Kevin Yagher

 Special effects makeup artist Kevin Yagher was born on June 23rd, 1962 in Lawrence, Kansas. 

Kevin Yagher

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Nightmare on Elm Street 2, 3, 4
and the Nightmare Series
created by Wes Craven

Child’s Play (1988) 
where he met wife Catherine Hicks
and Child’s Play 2 (1990)

Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
Starring John Kassir as the voice of Cryptkeeper

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

On September 13th, 1991 

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare was released in US theaters.

Tom Bradley, then mayor of LA, declared this day to be “Freddy Krueger Day”.

Directed by Rachel Talalay, who had produced many of the previous Freddy franchise entries, in her directorial debut.

She would go on to direct future films including Tank Girl (1995).

It was to be the last Freddy movie until Wes Craven’s reimagining 3 years later.    

The last 10 minutes of the original theatrical release was in 3D.

The effect was eliminated for VHS and television releases.

There is a laserdisc version out there with the 3D effect intact. 

Also, 1999 New Line Cinema DVD box set included the 10 minutes of 3D with two sets of glasses. I didn’t get the glasses with mine. I bought it at the Goodwill for 10 bucks. 

Related:

Wes Craven

Mortuary

Also on this date:

Barbara Bain was born in 1931

Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs. Jason was Released August 15th, 2003.

It is the highest grossing Friday movie and the second highest Nightmare. 

Katharine Isabelle 

It was the first Friday the 13th movie since 1988 not to feature Kane Hodder as Jason. 

Kane Hodder still technically made it into the movie in an interesting way:

Freddy Vs. Jason: How Kane Hodder Subtly Made It Into The Movie

Also on this date:

Ethel Barrymore born in 1879

Wes Craven

Wesley Earl Craven, creator of such classics as The last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The People Under the Stairs, the first 4 Scream movies and the Original Nightmare on Elm Street that spawned a franchise. 

Born on August 2nd, 1939. 

Wes Craven passed away 28 days after his 76th birthday in 2015. 

I’m trying to refrain from buying more crap but how cool is this? 

It’s the Nightmare franchise up to and including Wes Craven’s New Nightmare plus a bonus DVD entitled The Nightmare Series Encyclopedia.  

I found this 1999 New Line DVD set at the Goodwill recently and couldn’t pass it up.

Also on this date:

Apollonia Kotero was born in 1959