1990s

## Bio

**A Timeline of Horror** was a book and series of journals collected by parapsychologist Dr. Johnathan Rankin. The tomes documented a long history of both paranormal events and reported monster sightings, mostly from England, Germany, France and the United States.

(Note: This bio describes pre-selected events from several chosen horror movie franchises.)

### 1990s

* 1990, June - Entrepreneurs Herman and Lily Miranda acquire Camp Rolling Hills and rename it Camp New Horizons, but Angela murders one of the campers at her home in New York City and steals her identity. She arrives at camp and starts killing campers again, but Barney Whitmore is there and confronts her before getting killed. She is finally over-taken by campers Marcia Holland and Tony De Herrera, but she later escapes from police custody. (*Sleepaway Camp 3 - 1989*)

* 1991, April 13 - Jack Gable ends in stranded in Ashford Falls, New York. (*Delirious - 1991*)

* 1991, September - Since 1989, the City of Springwood has closed off blocks around Elm Street and hospitalized the remaining Elm Street teens at Westin Hills in order to erase all memory of Krueger. One teen escapes to Cleveland and meets Maggie Burroughs, who pursues him and several runaways to Elm Street, helping Krueger escape. With mental support from her mentor, Maggie defeats the weakened Krueger and destroys his power, trapping him in the afterlife. (*Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - 1991*)

* 1992, March 13 - Fifteen-year-old Joey Burns is murdered at the Pinehurst Halfway House by another patient while being treated for compulsive eating. His own father, Roy Burns, has the misfortune of recovering his remains in his paramedic duties. (*Friday the 13th: The New Beginning - 1985*)

* 1992, March 22 - After a string of mental hospitals, twenty-two-year-old Tommy Jarvis is sent to the Pinehurst Halfway House to complete his therapy. Haunted by Jason, his therapy is complicated by Roy Burns, a Jason-copycat murdering the staff after the death of his son. (*Friday the 13th: The New Beginning - 1985*)

* 1992, July 16 - Architect Jacob Sterling takes an antique clock from the Montelli House on the East Coast to his home in the Burwood Estates community near San Gabriel, California. After several strange events and even a few deaths and disappearances, his ex-girlfriend, art student Andrea Livingston, destroys it, (*Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes - 1989*)

* 1992, September 12 - Norman Bates passes away in San Joaquin, California. He is survived by his wife and five-year-old daughter. His will leaves the Bates Motel to Alex West, a young man he had mentored in the hospital. (*Bates Motel - 1987*)

* 1992, July 5-12 - Alex West takes custody of the Bates Motel and has a restaurant installed upon the property to attract guests amidst strange activity. Bodies believed to be Norman's parents are discovered, and alledged paranormal activity is perpetuated by bank manager Tom Fuller, masquerading as the ghost or Norma Bates to force Alex to renege on the mortage and seize the property. (*Bates Motel - 1987*)

* 1993, March 22 - The Crystal Lake Town Council proposes changing the name if the town to Forest Green to remove the stigma of Jason Voorhees and the Crystal Lake murders in the media. However, the name, "Crystal Lake" is still used for a few more years. (*Friday the 13th: Jason Lives - 1986*)

* 1993, May 11 - Sue Logan born to Tom and Annie Logan. Annie is killed later that year in a car accident. (*Scary Movie 2 - 2003*)

* 1993, August 25 - A New York City chemist named Richard Jacks discovers he is a direct descendant of the historical Dr. Henry Jekyll. Desperate for a scientific discovery, he alters his ancestor's formula and turns into a unscrupulous female opportunist named Helen Hyde who attempts to destroy his life and take control. (*Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde - 1993*)

* 1993, October 31 - Angela Franklin's parents receive a strange dried blood Halloween Card addressed from their deceased daughter. After they are found dead by unknown means (the police consider it a suicide), Angela's younger sister, Melissa, is sent to St. Rita's Academy. (*Night of the Demons 2 - 1994*)

* 1994, October 14 - Actress Heather Langenkamp experiences paranormal activity in her Malibu, California home. She and her friend, Robert Englund, had made a fictionalized movie version about the Springwood Slasher years before, and after her movie father, John Saxon, confuses himself with his character, she believes a separate demon is impersonating Krueger to get her son. (*Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 1994* )

* 1994, October 20 - Three college students, Heather Donahue, Josh Leonard and Michael Williams, arrive in Burkittsville to gather research on the Blair Witch. After heading into the Black Hills Forest to search for landmarks, they are never seen again after interviewing two fisherman. (*The Blair Witch Project - 1999*)

* 1994. October 26 - Despite an extensive search of the area, no trace of the college kids are ever found. (*The Blair Witch Project - 1999*)

* 1994, October 31 - A group of kids led by Shirley Finnerty have a party at Hull Mortuary. They return about an hour later pursued by teachers; only four of them are able to leave the house. (*Night of the Demons 2 - 1994*)

* 1995, February 2 - Dr. Samuel Loomis still reeling from a stroke he had in 1988 passes away from a heartattack. His notes and a recording about Michael are passed to Dr. Ranbir Sartain. (*Halloween20 - 1998*)

* 1995, June - Ronnie Angelo, the camp counselor from Camp Arawak, partners with businessman Frank Kostik to purchase and restore Camp Arawak, renaming it Camp Manabe, but Kostik holds controlling interest in the camp. (*Return to Sleepaway Camp - 2008*)

* 1995, October 16 -Students from the University of Maryland excavating Rustin Parr's old cabin recover Heather Donahue's camera and gear. An analysis of the tapes uncovers no clues as to their whereabouts. (*The Blair Witch Project - 1999*)

* 1995, October 31 - Vince York and Reggie Voorhees (Roger's brother) shoot a cop during a hold up at a convenience store near Matthias, California. A local police detective trails them to Hull Mortuary where he sees the paranormal activity first hand, but only Nick Hodder and Holly Shoulders survive. (*Sleepaway Camp 3 - 1989*)

* 1996, October 31 - Jamie Lloyd has been kidnapped by a Celtic group known as the Cult of Thorn whose members include Dr. Terence Wynn, who has been manipulating Michael over the years. Her child by a cult member is discovered and protected by Tommy Doyle, whose family was killed by the cult. After Michael rebels from the cult, Tommy defeats Michael over-by drugging him.

(*Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers - 1995*)

* 1997, June-August - Jeff Patterson leads nine children into the woods for the Blair Witch. The police capture him and after being tried in court, he is found mentally unfit and institutionalized. (*Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 1999*)

* 1997, June 13 - Tommy Jarvis and Allen Hawes head to Crystal Lake Cemetery to destroy the remains of Jason Voorhees, unwittingly helping him get restored to life after a lightning bolt hits the grave. When a new string of murders occurs, Tommy is the prime suspect, even after Jason murders Sheriff Joseph Garris. (*Friday the 13th: Jason Lives - 1986*)

* 1997, October 17 - Heather Donahue's possessions are turned over to her family, who contacts a film company to analyze the tapes. (*The Blair Witch Project - 1999*)

* 1998, October 14 - The Miller family of St. Louis, Missouri are found bludgeoned and murdered in their home. One of their children are missing; the family once lived in the DeLuzio House in Pasadena, California. (*Sinister - 2012*)

* 1998, October 31 - Michael Myers's whereabouts are unknown since he was last seen. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode has been living in California under an assumed name since faking her death. Working as head mistress at a private boarding school, she has a teenage son, John Tate, whose friends are murdered by Michael, having tracked them down. Laurie kills an innocent paramedic Michael has swapped clothes with. (*Halloween20 - 1998*)

* 1999, October 13 - Tina Sheppard returns to her home at Crystal Lake accompanied by her mother, Amanda Sheppard, and her therapist, Dr. Albert Crews. Another string of murders occurs after Tina's telekinesis releases Jason. The state police identify him as a suspect after a hockey mask is found at the scene. (*Friday the 13th: The New Blood - 1988*)

* 1999, October 31 - Students Cindy Campbell, Bobby Prinze, Buffy Gilmore, Greg Phillipe, Ray Wilkins and Brenda Meeks from Woodsboro High School are heading home from a party and strike a hitch-hiker by the side of the road. Thinking he's dead, they dump him into the river from the wharf. (*Scary Movie - 2000*)

* 1999, May 13 - The 1998 Class from Lakeview High School are all killed when the S.S. Lazarus sinks on its way down the coast for New York City. When two survivors are found wandering the city, they blame the loss of the ship on Jason Voorhees, making Voorhees a Federal fugitive to the FBI. ( (*Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan - 1989*)

* 1999, November 12 - Released from the hospital, Jeff Patterson launches the Blair Witch Walk to take tourists around the locations of the Blair Witch Legend. The members of his first tour include Stephen Parker and his pregnant girlfriend, Tristen Rylan, Erica Geerson and Kim Diamond who has some psychic gifts. After camping out in the ruins of the Rustin Parr house, they pass out after excessive drinking. (*Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 1999*)

* 1999, November 13 - Patterson wakes the following morning to find his equipment severely vandalized. Parker finds his research on the Blair Witch shredded. Tristan is rushed to the hospital after suffering a miscarriage. After holing up in Patterson's home in Jericho Mills, they peruse the recovered tapes to reconstruct their lost hours. The tapes show they did rituals while under the influence, and over time, strange rashes appear on their bodies. Erica panics and starts performing rituals to protect herself. Kim borrows Jeff's van for a run to the store for beer and coffee, swerving to miss ghostly children on the way back. (*Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 1999*)

* 1999, November 14 - After several hours of recurring paranormal activity, Erica goes missing despite Jeff's alarm not going off. Her clothes are found laid out amidst her ritual circle of lit candles. Meanwhile, Jeff is harassed by calls from Sheriff Ronald Cravens and discovers Kim's damage to his van has rendered it undrivable. Kim finds anachronistic dossiers on everyone in Jeff's position, and Stephen sees Erica dancing naked on the property. The strange activity around them includes the sound of barking dogs, and when Jeff goes for his rifle, Erica's dead body is found in the closet. The further analysis of the tapes shows Tristan leading the ritual of which they took part and the ritualistic murder of a rival tour group. Upon confronting them, she goads them into killing her, and pushed too far, Stephen pushes her to her death. (*Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 1999*)

* 1999, November 15 - Sheriff Ronald Cravens arrests the Blair Witch Walk members for the murders of the tourists as well as for other murders: Jeff for Erica's murder, Stephen for Tristan's murder and Kim for the murder of a cashier at the store. When they claim a paranormal reason behind the deaths, the Maryland Investigation Unit produces Jeff's security footage from his home revealing their memories of the incidents were further masked from reality than they thought. (*Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 1999*)