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{{quote|'' '''February 29'''. Superstition has it that if you are a teenager [[Death By Sex|and have sex]] on this day, you will be [[Machete Mayhem|macheted]] to death by a maniac wearing a makeshift mask made out of a calendar. This superstition is, of course, the basis for the '80s horror movie ''Leap Year''.''|''[[More Information Than You Require]]''}}
It goes like this: You and your friends are having a nice Easter party, when suddenly [[Hair
"Oh for Pete's sake!" you exclaim; "Couldn't these things happen on ''any'' other day, like, [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|Tuesday]]?"
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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]].
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== All Hallows' Eve / Samhain ==
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* ''Don't Panic''
* ''Drive-Thru''
* ''[[Friday the
* ''The Greenskeeper''
* ''[[Happy Birthday to Me]]''
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* ''Final Exam''
* ''Forget Me Not''
* ''[[Friday the
* ''Graduation Day''
* ''Grizzly Rage''
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* ''Blow Out''
* The ''[[Cape Fear]]'' remake
* The ''[[Friday the
* ''Frogs''
* The ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer (Film)|I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' trilogy
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* ''The City of the Dead'' features Candlemas
* ''[[Dark Fall the Journal|Dark Fall: Lost Souls]]'' happens on Bonfire Night.
* The ''[[Friday the
* ''Hangover Square'' climaxes on Guy Fawkes Day
* ''[[Humongous]]''' prologue happens on [[Useful Notes/Labor Day in The United States|Labor Day]]
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* ''[[Film/Sint|Sint]]'' is a Dutch horror movie about a maniac Saint Nicholas who prowls the streets when December 5th (the day the holiday of Saint Nicholas is celebrated in the Netherlands) falls on a full moon.
* ''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
* ''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
* ''Saturday the 14th'' also parodies this trope.
* Along with ending on the prom, the aforementioned ''[[Student Bodies (Film)|Student Bodies]]'' begins with a nonsensical series of title cards that inform us that it is Halloween, Friday the 13th, and [[Jamie Lee Curtis]]'s birthday.
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