Let's make this birthday one to remember.

89 years old (Born on May 27, 1935)

Happy Birthday, Peter Sasdy! May your special day be less terrifying than "Taste the Blood of Dracula," and even more glamorous—but perhaps a tad safer—than Ingrid Pitt in "Countess Dracula." While candles may flicker ominously today, let's hope no vampires or restless spirits crash this celebration!

Your visionary direction has both chilled us to our bones and delighted generations. From gothic castles to shadowy streets haunted by sinister figures like Jack's twisted daughter ("Hands of the Ripper"), you've proven time after spooky time—that nobody stages horror quite as elegantly disturbing as you.

Cheers to timeless thrills—and cake without fangs!