July 13th

Hands of the Ripper premieres in 1971.

• 1927: Television director John Sedwick is born in Delaware.

• 1931: Comic book artist Ernie Colón is born in Puerto Rico.

• 1936: Screenwriter/director Sandor Stern is born in Ontario, Canada.

• 1941: Actor Robert Forster is born in Rochester, New York.

• 1942: Actor Harrison Ford is born in Chicago, Illinois.

• 1942: Comic book artist Tom Palmer, Sr. is born.

• 1970: Dark Shadows episode 1056 airs on ABC.

• 1972: Hands of the Ripper premieres in the United States.

• 1977: Voice actress Kari Wahlgren is born in Hoisington, Kansas.

• 1977: The Island of Dr. Moreau is released theatrically in the United States and France.

• 1984: Friday the 13th falls on this day.

• 1984: Splatter University premieres in the United States.

• 1986: Tales from the Darkside episode "The Casavin Curse" airs in syndication.

• 1988: Actor Colton Haynes is born.

• 1989: Moonstalker premieres in the United States.

• 1992: Death Becomes Her premieres in New York City, New York.

• 1999: Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Graduation Day (Part 2)" airs on the WB Network.

• 1999: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) is released to DVD by Columbia Tristar Home Video.

• 2001: Actress Eleanor Summerfield passes away in London, England.

• 2009: Production begins on The Violent Kind.

• 2010: Hammer Film Productions cinematographer Alan Hume passes away in Buckinghamshire, England at the age of 85.

• 2010: Psychosis premieres in London, England.

• 2011: MTV announces at the San Diego Comic-Con that it has renewed Teen Wolf for a second season scheduled for 2012.

• 2012: Jaws producer Richard D. Zanuck passes away in Beverly Hills, California.

• 2013: 666 Park Avenue episode "Lazarus" airs on ABC.

• 2013: Final Destination 3 actor Cory Monteith dies of a drug overdose in Vancouver at the age of 31.

• 2014: The Strain episode "Night Zero" airs on the FX Network.

• 2014: True Blood episode "Death Is Not the End" airs on HBO.

• 2018: The Nun was originally scheduled for release in the United States.

• 2018: Unfriended: Dark Web is screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada.

• 2018: This day falls on a Friday the 13th. Happy slashing!

• 2019: Demons Inside Me premieres at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada.

• 2021: Principal shooting on the remake of Firestarter concludes.

• 2021: Titane premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.

• 2024: Actress Shannen Doherty passes away from cancer at the age of 53.