History Main / HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday

* The UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} High School massacre took place on April 20, leading to speculation that the killers were neo-Nazis, as that date was UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's birthday. Others have suggested that they scheduled their killing spree for April 20 so that the school's [[TheStoner stoners]] wouldn't be caught in the crossfire (they'd never had much of a problem with those kids). In truth, it was a defiance of this trope -- quite literally, as April 20, 1999, was a Tuesday. In his journal, Eric Harris wrote that he wanted the massacre to happen on an ordinary day at school rather than at some major event like the prom (which had taken place three days earlier) or a football game, feeling that it would more properly shock Americans out of their routine. Furthermore, the massacre was originally scheduled for the day before but had to be delayed because an order of ammunition only came late in the afternoon. That said, the fact that they originally scheduled the massacre for April 19 has also led to speculation that it was a reference to the Waco siege and the Oklahoma City bombing, especially given the killers' stated desire to "outdo" those events.

* ''Film/TheCrow'', where it's even said to be the day the dead come back to life - such as the protagonist.

* ''Film/MenInBlackII'' is implied to have started on July 4 (the film's release date)

* The film ''Film/SlayBelles'', which takes place around Christmas Eve, has three cosplaying women have their urban exploring adventure at an abandoned Santa-themed amusement park [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]] when they encounter [[TheKrampus the Christmas demon Krampus]], thus prompting them to get help from a casually dressed Santa Claus to stop the monster.

* ''Film/TalesOfHalloween'' a horror/comedy anthology

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulKnife2023'': A masker killer strikes on Christmas Eve. Then, in an alternate timeline one year later, he strikes again. Slightly subverted in that the text says that the killer is striking at other times of year too, we just don't see those kills.

* ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' takes place near Christmas despite it's tropical setting.

%%* ''Film/AmericanNightmare''

* Invoked in ''Film/TheMonsteSquad'', where the KidHero asks his dad to give him some money to go see a Groundhog Day-themed slasher film.

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It goes like this: You're at a nice Easter gathering with your family, when suddenly [[HairRaisingHare a deranged killer in a bunny mask]] starts stalking you. On April Fools Day, that guy you and your friends pulled [[DeadlyPrank a rather nasty prank]] upon is out to get you. On Halloween, [[ZombieApocalypse the dead rise from their graves]] and start to terrorize the neighborhood. And on Christmas, TheAntiChrist decides to be born.

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulKnife2023'': A masker killer strikes on Christmas Eve. Then, in an alternate timeline one year later, he strikes again.

** Calendar Man's entire schtick, especially his ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham Series]]'' incarnation who's effectively a holiday-themed serial killer. In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' he'll tell you about his previous murders if you visit him with your system clock set to certain holidays.

%%* ''Film/FinalExam''

%%* ''Brocéliande''

* ''Film/AHauntingInVenice'': On Halloween, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver convinces Poirot to attend a séance at the palazzo of famed opera singer Rowena Drake.

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* ''Film/BloodyHomecoming'' has a slasher dressed as a fireman stalking and killing teens at a homecoming dance.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons "The Dæmons"]] takes place around May Day, and involves {{the Master}} up to some attempts at, essentially, demon summoning.

* ''[[Film/{{Seance}} Séance]]'': The main characters hold a séance over Thanksgiving weekend. Three guesses as to how that turns out.

See also AttackOfTheTownFestival, RegularlyScheduledEvil, TwistedChristmas, AnAssKickingChristmas, ValentinesDayViolence, ABirthdayNotABreak, DiedOnTheirBirthday, DangerousSixteenthBirthday, PromWrecker, WeddingSmashers, SpecialOccasionsAreMagic, and [[HalloweenEpisode various]] [[ValentinesDayEpisode holiday]] [[ChristmasEpisode episodes]]. DidIMentionItsChristmas (or any other holiday) may be in effect for some of these. Contrast ButForMeItWasTuesday, although the name of that trope might have inspired this one's, as in, the difference between something evil one does every day and the kind reserved for specific days.

* ''Don't Go Near the Park'' about brother and sister immortal cannibals who need a [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteen-year-old virgin sacrifice]] to remove their curse.