October 5

1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, who starred in “Zombieland” and “Cursed.”

1980 – Ti West, writer and director of the films “The House of the Devil”, “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever”, “The Innkeepers”, “V/H/S (segment “Second Honeymoon”)”, “The ABCs of Death (segment “M Is for Miscarriage”)” and “The Sacrament”.

1968 – Lilith Stabs, who has appeared in “Vampire Call Girls,” “Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation,” “Zombiegeddon” and “Cremains.

1967 – Guy Pearce, who starred in “Ravenous” and the 2002 remake of “The Time Machine”, most recently in “Prometheus”.

1960 – Daniel Baldwin who starred in the film “Vampires,” “Vegas Vampires”, “A Darker Reality”, “Cell Count” and “After Effect”.

1952 – Duncan Regehr, best known for playing “Dracula” in “The Monster Squad”, “The Haunting of Lisa (TV Movie)”, “Blood Surf”.

1952 – Horror author Clive Barker.  He wrote and directed such great films as “Hellraiser”, “Nightbreed” and “Lord of Illusions”.

1951 – Karen Allen, who appeared in “Ghost in the Machine,” “Starman,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

1943 – Nancy Barrett, who played “Carolyn Collins Stoddard” on the original “Dark Shadows” series.

1919 – Donald Pleasence.  he appeared in the films “Escape From New York,” “The Monster Club,” “The Mutations” and he was the first to “physically” play “James Bond” villain “Ernst Stavro Bloefeld” in “You Only Live Twice.”

1905 – John Hoyt, who appeared in “X, the Man With X-Ray Eyes,” “The Time Travelers” and “Curse of the Undead.”