On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: Discovery (2019)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 5. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: The First Duty.

Released March 28, 1992.

Directed by Paul Lynch.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Naren Shankar, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ray Walston, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ed Lauter, Richard Fancy, Jacqueline Brookes, Wil Wheaton, Walker Brandt, Shannon Fill, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Louise Bale, Brian Bennett, Cigi Britton, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Hal Donahue, Star Halm, Kamilyn Kaneko, Jacquelyn Masche, Christina Wegler Miles, Richard Rothenberg, John Alex Tampoya, Dena Weyman.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Perpetual Infinity.

Released March 28, 2019.

Directed by Maja Vrvilo.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan B. McElroy, Brandon Schultz, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Peck, Alan Van Sprang, Sonja Sohn, Kenric Green, Rachael Ancheril, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Arista Arhin, George Alevizos, Nicole Dickinson.

On this day in movie history - Phantasm (1979 movie & book):

Phantasm

directed and written by Don Coscarelli,

was released in the United States on March 28, 1979.
Music by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave.

Cast:

A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie Kalbus, Kenneth V. Jones, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman-Rossi, David Arntzen, Ralph Richmond, Bill Cone, Laura Mann, Mary Ellen Shaw, Myrtle Scotton, Angus Scrimm, Dac Coscarelli, Kate Coscarelli.

Recommended reading:

Phantasm - The Novel

By Kate Coscarelli.

Based on the Original Screenplay by Don Coscarelli.

ASIN: B000NGVKQ4

Published by Pulp Xmachina.

Published 2002.

Description:

Young Mike Peterson has a problem.

His brother Jody is about to hit the road, two years after the tragic death of his parents. Terrified of being left alone by the one person he holds most dear, Mike becomes obsessed with shadowing his brother, peeping in on bar-hopping and midnight make-out sessions.

Until one gloomy morning, his snooping turns up more than he could have imagined: the horrifying, ancient secret of THE TALL MAN. And as the terrors mount, each unfolding like the twisted threads of some bizarre fever dream, the line between fantasy and reality blurs, setting Mike and Jody off on a desperate spiral of adventure and madness... until the final horror must be confronted within the darkest depths of a nightmare that never ends.

PHANTASM, is it a fantasy? An illusion? Whatever it is... if this novel doesn't scare you, you're already dead!

On this day in movie history – The Birds (1963 movie & book):

The Birds

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Evan Hunter,

based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier,

was released in the United States on March 28, 1963.

Cast:

Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman, Joe Mantell, Doodles Weaver, Malcolm Atterbury, John McGovern, Karl Swenson, Richard Deacon, Elizabeth Wilson, Bill Quinn, Doreen Lang, Morgan Brittany, Darlene Conley, Valerie Ferdin, Betsy Hale, Alfred Hitchcock, Dal McKennon, Mike Monteleone, Bob Morgan, Renn Reed, Arnold Roberts, Jeannie Russell, Bill Scully, Rory Stevens, Tomm Wells, Mitch Zanich.

Recommended reading:

The Birds and Other Stories

By Daphne du Maurier.

Filmed as The Birds (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Published by Time Warner Books.

First published 1952.

Paperback.

ASIN: 1844080870

ISBN-10: 9781844080878

ISBN-13: 978-1844080878

Description:

'How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . . '

A classic of alienation and horror, 'The Birds' was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natural world.

The mountain paradise of 'Monte Verità' promises immortality, but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera and into his subject's life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; and a jealous father finds a remedy when three's a crowd . . .

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 27.
Episode entitled: Hideout.
Released March 28, 1958.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Merwin Gerard.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, Stacy Graham, Dick Miller, Paul Newlan, Terry Burnham, DeForest Kelley, William Hudson, Paul Comi, Ferris Taylor.