Famous Dates in Horror History....

[Dan Hocker]

Hey everyone. With the upcoming CD calendar, we're looking to put birthdays of famous horror authors and just famous horror dates in general. So if anyone has any ideas for dates we should include please post them here. Thanks, we appreciate all the help.

Here's a general idea of what we're looking for:

Author Birthdays
Famous Book Release Dates
Landmark Horror Event Dates

[frik51]

November 21, 1931: Frankenstein -Boris Karloff as The Monster- reached the silver screen.



April 22, 1935: The Monster meets his Bride - with disastrous results: We Belong Dead!
The Bride of Frankenstein



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[jester05jk]

The date cd launched, author dates of death, artist's death or if each month is drawn by a different person then maybe a little blurb on them.

[Brice]

September 21st 1947-Stephen King was born

[Brice]

9/21/1947-stephen king was born
8/20/1890-h.p. Lovecraft was born

[iambrook]

Movies

May 24, 1979 - Release of Dawn of the Dead
October 25, 1979 - Release of Halloween
May 25, 1979 - Release of Alien
September 24, 2004 - Release of Shaun of the Dead

[RagingDogsProductions]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

October 1, 1974--U.S. release date of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

[Patrick]

August 4, 1892

Lizzie Borden took an axe...

[Patrick]

October 1, 1974

"The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths..."

Premiere of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

[Patrick]

January 19, 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe - birth date

October 7, 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe - R.I.P.

[Patrick]

September 5, 1922

Sarah Winchester dies, thus ending a continuous 38-year construction project known now as the Winchester Mystery House.

[Tbonescot]

You gotta have some of the classic greats like....

Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Elvira and Alfred Hitchcock!

[bsaenz24]

Date of publication of CD #1
Date of publication of CD's first novel.

[gsconquest]

The release date for Carrie (the book). It launched the career of a man who changed horror forever.
U.S. release for Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street
Release date of the 1st Arkham House book

[jess7272]

October 5, 1952 - Clive Barker - birth date
October 4, 1941 - Anne Rice - birth date