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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'' '''February 29'''. Superstition has it that if you are a teenager [[Death
It goes like this: You and your friends are having a nice Easter party, when suddenly [[Hair-Raising Hare|a deranged killer in a bunny mask]] starts stalking you. On April Fools Day, that guy you and your friends pulled [[Deadly Prank|a rather nasty prank]] upon is out to get you. On Halloween, [[Zombie Apocalypse|the dead rise from their graves]] and start to terrorize the neighborhood. And on Christmas, [[The Antichrist]] decides to be born.
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"Oh for Pete's sake!" you exclaim; "Couldn't these things happen on ''any'' other day, like, [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|Tuesday]]?"
Sorry pal,
When the horror happens, it tends to happen on Holidays and other special days marked on your calendar for various reasons: [[Developing Doomed Characters|Lots of people tend to gather around on those days]], usually at [[Don't Go in The Woods|a remote location]], calendar days make nice titles and nothing quite says [[Subverted Innocence]] than, for example, [[Bad Santa|Santa Claus]] killing people with an axe.
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Also, remember, some days are sacred to pagan/occult religions and so "natural" choices for supernatural events. These days may have had Christian and/or commercial holidays added, or they may just be special to the pagans/witches/satanists/whoever, still not just Tuesday, even if the hero doesn't know this at first.
And of course, Lovecraftian unspeakable horrors don't have any use for the human calendar, so they won't bother to do the timezone math to see where to appear. They only care the stars are right on THEIR calendars and none of these calendars have Tuesday!
Popular trope among [[Horror]] movies (especially in [[Slasher
See also [[Attack of the Town Festival]], [[Regularly-Scheduled Evil]], [[Twisted Christmas]], [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday]] and [[Halloween Episode|various]] [[Valentines Day Episode|holiday]] [[Christmas Episode|episodes]].
[[Did I Mention It's Christmas?]] (or any other holiday) may be in effect for some of these.
{{examples}}
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* ''The Clown Murders''
* ''CreepTales''
* ''[[
* ''Dark Night of the Scarecrow''
* ''[[Day of the Dead]]''
* ''Dark Walker''
* ''[[Death
* ''Demon's Trap''
* ''Don't Look in the Cellar''
* ''[[R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It|Don't Think About It]]''
* ''[[Dream Home]]''
* ''[[Ernest Scared Stupid]]''
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* ''[[Ginger Snaps]]''
* ''Hack-O-Lantern''
* The ''[[Halloween (
* ''HalloweeNight''
* ''Halloween Night''
* ''Hallow's End''
* ''Hallows Point''
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''Haunted Hay Ride: The Movie''
* ''Haunted-ween''
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* ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]''
* ''House of Fears''
* The remake of ''[[House
* Averted but [[Lampshaded]] in ''The House On The Borderland'', in which the anonymous writer of the journal remarks that if he were making up his account, he surely ''would'' have chosen to initiate its supernatural events on Halloween.
* ''[[Idle Hands]]''
* ''In the Dark''
* ''Intruder'' (no, not [[Intruder (
* ''I've Been Waiting For You''
* ''Jack-O''
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* ''Lady in White''
* ''Left for Dead''
* The various retellings of ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'', like the film ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
* ''Long Pig''
* ''The Maize: The Movie''
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* ''Trick or Treat''
* ''Trick or Treats''
* ''[[
* ''Unearthly Harvest''
* ''Vacations of Terror 2''
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* ''The Wickeds''
* ''Witches' Night''
== April Fools' Day ==
* ''April Fools''
* ''[[April
* The very [[Horror Tropes|horror]]-esque ''[[Batman]]'' graphic novel ''[[
* ''Killer Party''
* ''Playback''
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* ''Freak Show''
* ''[[Hostel]]: Part III''
* ''[[
* ''The Last Resort''
* ''[[Psycho Cop]] Returns''
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* ''Alison's Birthday''
* ''The Birthday''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* A segment of 1997 ''Campfire Tales'', titled "People Can Lick Too"
* ''[[
* ''Deep in the Woods''
* ''[[Demoni|Demons 2]]''
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* ''Don't Panic''
* ''Drive-Thru''
* ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''The Greenskeeper''
* ''[[Happy Birthday to Me]]''
* ''[[The Haunting of Molly Hartley]]''
* ''It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To''
* ''[[The Last House
* ''Make a Wish''
* ''Mr. Jingles''
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* ''Rabid Grannies''
* ''Red Velvet''
* ''[[Scream (
* ''Sisters''
* ''[[
* ''[[Slumber Party Massacre II]]''
* ''Spookies''
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* ''[[Ginger Snaps]]: Unleashed''
* ''[[Gremlins]]''
* ''[[Hardware (
* ''The Hitchhiker''
* ''Home for the Holidays''
* ''I, Madman''
* ''[[
* ''Jack Frost''
* ''Jaws: The Revenge''
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* ''[[Legion]]''
* ''Lucky Stiff''
* ''[[Maniac (
* ''[[Maniac Cop 2]]''
* ''Marcus''
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* ''The Ordeal''
* ''Ornaments''
* ''[[
* ''Prime Evil''
* ''[[Psycho]]''
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* ''[[Sick Girl]]''
* ''Silent Night, Bloody Night''
* The ''[[
* ''Silent Night, Zombie Night''
* The novel ''Slay Bells''
* The beginning of ''[[The Stepfather]]'' remake
* The first segment of the ''[[Tales
* ''The Thirteenth Day of Christmas''
* ''To All a Good Night''
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== Devil's Night / Hell Night / Mischief Night ==
* The ''[[
* ''[[The Crow]]''
* ''Hallows Eve: Slaughter on Second Street''
* ''[[Happy Hell Night]]''
* ''[[Hell Night (
* ''Hide''
* ''Mischief Night''
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* ''[[Bless the Child]]''
* ''[[Critters]] 2: The Main Course''
* ''[[
* ''Easter Bunny Bloodbath''
* ''[[
* ''Little Witches''
* ''Kottentail''
* ''On the Third Day''
* ''Resurrection''
* Most games in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' franchise.
== Father's Day ==
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* ''Adam & Evil''
* ''Borderland''
* In ''[[
* ''The Final'' (no, not [[The Final|this]] one)
* ''[[Final Destination]] 3''
* ''Final Exam''
* ''Forget Me Not''
* ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''Graduation Day''
* ''Grizzly Rage''
* ''Gun Town''
* ''Hide and Go Shriek''
* ''[[The House
* ''[[The Howling]] Reborn''
* ''Kill Theory''
* ''[[A Nightmare
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Scar''
* ''Sigma Die!''
* ''[[
* A segment of ''Street Tales of Terror'', titled "Graduation Night"
== Mardi Gras ==
* ''[[Autopsy (
* ''[[Candyman Farewell to The Flesh]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Hatchet (
* ''Hoodoo for Voodoo''
* ''Mardi Gras Massacre''
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== May Day / Walpurgis Night ==
* ''The Devil Rides Out''
* The beginning of ''[[Dracula (
* ''The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure''
* The "Night on Bald Mountain" segment of ''[[Fantasia]]''
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* ''Bloody New Year''
* ''[[Christine]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|The End of Evangelion]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters]] II''
* ''Ghostkeeper''
* ''Lost Signal''
* ''[[Fear Itself (TV series)|Fear Itself]]'': "New Year's Day"
* ''[[
* ''Pearblossom''
* ''Resolution''
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== Prom Night ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (
* ''[[Cabin Fever (
* ''[[Carrie]]''
* ''The Club''
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* The beginning of ''Rose of Death''
* ''Student Bodies''
* ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
== Spring Break ==
* ''[[Two Thousand Maniacs!|2001 Maniacs!]]''
* ''After Dark''
* ''[[American Psycho]] II: All American Girl''
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* ''Girls Gone Dead''
* ''[[The Hitcher]]'' remake
* ''[[House of the Dead (
* ''Immortal Island''
* ''The Innocent''
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* ''Killjoy 3''
* ''The Legacy''
* ''[[The Mangler (
* ''Natural Demise''
* ''Night of a Thousand Screams''
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== St. Patrick's Day ==
* ''God Told Me To''
* ''[[Leprechaun (
* ''Leprechaun's Revenge''
* ''[[
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* ''[[Blood Rage]]''
* ''Boogeyman''
* The beginning of ''[[Death
* ''[[Home Sweet Home (
* ''[[
* ''[[The Mutilator]]'' is set during "fall break"
* ''[[Seance|Séance]]''
* [[Eli Roth|Eli Roth's]] [[Development Hell|possibly]] upcoming ''Thanksgiving'', the [[Fake Movie Real Trailer|mock trailer]] to which was part of ''[[Grindhouse]]''
* ''[[
* ''ThanXgiving: Dead Harvest''
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* ''Blow Out''
* The ''[[Cape Fear]]'' remake
* The ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''Frogs''
* The ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Jaws (
* ''Killed on the Fourth of July''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* The Blue Rock Springs attack in ''The Zodiac'' and ''[[Zodiac (
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* ''[[Hospital Massacre]]''
* ''[[Lovers Lane]]''
* ''[[My Bloody Valentine (
* The novel ''[http://www.amazon.com/My-Bloody-Valentine-Jo-Gibson/dp/0821748483 My Bloody Valentine]''
* ''[[Picnic
* ''[[Pontypool]]''
* Another segment of the ''[[Tales
* ''[[
== Weddings and Honeymoons ==
* ''[[
* ''The Beast Within''
* ''[[Blood Feast]] 2: All U Can Eat''
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* ''Hellbride''
* ''Honeymoon Horror''
* ''[[Fear Itself (TV series)|Fear Itself]]'': "In Sickness and in Health"
* ''Kiss of the Vampire''
* ''Mad Jack''
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* ''Nightmare Honeymoon''
* ''[[A Perfect Getaway]]''
* ''[[REC (
* ''Schizo''
* ''Seventh Moon''
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== Multiple ==
* [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Cycle of the Werewolf]]'', where the moon is conveniently full for a couple of holidays (New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, April Fool's Day, Homecoming Sunday, high school graduation, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, and New Year's Eve).
* The ''[[Hack
* The [[Enfant Terrible]] film ''[[
* Fearnet has produced a series of shorts featuring Sam from ''[[Trick
* ''The Horror Seasons'' is an anthology that features Christmas ("Satan Claws"); Halloween ("The Darkest Secret") and Easter ("Easter Beast").
* ''[[The Long Halloween]]'': The Holiday Killer strikes on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, a birthday, then Halloween again. On April Fool's it's subverted by the killer himself.
** Calendar Man has a similar obssession with dates but his crimes tend to be [[Harmless Villain|far less impressive]]. [[Batman: Arkham City|Usually]]
* ''Tales from the Grave, Volume 2: Happy Holidays'' is a horror anthology with all the segments dealing with holidays.
* In [[Real Life]], terrorists are far more likely to align their crimes with specific calendar dates than are serial killers, as the former sometimes schedule their attacks to make a political statement, while the latter are usually opportunists.
** An exception would be the unidentified perpetrator of the so-called [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428005735/http://www.skcentral.com/articles.php?article_id=528 Astrological murders]; his(?) killings always coincided with something like an equinox, a solstice, or a Friday the 13th.
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* ''4 Horror Tales: February 29''
* ''11-11-11''
* ''11/11/11'' (These are separate films. November 11 is also Veteran's/Remembrance Day, but that observance does not appear to be an element in either of them)
* Winter Solstice for ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Arbor Daze''
* ''[[Barrow Hill]]'' takes place on the night of the Autumnal Equinox
* ''The City of the Dead'' features Candlemas
* ''[[Dark Fall:
* The ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''Hangover Square'' climaxes on Guy Fawkes Day
* ''[[Humongous]]''' prologue happens on [[
* ''Mother's Day''
* ''The Orphan'' ([[Overly Long Gag|no]], not [[Orphan
* ''Pledge Night''
* ''President's Day''
* ''Rush Week''
* ''[[Film/Sint|Sint]]'' is a Dutch horror movie about a maniac Saint Nicholas who prowls the streets when December
* ''Solstice'' takes place, as the title implies, on midsummer solstice
* In some cultures, the "unlucky day" is, in fact, ''Tuesday'' the 13th. And, yep, when ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''The Victorville Massacre'' is set on Labor Day.
* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' begins and ends with a bombing on Guy Fawkes Day.
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* Spoofed in ''[[More Information Than You Require]]'' with the imaginary slasher ''Leap Year''.
* The horror anthology ''NightThirst'' had a story called "Christmas in July", which had a murderous Santa inexplicably killing in the middle of summer.
* The ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Tuesday the 17th" spoofs this trope by having a very ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''Saturday the 14th'' also parodies this trope.
* Along with ending on the prom, the aforementioned ''[[Student Bodies (
* Inverted ''and'' parodied in ''[[Eerie Cuties]]''. Nina supposedly [[Vegetarian Vampire|craves chocolate instead of blood]] because she was born on Easter. Several characters [[Lampshade Hanging|express bewilderment at how nonsensical this sounds]].
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