May 12

BORN ON MAY 12

1997 – Odeya Rush, has appeared in “Goosebumps”, “When The Devil Comes,” and “We Are What We Are.”

1986 – Emily VanCamp, who co-starred in the films “The Ring 2″ and “Carriers.”

1978 – Malin Akerman, appeared in “The Final Girls”, “The Invasion”, “Witchblade (TV Series)”, “The Circle”,” and more.

1978 – Amy Wheaton, who appeared in the film “The Curse” (1987).

1970 – Samantha Mathis, who appeared in the 2004 version of the TV movie “Salem’s Lot,” “American Psycho”.

1962 – Emilio Estevez, who starred in “Nightmares,” and “Maximum Overdrive.”

1962 – Ving Rhames who co-starred in “The People Under the Stairs,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” the 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead” and the 2008 remake of “Day of the Dead”

1961 – Lar Park-Lincoln, starring in “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “House II: The Second Story”, “Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series)”, “From the Dark.”

1950 – Gabriel Byrne who has starred in the films “End of Days,” “Stigmata,” “Ghost Ship” and “Gothic.”

1930 – Jess Franco who directed the films “The Awful Dr. Orloff,” “Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula” and “The Demons.”

1913 – Hugh Latimer who appeared in the films “The Strange World of Planet X,” and “Ghost Ship” (1952).

1912 – Don Blackman who appeared in the film “Scream Blacula, Scream.”

1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White who appeared in “Chamber of Horrors.”

1898 – Edward Halperin who produced the films “White Zombie” and “Revolt of the Zombies”.

1892 – John Barclay who appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “Soylent Green” and “The Brotherhood of Satan.”

 

DIED ON MAY 12

2014 – H.R. Giger, the infamous dark artist who created the xenomorph in “Alien” and his designs were used in every subsequent “Alien” film. He also designed the creature in “Species” and “Species 2.”

2001 – Richard Davidson who did make-up and special effects work on the films “The Thing” (1982), “Jurassic Park”.

1995 – Arthur Lubin who directed the 1943 version of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Hold That Ghost”.

1957 – Erich von Stroheim appeared in “The Lady & the Monster,” “The Mask of Dijon” and “Alraune”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 12

Cobra Woman (1944)
Hell High (1989)
Night Visitor (1989(
The Return of the Swamp Thing (1989)
Gothkill (2009) – USA (DVD premiere)
The Grudge 3 (2009) – USA (DVD premiere)

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May 13

BORN ON MAY 13

1987 – Candice Accola, starred in “Dead Girl”.

1985 – Corey Hawk, who co-starred in “Knight of the Living Dead” and “Class of Nuke ‘Em High 2.”

1971 – Imogen Boorman, starred as “Tiffany” in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.”

1950 – Joe Johnston, directed the 2010 version of “The Wolfman,” “Jurassic Park III”.

1939 – Harvey Keitel appeared in “Two Evil Eyes,” “From Dusk To Dawn,” “Red Dragon” and “Saturn 3.”

1939 – Zohra Lampert who played the title role in “Let’s Scare Jessica To Death,” and appeared in “The Exorcist III.”

1936 – Rafael Campos who appeared in the films “Astro Zombies,” “The Doll Squad” and the TV series “V.”

1922 – Don Weiss who directed such TV shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and the film “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.”

1907 – Daphne Du Maurier who wrote the story “The Birds.”

 

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 13

2001 – Jason Miller, who starred in “The Exorcist,” “Exorcist III” and “The Dain Curse”.

2000 – Paul Bartel appeared in “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall” and “Escape From L.A.”

1995 – Alexander Godunov, starred in “Waxwork II: Lost in Time”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 13

Werewolf of London (1935)
The Hands of Orlac (1964)
The Car (1977)
Day of the Animals (1977)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (1992) – USA (video premiere)
Scream Bloody Murder (2003)
Mindhunters (2005)
Frontier(s) (2008) – USA (DVD premiere)

Letters To Mother (2009)
Priest (2011)

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May 14

BORN ON MAY 14

1983 – Amber Tamblyn, starred in “The Ring,” “The Grudge 2″ and “Blackout.”

1971 – Sophia Coppola appeared in Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie.”

1970 – Natasha Ryan, has played in “The Entity”, “The Day Time Ended”, “The Amityville Horror”, “Kingdom of the Spiders.”

1959 – Brett Leonard, writer/director of such films as “The Dead Pit”, “The Lawnmower Man”, “Hideaway”, “Virtuosity”, “Man-Thing”, “Feed.”

1955 – Writer & producer Robert G. Tapert on the film and TV shows “Poltergeist”, “Evil Dead”, “The Possession”, “Drag Me To Hell”, “30 Days of Night”, “The Grudge”, “Darkman”, “Evil Dead” and many more.

1952 – Robert Zemeckis, produced several films remakes of “13 Ghosts” and “The House On Haunted Hill,” as well as “The Frighteners,” the 2005 version of “House of Wax” and the TV series, “Tales From the Crypt.”

1946 – Yutte Stensgaard, she appeared in “Lust for a Vampire”, “Scream and Scream Again” and “Dead of Night (TV Series).”

1946 – Writer/producer/director Joseph Zito, who worked on such films as “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and “The Prowler.”

1940 – Victor Miller, is the writer of the original “Friday the 13th” film.

1932 – Kenji Sahara who appeared in “Godzilla,” “Rodan,” and “Mothra,” to name a few.

1921 – Richard Deacon film credits have included “The Birds,” the 1953 version of “Invaders From Mars” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”

 

DIED ON MAY 14

2006 – Paul Marco, played in “Night of the he Ghouls” “Plan Nine From Outer Space” and “Bride of the Monster.”

2005 – Ed Kelleher, who wrote the screenplays for the films “Invasion of the Blood Farmers,” “Prime Evil” and “Shriek of the Mutilated”.

2004 – Anna Lee, starred in “Bedlam,” “Picture Mommy Dead” and “Jack The Giant Killer.”

2002 – Ray Stricklyn, appeared in “The Return of Dracula”.

2001 – Peter Griffith, he played “Morgan Strode” in the original “Halloween.”

1999 – Buck Houghton who was producer of the TV series “The Twilight Zone.

1992 – Lyle Alzado, appeared in “Neon City”, “Hangfire”, “Destroyer” and more.

1982 – Hugh Beaumont his film credits include “The Mole People” and “The Human Duplicators.”

1980 – Hugh Griffith appeared in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “The Legend of the Werewolf” and “Cry of the Banshee”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 14

King of the Zombies (1941)

The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) – Madrid
Nightmare In Wax (1969)

The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary (2002) NYC (premiere)
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
Heavy Mental: Rock ‘n’ Roll Bloodbath (2009)

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May 15

BORN ON MAY 15

1985 – Ashlynn Yennie, appeared in “L.A. Slasher”, “The Scribbler”, “True Blood (TV Series)”, “American Maniacs”, “The Human Centipede (First Sequence)” and “The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence).”

1982 – Tatsuya Fujiwara, starred in “Batoru Rowaiaru” and “Batoru Rowaiaru II : Chinknoka”.

1982 – Alexandra Breckinridge, starred in “Wishcraft”, “Vampire Clan”, “The Walking Dead (TV Series)” and appeared in the TV series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “American Horror Story.”

1981 – Jacqui Holland, appeared in “Dracula’s Sorority Sisters”, “Axeman 2: Overkill”, “Erotic Vampires of Beverly Hills”, “The Walking Deceased”, “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys”, “The Brides of Sodom”, “Monsters in the Woods” and many more.

1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, starred in “Campfire Stories” and ” Dark Ride.”

1978 – Caroline Dhavernas, starred on “Hannibal” and has appeared in “Devil.”

1971 – Sam Trammell, starred in the HBO series “True Blood,” and in the film “Aliens vs Predator: Requiem”

1963 – Brenda Bakke, appeared in “Death Spa”, “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight”, “American Gothic (TV Series)”, “Dark Angel (TV Series).”

1912 – André De Toth, who directed the original “House of Wax.”

1909 – James Mason, appeared in the TV films “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Salem’s Lot”.

1905 – Joseph Cotten starred in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” and “Lady Frankenstein.”

 

DIED ON MAY 15

1994 – Royal Dano, appeared in “The Dark Half”, “Ghoulies II”, “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”, “House II: The Second Story”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, “Moon of the Wolf”, “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery (TV Series)” and many more.

1988 – Andrew Duggan who appeared in “A Return To Salem’s Lot,” “It’s Alive” and “Frankenstein Island.”

1972 – Nigel Green who appeared in the films “The Skull,” “Corridors of Blood” and “Countess Dracula”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 15

The Mad Monster (1942)
Invisible Invaders (1959)
Dr. Blood’s Coffin (1961) – Bismarck, ND
Peeping Tom (1962)
Black Zoo (1963)
Paranoiac (1963)
Happy Birthday To Me (1981)

Dark Woods (2003) – Cannes Film Festival
Creepshow 3 (2007)
Curse of the Zodiac (2007)
Gothic Vampires From Hell (2007)
Hunger (2009)

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May 16

BORN ON MAY 16

1986 – Megan Fox played in Jennifer’s Body”.

1979 – Barbara Nedeljakova, has appeared in “Whispers”, “L.A. Slasher”, “Strippers vs Werewolves”, “Children of the Corn: Genesis”, “Hostel”, “Hostel: Part II”, “Doom” and more.

1979 – Jessica Morris, appeared in “666: Devilish Charm”, “Haunting of the Innocent”, “Reel Evil”, “The Dead Want Women”, “Venom”, “Fading of the Cries”, “Bloody Murder” and more.

1953 – Pierce Brosnan appeared in “Mars Attacks!,” “The Lawnmower Man” and “Nomads.”

1944 – Danny Trejo, appeared in “From Dusk To Dawn 1, 2 & 3,” “The Devil’s Rejects” and “Rob Zombie’s Halloween.”

1918 – Barry Atwater played in the TV movie “The Night Stalker,” and “Night Gallery”.

1905 – Henry Fonda, starred in “The Boston Strangler,” “Tentacles” and “The Swarm.”

 

DIED ON MAY 16

2010 – Ronnie James Dio, legendary lead singer of the metal bands, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own self-titled band Dio,  introduced the horns gesture that has been used in hard rock/heavy metal ever since.

2008 – Sandy Howard who produced the films “The Devil’s Rain,” “Meteor” and “Embryo”.

1979 – Robert Florey, who directed episodes of “Thriller,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone,” as well as the 1932 version of “Murders In the Rue Morgue”.

1985 – Margaret Hamilton appeared in the 1960 version of “13 Ghosts” and the TV movie “The Night Strangler.”

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 16

The Blood Beast Terror (1969)
The Bare Wench Project (2000)
Vlad (2003) (Cannes Premiere)
Slaughterhouse Phi: Death Sisters (2006)
The Dead One (2007) – Los Angeles
Swamp Devil (2008) – Hawaii Film Festival

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May 17

BORN ON MAY 17

1986 – Erin Richards, has appeared in “The Quiet Ones”, “Open Grave”, “Being Human (TV Series).”

1965 – Paige Turco, has appeared in “The Stepfather”, and “American Gothic (TV Series).”

1936 – Dennis Hopper, whose many film appearances include “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “Queen of Blood” and “Blue Velvet.”

1955 – Bill Paxton who starred in and directed “Frailty,” and co-starred the 1998 version of “Mighty Joe Young,” “Aliens” and “Near Dark” just to name a few.

 

DIED ON MAY 17

1999 – Henry Jones, appeared in “Arachnophobia”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Thriller (TV Series)”, “Twilight Zone (TV Series)”, “The Bad Seed” and more.

1983 – Victor Halperin who directed “White Zombie,”.

1954 – Arthur Lucan who portrayed “Old Mother Reiley” in “My Son, the Vampire”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 17

The Cat Creeps (1946)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971) – Spain
Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
Ghost Lake (2005) – USA (DVD premiere)

Zombiez (2005)
Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman (2005)

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May 18

BORN ON MAY 18

1992 – Spencer Breslin, who appeared in the mini-series “Storm of the Century,” written by Steven King, and co-starred in “The Happening.”

1982 – Emmy Robbin, has appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (TV Series)”, “Machete Kills”, “Planet Terror”.

1968 – Cynthia Preston, has appeared in “Lost Girl (TV Series)”, “Carrie” remake, “Hannibal (TV Series)”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “The Outer Limits (TV Series)”, “Forever Knight (TV Series)”, “Friday’s Curse (TV Series)”, “Prom Night III: The Last Kiss.” and more.

1941 – Miriam Margolyes, appeared in “The Awakening,” “End of Days” and “Ed and His Dead Mother.”

1927 – Yoshio Tsuchiya who appeared in the Toho films “Yog Monster From Space,” “Destroy All Monsters” and “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.”

1924 – Priscilla Pointer appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3,” “Chud II: Bud the Chud” and Carrie (1976).

 

DIED ON MAY 18

2004 – Lincoln Kilpatrick, starred in the films “The Omega Man,” “Soylent Green” and “Chosen Survivors”.

1995 – Elisha Cook Jr., film credits included TV movies “Salem’s Lot” and “The Night Stalker” while credits include House on Haunted Hill (1959), “Blacula” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

 

FILMS RELEASED ON  MAY 18

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1958)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Fangs Of The Living Dead (1973)
Teenage Space Vampires (1999) – USA (video premiere)
Hard Ride To Hell (2010)

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