Nov. 4, 2025
This Week in Horror History | Gojira, Carrie, They Live
This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror podcast tracking classic anniversaries and where to watch. For Nov 3–9, we hit Gojira (Godzilla, 1954), Carrie (1976), They Live (1988), The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” (1959), Silent Hill Origins (2007), and cult slasher The Prowler (1981)—plus birthdays for Bram Stoker and Tom Savini and a holiday-horror flashpoint with Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). We wrap with a Weekly Recommendation and U.S. streaming info to watch tonight.
Inside this episode
Bram Stoker (Dracula author) • Tom Savini (FX legend) • Famke Janssen • Parker Posey
Then & Now
From censorship panics to streaming revivals, this week proves controversy + craft keep horror evergreen—especially as holiday slashers return each winter.
Weekly Recommendation
Doctor Sleep (2019) — an elegant, eerie return to The Overlook that balances grief, recovery, and pure dread.
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Inside this episode
- Nov 3, 1954 — Gojira (Godzilla) → Film. Post-war kaiju icon that redefined monster cinema.
- Nov 3, 1976 — Carrie → Film. De Palma’s Stephen King breakout; still the blueprint for teen terror.
- Nov 4, 1988 — They Live → Film. John Carpenter’s cult sci-fi horror with still-sharp satire.
- Nov 6, 1959 — The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” → TV. Rod Serling’s devil’s-bargain morality chill.
- Nov 6, 2007 — Silent Hill Origins → Game (PSP). Fog, sirens, and psychological dread distilled.
- Nov 6, 1981 — The Prowler → Film. Tom Savini practical-effects showcase; under-seen slasher gem.
Bram Stoker (Dracula author) • Tom Savini (FX legend) • Famke Janssen • Parker Posey
Then & Now
From censorship panics to streaming revivals, this week proves controversy + craft keep horror evergreen—especially as holiday slashers return each winter.
Weekly Recommendation
Doctor Sleep (2019) — an elegant, eerie return to The Overlook that balances grief, recovery, and pure dread.
Where to watch (U.S.): Netflix; rent/buy: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home.
Support the show AND get delicious coffee for a creepy night in at 25% off using code “SPOOKY”https://savorista.com/discount/SPOOKY
🎧 LISTEN NOW and subscribe for spine-tingling horror stories every week!
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It's the first chill of November when the jack o'
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lanterns start to slump and rot and the wind blows
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straight to your bones. But horror does not pack up
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after Halloween. My spookies it lingers. This Week in Horror
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History gave us a monster born from fire and fallout,
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a prom night turned psychic bloodbath, sunglasses that see the
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rot in civilization, a devilish bargain on primetime TV, and
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a handheld trip back to silent Hill. You could play
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safely under the covers. We'll sprint through five moment makers,
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then dig into a razor sharp deep cut that wears
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its bayonet like a boutineer, beastly birthdays, a then and
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now kerfuffle, and of course, a killer recommendation to turn
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your streaming into sing you're listening to This week in
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Horror History, let's haunt that calendar. I'm Enrique Kuto, filmmaker,
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horror lifer, and the guy who keeps the jack o
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lantern lit all year long. Here to bring you the
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most interesting elements of horror news that took place between
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November three and November ninth. On deck for Tonight, go
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Jira stomps into Japanese theaters. Carrie opens and rewrites high
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school hell. John Carpenter's They Live drops the most satisfying
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alley fight of the nineteen eighties. The Twilight Zone tempts
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fate with a Mefistophelian contract. Try saying that five times
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fast and silent hill origins drags our nerves into the fall,
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and make sure you stick around after the break as
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we descend on a deep cut slasher film with jaw
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dropping practical gore. Then celebrate Icon's birthdays and unpacked a
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nineteen eighty four controversy which is headed right back into
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theaters this December. So let's take a stab at the
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first one. I have to say this is a very
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fitting first piece of horror history because of my personal
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history with the series and my favorite gigantic lizard. On
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November third, nineteen fifty four, Gojira, also known as Godzilla,
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arrives in major Japanese cities, but not the way you
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might be thinking. Quick side note, because I am a
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Godzillan nerd. That famous roar is actually created by taking
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above and playing the bottom strings of an upright bass
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below the bridge. That's what makes that sound that is
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so unbelievably iconic. Toho's Atomic Nightmare doesn't just flatten buildings,
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it births the kaiju genre as a cinematic language for
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grief and of course, post war anxiety. Early rollouts began
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October twenty seventh, but major city playdates hit on November three,
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turning a man in a suit into a global metaphor
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that still roars. Okay one more, and here's a fun fact.
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The United States cut, known as Godzilla King of the
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Monsters from nineteen fifty six, added Raymond Burr as a
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reporter threading through the devastation. It also gave the film
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a bit more of a Western style narrative, which they
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hoped would help American audiences connect with the material. And
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they were very very right, as Godzilla became a massive
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hit worldwide. As far as where to find Godzilla King
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of the Monsters or the original version Gojira, which I
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think they're both pretty great in their own rights, you
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can stream it on the Criterion collection. That's the best
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place to get the Japanese cut in all of its
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glory and restored fully. Or you can get it on
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physical media if you're a nerd like me. November third,
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nineteen seventy six, Carrie opens regionally in the United States.
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Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel sneaks
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into theaters in the d C Baltimore market on November third,
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and expands mid month, becoming an Absolute Face nomina powered
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by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie's Oscar nominated turns. It's
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the prom everyone remembers for the worst reasons, although my
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prom wasn't much better if I'm honest. Fun fact, though,
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the release pattern started small, with just seventeen screens, before
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catching fire in New York and Los Angeles weeks later,
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and from there, well, the rest is horror history. And
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if you've never seen Carrie before or you want to
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brush up on your Brian De Palma Stephen King education,
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it's pretty easy to watch right now. You can catch
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it on Pluto TV and the Roku channel completely for free,
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and of course you can rent it on any major
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digital platform, and there is a beautiful four K restoration available,
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which I enjoy quite a bit. Again because Horror nerd
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November fourth, nineteen eighty eight, They Live hits theaters at
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number one in the box office I've been a massive
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fan of They Live since my teen years. I think
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because the star Rowdy Roddy Piper is well one of
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my all time heroes. I'm surprised I didn't know that.
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I actually double checked, actually triple checked, to make sure
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it hit theaters at number one. John Carpenter's sci fi
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horror satire lands like a steel chair to the face
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with Rowdy Roddy Piper versus consumerist overlords you can only
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spot while wearing magical sunglasses, although it's really more of
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a scientific thing. But you know why. Quibble opened on
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November fourth and debuting at number one. The obey slash
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consume iconography escaped the screen and colonized popular culture. And
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here's a fun fact for you, that six minute alley
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fight between Keith David and Rowdy Roddy Piper. It's the
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stuff of pure legend, but oddly it's kind of tender
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in its stubbornness. As far as where to check out
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They Live, I cannot recommend enough the Scream Factory four
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K and Blu ray release if you're a physical media nerd,
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but otherwise, if you want to see it on streaming,
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you'll have to rent it. As of the recording of
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this on somewhere like Amazon Prime or Fandango at Home
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or Apple TV. November sixth, nineteen fifty nine, the Twilight
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Zone episode Escape Clause airs on TV. Rod Serling writes
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a devil's bargain, parable with David Wayne as a hypochondriac
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who trades his soul for immortality and insurance fraud hijinks,
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because that's just the kind of guy. Rod Serling was big,
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big fan of his sardonic wit and his ability to
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see the bizarre in the ordinary and the ordinary in
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the bizarre. It aired November sixth and still plays like
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a clever morality boomerang. Immortality without meaning is its own punishment.
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And here's a fun fact on that one. The Vintage
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promos teased the episode as a Faustian bargain, yet somehow
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that did not spoil it for the viewers because it's
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become one of the legendary episodes of a very legendary
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TV show. And as far as where to find it
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and watch it, well that's pretty easy. It's streaming on
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Paramount Plus and you can also find it for free
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on Pluto, or you can buy a Blu ray box
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set if you want to try to hold your nerd
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Hill Origins Releases for PSP, a nerve scraping prequel that
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brought classic Silent Hill dread to handheld radio's Hiss Sirens, Scream,
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Rust Peels from Reality Origins launched November sixth with Akira
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yama Oka's soundscapes and design work from Sam Barlow. Fun fact,
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the project course corrected mid development to lean hard into
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a more series consistent atmosphere. As far as where to play, well,
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you can play it on psp UMD. There are PlayStation
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two ports that exist, and digital availability varies by your region.
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When we return, a deep cut slasher with Bayonets, pitchforks
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and Tom Savini splatter that made eighties gore fans swoon,
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all right, my spookies, Let's unmask an unsung killer in
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Khaki nineteen eighty one's The Prowler. If the Golden Age
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slasher wave had a museum wing labeled steel cold craftsmanship,
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the Prowler would sit in the center, his blade polished
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and his boots muddy. Directed by Joseph Zito, who would
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later helm Friday the Thirteenth, the final chapter, as well
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as one of my personal favorites, Body Snatchers from nineteen
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ninety three. This nineteen eighty one shocker unfurls in a
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small town haunted by a wartime tragedy and an annual
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dance that should have stayed canceled. On November sixth, nineteen
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eighty one. The film opened theatrically in the United States,
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slipping into the post Halloween corridor like a quiet intruder,
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although with very loud kills. The film's reputation rests in
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many ways on special effects legend Tom Savini's practical effects vicious, unflinching,
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and disturbingly tactile. There's a famous bayonet set piece that's
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become a calling card for why practical effects and analog
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gore still curdle the stomach more than pixels ever could.
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Savini's work here sits alongside his work in Maniac and
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The Burning as a trilogy of how did they do that? Moments.
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Initially a modest performer, the Prowler grew into a cult favorite,
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often ranked among the subgenres sharpest pun intended. It was
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even featured in the original Last Drive In with Joe
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Bob Briggs Marathon. When the world's foremost drive in movie
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critic shows your film, well, that means you did something
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very right. It's the kind of film you want to
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bring to a friend who says they've seen all the
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slasher movies. But that's not really the case until you've
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experienced this film's very mean streak. Critics today cite its
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atmosphere and deadly efficiency as quintessential early eighties slasher DNA.
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One of my favorite scenes is a very tense cat
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and Mouse through a dormitory stairwell. It rings suspense out
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of every creek, every shadow. You'll hold your breath at
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how long Joseph Zito lingers before the strike the patience
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turns the blade. You can watch it right now for
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free streaming on two B TV or rented on Amazon
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Prime fandel Ango at home, or you can watch it
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included with your AMC Plus subscription. If you love the
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grounded procedural dread of My Bloody Valentine from nineteen eighty one,
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or the seaside paranoia of dead and buried from the
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same year, this one scratches the same itch without stealing
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their faces. That's a Texas chainsaw massacre kind of thing
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to do. An unsung November chill that still numbs the fingers.
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Put it on late lights low and let the quiet
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stalk you slowly. We've talked a lot about death and mayhem,
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but now let's celebrate some births, shall we. First up,
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ironically enough is Tom Savini born November third, nineteen forty six.
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We just talked all about his work in The Prowler.
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Other films worth mentioning our Dawn of the Dead nineteen
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seventy eight, which is my personal favorite film, Day of
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the Dead nineteen eighty five, and of course he directed
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the remake of Night of the Living Dead from nineteen
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ninety which just came out on four K. So if
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you're a movie collector like me, well, you really want
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to check that one out. And here's an interesting tidbit.
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His combat photography passed in the Vietnam War informed a
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realism that helped change splatter films forever. Next up is
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fom K Johnson. I believe I'm saying that right. Born
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November fifth, nineteen sixty four. One of her biggest credits
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in horror is The Faculty from nineteen ninety eight, directed
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by Robert Rodriguez, as well as appearing in Eli Roth's
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Hemlock Grove TV series. And here's a little nuggative trivia.
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She studied literature at Columbia before stepping in to genre royalty.
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November eighth, eighteen, eighteen forty seven was the birth of
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Bram Stoker. That's right, the man behind Dracula. In eighteen
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ninety seven, the book that spawned hundreds upon hundreds of films, books,
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stage shows, podcasts, you name it. A curious tidbit about
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Superstition And Finally, Born November eighth, nineteen sixty eight, is
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Parker Posey. She's done so many things, but in horror.
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the more recent and very polarizing bo Is Afraid by
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Ari Astor from twenty twenty three. Many consider her to
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be a queen of the indie film scene, and she
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always manages to bring a sly menace to her horror
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adjacent rolls. If you want to see a movie that's
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truly terrifying but not at all a horror movie that
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stars Parker Posey, check out The House of Yes, trust
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Me you you won't thank me. It's a really good movie, though,
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but it messed me up. On November ninth, nineteen eighty four,
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a slasher dressed as Santa Claus opens the same day
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as a Nightmare on Elm Street and steals the outrage
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thunder This is Silent Night, Deadly Night from nineteen eighty four,
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and parents groups protested at malls and theaters. TV spots
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got pulled within six days, and Trystar, the film's distributor,
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yanked the movie despite a very solid start at the
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box office. In fact, it's worth noting on opening weekend,
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Silent Night, Deadly Night actually outgrossed A Nightmare on Elm
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Street Santa Beat Freddy, which is interesting because he does
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know when you're sleeping, But that box office lead was
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crushed by the film being pulled. Now decades later, the
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movie's a cult Christmas staple and one of my personal favorites.
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Deep into Horror if you just search at Weeklyspooky dot com.
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It's been reevaluated as a seasonal shocker and case study
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in moral panic, and on December twelfth of this year,
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twenty twenty five, a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night
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will be released into theaters nationwide through Cineverse, the company
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