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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Larry Bishop (WILD IN THE STREETS, THE DEVIL'S 8, ANGEL UNCHAINED, SHANKS, THE BIG FIX, C.H.O.M.P.S., MAD DOG TIME, UNDERWORLD [1996], KILL BILL VOL. 2, HELL RIDE, FORGOTTEN PILLS, ADRENOCHROME) is 70.
Larry shares a birthday with MAD DOG TIME alumni, Billy Drago and Billy Idol.
Actor Elisha Cuthbert (ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? [TV], BELIEVE, HOUSE OF WAX, THE QUIET, CAPTIVITY, 24 [TV], THE FORGOTTEN [TV]) is 36.
Actor Billy Drago (CUTTER'S WAY, INVASION U.S.A., VAMP, HUNTER'S BLOOD, FREEWAY, DARK BEFORE DAWN, PRIME SUSPECT, SECRET GAMES, LADY DRAGON 2, CYBORG 2, THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR., DRIFTING SCHOOL, MIRROR MIRROR III, LUNAR COP, PHOENIX, BLOOD MONEY, SCI-FIGHTERS, A DOLL IN THE DARK, CONVICT 762, MIRROR MIRROR IV, DESERT ROSE, TRIGGER HAPPY, TREMORS 4, FORT DOOM, CHARMED [TV], DEMON HUNTER, BLOOD RELIC, SEVEN MUMMIES, Masters of Horror: IMPRINT, THE HILLS HAVE EYES [2006], THE DEAD ONE, REVAMPED, ZOMBIE HUNTERS, COPPERHEAD, DARK MOON RISING, GHOST TOWN, WORLD'S END, CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS, LOW GROUNDS: THE PORTAL) is 71.
Actor Nancy Everhard (DOUBLE REVENGE, DEMONSTONE, DEEPSTAR SIX, THE TRIAL OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE PUNISHER [1989], THE CHINA LAKE MURDERS, URBAN LEGENDS: BLOODY MARY) is 61.
Musician Billy Idol (Music: REBEL YELL, WHIPLASH SMILE, CHARMED LIFE, CYBERPUNK, DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. Movie: TRIGGER HAPPY, HEAVY METAL 2000) is 63.
Artist, Writer, Director, Producer Brian Pulido (LADY DEATH, THE GRAVES) is 57.
Director Henry Selick (THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, CORALINE) is 66.
Writer Scott Sigler (INFECTED, CONTAGIOUS, ANCESTOR, THE STARTER, THE ROOKIE, BLOOD IS RED, NOCTURNAL) is around 57 or something.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Kim Delaney (HUNTER'S BLOOD, THE DRIFTER, SOMETHING IS OUT THERE, HANGFIRE, BODY PARTS, THE FIFTH CORNER, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CHRISTINA, THE FORCE, PROJECT: METALBEAST, TALL, DARK AND DEADLY, DARKMAN II, SERIAL KILLER, TEMPTRESS, CLOSER AND CLOSER, ALL LIES END IN MURDER, THE DEVIL'S CHILD, MISSION TO MARS, CSI: MIAMI [TV], 10.5, 10.5: APOCALYPSE) is 57.
Kim shares a November birthday with BODY PARTS alumni, Jeff Fahey.
Look for Kim in the upcoming 2019 Horror movie, TONE-DEAF.
Actor Jeff Fahey (PSYCHO III, THE SERPENT OF DEATH, IMPULSE, BODY PARTS, IRON MAZE, THE LAWNMOWER MAN, WOMAN OF DESIRE, TEMPTATION, FREEFALL, SERPENT'S LAIR, DARKMAN III: Die Darkman Die, LETHAL TENDER, DETOUR, REVELATION, THE SCULPTRESS, UNSPEAKABLE, DARK HUNTERS, CORPSES, THE EDEN FORMULA, GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR, LOST [TV], BED AND BREAKFAST, MACHETE, TERROR TRAP, ELDORADO IN 3D, SUSHI GIRL, GUN, GIRLS, AND GAMBLING, TORNADO WARNING, THE SACRED, REWIND, BENEATH, THE LAST LIGHT, TOO LATE, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: The Series [TV], URGE, and far more) is 64.
For 2019, Look for Jeff's upcoming Mystery, INTRIGO: SAMARIA , his Thriller, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, and his Horror, REQUIEM.

Actor Janina Gavankar (THE GATES [TV], ARROW [TV], TRUE BLOOD [TV], THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV], THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA [TV], THE VANISHING OF SYDNEY HALL [TV], SLEEPY HOLLOW [TV], THE WHITE ORCHID) is 38.
Look for Janina in the upcoming 2019 Thriller, CORTEX.
Actor Lauren German (DEAD ABOVE, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [2003], Rx, BORN KILLERS, HOSTEL: PART II, MATING DANCE, DARK COUNTRY, THE DIVIDE, LUCIFER [TV]) is 40.
Actor, Producer David William No (INVINCIBLE, REIGN IN DARKNESS, SUBTERANO, THE MATRIX RELOADED, FEED, TAE-POONG [Typhoon], TEMPLAR: HONOR AMONG THIEVES) who is 44.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Director Joe Dante (PIRANHA, THE HOWLING, GREMLINS, GREMLINS 2, "EERIE, INDIANA" [TV], HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE, HOMECOMING, THE SCREWFLY SOLUTION, THE HOLE, SPLATTER [TV], BURYING THE EX) is 71.
Look for Joe's upcoming Horror comedy for 2019, MONSTER CINEMA.
Is this next birthday boy moving his career in the direction of Horror Thriller, or is it being moved for him? Whatever the case, since 2007, he's been going in that direction.
Actor Ryan Kwanten (DEAD SILENCE, TRUE BLOOD [TV], RED HILL, FLIGHT 7500) is 42.
Look for his upcoming Thriller for 2019, KILL CHAIN.
Actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead (WOLF LAKE [TV], MONSTER ISLAND, THE RING TWO, FINAL DESTINATION 3, BLACK CHRISTMAS [2006], GRINDHOUSE: DEATH PROOF, THE THING [2011], ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, THE RETURNED [TV], 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, BRAIN DEAD [TV]) is 34.
Look for Mary in the upcoming 2019 Thrillers, THE PARTS YOU LOSE and GEMINI MAN.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Director Katheryn Bigelow (NEAR DARK, BLUE STEEL, STRANGE DAYS, THE WEIGHT OF WATER, THE HURT LOCKER, ZERO DARK THIRTY) is 67.
Kathryn shares a birthday with her STRANGE DAYS alumni, William Fichtner.
Actor Sharlto Copley (DISTRICT 9, EUROPA REPORT, ELYSIUM, OPEN GRAVE, OLDBOY [2013], MALEFICENT, HARDCORE HENRY, POWERS [TV]) is 46.
Sharlto shares a birthday with his ELYSIUM alumni ...
Actor William Fichtner (VIRTUOSITY, STRANGE DAYS, SWITCHBACK, PASSION OF MIND, EQUILIBRIUM, ULTRAVIOLET, FIRST SNOW, THE DARK KNIGHT, THE BIG BANG, DRIVE ANGRY, PHANTOM, ELYSIUM, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [2014], INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, THE NEIGHBOR, TRAFFIK, ARMED) is 62.
Look for William's 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019? Thriller, St. SEBASTIAN, Produced and Directed by Danny DeVito.
William shares a birthday with his STRANGE DAYS alumni, Kathryn Bigelow, his ELYSIUM alumni, Sharlto Copley, and with his THE DARK KNIGHT and INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, alumni, Chin Han.
Actor Gerrit Graham (STRANGE HOMECOMING, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, STRANGE NEW WORLD [1975], TUNNEL VISION, DEMON SEED, CLASS REUNION, THE CREATURE WASN'T NICE, TERROR VISION, CHOPPING MALL, RATBOY, IT'S ALIVE III, C.H.U.D. II: BUD THE CHUD, MARTIANS GO HOME, CHILD'S PLAY 2, NIGHT OF THE CYCLONE, PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT II, THE WASP WOMAN [TV - 1995], GARGOYLES [TV - 1995], CAOTICA ANA, COVE ROAD) is 69.

Actor Chin Han (THE DARK KNIGHT, 2012, CONTAGION, THE SIXTH GUN, THE LAST RESORT, ARROW [TV], SERANGOON ROAD [TV], CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE, GHOST IN THE SHELL [2017], ) is 48.
Look for Chin in the upcoming 2014 Thriller, .
Visual Effects Artist Garman Herigstad (X-MEN, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, BEOWULF, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, RA.ONE, ENDER'S GAME) is 61.
Actor Alec Newman (DUNE [TV], LONG TIME DEAD, CHILDREN OF DUNE, FRANKENSTEIN [TV - 2004], DARK SHADOWS [TV - 2005], REICHENBACH FALLS, THE FIFTH PATIENT, THE GENE GENERATION, SILENT WITNESS [TV], A LONELY PLACE TO DIE, THE HEAD HUNTER, THE SNOWMAN, STRIKE BACK [TV]) is 45.
Writer Jeremy C. Shipp (VACATION, SHEEP AND WOLVES, FUNGUS OF THE HEART, CURSED, THE SUN NEVER RISES IN THE BIG CITY, ATTIC CLOWNS, BEDFELLOW, THE ATROCITIES) is 38. Visit Jeremy at JeremyCShipp.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Peter Facinelli (ANGELA, SUPERNOVA, TEMPTED, THE SCORPION KING, SIX FEET UNDER [TV], HOLLOW MAN II, DAMAGES [TV], TWILIGHT [ALL], GALLOWS HILL, THE DAMNED, FREEZER) is 45.
Peter shares a November birthday with TWILIGHT alumni, Billy Burke.
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Actor Billy Burke (DON'T LOOK DOWN, KOMODO, AFTER IMAGE, ALONG CAME A SPIDER, 24 [TV], FORFEIT, FRACTURE, UNTRACEABLE, TWILIGHT [all], LUSTER, REMOVAL, DRIVE ANGRY, RED RIDING HOOD, TICKET OUT, FREAKY DEAKY, REVOLUTION [TV], LIGHTS OUT, ZOO [TV]) is 52.
Actor Katie Cassidy (THE LOST, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, BLACK CHRISTMAS [2006], SUPERNATURAL [TV], TAKEN, HARPER'S ISLAND, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET [2010], ARROW [TV], THE SCRIBBLER, WOLVES AT THE DOOR, COVER VERSIONS) is 33.
SFX Artist / Writer / Director / Producer Robert Kurtzman (FROM BEYOND, EVIL DEAD II, PREDATOR, PHANTASM II, DEEPSTAR SIX, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5, TREMORS, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, ARMY OF DARKNESS, NEW NIGHTMARE, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, SPAWN, THE NIGHT FLIER, PHANTOMS, THE FACULTY, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THE GREEN MILE, GHOSTS OF MARS, CABIN FEVER, HULK, TREMORS 4, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, 2001 MANIACS, HOSTEL, THE WOMAN, HOSTEL III, JOHN DIES AT THE END, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, IT FOLLOWS, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE [TV], and much more) is 54.
Actor Tracey Walter (THE FIFTH FLOOR, THE HAND, TIMERIDER, REPO MAN, CONAN THE DESTROYER, MORTUARY ACADEMY, OUT OF THE DARK, BATMAN, THE TWO JAKES, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, NOT OF THIS WORLD, LIQUID DREAMS, DELUSION, CYBORG 2, THE COMPANION, FIST OF THE NORTH STAR, DESPERATE MEASURES, BELOVED, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, FACADE, FACE VALUE, IMPOSTER, TED BUNDY, MONSTER MAKERS, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [2004], WASTING AWAY, TRAILER PARK OF TERROR, DARK REEL, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE [2010], ALYCE KILLS, MIDNIGHT SON, 31) is 71.
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Actor Denise Crosby (ELIMINATORS, MIRACLE MILE, PET SEMATARY, DOLLY DEAREST, RELATIVE FEAR, MUTANT SPECIES, DREAM MAN, PUMPKIN MAN [TV], DEEP IMPACT, LEGEND OF THE PHANTOM RIDER, MORTUARY, BORN, INVASION ROSWELL, THE WALKING DEAD [TV], DARK INTENTIONS, THE WATCHER, THE DOCTOR'S CASE, ) who is 60.
Look for Denise in the 2019 Horror movie, ITSY BITSY.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Maxwell Caulfield (THE SUPERNATURALS, MIND GAMES, PROJECT ALIEN, SUNDOWN: The Vampire In Retreat, DANCE WITH DEATH, WAXWORK II, ANIMAL INSTINCTS, MAXIMUM FORCE 2, ALIEN INTRUDER, THE PERFECT TENANT, FACING THE ENEMY, CRY OF THE WINGED SERPENT, NIGHTMARE CITY: 2035, DIRE WOLF) is 58.
Writer Joe Eszterhas (JAGGED EDGE, BETRAYED, BASIC INSTINCT, SLIVER, JADE) is 75.
Actor Oded Fehr (KILLER NET, THE MUMMY [1999], THE MUMMY RETURNS, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, CHARMED [TV], SCOOBY-DOO IN WHERE'S MY MUMMY?, SLEEPER CELL [TV], RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION, SUPER HYBRID, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, INESCAPABLE, COVERT AFFAIRS [TV], KAIJUDO: RISE OF THE DUEL MASTERS, STICHERS [TV], WHITE CHAMBER, THE FIRST [TV]), who is 48.
Oded shares a November birthday with his THE MUMMY alumni, Kevin J. O'Connor.
Our next birthday boy has made a career in that category that is one step below direct to video: direct to cable. Good luck finding a video, but you may catch him at 2 or 3 in the morning sometime on Cinemax or something.
Actor Franco Nero (I CRIMINALI DELLA GALASSIA, I DIAFANOIDI VENGONO DA MARTE, IL TERZO OCCHIO, LA MORTE VIENE DAL PIANETA AYTIN, GIORNATA NERA PER L'ARIETE, HITCH-HIKE, THE VISITOR, THE SALAMANDER, KAIMIKAZE 1989, THE GIRL, ALIEN TERMINATOR, DIE HARD 2, LA VOCE DEL SANGUE, MEGIDDO: The Omega Code 2, FUMATA BLANCA, DIE 8, BAD INCLINATION, BASTARDI, RASPUTIN, NEW ORDER, THE WOODS, JOHN WICK CHAPTER 2, and I've gotta stop here because ol' Franco has made over 160 freaking movies!) who is 72 and still going strong. If you are one of those Horror fans whose tastes cross over into Westerns or Crime Dramas, Franco's other flicks (DJANGO, DJANGO UNCHAINED) won't leave you wanting. With 160+ films under his belt, the man has made crap and classics.
Look for his upcoming Horror Thriller for 2014, MAMULA.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Jamie Campbell Bower (SWEENEY TODD [2007], ROCKnROLLA, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE PRISONER [TV - 2009], HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 & 2, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES) is 30.
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis (HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, PROM NIGHT, TERROR TRAIN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, ROAD GAMES, HALLOWEEN II, BLUE STEEL, HALLOWEEN H2O, VIRUS, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, VERONICA MARS, SCREAM QUEENS [TV], HALLOWEEN [2018]) is 60.
Look for Jamie in the upcoming 2019 Mystery, Thriller, AN ACCEPTABLE LOSS.
SFX Artist William "Bill" Forsche (THE GAME, CRITTERS, FROM BEYOND, DOLLS, THE LOST BOYS, THE OUTING, DEAD HEAT, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, HOWLING IV, SCANNERS II, SCANNERS III, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET [2010]) is 55.
Actor, Writer, Director Richard Stanley (HARDWARE, DUST DEVIL, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU [w/John Frankenheimer - 1996], VAMPIRE DIARY, THE ABANDONED, THE THEATER BIZARRE, THE PROFANE EXHIBIT, I AM LEGION, REPLACE) is 51.

Actor Scarlett Johanssen (EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, THE ISLAND, THE BLACK DAHLIA, THE PRESTIGE, THE SPIRIT, IRON MAN 2, THE AVENGERS, UNDER THE SKIN, HER, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, LUCY, AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, GHOST IN THE SHELL, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR) is 34.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Laura Harris (IT [TV], FOR THOSE WHO HUNT THE WOUNDED DOWN, MURDER AT MY DOOR, HABITAT, SUICIDE KINGS, THE FACULTY, THE MANOR, THE HIGHWAY MAN, THE CALLING, 24 [TV], DEAD LIKE ME [TV], A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, SEVERANCE, Stephen King's DEAD ZONE [TV], WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB [TV], DEFYING GRAVITY [TV], FINAL SALE, THE PRIVILEGED) is 43.
Actor Ming-Na Wen (TERMINAL VOYAGE, SPAWN: THE ANIMATED SERIES [TV], SPAWN 3: ULTIMATE BATTLE, FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN, THE BATMAN [TV], VANISHED [TV], PROM NIGHT, PUSH, SGU: STARGATE UNIVERSE [TV], EUReKA [TV], SUPER CYCLONE, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., THE DARKNESS [2016]) is 56.
Actor Kayla Perkins (LAST BREATH, HELL-EPHONE, THE LEGACY, HALLOWEEN HOMECOMING, HELL HOUSE [2009], SANTA CLAUS VS. THE ZOMBIES, IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS, RED RIVER, POINT PLEASANT, THE GIRL, PARADISE, CRY FOR REVENGE, LAST BREATH, THE KILLBILLIES, NIGHTMARE FUEL, CYCLICAL EFFECT, KILL GRANNIE KILL, BLOODY SISTERLY LOVE, HELL NIGHT: THE SUMMONING, THE WICKED ONE) is 25.
Actor Sean Young (BLADE RUNNER, A KISS BEFORE DYING, FOREVER, LOVE CRIMES, ONCE UPON A CRIME, BLUE ICE, MODEL BY DAY, MIRAGE, DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE, EVIL HAS A FACE, EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, THE INVADER, MOTEL BLUE, NIGHT CLASS, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, THREAT OF EXPOSURE, BEFORE I SAY GOODBYE, 1ST TO DIE, IN THE SHADOW OF THE COBRA, A KILLER WITHIN, THIRD MAN OUT, HEADSPACE, THE DROP, THE GARDEN, HAUNTED ECHOES, PARASOMNIA, HAUNTED ECHOES, JUGFACE, GINGERCLOWN, COMPLICITY, MY TRIP BACK TO THE DARK SIDE, DARLING, BONE TOMAHAWK, POLICE STATE, ESCAPE ROOM, BLADE RUNNER 2049, DARK ASCENSION, ) is 59.
Look for Sean's upcoming SciFi Thriller for 2019, AXCELLERATOR.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
SFX Artist Paul Campion (THE LORD OF THE RINGS [all], CONSTANTINE, SIN CITY, THE DA VINCI CODE, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, DORIAN GRAY, CLASH OF THE TITANS [2010]) is 51.
Actor Jodie Foster (THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, SHADOWS AND FOG, PANIC ROOM, FLIGHTPLAN, INSIDE MAN, THE BRAVE ONE, ELYSIUM) is 56. Jodie was the voice of Pugsly Addams in the 1973 animated series THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Boy! The things you can learn on imdb!
Actor Kathleen Quinlan (WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE?, THE MISSING ARE DEADLY, NIGHTMARE IN BLOOD, AIRPORT '77, I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE, BLACKOUT, WARNING SIGN, MAN OUTSIDE, TRAPPED, STRAYS, LAST LIGHTPERFECT ALIBI, BREAKDOWN, EVENT HORIZON, THE RIVERMAN, THE DEAD WILL TELL, THE HILLS HAVE EYES [2006], HARM'S WAY, AFTER) is 64.

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Writer Derek Clendening (THE BETWEEN YEARS, THE VAMPIRE WAY, THE BREEDING) is 57 or something.
Horror Writer Kristy Dark (PINE LODGE, ILLUMINATI, MYSTERY WRITER 13), is around 57. Visit her at her official website KristyDark.com.
Writer Alan Moore (Comics: THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN II, THE COURTYARD, SWAMP THING, THE WATCHMEN, SPAWN: Evolution, FROM HELL. Movies: THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, WATCHMEN) is 59.
Writer Lyda Morehouse (ARCHANGEL PROTOCOL, FALLEN HOST, MESSIAH NODE, APOCALYPSE ARRAY) is 52 or something.
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Actor/Stuntwoman Zoe Bell (KILL BILL [both], POSEIDON [2006], DEVIL'S DEN, PENNY DREADFUL, DEATH PROOF, PLANET TERROR, LOST [TV], REFLECTIONS, GAMER, THE FINAL DESTINATION, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, RAZE, IRON MAN 3, OBLIVION, THOR: RAGNAROK, FRESHWATER, PARADOX) is 40.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Gemma Atkinson (NIGHT WOLF, AIRBORNE, DEVIL'S PASS, NIGHT OF THE LIVING 3D DEAD, CAIN HILL) is 34.
Actor Kimberly J. Brown (VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU, HALLOWEENTOWN [TV], HALLOWEENTOWN II: KALABAR'S REVENGE [TV], HALLOWEENTOWN HIGH [TV], BIG BAD WOLF) who is 34.
Actor Clu Gulager (MYSTERY IN DRACULA'S CASTLE [TV], RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2, THE OFFSPRING, THE HIDDEN, HUNTER'S BLOOD, UNINVITED, TEEN VAMP, THE WILLIES, THE KILLING DEVICE, THE PUPPET MASTER 5, FEAST [all], PIRANHA 3DD, DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY: TERROR OF FRANKENSTEIN, CHILDREN OF THE CORN: RUNAWAY) who is 89.

Actor Ona Grauer (HOUSE OF THE DEAD, DEEP EVIL, CATWOMAN, ALONE IN THE DARK, FIREWALL, THE COLLECTOR [TV], YETI: CURSE OF THE SNOW DEMON, ENCOUNTER WITH DANGER, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, V [TV], CULT, ELYSIUM, THE WHISPERS [TV]) is 43.
Actor Marg Helgenberger (DEATH DREAMS, THROUGH THE EYES OF A KILLER, THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, DISTANT COUSINS, WHEN LOVE KILLS, SPECIES, SPECIES II, GIVING UP THE GHOST, LETHAL VOWS, MR. BROOKS, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, UNDER THE DOME [TV]) is 60.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor J.C. Brandy (HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MEYERS, DOGSTAR, DEVIL IN THE FLESH, LUCINDA'S SPELL, PROMETHEUS BOUND, COMEDY HELL, PRANK, THE VICTIM, HAUNTED: 333) is 43.
Actor Jonny Lee (HACKERS, COMPLICITY, DRACULA 2000, THE ESCAPIST, MINDHUNTER, ÆON FLUX, ELI STONE [TV], DEXTER [TV], DARK SHADOWS [2012], BYZANTIUM, ELEMENTARY [TV]) is 46.
Actor Kevin J. O'Connor (EQUINOX, NO ESCAPE, COLOR OF NIGHT, VIRTUOSITY, LORD OF ILLUSIONS, GODS AND MONSTERS, DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING, SERAPHIM FALLS, FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE BEAST [TV], G.I.JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, THE MOB DOCTOR [TV], THE CLEANSE, 11.22.63 [TV]) is 55.
Look for Kevin in the upcoming 2019 Horror Thriller, CAPTIVE STATE. Plus EXORCISM AT 60,000 FEET.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Sandahl Bergman (SHE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, RED SONJA, PROGRAMMED TO KILL, HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, RAW NERVE, REVENGE ON THE HIGHWAY, NIGHT OF THE ARCHER, POSSESSED BY THE NIGHT, INNER SANCTUM IIICE CREAM MAN, SORCEROUS II) is 67.
Actor Olga Kurylenko (THE SNAKE, HITMAN, MAX PAYNE, THE ASSASSIN NEXT DOOR, CENTURION, TYRANNY [TV], MAGIC CITY [TV], OBLIVION, EMPIRES OF THE DEEP, VAMPIRE ACADEMY, NOVEMBER MAN, JUST A BREATH AWAY, THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, MARA) is 39.
Look for Olga in the upcoming 2019 Thrillers, THE TRANSLATORS, THE ROOM, and THE BAY OF SILENCE.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Tom Atkins (THE FOG, THE NINTH CONFIGURATION, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, HALLOWEEN III, CREEPSHOW, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, MANIAC COP, DUE OCCHI DIABOLICHI, STRIKING DISTANCE, BRUISER, OUT OF THE BLACK, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, DRIVE ANGRY) is 83.
Actor Gerard Butler (TALE OF THE MUMMY, DRACULA 2000, REIGN OF FIRE, LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: CRADLE OF LIFE, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, BEOWULF & GRENDEL, 300, TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER, GAMER, CORIOLANUS) who is 49. Watch for Butler's upcoming 2013 thriller, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN.
Actor Tracy Scoggins (WATCHERS II, PLAY MURDER FOR ME, TIMEBOMB, DEMONIC TOYS, DEAD ON, ALIEN INTRUDER, DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS, HELLBORN, THE STRANGE CASE OF DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, MR. HELL, OTIS, DANTE'S COVE [TV]) is 64.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Chesya Burke (CHOCOLATE PARK) is 42.
Visit her at her website, ChesyaBurke.com
Writer Greg F. Gifune (NIGHT WORK, JUDAS GOAT, THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, DOWN TO SLEEP, A VIEW FROM THE LAKE, HERETICS, SORCERER, DEEP NIGHT, DOMINION, KINGDOM OF SHADOWS, BLOOD IN ELECTRIC BLUE, THE BLEEDING SEASON, SAYING UNCLE, LONG AFTER DARK, CHILDREN OF CHAOS, DRAGO DESCENDING) is 51.
Actor Radha Mitchell (PITCH BLACK, WHEN STRANGERS APPEAR, PHONE BOOTH, VISITORS, SILENT HILL, ROGUE, SURROGATES, THE CRAZIES, SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D SACRIFICE, EVIDENCE, FROZEN GROUND, THE DARKNESS [2016]) is 45.
Writer Gord Rollo (CRIMSON, THE JIGSAW MAN, STRANGE MAGIC, VALLEY OF THE SCARECROW) is 51.
SFX Artist, Chet Zar (THE BLOB [1988], CELLER DWELLER, DARKMAN, BLOOD SALVAGE, GHOST IN THE MACHINE, STIR OF ECHOES, PLANET OF THE APES [2001], THE RING, THE CAVE, THE RING TWO, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, ALTERED, ONE MISSED CALL, NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR) is 51.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Eric Dane (CHARMED [TV], FEAST, X-MEN III: THE LAST STAND, OPEN WATER 2: ADRIFT, GREY LADY, THE LAST SHIP [TV]) is 46.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Producer Elizabeth Avellan (EL MARIACHI, DESPERADO, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN [all], THE FACULTY, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, CURANDERO, GRINDHOUSE, DEATH PROOF, PLANET TERROR, PREDATORS, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR) is 59.
Elizabeth shares a birthday month with THE FACULTY alumni, Famke Janssen and Robert Patrick.

Producer Boaz Davidson (DOG WATCH, OUTSIDE OZONA, BRIDGE OF DRAGONS, THE 4TH FLOOR, COLD HARVEST, SPIDERS, CROCODILE, OCTOPUS, COLD HEART, SPIDERS II, REPLICANT, OCTOPUS 2, PANIC, CROCODILE 2, SHARK ATTACK 3, RATS, ALIEN HUNTER, SHARK ZONE, MANSQUITO, THE EXPENDABLES, DRIVE ANGRY, and lots more) is 75.
Actor Jessica Lowndes (Masters of Horror: DANCE OF THE DEAD, AUTOPSY, THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY, ALTITUDE, THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL, A MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE) is 25.
Actor Dania Ramirez (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, ILLEGAL TENDER, QUARANTINE, HEROES [TV], PREMIUM RUSH, ABATTOIR) is 39.
Actor Chris Rankin (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, EXPLODE, CHAPTER TWO, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATH HALLOWS PART 2, GRACIE) is 35.
Actor Tara Reid (A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT, I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED, URBAN LEGEND, CRUEL INTENTIONS, DEVIL'S POND, ALONE IN THE DARK, THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, INCUBUS, VIPERS, THE FIELDS) is 43.
SFX Artist Colin Strause (VOLCANO, THE X FILES, THE GLASS HOUSE, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, CONSTANTINE, VENOM, THE FOG [2005], ÆON FLUX, POSEIDON [2006], X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, 300, THE INVASION, AVPR: ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM, JUMPER, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, 2012, AVATAR, THE BOOK OF ELI, IRON MAN 2, JONAH HEX, SKYLINE, BATTLE LOS ANGELES, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, THE AVENGERS, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2) is 42.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Yunjin Kim (SWIRI, YESTERDAY, DIARY OF JUNE, SEVEN DAYS, LOST [TV], THE NEIGHBORS, MISTRESSES) is 45.
Actor Michael Papajohn (PREDATOR 2, NAKED SOULS, ERASER, SPAWN, SPIDER-MAN, HULK, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, SPIDER-MAN 3, I KNOW WHO KILLED ME, TERMINATOR SALVATION, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, JONAH HEX, DRIVE ANGRY, THE BOURNE LEGACY, ESCAPE PLAN, DEVIL'S DUE, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, NIGHTCRAWLER, JURASSIC WORLD, AMERICAN ULTRA, NOCTURNA, COLD MOON, JEEPERS CREEPERS III) is 54.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor, Writer Trace Beaulieu (MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 [TV], MSTK3: THIS ISLAND EARTH) is 60.
Producer Susan Downey (GHOST SHIP, GOTHIKA, HOUSE OF WAX, THE REAPING, THE INVASION, ROCKNROLLA, ORPHAN, WHITEOUT, SHERLOCK HOLMES [2009], THE BOOK OF ELI, IRON MAN 2, UNKNOWN, SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, THE FACTORY) is 45.
Actor Thandie Newton (INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, LOADED, BELOVED, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE, SHADE, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, CRASH, ROCKNROLLA, 2012, VANISHING ON 7th STREET, RETREAT, WESTWORLD [TV]) is 46.
Actor Rebecca Romijn (X-MEN, ROLLERBALL, FEMME FATALE, X2, THE PUNISHER, GODSEND, X3: The Last Gasp, EASTWICK) is 45.
Look for Rebecca in the 2019 Horror Comedy, SATANIC PANIC.
Rebecca shares a November birthday with fellow XMEN alumni, Famke Janssen.

Actor Theresa Tilly (EVIL DEAD, BRUTAL MASSACRE: A COMEDY, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, STOMPING GROUND, ) is 65.
Look for Theresa in the upcoming 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Horror movie, THE PROTOTYPE.

NOVEMBER 5
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Famke Janssen (LORD OF ILLUSIONS, GOLDENEYE, DEEP RISING, THE FACULTY, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, X-MEN, X2, X3: Death of a Franchise, TAKEN, 100 FEET, THE CHAMELEON, TAKEN 2, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, HEMLOCK GROVE [TV], THE WOLVERINE, THE BEING, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER [TV], THE BLACKLIST [TV], THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION [TV]) who is 53.
Look for Famke's upcoming Thrillers for 2019, PRIMAL and THE POISON ROSE.
Famke shares a birthday with fellow THE FACULTY alumni,
Actor Robert Patrick (DIE HARD 2, TERMINATOR 2, FIRE IN THE SKY, ZERO TOLERANCE, LAST GASP, ASYLUM, THE FACULTY, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2, THE X-FILES [TV], SPY KIDS, FIREWALL, LONELY STREET, AUTOPSY, ALIEN TRESPASS, THE BLACK WATERS OF ECHO'S POND, RED FACTION: ORIGIN, TRUE BLOOD, SAFE HOUSE, KILL THE MESSENGER, HELLIONS, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: The Series [TV], and more) is 60.
Writer, Director, Producer, Jason Stephenson (OFF THE BEATEN PATH, DOOMED TO CONSUME, TERROR OVERLOAD, STRIP CLUB SLASHER, SUBURBAN MADNESS) is 56.
SUNDAY -
Actor, Stuntman Ken Kirzinger (FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN, IT [TV], THE X-FILES [TV], THE 13TH WARRIOR, MISSION TO MARS, THIR13EN GHOSTS, INSOMNIA, DREAMCATCHER, X2, FREDDY VS. JASON, PAYCHECK, THE FOG [2005], X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END, JOY RIDE 2, WATCHMEN, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL [2008], THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, and more) is 59.
Ken Kirzinger shares a birthday month with FREDDY vs. JASON alumni, Katherine Isabelle.
Actor Travis Van Winkle (CONFESSION, LEFT IN DARKNESS, ASYLUM [2008], FRIDAY THE 13TH [2009], BLOODWORK, 247°F, RITES OF PASSAGE, THE LAST SHIP [TV], INSTINCT [TV]) is 36.
SATURDAY -
Actor Debbie Rochon (NEGATIVES, BANNED, VALERIE, BLACK EASTER, REGENERATED MAN, ABDUCTED II, SHRIEK OF THE LYCANTHROPE, DEPRAVED, TROMEO AND JULIET, SANTA CLAWS, EVIL AMBITIONS, CYBER VENGEANCE, THE VAMPIRE'S SEDUCTION, ALIEN AGENDA, RAGE OF THE WEREWOLF, TERROR FIRMER, HELLBLOCK 13, CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER IV, THE RESURRECTION GAME, MULVA: ZOMBIE ASS KICKER!, KILLJOY 2, VAMPIRE QUEEN, DEADLY STINGERS, CHAINSAW CHEERLEADERS, DEAD END [2010], SINEATERS, IMAGO, SICK, and a whole lot more) is 50.
SFX MUA, Actor Tom Savini (DEAD OF NIGHT, MARTIN, DAWN OF THE DEAD, MANIAC, CREEPSHOW, CREEPSHOW 2, DAY OF THE DEAD, TWO EVIL EYES, HEARTSTOPPER, INNOCENT BLOOD, THE DEMOLITIONIST, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, THE MONSTER MAN, WEB OF DARKNESS, CHILDREN OF THE LIVING DEAD, EYES ARE UPON YOU, TED BUNDY, BLOOD BATH, ZOMBIEGEDDON, VICIOUS, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], FOREST OF THE DAMNED, LAND OF THE DEAD, GRINDHOUSE, PLANET TERROR, DIARY OF THE DEAD, THE DEAD MATTER, HORRORWEEN, DEATH FROM ABOVE, COOL AS HELL, THE SADIST [2013], and way more) is 72.
Look for Tom's upcoming Horror Thrillers for 2013, .
Actor Gemma Ward (STRANGERS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES) is 31.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Peter Atkins (MORNINGSTAR, BIG THUNDER, HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2, HELLRAISER III, WISHMASTER, HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE, PRISONERS OF THE SUN) is 64.
Actor Samantha Ferris (DEADLOCKED, BLACKWOODS, SHATTERED, LOST IN THE DARK, THE 4400 [TV], SUPERNATURAL [TV], GRACE, THE KILLING MACHINE, THE TALL MAN, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, SALVATION [TV]) is 50.
Actor Katharine Isabelle (KNIGHT MOVES, VOYAGE OF TERROR, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, Da VINCI'S INQUEST [TV], GINGER SNAPS [all], BONES, INSOMNIA, CARRIE [2002], FREDDY VS. JASON, SPOOKY HOUSE, SHOW ME, OGRE, RAMPAGE, HARD RIDE TO HELL, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS, AMERICAN MARY, BEING HUMAN [TV], 13 EERIE, TORMENT, PRIMARY, SEE NO EVIL 2, 88, HANNIBAL, THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE) is 37.

Actor Michael Bailey Smith (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5, THE FANTASTIC FOUR [1994], CYBORG 3, SPACE MARINES, LOVE HER MADLY, CHARMED [TV], MEN IN BLACK II, BLACK MASK 2, MONSTER MAN, CLAWED, THE HILLS HAVE EYES [2006], THE HILLS HAVE EYES II [2007], CHAIN LETTER, BLOOD SHOT, BLACK RIDER: REVELATION ROAD, KIDS VS MONSTERS) is 61.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS HERE -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Love of Horror fiction starts when you are young. THE ADDAMS FAMILY and THE MUNSTERS were likely my introduction to Horror, quickly followed by the H.P Lovecraft stories my Uncle Pat would read to me at night, and THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

For your kids, maybe the family-centric COCO is the way to start.

My COCO review explains why.

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HAPPY DIA DE LOS MUERTOS BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer, Director, Producer Lucky McKee (MAY, Masters of Horror: SICK GIRL, THE LOST, ROMAN, THE WOODS, RED, THE WOMAN, ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE) is 43.
Actor Natalia Tena (HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, WOMB, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 & 2, GAME OF THRONES [TV]) is 34.