July 12th

Halloween: Resurrection is released theatrically in 2002.

• 1880: Director Tod Browning is born in Louisville, Kentucky.

• 1924: Producer Stanley Dudelson is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

• 1941: Actor Joseph Whipp is born in San Francisco, California.

• 1945: Actress Dorrie Kavanaugh is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

• 1951: Actress Cheryl Ladd is born in Huron, South Dakota.

• 1962: Actress Terri Partyka is born in Michigan.

• 1973: Actor Lon Chaney, Jr. passes away in San Clemente, California.

• 1988: Producer Josephine Douglas passes away in Horsham, West Sussex, England.

• 1989: Actress Phoebe Tonkin is born in Sydney, New South Wales.

• 1996: Poltergeist: The Legacy episode "The Bell of Girardius" airs on Showtime.

• 1996: Tales from the Crypt episode "Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow" airs on HBO.

• 1997: Goosebumps episode "Don't Wake Mummy" airs on FOX Kids.

• 1999: Cinematographer Jacques R. Marquette passes away.

• 2001: Composer James Bernard passes away in London, England.

• 2002: Halloween: Resurrection is released theatrically in the US.

• 2002: Resident Evil is first screened in the UK.

• 2005: Dracula III: Legacy is released direct-to-video by Dimension Home Video.

• 2005: Tales from the Crypt: The Complete First Season is released to DVD in Region 1 format by HBO Studios.

• 2006: The "Battleground" and "Crouch End" episodes of Nightmares & Dreamscapes airs on TNT.

• 2006: Blade: The Series episode "Descent" airs on Spike TV.

• 2009: True Blood episode "Shake and Fingerpop" airs on HBO.

• 2011: Puppet Master 4 is re-released to DVD by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.

• 2011: Midnight Horror Collection: Puppet Master, Volume 2 is released on DVD in Region 1 format by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.

• 2011: Insidious is released on Blu-ray by FilmDistrict.

• 2012: Production on the remake of Evil Dead concludes.

• 2012: The Cabin in the Woods closes out of theaters.

• 2013: V/H/S/2 opens to limited theatrical release in the United States.

• 2016: Scream: The Series episode "Let the Right One In" airs on MTV.

• 2017: Filming on Truth Or Dare concludes.

• 2019: Crawl premieres theatrically in the United States.

• 2020: Christine actress Kelly Preston passes away from breast cancer in Clearwater, Florida at the age of 57.

• 2024: Longlegs opens theatrically in the United States and the United Kingdom.