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On this day in horror…
1892. Basil Rathbone is born. Undoubtedly best known for his numerous outings as Sherlock Holmes, Rathbone has contributed to the horror genre through hils roles in: Queen of Blood, The Black Cat, Tales of Terror, The Black Sleep, Son of Frankenstein; and the impossibly titled The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini!
1943. [...]
On this day in horror…
1956. Keith David is born. Multi-award winning actor David has contributed to the horror genre through roles in such films as: They Live, Pitch Black, Coraline, The Grave and perhaps most memorably for me, as Childs in John Carpenter’s The Thing.
1964. Sean Pertwee is born. Pertwee has been a staple of [...]
On this day in horror…
1939 sees the birth of Sir Ian McKellen. Known to many for his roles as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films and as Magneto in the X-Men franchise, McKellen has contributed to the horror genre through his roles in such films as The Keep, the upcoming The Curse of [...]
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1955. Kevin Peter Hall is born. 6’5″ Hall featured in genre films: Without Warning, One Dark Night and Prophecy. However, Hall’s greatest contribution to the genre comes from his performance as the titular character in Predator and Predator 2.
1980 sees the theatrical release of Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th. [...]
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1958 sees the US theatrical release of Terence Fisher’s Dracula. Starring genre legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, this film was released in the US under the title Horror of Dracula and was the first of the Hammer Horror films.
1978. Former model Josie Maran is born. Maran has starred in 2006′s [...]
On this day in horror…
1944 sees the birth of Italian film director Lamberto Bava. Grandson of cameraman Eugenio Bava and son of director Mario Bava; Lamberto Bava was worked with the likes of Italian horror legends Dario Argento and Ruggero Deodato. Bava is the man behind such films as Delirium, Ghost Son, Black Sunday; and [...]
