Dr. Know

Happy Birthday to Dr. Know, born September 15th, 1958

Gary Miller aka Dr. Know

Dr. Know with Bad Brains

Also on this date:

Henry Silva was born in 1928

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Richard Hell

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

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

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

Dick Tracy

 

On September 11th, 1950 Dick Tracy premiered on ABC. 

Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy

Because of its popularity among children the network faced immediate backlash concerning the shows portrayal of violence. 

Also on this date:

E. G. Daly was born in 1961

True Romance

 

True Romance was released September 10th, 1993

Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. 

Starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette  

Featuring an endless parade of top notch support including Gary Oldman and Chris Penn.

Also on this date:

Amy Irving was born in 1953

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

Psycho (1960)

 On September 8th, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was released nationwide. 

Anthony Perkins

Janet Leigh

Also on this date:

Star Trek: The Original Series first aired in 1966