Birthdays:

Jere Burns (October 15, 1954), who starred in “The Outer Limits” (episode: The Vessel), Otis (2008), 2:13 (2009), “Bates Motel,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” The Funhouse Massacre (2015), and “The X-Files” (episode: Nothing Lasts Forever).

Burns in “The X-Files”

Dominic West (October 15, 1969), who starred in The Forgotten (2004), Hannibal Rising (2007), Punisher: War Zone (2007), and The Awakening (2011).

West in The Punisher: War Zone

Josefin Asplund (October 15, 1991), who starred in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Cirkeln (2015), “Vikings,” and “Ingen Utan Skuld.”

Asplund in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Movie releases:

1981: The Evil Dead
2002: Hellraiser: Hellseeker
2004: The Final Cut

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