16 November 2021

Night of the Comet

 On November 16th, 1984 Night of the Comet was released in US theaters. 



Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart

Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran had previously starred in Eating Raoul together in 1982.

On this date:

Night Patrol was also released in 1984

15 November 2021

Licensed to Ill

 On November 15th, 1986 Adam “MCA” Yauch, Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz released Licensed to Ill. 

4 months later the debut album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts with 6 songs in the top 10 and four #1 hits. 

Young Beasties with a beardless Rick Rubin


Also on this date:

Yaphet Kotto was born in 1939

14 November 2021

Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos was born on November 14th, 1939. 

The reclusive, transgender composer and electronic music pioneer has worked with Stanley Kubrick on scores for A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. 

Earlier albums bore the title of her given name. 

She collaborated with “Weird Al” Yankovich on a comical adaptation of Peter and the Wolf. 


Carlos’ debut album in 1968


Also on this date:

Castle Freak was released in 1995

13 November 2021

The Invisible Man (1933)


On November 13th, 1933, The Invisible Man was released in US theaters. There was a sequel in 1940 entitled The Invisible Man Returns starring Vincent Price.


Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart


Also on this date:

Tom Atkins was born in 1935

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12 November 2021

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

 On November 12th, 1976, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble premiered on ABC.


John Travolta and Glynnis O’Connor

P. J. Soles

Also on this date:

Tom Atkins was born in 1935

11 November 2021

Vincent Schiavelli

 Vincent Schiavelli was born on November 11th, 1948. 

Often cast in supporting roles as a character actor.

Nearly a hundred credits between television and film.

Vincent Schiavelli (1948-2005)

Schiavelli as Schiavelli in his first role in Taking Off (1971)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest  (1975)

As a teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) with Pheobe CatesAmanda Wyss,
Taylor Negron and Kelli Maroney

…and again in Better Off Dead (1985)
with Curtis Armstrong
Taylor Negron, 
E.G. Daly and Amanda Wyss

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai 
Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
with John Lithgow 

The subway Ghost (1990)

Also on this date:

Donna Wilkes was born in 1958

10 November 2021

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



09 November 2021

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

 On November 9th, 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night was released in theaters, immediately triggering a bunch of squares. 

Protests ensued and the movies was taken out of most theaters in less than two weeks. In that short time it grossed 2.4 million and briefly outperformed Nightmare on Elm Street, which was in theaters at the same time. 

Robert Brian Wilson as (18 year old) Billy Chapman

Linnea Quigley about to get the point
Catatonic grandpa’s big scene

Also on this date:

Child’s Play 2 was released in 1990