Born on this day – Irene Rich:

Irene Rich

Actress

October 13, 1891 – April 22, 1988

Credits:

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); Joan of Arc (1948); Fort Apache (1948); New Orleans (1947); Angel and the Badman (1947); Calendar Girl (1947); This Time for Keeps (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); Keeping Company (1940); Queen of the Yukon (1940); The Lady in Question (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); Everybody's Hobby (1939); The Right Way (1939); That Certain Age (1938); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Spitfire (1934); Manhattan Tower (1932); Her Mad Night (1932); Down to Earth (1932); The Champ (1931); Wicked (1931); The Mad Parade (1931); Five and Ten (1931); Strangers May Kiss (1931); Father's Son (1931); Beau Ideal (1931); Double Check (1930); On Your Back (1930); So This Is London (1930); Shanghai Rose (1929); They Had to See Paris (1929); The Exalted Flapper (1929); Daughters of Desire (1929); Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928); Women They Talk About (1928); The Perfect Crime (1928); Craig's Wife (1928); Powder My Back (1928); Beware of Married Men (1927); The Silver Slave (1927); The Desired Woman (1927); Dearie (1927); The Climbers (1927); Don't Tell the Wife (1927); My Official Wife (1926); The Honeymoon Express (1926); Silken Shackles (1926); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); The Pleasure Buyers (1925); Compromise (1925); The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925); Eve's Lover (1925); The Man Without a Conscience (1925); My Wife and I (1925); A Lost Lady (1924); What the Butler Saw (1924); This Woman (1924); Behold This Woman (1924); A Woman Who Sinned (1924); Captain January (1924); Being Respectable (1924); Cytherea (1924); Beau Brummel (1924); Pal o' Mine (1924); Boy of Mine (1923); Lucretia Lombard (1923); Defying Destiny (1923); Rosita (1923); Yesterday's Wife (1923); Dangerous Trails (1923); Michael O'Halloran (1923); Snowdrift (1923); Brass (1923); Fruits of Faith (1922); The Marriage Chance (1922); While Justice Waits (1922); Brawn of the North (1922); The Ropin' Fool (1922); The Yosemite Trail (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); One Clear Call (1922); The Trap (1922); Strength of the Pines (1922); The Call of Home (1922); The Poverty of Riches (1921); The Invisible Power (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); A Tale of Two Worlds (1921); Boys Will Be Boys (1921); One Man in a Million (1921); Sunset Jones (1921); Godless Men (1920); Just Out of College (1920); Stop Thief (1920); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); The Strange Boarder (1920); The Street Called Straight (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); The Spite Bride (1919); Her Purchase Price (1919); Wolves of the Night (1919); The Blue Bonnet (1919); The Sneak (1919); The Lone Star Ranger (1919); Castles in the Air (1919); The Silver Girl (1919); Diane of the Green Van (1919); A Man in the Open (1919); Todd of the Times (1919); A Law Unto Herself (1918); The Girl in His House (1918); A Desert Wooing (1918).

Born on this day – Charles Stevenson:

Charles Stevenson

Actor

October 13, 1887 – July 4, 1943

Credits:

A Man About Town (1923); A Pleasant Journey (1923); A Quiet Street (1922); A Regular Pal (1920); A Sailor-Made Man (1921); A Straight Crook (1921); All Aboard (1917); American Masters (1989); An Eastern Westerner (1920); An Ozark Romance (1918); Any Old Port (1920); Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918); Are Parents Pickles? (1925); Ask Father (1919); Bashful (1917); Be My Wife (1919); Bees in His Bonnet (1918); Before the Public (1923); Birds of a Feather (1917); Boys to Board (1923); Bride and Gloom (1918); Bumping Into Broadway (1919); Call a Taxi (1920); Captain Kidd's Kids (1919); Clubs Are Trump (1917); Count the Votes (1919); Dig Up (1923); Do You Love Your Wife? (1919); Dogs of War! (1923); Doing Time (1920); Dr. Jack (1922); Fare, Please (1918); Fire Fighters (1922); Follow the Crowd (1918); From Hand to Mouth (1919); From Laramie to London (1917); Gas and Air (1923); Get Out and Get Under (1920); Girl Shy (1924); Good Morning, Judge (1922); Grandma's Boy (1922); Haunted Spooks (1920); He Leads, Others Follow (1919); Hey There (1918); High and Dizzy (1920); His Busy Day (1918); His Only Father (1919); His Royal Slyness (1920); Hot Water (1924); Hurry West (1921); Isn't Life Terrible? (1925); It's a Wild Life (1918); Join the Circus (1923); June Madness (1920); Just Neighbors (1919); Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918); Kill or Cure (1923); Late Hours (1921); Little Miss Jazz (1920); Lodge Night (1923); Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917); Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917); Lonesome Luke, Lawyer (1917); Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917); Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917); Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917); Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917); Loose Change (1922); Love, Laughs and Lather (1917); Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916); Luke and the Bomb Throwers (1916); Luke and the Mermaids (1916); Luke Does the Midway (1916); Luke Joins the Navy (1916); Luke Laughs Last (1916); Luke Locates the Loot (1916); Luke Pipes the Pippins (1916); Luke Rides Roughshod (1916); Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917); Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916); Luke, Patient Provider (1916); Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916); Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916); Luke, the Chauffeur (1916); Luke, the Gladiator (1916); Luke's Double (1916); Luke's Fatal Flivver (1916); Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916); Luke's Late Lunchers (1916); Luke's Lost Lamb (1916); Luke's Lost Liberty (1917); Luke's Movie Muddle (1916); Luke's Newsie Knockout (1916); Luke's Preparedness Preparations (1916); Luke's Shattered Sleep (1916); Luke's Society Mixup (1916); Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916); Mischief Makers (1960–1961); Money to Burn (1920); Move On (1917); Never Weaken (1921); No Noise (1923); Now or Never (1921); Number, Please? (1920); On the Jump (1918); One Terrible Day (1922); Pay the Cashier (1926); Pay Your Dues (1919); Pinched (1917); Pinning It On (1921); Ring Up the Curtain (1919); Run 'Em Ragged (1920); Running Wild (1921); Safety Last! (1923); Scorching Sands (1923); Short Orders (1923); Sic 'Em, Towser (1918); Soft Money (1919); Sold at Auction! (1923); Somewhere in Turkey (1918); Spring Fever (1919); Stage Fright (1923); Step Lively (1917); Stop Kidding (1921); Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917); That's Him (1918); The Big Idea (1917); The Champeen (1923); The Chink (1921); The City Slicker (1918); The Dippy Dentist (1920); The Dumb-Bell (1922); The Freshman (1925); The Golf Bug (1922); The Great Water Peril (1918); The Lucky Number (1921); The Non-Stop Kid (1918); The Rajah (1919); The Sandman (1920); The Shriek of Araby (1923); The Sleuth (1922); The Tip (1918); The Whole Truth (1923); Them Was the Happy Days! (1916); Two Scrambled (1918); Two-Gun Gussie (1918); Under Two Jags (1923); Watch Your Wife (1923); We Never Sleep (1917); Whom God Hath Joined (1914); Why Worry? (1923); Young Sherlocks (1922).

Recommended reading - Phiction: Tales from the World of Phantasm (2024):

Phiction:
Tales from the World of Phantasm

By Don Coscarelli.

Illustrated by Aaron Lea.

Foreward by Joe R. Lansdale.

Paperback.

Published by Molotov Press.

Published 2024.

ASIN: B0D2QZ3MQK

ISBN-13: 979-8988243038

Description:

“Electrifyingly tense and gruesome… Horror fans and cult devotees of the classic horror series will find Coscarelli’s ingenuity a rare treat.” - Kirkus Reviews.

“It’s magnificent. An impressive collection of remarkable short-story horror fiction that I can proudly display on my bookshelf next to Poe, King, Dahl, Barker, Bradbury, and Lovecraft.” - Nick DiGilio, WGN Chicago.

In 1979, filmmaker Don Coscarelli (Bubba Ho-tep, The Beastmaster) wrote and directed what became one of the seminal sci-fi/horror films of that era, Phantasm. The film was a worldwide theatrical success and spawned four

acclaimed sequels.

For the first time in the history of horror cinema, a celebrated filmmaker of a cult-classic horror film series has continued the adventure by swapping mediums and personally authoring a series of fictional works exploring in detail the characters he originally created. Coscarelli has now returned to the world of Phantasm to tell more tales of these inspiring phantasmic heroes.

PHICTION comprises six stories set in the expansive Phantasm world that have never been told before:

In Life and Death in the 'Nam we explore the origin story of our favorite ice cream vendor/hero Reggie and his first encounter with the supernatural forces of evil in the jungles of the Vietnam war. It's a two-fisted tale of a young man enduring the horrors of war and at the same time facing down the horrors of the unknown.

In Behind the Mortuary Door we learn the secrets of the embalming trade from one of the most memorable characters from the original film.

In He Was Home Alone we revisit the young boy Tim, prior to the events from Phantasm Ill, and how, using only his wits and guile, he survives against unspeakable horrors.

In Tobe we follow the trail of one of Phantasm's forgotten characters as he witnesses the key events of that film from an entirely different perspective.

In The Rocky Road we track the events of one of the Phantasm saga's fan-favorite characters, the nunchuck-wielding Rocky as she's mustered out of the armed services and travels the backroads of the rural South in the early 90's. In a desperate search to find her family she encounters love, vengeance and horror, frequently reacting in the only way she knows how, with her fists and her feet.

And finally in Escape From New York we join another Phantasm fan-favorite character, the diminutive Chunk from Phantasm Ravager as he attempts to flee his home in the big city from the horror of an oncoming apocalypse. Along the way he bonds with some unexpected allies on a thrilling quest for survival.

In association with illustrator Aaron Lea (GHOST, Rob Zombie), Molotov Press now presents Phiction: Tales from the World of Phantasm.

Tales from the world of Phantasm.

Phiction conuures six stunning new tales from the world of the classic Phantasm film franchise. Acclaimed filmmaker, series creator and Master of Horror, Don Coscarelli, returns the reader to Morningside Mortuary with revelatory origin stories for some of the Phantasm saga’s most compelling characters including ice cream vendor/action hero Reggie, fan-favorite Rocky from Phantasm III and Chunk from Phantasm: Ravager.

Six Stories from the master of horror.

“You are in for a treat. As with the [Phantasm] films, these stories will give you what people call chicken skin, and others call Goosebumps. What [Phiction] will do above all else, is entertain. Dive in. The dark waters are fines.” – Joe R. Lansdale (best-selling author of Hap & Leonard, Cold in July and Bubba Ho-tep).

Holly Black, on books:

It is my belief that books are living things.

- Holly Black.

On this day in television history - The Fall of the House of Usher (2023 mini-series & book):

The Fall of the House of Usher

8-part mini-series directed by Mike Flanagan and Michael Fimognari,

written by Dani Parker, Emmy Grinwis, Jamie Flanagan, Justina Ireland, Kiele Sanchez, Mat Johnson, Mike Flanagan, Rebecca Klingel,

based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe,

was released on Netflix in the United States on October 12, 2023.

Music by The Newton Brothers.

Episode titles: A Midnight Dreary; The Masque of the Red Death; Murder in the Rue Morgue; The Black Cat; The Tell-Tale Heart; Goldbug; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Raven.

Cast: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan, T'Nia Miller, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Michael Trucco, Katie Parker, Matt Biedel, Crystal Balint, Ruth Codd, Kyliegh Curran, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Paola Núñez, Malcolm Goodwin, Daniel Jun, Nicholas Lea, Igby Rigney, Aya Furukawa, William Kosovic, Mark Redfield, Jason Tremblay, Paul Jarrett, Felicity Anne, Selma Heyman, Annabeth Gish, Robert Longstreet, Kevin Miller, David Santana, Kate Gajdosik, Molly C. Quinn, Toby Poser, Eileen Cruz, Kyle Mitchell, Edwin Perez, Ava Johnson, Monique Durian, Lulu Wilson, JayR Tinaco, Ryan Mah, Camille Atebe, Bill Lawrie, Graham Verchere, Jason Simpson, Daylin Willis, Aidan Wright, Chelsea Hamill, Thomas Strumpski, Gerry Durand, Danielle Klaudt, Kate Whiddington, Ian Ronningen, Leo Chiang, Arianna Bent, Alexandra Essoe, Logan Tarasoff, Lincoln Russo, Jaren Moore, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Ruth Bidner, Ali Karr, Baldeep Singh, Vincent Gale, Sabrina Miniaci, Ambika Vas, Tracey Power, Aaron McCallum, Alex Weed, Niki Wipf, Elan Gale, Marco Walker-Ng, Gus Tayari, Britney Katelyn Miller, Elyse Maloway, Kelly McCabe, Jaiden Brown, Fox Brewster, Milena Brewster, Jason Cecchini, Jazmine Campanale, Robbie Segulam, Jennifer Clarke, Irma Leong, Janene Carleton, Jimmy Clarke, Jason Bell, Dustin Pederson, Carolyn Adair, Natasha Prasad, Peter Brown, Stewart Prince.

Recommended reading:

The Fall of the House of Usher

And Other Stories That Inspired the Netflix Series

By Edgar Allan Poe.

Foreword by Mike Flanagan.

Published by Random House Worlds.

Media TV tie-in edition.

Published 2023.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0593725255

ISBN-13: 978-0593725252

Description:

A deluxe anthology of works by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher, curated by series creator Mike Flanagan.

There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart – an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it – I paused to think – what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher?

Slip behind the bleak walls and vacant windows of Netflix’s reimagining of the mansion of doom in this anthology of works by Edgar Allan Poe that inspired the limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. From well-loved classics like The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart to lesser-known gems such as Tamerlane and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, these collected tales have withstood the test of time, haunting readers for nearly two hundred years.

With a foreword by series creator and horror maverick Mike Flanagan, this anthology is the perfect viewer’s companion to Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher.

On this day in movie history - Her (2013):

Her

directed and written by Spike Jonze,

was released at the New York Film Festival in the United States on October 12, 2013.
Music by Arcade Fire.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Lynn Adrianna Freedman, Lisa Renee Pitts, Gabe Gomez, Chris Pratt, Artt Butler, May Lindstrom, Rooney Mara, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Brian Johnson, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Matt Letscher, Spike Jonze, Olivia Wilde, David Azar, Guy Lewis, Melanie Seacat, Pramode Kumar, Evelyn Edwards, Steve Zissis, Dane White, Nicole Grother, James Ozasky, Samantha Sarakanti, Luka Jones, Gracie Prewitt, Claudia Choi, Laura Kai Chen, Portia Doubleday, Soko, Wendy Leon, Lil Buck, Robert Benard, Lisa Cohen, Grant Samson, Brian Cox, Marc Abbink, Leo Baligaya, Joan Blair, Freedom Bridgewater, Kathleen Carr, Seth Carr, Hallie Marie Chaney, Glenda Chism, Lee Christian, Andy Dale, Sandra Daubert, Nico David, Rick L. Dean, Aristotle Dreher, Mathew Dunlop, Shannon Edwards, William Evans, Kim Farris, Belinda Gosbee, Brandon Von Harrison, Alvin Hsing, Cecily Jamelia, Alia Janine, Richard Allan Jones, Jen Kuhn, Patrick Lander, Paul LeClair, Genevieve Levin, Fiona Lincke, Akeem Mair, Carol McFadden, Laura Meadows, Alan Mueting, Rachel Ann Mullins, Se Oh, Brent Picha, Susan Pinckney, Eric Pumphrey, Jeremy Rabb, Laura Rossi, Pamela Roylance, Jane Runnalls, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Kelly Sarah Samuels, Yvette Saunders, Natasha Sims, Cassandra Starr, Austin Steady, Alyson Stover, Marco Tazioli, Wendy Tsang, Hoyte Van Hoytema.

On this day in movie history - For No Good Reason (2012):

For No Good Reason

a documentary directed by Charlie Paul,

produced by Lucy Paul,

was released at the London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2012.
Music by Ed Harcourt, Sacha Skarbek, Slash, Jason Mraz and Thom Crawford.

Cast:

Ralph Steadman, Johnny Depp, Richard E. Grant, Terry Gilliam, Jann Wenner, Hunter S. Thompson, Hal Willner, Patrick Godfrey.