Birthdays:

Gaylen Ross (August 15, 1950), who starred in Dawn of the Dead (1978), Madman (1981), and Creepshow (1982).

Ben Affleck (August 15, 1972), who starred in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Phantoms (1998), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), and wrote and directed Argo (2012).

Jennifer Lawrence (August 15, 1990), who starred in Winter’s Bone (2012), The Hunger Games movies, House at the End of the Street (2012), The Devil You Know (2013), mother! (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018).

Movie releases:

1986: The Fly
1986: Manhunter
1997: Event Horizon
2008: Mirrors
2014: Septic Man (theatrical release)

Television premieres:

1992: Are You Afraid of the Dark (US)