This Week in Horror History | Dracula, Maximum Overdrive & Deep Blue Sea (July 20–26)
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This episode explores significant horror films and events that occurred between July 20 and July 26, including Dracula and Maximum Overdrive.
Dracula , The Hills Have Eyes , Nope , Maximum Overdrive , and Deep Blue Sea headline this episode of This Week in Horror History , covering July 20 through July 26. Summer horror gets seductive, sun-scorched, mechanical, extraterrestrial, and shark-infested as we explore gothic vampires, desert survival horror, reverse-horror gaming, Jordan Peele’s terrifying vision of spectacle, Stephen King’s killer-machine apocalypse, and genetically engineered sharks loose inside an underwater laboratory. Inside this episode: July 20, 1979 — Dracula releases in the United States Frank Langella gives Count Dracula a dangerous combination of gothic romance, theatrical charm, and supernatural menace. This version of Bram Stoker’s vampire proves that evil does not always need to force its way through the door. Sometimes it gets invited inside. July 22, 1977 — The Hills Have Eyes premieres in Tucson, Arizona Wes Craven turns an ordinary family road trip into a brutal desert survival nightmare. When a shortcut leaves the Carter family stranded far from civilization, the open landscape becomes a trap filled with heat, isolation, violence, and another family watching from the hills. July 23, 2020 —…
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