OCTOBER 10
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Charles Dance (TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED [1979], HIDDEN CITY, OUT OF THE SHADOWS, THIS LIGHTENING ALWAYS STRIKES TWICE, GOLDENEYE [1989], FIRST BORN [1988], THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [1990], ALIEN3, CHINA MOON, DESOVÍO AL PARAÍSO, THE SURGEON, UNDERTOW, MICHAEL COLLIINS, REBECCA [1997], FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, GOSFORD PARK, CITY AND CRIMES, SWIMMING POOL, LAST RIGHTS [2005], BLEAK HOUSE, AGATHA CHRISTIE MARPLE: BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS, SCOOP, FALLEN ANGEL [TV], STRIKE BACK [TV], PARIS CONNECTIONS, NEVERLAND [TV - 2011], GAME OF THRONES [TV], UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, ST. GEORGE'S DAY, SECRET STATE [2012], THE IMITATION, DRACULA UNTOLD, VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, GHOSTBUSTERS [2016], UNDERWORLD: BLOODWARS, ) is 72.
Look for Charles upcoming 2019 Horror Thriller, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS.

OCTOBER 9
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Dan Dillard (DEMONS AND OTHER INCONVENIENCES, WHAT TANGLED WEBS) is around 60 I'd guess.
Actor Jodelle Ferland (SOLE SURVIVOR, DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS, THEY, KINGDOM HOSPITAL [TV], TIDELAND, SILENT HILL, Masters of Horror: THE V WORD, THE MESSENGERS, SEED, CASE 39, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, ICE QUAKE, THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, THE TALL MAN, PARANORMAN, CRAZY TURKS IN ACTION, RED, THE UNSPOKEN, DARK MATTER [TV], NEVERKNOCK, DARKEN: BEFORE THE DARK) is 24.
Jodelle shares an October birthday with her THE CABIN IN THE WOODS alumni, Sigourney Weaver
Producer Sharon Osbourne (OZZFEST 2000, WE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR ROCK AND ROLL, THE OSBOURNES [TV], OZZFEST: 10th ANNIVERSARY and more) is 65.
Actor Michael Paré (EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS [& 2], STREETS OF FIRE, THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, SPACE RAGE, WORLD GONE WILD, DRAGON FIGHT, MOON 44, SUNSET HEAT, THE DANGEROUS, SOLAR FORCE, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED [1995], RAGING ANGELS, THE COLONY [1996], CARVER'S GATE, BAD MOON, 2103: THE DEADLY WAKE, FALLING FIRE, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, SPACE FURY, SANCTIMONY, PERIL, BLACKWOODS, FATE, STARHUNTER [TV], GARGOYLE, KOMODO VS. COBRA, BLOODRAYNE [all], SAURIAN, SEED [2007], POLYCARP, FURNACE, DARK WORLD, 100 FEET, ALONE IN THE DARK 2, FAR CRY, AMPHIBIOUS 3D, THE LINCOLN LAWYER, GONE [2012], THE PHLADELPHIA EXPERIMENT [TV - 2012], ROAD TO HELL, SUDDENLY, AWAKEN [2015], BONE TOMAHAWK, THE VATICAN TAPES, SICILIAN VAMPIRE, ABATTOIR) is 60.
Writer Lorelie Shannon (VERMIFUGE AND OTHER TOXIC COCKTAILS, RAGS AND OLD IRON, THE BLOOD OF THE FATHER Series, POSSUM KINGDOM) is about 68 I think.
this Writer / Director / Producer said all he wants to DO is make Horror movies!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
Writer / Director / Producer Guillermo del Toro (CRONOS, MIMIC, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, BLADE II, HELLBOY, PAN'S LABYRINTH, HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, EL ORFANATO, RAGE, SPLICE, JULIA'S EYES, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, THE HOBBIT [all], MAMA, PACIFIC RIM, THE STRAIN [Novel & TV]) who is 55. Watch for Del Toro's upcoming 2019 Horror Thriller SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK.

OCTOBER 8
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
She played Hollywood's first kick-ass monster killer and woman as hero*,
Actor Sigourney Weaver (ALIEN, EYEWITNESS, GHOSTBUSTERS, ALIENS, HALF MOON STREET, GHOSTBUSTERS II, ALIEN 3, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, COPYCAT, ALIEN: RESURRECTION, GALAXY QUEST, THE VILLAGE, AVATAR, ABDUCTION, THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, RED LIGHTS, VAMPS, GHOSTBUSTERS [2016], A MONSTER CALLS, THE DEFENDERS [TV]) is 68 today.
IMDb says that AVATAR 2 and 3 is filming right now.
*FeoNote for the purists: This title could have gone to Jamie Lee Curtis for HALLOWEEN in 1978 - but despite her gunplay on Michael Meyers (and his subsequent immolation and beheading to name a few) he never dies! Throughout the sequels, Curtis' character of Laurie Strode remains a victim of her antagonist while Weaver's Ripley destroys all who threaten her.
SUNDAY -
Actor Shawn Ashmore (THE X-MEN [all], BLOOD MOON, THE QUIET, SOLTICE, THE RUINS, FROZEN, MOTHER'S DAY, THE DAY, BREAKING THE GIRL) is 38.
Look for his upcoming Horror Thriller for 2012, .
Actor Dylan Baker (RADIOLAND MURDERS, DISCLOSURE, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, THE CELL, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, ALONG CAME A SPIDER, CHANGING LANES, SPIDER-MAN 2, THE MATADOR, HIDE AND SEEK, FIDO, SPIDER-MAN 3, TRICK 'R TREAT, DAMAGES [TV]) is 58.
Composer Marco Beltrami (INHUMANOID, SCREAM [all], MIMIC, THE FACULTY, DRACULA 2000, RESIDENT EVIL, BLADE II, TERMINATOR 3, HELLBOY, I, ROBOT, CURSED, RED EYE, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, THE OMEN [2006], CAPTIVITY, THE INVISIBLE, VIKAREN, THE EYE, AMUSEMENT, IN THE ELECTRIC MIST, KNOWING, THE HURT LOCKER, REPO MEN, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, SCREAM 4, THE THING [2011], STAB 6: GHOSTFACE RETURNS, SNOWPIERCER, WARM BODIES, CARRIE, WORLD WAR Z, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, THE WOLVERINE) is 51.
Make-up & SFX artist Screaming Mad George (POLTERGIEST II: THE OTHER SIDE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3, PREDATOR, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, THE ABYSS, SOCIETY, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, CHILDREN OF THE CORN III, JACK FROST, FAUST, PROGENY, BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR) is 62
SATURDAY -
Producer Albert Bravo (LA LLARONA [THE WAILER], GURDIAN, LA LLARONA 2 [THE WAILER 2], PRIMITIVE RECALL, GURDIAN, REALITY TERROR NIGHT) is 42. (E.C.McMullen Jr. did the Special Make-up Effects on PRIMITIVE RECALL).
Actor Scarlett Byrne (HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS [Part 1 and 2], LAKE PLACID: THE FINAL CHAPTER, SORORITY MURDER, FALLING SKIES [TV], THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV]) is 28.
Mystery Writer Betty Sullivan La Pierre (THE HAWKMAN series, DEADLY THORN, MURDER.COM, IN FOR THE KILL) is so old that she keeps her age a secret.
Actor Wendy Robie (TWIN PEAKS [TV], THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN, DEVIL IN THE FLESH, THE DENTIST 2, THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS, LOST VOYAGE) is 65.
Actor Jeremy Sisto (THE CREW, HIDEAWAY, OAKLAND UNDERGROUND, SUICIDE KINGS, ANGEL EYES, MAY, WRONG TURN, ONE POINT O, METHOD, DEAD & BREAKFAST, POPULATION 436, THE THIRST, UNKNOWN, BROKEN, ROSENKRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD, HANGMAN, THE RETURNED [TV], H8RZ, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, ) is 44.

OCTOBER 5
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer, Director, and Artist Clive Barker (THE BOOKS OF BLOOD, WEAVEWORLD, IMAGICA, HELLRAISER, NIGHTBREED, CANDYMAN, THE THIEF OF ALWAYS, COLD HEART CANYON, ABARAT, VALERIE ON THE STAIRS, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, DREAD, ABARAT: ABSOLUTE MIDNIGHT, INCARNATE [TV], HELLRAISER; REVELATIONS) who is 66.
Short story Horror writer Jack "Jackula" Haringa is of unknown age. But it's still his birthday.
Singer Brian Johnson (BACK IN BLACK, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK, WHO MADE WHO, STIFF UPPER LIP, FLICK OF THE SWITCH, FLY ON THE WALL) is 70.
Actor Guy Pearce (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, RAVENOUS, MEMENTO, THE TIME MACHINE, FIRST SNOW, THE HURT LOCKER, IN HER SKIN, THE ROAD, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, PROMETHEUS, LOCK OUT, IRON MAN 3, EQUALS, BRIMSTONE, SPINNING MAN) is 50.
Writer, Director Ti West (THE ROOST, TRIGGER MAN, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, CABIN FEVER 2, THE INNKEEPERS, V/H/S [segment], THE ABCs OF DEATH [segment], THE SACRAMENT, IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE) is 38.

OCTOBER 4
ON THIS DAY TWO CLASSICS WERE BORN!
They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH! ...

Pits the dead against the living in a struggle for survival!

So George A. Romero and John Russo's modest B movie was born into our world on this day in 1968, changing Horror cinema for the next 50 years.

Countless zombie and Horror movies made around the world have followed this formula as carefully as Vampire movies have followed F. W. Murnau's creation of vampires dying in sunlight (NOSFERATU).

In fact, Romero's inspiration for this movie came directly from watching Vincent Price in THE LAST MAN ON EARTH.

The Vincent Price movie was a Science Fiction story about a Vampire disease that changed nearly all of humanity, and the last remaining human and scientist who has to live with the fact that he created it. This tale was from Richard Matheson's novella, I AM LEGEND, and Matheson would go on to say that NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was the closest that any movie ever came to his original vision.

6 years later on this day in 1974,

Who will survie and what will be left of them?

America's most bizarre and brutal crimes!...

Tobe Hooper burst onto the scene with one of the most startling slasher movies ever made.

Drawing inspiration from the Ed Gein murders in Plainfield, Wisconsin (this true crime also inspired PSYCHO and THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, to name a few), Tobe and co-writer Kim Henkel, transplanted the tale to their home state of Texas, thus insuring that many people would believe that such a thing actually happened in Texas.

What's more, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE was the birth of the silent hulking, seemingly indestructable, murderous masked figure that became a subgenre of the Horror movies and stories (HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY THE 13th).

And

QUICK BITE
From Fathom Events -
George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
Celebrate 50 years of Living Dead by seeing the completely restored and remastered version of Night of the Living Dead in theaters. The iconic film that started the zombie genre and shaped modern horror movies as we know and love them today. Directed by horror legend, George A. Romero, the film is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

Full article at Fathom Events.

Plus

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Brian Hodge (THE DARKER SAINTS, PROTOTYPE, WORLD OF HURT, DEATHGRIP) is 58.
Goth Model/Actor Heidi Van Horne (CLEAN, ANGELS DIE SLOWLY) is 41. today. Visit her at Heidi Van Horne.
Writer Anne Rice (Books: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS, THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, MEMNOCH THE DEVIL, TALTOS, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, THE BODY THIEF, THE VAMPIRE ARMAND, MERRICKBLOOD AND GOLD, ANGEL TIME) is 77.
Actor Liev Schreiber (SCREAM [all], PHANTOMS, SPHERE, TWILIGHT [1998], HAMLET, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [2004], THE OMEN [2006], X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, REPO MEN, SALT, THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE LAST DAYS ON MARS) is 51.
Liev shares an October birthday with fellow SCREAM alumni, Neve Campbell.

OCTOBER 3
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Neve Campbell (THE DARK, THE CANTERVILLE GHOST, THE CRAFT, SCREAM [all], WILD THINGS, BLIND HORIZON, THE GLASS MAN, AN AMISH MURDER) is 45.
Actor Seth Gabel (THE Da VINCI CODE, FRINGE [TV], JONAH HEX, ALLEGIANCE [2012], ARROW [TV], GOTHICA [2013], AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV], SALEM [TV]) is 37.
Actor Lena Headey (WATERLAND, GOSSIP, RIPLEY'S GAME, THE BROTHERS GRIMM, THE CAVE, 300, THE BROKEN, LAID TO REST, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, GAME OF THRONES, DREDD, THE PURGE, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, ) is 45.
Actor Clive Owen (SECOND SIGHT, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD, SIN CITY, DERAILED, INSIDE MAN, CHILDREN OF MEN, THE INTERNATIONAL, DUPLICITY, TRUST, INTRUDERS, SHADOW DANCER, VA;ERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS) is 54.
Look for Clive in the 2019 Thriller, GEMINI MAN.
Actor Noah Schnapp (STRANGER THINGS [TV], LEGEND OF HALLOWAIIAN) is 14.
Actor Tessa Thompson (WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, VERONICA MARS [TV], THE INITIATION OF SARAH, HIDDEN PALMS, EXQUISITE CORPSE, RED AND BLUE MARBLES, MURDER ON THE 13TH FLOOR, 666 PARK AVENUE, THOR: RAGNAROK, ANNIHILATION, WESTWORLD [TV]) is 35.
Director Denis Villeneuve (INCENDIES, PRISONERS, ENEMY, ARRIVAL, BLADE RUNNER 2049) is 51.

OCTOBER 2
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Camilla Belle (DECONSTRUCTING SARAH, POISON IVY II, THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, THE QUIET, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, PUSH, THE AMERICAN SIDE, THE MAD WHALE) is 32.
Actor Krisondra Daigneault (SILENT NIGHT, ZOMBIE NIGHT, HORRORWEEN, THE OATMEAL MAN) is 24.
Actor Lew Temple (SIN: THE MOVIE, PARASITE DOLLS, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, THE VISITATION, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING, DEJA VU, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, HOUSE [2008], TRAILER PARK OF TERROR, NO MAN'S LAND: THE RISE OF REEKER, SOMEONE'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR, SILENT NIGHT, ZOMBIE NIGHT, THE KILLING JAR, UNSTOPPABLE, THE WALKING DEAD [TV], MoniKa, HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN SECRETS, ZOMBEX, WICKED BLOOD, DESIERTO, WICKED CITY [TV], HOME, 31, THE ENDLESS, FERAL, SELLING ISOBEL, BEHIND THE WALLS, ) is 51.
Look for Lew's upcoming 2019 Thriller, COME, SAID THE NIGHT. Also tentatively scheduled for 2019 is, LIMBO, SAME DIFFERENCE, and BECOMING,
Actor Maribel Verdú (LA ESTANQUERAS DE VALLECAS, EL BESO DEL SUEÑO, TUNO NEGRO, TIEMPO DE TORMENTA, JERICHO MANSIONS, EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO, EL NIÑO DE BARRO, LA ZONA, TETRO, FIN, BLANCANIEVES) is 48.

OCTOBER 1
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Michelle Bauer (aka Pia Snow aka Kim Bittner aka Michelle McClellan in THE TOMB [1986], ROLLER BLADE [1986], ARMED RESPONSE, TERROR NIGHT, BEVERLY HILLS VAMP, JIGSAW MURDERS, NIGHT OF THE LIVING BABES, OVERKILL, WARLORDS, SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA, DEATH ROW DINER, HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS, DEMONWARP, NIGHTMARE SISTERS, THE PHANTOM EMPIRE, CAMP FEAR, PUPPET MASTER III: TOULON'S REVENGE, THE SUMMONED, HELLROLLER, EVIL TOONS, THE FLESH MERCHANT, THE DWELLING, DEMENTED, VAMPIRE VIXENS FROM VENUS, RED LIPS, WITCH ACADEMY, BLONDE HEAVEN, MARI-COOKIIE AND THE KILLER TARANTULA, LUST FOR FRANKENSTEIN, TIMEGATE: TALES OF THE SADDLETRAMPS, DR. ALIEN, TOMB OF THE WEREWOLF, THE NAKED MONSTER, WHISPERS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE, GINGERDEAD MAN 2, VOODOO DOLLZ, 1313: WICKED STEPBROTHER, THE TROUBLE WITH BARRY) is 60.
Actor Danielle Bisutti (AUTOMATIC, TROPIX, VENICE UNDERGROUND, CURSE OF CHUCKY, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, NANNY KILLER) is 42.
Actor Holly Elissa (SPOOK, ALIEN INCURSION, WHISTLER [TV], POLAR STORM, SOMETHING EVIL COMES, ICE QUAKE, COLLISION EARTH,THE 12 DISASTERS OF CHRISTMAS) is 39.
Writer Gary Frank (FOREVER WILL YOU SUFFER, INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY) is 54.
I knew Gary before I knew MySpace, and you can visit him at AuthorGaryFrank.
Gary has a short story featured in the Horror Thriller anthology, FEAR THE REAPER, edited by Joe Mynhardt.
SATURDAY -
Actor Luke Goss (NINE TENTHS, BLADE II, FRANKENSTEIN [2004], COLD AND DARK, CHORES, UNEARTHED, BONE DRY, HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, ANNIHILATION EARTH, THE DEAD UNDEAD, DEATH RACE 2, PRESSED, 7 BELOW, INSIDE, DEATH RACE: INFERNO, LOST TIME, THE NIGHT CREW, CROSSING POINT) is 50.
Look for Luke in the 2018 Horror Thrillers, EXTRACURRICULAR and THE LAST BOY. Also look for Luke in the 2014 movies, LOST TIME, BEYOND JUSTICE and ARTISTS DIE BEST IN BLACK.