With Friday the 13th, it's better to fully check your brain at the door...especially with Friday the 13th Part 2.

As on-the-nose as it may be, the Friday the 13th horror franchise has been extremely lucrative for Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers and Victor Miller, the screenwriter credited with its creation.

The only Friday the 13th is year is here. We explain how the superstition came to be and how many more 13th are in your ...

Why do some people fear Friday the 13th? Historians differ on the origin of 13 as an unlucky number and some argue it relates to the point that at the Last Supper, 13 people were present and the ...

Closer to home, in 2009, the £13.5 million SAW ride at Thorpe Park had its opening premiere on Friday 13th, only to be shut down due to a computer-programming fault.

On Friday 13th in 1976, he decided to just stay in bed for the day, only to be killed when the floor of his apartment block collapsed under him.

On Friday, October 13th in 1972, a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew crashed into the Andes Mountains in Argentina. On board were 19 members of the Uruguayan Old Christians rugby union team ...

Irish superstitions on Friday the 13th - Random superstitions It is not safe to pick up an unbaptized child unless you make the sign of the cross. If you stand up and your chair falls over you ...

Why 'magical thinking' is key in Friday the 13th superstitions. Stevens also talked about how the day is an example of "magical thinking." Stevens said that he likes to think of the superstition ...

YOU MAY HAVE noticed that today is Friday the 13th. For some, it’s just another Friday. For others, it’s a date steeped in superstition and approached with extra caution.

Friday the 13th is known for bad luck in general, but there are some common fears associated with the day: Breaking a mirror: Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck.