January 27th

Spiral premieres premieres at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in 2007.

• 1913: Actor Michael Ripper is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

• 1932: Murders in the Rue Morgue is registered for copyright by Universal Pictures.

• 1938: Director Harry Hurwitz is born in New York City, New York.

• 1940: Director Harry Kümel is born in Antwerp, Belgium.

• 1959: Actor Glenn Taranto is born in Hackensack, New Jersey.

• 1966: The Munsters episode "The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World" airs on CBS.

• 1966: Actress Tamlyn Tomita is born in Okinawa, Japan.

• 1967: Dark Shadows episode 155 airs on ABC.

• 1971: Dark Shadows episode 1198 airs on ABC.

• 1985: Principal photography on Critters concludes.

• 1991: Monsters episode "Desirable Alien" airs in syndication.

• 1993: Actor Jon Kent Ethridge is born in Detroit, Michigan.

• 1996: Forever Knight episode "Dead of Night" airs in first run syndication.

• 1997: Uncle Sam is released direct-to-video in Germany.

• 1998: Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Phases" airs on the WB Network.

• 2000: Charmed episode "Reckless Abandon" airs on the WB Network.

• 2004: House of the Dead is released to DVD by Lions Gate Entertainment.

• 2004: Dead Heat is released to DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

• 2005: Actor Paul A. Partain passes away in Austin, Texas.

• 2006: Ghost Whisperer episode "Melinda's First Ghost" airs on CBS.

• 2006: Masters of Horror episode "Imprint" is scheduled to air on Showtime, but is pulled due to its extreme graphic content.

• 2006: Masters of Horror episode "Haeckel's Tale" airs on Showtime.

• 2007: Spiral premieres at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

• 2009: Nightmare in Wax and Blood of Dracula's Castle is released as a DVD double-feature by the Navarre Corporation under the "Exploitation Cinema" banner.

• 2009: Author John Updike passes away in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts.

• 2010: The House of Mystery Vol 3: The Space Between trade paperback ships to retailers.

• 2014: Bitten episode "Trespass" airs on the Space Channel in Canada.

• 2014: Teen Wolf episode "Illuminated" airs on MTV.

• 2014: Production begins on Annabelle.

• 2016: Supernatural episode "Into the Mystic" airs on the CW Network.

• 2017: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter premieres in the United States.

• 2017: Actor John Hurt passes away at the age of 77.

• 2019: Little Monsters is first screened at the Sundance Film Festival.

• 2019: Production begins on Color Out of Space.

• 2020: His House premieres at the Sundance Film Festival.

• 2023: Infinity Pool opens theatrically in Canada and the United States.