In Storage Wars, on A&E Television five people compete against each other in an auction for storage units. When 3 months of rent are not paid on storage units in California, the units go up for auction. Dave Hester was one of the shows forerunners. Dave Hester bought a storage unit at a higher than … Read more
So you like horror movies, how about a real world event? NASA scientists predict a dramatic rise in coastal flooding caused by the “Moon Wobble”. There is nothing unusual about the moon wobble; it’s just the moon’s orbit swinging. The first documented instance occurred in 1728. Over an 18.6-year period, this wobble morphs into a … Read more
It appears the night keeps getting scarier, as Universal Studios announced they will be including a Texas Chainsaw Massacre themed haunted house to their returning Halloween Horror Nights this year and, for the first time in Horror Nights history, a house will be dedicated to Universal legendary monster, The Bride of Frankenstein. The Texas Chainsaw … Read more
NIGHTSTREAM will be returning this October as per official announcement. Organizers of American genre festivals across the country came together to launch NIGHTSTREAM in October 2020 to ‘present a dynamic and accessible virtual film festival.’ Returning once again for 2021. For the fall season, NIGHTSTREAM will bring a singular experience to audiences in the U.S. … Read more
There’s a call for horror writers from! In its third year, The Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition will begin accepting submissions in July 2021. Known worldwide as the KILLER SHORTS HORROR SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION, it showcases and connects international horror short screenwriters with managers, producers, and filmmakers. Scripts will be judged by a distinguished … Read more
This Halloween season, Halloween Horror Nights will be returning to Universal Studios following its cancellation last year. Halloween Horror Nights 30 will run on select nights during September and October. As soon as Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House” was released, it became a worldwide sensation of unnerving proportions that elevated horror television. Directed, produced, … Read more
One night in 1994, aspiring writer Kevin Williamson was housesitting for a friend when he happened across a news broadcast about American serial killer Danny Rolling, or ‘The Gainesville Ripper’ as he had been dubbed by the media. Over the course of four days in August 1990, Rolling had murdered five students in the town … Read more
With the next installment in the ‘Conjuring’ universe, ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,’ expected to be released on June 04, 2021, we at Horrorfacts thought we would investigate the real life Warren case file that inspired this film. ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ will focus on the real-life murder … Read more
Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr., who was serving six concurrent life sentences at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York, was transferred to the Albany Medical Centre in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead at the age of sixty-nine on Friday, March 12 at 6:35 PM. On November 13, 1974, a then … Read more
On October 17, 1941, Seventy-three-year-old retired railroad auditor Phillip Peters was found beaten to death in his Denver home. His murder would lead to one of the most bizarre cases the Denver police had ever experienced. Five weeks before his murder, his wife, Helen Peters, had fractured her hip and was recovering in the hospital. … Read more