Birthdays:

Best known for the titular character in “Monk,” Tony Shalhoub (October 9, 1953) also starred in Addams Family Values (1993), “The X-Files” (episode: Soft Light), Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role Playing Game, Thir13en Ghosts (2001), and 1408 (2007).

Shalhoub in Thir13en Ghosts

Guillermo del Toro (October 9, 1964), who wrote and directed Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), The Devil’s Backbone (2001), Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and Crimson Peak (2015), wrote Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), directed Blade II (2002) and the Playable Trailer (called P.T.) for the video game Silent Hills which was unfortunately canceled, and created “The Strain.”

Guillermo del Toro

Jodelle Ferland (October 9, 1994), with an impressive horror resume especially for her age, starred in Sole Survivor (2000), “The Lone Gunmen” (episode: The “Cap’n Toby” Show), “So Weird” (episode: Annie’s Song), Deadly Little Secrets (2002), They (2002), Carrie (2002), “Dead Like Me” (episode: Pilot), “Kingdom Hospital,” “Supernatural” (episode: Provenance), Silent Hill (2006), Seed (2006), “Masters of Horror” (episode: The V Word), The Messengers (2007), BloodRayne: Deliverance (2007), Case 39 (2009), BioShock 2, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), “R. L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour,” The Cabin in the Woods (2012), The Tall Man (2012), ParaNorman (2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), Red (2014), The Unspoken (2015), “Dark Matter,” and NeverKnock (2017).

Ferland in Silent Hill (left) and Cabin in the Woods (right)

Movie releases:

2007: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End