new house in development and it looks like things are going well. But as his wife and his children begin to unpack strange things start happening.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 4, 1982: Poltergeist was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 28, 1982: Visiting Hours was released in theaters
A hospital provides the unlikely setting for this tale of maniacal murder. A hospitalized news reporter recovering from an assault is stalked by her would-be killer who is intent on finishing the job of doing her in.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 28, 1982: Visiting Hours was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: The Dorm That Dripped Blood was released in theaters
A college dormitory stands condemned… the dark halls now vacant and unsafe. Student Joanne Murray and her close friends volunteer to help close down the building, unaware a psychopathic lunatic is hiding in the shadows. As the students disappear one by one, Joanne discovers the horrifying reality that if she is to survive, she alone will have to find a way to slay the brutal murderer.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: The Dorm That Dripped Blood was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: Cat People was released in theaters
Irena is a beautiful young woman entering the new terrain of her sexuality; she discovers love for the first time only to find that the explosive experience brings with it tragic consequences. The tremendous passion of this girl’s first romantic love is so strong, however, it bypasses the chaos around her including her brother’s extraordinary demands as it pushes her on to her own bizarre destiny.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: Cat People was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: Basket Case was released in theaters
A pair of separated twins set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 2, 1982: Basket Case was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 12, 1982: Parasite was released in theaters
Demi Moore in her first starring role, and she steals the show, showing her star power in this gritty creature feature. Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 12, 1982: Parasite was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, March 4, 1982: The New York Ripper was released in Italian theaters
A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detectives follow the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, he’s the killer that can’t be stopped!
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, March 4, 1982: The New York Ripper was released in Italian theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 12, 1982: The Beast Within was released in theaters
A teenager is experiencing growing pains of a most shocking sort in this exciting, tense and all-too-real story of human-into-monster transformation.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 12, 1982: The Beast Within was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, December 18, 1981: Ghost Story was released in theaters
Fred Astaire stars in this terrifying story of the Chowder Society, a group that gathers weekly to share tales of horror, but is invaded by a real-life ghost that is part of their past.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 18, 1981: Ghost Story was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 27, 1981: Just Before Dawn was released in theaters
When a group of people who have bought land in the mountains go to look at it they are told to be careful because a maniac is on the loose. They camp and start disappearing one by one.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 27, 1981: Just Before Dawn was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1981: Saturday the 14th was released in theaters
On Friday the 13th it gets bad…but on Saturday the 14th it gets worse for a family that inherits a cursed house in this outrageous and suspenseful comedy spoof.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1981: Saturday the 14th was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1981: Halloween II was released in theaters
Crazed psychopath Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge in this spine-tingling blockbuster written by horror masters John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 30, 1981: Halloween II was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1981: The Pit was released in theaters
Jamie wouldn’t kill anyone… unless Teddy told him to! Twelve-year-old Jamie (Sammy Snyders, Tom Sawyer of TV’s “Huckleberry Finn and His Friends”) is one creepy kid… he has a perverse obsession with sex, his only friend is an evil teddy bear, and he’s the only one who knows about the hole in the forest where he feeds raw meat to a ravenous pack of mutant troglodytes. Jamie will teach everyone a lesson: the kids who teased and bullied him, the mean old lady down the street, even his pretty new babysitter. Soon they – and his entire town – will face the flesh-eating horror of The Pit! The one and only directorial effort by Lew Lehman with a script by documentarian Ian A. Stuart and featuring a wonderful cast that includes Jeannie Elias (Nomads), Sonja Smith (Videodrome) and Richard Alden (The Sadist).
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1981: The Pit was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, October 15, 1981: The Evil Dead was released in theaters
In 1979, a group of college students who, during a weekend getaway, find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they’ve rented.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, October 15, 1981: The Evil Dead was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 9, 1981: The Prowler was released in theaters
Avalon Bay, 1945: On the night of her graduation dance, young Rosemary and her date are brutally murdered by a prowler thought to be a jilted soldier home from the war. The killer was never found. Thirty years later, the dance is held again for the first time since that horrific evening – but something else may have also returned.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 9, 1981: The Prowler was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1981: Night School was released in US theaters
Rachel Ward stars in this horror film about a police detective who must find out who has been decapitating the women who attend night school at Wendell College.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1981: Night School was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1981: Hell Night was released in theaters
One dark night 12 years ago, madman Raymond Garth butchered his wife and children in their creepy mansion before killing himself. Tonight, a group of fraternity and sorority pledges must spend the night in Garth Manor on the anniversary of the killings.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1981: Hell Night was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 21, 1981: An American Werewolf in London was released in theaters
David Kessler and Jack Goodman arrive in Northern England for a walking tour. One night, a beast attacks them, killing Jack. Weeks later Jack returns to warn David that a werewolf was their assailant, and that he is now the last of the werewolves!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 21, 1981: An American Werewolf in London was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 14, 1981: Deadly Blessing was released in theaters
In this terrifying tale from director Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street), a farmer in community of religious extremists dies in a mysterious “accident”, and his widow is left to face the frightening cult as strange and deadly events happen.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 14, 1981: Deadly Blessing was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 7, 1981: Student Bodies was released in theaters
A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds students having sex, he kills them. He has some intense issues with which to deal. He likes to breathe heavily, and he likes to make prank calls while talking through a rubber chicken.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 7, 1981: Student Bodies was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 24, 1981: Wolfen was released in theaters
A real estate tycoon, his wife and a slum wino are the latest victims ina series of random murders. A veteran NYPD detective suspects thekillings may be supernatural and deliberate.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 24, 1981: Wolfen was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 5, 1981: Final Exam was released in theaters
A psycho killer shows up on college campus to slash up pretty co-eds and dumb jocks.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 5, 1981: Final Exam was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 29, 1981: Dead & Buried was released in theaters
Unsuspecting visitors to a small town are being murdered by groups of locals.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 29, 1981: Dead & Buried was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 15, 1981: Happy Birthday to Me was released in theaters
Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson) is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a grueling set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from balckouts due to a freak accident oneyear earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on….
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 15, 1981: Happy Birthday to Me was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 8, 1981: The Burning was released in theaters
A group of summer camp pranksters get the scare of their lives when they target the camp’s creepy caretaker…and he takes bloody revenge! “Gruesome” (The Hollywood Reporter) and “stomach-churning” (Boxoffice), this terrifying tale is “a brilliant slasher flick [and] gory as hell” (slasherpool.com)!
After a cruel joke goes awry, severely burning him and subjecting him to five years of intensive, unsuccessful skin graft treatments, Cropsy (Lou David) is back at camp…and ready to wreak havoc on those who scarred him! With his hedge clippers in hand, he terrorizes the camp and systematically mutilates each victim. Can a few courageous campers save themselves and destroy this demented madman before he kills them all?
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 8, 1981: The Burning was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1981: Friday The 13th Part II was released in theaters
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to camp…here’s even more heart pounding terror. Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal lake, all that remains is the legend of Jason Voorhees and his demented mother, who had murdered seven camp counselors. At a nearby summer camp, the new counselors are unconcerned about the warnings to stay away from the infamous site. Carefree, the young people roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence. One by one, they are attacked and brutally slaughtered. Suspense and screams abound in this compelling chiller.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1981: Friday The 13th Part II was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1981: Graduation Day was released in theaters
A mysterious killer knocks off members of a high school track team.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1981: Graduation Day was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 1, 1981: The Nesting was released in theaters
Agoraphobic mystery novelist Lauren Cochran decides to leave the city in an attempt to cure her recent writer’s block. She rents an old Victorian house in the quiet countryside, unaware of its shocking history. As those around her suffer increasingly violent deaths, Lauren begins to unravel the truth: the house was once an infamous brothel now haunted by the victims of a bloody massacre.
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