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Born on this day in 1888: F. W. Murnau German director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was obsessed with cinema and stage…
Born on this day in 1958: Barbara Crampton Actress Barbara Crampton is best known for two genres: soap operas and…
Released on this day in 1973: The Exorcist One of the greatest films of all time, The Exorcist was based on the novel…
Born on this day in 1949: Sissy Spacek Spacek played the title role in Brian de Palma’s seminal Carrie, based on…
Born on this day in 1970: Breck Eisner Eisner’s thesis film, a “tech-noir thriller” called Recon, led to him directing high-profile commercials,…
Born on this day in 1971: Corey Haim Troubled child actor Corey Haim Is best known for his role in The…
Born on this day in 1977: Heather Donahue Donahue is best known for her role in The Blair Witch Project. She…
Born on this day in 1977: AJ Bowen LA Weekly called Bowen “mumblegore’s go-to star.” With nearly fifty credits to…
Released in theaters on this day in 1996: Scream Originally titled Scary Movie, Scream reinvigorated horror in the 1990s and brought back the slasher…
Born on this day in 1946: Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg is probably one of the most famous directors of all…
Born on this day in 1969: Laurie Holden Holden was born to be an actress. Both her parents were actors;…
Born on this day in 1924: Marian Waldman Character actress Waldman was best known for her role in 1974’s Black Christmas.…
Released on this day in 1974: Young Frankenstein This horror-comedy by Mel Brooks is a parody of Universal’s classic horror films,…
Born on this day in 1965: Ted Raimi Ted Raimi is a horror legend. The younger brother of director Sam…
On this day in 1996, Mars Attacks! hit theaters. The sci-fi comedy directed by Tim Burton was an ode to the sci-fi…