May 31, 1977 - William Castle - Director - Died
Best known for The House on Haunted Hill, but also directed many horror and B Movies.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
May 31 in Goth and Horror History
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
May 29 in Goth and Horror History
May 29, 1957 - James Whale - Director - Died
Best known for directing Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
May 27 in Goth and Horror History
May 27, 1911 - Vincent Price - Actor - Born
May 27, 1922 - Christopher Lee - Actor – Born
May 27, 1957 – Siouxsie Sioux - Born
Three incredible individuals were all born on this same day. Two were extremely influential to the horror movie industry; and where would Goth be without Siouxsie and the Banshees?
RELATED LINKS:
The Sound of Vincent Price Blog
Vincent Price, at Turner Classic Movies
The Siouxsie Sioux Fanlisting: Superstition
Siouxsie Official site on MySpace
The Banshees and Other Creatures
Saturday, May 26, 2012
May 26 in Goth and Horror History
May 26, 1964 - Caitlin R. Kiernan - Writer - Born
Dark fantasy and horror author.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
May 25 in Goth and Horror History
May 25, 1979 - Alien - Movie - Released
"In space, no one can hear you scream."
This sci-fi horror movie, beautifully filmed, just absolutely blew people away at the time. There'd been nothing like it on the big screen. It went on to spawn several sequels, and now a prequel, Prometheus.
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Alien 1979 Trailer, on YouTube
The Alien Series Fanlisting: Origin - Unknown
Alien, at Alien Movies Resource
Alien Shooting Script, from The Daily Script
Behind the Scenes with Alien, at B Movie Nation
Definitive Alien Marathon, at Between the Seats
Strange Shapes: The Alien Series
Ron Cobb's Semiotic Standards for the Alien Films
Thursday, May 24, 2012
May 24 in Goth and Horror History
May 24, 1979 - Dawn of the Dead - Movie - Released
George Romero's followup to his groundbreaking, industry-changing Night of the Living Dead.
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Dawn of the Dead (1979) Trailer, on YouTube
http://www.homepageofthedead.com/
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
May 23 in Goth and Horror History
May 23, 1980 - The Shining - Movie - Released
May 23, 1986 - Poltergeist 2 - Movie - Released
"Danny isn't here, Mrs. Torrance." I can't believe my father snuck me to see The Shining when I was just 11 years old. My mom would have killed him if she found out. I did have a couple nightmares about the bloody elevator scene, but I am so glad I got to see this film on the big screen when it first came out.
Poltergeist 2 is a decent follow-up sequel. I don't re-watch it very often (I do enjoy seeing the first film every few years) and I never go back to the horrid Poltergeist 3.
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side, on IMDB
Poltergeist II Trailer, on YouTube
They're All Here: The Poltergeist Series Fanlisting
The Shining Trailer, on YouTube
Room 237 Documentary Film on The Shining
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22 in Goth and Horror History
May 22, 1959 - Morrissey - Singer - Born
May 22, 1992 - Alien 3 - Movie - Released
May 22, 2009 - World Goth Day - Holiday - Began
Happy birthday to the former lead singer of The Smiths, Steven Patrick Morrissey, beloved of many goths.
Also, a mediocre addition to the Alien sci-fi horror movie series debuted on this day.
In 2009, a group of individuals in the UK were inspired to start World Goth Day after a BBC6 music show about the subculture aired.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
May 20 in Goth and Horror History
May 20, 2005 - Dominion (Exorcist Prequel) - Movie - Released
I tend to pretend this prequel never happened, personally.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
May 11 in Goth and Horror History
May 11, 1984 - Firestarter - Movie - Released
May 11, 1994 - The Crow - Movie - Released
The Crow had a major impact on the goth scene at the time of its release. Thousands of Crow fan sites sprung up around the newly developing web. Join us at the Darklinks network to re-watch it in May.
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Believe in Angels: The Crow Fanlisting
James O'Barr Crow Fans Online (Official)
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
May 9 in Goth and Horror History
May 9, 1980 - Friday the 13th - Movie - Released
Making camping even less appealing..
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Friday the 13th (1980) on IMDB
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
May 8 in Goth and Horror History
May 8, 1994 - The Stand - TV Miniseries - Aired
Stephen King's epic post-apocalyptic tale.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
May 3 in Goth and Horror History
May 3, 1996 - The Craft - Movie - Released
RELATED LINKS:
The Craft Script, at HorrorLair
Images from The Craft, at Photobucket
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
May 1 in Goth and Horror History
May 1, 1987 - Creepshow 2 - Movie - Released
May 1, 1989 – The Cure’s album “Disintegration” - Released
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The Cure: Disintegration Song, on YouTube
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