The Fog (1980) Actresses Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis are real-life mother and daughter. This is the first of only two feature films they made together, the other being Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).

Deadly Blessing (1981) The picture was well-known for its famous sequence where a spider drops into the mouth of a woman. The girl in question was portrayed by the then-unknown Sharon Stone, who was also the face on many movie posters for the film. Stone would later go on to

Dawn of the Dead (1978) During the raid on the tenement building early in the film, a zombie escapes from one of the apartments and is embraced by his wife, whom he immediately attacks. When the actor bites the actress's shoulder to tear away the blood pack effect, he

My Bloody Valentine (1981) Producers André Link and John Dunning said the film originated when they sought to find a holiday on which a slasher film had not been set during the "slasher flick boom" of the early 1980s. They settled on Valentine's Day, and to keep the idea from

Urban Legend (1998) Jared Leto has disowned the film and hates it, refusing to talk about it in interviews.

April Fool's Day (1986) One of three horror films from 1986 that take place on April Fool's Day, the others being “Killer Party” (1986) and “Slaughter High” (1986).

The Thing (1982) Behind the Scenes 📸: Rob Bottin, John Carpenter

Fright Night (1985) There are some very good reasons to be afraid...of the dark.

Duel (1971) According to Richard Matheson, he was inspired to write the original short story "Duel" after an encounter with a tailgating truck driver on November 22, 1963—the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Cruising (1980) In 1972, director William Friedkin, who had become very prominent after “The French Connection” (1971), was shooting “The Exorcist” (1973) in downtown New York. For a scene requiring mock brain scans of the possessed lead character, he shot a real-life

Escape from New York (1981) 🎂 Released 44 years ago 🇺🇸 📽️ July 10, 1981 🇺🇸 📽️ August 13, 1981 🇳🇱 In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum-security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Phenomena (1985) Jennifer Connelly said in an interview that she was bitten by the chimp in this film. Apparently, during one scene, the chimp kept turning around, and Dario Argento, not wanting to film her behind, asked Connelly to place her hand on the animal to stop it from

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Behind the Scenes 📸

Revenge (2017) Never take your mistress on an annual guys' getaway, especially one devoted to hunting.

The Howling (1981) Along with Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis, Dee Wallace was one of the scream queens of the era. She starred in three classic horror films from the late 1970s to the early 1980s: “Cujo” (1983), “The Hills Have Eyes” (1977), and this film.

One on Top of the Other (1969) In his later life, Lucio Fulci would declare the script one of his best works and was especially proud to have made a successful giallo before the genre's mainstream popularity, following the release of Dario Argento's “The Bird with the Crystal

Halloween II (1981) 🎃 Although uncredited, actress Anne-Marie Martin played Karen's friend Darcy Essmont, who needed a ride home after the Halloween party they attended. She was billed under her real name, Eddie Benton, as a rival opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in the Canadian