Looker

Michael Chrichton’s Looker was released on October 30th, 1981.

Looker

Susan Dey and Albert Finley

Leigh Taylor-Young and James Coburn

Terri Welles

Also on this date:

Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast aired live in 1938

Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman was born on October 29th, 1928 in Oakland, CA.

Benjamin F. Chapman, Jr. 
(1928-2008)

Gill-man in Jack Arnold’s
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
with Ricou Browning covering the 
underwater stunts

With Julie Adams

Also 

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special premiered in 1976

Annie Potts

Annie Potts was born October 38th, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee.  

Anne Hampton Potts

Corvette Summer (1978)
with Mark Hamill 

Heartaches (1981)
with Margot Kidder

Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters (1984)

Pretty in Pink (1986)

Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters II (1989)

Also on this date:

Elsa Lanchester was born in 1902

Ivan Reitman

 Ivan Reitman was born on October 27th, 1946 in Komárno, Czechoslovakia.

Ivan Reitman (1946-2022)

Cannibal Girls (1973)
with Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin

Meatballs (1979)

Stripes (1981)
with P.J. Soles

Ghostbusters (1984)
with Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts

A scene from Ghostbusters II (1989) 
referencing Reitman’s earlier movie
on the marquee. 

With daughter and actor
Catherine Reitman

Also on this date:

It’s the Great pumpkin, Charlie Brown premiered in 1966

Holly Woodlawn

 Holly Woodlawn was born on October 26th, 1946 in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.

Holly Woodlawn (1946-2015)

Best known for her work with Andy Warhol, she is also the subject of the first verse of Lou Reed’s 1972 song “Walk on the Wild Side”.  

Trash (1970)

Women in Revolt (1971)
with Candy Darling and
Sissy Spacek in her first movie as an extra

Also on this date:

Jackie Coogan was born in 1914

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Taylor Mead

Billy Barty

Billy Barty was born on October 25th, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania.

William John Bertanzetti
(1924-2000)

In 1957 Billy founded the Little People of America association.

Soup to Nuts (1930)
with Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine 
and Ted Healy

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
with Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, 
Ernest Thesiger and Dwight Frye

Under the Rainbow (1981)
with Carrie Fisher

Jackie Kong’s Night Patrol (1984)
with Linda Blair

Legend (1985)

Willow (1988)

Also on this date:

John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered in 1978

Motel Hell

Motel Hell was released on October 24th, 1980.

Motel Hell 

The Black Comedy/Horror movie was directed by Kevin Connor.

Nancy Parsons and Rory Calhoun

Nina Axelrod

Roseanne Katon

John Ratzenberger

Also on this date:

John Kassir (voice of the Cryptkeeper) was born in1957

Prince of Darkness

 Prince of Darkness was released On October 23rd, 1994. 

Prince of Darkness

Considered by director John Carpenter to be the 2nd movie of his “apocalypse trilogy” including The Thing (1982) with Keith David and In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with Sam Neill

Donald Pleasence

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10/23/1978 - Sid Vicious Suicide Attempt