February 1st

BORN

1999 – Lola Forsberg, who appeared in the films Mega Piranha (2010 TV Movie) ;  “Snakes On A Train,” “Halloween Night” and “Night Of The Dead: Leben Tod (2006).”

1984 – Lee Thompson Young, who appeared in the film “The Hills Have Eyes II” (2007).

1983 – Thai actress Sara Malakul Lane, has appeared in “Buddy Hutchins”, “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”, “Shark Lake”, “Sun Choke”, “Pernicious”, “12/12/12”, “Sharktopus”.

1969 – Brian Krause, who starred in the films “The Demonologist”; “Sleepwalkers” and ‘2012: Supernova.”

1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, who starred in “Meridian,” “Zombie High” and “The Wraith”.

1965 – The Brandon Lee, starred in “The Crow” on the set of this film where he was accidentally shot, and killed.

1955 – Producer/director William Lustig, known for such films as “Maniac”, “Maniac Cop”, “Maniac Cop 2”, “Maniac Cop 3”, “Relentless”, “Uncle Sam.”

1942 – The Bibi Besch, who has appeared in such films as “Tremors,” and “The Beast Within.”

1937 – Saturday Night Live alumni Garrett Morris, who appeared in the films “The Stuff,” “Children of the Night” and “Severed Ties.”

1926 – Stuart Whitman, who starred in the films “Night of the Lepus,” “Ruby” and “The Monster Club.”

1919 – Andrea King, who appeared in the films “The Beast With Five Fingers,” and “Blackenstein.”

1906 – Helen Chandler who played “Mina Seward” in the original “Dracula.”

 

DIED

2007 – Stuntman George Robotham, who worked on the films “The Manitou,” “Mars Attacks” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,’ passed away at the age of 86.

1988 – Heather O’Rourke, who starred in the “Poltergeist” films, passed away at the age of 12.

1966 – Actress turned Gossip columnist, Hedda Hopper, passed away at the age of 80. She appeared in the films “Dracula’s Daughter,” “One Frightened Night” and “Topper.”

1851 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who wrote the novel Frankenstein, passed away at the age of 53.

 

FILMS RELEASED

Shock (1946)
Terror by Night (1946)
Scared to Death (1947)
Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

Suspiria (1977) (Italy)
Popcorn (1991)
Valentine (2001)
The Vampire Hunters Club (2001)
Andre The Butcher (2005)
The Lycanthrope (2007)
The Eye (2008)

 

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February 2

BORN

1986 – Gemma Arterton, appeared in “Clash of the Titans”, “Byzantium”, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”.

1982 – Kristie Marsden, who has appeared in episodes of the TV shows, “Supernatural,” “Masters Of Horror,” “Wolf Lake”.

1962 – Michael T. Weiss, appeared in “Dark Shadows (TV Series)” and “Howling IV: The Original Nightmare.”

1947 – Farrah Fawcett, who appeared in “Saturn 3.”

1942 – Bo Hopkins, who appeared in the films “Phantoms,” “Uncle Sam,” “Tentacles” and “From Dusk Til Dawn 2.”

1939 – John A. Russo, known for co-creating the seminal 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead.” His work has also written and directed “Midnight”, “Heartstopper”, “Santa Claws”, “Voodoo Dawn”, “Return of the Living Dead” and many more.

1936 – The Duane Jones who starred as “Ben” in “Night of the Living Dead.” He also appeared in the films “Dracula: A Love Story” and “Ganja and Hess.” He had the distinction of being the first black male lead in a horror film.

 

DIED

2008 – Barry Morse who appeared in the films “Asylum” (1972), “Funeral Home” and “The Changeling.”

2004 – Bernard McEveety, who directed the film “The Brotherhood of Satan.”

1995 – Donald Pleasence, who played “Sam Loomis” in the “Halloween” films, passed away at the age of 75.

1969 – Boris Karloff, who passed away at the age of 81. He was probably best known as portraying the “Frankenstein’s Monster” in Universal’s 1931 classic, “Frankenstein.”

1946 – Rondo Hatton, who starred in the films “The Brute Man,” “Pearls of Death” and “House of Horrors,” passed away the age of 51.

 

FILMS RELEASED

The Lost World (1925)

Scream and Scream Again (1970)

The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
Jan-Gel 2: The Beast Returns (2001)
The Quick And The Undead (2006)
The Messengers (2007)
Sealed Fates (2010)

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February 3

BORN

1965 – Kathleen Kinmont, who appeared in the films “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Midnight” and “Bride of Re-Animator.”

1961 – Keith Gordon, who starred in “Christine,” “Jaws 2″ and “Dressed To Kill.” He is now a director and has helmed many episodes of “Dexter.”

1950 – Pamela Franklin, appeared in “The Innocents”, “The Nanny”, “Necromancy”, “The Legend of Hell House”.

1950 – Morgan Fairchild, who starred in the films “The Seduction,” “Freaked” and “Phantom of the Mall: Erik’s Revenge.”

1911 – Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, who appeared in the films “Maniac Cop 2″ and “Sleepaway Camp.”

 

DIED

2008 – Spanish director Carlos Aured, he directed a few of Paul Naschy’s films including “Horror Rises from the Tomb”, “Curse of the Devil”, “The Mummy’s Revenge”, “House of Psychotic Women”.

2008 – Charles Fawcett, who appeared in the films “I Vampiri,” “Face of Fire” and “The Secret of Dr. Mabuse,” passed away at the age of 92.

2006 – Joseph Adams, who appeared in “Cabin Fever, passed away at the age of 38 from (cardiac arrest).

2006 – Jean Byron, passed away at the age of 80. She starred in the films, “Invisible Invaders” and “The Magnetic Monster.”

2006 – The one and only “Grampa” Al Lewis, who passed away at the incredible age of 95. As everyone knows, he played “Grampa” on “The Munsters”.

1994 – Caroll Borland, who played “Luna” alongside Bela Lugosi, in the film “Mark of the Vampire.”

1989 – John Cassavetes, amazing actor who starred in “Rosemary’s Baby”, “The Fury” and “The Incubus”.

 

FILMS RELEASED

The Devil Commands (1941)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Dead and Rotting (2002)
Shower of Blood (2004)
When A Stranger Calls (2006)
Killer Movie (2008)
The Innkeepers (2011) (Toronto)

The Woman In Black (2012)

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February 4

BORN

1960 – Jenette Goldstein, wonderful character actor who has appeared in “Aliens”, “Near Dark”, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”, “Autopsy”, and more.

1960 – Adrienne King, who played “Alice” in “Friday the 13th” and “Friday the 13th Part 2.”

1951 – Patrick Bergin, who starred in the films “Highway to Hell,” “Ghostwood,” “Lawnmower Man 2,” the TV movie “The Ripper” and the 2002 TV mini-series, “Dracula.”

1948 –Alice Cooper, “Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives,” and his music has appeared in such films as “Scream,” “The Faculty” and the 2007 version of “Halloween.” He took a turn as an actor in the films “Monster Dog,” “Prince of Darkness” and “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” where he played “Freddy’s father.”

1940 – The Godfather of the Dead, George A. Romero “Night of the Living Dead,” “Dawn of the Dead,” “Day of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” “Diary of the Dead” and “Survival of the Dead”.

1914 – Ida Lupino, who appeared in the films “The Devil’s Rain” and “The Food of the Gods.”

 

DIED

2011 – Tura Satana, exotic dancer and actress who appeared in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”, “The Astro-Zombies”, “The Doll Squad” and more.

2007- TV staple Barbara McNair, who also appeared in the films “Paroxismus” and the TV film “Fatal Charm,” passed away at the age of 72.

2005 – Ossie Davis who played “Portifoy” in the pilot episode for “Night Gallery,” passed away at the age of 87. He also appeared in the TV mine-series “The Stand” and the starred in the film “Bubba-ho-Tep.”

2003 – Charles Biddle, who appeared in the film “Terror Train” and “Zombie Nightmare.”

1959 – Delightful character actress, Una O’Connor, who appeared in the films “The Invisible Man,” “Bride of Frankenstein” and “The Canterville Ghost,” passed away at the age of 78.

 

FILMS RELEASED

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
The Entity (1981)
Videodrome (1983)
Scream 3 (2000)
Abomination: The Evil Maker II (2003)
Boogeyman (2005)
Slipstream (2005)