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Born on this day in horror history – October 20

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October 20

1982 – Katie Featherston, who starred in “Paranormal Activity”, appears in “Paranormal Activity 2”, “Paranormal Activity 3″, ” Paranormal Activity 4″, ” The River (TV Series)” and the film “Mutation.”

1977 – Sam Witwer, best known for playing the vampire “Aidan Waite” in the American adaptation of “Being Human”, as well as “Angel (TV Series)”, “Dexter (TV Series)”, “The Mist”, and “The Walking Dead (TV Series)”.

1958 – Viggo Mortensen who starred in “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “The Prophecy,” the 1998 remake of “Psycho” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

1956 – Danny Boyle, accomplished director of  “28 Days Later”.

1956 – David Henesy who played “David Collins” in the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.

1920 – Rita Corday who appeared in “The Body Snatcher” with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and “The Black Castle” with Karloff and Lon Chaney.

1918 – Anton Diffring who starred in the films “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” as “Baron Frankenstein” in the Hammer/Universal pilot of “Tales of Frankenstein” and “Circus of Horrors.”

1909 – Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. She made brief appearances in the 1931 “Dracula” and the original “Phantom of the Opera.”

1882 – The legendary Bela Lugosi. Bela was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild and will forever be known as the silver screens most famous “Dracula”.   Other notable films include “White Zombie”, “Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “Island of Lost Souls”, “The Black Cat”, “Son of Frankenstein” and many more!

Katie Featherston
Katie Featherston
Sam Witwer
Sam Witwer

Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
David Henesy
David Henesy
Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi