This Week In Horror History Episodes

From October 26–November 1, Halloween horror history turns trusted broadcasts into nightmares. Revisit Saw’s locked-room terror, The Walking Dead’s zombie TV debut, and the BBC’s Ghostwatch, where familiar presenters made a fictional haunting feel real. Explore SIGNALIS and its damaged memories, then separate Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds radio broadcast from the nationwide panic myth. Celebrate Cary Elwes, Winona Ryder, Peter Jackson and Toni Collette, and 35 years of Wes Craven’s The Peo...

From October 19–25, horror history turns your Halloween watchlist into a nightmare. Revisit John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), the sunless vampire siege of 30 Days of Night, and Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. Venture into Innsmouth with Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, then discover why Dark Night of the Scarecrow still chills 45 years after its CBS debut. Plus, celebrate Bela Lugosi, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Raimi and Mia Goth, and revisit The Simpsons’ first Treehouse of Hor...

October 12-18 brings haunted houses, cursed videotapes, and Deadites to your Halloween watchlist. This Week in Horror History marks 45 years since The Evil Dead's first public screening, revisits The Ring's U.S. release, and explores the family grief behind The Haunting of Hill House. F.E.A.R. adds paranormal terror to the gaming calendar, while Slumber Party Massacre II unleashes its guitar-drill killer. Plus horror birthdays and our weekly pick, Re-Animator, for fans of mad science and practic...

October 5-11 brings Leatherface, Marvel monsters, and Icelandic folk horror to your Halloween watchlist. This Week in Horror History revisits The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's early release history, the monster hunt of Werewolf by Night, Freddy's Nightmares on television, and Quarantine's trapped reporter. Our deep cut, Lamb, finds an impossible child on a remote farm; weekly pick Trick 'r Treat turns Halloween traditions into deadly rules. Plus birthdays for Clive Barker, Sigourney Weaver, Guiller...

September 28-October 4 brings zombies, vampires, and Michael Myers to your Halloween watchlist. This Week in Horror History revisits Night of the Living Dead's farmhouse siege, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and the Thorn cult, and Hell Fest's killer hiding inside a Halloween attraction. Step into The Twilight Zone, discover the vampire western Near Dark, and meet our weekly pick, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Plus birthdays for Naomi Watts, Monica Bellucci, Neve Campbell, and Liev Schrei...

Silent Hill 2 turns 25 as This Week in Horror History revisits September 21-27, 2026. Follow James Sunderland into the fog after a letter from his dead wife, then explore David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, The Munsters, and Urban Legend's campus murders inspired by familiar cautionary tales. Our deep cut, Pandorum, traps a crew aboard a failing starship with missing memories. Plus, celebrate horror birthdays and honor Tim Curry through The Rocky Horror Picture Show, our weekly recommendation. From...

Jennifer's Body turns friendship into demonic horror, Blair Witch sends a new crew into the Black Hills, and Hardware traps a killer machine inside an apartment. This Week in Horror History covers September 14-20, 2026, with The Addams Family's macabre TV comedy and Cry_Wolf's invented serial killer joining the lineup. Revisit the films and television that made possession, technology, and even a family home feel dangerous. Plus, celebrate Sam Neill, Jennifer Tilly, Cassandra Peterson, and George...

Pennywise crawls out of Derry, Hellraiser opens its puzzle box, and True Blood brings vampires out of the coffin. This Week in Horror History revisits those milestones for September 7-13, 2026, alongside Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the prom-night terror of The Loved Ones. Discover how Stephen King's IT, Clive Barker's Cenobites, and a game built around running and hiding found different ways to make audiences afraid. Plus, celebrate birthdays and revisit The X-Files. Pick your next Halloween w...

Pennywise waits in Derry, witches control a dance academy, and Outlast sends you into an asylum with only a camera. This Week in Horror History revisits IT Chapter Two, Suspiria (2018), Outlast, and The Possession for August 31-September 6, 2026. Explore the films and survival-horror game behind the nightmares, then tune into Pontypool, where language itself can carry an infection. Plus, revisit The Prophecy and celebrate birthdays including Keanu Reeves and Michael Keaton. Build a Halloween wat...

Candyman, Until Dawn, and Don't Breathe turn familiar places into traps in This Week in Horror History for August 24–30, 2026. Revisit Nia DaCosta's Chicago-set sequel, the choices that drive a teen slasher game, and a Detroit burglary that goes disastrously wrong. The Last Exorcism adds a fraudulent preacher's documentary, while Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions takes the spotlight with occult detectives and dangerous stage magic. Horror birthdays and Stephen King's Needful Things round out the ...

Blade, The Exorcist III, and An American Werewolf in London lead This Week in Horror History for August 17–23, 2026. Revisit Wesley Snipes' Daywalker, William Peter Blatty's supernatural detective story, the home invasion of You're Next, and Rebecca Hall's haunted grief in The Night House. Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps takes the spotlight with alien parasites and undead fraternity brothers. Horror birthdays round out the calendar before Rick Baker's werewolf transformation earns this week's ...

The Monster Squad, Cujo, and The Fly lead This Week in Horror History for August 10–16, 2026. A stalled car becomes a trap in Stephen King's rabid-dog nightmare, while The Others, Jason Goes to Hell, and Lovecraft Country bring ghostly secrets, possession, and cosmic horror. Fred Dekker's monster-kid adventure takes the spotlight before David Cronenberg's The Fly marks its 40th anniversary as the weekly recommendation. Birthdays complete a tour from treehouse monster rules to Seth Brundle's disa...

The Sixth Sense, Piranha, and Bodies Bodies Bodies lead This Week in Horror History for August 3–9, 2026. Revisit M. Night Shyamalan's ghost story, Joe Dante's killer-fish mayhem, and a hurricane party poisoned by suspicion. Joëlle Jones' Lady Killer brings a murderous homemaker to the comics calendar, while Antropophagus takes the deep-cut spotlight on a deserted Greek island. Horror birthdays and a recommendation for The Bat, starring Vincent Price, complete the week. From summer swimming hole...

The Lost Boys, Jason Lives, and Fright Night bring vampires and resurrected slashers to This Week in Horror History for July 27–August 2, 2026. Revisit Santa Carla's nightlife, Tommy Jarvis' graveyard mistake, and the forbidden woods of The Village. Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild adds Métis folklore and a missing husband with a familiar face; The Collector takes the spotlight with a thief trapped inside someone else's murder plan. Birthdays and a Fright Night recommendation complete the week. ...

Dracula, Maximum Overdrive, and Deep Blue Sea lead This Week in Horror History for July 20–26, 2026. Frank Langella's seductive vampire shares the calendar with The Hills Have Eyes, Jordan Peele's Nope, and Carrion, the game that lets you become the escaped monster. Stephen King's killer-machine siege takes the spotlight before engineered sharks turn an underwater laboratory into this week's recommendation. Birthdays round out a tour of gothic romance, desert terror, and science gone wrong. Find...

The Blair Witch Project, The Fly, and The Only Good Indians lead This Week in Horror History for July 13–19, 2026. Revisit the 1958 teleportation nightmare, Stephen Graham Jones' supernatural reckoning, the mutations of The Island of Dr. Moreau, and a vengeful killer whale in Orca. The Strain takes the spotlight with vampirism as an outbreak before the weekly recommendation enters Maryland's woods with three student filmmakers. Birthdays complete the week. Follow the path from scientific hubris ...

The Descent, Blood Feast, and MADiSON lead This Week in Horror History for July 6–12, 2026. Explore splatter cinema's bloody beginnings, an instant camera that invites horror into every shot, and a cave expedition trapped with something below. Fear Street Part Two: 1978 adds Camp Nightwing's slasher nightmare, while Burial Ground takes the spotlight with Italian zombie chaos. Birthdays and a Phantasm II recommendation bring the Tall Man and his silver spheres back onto the calendar. Find a watch...

Day of the Dead, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and Mexican Gothic lead This Week in Horror History for June 29–July 5, 2026. George A. Romero's bunker nightmare meets Shinya Tsukamoto's industrial body horror and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's poisonous mansion. Empire of the Ants brings radioactive creature chaos, while Barbara Steele stars in the spotlight on The Horrible Dr. Hichcock. Birthdays and a Tales of Terror recommendation complete the week with Poe, Vincent Price, and gothic revenge. Find a watch or...

The Thing, 28 Days Later, and The Omen bring mistrust to This Week in Horror History for June 22–28, 2026. A haunted hotel room in 1408 and Quake's gothic corridors join empty London streets and an Antichrist hidden behind privilege. John Carpenter's The Thing takes the spotlight with Antarctic isolation, imitation, and Rob Bottin's effects. Horror birthdays and a Twilight Zone: The Movie recommendation complete a week where safety is difficult to recognize. Revisit the films and game that turn ...

Psycho, Jaws 2, and Lifeforce lead This Week in Horror History for June 15–21, 2026. Revisit the Bates Motel, Amity Island's return to shark panic, Batman Returns' gothic Gotham, and World War Z's rushing zombie crowds. Tobe Hooper's space-vampire spectacle takes the deep-cut spotlight with Halley's Comet and a London outbreak. Birthdays and Hammer's Dracula, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, round out the calendar. From a motel nightmare to a city under siege, explore how horror grew ...

Horror history gets weird, reflective, and dangerously snackable this week as This Week in Horror History travels through June 8–14 with mischievous monsters, haunted hotels, supernatural comedy, demonic hauntings, creepy mirrors, and one killer dessert that may be eating America alive. This episode digs into a packed week of classic horror movies, cult horror sequels, supernatural blockbusters, 1980s horror, haunted-house horror, and strange consumer-satire body horror, including the release o...

Horror history gets dangerously domestic this week as This Week in Horror History travels through June 1–7 with haunted houses, killer sequels, cursed children, dystopian violence, mature themes, and one deeply uncomfortable genetic-engineering nightmare. This episode digs into a packed week of classic horror movies, cult horror sequels, supernatural horror, Blumhouse hits, and underrated sci-fi body horror, including the return of Norman Bates, the suburban nightmare of Poltergeist, the perfec...

Horror legends and icons collide in this week's history lesson: Alien (1979) opens in U. S. theaters, turning deep space into a haunted house, while Drag Me to Hell, Stranger Things 4, Wrong Turn, and Ma reshape what cursed horror looks like on screen. Explore the practical effects, sound design, and supernatural storytelling that made May 25–31 a landmark week for modern horror cinema—and what these films teach us about crafting atmospheric dread. Inside this episode: • Alien opens in U. S. th...

Dive into a week of horror history: iconic haunted hotels, chilling sequels, cult revenge classics, and one of the 1990s' sharpest horror anthology films. Inside this episode: ✅ May 18, 1971 — The Abominable Dr. Phibes Vincent Price becomes one of horror’s most stylish revenge artists in this bizarre, elegant, plague-inspired cult classic full of murder, black comedy, and art deco nightmare energy. Where to watch: No major U. S. streaming this week; physical media is the main option. ✅ May 22, ...