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Netflix Bites MGM Grand Las Vegas
Pop Ups and Vendor Markets | Feb 11, 2025 - Feb 20, 2026
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89109

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Jaws: The Exhibition at The Academy Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Iconic Killer Shark
Memorabilia Exhibition | Sep 14, 2025 - Jul 26, 2026
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90036
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Multimedia Show and Exhibit
Experiences | Aug 28, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89169

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Hall of Excellence Rare Sports Memorabilia Exhibition at Fontainebleau
Memorabilia Exhibition | Jun 20 - Dec 31, 2025
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89109

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Jaws: The Exhibition at The Academy Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Iconic Killer Shark
Memorabilia Exhibition | Sep 14, 2025 - Jul 26, 2026
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90036

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National Cotton Candy Day
Social and Cultural Events | Dec 7
Make Music New York, World Music Day
Social and Cultural Events | Jun 21 - Dec 21

December 7th In History

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Exploitation Label Vinegar Syndrome Hosts Pop Up Shop and Film Screenings in Los Angeles
Film Screenings and Series | Dec 7 - Dec 9, 2024
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90025
Horror for the Holidays
Horror Conventions | Dec 7 - Dec 8, 2024
United States > Texas > Austin > > 78704

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First-ever Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival
Art Exhibitions | May 20 - Dec 31, 2023
Hong Kong > > Sai Wan Ho

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Rapper Slick Rick Appears at Art Basel for 25th Anniversary Celebration of Art of Storytelling Album
Panel Discussions | Dec 7, 2024
United States > Florida > Miami > > 33137

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U.S. National Film Registry Selections
Announcements | Dec 7, 1992
United States > Virginia > Culpeper > > 22701
Caleb Landry Jones
Birthdays | Dec 7, 1989

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Cult Horror Black Christmas 50th Anniversary Theatrical Re-Release
Film Screenings and Series | Dec 7 - Dec 22, 2024
Exploitation Label Vinegar Syndrome Hosts Pop Up Shop and Film Screenings in Los Angeles
Film Screenings and Series | Dec 7 - Dec 9, 2024
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90025

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Rapper Slick Rick Appears at Art Basel for 25th Anniversary Celebration of Art of Storytelling Album
Panel Discussions | Dec 7, 2024
United States > Florida > Miami > > 33137
3 Chambers Festival
Comic Cons | Dec 4 - Dec 7, 2024
United States > North Carolina > Wilmington > > 28401

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein | Season 1 Premiere, Television/Streaming Premiere | Sep 11, 1971

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein

Season 1 Premiere, Television/Streaming Premiere | Sep 11, 1971

CHCH-TV, The Markowitz Corp.

Canadian children’s television series The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was produced by Ontario, Canada independent station CHCH-TV. The hosted spooky show targeted a children’s audience included some educational content amid its zany humor and was syndicated in Canada and internationally. As of 2024, the series occasionally still airs in limited television markets. In Canada, the series has not aired on broadcast television for several years, however was available for some time on the streaming TV service Crave. A group of 100 episodes have also been made available on the free streaming services Tubi and Pluto TV in the past.

The original cast of the quirky sketch comedy series included Billy Van as Bwanna Clyde Batty, Fishka Rais as Igor, Guy Big as Mini-Count, Mitch Markowitz as Super Hippy, Vincent Price as The Narrator, Joe Torbay as Harvey C. Wallbanger, and Julius Sumner Miller as The Professor, along with Brucie J. Monster, who played himself. Van played most of the characters on the show.

In 2018, a company called Headspinner Productions announced that it had acquired licensing and merchandising rights to The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, and was exploring the possibility of developing a reboot of the series. Then in 2021, Headspinner announced an animated version for preschoolers, titled Happy House of Frightenstein.

One year after the Headspinner announcement, spoken word audio label Bleak December completed a brand new full-cast audio production called Return to Frightenstein. The licensed production features Malcolm McDowell standing in for Vincent Price as The Narrator, Canadian actor Anthony D.P. Mann voicing several of the characters, including The Count, The Librarian, The Oracle and Dr. Pet Vet, and Steven Spencer as Igor, along with original series regular and producer Mitch Markowitz returning as Super Hippy. Other voice in the audio adaptation include Nikolas Yuen as The Wolf Man, Terry Wade as Bwanna Clyde Batty, comedian Dave Hudson as Harvey C. Wallbanger, and Anne-Marie Bergman as Grizelda.