John Carpenter

 John Carpenter was born on January 16th, 1948 in Carthage, New York. 

John Carpenter 

The filmmaker / artist / producer is responsible for a long list of successful horror, action and science fiction movies. 

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles and Nancy Loomis
in Halloween (1978)

The Fog (1980)
with Jamie Lee Curtis 
and Tom Atkins

Escape From New York (1981)
with Tom Atkins 
and Ernest Borgnine

The Thing (1982)
with Keith David

Christine (1983)

Prince of Darkness (1987)
with Donald Pleasence

They Live (1988) 
with Keith David

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
with Sam Neill

With collaborator Debra Hill

With Hill and special effects artist Rob Bottin
on the set of The Fog

the Coupe de Villes
John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace

The John Carpenter Band

Relevant:

John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin 

Nancy Loomis

 Nancy Kyes, known professionally as Nancy Loomis, was born on December 19th, 1949. 

Nancy Kyes

Known mostly for her work in John Carpenter films.

She is the only actor to be featured in the first 3 Halloween movies, Halloween, Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. 

Nancy with P.J. Soles and Jamie Lee Curtis

She was also in Carpenter’s The Fog and Assault on Precinct 13. 

Assault on Precinct 13

Janet Leigh and Nancy Loomis in The Fog (1980)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
with Tom Atkins

She was married to Tommy Lee Wallace, another Carpenter collaborator, and they have two children together. 

Wallace and Loomis

Relevant:

John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin 

Debra Hill

 Debra Hill was born in Haddonfield, NJ on November 10th, 1950. 

Debra Hill (1950-2005)

The producer and writer worked on many classic films such as The Dead Zone (1983), Clue, Adventures in Babysitting and Big Top Pee Wee. 

Hill and Carpenter

She often collaborated with John Carpenter on films such as Escape From New York, Escape from LA and The Fog (1980). Together they developed the original Halloween film as co-writer’s and Hill produced the first three movies of the franchise. 

John Carpenter, Debra hill and Rob Bottin
on the set of The Fog (1989)

Tommy Lee Wallace and Debra Hill

Also on this date:

Russell Johnson was born in 1924

George Romero’s Creepshow was released in 1982

Relevant:

John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin 

Halloween (1978)

 On October 25th, 1978 Halloween premiered at AMC Empire Theater in Kansas City , Missouri.

Written, directed and scored by John Carpenter for a mere $10,000 / 10% profit. Co-written by producer and frequent collaborator Debra Hill. Edited by Tommy Lee Wallace.

Starring Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis and Jamie Lee Curtis in her debut role. 

Will Sandin plays a young, unmasked Michael at the beginning of the movie. Nick Castle stars as The Shape (or masked Michael Myers) and Tony Moran (Erin Moran’s brother) as unmasked Michael at the end of the movie. Tommy Lee Wallace also appears as Michael in the closet scene. 

Will Sandin

Nick Castle

Tony Moran 

Tommy Lee Wallace

Also on this date:

Billy Barty was born in 1924

Relevant:

John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin