# This Week in Horror History | Vampire Legacy, Zombie Outbreaks & Classic Slashers —  May 11–17

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Podcast: [Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Spooky Season](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630)
Published: 2026-05-12T09:00:19+00:00
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## Resource

This Week in Horror History for May 11–17 brings together a loaded week of horror movie anniversaries, Stephen King adaptations, Universal Monsters, zombie outbreak horror, slasher sequels, kaiju blockbusters, and modern home-invasion terror . Inside this episode: • May 11, 1936 — Dracula’s Daughter Universal Horror gets one of its strangest and saddest vampire follow-ups, turning Dracula’s legacy into a chilly story of blood, inheritance, repression, and the desperate hope that evil might be cured. Where to watch (U.S., this week): Rent/buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. • May 11, 2007 — 28 Weeks Later The Rage virus returns with soldiers, checkpoints, quarantine zones, and the terrifying idea that the people in charge may declare the nightmare over long before the nightmare agrees. Where to watch (U.S., this week): Rent/buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. • May 13, 1988 — Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Jason Voorhees rises again on an actual Friday the 13th, this time facing a telekinetic final girl in the cult-favorite slasher sequel fans often describe as Jason versus Carrie at Crystal Lake. Where to watch (U.S., this week): Paramount+ with subscription; rent/buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. • May 16, 2014 — Godzilla The MonsterVerse begins as Gareth Edwards brings Godzilla back to American theaters with disaster-movie scale, radioactive awe, and the reminder that humanity is not always the main character of the planet. Where to watch (U.S., this week): Rent/buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Then, in this week’s Deep-Cut Spotlight , we go to May 11, 1984 — Firestarter , the Stephen King adaptation about a little girl, a secret government experiment, and the terrifying question of wha…

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