HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer, Director Alejandro Amenábar (TESIS, OPEN YOUR EYES, THE OTHERS, REGRESSION, LA FORTUNA [TV]) is 50.
Writer / Director Adam Green (HATCHET [all], SPIRAL, FROZEN, HATCHET 2, CHILLERAMA, HOLLISTON [TV], DIGGING UP THE MARROW, HORRIFIED [TV], VICTOR CROWLEY, ADAM GREEN'S SCARY SLEEPOEVER [TV]) is 47.
Musician Angus Young (AC/DC: HIGH VOLTAGE, JAILBREAK, POWERAGE, IF YOU WANT BLOOD YOU'VE GOT IT, HIGHWAY TO HELL, DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP, LET THERE BE ROCK, BACK IN BLACK, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK: WE SALUTE YOU, FLIP THE SWITCH, FLY ON THE WALL, WHO MADE WHO, RAZOR'S EDGE, BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO, BALLBREAKER, STIFF UPPER LIP, TNT, BLACK ICE, PWR/UP, Movies: IRON MAN 2) is 67.

MAD GODS Has A Home!

Shudder finally pulled the trigger and if you're like me, you're probably wondering what the hell took so long?

Now all I want is for Shudder to give us a Blu-Ray and/or Blu-Ray & 4K release. Please don't consign Phil Tippet's 30 year labor of love to stream and DVD only.

Full story at Deadline.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor John Astin (THE ADDAMS FAMILY [TV], THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, TEEN WOLF TOO, RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES!, NIGHT LIFE, GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, KILLER TOMATOES STRIKE BACK!, ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES! [TV], EERIE, INDIANA [TV], KILLER TOMATOES EAT FRANCE!, STEPMONSTER, THE ADDAMS FAMILY [Animated - TV], THE FRIGHTENERS) is 92.
Look for John in the 2022 Thriller, STARSHIP II: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMSES.
Writer Scott Edelman (THE GIFT, WHAT WILL COME AFTER, THE HUNGER OF EMPTY VESSELS) is 61 or something.
Actor Juliet Landau (NEON CITY, ED WOOD, RAVAGER, LIFE AMONG THE CANNIBALS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], TOOLBOX MURDERS, ANGEL [TV], FATAL REUNION, HACK!, BIOSHOCK [VG - all], HAUNTED, INSIGHT, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, STRANGE FRAME: LOVE AND SAX, DARK HEARTS, FAIRFIELD, THE TERROR OF HALLOW'S EVE, A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD) is 57.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Brendan Gleeson (TURBULANCE, LAKE PLACID, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, 28 DAYS LATER, DARK BLUE, THE VILLAGE, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, BEOWULF [2007], HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1, SAFE HOUSE, THE RAVEN, EDGE OF TOMORROW, STONEHEARST ASYLUM, ASSASSIN'S CREED, MR. MERCEDES [TV]) is 67.
Writer, Director Jeremy Kasten (THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS, ALL SOUL'S DAY: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, THE THIRST, THE WIZARD OF GORE, SUICIDE GIRLS MUST DIE!, THE DEAD ONES, 11-11-11, THE EXORCIST FILES [TV], I'LL HAUNT YOU WHEN I'M DEAD, MY HAUNTED VACATION, THE PROFANE EXHIBIT, ANGELUS, THE DEAD ONES) is 51.
Writer J.A. Konrath (WHISKEY SOUR, RUSTY NAIL, DIRTY MARTINI, FIZZY NAVEL, FLOATERS, HORROR STORIES, TRUCK STOP, AFRAID, and more) is 61, I think.
Actor Lucy Lawless (GINGER SNAPS, SPIDER-MAN, BOOGEYMAN, LOCUSTS, VAMPIRE BATS, DARKROOM, ANGEL OF DEATH, SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA [TV], SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED, THE CODE [TV], SALEM [TV], THE CHANGEOVER, ASH VS EVIL DEAD [TV], THE DEAD ONES, THE SPINE OF NIGHT) is 56.
Look for Lucy in the upcoming 2021, 2022, Thriller, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU.
Actor Christopher Lambert (SUBWAY, HIGHLANDER - all of them, KNIGHT MOVES, FORTRESS - all of them, BEOWULF, RESURRECTION, ABSOLON, METAMORPHOSIS, TRIVIAL, THE CHAUFFEUR, GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE, BLOOD SHOT, THE BROKEN KEY, SHADOW OF THE WOLF, LA VOCE DEL LUPO, SOMEONE DIES TONIGHT, THE CREEPS) is 66.
Look for Christopher in the 2022 Horror Thriller, IT'S NOT OVER. Also in 2022, SOMEONE DIES TONIGHT.
Writer/Director Victor Salva (CLOWNHOUSE, NATURE OF THE BEAST, JEEPERS CREEPERS, JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, ROSEWOOD LANE, DARK HOUSE [2014], JEEPERS CREEPERS III) is 64.
Actor Marina Sirtis (BLIND DATE, WAXWORK II, GARGOYLES [TV - all], STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, TERMINAL ERROR, STAR TREK: NEMESIS, NET GAMES, SPECTRES, THE GRUDGE 3, 31 NORTH 62 EAST, ANNIHILATION EARTH, SPEED DEMONS, KEEPERS, A DARK REFLECTION, LITTLE DEAD ROTTING HOOD, 5TH PASSENGER, THE LAST SHARKNADO, RILEY PARRA: BETTER ANGELS, MAX WINSLOW AND THE HOUSE OF SECRETS, UNBELIEVABLE!!!) is 67.
Look for Marina in the 2022 Thriller, A THOUSAND LITTLE CUTS. Also in 2022, DREAM HACKER.

PHANTASM Turns 43

Read my review of Don Coscarelli's PHANTASM.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
SUNDAY -
Actor Nathan Fillion (DRACULA 2000, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], FIREFLY [TV], WATER'S EDGE, SERENITY, SLITHER, WHITE NOISE 2: THE LIGHT, DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG, SUPER, CASTLE [TV], PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, GRAVITY FALLS [TV], YAMASONG: MARCH OF THE HALLOWS, A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS [TV], THE VENTURE BROS. [TV], SANTA CLRIATA DIET [TV], THE SUICIDE SQUAD, BRIDGEWATER [Pod], RESIDENT ALIEN [TV]) is 51.
Horror Writer Steven L. Shrewsbury (GODFORSAKEN, THOROUGHBRED, WHORE OF JERICHO) is 52.
No introduction needed here, The Man:
Writer / Director / Producer / Actor Quentin Tarantino (RESERVOIR DOGS, PAST MIDNIGHT, PULP FICTION, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, LITTLE NICKY, KILL BILL Vol. 1, KILL BILL Vol. 2, SIN CITY, HOSTEL, GRINDHOUSE, PLANET TERROR, DEATH PROOF, DJANGO UNCHAINED, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: THE SERIES [TV]) is 59.
Actor Michael York (MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, LOGAN'S RUN, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU [1977], FINAL ASSIGNMENT, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [TV], DARK MANSIONS [TV], UN DELITTO POCO COMUNE, KILLING BLUE, DISCRETION ASSURED, NOT OF THIS EARTH, DARK PLANET, THE RIPPER [TV], THE OMEGA CODE, THE HAUNTING OF HELL HOUSE, MEGIDDO: THE OMEGA CODE 2, CRUSADER, MIKA I ALFRED, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, THE JUSTICE OF WOLVES) is 80.
Actor Caroline Williams (STEPFATHER 2, LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III, DECONSTRUCTING SARAH, LEPRECHAUN 3, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II, THE UNLEASHED, ABOLITION, MONSTERPIECE THEATER VOLUME 1, HATCHET III, CONTRACTED, THE PROFANE EXHIBIT, SEED 2, TALES OF POE, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, MARTIAN LAND, BLOOD FEAST, BLOODY BALLET, PSYCHO GRANNY, VEROTIKA, BLIND, GREENLIGHT, HANUKKAH, TEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT, COLD BLOODED KILLERS).
Look for Caroline in the upcoming Horror Thriller, RENFIELD.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Thriller, Suspense, and Mystery Writer, Lawrence Dagstine (ESPIONAGE FIRST, SPENER PRAGUE, DEATH OF THE COMMON WRITER, VISITATION RIGHTS, ALLEGIANCE TO ARMS) is 43.
Writer, editor Peter Giglio (BALANCE, THE DARK w/Scott Bradley, ANON, A SPARK IN THE DARKNESS, HELP! WANTED: TALES OF ON-THE-JOB TERROR, JESTER WORLD: TWISTED ENCOUNTERS IN THE FUN PARK) is 61 or something.
Actor Tinsel Korey (IT WAITS, UNNATURAL & ACCIDENTAL, POST MORTEM [2007], TIN MAN [TV], HYBRID [2007], RABBIT FALL [TV], WYVERN, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, STAINED, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, BLACK BOX, BLACK FOREST, SUPERGRID) is 42.
Actor Erik Knudsen (TRIBULATION, SAW II, JERICHO [TV], SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD, BEASTLY, SCREAM 4, THE BARRENS, CONTINUUM [TV], THE MIST [TV], BLINDSIDED, STICKMAN) is 34.
Actor Elizabeth Lail (ONCE UPON A TIME [TV], DEAD OF SUMMER [TV], UNINTENDED, COUNTDOWN) is 30.
Look for ELizabeth in the upcoming 2023 Horror movie 5 NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S.
Actor Kari Matchett (TRAIL OF A KILLER, EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT [TV], A COLDER KIND OF DEATH, ANGEL EYES, CUBE²: HYPERCUBE, A NERO WOLFE MYSTERY [TV - 2000], THE GLOW, CYPHER, 5IVE DAYS TO MIDNIGHT [TV], PLAGUE CITY: SARS IN TORONTO, CIVIC DUTY, INVASION [TV], INTIMATE STRANGER, 24 [TV], METEOR STORM, LEVERAGE [TV], COVERT AFFAIRS [TV], COVERT AFFAIRS: SIGHTS UNSEEN, THE RIVERBANK, MAD MOM, CODE 8) is 52.
Writer, Actor Richard O'Brien (THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, FLASH GORDON, SHOCK TREATMENT, DARK CITY, ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS, NIGHT TRAIN, ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE) is 80.
Actor Lee Pace (THE FALL, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, POSSESSION, THE RESIDENT, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Part 2, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY [ALL], GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, THE KEEPING HOURS, REVOLT, CAPTAIN MARVEL, FOUNDATION [TV], BODIES BODIES BODIES) is 43.
Actor Édgar Ramírez (¡AQUÍ ESPAANTAN!, YOTAMA SE VA VOLANDO, ELIPSIS, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, GREETINGS TO THE DEVIL, WRATH OF THE TITANS, ZERO DARK THIRTY, DELIVER US FROM EVIL, BRIGHT [TV], THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, WASP NETWORK, THE UNDOING [TV], THE 355) is 46.
Look for Édgar in the 2022, 2023 Thriller, Eli Roth's BORDERLANDS.

WHAT TO WEAR?
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director Larry Fessenden (HABIT [1982], NO TELLING, HABIT [1995], WENDIGO, SESSION 9, THE LAST WINTER, DEPRAVED, BENEATH, ZOMBIE HONEYMOON, AUTOMATONS, SISTERS [2006], TRIGGER MAN, I SELL THE DEAD, BITTER FEAST, SATAN HATES YOU, STAKE LAND, HYPOTHERMIA, THE INNKEEPERS, STRAY BULLETS, LIKE ME, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, PSYCHOPATHS, THE RANGER, HEADSPACE, CABIN FEVER: SPRING FEVER, YOU'RE NEXT, HELLBENDERS, THE MIND'S EYE, NIGHT OF THE WOLF, THE TRANSFIGURATION, CLARA'S GHOST, JAKOB'S WIFE, and way more!) is 59.
Actor, Producer, Director Joe Lynch (TERROR FIRMER, WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END, THE BLACK BOX, CHILLERAMA, HOLLISTON [NetTV], KNIGHTS OF BADDASSDOM, EVERLY, GHOUL, MAYHEM, POINT BLANK, CREEPSHOW [TV]) is 52 or something.
Actor Sal Lizard (FEEDING THE MASSES, CREATURE FROM THE HILLBILLY LAGOON, ABE'S TOMB, ANDREW SAWYER'S ICHABOD, WICKED BUSINESS, HILLBILLY BOB ZOMBIE, NEXT DOOR, YOUNG BLOOD: EVIL INTENTIONS, ALL SINNER'S NIGHT) is 60.
Writer Zak Penn (X2: X-MEN UNITED, INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS, SUSPECT ZERO, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE AVENGERS, ALPHAS [TV], READY PLAYER ONE) is 52.

In One Week: Mutiny Pictures Presents,
THE YELLOW PAPER

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BLADE II is 20 Today

Read my awesome review, you, at /BLADE II.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Composer Angelo Badalamenti (BLUE VELVET, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: THE DREAM WARRIORS, TWIN PEAKS [TV], THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, LOST HIGHWAY, ARLINGTON ROAD, FOREVER MINE, MULHOLLAND DR., SUSPENDED ANIMATION, RABBITS, L' ADVERSAIRE, CABIN FEVER, EVILENKO, DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST, DARK WATER, THE WICKERMAN [2006], TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES, TWIN PEAKS [TV - 2017], HERE AFTER) is 85.
Look for Angelo's 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Supernatural Thriller (and Carrie Fisher's final movie), WONDERWELL.

Wonderwell was originally shot in 2016 for a 2017 release, however, the death of Carrie on December 27, 2016, with the movie still in production, put it in limbo. It was completed by 2019 but remains unreleased as of this year today.

Actor Kandyse McClure (THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, RETURN TO THE CABIN BY THE LAKE, JEREMIAH [TV], CARRIE [2002], DA VINCI'S INQUEST [TV], WHISTLER [TV], REAPER [TV], SANCTUARY [TV], CHILDREN OF THE CORN [2009], PERSONS UNKNOWN [TV], MOTHER'S DAY [2010], HEMLOCK GROVE [TV], SEVENTH SON, CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, GHOST WARS [TV], V-WARS [TV], CHARMED [TV - 2018], DEMONIC) is 42.
Actor William Shatner (THE INTRUDER, INCUBUS [1966], SOLE SURVIVOR, VANISHED, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, HORROR AT 37,000 FEET, IMPULSE, THE DEVIL'S RAIN, THE TENTH LEVEL, KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS, THE LAND OF NO RETURN, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, TEKWAR [TV], DEAD MAN'S ISLAND, AMERICAN PSYCHO II, GROOM LAKE, FIRE SERPENT, HORRORWEEN, A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY, HAVEN [TV], TO YOUR LAST DEATH, DEVIL'S REVENGE, CREATORS: THE PAST, TO YOUR LAST DEATH, DEVIL'S REVENGE) is 91.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Jason Brannon (PUZZLES OF FLESH, FIVE DAYS ON THE BANKS OF ARCHERON, WINDS OF CHANGE, THE CAGE, LAKE OCTOBER, QUARTET, RUSTY NAILS, THE ORDER OF THE BULL, THE MISUNDERSTOOD AND OTHER MISFIT HORRORS, THE MAZE) is 44 years old today.
Writer Scott A. Johnson (AN AMERICAN HAUNTING, THE MAYOR'S GUIDE TO THE STATELY GHOSTS OF AUGUSTA, DEADLANDS, GHOSTS OF SAN ANTONIO, CANE RIVER: A GHOST STORY, HAUNTED AUSTIN TEXAS, CITY OF DEMONS, VERMIN: BOOK ONE OF THE STANLEY COOPER CHRONICLES, PAGES: BOOK TWO OF THE STANLEY COOPER CHRONICLES, THE JOURNAL OF EDWIN GREY, DROPLETS, ECTOSTORM: BOOK THREE OF THE STANLEY COOPER CHRONICLES) is 51.
Director Karyn Kusama (ÆON FLUX, JENNIFER'S BODY, THE INVITATION, XX, DESTROYER) is 54.
Actor Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's DRACULA [1992], TRUE ROMANCE, ROMEO IS BLEEDING, LEON, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, THE CONTENDER, HANNIBAL, SIN, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, BATMAN BEGINS, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, THE DARK KNIGHT, THE UNBORN, THE BOOK OF ELI, RED RIDING HOOD, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Part 2, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, PARANOIA, ROBOCOP [2014], DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, CHILD 44, CRIMINAL, TAU, MARY, A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD, CRISIS, and more) is 64.
Actor Jill Schoelen (Wes Craven's CHILLER, STEPFATHER, THE BITE, CUTTING CLASS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, POPCORN, STATE OF MIND, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK) is 59.

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Musician Chester Bennington (Band: LINKIN PARK. Movie Soundtracks: THE EXPERIMENT, THE ONE, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, TRANSFORMERS [2007], PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, TWILIGHT, TRON: LEGACY, TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER) is 46.
Horror host Dick Dyzel aka Count Gor DeVol is 75.
I wish a final Happy birthday to
Actor William Hurt (ALTERED STATES, EYEWITNESS, BODY HEAT, GORKY PARK, UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, TRIAL BY JURY, LOVED, DARK CITY, LOST IN SPACE, THE 4TH FLOOR, DO NOT DISTURB, CONTAMINATED MAN, DUNE [2000 - TV], RARE BIRDS, CHANGING LANES, THE VILLAGE, FRANKENSTEIN [2004 - TV], A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, NEVERWAS, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES [TV], MR. BROOKS, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, DAMAGES [TV], HELLGATE [2011], THE HOST [2013], WINTER'S TALE [2014], HUMANS [TV], CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, AVENGERS ENDGAME, BLACK WIDOW) who died one week before his 72 birthday.
William has a starring role in the upcoming series, PANTHEON, currently in production.
William Hurt, in voice only, plays Stephen Holstrom, a man who appears to be calling his daughter Justine (Maude Apatow) from the dead.
Also stars Paul Danno (THE BATMAN), Aaron Eckhart (THE DARK KNIGHT, BATTLE LOS ANGELES), Daniel Dae Kim (SPIDER-MAN 2, THE CAVE), and Kevin Durand (THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE).
Actor Lawrence Makoare (WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED [1999], THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, DIE ANOTHER DAY, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING, THE FERRYMAN, FUNDAMENTAL, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, TATAU [TV], OCCUPATION: RAINFALL) is 53.
Writer, Director, Producer, Stephen Sommers (DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY, THE MUMMY RETURNS, THE SCORPION KING, VAN HELSING, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, THE SCORPION KING: RISE OF A WARRIOR, G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, THE SCORPION KING 3: BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION, ODD THOMAS) is 60.
Actor David Thewlis (AFRAID OF THE DARK [1991], THE TRIAL, AMERICAN PERFEKT, DIVORCING JACK, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, DRAGONHEART, GANGSTER NO. 1, TIMELINE, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, BASIC INSTINCT 2, THE OMEN [2006], THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 & 2, ANONYMOUS, THE FIFTH ESTATE, THE ZERO THEOREM, STONEHEART ASYLUM, MACBETH [2015], REGRESSION [2015], THE FEED [TV], I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS) is 58.
Look for David in the upcoming 2020, 2021, 2022 Thriller, AVATAR 2. Also in 2022, THE SANDMAN [TV].

112 Years Ago Today the Creature Came To Life On Screen: FRANKENSTEIN

Watch the restored version of FRANKENSTEIN at Feo Amante Theater

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Lily Collins (PRIEST, ABDUCTION, MIRROR MIRROR, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, EXTREMELY WICKED SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE, INHERITANCE, WINDFALL) is 33.
Actor Brad Dourif (EYES OF LAURA MARS, BLUE VELVET, CHILD'S PLAY [all], THE EXORCIST III, HIDDEN AGENDA, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, DEATH MACHINE, ALIEN: Resurrection, URBAN LEGEND, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, BORN OF EARTH, JUNKYARD DOG, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, DEATH AND CREMATION, FADING OF THE CRIES, LAST KIND WORDS, BLOOD SHOT, PRIEST, END OF THE WORLD, GINGERCLOWN, CURSE OF CHUCKY, AVARICE, MALIGNANT, THE CONTROL GROUP, THE WILDING [2016], WILDING [2018], AMERICAN DREAM, OBSESSION, CHUCKY [TV], DECRYPTED) who is 72.
Actor Sophia Myles (GUEST HOUSE PARADISO, FROM HELL, UNDERWORLD, OUT OF BOUNDS, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, MOONLIGHT [TV], DRACULA [TV], OUTLANDER, MI-5 [TV], GALLOWS HILL, THE DAMNED [2014], TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, BLACKWOOD, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES [TV]) is 42.

EVEN WORSE THAN IN 2020 and 2021 'CUZ NOW WE'RE ENTERING THE 3rd F*CKING YEAR!
Leprechaun from Trimark Pictures.

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FINAL DESTINATION Turns 22!

This Horror classic ushered in the new millinneum with a smart style, concept, and of all things, the ultimate unseen killer! E.C. McMullen Jr. takes you back to the cinema and how the original SCREAM generation reacted to the first ever nationwide theatrical showing of FINAL DESTINATION!

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Mark Boone Jr. (BORN IN FLAMES, FILM HOUSE FEVER, FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE, FEVER, THE PAINT JOB, SE7EN, THE GAME, HACK [1997], John Carpenter's VAMPIRES, I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, MEMENTO, ORDINARY MADNESS, DEAD BIRDS, FRANKENFISH, SAWTOOTH, BATMAN BEGINS, THE LEGEND OF LUCY KEYES, WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY, UNKNOWN, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, THE DONNER PARTY, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II, GHOST HOUSE, AMERICAN SATAN, BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, IDA RED, THE GATEWAY) is 67.
Look for Mark in the upcoming 2021 Thriller series, PARADISE CITY [TV].
Actor John Boyega (BECOMING HUMAN [TV 2011 - 2012], ATTACK THE BLOCK, 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY [TV], MAJOR LAZER [TV], THE CIRCLE, PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, WATERSHIP DOWN [TV], 892, TOMORROW'S MONSTERS [Pod]) is 30.
Look for John in the 2021, 2022 Horror Thriller, THEY CLONED TYRONE.
Actor Gina Holden (FANTASTIC FOUR [2005], FINAL DESTINATION 3, DA VINCI'S CITY HALL [TV], THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2, AVPR: ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM, BLOOD TIES [TV], FLASH GORDON [TV], MESSAGES DELETED, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, HARPER'S ISLAND [TV], MYSTERIOUS ISLAND [2010], SAW 3D: THE FINAL CHAPTER, SAND SHARKS, R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR [TV], THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT [2012], SINK HOLE, DRACANO, AVALANCHE SHARKS, DOOMED PLANET, THE EXORCISM OF MOLLY HARTLEY, WHERE'S MY BABY?, SECRETS IN THE ATTIC, A WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE, STRESSED TO DEATH, SLEEPING WITH MY STUDENT, HIS DEADLY AFFAIR) is 45.
Actor Kurt Russell (THE DEADLY TOWER, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, John Carpenter's THE THING, SILKWOOD, THE MEAN SEASON, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, UNLAWFUL ENTRY, STARGATE, EXECUTIVE DECISION, ESCAPE FROM L.A., BREAKDOWN, SOLDIER, VANILLA SKY, DARK BLUE, POSEIDON, DEATH PROOF, BONE TOMAHAWK, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2) is 71.
Actor Gary Sinise (THE STAND [TV], THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, ALBINO ALLIGATOR, RANSOM, SNAKE EYES, THE GREEN MILE, MISSION TO MARS, IMPOSTOR, THE HUMAN STAIN, THE FORGOTTEN, CSI: NY [TV], 13 REASONS WHY) is 65.

43 Years of TOURIST TRAP

In 43 years: Never a Remake. Never a Sequel. Never an Equal.

Read why TOURIST TRAP is one of the best Horror movies ever made.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Tara Buck (TRUE BLOOD [TV], THE LIFE ZONE, TOMORROW YOU'RE GONE, THE NIGHT VISITOR, AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR, NOISE IN THE MIDDLE) is 47.
Actor Victor Garber (MONKEYS IN THE ATTIC, GRAND LARCENY, THE FIRST CIRCLE, WOMAN ON TRIAL: THE LAWRENCIA BEMBENEK STORY, EXOTICA, KLEPTOMANIA, HOSTILE ADVANCES: THE KERRY ELLISON STORY, INVISIBLE CHILD, LOVE AND MURDER, DEADLY APPEARANCES, THE WANDERING SOUL MURDERS, A COLDER KIND OF DEATH, TORSO: THE EVELYN DICK STORY, HOME ROOM, ALIAS [TV], ReGENESIS [TV], JUSTICE [TV], DAMAGES [TV], THE LAST TEMPLAR [TV], ICE QUAKE, EVERYTHING SHE EVER WANTED [TV], THE ENTITLED, DECEPTION [TV], I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN, THE HUNTERS, CONSUMED, SELF/LESS, VIXEN: THE MOVIE, THE FLASH [TV], DC's LEGENDS OF TOMORROW [TV]) is 73.
Actor Sienna Guillory (THE LAST MINUTE, SUPERSTITION, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, MARPLE: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, SILENCE BECOMES YOU, VIRTUALITY, PERFECT LIFE, RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE, THE LIST, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, BEING AMERICAN, THE WICKED WITHIN, ABDUCT, HIGH-RISE, DON'T HANG UP, FORTITUDE [TV], CRYSTAL'S SHADOW, A BANQUET) is 46.
Look for Sienna's upcoming 2023 Horror Thriller, MEG 2: THE TRENCH.
Writer, Artist Todd McFarlane (VENOM [Comic], SPAWN [Comic], SPAWN [TV], SPAWN [Graphic Novel], SPAWN [Movie], VENOM [Movie]) is 61.
Writer Amanda Stevens (THE DOLLMAKER, THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS) is way, way old! Visit her at Amanda Stevens.
Producer and Director Gore Verbinski (THE RING, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END, A CURE FOR WELLNESS) is 57.

IFC Midnight and Shudder Trailer Drop WATCHER

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Director / Actor David Cronenberg (SHIVERS aka THEY CAME FROM WITHIN, RABID, THE BROOD, SCANNERS, VIDEODROME, THE FLY, THE DEAD ZONE, DEAD RINGERS, NIGHTBREED, LAST NIGHT, RESURRECTION, eXistenZ, JASON X, SPIDER, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROMISES, A DANGEROUS METHOD, DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL, SLASHER [TV]) is 79.
Look for David's upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE.
Writer Christopher Fulbright (SOMETIMES WOMEN ARE SO COLD, THE COMES THE CHILD*, BLOOD COVERN*, WHEN IT RAINS AND OTHER WRECKAGE, OF WOLF AND MAN - *w/Angeline Hawkes, THE BONE TREE) is 62.
Writer Heather Graham (HAUNTED, PICTURE ME DEAD, IN THE DARK, PRESENCE, IF LOOKS COULD KILL, KILLING KELLY, GHOST WALK, THE VISION, THE DEAD ROOM, THE SEANCE, DEADLY NIGHT, NIGHTWALKER, UNHALLOWED GROUND, PHANTOM EVIL, and way more) is 62.
Director Renny Harlin (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, DIE HARD 2, DEEP BLUE SEA, MINDHUNTERS, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, THE COVENANT, THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT aka DEVIL'S PASS, BODIES AT REST) is 63.
Look for Renny's 2022 Horror Thriller, THE REFUGE.
Actor Kellan Lutz (GHOSTS OF GOLDFIELD, PROM NIGHT [2008], TWILIGHT [all], THE FORGOTTEN ONES, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET [2010], ARENA, IMMORTALS, MONEY, THE OSIRIS CHILD, 7 GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB) is 37.
Horror writer and editor, Eunice Magill (Former columnist for Dark Wisdom magazine) is 61.
SFX Make-Up Artist Gregory Nicotero (DAY OF THE DEAD [1985], EVIL DEAD 2, PHANTASM II, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM CHILD, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, MISERY, ARMY OF DARKNESS, NEW NIGHTMARE, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, THE WALKING DEAD [1995], GALAXIS, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN [all], SCREAM, SPAWN, THE NIGHT FLIER, SCREAM 2, PHANTOMS, THE FACULTY, THE HAUNTING [1999], HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL [1999], THE GREEN MILE, THE CELL, UNBREAKABLE, MULHOLLAND DR., GHOSTS OF MARS, MINORITY REPORT, KILL BILL [all], EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, SIN CITY, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR [2005], LAND OF THE DEAD, THE ISLAND, SERENITY, HOSTEL, THE HILLS HAVE EYES [2006], PRIMEVAL, MASTERS OF HORROR [all], GRINDHOUSE, TRANSFORMERS, PLANET TERROR, DIARY OF THE DEAD, THE MIST, MIRRORS, THE UNBORN, DRAG ME TO HELL, SURROGATES, SPLICE, THE BOOK OF ELI, THE LAST EXORCISM, PREDATORS, PIRANHA [2010], THE WALKING DEAD [TV], FEAR THE WALKING DEAD [TV], ANNABELLE, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, CAPTIVE STATE, WATCHMEN [TV]) is 59.
Gregory shares a birthday month with THE FACULTY alumni, writer Kevin Williamson.
Look for Gregory acting in the 2022 Horror Thriller, INFERNUM OBSCURA.
Horror Artist Sam Shearon (Album covers include GODHEAD, STATIC-X, ROB ZOMBIE: HELLBILLY DELUXE 2) is 44. Visit him at SamShearon.com.
Musician/Actor Dee Snider (Band: TWISTED SISTER. Movies: STRANGELAND, DEEPWATER, THE HISTORY OF FUTURE FOLK, MOTORCITY, HOLLISTON [TV]) is 66.

Shinehouse Trailer Drops FATHER OF FLIES

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Michael Caine (THE IPCRESS FILE, FUNERAL IN BERLIN, BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN, THE MAGUS, GET CARTER, SLEUTH, THE BLACK WINDMILL, PEEPER, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED, THE SWARM, THE ISLAND [1980], DRESSED TO KILL, THE HAND, DEATHTRAP, THE JIGSAW MAN, THE FOURTH PROTOCOL, THE WHISTLE BLOWER, JAWS: THE REVENGE, WITHOUT A CLUE, A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, BLUE ICE, ON DEADLY GROUND, BLOOD AND WINE, QUILLS, GET CARTER [2000], THE QUIET AMERICAN, QUICKSAND, THE STATEMENT, BATMAN BEGINS, CHILDREN OF MEN, THE PRESTIGE, FLAW, LESS, SLEUTH [2007], THE DARK KNIGHT, HARRY BROWN, INCEPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, NOW YOU SEE ME, ELIZA GRAVES, INTERSTELLAR, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, THE LAST WITCH HUNTER, COME AWAY, TENET) is 89.
Writer John Everson (CAGE OF BONES AND OTHER DEADLY OBSESSIONS, VIGILANTES OF LOVE, FAILURE, COVENANT, SINS OF THE SIRENS [EDITOR], SACRIFICE, THE 13TH) is 57.
Actor Daniel Gillies (NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU, SPIDER-MAN 2, TRESPASSING, Masters of Horror: DREAM CRUISE, CAPTIVITY, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV], THE ORIGINALS [TV], OCCUPATION: RAINFALL, COMING HOME IN THE DARK) is 46.
Daniel shares his birthday with THE VAMPIRE DIARIES alumnis, Writer Kevin Williamson and a Birthday month with Rick Worthy.
Actor Mercedes McNab (THE ADDAMS FAMILY, ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, THE FANTASTIC FOUR [1994], BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], ANGEL [TV], HATCHET, VIPERS, XII, DARK REEL, THIRST, MEDIUM RAW: NIGHT OF THE WOLF, HATCHET II) is 42.
Writer Kevin Williamson (SCREAM [all], I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, THE FACULTY, TEACHING MRS. TINGLE, GLORY DAYS [TV], CURSED, HIDDEN PALMS [TV], THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV], THE FOLLOWING [TV], TIME AFTER TIME [TV], TELL ME A STORY [TV], SCREAM [2022]) is 55.
Look for Kevin's writing in the 2022 Horror Thriller, SICK.

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Actor Chris Ashworth (AQUARIUS, THE WIRE [TV], LOVE LIES BLEEDING, SEX AND LIES IN SIN CITY, TERMINATOR SALVATION, THE DEMENTED, 13 SINS, 2020) is 47.
Look for Chris in the upcoming 2021, 2022 Thriller, DAY LABOR.
Actor Steve Bacic (DEADLY SINS, THE X-FILES [TV], VOYAGE OF TERROR, HEAVEN'S FIRE, QUARANTINE [2000], THE 6TH DAY, BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER, THRESHOLD, X2, STARGATE SG-1 [TV], ANDROMEDA [TV], Masters of Horror: HAECKEL'S TALE, DECEPTION, SAFE HARBOR, THE TOOTH FAIRY, AFGHAN KNIGHTS, BATTLESTAR GALATICA: RAZOR, THE FINAL STORM, 5 SOULS, FATAL PERFORMANCE, GHOST STORM, A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS, 5 SOULS, SUDDENLY, SPOOKSVILLE [TV], GARAGE SALE MYSTERY [TV], BLACKWAY, GET OUT ALIVE, DEADLY SORORITY, COLD ZONE) is 57.
Look for Steve in the upcoming 2021, 2022 Thriller, ALTER.
Actor Noel Fisher (VALENTINE [2001], I WAS A TEENAGE FAUST, KILLER BEES!, FINAL DESTINATION 2, X-MEN: EVOLUTION [TV], LIGHTNING: BOLTS OF DESTRUCTION, RED, BATTLE LOS ANGELES, THE BOOTH AT THE END [TV], THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2, CASTLE ROCK [TV]) is 38.
Writer / Actor Joe Knetter (SUCKED UP FHIT, TRAPDOOR, TWISTED LONELINESS, ZOMBIE BUKKAKE, DOOMED TO CONSUME, TERROR OVERLOAD, STRIP CLUB SLASHER, THE HORROR CONVENTION MASSACRE, NIGHT ON HAS BEEN MOUNTAIN, NIGHT TERRORS, MONSTERPIECE THEATER VOL. 1, MY UNCLE JOHN IS A ZOMBIE, MONSTERLAND, CHAINSAW MAIDENS FROM HELL, CYNTHIA, HANUKKAH, DESERT MOON, HORRORTHON VOLUME 2, BEARRY, and more) is 46.
Actor Harry Melling (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1, WAR OF THE WORLDS [TV], THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME [TV], THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH) is 33.
Look for Harry in the upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, THE PALE BLUE EYE.
Actor Kaya Scodelario (MOON, CLASH OF THE TITANS [2010], TWENTY8K, THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, SOUTHCLIFFE [TV], CRAWL, THE PALE HORSE [TV], RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, THE KING'S DAUGHTER) is 30.

SATURDAY -

Actor Jaimie Alexander (THE OTHER SIDE, REST STOP, HALLOWED GROUND, KYLE XY [TV], THOR, INTERSECTIONS, THOR: THE DARK WORLD, BLIND SPOT [TV], BROKEN VOWS, LONDON FIELDS) is 38.
Look for Jaimie in the 2021 Thriller, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER.
SFX Artist Eric D. Christensen (THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, JURASSIC PARK III, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, DREAMCATCHER, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, VAN HELSING, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THE VILLAGE, SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, LEMONY SNICKET'S: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, WAR OF THE WORLDS [2005], 2012, BUNRAKU, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, THE HOST [2013], WHITE HOUSE DOWN, PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS, THE MAZE RUNNER, THE MUMMY [2017], THE MIST [TV 2017], TOMB RAIDER [2018], BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, GODZILLA, CLOAK AND DAGGER [TV], DROPA, LUCY IN THE SKY) is 53.
Cinematographer Dean Cundey (SO EVIL MY SISTER, CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE, ILSA: HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SHEIKS, SATAN'S CHEERLEADERS, HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, GALAXINA, WITHOUT WARNING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, JAWS OF SATAN, HALLOWEEN II, THE THING [1982], HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, PSYCHO II, INVITATION TO HELL, BACK TO THE FUTURE [all], WARNING SIGN, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, PROJECT X, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, DEATH BECOMES HER, JURASSIC PARK, CASPER, WHISPER, THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS) is 75.
Actor Aaron Eckhart (SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS, THE PLEDGE, THE CORE, PAYCHECK, SUSPECT ZERO, NEVERWAS, THE BLACK DAHLIA, THE WICKERMAN, THE DARK KNIGHT, BATTLE LOS ANGELES, ERASED, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, I, FRANKENSTEIN, LONDON HAS FALLEN, INCARNATE, WANDER) is 54.
Look for Aaron in the upcoming 2021 Thriller, PANTHEON [TV].
Actor Masuimi Max (CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER IV, CORNMAN: AMERICAN VEGETABLE HERO, TALES FROM THE CRAPPER, UPSIDE DOWNTOWN, INLAND EMPIRE, THE DEVIL'S MUSE, UNLUCKY CHARMS, GINGERDEAD MAN VS EVIL BONG) is 44.
Look for Masuimi in the upcoming 2021 Horror, PROTEGE MOI.
Writer, Director Jim Sharman (SHIRLEY THOMPSON VS THE ALIENS, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, SUMMER OF SECRETS, THE NIGHT THE PROWLER, SHOCK TREATMENT) is 77.
Actor Frank Welker (SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU? [TV] - In fact, let's cut to the chase. From the beginning, Frank has always been the voice of Scooby-Doo in EVERYTHING SCOOBY-DOO! Voice of Fred in everything Scooby-Doo animation - DYNOMUTT [TV - all], FANGFACE [TV - all], THE FANTASTIC FOUR [TV], BLACKSTAR [TV], STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, GREMLINS, CAT'S EYE, INSPECTOR GADGET [TV - all], DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS [TV], TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE [voice of Magatron, Soundwave - all], GALTAR AND THE GOLDEN LANCE [TV], SECTAURS [TV], MUNCHIES, HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY, TRANSFORMERS [TV - all - Voice of Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave], BIONIC SIX [TV], SPIRAL ZONE [TV], WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, ARENA, SLIMER! AND THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS [TV - all - voice of Slimer, Ray Stantz], GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, GRAVEDALE HIGH [TV], TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE, THE LAST HALLOWEEN, DARKWING DUCK [TV], THE PIRATES OF DARK WATER [TV], DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS, THE SHADOW, STARGATE, GARGOYLES [TV - all - voice of Bronx], TANK GIRL, FUTURAMA [TV - all - voice of Nibbler], SPECIES, VIRTUOSITY, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES [TV], SEAQUEST DSV [TV], FREAKAZOID! [TV], MARS ATTACKS!, ANACONDA, SPAWN, GODZILLA [1998], PINKY AND THE BRAIN [TV - all], DEEP BLUE SEA, PYTHON, DEXTER'S LABORATORY [TV], HALLOWEENTOWN HIGH, EVIL CON CARNE [TV], WORLD OF WARCRAFT [VG - all], ALICE IN WONDERLAND [2010], SPLATTERHOUSE [VG], MIRROR MIRROR [2012] - over 860 acting credits!) is 76.
Actor Rick Worthy (EYE OF THE STALKER, THE TRIGGER EFFECT, MURDER ONE [TV], STEEL, STAR TREK: INSURRECTION, ANTITRUST, HOLES [2003], BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [2004 - TV], FALLEN [2006], EYES [TV], FALLEN [TV], BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV], SUPERNATURAL [TV], THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE [TV], THE MAGICIANS [TV]) is 55.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor David Anders (ALIAS [TV], THE SOURCE, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION [TV], CHARMED [TV], LEFT IN DARKNESS, REVENANT, CHILDREN OF THE CORN [TV - 2009], 24 [TV], HEROES [TV], THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV], ONCE UPON A TIME [TV], 24 [TV], iZOMBIE [TV]) is 40.
Actor Thora Birch (HOCUS POCUS, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, THE HOLE [2001], SHADOW REALM, SILVER CITY, DARK CORNERS, TRAIN, DEADLINE, WINTER OF FROZEN DREAMS, COLONY [TV], KINDRED SPIRITS, ABOVE SUSPICION, THE WALKING DEAD [TV]) is 40.
Look for Thora in the upcoming 2022 Horror, WEDNESDAY [TV]. Directed by Tim Burton (BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, MARS ATTACKS!).
Writer/Director Christophe Gans (NECRONOMICON, CRYING FREEMAN, LE PACT DES LOUPS, HOUSE OF VOICES, SILENT HILL, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST [2014]) is 62.
Actor Gina Holden (REUNION [TV], DA VINCI'S INQUEST, FINAL DESTINATION 3, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, MESSAGES DELETED, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, HARPER'S ISLAND [TV], SAW 3D: THE FINAL CHAPTER, SAND SHARKS, R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR, DRACANO, THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT [2012], SINK HOLE, AVALANCHE SHARKS, LA APOCALYPSE, THE EXORCISM OF MOLLY HARTLEY, BOY IN THE ATTIC, A WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE, STRESSED TO DEATH, DEADLY VENGEANCE, HIS DEADLY AFFAIR) is 45.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong (IT CHAPTER TWO, BLACK WIDOW, THE TOMORROW WAR, AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV]) is 12.
Look for Ryan in the upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, FIRESTARTER. Also in 2022, MATERNAL.
Actor Madeleine Arthur (THE TOMORROW PEOPLE [TV], GRACE: THE POSSESSION, THE FAMILY [TV], THE MAGICIANS [TV], COLOR OUT OF SPACE, SNOWPIERCER [TV]) is 25.
Look for Madeline in the upcoming 2022 Horror Thriller, DEVIL IN OHIO [TV].
Starting in 2006, this Artist expanded her range in Horror, Thrillers, and Mysteries.
Actor Olivia Wilde (TURISTAS, TRON: LEGACY, COWBOYS AND ALIENS, THE WORDS, DEADFALL, HER, THE LAZARUS EFFECT, BLACK DOG RED DOG, A VIGILANTE, HOW IT ENDS, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE) is 38.
Look for Olivia in the upcoming 2021, 2022, Suspense Thriller, DON'T WORRY DARLING.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Horror Writer Stuart Neild (A HAUNTED MAN, SPRING HEELED JACK AWAKES, TALES TO UNNERVE AND DISTURB, THE FIRST GHOST TOWN) is 53.
Writer / SFX Artist M. Zachary Sherman (Comic: SHRAPNEL. Movies: DEEP BLUE SEA, SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE MUMMY RETURNS, JURASSIC PARK III, IMPOSTOR, SIGNS, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, HULK, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, THE ISLAND, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST) is 49.
Sherman shares a birthday with fellow SFX SIGNS alumni, Habib Zargarpour.
Actor Kerr Smith (FINAL DESTINATION, THE FORSAKEN, PRESSURE, CRITICAL ASSEMBLY, CRUEL INTENTIONS 3, CHARMED [TV], MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, ELI STONE, CRITICIZED, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. [TV], RIVERDALE [TV]) is 45.
What do Horror fans do when their child wants to be an actor? I'm guessing they have her try out for Horror Thriller movies.
Actor Niamh Wilson (HAUNTING SARAH [TV], THE MARSH, SAW III, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR [TV], THEY COME BACK [TV], SAW IV, SAW V, RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE) is 24.
SFX Artist Habib Zargarpour (THE MASK, TWISTER, STAR TREK: CONTACT, SPAWN, SNAKE EYES, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, SIGNS, BLADE RUNNER 2049) is 56.

Two Star is ready to release CHOO CHOO CHARLES

This trailer, released back in October 2021, caught everyone's attention. But then again, for so many small game companies like Two Star, an interesting trailer doesn't mean that the game will ever be born.

But now it's looking like CHOO CHOO CHARLES is about to debut.

Even cooler, creator Gavin Eisenbeisz of Two Star has his own YouTube channel that you should absolutely Subscribe to (I just did), if you want to see how and why he's slowly put together this game over the course of 2021 to now.

Gavin's Heart is in Horror!

All said, while an obvious satirical riff on Thomas the Tank Engine aka Thomas and Friends, I won't be surprised if the creator's estate and Mattel will have something to say about it.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Nora-Jane Noone (THE DESCENT, DOOMSDAY, BEYOND THE RAVE, INSATIABLE [2008], LEGEND OF THE BOG, SAVAGE, THE DESCENT 2, DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS [2009 - TV], JACK TAYLOR [all], DECEPTION [TV], ESTRANGED, IDENTICALS, 12 FEET DEEP, THE CAPTURE, DARLIN') is 38.
Writer Tim Waggoner (DYING FOR IT, LIKE DEATH, PANDORA DRIVE, DARKNESS WAKES, SEA OF DEATH, THIEVES OF BLOOD, FORGE OF THE MINDSLAYERS, NEKROPOLIS, DEAD STREETS, LADY RUIN) is 58.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Horror Writer T.G. Arsenault (FORGOTTEN SOULS) is 46.
Writer, Director Gregg Bishop (THE OTHER SIDE, DANCE OF THE DEAD, SiREN) is about 61.
Writer Brett Easton Ellis (AMERICAN PSYCHO, GLAMORAMA, LUNAR PARK. Movies: AMERICAN PSYCHO, THE INFORMERS, THE CANYONS, THE CURSE OF DOWNER'S GROVE) who is 58.
A FOND FAREWELL TO -
Writer William F. Nolan (THE NORLISS TAPES [TV], TRILOGY OF TERROR [TV], BURNT OFFERINGS, TRILOGY OF TERROR II [TV], LOGAN'S RUN, LOGAN'S RUN [TV], HELLTRACKS, BLOOD SKY, THE MARBLE ORCHARD, NIGHT SHAPES, SHARKS NEVER SLEEP, NIGHTWORLDS) who died on June, 2021 and would be 94 today.
Writer Kim Paffenroth (GOSPEL OF THE LIVING DEAD, DYING TO LIVE: A NOVEL OF LIFE AMONG THE UNDEAD, HISTORY IS DEAD, DYING TO LIVE: LIFE SENTENCE, and more) is around 61.
Comic Artist Tone Rodriguez (VIOLENT MESSIAHS, SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL, CHASSIS, UTF, TYRESE GIBSON'S MAYHEM, THE CONVENANT) is 54.
Visit him at ToneRod.com.
Actor Peter Sarsgaard (THE CELL, HOUSEBOUND, THE SALTON SEA, THE DYING GAUL, THE SKELETON KEY, FLIGHTPLAN, RENDITION, IN THE ELECTRIC MIST, ORPHAN, ROBOT AND FRANK, THE KILLING [TV], NIGHT MOVES, THE LIE, THE BATMAN) is 51.
Comic Artist Ben Templesmith (HELLSPAWN [Image 2002], 30 DAYS OF NIGHT [IDW 2002], DARK DAYS [IDW 2003], SINGULARITY 7 [IDW 2004], SILENT HILL: DYING INSIDE [IDW 2004], SHADOWPLAY [IDW 2005], FELL [Image Comics 2005], DEAD SPACE [Image Comics 2008], GROOM LAKE [IDW 2009], CHOKER Image Comics 2012], TOMMYROT: THE ART OF BEN TEMPLESMITH, SQUIDGIRLS: EROTICA TENTACULAR) is 37.
Actor, Stunts Maria-Antoaneta Tudor (PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES, BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, PUMPKINHEAD: BLOODFEUD, THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING, KRABAT AND THE LEGEND OF THE SATANIC MILL, AGAINST THE DARK, SAND SERPENTS, HELLHOUNDS, HIGH PLAINS INVADERS, BUNRAKU, ASSASSINATION GAMES, GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE) is 44.

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Actor Shane Brolly (FLYPAPER, IMPOSTOR, DEADLY SWARM, UNDERWORLD [2003 - all], DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, ROOM 6, BOOK OF FIRE, LAZARUS) is 52.
Actor Nicole Kruex (TRINITY, TERROR OVERLOAD, THE CITY, NIGHT ON HAS BEEN MOUNTAIN, NEXT DOOR, AFTER THE DAWN, INSECTULA!, PARANORMALICE, PARANORMAL TAPES, CONFESSIONS OF A GRAVE ROBBER) is 61 or something.
Look for Nicole in the upcoming 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Horror Thriller, ARMSAGEDDON. Also in 2020, 2021, maybe 2022, SURVIVOR GIRLS.
Writer Richard Salter (various anthologies) is 61 or something.
Writer and feoamante.com alumni, Christopher Treagus (IN THE AUTUMN OF THE UNFORTUNATES, HUNTING SORROW, TO SUFFER A WITCH) is 61 or something.
Writer Ann VanderMeer (THE NEW WEIRD, ODD?, THE WEIRD, THE BESTIARY, STEAMPUNK Anthology [all], GIFTS FOR THE ONE WHO COMES AFTER, CABINET OF CUROSITIES, THE WEIRD: A COMPENDIUM OF STRANGE AND DARK STORIES, and plenty more) is 65.

68 Years of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

SATURDAY -
Actor Samantha Eggar (DR. CRIPPEN, PSYCHE 59, THE COLLECTOR, RETURN FROM THE ASHES, THE DEAD ARE ALIVE, A NAME FOR EVIL, THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION, WELCOME TO BLOOD CITY, THE UNCANNY, THE BROOD, THE EXTERMINATOR, DEMONOID: MESSENGER OF DEATH, CURTAINS, INEVITABLE GRACE, THE PHANTOM, THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE) is 83.
Movie Producer David Fury (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], ANGEL [TV], LOST [TV], 24 [TV], FRINGE [TV], 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY [TV], SECOND CHANCE [TV], THE TICK [TV], 9-1-1 [TV]) is 62.
Actor Hanna Mangan Lawrence (THE SQUARE, ACOLYTES, LUCKY COUNTRY, X: NIGHT OF VENGEANCE, SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED [TV], THE RECKONING, THE REACH, CONTAINMENT [TV], SWEETHEART) is 31.
Horror Writer and Feo Amante alumni, Mike Oliveri (DEADLIEST OF THE SPECIES, WEREWOLVES: CALL OF THE WILD, SINS OF BLOOD AND STONE [w/John Urbancik], RESTORE FROM BACKUP [w/J.F. Gonzalez], THE PACK: WINTER KILL, BRAVO FOUR) is 46.
Visit him at Michael Oliveri.com.
Horror Writer R.H. Stavis (DANIEL'S VEIL, DEMON'S MERCY, THE ORDER OF SOULS) is 41.
Horror Writer Nicholas Alan Tillmans (HARDBALL, ACETONE ENEMA, INVISIBLE CHILDREN'S BOOK INSTRUCTION MANUAL) is 46.
A FINAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Dean Stockwell (HOME SWEET HOMICIDE, PSYCHE-OUT, THE DUNWICH HORROR, THE FAILING OF RAYMOND, ADVENTURES OF NICK CARTER, THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON, COP ON THE BEAT, BORN TO BE SOLD, WRONG IS RIGHT, HUMAN HIGHWAY, DUNE [1984], TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A., BLUE VELVET, TO KILL A STRANGER, THE TIME GUARDIAN, THE BLUE IGUANA, QUANTUM LEAP [TV], THE LANGOLIERS, PHENOMENON: THE LOST ARCHIVES, NAKED SOULS, TWILIGHT MAN, LAST RESORT, CLOSE TO DANGER, MIDNIGHT BLUE, LIVING IN PERIL, THE SHADOW MEN, THE RAINMAKER, RESTRAINING ORDER, WATER DAMAGE, THEY NEST, IN PURSUIT, CQ, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [2004], THE DEAL, BATTLESTAR GALATICA [2004 - TV], THE DUNWICH HORROR [2009], DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, PERSECUTED) who died a few months ago on November, 2021. He would have celebrated 85 years today.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer / Director / Producer, Paul W.S. Anderson (MORTAL KOMBAT, EVENT HORIZON, RESIDENT EVIL, RESIDENT EVIL 2, ALIEN VS PREDATOR, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION, DEATH RACE, PANDORUM, DEATH RACE 2, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, DEATH RACE INFERNO, RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, DEATH RACE 4: BEYOND ANARCHY, MONSTER HUNTER) is 57.
Actor Frank Novak (SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART II, SLEEPWALKERS, CARNOSAUR, STEPMONSTER, WATCHERS III, RAPTOR, THE FALL OF NIGHT, NECESSARY EVIL, WATCHMEN) is 67.
Actor/Writer/Director Daniel Roebuck (NIGHT SCHOOL, RIVER'S EDGE, PROJECT X, TERROR EYES, THE FUGITIVE, FINAL DESTINATION, THE VAMPIRE HUNTERS CLUB, THE NAKED MONSTER, BUBBA HO-TEP, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN [both], THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, TRAIL OF THE SCREAMING FOREHEAD, INSIGHT, JOHN DIES AT THE END, AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR, COMPOUND FRACTURE, 31, PHANTASM: RAVAGER, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE [TV], DEAD NIGHT, 3 FROM HELL, WILD BOAR [all], PENANCE LANE) is 58.
Look for Daniel in the 2021, 2022 Thriller, COLONIALS. Also in 2022, STREAM and ANGEL BABY.
Horror Writer Jen Whildin (Various short stories) is 52.
Writer, Director, Producer Len Wiseman (UNDERWORLD [all], TOTAL RECALL [2012], SLEEPY HOLLOW [TV], LUCIFER [TV], THE GIFTED [TV], SWAMP THING [TV]) is 49.

Live action SPAWN update -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
On this day in 2020, MovieWeb reported that shooting would start in 2020 on a Live-Action SPAWN.

I didn't buy it. If SPAWN was only getting heat in March 2020 and that was due to investor interest in THE JOKER's box office, I said that shooting wouldn't start until next year.

Well, I was right but for the wrong reasons. By March 3, 2020, nobody outside of the Trump administration was taking COVID-19 seriously and even the president was promising the world that this would be a minor deal. On Feb. 24, California Representative Nancy Pelosi, for her part, was inviting tourists to come to San Francisco and Chinatown. Self-Quarantine, Masks, and Social Distancing? Fugghedabowdit! If you're worried about Coronavirus you're a racist! April 6 was the first day that the CDC put a graph showing the mortality rate online and even then only counted 5 COVID-19 deaths nationwide.

The very next day, Feb. 25, San Francisco, Mayor London Breed, declared a local emergency.

What a Difference 2 Years Makes!

Nobody in 2020 knew that by this day in 2021, we'd have a new president and administration and COVID-19 would be pandemic fire raging out of control and unchecked, despite 2020 being a year filled with precautions and now vaccines.

And in 2021, nobody except Vladimir Putin knew that he'd begin military build up on the Ukraine border with the intent of inventing a pathetic excuse for war in 2022. How pathetic? Morale and loyalty to Putin is so low among his own troops that the entire "might"* of Russia has barely moved 30 kilometers into a country that virtually has no military. The police department of Houston, Texas is probably better armed than Ukraine.

*and I use that word loosely because if anything, Vladimir Putin most resembles the behavior of little Lord Farquaad in the children's movie, Shrek.

"That must be Lord Farquaad's castle... Do you think he's maybe compensating for something?"
- Shrek

So yeah, far more movies than SPAWN got the pushback as some theater chains shuttered forever while others just barely held on.

The last update we have is from an August 2021 issue of MovieWeb.

Spawn Movie Is Back on Track with New Screenwriter Brian Tucker

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Jessica Biel (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [2003], CELLULAR, BLADE: TRINITY, STEALTH, THE ILLUSIONIST, NEXT, THE A-TEAM, THE TALL MAN, TOTAL RECALL [2012], HITCHCOCK, EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES, LIMETOWN [TV]) is 40.
Actor Eric DaRe (SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT III, TWIN PEAKS [TV], TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, CRITTERS 4, DEAD CONNECTION, NUMBER ONE FAN, PLAYING GOD, STARSHIP TROOPERS, LURED INNOCENCE, TED BUNDY, TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES) is 57.
Eric shares a March 3 birthday with his SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT III almuni...
Actor Laura Harring (SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT III, DEAD WOMEN IN LINGERIE, MULHOLLAND DR. [TV - 1999], MULHOLLAND DRIVE [2001], JOHN Q, DERAILED, WILLARD [2003], THE PUNISHER [2004], ALL SOULS DAY: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, INLAND EMPIRE, GHOST SON [2007], NANCY DREW [2007], THE CALLER [2008], KLUGE, ICE SCREAM, THE THINNING: THE NEW WORLD ORDER) is 58.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (COLD PREY, CODENAME HUNTER, COLD PREY 2, BETRAYAL [2009], CHERNOBYL DIARIES, THE ABCs OF DEATH, ESCAPE [2012], HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, WESTWORLD [TV], WITCH HUNT [TV]) is 43.
Look for Ingrid in the 2022 Thriller, BLASTED.
Actor Bryce Dallas Howard (THE VILLAGE, THE LADY IN THE WATER, SPIDER-MAN 3, TERMINATOR: SALVATION, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, JURASSIC WORLD, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM) is 42.
Look for Bryce in the 2020, 2021, 2022 Horror Thriller JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION.
Writer Peter Straub (JULIA, GHOST STORY, SHADOWLAND, FLOATING DRAGON, THE TALISMAN [w/Stephen King], KOKO, THE HELLFIRE CLUB, MR. X, BLACK HOUSE [w/Stephen King], LOST BOY LOST GIRL, IN THE NIGHT ROOM, A DARK MATTER, and more) is 79.
Writer, Director, Producer, Jeff Wadlow (CRY WOLF, PREY, KICK-ASS 2, BATES MOTEL [TV], THE STRAIN [TV], TRUTH OR DARE, FANTASY ISLAND, BLOODSHOT) is 48.
Look for Jeff's work in the upcoming 2021 Thriller, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? [TV].

Comic Distro Distribute Comics For Asylum Press
(San Jose, CA) – March 1, 2022 – Comic Distro announces a distribution partnership with comic book publisher, Asylum Press to sell their comic books directly to stores.

Asylum Press is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1999 by Frank Forte. The company publishes books within the horror, fantasy, and action-adventure genres.

Comic Distro's comic book distribution service connects retailers with a collection of Asylum Press' comic book publications starting with 'Asylum Of Horrors', 'Beyond Doomsday: Illustrated Tales of the Apocalypse', 'Billy Boy', 'Vampire Macabre', 'Zombie Terrors', and others.

Additional information is available at ComicDistro.com.

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Shinehouse Brings the DEEP HATRED on March 22

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Jensen Ackles (DARK ANGEL [TV], DEVOUR, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, SUPERNATURAL [TV], THE BOYS [TV]) is 44.
Actor Jack Davenport (MACBETH, TALE OF THE MUMMY, ULTRAVIOLET [TV], THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE BUNKER, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN [all], MARPLE: THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY, FLASH FORWARD [TV], THE KEY MAN, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, THE TANK, DECEPTION [TV]) is 48.
Writer, Director, Producer Zack Snyder (SILENCE, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], 300, WATCHMEN, SUCKER PUNCH, 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE, MAN OF STEEL, ARMY OF THE DEAD, ARMY OF THE DEAD: LOST VEGAS [TV]) is 56.