FEBRUARY 12
BORN
1980 – Christina Ricci, who portrayed “Wednesday Addams” in the “Addams Family” films and also starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “After.Life” and “Cursed.”
1968 – Josh Brolin, starred in the films “The Goonies,” “Mimic,” “The Hollow Man” and “Planet Terror,”.
1965 – Christine Elise, appeared in “Child’s Play 2″, Body Snatchers (1993)
1952 – Simon MacCorkindale, who appeared in the TV series’ “Quatermass,” “Manimal” and the film “Jaws 3D.”
1950 – Michael Ironside, who appeared in many horror films “Scanners,” “Visiting Hours,” “Starship Troopers”, “Terminator Salvation”, The Harrowing (2017), Knuckleball (2018)
1940 – Richard Lynch, starred in the films “Bad Dreams,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” “Corpses Are Forever,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Mil Mascaras vs the Aztec Mummy.”
1940 – Ralph Bates, who has starred in the Hammer classics, “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula” and “The Horror of Frankenstein.”
1919 – Forrest Tucker, starred in the films “The Crawling Eye,” “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Cosmic Monsters.”
1899 – Edward L. Cahn, who directed the films “It, the Terror From Beyond Space,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake” and “Invisible Invaders.”
1898 – Wallace Ford, who appeared in “Freaks,” “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Ape Man.”
DIED
2000 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, who wrote the song “I Put a Spell on You,” as the opening for his stage act, he would often rise from a coffin.
2000 – Charles Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” gang and who gave us that wonderful holiday show “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.
1970 – Guy Endore was a novelist and screenwriter in Hollywood. He wrote the seminal novel “The Werewolf Of Paris” which was later adapted in the Hammer film “The Curse of the Werewolf.” He also wrote the screenplays for “Mark of the Vampire”, “The Raven”, “Mad Love” and “The Devil-Doll.”
FILMS RELEASED
Reflection of Fear (1972)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Beast Within (1982)
Dead Alive (1993) filmed in 1992 as Braindead
The Temp (1993)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker (2001) (Frightvision Convention)
Messengers (2004)
The Wolfman (2010)
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FEBRUARY 13
BORN
1979 – Mena Suvari who starred in the 2007 remake of “Day Of The Dead.”
1968 – Kelly Hu, has appeared in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan”, “Dark Shadows (TV Movie)”, “Devil’s Den”, “Succubus: Hell-Bent”.
1964 – Mark Patton, best known for his starring role in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge”.
1961 – Henry Rollins. He appeared in the films “Johnny Mnemonic,” “Feast,” “The Devil’s Tomb” and “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.”
1951 – David Naughton who played the title of “An American Werewolf in London,” and also appeared in the films “Body Bags,” “Big Bad Wolf,” and “Amityville: A New Generation.”
1948 – Kitten Natividad, who appeared in Fred Olen Ray’s “The Tomb” and “Zombie Ninja Gangbangers.”
1946 – Joe Estevez, has appeared in numerous films including “Soultaker”, “Werewolf”, “Blood Slaves of the Vampire Wolf”, “Silent Scream”, “Hell Asylum” and hundreds more.
1944 – Bo Svenson, who appeared in the films “Curse II: The Bite,” “Beyond the Door III”, “Raising Jeffery Dahmer” and played the monster in the 1973 TV version of “Frankenstein.”
1942 – Carol Lynley, who appeared in the films “Bunny Lake is Missing,” “Howling VI: The Freaks,” “The Shuttered Room” and the TV movie “The Night Stalker.”
1938 – Oliver Reed, who played the title role in “Curse of the Werewolf” and also starred in the films “Burnt Offerings” and “The Brood.”
1933 – Kim Novak, who appeared in the films “Vertigo,” “Massacre at Blood Bath Drive-in,” “Tales That Witness Madness”, Satan’s Triangle (1975) and “Bell, Book and Candle.”
1932 – Barbara Shelley, British beauty who appeared in “Five Million Years to Earth”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk”, “Dracula: Prince of Darkness”, “The Secret of Blood Island”, “The Gorgon”, “Village of the Damned”, “Blood of the Vampire” and many more.
1932 – Susan Oliver made appearances on the TV shows “Ghost Story” and “Freddy’s Nightmare.”
DIED
1994 – Martin Balsam who played “Detective Arbogast” in the original “Psycho”.
1980 – David Janssen starred in the TV movie “Moon of the Wolf,” the films “Cult of the Cobra,” and “Marooned”.
FILMS RELEASED
Scream & Scream Again (1970)
Sphere (1998)
Dead Birds (2004)
Devil’s Den (2006)
Friday the 13th (2009)
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FEBRUARY 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day
BORN
1980 – Mindy Robinson, appeared in “The Haunting of Whaley House”, “Killjoy Goes to Hell”, “V/H/S/2″, “The Impaler” and more.
1978 – Danai Gurira, known for portraying “Michonne” on “The Walking Dead (TV Series).”
1976 – Erica Leerhsen who starred in “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003) and “Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.”
1971 – Noriko Sakai, who starred in “Premonition” and “Ju-on: The Grudge 2.”
1970 – Simon Pegg, who co-wrote the screenplay for and starred in “Shaun of the Dead”, “Land of the Dead”, “Grindhouse”, “Diary of the Dead”, “Paul”, “The World’s End” and more.
1964 – Zach Galligan, who starred in the films “Gremlins I & II,” “Waxwork,” “Infested” and “Nightbeasts.”
1960 – Meg Tilly, who starred in the films “Psycho II,” “One Dark Night” and Body Snatchers (1993).
1952 – Jim Hanson, He produced the films “Witchcraft II: The Temptress,” “Doctor Hackenstein” and “Witchery.”
1946 – Gregory Hines, who co-starred in the films “The Wolfen” and “Eve of Destruction.”
1942 – Andrew Robinson, who starred in the films “Hellraiser,” “Child’s Play 3″ and “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings.”
1936 – Andrew Prine, who appeared in the films “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Simon, King of the Witches,” “Crypt of the Living Dead” and “Sutures,” and Grizzly (1976).
1929 – Vic Morrow, who appeared in the films “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Humanoids From the Deep”.
1910 – Frances Dade, portrayed “Lucy” in the original 1931 version of “Dracula.”
1902 – Stuntman Ray “Crash” Corrigan, who played the title role of “The Ape,” “It, the Terror From Beyond Space” and appeared in “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1882 – The “Great Profile,” John Barrymore, who played the title role in the 1920 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.” He also starred in the films “Svengali” and “The Invisible Woman.”
DIED
2015 – Louis Jourdan, appeared in “Swamp Thing” and “Return of the Swamp Thing”, he also starred as “Dracula” in the great BBC version of “Count Dracula (TV Movie).”
2007 – Lee Patterson, who appeared in the films “Jack The Ripper” (1959).
1992 – Angelique Pettyjohn, appeared in “Biohazard”, “The Lost Empire”, “Mad Doctor of Blood Island” “The Phantom Planet” and more.
1971 – Seth Holt, director of such films as “Scream of Fear”, “The Nanny”, “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb”.
FILMS RELEASED
Dracula (1931)
The Mad Doctor (1941)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)
The Shuttered Room (1968)
TerrorVision (1986)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (1991)
One Hour Photo (2002) – Turkey
Skinned Deep (2004)
The Horror Seasons (2005)
The Ghosts Of Crowley Hall (2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
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FEBRUARY 15
BORN
1988 – Jessica De Gouw, has appeared in “Dracula (TV Series)”, “Generation Z.”
1988 – Tara Holt, has appeared in “Victim”, “American Horror Story (TV Series)”.
1971 – Reneé O’Connor, appeared in the films “Darkman II: The Return of Durant” and “Boogeyman 2.”
1968 – Vivian Schilling, has appeared in “Future Shock”, “Project Eliminator”, “Soultaker”, “Terror Eyes” and more.
1931 – Claire Bloom, who starred in the original 1963 version of “The Haunting”.
1914 – Kevin McCarthy, who starred in the 1956 version of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” He also appeared in the film’s 1978 remake and the movies “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Piranha” and “The Howling.”
1899 – Gale Sondergaard, who starred in the 1939 version of “The Cat and the Canary,” the 1941 version of “The Black Cat” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge.”
1882 – “The Great Profile” John Barrymore, who played the title role in the 1920 silent version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” He also starred in “The Invisible Woman.”
DIED
2012 – Elyse Knox, starred in “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1990 – Jack Fletcher, who appeared in Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark (1988).
1973 – Tim Holt, starred in “The Monster That Challenged the World”.
FILMS RELEASED
Phantom Lady (1944) – Finland
Fog Island (1945)
Saturn 3 (1980)
Deadly Species (2002)
Wendigo (2002)
Hallowed (2005)
Chill (2007)
Diary of the Dead (2007) – Canada
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FEBRUARY 16
BORN
1989 – Elizabeth Olsen, younger sister of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, has appeared in “Martha Marcy May Marlene”, “Silent House”, “Red Lights”, and “Godzilla”.
1961 – Writer/director Eric Red, who worked on “Body Parts”, “Bad Moon”, “The Hitcher”, “Near Dark”, “Undertow”, “100 Feet” and more.
1958 – Lisa Loring, who played the original “Wednesday Addams.” She also appeared in the film “Blood Frenzy.”
1952 – Jonathan Stark who appeared in the films “Fright Night,” “House II: The Second Story” and “The Bone Collector.”
1950 – William Katt, who starred in Carrie (1976), “House,” “House IV,” “Alien vs Hunter”, “Mirrors 2″, “Paranormal Movie”.
1930 – Ricou Browning, who portrayed everyone’s favorite “Gillman,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” (in the underwater scenes that is).
1901 – Chester Morris, who appeared in the films “The Bat Whispers” and “The She Creature.”
DIED
2011 – Len Lesser, was a great character actor who portrayed “Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!”, “Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)”, “Slither”, “Death Wish”, “The Munsters (TV Series)”, “The Outer Limits (TV Series)”, and many others.
2010 – John Chandler, who appeared in “Carnosaur 2,” “Phantasm 3″ and the TV movie “Moon of the Wolf”.
2010 – Science fiction writer Jim Harmon, passed away at the age of 76. He was the west coast editor for the Marvel monster magazine “Monsters of the Movies,” and wrote the screenplay for the film “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”
2005 – Nicole DeHuff, starred in “Suspect Zero.”
1979 – Louise Allbritton, who starred in the films “Son of Dracula”.
FILMS RELEASED
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
The Shadow Returns (1946)
Five Million Miles to Earth (1967)
Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994)
Murdercycle (1999)
Blue Lake Massacre (2007)
Ghost Rider (2007)
Freeway Killer (2010)
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FEBRUARY 17
BORN
1981 – Joseph Gordon- Levitt, who starred in “Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later”.
1981 – Socialite Paris Hilton, who appeared in the 2005 remake of “House of Wax” and “Repo! The Genetic Opera.”
1980 – Jason Ritter, who starred in “Freddy vs Jason” and “Swimfan.”
1974 – Jerry O’Connell, who starred in the films “Stand By Me,” “Scream 2,” “Room 6″.
1971 – Denise Richards, who appeared in the films “Tammy and the T-Rex,” “Starship Troopers,” “Valentine” and “Scream 3.”
1970 – Dominic Purcell, has appeared in “Blade: Trinity”, “The Gravedancers”, “Primeval”, “Blood Creek”, “Straw Dogs”, and “The Ganzfeld Haunting”.
1965 – Jonathan Breck, who played “The Creeper” in “Jeepers Creepers” 1 & 2.
1965 – Michael Bay, produced the remakes of “Friday the 13th,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, who starred in the films “The First Power,” “Bats” and the short lived TV series “Wolf Lake”, “Red Water”, “Sanitarium”.
1954 – Don Coscarelli, who wrote the screenplays for and/or directed the films “Phantasm” I, II, III & IV, “The Beastmaster” and “Bubba Ho-tep.”
1934 – Alan Bates, who appeared in the films “Mister Frost” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”
1925 – Hal Holbrook, who has starred in the films “The Fog,” “Creepshow” and “The Unholy.”
1923 – Jun Fukuda, who directed “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”
1907 – Buster Crabbe who appeared in Fred Olen Ray’s “The Alien Dead.”
DIED
2007 – Jay Jensen who appeared in the films “Mission Mars” and “Werewolves on Wheels”.
2005 – Dan O’Herlihy, who appeared in “Invasion USA,” “The Cabinet of Caligari” and “Halloween III”
2003 – Peter Schrum, who appeared in the films “Galaxina,” “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and “Demonic Toys,”.
1990 – Marc Clement, who appeared in the films “Mutant,” “Poison Ivy” and “King Kong Lives,” at the age of 39.
1968 – Donald Wolfit who starred in the films “Blood of the Vampire,” “The Hands of Orlac” and the TV show “The Ghost Squad,”.
FILMS RELEASED
Seven Footprints To Satan (1929)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
The Cosmic Man (1959)
Jack The Ripper (1959)
The Gorgon (1964)
Baron Blood (1972) – Germany
Alien Raiders (2009)
American Scary (2009)
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009)
Screamers: The Hunting (2009)
The Midnight Meat Train (2009)
The Last Battleground (2010)
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FEBRUARY 18
BORN
1968 – Molly Ringwald, who starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the film “Office Killer.”
1962 – Scream Queen Julie Strain, who has appeared in the films “Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart,” “The Unnamable II” and “The Bare Wench Project.”
1954 – John Travolta, who starred in Carrie (1976), “The Devil’s Rain” and “The Punisher.”
1925 – George Kennedy, has appeared in “Strait-Jacket”, “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte”, “Death Ship”, “Creepshow 2″, “Demonwarp”, “The Terror Within” and many more.
1919 – Jack Palance, who played the title roles in the Dan Curtis produced TV movies “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Dracula.” He also appeared in the films “Man in the Attic,” “Without Warning”.
1908 – Diminutive actor Angelo Rossitto, who appeared in the films “Freaks,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.”
DIED
2002 – Jack Lambert, who appeared in several TV shows, including “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,”.
FILMS RELEASED
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
The Ghost (1963)
Amityville: Dollhouse (1996)
Pitch Black (2000)
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003)
Constantine (2005)
Dark Remains (2005) – Nevermore Film Festival
Demon Resurrection (2008)