Timeline

The following is the cannon timeline for the Horror Movie Universe. If a film or comic utilizes time travel, they will be placed according to when the setting is BEFORE the time travel. (Example: Army of Darkness, the beginning takes place after Dead by Dawn but Ash travels back in time to medieval times, thus is set after it, but Retro Puppet Master is a prequel, thus is listed before Puppet Master III).

3.2 Billion B.C.
Unknown Date: One Engineer sacrifices himself to seed Earth with the building blocks of life.

2996 B.C.
Unknown Date: The Yautja arrive on Earth, teach humans to build pyramids, and are worshipped as gods. An ancient civilization located in a huge cavern beneath the volcanic Bouvet Island grows to the height of its power.

2896 B.C.
October 10: The Yautja return to Earth and begin a hunting ritual in which several humans sacrifice themselves as hosts for Xenomorphs so that the Yautja may hunt them as a rite of passage. This ritual continues every one hundred years on the 10th of October. The Yautja activate their self-destruct mechanisms if overwhelmed by the Xenomorphs, which causes the destruction of some early human civilizations.

1705
June: The town of McKinley is discovered.

1718
Unknown Date:Pirate Captain Raphael Adolini must fight his mutinous crew and is aided by a Yautja referred to as the "Golden Angel". At the end of the encounter, the captain gifts the Yautja with his flintlock pistol with the engraving: "Raphael Adolini 1715".

1902
Unknown Date: The events of  Retro Puppet Master  occur.

1906
Unknown Date: The events of  Rise of the Lycans  occur.

1907
Unknown Date: Amanda Krueger is born.

1930
Unknown Date: The future Pamela Sue Voorhees is born.

1931
Unknown Date: Doctor Richard Vannacutt performs many experiments on mental patients, killing many of them. They then escape their cells and kill most of the staff (except five, who were not present). The gates were closed and Vannacutt and the the patients all died in the fire. During the asylum's rebuilding, many people unexplainedly died, dubbing the building as "The House on Haunted Hill."

1935
Unknown Date: Camp Crystal Lake is established by the Christy family.

1940
Unknown Date: The events of  The Beginning  occur.

December: Sister Mary Helena (Amanda Krueger) is locked in room in the psych ward at Westin Hills Sanitarium and is raped, conceiving Freddy.

1941
September: Fredrick "Freddy" Krueger is born. He is put in the abusive care of Mr. Underwood.

Unknown Date (before December): The events of  Toulon's Revenge  occur.

December 7: The events of  Axis of Evil  occur.

1944
October: The events of  Axis Rising  occur.

1946
June 13th: Jason Voorhees is born to Elias and Pamela Voorhees.

November 15: Judith Margret Myers is born.

1950
January 24th: Charles Lee Ray "Chucky" is born.

1956
Unknown Date: Freddy kills Mr. Underwood.

1957
Summer: Pamela Voorhees gets a job at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason falls in the water, and it is assumed he drowned, however, no body was found.

Unknown Date: The demon Pumpkinhead kills a unnamed man, which is witnessed by Ed Harley.

October 30: Michael Audrey Myers is born.

1958
Summer: Driven by grief over her son, Pamela Voorhees kills two camp counselors. The killer was not apprehended. Camp Crystal Lake then closed.

Unknown Date: Towns people of Ferren Woods see Pumpkinhead's son, Tommy and, convinced it is a demon, chase it and drop it over a mine, killing it.

1959
Unknown Date: Alice Hardy is born to Mr. Hardy and Mrs. Hardy.

1960
Summer: The events of It (Part 1)  occur.

1961
September 20: Laurie Myers is born.

Unknown Date: Freddy, now 20, marries Loretta and they move to his childhood home, 1428 Elm Street. Unknown Date: Maggie Burrows, born as Katheryn Krueger, is born to Freddy and Loretta Krueger. Unknown Date: Diana Voorhees is born to Elisa Voorhees and a woman who is not Pamela Voorhees.

1963
October 31 - Halloween: Michael Myers stabs his sister, Judith, multiple times, eventually killing her.

1965
August 3: Dennis and Pamela Strode adopt Laurie Myers, and raise her as there own. They change her last name to Strode.

Unknown Date: Chris Higgins is born.

1966
Unknown Date: Freddy murders his wife Loretta. Unknown Date: Freddy is arrested for the murder of teens in Springwood but is released after not being read his Miranda Rights and not having his arrest warrant signed. His daughter was taken from him. Unknown Date: The parents of Springwood burn Freddy. While he is burning, he is approached by the dream demons and given the ability to enter people's dreams. Unknown Dates: The events of  No More Mr. Nice Guy  and  Sister's Keeper  occur.

1972
Unknown Date: Tommy Jarvis is born.

1973
Summer: The events of  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre  occur.

1978
October 30: Michael Myers killed Marion Chambers and escaped the sanitarium he was at. He then went to Haddensfield, but killed a truck driver and stole his clothes on the way.

October 31 - Halloween: The events of  Halloween  and  Halloween II  occur.

1979
Friday, June 13th: The events of  Friday the 13th  occur.

June 14th: Jason, having never drowned, witnesses his mother's death at the hands of Alice Hardy, and takes her severed head, as well as sever articles of clothes, and the machete that killed her.

August: Jason Voorhees breaks into Alice Hardy's house and murders her.

October 30-31: The events of  Season of the Witch  occur.

1980
April 24: Jamie Lloyd is born.

Unknown Dates: The events of  The Shining  occur.

November 24: Laurie Strode moves to Summer Glen, California and changes her name to Keri Tate.

1981
March 9-16: The events of  A Nightmare on Elm Street  occur.

August 29: John Tate is born.

September 5: Clear Rivers is born to Mr. and Mrs. Rivers.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Evil Dead  occur.

Unknown Date: Jessica Kimble is born to Diana Voorhees and Mr. Kimble.

Unknown Date: Nancy Thompson moves from her house 1428 Elm Street. She begins to self medicate with hypnocil, an experimental dream repressing drug.

1982
September 25: Alex Browning is born to Barbara and Ken Browning.

Unknown Dates: The events of  Creepshow  occur.

November 9: Andy Barclay is born.

1984
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Tales from the Darkside  (season 1) occur.

May: Billy Hitchcock is born.

July 10-12: The events of  Friday the 13th Part 2  occur.

July 12-14: The events of  Friday the 13th Part III  occur.

July 14-16: The events of  The Final Chapter  occur.

December: The events of  Gremlins  occur.

1985
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Tales from the Darkside  (season 2) occur.

1986
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Tales from the Darkside  (season 3) occur. May: Tim Carpenter is born to Mr. and Nora Carpenter.

Unknown Date (Before Summer): The Crites (Critters) were taken to a maximum security outer space prison asteroid.

Summer: The events of  Critters  occur.

Summer: The events of  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  occur.

September: The events of  Freddy's Revenge  occur.

October 13: Tine Shepard accidentally uses her telekinetic powers to collapse the dock her father is standing on, drowning him.

Unknown Date: Jessie Walsh moves from 1428 Elm Street, and the house is abandoned and boarded up.

1987
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Tales from the Darkside  (season 4) occur. Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Friday the 13th: The Series  (season 1) occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dream Warriors  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hellraiser  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Creepshow 2  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Predator  occur.

Unknown Date: The three survivors of Freddy's third massacre are released from Westin Hills Sanitarium.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dolls  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hellbound  occur.

1988
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Monsters  (season 1) occur.

Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Friday the 13th: The Series  (season 2) occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Dream Master  occur.

Unknown Date: Jason Wise is born.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Main Course  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hell on Earth  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Scarecrows  occur.

Summer: The events of  Pumpkinhead  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Blob  occur.

October 30: After ten years of confinement, Michael Myers escapes Ridmount Federal Hospital.

October 31 - Halloween: The events of  The Return of Michael Myers  and  Night of the Demons  occur.

November 9-11: The events of  Child's Play  occur.

1989
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Monsters  (season 2) occur.

Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Friday the 13th: The Series  (season 3) occur.

Early 1989: The events of  Critters 3  occur.

Summer: The events of  A New Beginning  occur.

June: The events of  The Dream Child  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Puppet Master  occur.

October 31 - Halloween: The events of  The Revenge of Michael Myers  occur.

November 3: Halloween is officially banned in Haddensfield.

1990
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Monsters  (season 3) occur.

Unknown Dates: The events of  Tales from the Darkside: The Movie  occur.

Summer: The events of IT (Part 2)  occur.

Summer: The events of  Leatherface  occur.

September 12-13: The events of  Jason Lives  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Child's Play 2  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Curse of the Puppet Master  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The New Batch  occur.

1991
Unknown Date: The events of  Puppet Master II  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dollman  occur.

1992
Unknown Date: The events of  Demonic Toys  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dead by Dawn  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Bad Channels  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Army of Darkness  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Personal Demons  occur.

1993
July 12-14: The events of  The New Blood  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Demon  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dollman vs. Demonic Toys  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Blood Wings  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Final Chapter  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hate-Kill-Repeat  occur.

1994
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Freddy's Nightmares  (season 1) occur.

Early June: The events of  Jason Takes Manhattan  occur.

Unknown Dates: The events of  Mother's Day  occur.

October 31 - Halloween: The events of  Night of the Demons 2  occur.

Unknown Date: The Riverton Riper, a man suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder and schizophrenia murders his pregnant wife and therapist and his seven personalities are transferred into seven kids born that night.

Unknown Date: The events of  Jason's Curse  occur.

1995
Multiple Dates Through Year: The events of  Freddy's Nightmares  (season 2) occur.

October 30-31: The events of  The Curse of Michael Myers  occur.

Unknown Date: Mr. Carpenter dies in an accident.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Next Generation  occur.

1996
July 4: Benjamin Willis kills David Egan. Julie James, Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry William Cox hit a man and dump his body in a lake.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Carnival  occur.

1997
July 3-4: The events of  I Know What You Did Last Summer  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Predator 2  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Cube  occur.

October 31 - Halloween: The events of  The Scream Factory  and  Night of the Demons 3  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Road Trip  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hideous!  occur.

December: The events of  The Old Myers Place  occur.

1998
July 3-4: The events of  I Still Know What You Did Last Summer  occur.

Summer: The events of  The Mad House  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Child's Play 3  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of '' Bride of Chucky  occur. '' October 30: Keri Tate (Laurie Storde) learns of her daughter, Jamie Lloyd's, death.

October 31 - Halloween: The events of  Halloween H20  occur.

November 11: Laurie is charged with the murder of a paramedic.She is committed to Grace Anderson Sanitarium.

1999
January 18: Bobby Davis is killed by Freddy Krueger, and his brother, Mark Davis, is sent to Westin Hills.

Unknown Date (between January and June): Mrs. Campbell is killed by Freddy. Will Rollins is blamed and sent to Westin Hills.

Unknown Date: The events of  Totem  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  House on Haunted Hill  occur.

June 14-17: The events of  Freddy's Dead  occur.

After June 17: Freddy begins to search hell for "the most evil soul" to help resurrect him.

October 31 - Halloween: Laurie Strode is found on the road next to the sanitarium after attempting suicide. She has not spoken a word since being committed to the sanitarium.

2000
April 26-30: The events of  Final Destination 5  occur.

May (before the 13): William Bludworth gets promoted from undertaker to monition and opens Bludworth Funeral Homes.

May 13: The Volée Airlines Flight 180 explosion occurs, with Alex saving himself and six others.

June 21-24: The events of  Final Destination  occur.

Unknown Date: Any teens with knowledge of Freddy were taken to Westin Hills and forced to take Hypnocil.

Unknown Date: The events of  Inferno  occur.

December: Alex, Clear, and Carter visit Paris. Carter is killed by a falling sign.

2001
March: Alex Browning is killed by a falling brick. Clear Rivers commits herself to Stonybrooke Mental Asylum.

May 13-15: The events of  Final Destination 2  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  THIR13EN GHOSTS  occur.

October 31 - Halloween: Michael Myers returns to California to kill Laurie, to which he succeeds.

Autumn: Brian Gibbons is killed when his grill explodes.

2002
Unknown Date: The events of  Hypercube  occur.

Unknown Date (After June 14): The events of  Church of the Divine Psychopath  occur.

Unknown Dates: The events of  Jason Goes to Hell  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Ghost Ship  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hellseeker  occur.

October 16-31: The events of  Resurrection  occur.

2003
September: The events of  Freddy vs. Jason  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Legacy  occur.

Unknwon Date: The puppets are moved to the care of Andre Toulon's great-grandnephew Robert Toulon.

Unknown Date: The events of  Gothika  occur.

Unknown Date: A videogame is created about the Lament Configuration and Adam kills himself after becoming obsessed with it.

Unknown Date: The events of  Underworld  occur.

2004
Unknown Date: The events of  Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys  occur.

Unknown Dates: The events of  Alien vs. Predator  and  Requiem  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Seed of Chucky  occur.

2005
June: The events of  Final Destination 3  occur.

July 4: Amber Williams, Zoe Warner, Roger Pack, and Colby Patterson pull a prank, accidentally resulting in the death of P. J. Davis.

Summer: The events of  House of Wax  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dead Reckoning  occur.

November: Kimberly Corman and Thomas Burke meet in a hardware store, and are both killed by a malfunctioning woodchipper.

November: Train 081 crashes, and everyone on the train dies.

Unknown Date: The events of  Destination Zero  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Deader  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hell Lake  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  End of the Line  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Dead Man's Hand  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Gingerdead Man  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Jason Strain  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hellworld  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Carnival of Maniacs  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Looks Could Kill  occur.

2006
Unknown Date: The events of  Abominable  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Rise of Leslie Vernon  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Death of the Senses  occur.

Spring: The events of  Spring Break  occur.

July 1-4: The events of  I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer  occur.

Summer: The events of  The Hills Have Eyes  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Frozen  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hatchet  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hatchet II  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Hatchet III  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Sacrifice  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Ashes to Ashes  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Evil Bong  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Creepshow III  occur.

2007
July 4: Benjamin Willis murders Amber Williams.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Hills Have Eyes 2  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  King Bong  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Return to House on Haunted Hill  occur.

2008
Unknown Date: The events of  Passion of the Crust  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Creepshow RAW  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Strangers  occur.

December: The events of  Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash  and  The Nightmare Warriors  occur.

2009
January 6-27: The events of  The Final Destination  occur.

May 2: A group of young adults is killed by Jason, and Whitney is kidnapped by Jason.

After May 2: Whitney's mother dies, and her brother, Clay, begins to look for her.

June 13-14: The events of Friday the 13th (2009)  occur.

Unknown Date: Jason is captured by the Camp Crystal Lake Research Facility. Unknown Dates: The events of  Suffer the Children ,  Dreamspawn , and  Protégé  occur.

2010
Unknown Date: The events of  My Soul to Take  occur.

Unknown Date: It is decided that Jason should be chronologically frozen and moved to another facility for further examining. Jason escapes, but is knocked into the cryogenic freezing chamber, and stabs the door, also freezing Rowan LaFontaine.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Dream Dealers  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Devil  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Predators  occur.

2011
Unknown Date: The events of  Saturday Night Cleaver  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Revelations  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Blood Feud  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Wrath of Bong  occur. Unknown Date: The events of  Perchance to Dream  occur.

2012
Summer: The events of  The Cabin in the Woods  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  The Haunted Dollhouse  occur.

2013
May: The events of  Curse of Chucky  occur.

Summer: The events of  Evil Dead  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Texas Chainsaw  occur.

Unknown Date: The events of  Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong  occur.

November: Chucky is mailed to Andy Barclay

2015
Fecha desconocida: eventos los eventos de Evolución .

2017
November: The events of  Cult of Chucky  occur.

2024
Unknown Date: The sport of hockey is outlawed.

2027
Unknown Date: The events of  Awakening  occur.

2045
Unknown Date: The events of  Critters 4  occur.

2093
Unknown Date: The events of  Prometheus  occur.

2122
Unknown Date: The events of  Alien  occur.

2127
Unknown Date: The events of  Bloodline  occur.

2179
Unknown Date: The events of  Aliens  and  Alien3  occur.

2380
Unknown Date: The events of  Resurrection  occur.

2455
Unknown Date: The events of  Jason X  occur.

Unknown Dates: The events of  The Experiment  occur. Unknown Date: The events of  Planet of the Beast  occur. Unknown Date: The events of  Death Moon  occur. Unknown Date: The events of  To the Third Power  occur.