This Week in Horror History | Sleepaway Camp, Sleepy Hollow & Salem’s Lot

Step into late November with This Week in Horror History, the horror podcast that digs into the spooky anniversaries hiding between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In this episode, we dive into a full week of genre milestones for November 18–25, from cult slashers and gothic ghost stories to Stephen King adaptations, survival horror gaming, and a haunting cannibal romance.

We kick things off at summer camp with Sleepaway Camp (1983), the infamous 1980s slasher movie whose shocking final twist made it a cult legend on VHS and a must-watch for every serious horror fan. Then we ride into the fog with Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999), a stylish gothic horror film packed with headless-horseman mayhem, Hammer Horror vibes, and one of Johnny Depp’s most beloved spooky roles.

From there, we lock the supermarket doors and let The Mist (2007) roll in. This Stephen King horror movie traps terrified townspeople in a grocery store surrounded by Lovecraftian monsters and religious hysteria, building to one of the bleakest endings in modern horror cinema. We also pick up a controller for Condemned: Criminal Origins (2005), a grim Xbox 360 survival horror game that turned a next-gen console launch into a nightmare of crime scenes, jump scares, and first-person brutality.

Our Deep-Cut Spotlight sinks its teeth into Salem’s Lot (1979), Tobe Hooper’s terrifying Stephen King TV miniseriesthat made an entire generation afraid to look out their bedroom windows. We talk small-town dread, the iconic window-scratch scene, and how this vampire story helped shape everything from Fright Night to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Midnight Mass.

Along the way, we roll through horror birthdays (including icons connected to The Silence of the Lambs, The Thing, and indie horror favorites), revisit the legacy of Universal’s Frankenstein in a Then & Now segment, and close with a Weekly Recommendation: Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All (2022), a melancholic cannibal road movie that plays like a twisted, emotional Thanksgiving watch.
If you love horror history, Stephen King adaptations, Tim Burton gothic horror, 80s slasher movies, Thanksgiving horror, and deep dives into cult classics, this episode is your cozy, creepy guide to late-November genre viewing.

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Sleepaway Camp (1983)

• Streaming: Currently streaming on Peacock and available via Prime Video (depending on region/packaging).
• Physical: Recent Blu-ray restorations from boutique horror labels are in print and easy to hunt down for collectors.

• Digital: Available to rent or buy digitally on the usual suspects, including Prime Video and Apple TV.
• Physical: Long-standing Paramount Blu-ray and DVD releases are widely available.

• Streaming: Streaming on Peacock and Paramount+, often as part of their Stephen King / horror lineups.
• Physical: Blu-ray editions are easy to find, including releases that feature Frank Darabont’s preferred black-and-white cut.

• Digital: Recently delisted from major digital storefronts, so it’s not a simple click-to-buy anymore.
• Physical / Legacy: Best found as a physical Xbox 360 disc or as remaining PC keys from reputable sellers that still activate on Steam; expect some tinkering on modern hardware.

• Streaming: Shows up on free-with-ads streamers like Tubi and on horror-centric services such as AMC+ and Shudder from time to time, though availability shifts.
• Physical / Digital: There are solid DVD and Blu-ray editions in circulation, and it’s typically available to rent or buy digitally on major VOD platforms when it falls out of flat-rate streaming.

• Digital: Available digitally on Prime Video.
• Streaming: Also popping up on cinephile-focused streamers such as The Criterion Channel and MUBI, making it easy to slot into a late-night double feature.

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