Birthdays:
Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 27, 1980), who write and directed Black Sunday (1960), Evil Eye (1963), Black Sabbath (1963), Planet of the Vampires (1965), Kill, Baby, Kill (1966), Bay of Blood (1971), The House of Exorcism (1975), and Shock (1977).
Geoffrey Lewis (July 31, 1935 – April 7, 2015), father of Juliette Lewis, starred in Moon of the Wolf (1972), Salem’s Lot (1979), Night of the Comet (1984), Annihilator (1986), Out of the Dark (1988), The Lawnmower Man (1992), Trilogy of Terror II (1996), “The X-Files” (episode: Tithonus), A Light in the Darkness (2002), The Devil’s Rejects (2005), Fingerprints (2006), and Wicked Little Things (2006).
Wesley Snipes (July 31, 1962), who starred in Demolition Man (1993), the Blade movies, Gallowwalkers (2012), and The Recall (2017).
Movie releases:
1987: The Lost Boys
1992: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992: Death Becomes Her
2009: The Collector
Video game releases:
1999: Silent Hill (PS1, North America)