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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 the “Paranormal Activity” series and the film “Mutation.”

1977 – Sam Witwer, starred as “Aidan Waite” in the American version of “Being Human (TV Series).” He also appeared in “Grimm (TV Series)”, “The Walking Dead (TV Series)”, “The Mist”, “Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)” and more.

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 – 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 – Bela Lugosi was the quintessential “Dracula”. although he only played the character twice. He also appeared in “White Zombie”, “The Black Cat”, “Mark of the Vampire”, “The Raven”, “The Son of Frankenstein”, “The Ghost of Frankenstein”, “Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man” and many more.

Katie Featherston
Katie Featherston

 

Sam Witwer
Sam Witwer

 

Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen

 

Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi

Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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