Today in Horror History: MISERY (1990)

Misery gave us one of horror’s greatest performances: Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes, a role that earned her an Academy Award and forever changed how the genre was viewed by mainstream critics.

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Today in Horror History: Transmutations (Underworld) (1985)

Transmutations marks the very first screen project connected to Clive Barker, laying early groundwork for the themes he’d later master.

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Two People You Don’t Want in your Kitchen on Thanksgiving: John Carver vs. Gordon Ramsay
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Today in 1981, An American Werewolf in London hit theaters.
John Landis took the werewolf myth and gave it teeth — mixing horror, dark comedy, and tragedy in one of the most influential monster movies ever made. #Horror #FilmHistory #Werewolf #TheHorrorFilmScholar

Highlighting some of the best blood-soaked 1970s horror exploitation films— grit, gore, and grindhouses galore.

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In a distant corner of the universe, on a planet lost to death, a civilization laid under an eternal twilight. But today, the air grew thick with dark energy, and a swirling portal ripped open the black sky. The ground trembled as skeletal figures began to rise…
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