March 31, 1989 - Heathers - Movie - Released
March 31, 1993 - Brandon Lee - Actor - Died
It was a sad day for goths when The Crow actor Brandon Lee died. Meanwhile, goth pinup girl Winona Ryder charmed us in the deliciously dark Heathers.
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March 30, 1988 - Beetlejuice - Movie - Released
It's hard to overstate how influential and important this movie was to goths. Just think how many "Lydia" screennames it launched, for starters.
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Beetlejuice, at The Tim Burton Collective
Beetlejuice Trailer, on YouTube
March 28, 1963 - The Birds - Movie - Released
March 28, 1979 - Phantasm - Movie - Released
A classic Hitchcock film; and the film that scared me more than anything else I watched in the 1980s.
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March 19, 1921 - Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari - Movie - Released in the US
March 19, 2004 - Dawn of the Dead - Movie - Released
A very important early horror film; and yet another zombie movie remake. I have to admit this shopping-mall zombie movie was really fun to watch in the theater, and I've watched it once or twice more on DVD.
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Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, on IMDB
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, at Wikipedia
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Full Movie, on YouTube
March 18, 2005 - The Ring Two - Movie - Released
Not too bad, as sequels to Americanized versions of Japanese horror movies go.
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The Ring Two Script, on Script-O-Rama
March 15, 1937 - H.P. Lovecraft, Writer, Died
March 15, 1943 - David Cronenberg - Director - Born
March 15, 2002 - Resident Evil - Movie - Released
One of the most influential horror writers died on this day; David Cronenberg is known for directing weird film Videodrome; and has it really been just ten years since Resident Evil came out and spawned far too many sequels?
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H. P. Lovecraft at The Literary Gothic
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft, at Dagonbytes
Resident Evil Script, from Daily Script
Resident Evil Trailer, on YouTube
March 14, 1869 - Algernon Blackwood - Writer - Born
Important to goth and horror history because of his many ghost stories and supernatural tales.
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Algernon Blackwood, at The Literary Gothic
Algernon Blackwood Printable Short Stories, at Blackwood.org
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, at Project Gutenberg
March 13, 1987 - Evil Dead II - Movie - Released
Another awesome Bruce Campbell-as-Ash zombie movie.
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Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn Script, at IMSDB
March 12, 1999 - The Rage: Carrie 2 - Movie - Released
March 12, 2004 - Secret Window - Movie - Released
A weak sequel to a weak remake; and a boring but decent Johnny Depp/Stephen King movie.
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Carrie 2: The Rage Trailer, on YouTube
Secret Window Script, on Scriptorama
Secret Window Screencaps, at Depp Impact
Secret Window Trailer, on YouTube
March 11, 1931 - F.W. Murnau - Director - Died
March 11, 1978 - Anne Rice's son Christopher was born
March 11, 1985 – Sisters of Mercy - Album - “First and Last and Always” released in the UK
F. W. Murnau directed Nosferatu.
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Christopher Rice, on Wikipedia
The Sisters of Mercy (Official)
March 10, 2000 - The Ninth Gate - Movie - Released
Johnny Depp looking gorgeous, a devil cult, and lots of antique rare book eye candy.
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The Ninth Gate Script, on IMSDB
March 9, 1984 - Children of the Corn - Movie - Released
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Children of the Corn, on Wikipedia
March 7, 2008 - Diary of the Dead - Movie - Released in the UK
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Diary of the Dead, on Wikipedia
March 4, 1922 - Nosferatu - Movie - Released in Germany
An extremely significant early (and silent) horror film. Loosely based (without permission) on Bram Stoker's Dracula, it was made by German filmmaker F.W. Murnau.
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March 2, 1943 - Peter Straub - Writer - Born
A horror writer with many well respected published novels. Might be more known to goths in general due to his cooperative effort with Stephen King on The Talisman.
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