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Fright Night premieres in 1985.
- 1922: Actor Ángel Espinoza is born in Sinaloa, Mexico.
- 1929: Director Bernard L. Kowalski is born in Brownsville, Texas.
- 1939: Film director Wes Craven is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1943: Actress Julia Foster is born in Sussex, England.
- 1944: Actress/model Susan Denberg is born in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany.
- 1949: Actress Madeline Smith is born in Hartfield, Sussex, England.
- 1953: Actor Butch Patrick is born in Los Angeles, California.
- 1967: Dark Shadows episode 297 is recorded.
- 1970: Director, screenwriter, and actor Kevin Smith is born in Red Bank, New Jersey.
- 1971: Actor Tristan Tait is born in Santa Barbara, California.
- 1975: Director Jean Yarbrough passes away in Los Angeles, California.
- 1977: Actor Edward Furlong is born in Glendale, California.
- 1985: Phenomena is released theatrically in the United States, eight months after its release in Italy.
- 1985: Fright Night is released theatrically in the United States.
- 1985: The Hills Have Eyes Part II is released theatrically in the United States.
- 1989: Principal filming on Frankenhooker concludes.
- 1990: Principal photography on Graveyard Shift concludes.
- 1991: Body Parts premieres theatrically in the United States.
- 1995: Director Al Adamson is murdered by Fred Fulford in his home in Indio, California.
- 2000: The Region 2 DVD of Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors is released by Global Pictures.
- 2004: Production begins on the remake of The Amityville Horror.
- 2005: Dr. Chopper is released direct-to-video by York Entertainment.
- 2006: The "Autopsy Room Four" and "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" episodes of Nightmares & Dreamscapes airs on TNT.
- 2006: Blade: The Series episode "Delivery" airs on Spike TV.
- 2009: True Blood episode "Release Me" airs on HBO.
- 2011: A special 3D version of The Final Destination is released on Blu-ray by New Line Home Video.
- 2013: Curse of Chucky is screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada.
- 2016: Meet the Blacks is released on DVD and Blu-ray by Lionsgate Films.
- 2016: Scream: The Series episode "The Vanishing" airs on MTV.