image courtesy of Universal Pictures On January 16th, 1948, the horror film world was given its greatest gift, even if it didn’t know it just yet. It wouldn’t know that for another 30 years, when a young John Carpenter helmed what remains one of the most seminal entries in the genre of all time: Halloween. Still active today, especially in […] The post 78 Years Ago Today, an Iconic Film Director Was Born (And He Changed the Horror Genre Forever With One Movie) appeared first on ComicBook.com .