The Day The Earth Stood Still

The Day The Earth Stood Still premiered September 18th, 1951 in New York City. 

Klaatu, barada, nikto

Lock Martin as Gort and Michael Rennie as Klaatu

Also on this date:

Häxan premiered in Sweden in 1922

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The Outer Limits

Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson was born on September 17th, 1951

aka Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

She recently published her memoirs, “Yours Cruelly, Elvira” and a new movie marathon premiered on Shudder September 25th, 2021.

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
with Edie McClurg

Also on this date:

Dolores Costello was born in 1903

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John Kassir

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits television series premiered on September 16th, 1963 on ABC. 

The Outer Limits (1963-1965)

The Galaxy Being (S1E1)

Also on this date:

Ed Begley Jr. was born in 1946

Relative: 

The Day The Earth Stood Still

The Twilight Zone

Dr. Know

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

Gary Miller aka Dr. Know

Dr. Know with Bad Brains

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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)

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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