- 1923: Director Peter Graham Scott is born in East Sheen, Surrey, England.
- 1938: Actress Lara Parker is born in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1947: Actor Angus MacInnes is born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- 1948: Comic book artist Bernie Wrightson is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1950: Director/producer James L. Conway is born in New York City, New York.
- 1953: Actor Robert Picardo is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1969: Actor Channon Roe is born in Pasadena, California.
- 1970: The House That Wouldn't Die is first broadcast on ABC.
- 1975: Actor Elias Toufexis is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- 1981: Principal filming on Forbidden World concludes.
- 1985: Amazing Stories episode "Mummy, Daddy" airs on NBC.
- 1993: Tales from the Crypt episode "House of Horror" airs on HBO.
- 1995: Vampire in Brooklyn is released theatrically in the United States.
- 1997: Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Halloween" airs on the WB Network.
- 1999: Actress Lois Collier passes away in Woodland Hills, California.
- 2000: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 premieres theatrically in the United States.
- 2001: The Nightmare Room episode "Full Moon Halloween" airs on the Kids' WB.
- 2002: FreakyLinks episode "Subject: Coelacanth This!" airs on the Fox Network.
- 2002: Angel episode "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" airs on the WB Network.
- 2005: Night Stalker episode "Malum" airs on ABC.
- 2006: Ghost Whisperer episode "The Woman of His Dreams" airs on CBS.
- 2006: Masters of Horror episode "The Damned Thing" airs on Showtime.
- 2009: Orphan is released on DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Home Video.
- 2009: Night of the Creeps is released on DVD and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
- 2009: Stan Helsing is released direct-to-video by Anchor Bay Entertainment.
- 2009: Tales from the Darkside: The Second Season is released on DVD in Region 1 format.
- 2011: The Secret Circle episode "Masked" airs on the CW Network.
- 2012: Rise of the Zombies premieres on Syfy by The Asylum.
- 2013: The Walking Dead episode "Isolation" airs on AMC.
- [[[2014]]: Seven Hells premieres at the Gateway Film Center in the United States.
- 2015: iZombie episode "Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues" airs on the CW Network.
- 2017: All episodes from season two of Stranger Things premieres on Netflix.
- 2017: 5-Headed Shark Attack is released on Blu-ray.
- 2018: Zombie at 17 premieres on Lifetime TV.
- 2019: Actress Sara Paxton marries actor/filmmaker Zach Cregger.
- 2023: Five Nights at Freddy's is released simultaneously in theaters in the U.S. and on Peacock.
- 2023: When Evil Lurks is released on Shudder.