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Peter Filardi was born and raised in Connecticut, but most people probably know him for his work on the other side of the country.

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In the 1980s, the Mystic native set off for Hollywood with the intention of seeing his name in lights. In 1988, he got his start, penning an episode in the third season of the hit series MacGyver.

But it was another two years before he really got his big break when he wrote a little horror movie called Flatliners.

The 1990 film starred a group of young actors – Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Billy Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, and Julia Roberts – as medical students who are obsessed with near-death experiences.

The Joel Schumacher-helmed film – fresh off of Lost Boys and St.

Elmo’s Fire but pre-Batman – received mixed reviews but was well-received enough that Filardi’s career in horror continued. In 1996, he wrote the now-cult classic The Craft about a group of teenage witches who play a little too close