Today in Horror History: October 5

Birthdays:

Donald Pleasence (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995), best remembered as Dr. Loomis in the original Halloween movies, also starred in Circus of Horrors (1960), Hell is a City (1960), The Hands of Orlac (1960), “The Twilight Zone” (episode: The Changing of the Guard), “The Outer Limits” (episode: The Man with the Power), Tales That Witness Madness (1973), From Beyond the Grave (1974), House of the Damned (1974), The Mutations (1974), Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974), Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Sharon’s Baby (1975), Journey into Fear (1975), Land of the Minotaur (1976), The Uncanny (1977), Night Creature (1978), Dracula (1979), Alone in the Dark (1982), To Kill a Stranger (1983), The Devonsville Terror (1983), Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie (1984), Phenomena (aka Creepers, 1985), Specters (1987), Prince of Darkness (1987), Phantom of Death (1988), Vampire in Venice (1988), The House of Usher (1989), Paganini Horror (1989), Buried Alive (1990), American Rickshaw (1990), and Fatal Frames (1996).

Pleasence in Halloween

Clive Barker (October 5, 1952), author of Hellraiser and Books of Blood, the latter of which featured many stories which were adapted to film, including “Rawhead Rex,” “The Forbidden” (which became Candyman), “The Midnight Meat Train,” “The Last Illusion” (which became Lord of Illusions), and “The Yattering and Jack,” which became a segment in “Tales from the Darkside.”

Clive Barker