John Kassir

John Kassir was born on October 24th, 1957.

The stand up comedian and actor is known for his voicing of the Cryptkeeper on Tales from the Crypt (1989-2002)

Also on this date:

Kevin Connor’s Motel Hell starring Rory Calhoun and Nancy Parsons was released in 1980 

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Cassandra Peterson

Carrie Fisher

 Carrie Fisher was born on October 21st, 1956.

Rest In Peace 

Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)

Under the Rainbow (1981)
with Billy Barty

Rik Mayall and Carrie Fisher 
in Drop Dead Fred (1991)

Also on this date:

The Dead Zone premiered in 1983

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi was born on October 20th, 1882 in Lugoj, Romania. 

Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)

Bela as Jesus in a 1916 Debrecen,
Hungary theater production. 

Dracula (1931)

With Helen Chandler in Dracula (1931)

Island of Lost Souls (1932)
with Charles Laughton 
and Kathleen Burke

White Zombie (1932)
with Madge Bellamy and Robert Frazer

The Corpse Vanishes (1942) 
with Angelo Rossitto

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Directed by Ed Wood

Also on this date:

Play Misty For Me (Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut) premiered in 1971

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7 (technically 9) Pretty Good Vampire Movies

Son of Dracula

Salem’s Lot 

Ed Wood

Boris Karloff 

Max Schreck

Gloria Holden

Amanda Bearse

Susan Sarandon 

David Robert Mitchell

David Robert Mitchell (born October 19th, 1974) has written and directed 3 full length feature movies. 

A low key coming of age drama, a critically acclaimed horror movie and a batshit neo-noir thriller. 

3 movies, each very different than the other. 

His next project is set to be a superhero story entitled Heroes and Villians. 

The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)

It Follows (2014)

Under the Silver Lake (2019)

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John Lithgow was born in 1945

Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder was born on October 17th, 1948 in Yellowknife, Canada.

Margaret Ruth Kidder (1948-2018)

Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974)
with Doug McGrath and Olivia Hussey 

Superman (1978)

The Amityville Horror (1979)
with Josh Brolin

Heartaches (1981)
with Annie Potts 

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Julie Adams was born in 1926

Flea

Flea was born on October 16th, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia.

Michael Peter Balzary 

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Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)

Freaky Styley 

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Tim Robbins was born in 1958

Tanya Roberts

Tanya Roberts 

Born October 15th, 1955

Tanya Roberts (1955-2021) 

Tourist Trap (1979)

The Beastmaster (1982)
directed by Don Coscarelli

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984)

Purgatory (1988)

That 70’s Show (1998-2004)

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Lynn Lowry was born in 1947

Eve March

 Eve March was born on September 27th, 1910 in Fresno, California.

Eve March (1910-1974)

The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway premiered in 1975 starring Eve Plumb

Anna Karina

Born September 22nd, 1940. 

Frequent collaborator, muse and one time spouse of Jean-Luc Godard.

Anna Karina passed on December 14th, 2019.

Also on this date:

Toni Basil was born in 1943

Maurice Barrymore

 

Herbert Arthur Chamberlain Blythe, known by his stage name Maurice Barrymore, was born September 21st, 1849.

Maurice Barrymore (1849-1905)

The patriarch of the Barrymore acting family emigrated to America in 1874 and married actress Georgiana Drew in 1876.

Great-grandfather and great-grandmother of Drew Barrymore.

Father to Lionel, Ethel and John Barrymore.

Maurice and Georgiana Drew Barrymore

Georgiana Drew 
with Ethel, Lionel and John Barrymore

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Nick Castle was born in 1947

Asia Argento

 Asia Argento was born on September 20th, 1975 n Rome, Italy.

Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento 

Also on this date:

Robert Rusler was born in 1965

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Dario Argento

Adam West

 Adam West was born on September 19th, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington.

Adam West (1928-2017)

Batman (1966-1968)
In the ring with Frank Gorshin as the Riddler

Also  on this date:

Mariangela Melato was born in 1941

Bong Joon-ho

 Bong Joon-ho was born on September 14th, 1969 in Darby, South Korea.

Bong Joon-ho

The Host (2006)

Snowpiercer (2013)
with Tilda Swinton

Okja (2017)
with Tilda Swinton

Parasite (2019)

Also on this date:

Sam Neill was born in 1947

Cynthia Meyers

 Cynthia Myers was born September 12th, 1950.

Cynthia was Playboy’s playmate of the month December 1968. 

She also starred as Casey Anderson in Russ Myers’ 

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970).

Also on this date:

The Monkees TV show premiered on NBC in 1966

Art Lefleur

Art Lefleur was born on September 9th, 1943

He’s just one of those actors that when you see them on screen you think to yourself, 

“Damn, that dudes in everything.” 

Since the internet has ate your brain you grab for the nearest device and start scrolling through his IMDB page and you realize that he was, in fact, “in everything”.

I mean he’s no Stephen Tobolowsky... but...

The Hollywood Knights (1980)

Jekyll & Hyde ...together again (1982)

The Blob (1988)

The Sandlot (1993)

Cobra (1986)

This 2010 independent comedy horror looks interesting. 

It’s directed by and stars Ford Austin (in dual roles) and features Art Lefleur as a doctor and Harland Williams as God. 

Dahmer vs Gacy (2010)

Also on this date:

Grotesque was released in 1988