This Day in Horror

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March 21, 2020
The quintessentially ’80s horror movie Chopping Mall was released on this day back in 1986. A bonafide cult classic, the…
March 20, 2020
Few actors can ping-pong between mainstream and menacing with as much aplomb as Michael Rapaport. Horror fans will remember his…
March 19, 2020
Horror fans like myself had a knee-jerk disdain for remakes–until Zack Snyder’s adaptation of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the…
March 18, 2020
There are few staples of the horror genre as genuinely revered as actor Brad Dourif. Iconic for providing the voice…
March 17, 2020
For genre fans of a certain age, Kurt Russel became a horror heavyweight following appearances in a string of John…
March 16, 2020
A year after its successful debut at SXSW, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon received a limited theatrical…
March 15, 2020
Today, we celebrate the birth of a living legend, the Godfather of Body Horror, David Cronenberg, born on this date…
March 11, 2020
He was a young, rising star in the horror genre with a bright future ahead of him–which made his accidental…
March 10, 2020
Horror fans who came of age during the genre’s Golden Era are mighty skeptical of remakes–and with good reason. Many…
March 9, 2020
Stephen King became a certifiable horror icon in the 1980s with novels and short stories that often put children in…
March 8, 2020
Lewis Teague is one of only a handful of directors to have helmed more than one adaptation of a Stephen…
March 5, 2020
Though we’ve already celebrated “This Day in Horror” with a look back at Creature from the Black Lagoon, we also…
March 5, 2020
On this date in 1954, Creature from the Black Lagoon was released, creating one of the first truly iconic movie…
March 3, 2020
Just about every list you can find of the most disturbing movies ever made is likely to include Takashi Miike’s…
March 2, 2020
While special effects have come a long way since the 1930s, King Kong was a cinematic and technical triumph when…