Born on this day – Dennis Etchison:

 

Dennis Etchison

Writer

March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019

Credits:

Books:

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1990); 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998); 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996); A Book of Horrors (2011); A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987); Best New Horror 26 (2016); Best New Horror 28 (2018); Best New Horror 3 (1992); Borderlands 4 (1995); California Gothic (1995); Cemetery Riots (2016); Creeping Crawlers (2015); Cutting Edge (1986); Dark Forces (1980); Dark Masques (2001); Dark Terrors 2 (1995); Dark Terrors 3 (1997); Dark Terrors 4 (1998); Dark Terrors 5 (2000); Darker Terrors (2016); Darkness (2010); Darkside (1986); Death (1983); Double Edge (1996); Embrace the Mutation (2002); Extreme Zombies (2012); Fears (1983); Final Shadows (1991); Fine Cuts (2004); Frights (1976); Gallery of Horror (1983); Gathering the Bones (2003); Got to Kill Them All & Other Stories (2008); Halloween (1979); Halloween II (1981); Halloween III (1982); Horror Story Volume 3 (1991); Horrors (1986); Horrorscape 2 (2005); Hot Blood (1989); In the Field of Fire (1987); In the Shadow of Frankenstein (2016); Intensive Scare (1990); It Only Comes Out At Night (2016); Keep Out the Night (2002); Lord John Ten (1988); Masques (1984); Masters of Darkness (1986); Masters of Darkness II (1988); Masters of Darkness III (1991); Masters of Darkness III (1991); Metahorror (1992); Midnight (1985); My Favorite Horror Story (2000); New Terrors 1 (1980); New Terrors Omnibus (1985); New Writings in SF 11 (1968); New Writings in SF 2 (1964); New Writings in SF 4 (1965); Night Terrors III (2014); Nightmares (1984); October Dreams (2000); One Hundred Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); Orbit 13 (1974); Prime Evil (1988); Psycho-Mania! (2013); Psycho-paths (1991); Red Dreams (1972); Rod Serling's Other Worlds (1978); Scales and Tales (2016); Scaremongers (1998); Shadow Man (1993); Shadows (1978); Shadows 7 (1984); Speaking of Horror (2022); Summer Chills (2007); Talking in the Dark (2001); Terrors (1982); The Beauty of Death Vol. 2 (2017); The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales (1990); The Best New Horror 5 (1995); The Best of Dark Terrors (2021); The Best of Masques (1988); The Best of Whispers (1994); The Blood Kiss (1988); The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume Two (2010); The Complete Masters of Darkness (1990); The Cutting Room (2014); The Dark Country (1982); The Dark Descent (1997); The Death Artist (2000); The Definitive Best of the Horror Show (1982); The Fog (1980); The Giant Book of Best New Horror (1994); The Late Shift (1980); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine (1997); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Thirteen (2002); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Twelve (2001); The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror (2021); The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (1994); The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007); The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004); The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019); The Mammoth Book of Terror (1991); The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992); The Mammoth Book of Werewolves (1993); The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men (2009); The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993); The Medusa in the Shield (1990); The Museum of Horrors (2001); The Pseudo-People (1965); The Walk (2014); The Weird (2011); The World Fantasy Awards, Vol. 2 (1980); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (2012); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fifth Annual Collection (1992); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999); The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989); The Year's Best Horror Stories IX (1981); The Year's Best Horror Stories VI (1978); The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979); The Year's Best Horror Stories VIII (1980); The Year's Best Horror Stories X (1982); The Year's Best Horror Stories XI (1983); The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985); The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986); The Year's Best Horror Stories XV (1987); The Year's Best Horror Stories XVI (1988); The Year's Best Horror Stories XVII (1989); The Year's Best Horror Stories XX (1992); The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII (1994); Travellers in Darkness (2007); Urban Horrors (1990); Videodrome (1983); Whispers (1977); Whispers II (1979); Whispers III (1981); Whispers V (1985); Whispers VI (1987); Year's Best Horror Stories XII (1984); Zombies! (2013); Zombies: Encounters With the Hungry Dead (2009).

Movies and television:
 

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010); Dark Romances Vol. 1 (1990); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); Killing Time (1984); Night Life (1989); Present Light (2014); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2002–2012).

On this day in movie and book history - Dark Star (1974)

Dark Star

directed by John Carpenter,

written by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon,

was released in the United States on March 30, 1974.

Music by John Carpenter.

Title song Benson, Arizona performed by John Yager.

Lyrics by Bill Taylor.

Cast:

Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Cal Kuniholm, Andreijah "Dre" Pahich, John Carpenter, Joe Saunders, Barbara "Cookie" Knapp, Miles Watkins, Nick Castle.

Recommended reading: 

Dark Star

by Alan Dean Foster.

Published by Del Rey.

First published 1974.

ISBN-10: 0708880487

ISBN-13: 9780708880487

Description:

Bombed out in space -- with a spaced-out bomb!

ALL SYSTEMS -- SNAFU!

If anything could possibly go wrong aboard the scout ship Dark Star, sooner or later it would. Now, in the twentieth year of their mission -- destroying unstable planets -- the ship and its crew were slowly and steadily falling apart.

After 20 years in space, isolation and loneliness had left their mark. The four surviving crew members were bored beyond relief. Only an occasional bomb run or another of the inevitable malfunctions aboard ship upset the monotony.

Then, one day, Bomb #20 was primed, armed, and set to detonate ... and suddenly life on the Dark Star became frantic ...

On this day in movie history - The Lookout (2007)

The Lookout

directed and written by Scott Frank,

was released in the United States on March 30, 2007.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham, Morgan Kelly, Aaron Berg, Tinsel Korey, Suzanne Kelly, Brian Edward Roach, Martin Roach, Ofield Williams, Julie Pederson, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Janaya Stephens, Marc Devigne, Courtney-Jane White, Thanya Romero, Paul Christie, Tracy Beemer, Gordie Farrell, Toni Reimer, Ted Felbel, Charles Crossin, Chuck Robinson, Kalyn Bomback, John Bluethner, Leslie Bais, Harry Nelken, Andrew Degryse, Shailee Ferguson, Kevin Michayluk.