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1964 – Sean Whalen is born. Whalen has appeared in several genre films most notably, Idle Hands, Robert Hall’s Laid To Rest and perhaps his best known genre role, that of Roach in Wes Craven’s The People Under The Stairs.
1987 – Jayne Wisener is born. Irish-born Wisener has popped up in [...]
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1924 – Priscilla Pointer is born. Pointer has appeared in films such as Twilight Zone: The Movie, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud. Pointer also appeared in Brian De Palma’s Carrie playing the on-screen mother of her actual daughter, Amy Irving.
1962 – [...]
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1941, Grace Zabriskie is born. Zabriskie is notable for her work with David Lynch and appeared in his 1990 road movie, Wild At Heart and as Laura Palmer’s grieving mother, Sarah, in Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Zabriskie has also enjoyed roles in Child’s Play 2 and [...]
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1944. Danny Trejo is born. Physically imposing, with a grizzled demeanour and colourful past, Trejo is purpose-built for genre work! He has starred in horror films such as: From Dusk Till Dawn, Dark Games, The Devil Inside, Predators, Rob Zombie’s Halloween; and will be seen in the upcoming Dead in Tombstone.
1979. [...]
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1912. Writer and director Andre De Toth is born. Known for his slew of B-movies and westerns, De Toth directed Terror Night and also House of Wax starring Vincent Price. Interestingly, De Toth would never have been able to enjoy his 3D creation House of Wax since he lost an eye [...]
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1951. Robert Zemeckis is born. Perhaps best known for the Back To The Future franchise and directing Forrest Gump, Zemeckis has contributed to the genre through his directorial work on What Lies Beneath, Death Becomes Her; acting as producer on: House of Wax, Gothika, The Reaping, Ghost Ship and House on [...]
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1935. Werewolf of London gets its US theatrical release. At the time, the film flopped after being deemed too similar to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. However, it is now considered a classic and allowed Jack Pierce an effective test-run for the make-up which is similar in style to that which [...]
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1930. Jesus Franco is born. More commonly known as Jess and noted for his near-pornographic horror work, writer, director and actor Franco has contributed to the genre such works as: Vampyros Lesbos, Bloody Moon, Devil Hunter, The Bloody Judge, A Virgin Among the Living Dead, Oasis of the Zombies, Necronomicon and [...]
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1935. Doug McClure is born. Star of many Saturday afternoon favourites from my childhood such as: The Land That Time Forgot, At The Earth’s Core and Warlords of Atlantis, McClure has contributed to the genre through his roles in films such as: Satan’s Triangle, Humanoids from the Deep and The House [...]
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1948 sees the birth of Meg Foster. Foster has starred in genre offerings such as: Leviathan, 1980′s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, John Carpenter’s They Live; and will be seen in Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem.
1977 marks the passing of Oscar-winning actress Joan Crawford whose contribution to the horror genre [...]
