What actress and author, made her film debut in the movie Halloween and also starred in 1980 Canadian slasher film Prom Night?
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Prom Night (1980 film) Prom Night is a 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by Paul Lynch, based on a story by Robert Guza Jr., and starring Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis. The story concerns a group of high school seniors who are targeted by a mysterious masked killer in revenge for their culpability in the accidental death of a young girl six years earlier. The anniversary of the incident falls on their high school's prom night, when the older sister of the dead girl is being crowned Prom Queen.
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Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady Haden-Guest (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in 1978 by starring as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978). A big hit, the film established her as a notable actress in horror, and she subsequently starred in "Halloween II" (1981), "The Fog" (1980), "Prom Night" (1980), "Terror Train" (1980), and "Roadgames" (1981), gaining the status of "scream queen" to mainstream audiences. Curtis has since compiled a body of work that spans many genres, including the cult comedy films "Trading Places" (1983), for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988), and "True Lies" (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy.
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Ingrid Pitt Ingrid Pitt born Ingoushka Petrov (21 November 193723 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress, author, and writer best known for her work in horror films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Night of the Creeps Night of the Creeps is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film written and directed by Fred Dekker, starring Tom Atkins, Jason Lively, Steve Marshall and Jill Whitlow. The film is an earnest attempt at a B movie and a homage to the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and alien invasion films. "Night of the Creeps" did not perform well at the box office, but it developed a cult following.
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L. Dean James L. Dean James (born 1947) is an American fantasy and horror writer. Her novel "Winter Scream", co-authored with Chris Curry, was nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
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Christmas Evil Christmas Evil (also known as You Better Watch Out and Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 psychological slasher film, directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. It is considered an obscure film but has gained a cult following which includes film director John Waters.
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Michelle Giroux Michelle Giroux (born 1975) is a Canadian stage, television and film actress whose credits include numerous productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival over nine seasons.
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Barbie Wilde Barbie Wilde is a Canadian-born British actress and writer, perhaps best known for appearing as the Female Cenobite in "" (1988) - the second of nine Hellraiser films based on Clive Barker's novella, The Hellbound Heart.
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Jessica Cameron Jessica Cameron is a Canadian horror actress, director, screenwriter, and producer.
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Halloween (children's book) Halloween is a 2002 children's book written by Jerry Seinfeld and illustrated by James Bennett.
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Home Sweet Home (1981 film) Home Sweet Home (also known as Slasher in the House) is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Nettie Peña, and written by Thomas Bush. It stars Jake Steinfeld, Peter De Paula, and Vinessa Shaw in her film debut, and the plot focuses on a PCP-addicted killer who terrorizes a family in their remote home on Thanksgiving. Along with "Blood Rage" and the faux "Thanksgiving" trailer from "Grindhouse"), it is one of the few slasher films centered on the Thanksgiving holiday, and one of the few to be directed by a woman.
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Sonja Bennett Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film "Punch" (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films "Donovan's Echo", "Cole", "Control Alt Delete", "Young People Fucking", and "Fido" as well as the television series "Godiva's" and "Cold Squad".
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Alice Drummond Alice Elizabeth Drummond (née Ruyter, May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016) was an American actress. A veteran Off-Broadway performer, in 1970, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Mrs. Lee in "The Chinese" by Murray Schisgal. Despite her extensive acting career, she is most well known as the librarian in the opening scenes in the 1984 horror-comedy "Ghostbusters".
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Debbie Rochon Debbie Ann Rochon (born November 3, 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in independent horror films and counter-culture films.
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Nan Vernon Nancy Claire "Nan" Vernon (born October 7, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian singer and actress. She is notable for providing the end credit music of both of Rob Zombie's "Halloween" films and for being part of the "singer-songwriter trend" of women nurturing folk music's rebirth.
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Slash-in-the-Box Slash-in-the-Box is a short horror film that was written and directed by Nick Everhart. The film premiered at the KC Creepfest on October 28, 2011 and stars Tyler Hollinger and Elizabeth Masucci. The short film was selected by director Eli Roth as a Finalist in the 2011 Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Short Film Competition and was also nominated for Best Editing in the 2011 Super Shorts International Film Festival.
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Regan MacNeil Regan Teresa MacNeil (born November 11, 1961; adaptations: c. September 1963) is a fictional character from William Peter Blatty's horror novel and film, "The Exorcist" and its first sequel, "". In both films, she was portrayed by Linda Blair.
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Savage Weekend Savage Weekend is a 1979 American slasher film directed by David Paulsen and starring Christopher Allport, David Gale, William Sanderson, and Caitlin O'Heaney. The film follows a woman who retreats to upstate New York with her wealthy boyfriend, her sister, and friend, only to be stalked by a killer in a disfigured mask. Filmed in 1976 as "The Killer Behind the Mask", the film was also titled "The Upstate Murders" before being released in 1979 by Cannon Films. It has been cited as an early prototype for the slasher film, predating "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th".
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The Lady Chablis Brenda Dale Knox (March 11, 1957 – September 8, 2016), known professionally as The Lady Chablis, was an American actress, author, and drag performer. Through exposure in the novel "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and its 1997 film adaptation she became one of the first drag performers to be accepted by a wider audience.
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Kate McNeil Kate McNeil (born August 17, 1959) is an American actress. She starred in the CBS daytime soap opera "As the World Turns" from 1981 to 1985, and in 1983 had the leading role in the slasher film "The House on Sorority Row". McNeil also was female lead in the 1988 horror film "Monkey Shines".
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Sabrina Grdevich Sabrina Grdevich (born October 7, 1970) is a Canadian actress.
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Kelly Oxford Kelly Oxford (born November 29, 1977) is a Canadian author, screenwriter, and social media influencer.