HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor India Eisley (HEADSPACE, UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, NANNY CAM, SOCIAL SUICIDE, THE CURSE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY, CLINICAL, LOOK AWAY, I AM THE NIGHT [TV], DEAD RECKONING, EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE) is 29.
Actor Winona Ryder (BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, DRACULA [1992], THE CRUCIBLE, ALIEN: RESURRECTION, GIRL, INTERRUPTED, LOST SOULS, A SCANNER DARKLY, STAR TREK, BLACK SWAN, THE ICEMAN, THE LETTER, FRANKENWEENIE, HOMEFRONT, STRANGER THINGS [TV], THE COW GONE IN THE NIGHT, ) is 51.
Look for Winona in the 2023 Horror Mystery Thriller, THE HAUNTED MANSION.
Actor Rufus Sewell (HAMLET [1996], DARK CITY, BLESS THE CHILD, SHE CREATURE, THE ILLUSIONIST, DOWNLOADING NANCY, VINYAN, ELEVENTH HOUR [TV], THE TOURIST, ZEN [TV], ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, RESTLESS [TV], I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN, OCCULT, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE [TV], THE PALE HORSE [TV], OLD) is 46.
Writer, Producer, Actor Sue Stevens (THE WRONG HOUSE) is 54.
Writer, Director Dante Tomaselli (DESECRATION, HORROR, SATAN'S PLAYGROUND, TORTURE CHAMBER) is 53.
Horror Writer L.L. Soares (IN SICKNESS [w/Laura Cooney], LIFE RAGE, ROCK 'N' ROLL, HARD) is 58.

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Horror writer Rain Graves (BLOOD OF A BLACKBIRD) is 47.
Writer Joe Lansdale (Books: THE TWO-BEAR MAMBO, MUCHO MOJO, COLD IN JULY, THE MAGIC WAGON, SUNSET AND SAWDUST, CAPTAINS OUTRAGEOUS, THE DRIVE-IN. Movies: BUBBA HO-TEP, INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD, CHRISTMAS WITH THE DEAD, COLD JULY, SON OF BATMAN, CREEPERS, HAP AND LEONARD [TV]) is 70.
Actor Devon Murray (HARRY POTTER AND THE "X" [all]) is 33.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix (TO DIE FOR, U-TURN, RETURN TO PARADISE, 8MM, QUILLS, SIGNS, THE VILLAGE, RESERVATION ROAD, THE MASTER, DARK BLOOD, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, JOKER) is 47.
Look for Joaquin in the 2022 Horror, DISAPPOINTMENT BLVD.
Actor Matt Smith (THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH, DOCTOR WHO [TV - 24th Doctor of Cinema and Television], MOSES JONES, WOMB, LOST RIVER, TERMINATOR GENISYS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, PATIENT ZERO [2018], HIS HOUSE, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO) is 39.
Look for Matt in the 2020, 2021, 2022 Thriller, MORBIUS.

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By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Director Emily Hagins (PATHOGEN, THE RETELLING, MY SUCKY TEEN ROMANCE, CHILLING VISIONS, SCARE PACKAGE) is 29.
Look for Emily's upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON.
Actor Robert Picardo (THE HOWLING, LEGEND, MUNCHIES, BATES MOTEL [TV], 976-EVIL, TOTAL RECALL, GREMLINS 2, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, MENNO'S MIND, Masters of Horror HOMECOMING [TV], SENSORED, THE AWAKENED, MEGA-SHARK vs CROCOSAURUS, MONSTERWOLF, THE CANDIDATE, MORLOCKS, END OF THE ROAD, LEGENDS OF NETHIAH, TRAIL OF BLOOD, MANSION OF BLOOD, LAST STOP, ATLAS SHRUGGED II, THE INFILTRATORS, DON'T BLINK, MORGANVILLE: THE SERIES [TV], MANSION OF BLOOD, OCCUPANTS, UBELIEVABLE!!!!!) is 63.
Look for Robert in the upcoming 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Thriller release, TO MEET THE FACES YOU MEET and DISCONTINUED.
Director and Producer Ivan Reitman (THEY CAME FROM WITHIN, RABID, BLACKOUT, HEAVY METAL, GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS II, MUMMIES ALIVE! [TV], EVOLUTION, ALIENATORS [TV], DISTURBIA, THE UNINVITED, HITCHCOCK, GHOSTBUSTERS [2016]) is 70.
Look for Ivan's upcoming GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, in 2020, 2021.

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By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Cary Elwes (THE BRIDE, DRACULA [1992], THE CRUSH, TWISTER, KISS THE GIRLS, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE, THE X-FILES [TV], SAW, THE RIVERMAN, THE ALPHABET KILLER, TOYS IN THE ATTIC, AS GOOD AS DEAD, PSYCHE:9, SAW: THE FINAL CHAPTER, GHOST OF NEW ORLEANS, HELLGATE, HANSEL AND GRETEL GET BAKED, HORIZON, PSYCHE [TV], A BIT OF BAD LUCK, TEEN LUST, A HAUNTING IN CAWDOR, SUGAR MOUNTAIN, WE DON'T BELONG HERE, DON'T SLEEP, GHOST LIGHT, STRANGER THINGS [TV], BLACK CHRISTMAS [2019], THE UNHOLY [2021]) is 59.
Look for Cary in the upcoming 2022 Guy Ritchie Thriller, OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE.
Actor Robert Maillet (300, SHERLOCK HOLMES [2009], THE BIG BANG, MONSTER BRAWL, IMMORTALS, A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE, PACIFIC RIM, PERCY JACKSON AND THE SEA MONSTERS, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, SEPTIC MAN, THE STRAIN [TV], HAVEN [TV], KILLER WAVES, DEAD POOL 2, BECKY, VICIOUS FUN) is 52.
Actor Jon McLaren (THE CONVENANT, A WOMAN'S RAGE, MY NANNY'S SECRET, THE STEPSON, ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE, THE PERFECT ROOMMATE, METAL TORNADO, EDDIE, HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET, CROOK, THE GIRL HE MET ONLINE, TRUST NO ONE, BOTTOM OF THE WORLD, DARKEN, DEADLY SIBLING REUNION THE EVIL TWIN) is 37.
Actor Trevor White (MILLENNIUM [TV], EPICENTER, DEATH TRAIN TO THE PACIFIC, STRANGE FREQUENCY, HELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, MINDHUNTERS, A SUMMER IN GENOVA, ECHELON CONSPIRACY, GODFORSAKEN, SUPER ERUPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, ASTRAL, TORNARE) is 51.

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By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Producer Gale Anne Hurd (THE TERMINATOR [all], ALIENS, BAD DREAMS, ALIEN NATION, THE ABYSS, TREMORS, CAST A DEADLY SPELL, RAISING CAIN, NO ESCAPE, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS, THE RELIC, DANTE'S PEAK, DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS, VIRUS [1999], HULK, THE PUNISHER [2004], THE COVEN [2004], ÆON FLUX, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, PUNISHER: WARZONE, THE WALKING DEAD [TV], THE TALKING DEAD [TV], HORIZON [TV], FEAR THE WALKING DEAD [TV], FALLING WATER [TV], LORE [TV], HELLFEST, THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND [TV]) is 65.
Gale shares an October birthday month with THE WALKING DEAD alumni, Emily Probst.
Actor Mia Wasikowska (SUBURBAN MAYHEM, ROGUE, ALICE IN WONDERLAND [2010], STOKER, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, THE DOUBLE, CRIMSON PEAK, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME) is 32.

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Actor, Stunt, Emily Brobst (BELL WITCH: THE MOVIE, VAMPIRES SUCK, DON'T KILL IT, LET ME IN [2010], PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3, SINISTER, GHOUL [2012], LOOPER, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4, IRON MAN 3, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, DHOOM 3, SPACE STATION 76, A HAUNTED HOUSE 2, GODZILLA [2014], GRIMM [TV], TERMINATOR GENYSIS, POLTERGEIST [2015], DARK PLACES, SALEM [TV], SINISTER 2, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION, THE 5TH WAVE, THE CONJURING 2, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, ANNABELLE: CREATION, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, THE WALKING DEAD [TV], FUTURE WORLD, THE DARKEST MINDS, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, US, X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX, ANNABELLE COMES HOME, DOOM PATROL [TV], FEAR STREET 1994; 1978; 1666) is 37.
Actor John Kassir (TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: BORDELLO OF BLOOD [he's the Cryptkeeper, yall!], CASPER, MONSTER MASH: THE MOVIE, EARTHWORM JIM, EEK! THE CAT, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: RITUAL, DR. RAGE, DONNER PASS, GUNNER KANE) is 64.
Look for John's upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, HELLBLAZERS.
Writer Jon F. Merz (THE INVOKER, THE FIXER, THE DESTRUCTOR, THE SYNDICATE, DANGER-CLOSE) is 52.
Composer Bill Wyman (PHENOMENA, DARIO ARGENTO'S WORLD OF HORROR, OPERA) is 85.

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Actor Jon Huertas (EXECUTIVE DECISION, BUDDY BOY, COLD HEARTS, AUGGIE ROSE, BORDERLINE, THE INSATIABLE, BELIEVERS, THE OBJECTIVE, REPARATION, ALTERED PERCEPTION, INITIATION) is 52.
Writer, Director, Producer Olatunde Osunsanmi (THE CAVERN, THE FOURTH KIND, EVIDENCE, FALLING SKIES [TV], MINORITY REPORT [TV], SLEEPY HOLLOW [TV], BATES MOTEL [TV]) is 44.
Director, Producer Sam Raimi (THE EVIL DEAD, EVIL DEAD II, ARMY OF DARKNESS, DARKMAN [all], AMERICAN GOTHIC [TV], M.A.N.T.I.S. [TV], THE GIFT, SPIDER-MAN [2002], THE GRUDGE, SPIDER-MAN 2 [2004], THE GRUDGE 2, THE MESSENGERS, RISE: BLOOD HUNTER, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, SPIDER-MAN 3 [2007], 13: FEAR IS REAL [TV], DRAG ME TO HELL, THE POSSESSION, ZOMBIE ROADKILL [TV], EVIL DEAD [2013], POLTERGEIST [2014], DON'T BREATHE [all], ASH VS. EVIL DEAD [TV], CRAWL, THE GRUDGE [2020]) is 62.
Look for Sam's upcoming 2021, 2022 Horror releases of, SHRINE and UMMA. Also expected in 2022, 65, EVIL DEAD RISE, and DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS.
Actor Ryan Reynolds (THE OUTER LIMITS [TV], BIG MONSTER ON CAMPUS, FINDER'S FEE, BLADE: TRINITY, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR [2005], THE NINES, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, BURIED, GREEN LANTERN, SAFE HOUSE, R.I.P.D., THE CAPTIVE, SELF/LESS, DEADPOOL [all], LIFE, 6 UNDERGROUND, FREE GUY) is 44.
Actor Jessica Stroup (VAMPIRE BATS, PRAY FOR MORNING, LEFT IN DARKNESS, BROKEN [2006], THE HILLS HAVE EYES II, REAPER [TV], PROM NIGHT [2008], THE INFORMERS, HOMECOMING [2009], THE FOLLOWING [TV], IRON FIST [TV]) is 35.
Musician Robert Trujillo (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, GLENN TIPTON, OZZY OSBOURNE, METALLICA) is 57.

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By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Jeff Goldblum (THE SENTINEL, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS [1978], REMEMBER MY NAME, THRESHOLD, THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BONZAI, TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000, THE FLY [1986], VIBES, TWISTED OBSESSION, MISTER FROST, DEEP COVER, SHOOTING ELIZABETH, JURASSIC PARK, HIDEAWAY, POWDER, THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, AUGGIE ROSE, FAY GRIM, RAINES [TV], THOR: RAGNAROK, JURASSIC PARK: FALLEN KINGDOM, HOTEL ARTEMIS) is 69.
Actor Christopher Lloyd (SCHIZOID, STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, CLUE, TRACK 29, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY, DEADLY GAMES [TV], CONVERGENCE, TREMORS [TV], BAD GIRLS FROM VALLEY HIGH, Masters of Horror: VALERIE ON THE STAIRS, PIRANHA 3D, PIRANHA 3DD, DEAD BEFORE DAWN 3D, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, BLOOD LAKE: ATTACK OF THE LAMPREYS, 88, I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER, COLD MOON, THE SOUND, MUSE, 12 MONKEYS [TV], ONE BY ONE) is 83.
Look for Christopher in the 2021 Thriller, NOBODY.
Actor Suzanne Snyder (WEIRD SCIENCE, REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, TOMORROW'S A KILLER, RETRIBUTION, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, FEMME FATALE) is 60.

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Actor Helene Joy (DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE [2000], FEED, MURDER IN THE HAMPTONS, ReGENESIS [TV], MURDOCH MYSTERIES [TV], MURDOCH MYSTERIES: THE CURSE OF THE LOST PHAROAHS [TV], MURDOCH MYSTERIES: THE MURDOCH EFFECT [TV], MURDOCH MYSTERIES: NIGHTMARE ON QUEEN STREET [TV], SADIE'S LAST DAYS) is 43.
Actor Everett McGill (UNION CITY, QUEST FOR FIRE, DUNE [1984], SILVER BULLET, IGUANA, JEZEBEL'S KISS, TWIN PEAKS [TV], THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, JEKYLL ISLAND, TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES) is 76.
Actor Sasha Roiz (THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, LAND OF THE DEAD, UNTHINKABLE, CAPRICA [TV], WAREHOUSE 13 [TV], EXTRACTED, GRIMM [TV], SALVATION [TV], DEPARTURE [TV]) is 48.
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor Tammi Sutton (THE DEAD HATE THE LIVING!, THE VAULT, WITCHOUSE 3, KILLJOY 2, DEAD AND ROTTING, HELL ASYLUM, GROOM LAKE, SPECK, RED SERPENT, SUTURES, ISLE OF DOGS, WHISPERS) is 50.

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Actor Katie Featherston (MUTATION, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY [all], PSYCHIC EXPERIMENT, THE RIVER [TV]) is 39.
Actor Viggo Mortensen (THE CREW, CRIMSON TIDE, THE PROPHECY, A PERFECT MURDER, PSYCHO [1998], THE LORD OF THE RINGS [all], A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROMISES, THE ROAD, A DANGEROUS METHOD, THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY, JAUJA) who is 63.
Look for Viggo in the 2022 Thriller, THIRTEEN LIVES. Also in 2022, Viggo is in David Cronenberg's CRIMES OF THE FUTURE.
Actor Sam Witwer (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [TV], DEXTER [TV], THE MIST, PATHOLOGY, GAMER, BEING HUMAN, ONCE UPON A TIME [TV], OFFICER DOWNE, RIVERDALE [TV]) is 43.

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By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Roger Cross (THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T DIE, BEYOND SUSPICION, DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF VONNIE, HIDEAWAY [1995], SUSPICIOUS AGENDA, THE SURROGATE [1995], THE LIMBIC REGION, DOOMSDAY ROCK, CLONED, NICK FURY: AGENT OF SHIELD [1998], VOYAGE OF TERROR, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, AFTERSHOCK: EARTHQUAKE NEW YORK, SOLE SURVIVOR [2000], FIRST WAVE, THE OUTER LIMITS [TV 1995 - 2002], THE VOID [2001], BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER, DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS, INTERCEPTER FORCE 2, TAKEN [TV], X2: X-MEN UNITED, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, 24 [TV], THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL [2008], POLAR STORM, THE GATES [TV], GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER [VG], EUReKA [TV], INFEX [VG], ABDUCTED: THE CARLINA WHITE STORY, TASMANIAN DEVILS, BIOSHOCK INFINITE [VG], BIOSHOCK INFINITE: BURIAL AT SEA, ARROW [TV], MOTIVE [TV], THE RETURNED [TV], THE STRAIN [TV], CONTINUUM [TV], RE-KILL, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, DARK MATTER [TV 2015 - 2017], THE X-FILES [TV 2016 - 2018], CORONER [TV], C.O.R.N.) is 52.
Roger shares a birthday month with EUReKA alumni Joe Morton.
Actor Anna Galvin (THE SENTINEL [TV], LOST IN OZ, VEILED TRUTH, Masters Of Horror: RIGHT TO DIE, TIN MAN [TV], VICE, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN [TV], THE BOY WHO CRIED WEREWOLF, MESSAGES DELETED, STARGATE UNIVERSE [TV], POSSESSING PIPER ROSE, A KILLER AMONG US, GIRL VS. MONSTER, WAY OF THE WICKED, MOTHER OF ALL LIES, WARCRAFT, RUBY HERRING MYSTERIES: SILENT WITNESS, VAN HELSING [TV]) is 51.
Look for Anna in the 2022 TV Thriller, CRIMSON POINT.
Actor Samantha Robinson (MISOGYNIST, SUGAR DADDIES, THE LOVE WITCH, DOOMSDAY DEVICE, CAM, TOPOLOGY OF SIRENS) is 30.

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Writer/Reviewer, and feoamante.com alumni, Mike Bracken (Various movie reviews including: THE BEYOND, BRIDE OF CHUCKY, THE CHURCH, INFERNO, NEKROMANTIK, TERROR AT THE OPERA, and ZOMBIE. Horror Geek on the TV Game Show, Beat The Geeks) is 49.
Actor Tyler Posey (INSIDE OUT [2005], TEEN WOLF [TV], SCARY MOVIE V, TRUTH OR DARE [2018], NOW APOCALYPSE [TV], UNDONE [TV], ALONE) is 30.
Look for Tyler in the upcoming 2022 Thriller, BRUT FORCE.
Actor Joe Morton (THE CLAIRVOYANT, THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET, CROSSROADS, STRANDED [1987], THE LOST PLATOON, TERMINATOR 2, IN THE SHADOW OF EVIL, LONE STAR, APT PUPIL, THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE, WHAT LIES BENEATH, DRAGONFLY, PAYCHECK, BREAKING DAWN [2004], THE NIGHT LISTENER, EUReKA [TV], COMA [TV], JUSTICE LEAGUE, SCANDAL [TV], GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE) is 73.
Composer Howard Shore (THE BROOD, SCANNERS, VIDEODROME, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, THE FLY [1986], DEAD RINGERS, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, A KISS BEFORE DYING, NAKED LUNCH, SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, SLIVER, GUILTY AS SIN, THE CLIENT, ED WOOD, SE7EN, BEFORE AND AFTER, COP LAND, THE GAME, GLORIA, eXistenZ, DOGMA, THE CELL, THE LORD OF THE RINGS [all], PANIC ROOM, SPIDER, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROMISES, EDGE OF DARKNESS, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN) is 74.
Look for Howard's 2022 Horror movie with longtime collaborator, Director David Cronenberg, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE.
Writer/Director David Twohy (CRITTERS 2, WARLOCK [all], GRAND TOUR: DISASTER IN TIME, TERMINAL VELOCITY, WATERWORLD, THE ARRIVAL, PITCH BLACK, IMPOSTOR, BELOW, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK [all], A PERFECT GETAWAY) is 66.

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Actor/Writer/Producer Mark Gatiss (P.R.O.B.E.: THE DEVIL OF WINTERBORNE [TV], P.R.O.B.E.: UNNATURAL SELECTION [TV], THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN [TV], SHAUN OF THE DEAD, MARPLE: THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE [2004], THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT [2005], WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT, CLONE [TV],CROOKED HOUSE [TV], DOCTOR WHO [TV], SHERLOCK [TV], GAME OF THRONES [TV], THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN [TV], GOOD OMENS [TV], DRACULA [TV - 2020]) is 55.
Look for Mark's upcoming 2022 movie, THE AMAZING MR. BLUNDEN.
Writer/Director/Producer Kenneth J. Hall (THE TOMB, CRITTERS, BLOODY MOVIE, NIGHTMARE SISTERS, EVIL SPAWN, PUPPET MASTER, LINNEA QUIGLEY'S HORROR WORKOUT, DIE WATCHING, BLONDE HEAVEN, JACK FROST, THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, KRAA! THE SEA MONSTER, HALFWAY HOUSE, HOLLA II, WILLY'S WONDERLAND, PRETTY BOY, THE AMITYVILLE MOON) is 63.
Actor Max Irons (DORIAN GRAY, RED RIDING HOOD, THE HOST, THE WHITE QUEEN [TV], POSH, THE RIOT CLUB, CROOKED HOUSE, TERMINAL, CONDOR [TV]) is 35.
Look for Max in the 2022 TV Mini-series, FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC: THE ORIGIN.
Actor Tiffany Lyndall-Knight (BATTLESTAR GALATICA, I, ROBOT, Da VINCI'S CITY HALL, BLADE: THE SERIES, FIDO, CHLOE, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN, THE BABADOOK) is 44.

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By E.C. McMullen Jr.
12 plus wildly successful years of a TV mystery series eventually led many fans to believe that the real murderer was a serial killer who put the finger on innocents. Happy Birthday to
Actor Angela Lansbury (THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY [1945], PLEASE MURDER ME, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [1962], DEATH ON THE NILE, THE LADY VANISHES, THE MIRROR CRACK'D, SWEENY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET [TV], MURDER SHE WROTE [TV], THE GRINCH [2018], and way more) who is 96.
Actor Kellie Martin (HER HIDDEN TRUTH, HIDDEN IN SILENCE, MYSTERY WOMAN [TV], NO BROTHER OF MINE, HAILY DEAN MYSTERIES [all]) is 46.
Actor Erin Brown (aka Misty Mundae: TITANIC 2000, VAMPIRE STRANGLER, INTERNATIONAL NECKTIE STRANGLER, WITCHBABE: EROTICWITCH PROJECT 3, MY VAMPIRE LOVER, AN EROTIC VAMPIRE IN PARIS, SILK STOCKING STRANGLER, VAMPIRE VIXENS, LUST FOR DRACULA, THE LOST, Masters of Horror: SICK GIRL, SCULPTURE, MOTHER NOOSE PRESENTS: ONCE UPON A NIGHTMARE, and more) is 43.
Look for Erin in the upcoming 2020, 2021, 2022 Horror, MIDNIGHT MASSACRE. Also in 2022, DEAD BY MIDNIGHT (Y2KILL).
Stuntman Harry Wowchuck (DEATH RACE 2000, DEATHSPORT, ALLIGATOR, THE ENTITY, PARASITE, GHOST WARRIOR, ROBOCOP, SISTER SISTER, PHANTASM II, ALIEN NATION, ROBOCOP 2, FEAR, PHANTASM III, BLACK SCORPION, VOLCANO, THE END OF VIOLENCE, CONSPIRACY THEORY, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE GINGERBREAD MAN, VIRTUAL OBSESSION, FRAILTY, RED DRAGON, STAR TREK: NEMESIS, THE GHOST WHISPERER [TV], INCEPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, and way more) is 73 and still at it! 50 Years Of Stunts!

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Actor Lynn Lowry (SUGAR COOKIES, THE CRAZIES [1973], SHIVERS aka THEY CAME FROM WITHIN [1974], CAT PEOPLE [1982], COMPELLING EVIDENCE, SPLATTER DISCO, BEYOND THE DUNWICH HORROR, DEAD THINGS, SCHISM, THE CRAZIES [2010], SPIRIT [2010], NEXT DOOR, THE THEATER BIZARRE, HACK JOB, I SPILL YOUR GUTS, THE HAUNTING OF WHALEY HOUSE, THE TROUBLE WITH BARRY, MONDO SACRAMENTO, OMBIS: ALIEN INVASION, TRASHTASTIC, OVULATION, TORTURE CHAMBER, MY STEPBROTHER IS A VAMPIRE?!?, THE LEGEND OF SIX FINGERS, MOSTLY DEAD, DYS-, A GRIM BECOMING, DEAD GIRLS, BLOOD BROTHERS, WHISPERS, PRETTY FINE THINGS, TERROR TALES, MODEL HUNGER, DITCH DAY MASSACRE, TRINITY [2016], ODISSEA DELLA MORTE, HELL'S KITTY, EXPOSURE, LAST AMERICAN HORROR SHOW, CYNTHIA, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS ZOMBIES, LIKE A SHADOW, THOSE WHO DESERVE TO DIE, RABID [2019], NECROPOLIS: LEGION, HEMATIC WEB, SKY SHARKS, SEASONS and way more!) is 73.
Look for Lynn in the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Horror movies, THE GHOST IS A LIE, THE LEGEND OF GRASSMAN, SPIRIT RISER, LEGEND OF GORE ORPHANAGE, HOUSE OF TERROR [2022], and ESSENCE.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

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Horror Writer Richard Christian Matheson (Books: SCARS, ZOOPRAXIS, THE RITUAL OF ILLUSION, CREATED BY, SCARS, DYSTOPIA.
Movies: TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Split Second [TV], SOLE SURVIVOR [TV], IT WAITS, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES: From the Stories of Stephen King - Battleground, Mick Garris' Masters Of Horror: DANCE OF THE DEAD, THE DAMNED THING [TV], SPLATTER [TV], CHEMISTRY [TV], BIG DRIVER, NIGHTMARE CINEMA) is 68.
Actor Udo Kier ("BURN, WITCH, BURN", FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, BLOOD FOR DRACULA, SOME FRIES FOR WOLFMAN, SPERMULA, SUSPIRIA, DOCTEUR JEKYLL ET LES FEMMES, BLADE, END OF DAYS, MEGIDDO, FEAR DOT COM, LOVE OBJECT, DOGVILLE, DRACULA 3000, GRINDHOUSE, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, METROPIA, MELANCHOLIA, IRON SKY [all], NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR, LORDS OF SALEM, SCOOBY-DOO! MYSTERY INCORPORATED [TV], THE EDITOR, PUPPETMASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH, BACURAU, LAST MOMENT OF CLARITY, HUNTERS [TV], THE BLAZING WORLD, and a whole lot more) is 77.
Look for Udo in the 2022 Horror Thriller, THE ARK: AN IRON SKY STORY and MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF.
Actor Max Thieriot (NANCY DREW [2007], JUMPER, CHLOE, MY SOUL TO TAKE, DISCONNECT, HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET, BATES MOTEL [TV]) is 33.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer / Director Chris Carter (THE X-FILES [TV: 1995 - 2002], MILLENIUM [TV], HARSH REALM [TV], THE LONE GUNMEN [TV], THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE, THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, THE AFTER, THE X-FILES [TV: 2016 - 2018) who is 65.
Actor Christopher Judge (STARGATE SG-1 [TV], X-MEN: EVOLUTION [TV], ANDROMEDA [TV], MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE VS THE SNAKE MEN [TV], PERSONAL EFFECTS, STARGATE: THE ARK OF TRUTH, PARADOX, DEAD SPACE: AFTERMATH, REHAB, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, KNOCK 'EM DEAD, MEGA SHARK VS MECHA SHARK, REAPER, MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT) is 56.
Actor Bailey Noble (TRUE BLOOD [TV], MARTYRS [2015], THE GOOD NEIGHBOR, THE ARCHER, THEM [TV]) is 31.
Look for Bailey in the 2022 Horror Thriller, APOPHENIA.
Actor Kiele Sanchez (MIGRATING FORMS, LOST [TV], INSANITARIUM, A PERFECT GETAWAY, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS, THE GLADES [TV], THE PURGE: ANARCHY, THE GLADES [TV]) is 44.
Actor Katia Winter (NIGHT JUNKIES, THE SEER, ARENA, LOVE SICK LOVE, DEXTER [TV], FEDZ, THE STRANGER WITHIN, SLEEPY HOLLOW [TV], NEGATIVE, THE WAVE, YOU'RE NOT ALONE, AGENT HAMILTON [TV]) is 38.

Feo Amante Ends Updates For October

Whew! Feo fer SURE!

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Long time fans know that Feo Amante is the nick name for me, E.C. McMullen Jr.

Some also know that I took a break from the movie industry for a bit, always with the goal in mind to return to it.

Oct. 12 was the first production meeting for the new Horror Thriller movie I'll be working on. This feature has a script that was just too damn awesome to pass up!

For those who don't know, Feo Amante's Horror Thriller is virtually a one man show. I'm grateful to all of my guest writers over the years, but I do the content setup, coding, updating, and maintenance. This Horror site is a labor of love and there is only so much time to focus on. Paying jobs like my writing and working in cinema take precedence.

So from now until Halloween Day (not including possible subsequent pick-up shots), I'll be working the rest of the month on what will be my 5th Feature film (!!!) and hopefully the best of all of them so far!

See you on Halloween Day (possibly)!

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Carlos Bernard (THE KILLING JAR, 10.5 APOCALYPSE, ALIEN RAIDERS, GHOST STORM, CSI: MIAMI, LAVANTULA) is 59.
Actor Deborah Foreman (3:15 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, APRIL FOOL'S DAY, DESTROYER, WAXWORK, LOBSTER MAN FROM MARS, SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT, LUNATICS: A LOVE STORY, GRIZZLY II: THE REVENGE) is 59.
Actor Hugh Jackman (Halifax f.p.: AFRAID OF THE DARK, X-MEN [all], SWORDFISH, VAN HELSING, THE PRESTIGE, DECEPTION, XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, REAL STEEL, THE WOLVERINE, PRISONERS X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, LOGAN, REMINISCENCE) is 52.
Artist Eric Pigors (TOXIC TOONS, UNCLE PIGORS CRYPTIC ART) is probably 61 or something. I'm not sure, as he's as touchy about his age as a divorced Cougar. Visit him at ToxicToons.
Writer Steven Saville (INHERITANCE, DOMINION) is 52.
Actor Lin Shaye (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, CRITTERS, NEW NIGHTMARE, 2001 MANIACS, HOOD OF HORROR, SNAKES ON A PLANE, INSIDEOUS [all], CHILLERAMA, ROSEWOOD LANE, BIG ASS SPIDER, LOST TIME, THE SIGNAL [2014], BAYOU TALES, GRACE [2014], OUIJA [all], THE VOICES, ROOM FOR RENT, GET GONE, GOTHIC HARVEST, THE GRUDGE [2019], DARKNESS FALLS [2020], DREAMKATCHER, JACKSON'S HOLE, THE VOICES, MAX RELOAD AND THE NETHER BLASTERS, PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS [TV], THE CALL [2020]) is 77.
Look for Lin in the upcoming Mystery Thriller for 2021 JACKSON'S HOLE. And in 2022, INSIDEOUS: THE DARK REALM.

CINEMA OBSCURA

There was a time, soon after Bryan Singer's 1995 hit, THE USUAL SUSPECTS (but also after Bio-Dome), when actor Stephen Baldwin (MERCY), in addition to having famous brothers, could carry lead in a movie by himself. At that time actor Kyle MacLachlan (BLUE VELVET, THE HIDDEN) was known and still had some clout from his turn on David Lynch's TWIN PEAKS.

Being 2000, a pre-Sons of Anarchy, Actor Kim Coates (INNOCENT BLOOD, SILENT HILL) was a trivia question usually answered with, "Who is she?"

All three of them were in an original Science Fiction movie that is chillingly close to predicting the future we live in today.

For the next 23 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura, where I look at cool and unusual movies that are vanishing beyond our sight or attention. Today's movie is XCHANGE.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Claudia Black (PITCH BLACK, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, STOLEN LIFE, MASS EFFECT 2 [VG], WAR GAMES: THE DEAD CODE, RAGE [VG], THE ORIGINALS [TV], JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM [TV], MASS EFFECT 3 [VG], DIABLO III [VG], KILLING FLOOR II [VG], WOLFENSTEIN II [VG - 2017], ROSWELL NEW MEXICO [TV]) is 49.
Look for Claudia in the upcoming 2019, 2020, 2021 Thrillers, TIME NOW and DEUS.
Actor Matt Bomer (TRU CALLING [TV], FLIGHTPLAN, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING, TRAVELER [TV], SUPERMAN UNBOUND, SPACE STATION 76, AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV], JONATHAN, DOOM PATROL [TV]) is 44.
Look for Matt in the upcoming Mystery Thriller miniseries for 2022, ECHOES.
Actor Sean Patrick Flanery (THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES [TV], RAGING ANGELS, POWDER, PALE SAINTS, SUICIDE KINGS, THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, ACCEPTABLE RISK, EYE SEE YOU, BORDERLINE, DEAD LAWYERS, THE STORYTELLER, DEMON HUNTER, Masters of Horror: THE DAMNED THING, KAW, THE INSATIABLE, SAVAGE PLANET, Stephen King's DEAD ZONE [TV], MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM, SAW 3D, InSight, THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL, BLACKOUT [TV], COLD SPRING, PHANTOM [2013], SCAVENGERS, DARK POWER, HIDDEN AWAY, DEXTER [TV], THE EVIL WITHIN, FLASHBURN, AGENDA: PAYBACK, HOWLERS, HUNTER'S MOON, INSIGHT) is 57.
Look for Sean in the upcoming 2022 Thriller, LOVE HURTS.
Actor Stephen Moyer (QUILLS, TRINITY, MENACE, DEADLINES, 88 MINUTES, RESTRAINT, OPEN HOUSE, TRUE BLOOD [TV], THE CALLER, ICE, THE DOUBLE, PRIEST, THE BARRENS, EVIDENCE, DEVIL'S KNOT, DETOUR [2017], THE GIFTED [TV], G-LOC) is 52.
Look for Stephen in the upcoming 2022 Thriller, SHTF. Also in 2022, CONFESSION.

CINEMA OBSCURA
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
I've wrote before of the lost cinema of video games and I'm specifically talking about a full, entire feature film starring real actors, often Oscar winning actors, that was cut into scenes for the game play yet amazingly, stands on its own.

For the next 24 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and today I'm digging up 1994 and a one of the most profitable and critically acclaimed Science Fiction Horror Thrillers. Starring Mark Hamill, Tim Curry, and Malcolm McDowell, this all but vanished with the turn of the century and the new Millennium: WING COMMANDER III: HEART OF THE TIGER.

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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, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS) is 74.
Actor Jessica Harper (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, SUSPIRIA, THE EVICTORS, SHOCK TREATMENT, THE IMAGEMAKER, THE BLUE IGUANA, MINORITY REPORT, SUSPIRIA [2018], SEE [TV]) is 71.
Look for Jessica in the 2022 Horror movie, BONES & ALL.

CINEMA OBSCURA
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
You wouldn't think that a fairly recent movie with Guillermo del Toro involved would be obscure. But this Cosmic Horror short movie from 2014 plays online where well over 11 million new short videos are added every single day.

For the next 25 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and today I'm digging up a 7 year old, 7plus minute movie Directed by Michael Dahlquist and Sam Shapson, with Set design by GdT. This ticking time bomb is THRESHER.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Dan Dillard (DEMONS AND OTHER INCONVENIENCES, WHAT TANGLED WEBS, HOW TO EAT A HUMAN BEING, DOWN THE PSYCHO PATH) is around 62 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 27.
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 68.
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, PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH, REBORN, and more. 200 credits and counting including 14 features all in production) is 63.
Writer Lorelie Shannon (VERMIFUGE AND OTHER TOXIC COCKTAILS, RAGS AND OLD IRON, THE BLOOD OF THE FATHER Series, POSSUM KINGDOM) is about 71 I think.
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], SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, THE WITCHES) who is 58. Watch for Del Toro's upcoming 2021 Horror Thrillers ANTLERS and NIGHTMARE ALLEY. And for 2021 2022, PINOCCHIO, and Guillermo del Toro Presents 10 AFTER MIDNIGHT (TV).

CINEMA OBSCURA

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Imagine a big budget feature film shot in the lavish sets of Pinewood studios using Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy award winning actors. Imagine that upon its release it goes on to make mega-millions yet never plays a theater or TV set: No VHS, DVD, nothing and it will likely never have such a release.

This is the world of 1990 Video Game cut scenes and one of those movies went on to spawn a sequel that got a wide theatrical release.

For the next 26 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and today I'm digging up 1996 and a one of the most profitable and critically acclaimed Science Fiction Horror Thrillers. Starring Christopher Walken and Clive Owen, this all but vanished with the turn of the century and the new Millennium. This is PRIVATEER 2: THE DARKENING.

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Do You Want to Hear the LAMB?

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer R.L. Stine (GARBAGE PAIL KIDS series, GOOSEBUMPS series, FEAT STREET series, FIRST EVIL series, POINT HORROR series, NIGHTMARE HOUR, IT CAME FROM OHIO!: My Life As A Writer, and way more) is 78 but ...

The most kick-ass movie heroine ever!
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 71 today.
Look for Sigourney in the upcoming 2020 release (?) of GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.
And in 2022, AVATAR 2. And in 2024, AVATAR 3.
*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 the same antagonist while Weaver's Ripley or "Ripley" destroys all who threaten her - even in hand to hand combat!

CINEMA OBSCURA
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
A movie can have an A-List actor, but if it's a foreign independent, it slides to obscurity in the U.S. market.

For the next 27 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and today I'm talking about a critically acclaimed movie starring Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill that vanished from store shelves a long time ago, THE HUNTER.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Shawn Ashmore (THE X-MEN [all], BLOOD MOON, THE QUIET, SOLTICE, THE RUINS, FROZEN, MOTHER'S DAY, THE DAY, BREAKING THE GIRL, DARKNESS FALLS, THE BOYS [TV], AFTERMATH) is 42.
Look for his upcoming 2020, 2021 Horror Thriller, THE FREE FALL.
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], IMMORTAL [2019], BLINDSPOT [TV], THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX [TV]) is 62.
Look for Dylan in the 2022 Horror movie, OUTPOST.
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, THE THING [2011], STAB 6: GHOSTFACE RETURNS, SNOWPIERCER, WARM BODIES, CARRIE, WORLD WAR Z, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, THE WOLVERINE, THE TWILIGHT ZONE [TV 2019-], UNDERWATER, A QUIET PLACE II, R.L. Stein's FEAR STREET [TV], THE TWILIGHT ZONE [TV 2019-2020], LOVE AND MONSTERS, CHAOS WALKING, NINE PERFECT STRANGERS [TV], VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE) is 55.
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 66.

CINEMA OBSCURA
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
You've seen them.

Horrific animated gifs or still images that capture your attention and no one knows where they come from.

Cinema Obscura is about obscure, often hard to find or forgotten cinema.

A movie isn't valid simply because its feature length: even less than 3 minutes is enough.

For the next 28 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and I invite you to join me as I dig deep into the depths of Internet history to expose this bizarre bit of short film terror, BEDFELLOWS.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Producer Al Bravo (LA LLARONA [THE WAILER], GURDIAN, LA LLARONA 2 [THE WAILER 2], PRIMITIVE RECALL, GURDIAN, REALITY TERROR NIGHT, 2 BEDROOM 1 BATH, ) is 45. (E.C.McMullen Jr. did the Special Make-up Effects on PRIMITIVE RECALL).
Look for Al's upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, APARTMENT 213. Also expected in 2022, AMITYVILLE: WHERE THE ECHO LIVES.
Actor Scarlett Hefner née 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], RUNAWAYS [TV]) is 31.
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, TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES, TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN [TV], DREAMING GRAND AVENUE) is 68.
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 47.
Look for Jeremy in the upcoming CAPTAIN TSUNAMI'S ARMY.

CINEMA OBSCURA

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
You've gone all out to make your movie and critics are agog at what you've done.

Then you slip and let a distributor have your movie and they release it to only one theater in one town.

When it comes to cult movie makers, they probably don't get more cultish than Writer and Director Jake West.

For the next 29 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and I invite you to join me as I tell you why its worth the trouble to see Jake West's 2005 opus, EVIL ALIENS.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Daniel Baldwin (KNIGHT MOVES, DEAD ON SIGHT, BODILY HARM, THE INVADER, THE PANDORA PROJECT, FALLOUT, STEALING CANDY, KING OF THE ANTS, PAPARAZZI, VEGAS VAMPIRES, BORN OF EARTH, THE DEVIL'S DOMINOS, LITTLE RED DEVIL, A DARKER REALITY, NINE DEAD, THE TRUTH, DEATH AND CREMATION, STRIPPERLAND, AFTER EFFECT, CELL COUNT, THE UNBROKEN, LADY PSYCHO KILLER, SICILIAN VAMPIRE, THE GUEST HOUSE, DEADLY SANCTUARY, ANABOLIC LIFE, TWO FACED, CROSSBREED, ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN) is 61
Writer, Director, and Artist Clive Barker (THE BOOKS OF BLOOD, WEAVEWORLD, IMAGICA, HELLRAISER, NIGHTBREED, CANDYMAN, HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II, THE THIEF OF ALWAYS, COLD HEART CANYON, ABARAT, HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE, VALERIE ON THE STAIRS, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, DREAD, ABARAT: ABSOLUTE MIDNIGHT, INCARNATE [TV], HELLRAISER: JUDGEMENT, CANDYMAN [2021]) who is 69.
Look for the 2020 version of Clive's THE BOOKS OF BLOOD. And in 2021, the new interpretation of his novella, CANDYMAN.
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, POWER UP) is 73.
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, THE INOCENTS [TV], A CHRISTMAS CAROL [TV 2019], BLOODSHOT) is 53.
Look for Guy's upcoming 2020 Horror, THE SEVENTH DAY. And in 2021, ZONE 414.
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 41.

CINEMA OBSCURA
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
You've seen them.

Brief Horrific animated gifs or still images that capture your attention and no one knows where they come from.

Cinema Obscura is about obscure, often hard to find or forgotten cinema.

A movie isn't valid simply because its feature length: even 7 minutes is enough.

For the next 30 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and I invite you to join me as I dig deep into the depths of Internet history to expose this bizarre bit of short film terror, SMILE.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Christopher Fairbank (THE AWAKENING, MURDER WITH MIRRORS, BATMAN [1989], ALIEN³, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, INVASION: EARTH [TV], THE BUNKER [2001], BELOW, WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, CARGO [2006], HELLGATE: LONDON [VG], MINDFLESH, DEMON'S SOULS [VG], LITTLE DEATHS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, WRITER'S RETREAT, THE SHOW, ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME) is 67.
Writer Brian Hodge (THE DARKER SAINTS, PROTOTYPE, WORLD OF HURT, DEATHGRIP, I'LL BRING YOU THE BIRDS FROM OUT OF THE SKY) is 60.
Visit him at BrianHodge.net.
Goth Model/Actor Heidi Van Horne (CLEAN, ANGELS DIE SLOWLY) is 43.
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. Movie: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED) is 80.
Visit her at AnneRice.com.
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, SALT, REPO MEN, THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, THE LAST DAYS ON MARS, THE 5TH WAVE, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE) is 53.
Liev shares an October birthday with fellow SCREAM alumni, Neve Campbell.

CINEMA OBSCURA

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Independent cinema, particularly foreign indie cinema, is often entangled in the seemingly byzantine process of world-wide distribution and in the U.S., even arthouse theaters, are notorious for poor showings. And yet for over 30 years, Spanish Writer, Producer, and Director, Álex de la Iglesia, has toiled away on his features, virtually unknown by American audiences, yet embraced by many A-list actors who have discovered them overseas.

For the next 31 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and I'm going to tell you why, if you look for it, you'll now find after 25 years, EL DIA DE LA BESTIA (THE DAY OF THE BEAST) streaming somewhere in the U.S.A. this month. Writer Kristopher Monroe tells you why it's worth your time.

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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 48.
Look for Neve in 2021, 2022 Horror, SCREAM (2022).
Actor Seth Gabel (THE Da VINCI CODE, FRINGE [TV], JONAH HEX, ALLEGIANCE [2012], ARROW [TV], GOTHICA [2013], AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV], SALEM [TV]) is 40.
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, THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE [TV], RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [TV], INFINITY TRAIN [TV]) is 48.
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, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, GEMINI MAN, LISEY'S STORY [TV]) is 57.
Actor Noah Schnapp (STRANGER THINGS [TV], LEGEND OF HALLOWAIIAN) is 17.
Look for Noah in the upcoming 2020 Horror, HUBIE HALLOWEEN.
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], AVENGERS: ENDGAME, MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL) is 38.
Director Denis Villeneuve (INCENDIES, PRISONERS, ENEMY, ARRIVAL, BLADE RUNNER 2049) is 54.
Look for Denis directing the upcoming 2020, 2021 Thriller, DUNE.

CINEMA OBSCURA

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Independent cinema is often entangled in the seemingly byzantine process of world-wide distribution and U.S. cinema, even arthouse, is notorious for poor showings. When it comes to making a powerful splash in film festivals, rave critic reviews, and audience approval, I can't think of any other movie that did better in 2009 than MAKE-OUT WITH VIOLENCE.

And yet, history shows us that the distributor had no idea how to sell it and by 2010 it was already fading into obscurity.

For the next 32 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and I'm going to tell you why you might fall in love with U.S. Indie Director, Andrew Duensing's (aka The Deagol Brothers), original 2009 Mumblecore Horror movie, MAKE-OUT WITH VIOLENCE.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor, Director 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, PHOBIAS) is 35.
Actor Krisondra Daigneault (SILENT NIGHT, ZOMBIE NIGHT, HORRORWEEN, THE OATMEAL MAN) is 26.
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, LIMBO, BETWEEN THE DARKNESS, SAME DIFFERENCE, BECOMING, THE STEP DADDY, HACKED) is 54.
Look for Lew's upcoming 2021 Horror Thriller, LIFELINES. Also in 2021, SHADOWMARSH. And in 2022, NIGHT CALLER and MONSTROUS.
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, THE YEAR OF FURY, ANA TRAMEL. EL JUEGO [TV]) is 51.
Look for Maribel in the 2022 Thriller, THE FLASH, Directed by Andy Muschietti (MAMA, IT, IT CHAPTER 2).

CINEMA OBSCURA

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
The phrase Cinema Obscura is well over 2000 years old, describing dark interiors where a bright beam of sunlight through a pinhole in a wall or tent reveals a projection, gnomen, of the outside.

What I'm talking about here is the Cinema Obscura of rare cinema, and I'm not referring necessarily to old silent movies of the late 1800s.

Independent cinema is often entangled in the seemingly byzantine process of world-wide distribution and U.S. cinema, even arthouse, is notorious for poor showings. While major Asian producers from Jackie Chan to Stephen Chow have a long history of struggling with U.S. distributors to have their movies seen, I'm focused on Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense movies.

For the next 33 days, from October 1 through the end of November 2 and Dia de Los Muertos, come with me as I talk about good, cool, and even great movies, foreign and domestic, that continue to get hidden from their audience for many various legal reasons.

For the next 33 days, this is Feo Amante's Cinema Obscura and I'm going to tell you what is so compelling about German Director, Damir Lukacevic's, brilliant 2010 techno Horror Thriller, TRANSFER.

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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 63.
Look for Michelle in the upcoming 2021 2022 Horror Thriller, SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-ARAMA II.
Actor Danielle Bisutti (AUTOMATIC, TROPIX, VENICE UNDERGROUND, CURSE OF CHUCKY, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, NANNY KILLER, GREENLIGHT, DWIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR [TV]) is 45.
Listen for Danielle in the upcoming 2022 Horror VG, GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK.
Actor Holly Elissa (SPOOK, ALIEN INCURSION, WHISTLER [TV], POLAR STORM, SOMETHING EVIL COMES, ICE QUAKE, COLLISION EARTH, THE 12 DISASTERS OF CHRISTMAS, VAN HELSING [TV]) is 42.
Writer Gary Frank (FOREVER WILL YOU SUFFER, INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY) is 57.
I knew Gary before I knew MySpace, and you can visit him at AuthorGaryFrank.
Like me, Gary has a short story featured in the Horror Thriller anthology, FEAR THE REAPER, edited by Joe Mynhardt.