Halloween Every Night

The Spanish language version of Dracula premieres in Havana, Cuba in 1931. Made simultaneously with the English-language version that stars Bela Lugosi, Universal’s Spanish version features the same script and sets, but different cast and crew.
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The Brotherhood of the Wolf opens in France in 2001. Loosely based on the beast of Gevaudan attacks in 18th Century France, the action horror thriller is a critical and box office hit in Europe and the U.S. a year later. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #beastofgevaudan

Fury of the Demon premieres at the Festival de Gérardmer in Gerardmer, France in 2016. The French mockumentary poses the idea a lost film by actual early film pioneer Georges Melies causes panic and physical harm whenever it is screened. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #furyofthedemon

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the Evening Mirror in 1845. The classic poem is hugely influential, and has been imitated and parodied, referenced or adapted in dozens of radio and TV shows and movies. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #edgarallanpoe

Frank Darabont is born in Montbeliard, France in 1959. The director wrote the screenplays for Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and The Fly II as well as directed Stephen King adaptations. He also executive produced The Walking Dead. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #walkingdead

The Turn of the Screw is published in 1898. Written by Henry James, the gothic novella would become a classic that is eventually adapted as numerous movies and TV productions, including most famously The Innocents in 1961. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneveryday #turnofthescrew

Let the Right One In premieres at the Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden in 2008. Touring the international film festival circuit, it wins dozens of awards. It would open in the U.S. in October. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #lettherightonein

Director Tobe Hooper is born in Austin, Texas in 1943. One of the horror genre’s most respected directors, his films include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Funhouse, Eaten Alive, Invaders from Mars and Poltergeist. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #poltergeist

Nastassja Kinski is born in Berlin in 1961. The actress was the star of the 1981 remake of Cat People as well as To the Devil a Daughter and .com for Murder. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #nastassjakinski

The Witch premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. The slow creep and period realism of the indie film makes it an instant hit on the festival circuit, where it wins a slew of critics awards. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #thewitch

The Lure premieres at The Sundance Film Festival in 2016. The Polish horror musical fantasy by Agnieszka Smoczyńska is partly a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid mixed with commentary on sexism and the struggle of immigrants. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #thelure

Trollhunter premieres as the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. The Norwegian fantasy horror mockumentary even includes a cleverly edited clip of Norwegian Prime minister Jens Stoltenberg admitting to the existence of trolls. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #trollhunter

Actor Colin Clive is born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France in 1900. During his short stage and film career, Clive is best known for playing Dr. Henry Frankenstein in the original Universal Frankenstein in 1931. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #frankenstein

From Dusk ‘Till Dawn opens across the U.S. in 1996. The action horror film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Robert Rodriguez stars George Clooney and is a hit that develops a cult following. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #dusktilldawn

Cloverfield opens across the U.S. in 2008. The movie, directed by Matt Reeves, brought giant monsters back to American movies while pushing the found-footage horror movie to a bigger scale. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #cloverfield

In Cold Blood is published in 1966. Truman Capote’s proto-true crime novel about the 1959 murder of the Clutter family is an instant hit, despite some journalists exposing liberties taken with the facts. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #InColdBlood

John Carpenter is born in Carthage, New York in 1948. Considered one of horror’s greatest writer/directors, his films include Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine and They Live. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #johncarpenter

The influential French folktale Bluebeard is published for the first time in 1697. Bluebeard enters the lexicon as well as becoming the inspiration for dozens of similar stories and adaptations. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #bluebeard

Hans J. Salter is born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary in 1896. His long career as a composer includes six Oscar nominations and films like The Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man Returns. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #universalmonsters

Bud Westmore is born in New Orleans in 1918. His long career as a make-up artist included more than 100 credits in TV and film including the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone, and as well as films such as Creature From the Black Lagoon. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight

The Island of Lost Souls opens across the U.S. in 1932. The second movie version of H.G. Wells’ Island of Dr. Moreau stars Charles Laughton as a man who creates tortured human-animal hybrids. Bela Lugosi plays one of the hybrids. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #islandoflostsouls

The Night Stalker is broadcast on ABC in 1972. Darren McGavin stars as a newspaper reporter investigating a vampire. Written by Richard Matheson, the TV movies and series also serve as inspiration to Chris Carter in creating The X-Files 20 years later. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight

Children of the Stones is broadcast in 1977. The landmark folk horror mini-series for children about a small English village stuck in a time loop is noted for being considered by critics “the scariest program ever made for children.” #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #childrenofthestones

Vic Mizzy is born in Brooklyn in 1916. The composer of dozens of hit songs and film and TV scores is typically remembered as the composer for the 1960s TV show The Addams Family and its famous theme. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #addamsfamily

Project Blue Book premieres on the History Channel in 2019. The dark historical drama offers a mostly fictional account of Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s role in the real-life UFO study conducted by the United States Air Force in the 1950s and 1960s. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #projectbluebook

Inner Sanctum Mystery premieres on the NBC BlueNetwork radio in 1941. Based on the Simon & Schuster book series, the anthology radio program would be a major hit, featuring guest stars like Bela Lugosi, Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra and Peter Lorre. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #radioshow

Norman Reedus is born in Hollywood, Florida in 1969. The actor and former model is known primarily as Daryl Dixon on the TV series The Walking Dead. and spin-off Daryl Dixon. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #normanreedus #twd

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is published in 1886. The classic horror novel by Robert Louis Stevenson probes the duality of man and has served as the inspiration for numerous film, radio and theater adaptations. #thisdayinhalloween #jekyllandhyde

Julian Sands is born in Otley, Yorkshire, England in 1958. Sands starred in films like Warlock, Gothic, 1998’s Phantom of the Opera, and the TV show Dexter and mini-series Steven King’s Rose Red. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #juliansands

Conrad Brooks is born in Baltimore in 1931. A regular in Ed Wood movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space, Bride of the Monster and Glen or Glenda, is career continued in B horror films right up to his death in 2017. #thisdayinhalloween #halloweeneverynight #plan9fromouterspace