This Day in Halloween: 1950s B-movie horror visual effects artist Paul Blaisdell is born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1927. / Illustration by Deanna Lim
Visual effects artist Paul Blaisdell is born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1927. Blaisdell created and often was the monster in films like The Beast With A Million Eyes, It Conquered The World, and The Day The World Ended. He died in 1983.