May 5

BORN ON MAY 5

1988 – Brooke Hogan, appeared in “Sand Sharks”, “Devour”, “2-Headed Shark Attack”, and “L.A. Slasher.”

1983 – Henry Cavill, starred in “Hellraiser: Hellworld”, “Red Riding Hood”, “Blood Creek”, and “Immortals.”

1957 – Richard Grant starred in the 1992 version of “Dracula” and the film “The Little Vampire.” He also provided the voice of “Barkis Bittern” in the “Corpse Bride.”

1957 – Lisa Eilbacher, who appeared in the TV movies “Bad Ronald,” “This House Possessed” and the film “Leviathan.”

1944 – John Rhys-Davies who appeared in Aux (2018); Ferocious Planet (2011 TV Movie); Waxwork (1988)

1940 – Lance Henriksen who appeared in the films “Aliens,” “Pumpkinhead,” “Alien vs Predator,” “Alone in the Dark II” and “Scream 3,” as well as the underrated TV series “Millennium” and Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016), “Stung”, “Needlestick”, “It’s in the Blood”, Harbinger Down (2015) countless other films too numerous to mention.

1939 – Ian McCulloch who appeared in “Doctor Butcher, M.D.,” “Zombie” and “I, Monster.”

1938 – Michael Murphy who appeared in “Count Yorga, Vampire,” and “Shocker.”

1922 – Screenwriter Joseph Stefano. His many screen credits include the script for “Psycho”.

1915 – Ben Wright who has appeared in “Munster Go Home,” “Arnold” and “Terror In the Wax Museum.”

1895 – Charles Lamont who directed Abbott & Costello when they met “The Invisible Man,” “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “The Mummy.”.

1889 – Master make-up artist Jack Pierce who created for every Universal Monster.

 

DIED ON MAY 5

2011 – Dana Wynter, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

2000 – Edward Ashley, who appeared in and “Waxworks”.

1992 – Barbara Alston, who appeared in “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Candyman”.

1968 – Albert Dekker who played the title role in the film “Dr. Cyclops” and appeared in the original “Gamera” film.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 5

Cuadecuc, vampir (1972)
The Evil (1978)
Return of the Boogeyman (1994)
Final Stab (2001)
Cryptz (2002)
An American Haunting (2005)
The Possession of David O’Reilly (2010) – USA (VOD)

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May 6

BORN ON MAY 6

1983 – Adrianne Palicki, has appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”, “Legion”, and more.

1970 – Venesa Talor, is an actress who appeared in “Femalien”, “Femalien II”, “Blood Dolls”, “Women of the Night”, “Demonicus” and more.

1968 – Leslie Scott, who appeared in the original “Prom Night.”

1964 – John Ennis, who appeared in the films “Zodiac” and Eight Legged Freaks.”

1961 – George Clooney who starred in “From Dusk To Dawn,” “Return To Horror High” and “Return of the Killer Tomatoes” (yes he did), also produced the films “A Scanner Darkly” and “Wind Chill.”

1960 – Anne Parillaud, starred in the great vampire film “Innocent Blood”.

1948 – Richard Cox who appeared in the films “Seizure,” “Zombie High”.

1915 –Orson Welles pulled one of the greatest pranks of all-time, he made the entire world believe we were being invaded by Martians with his radio play of “War of the Worlds.”

1890 – Claire Whitney who appeared in the films “The House of Seven Gables,” “Tower of London” (1939), and “The Mummy’s Ghost.”

1868 – Gaston Leroux who wrote the novel “Le Fantôme de L’Opéra” or “The Phantom of the Opera.”

 

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 6

2012 – James Isaac, director of the films “The Horror Show”, “Jason X”, “Skinwalkers”, “Pig Hunt”.

2007 – Lois Gibson, who wrote the screenplay for “Crypt of the Living Dead”.

2007 – Writer/director Curtis Harrington, whose huge body of work includes “Queen Of Blood,” “The Killer Bees” and “Devil Dog: The Hound Of Hell”.

1996 – Suzanne Ridgeway, who appeared in the films “The She Creature” and “From Hell It Came”.

1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White who appeared in the film “Chamber of Horrors”.

1968 – Rex Carlton who produced such films as “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die,” “Blood of Dracula’s Castle,” and “Nightmare In Wax”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON TMAY 6

Black Sabbath (1964)

Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf (1972)

The Clairvoyant (1982) – Sweden
Jack’s Back (1988)
Dead Heat (1988)
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) – USA (limited)
Attack of the Flesh Devouring Space Worms From Outer Space (1998)
Zombie Campout (2003)
Satan’s Little Helper (2004)
House Of Wax (2005)
American Zombie (2007) – VC Film Festival
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2007) – Los Angeles, CA

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May 7

BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 7

1976 – Carrie Henn, her only film appearance was in James Cameron’s “Aliens” as the brave little girl “Newt.”

1968 – Traci Lords who appeared in “Blade,” “The Tommyknockers” the 1988 remake of “Not of This Earth”, “Crazy Eights”, “Devil May Call”, “Excision”, and “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre.”

1949 – Marilyn Burns, who played “Sally Hardesty” in the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.” She also appeared in “Eaten Alive”, “Kiss Daddy Goodbye”, “Future-Kill”, “Butcher Boys”, “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Sacrament.”

1939 – Ruggero Deodato, whose films include “House on the Edge of the Park,” “Cannibal Holocaust” and “Hostel: Part II.”

1931 – Clayton Hill who appeared in “Hellraiser III” and in the original “Dawn of the Dead.”

1924 – Albert Band who produced the films “Zarkorr! The Invader,” “Castle Freak” and “Troll.”

1922 – Kolchak himself, the late great Darren McGavin.

1911 – Ishirô Honda, the legendary Japanese director of “Godzilla”, “Rodan”, “The Mysterians”, “The H-Man”, “Mothra”, “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, “Mothra vs. Godzilla”, “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster”, “Frankenstein Conquers the World”, “The War of the Gargantuas”, “Destroy All Monsters” and many more.

1904 – Val Lewton who produced “Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher” and “I Walked With a Zombie.”

 

DIED ON MAY 7

2013 – Ray Harryhausen, the iconic and legendary special effects technician who worked on “Mighty Joe Young”, “It Came from Beneath the Sea”, “20 Million Miles to Earth”, “Mysterious Island”.

2011 – Ross Hagen, in “Night Creature”, “The Phantom Empire”, “Alienator”, “Dinosaur Island”, “Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds” and more.

2007 – Nicholas Worth, who appeared in “Scream Blacula Scream” and “Blood Dolls”.

2000 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., starred in “Ghost Story.”

1993 – Mary Philbin starred in “The Phantom of the Opera,” passed away at the age of 89.

1989 – Guy Williams who appeared in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON  MAY 7

The Black Cat (1934)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) – UK
Gamera Super Monster (1980)
Dr. Butcher M.D.  – aka Zombie Holocaust (1982) – NYC
The Amityville Curse (1990)
The Mummy (1999)
Space Spawns (2002)
Van Helsing (2004)

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May 8

BORN ON MAY 8

1982 – Christina Cole, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby (TV Mini-Series)”, “Stake Land”, “Surviving Evil”, “Doghouse” and more.

1978 – Josie Maran, appeared in “The Gravedancers” and “Van Helsing.”

1978 – Matthew Davis, appeared in “Urban Legend: Final Cut” and “BloodRayne.”

1955 – Betsy Baker, who starred in “The Evil Dead” and “Witches’ Night.”

1954 – David Keith who starred in the film “Firestarter,” directed the film “The Curse”.

1940 – Author Peter Benchley, who wrote the smash bestseller “Jaws”, “The Beast”, “White Shark” and more.

1935 – Robert Dix who appeared in “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “Forbidden Planet” and “Horror of the Blood Monsters.”

1926 – Don Rickles who appeared in “Innocent Blood,” “X, the Man With X-ray Eyes” and the “Ventriloquist’s Dummy” episode of “Tales From the Crypt.”

1923 – Jack Laird who wrote for the TV series “Night Gallery.”

 

DIED ON MAY 8

2007 – Mark Burns, who appeared in the films “House of the Living Dead” and the tremendous 1977 BBC version of “Count Dracula”.

2006 – George Lutz passed away at the age of 59, lived at 112 Ocean Ave in Amityville New York, where supposed demonic happenings drove him and his family away after 28 days. All this was the basis for the film “The Amityville Horror.”

1999 – Dana Plato appeared in the films “Silent Scream,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic” and “Return To Boggy Creek.”

1994 – Steven Keats, who appeared in the films “Silent Rage,” “Hangar 18″.

1985 – Theodore Strugeon who wrote for the TV movie “Killdozer”.

1967 – Barbara Payton who appeared in “The Lady & the Monster” and “Bride Of the Gorilla”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON  MAY 8

The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
The Mad Monster (1942) – USA premiere

Horror of Dracula (1958) – Milwaukee, WI (premiere)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
The Burning (1981)
The Lower Circle (2009)

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May 9

BORN ON MAY 9

1985 – Audrina Patridge, worked in “Sorority Row” and “Scary Movie 5.”

1985 – Chris Zylka, appeared in “Shark Night 3D” and “Piranha 3DD.”

1978 – Daniel Franzese, who appeared in “Kill Theory,” “Killer Pad” and “Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat.”

1958 – Chuck Russell, director of the films “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”, “The Blob” remake, “The Mask”, “Bless the Child”, and “The Scorpion King.”

1955 – The late Kevin Peter Hall, who played “The Predator” in “Predator I & II,” and “The Monster” in “Monster in the Closet.”

1936 – Albert Finney who appeared in “Wolfen”.

1926 – Duke Mitchell who starred in “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.”

1914 – Fred Clark who co-starred in “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine” and “Zotz!”.

 

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 9

2006 – Karl Bette, who appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island”.

2004 – Comedian Alan King appeared in the film “Cat’s Eye” and was executive producer of “Wolfen.”

1997 – Hoke Howell, who appeared in “Teenage Exorcist,” “Haunting Fear” and “Alienator”.

1992 – Ben Frommer, who appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Psycho II”.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 9

Friday The 13th (1980)
Asylum (1997)
Witchcraft XI: Sisters In Blood (2000)
The Eye (2002)
House of Usher (2008)

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May 10

BORN ON MAY 10

1993 – Halston Sage, stars in “Poker Night”, “Goosebumps” feature film, and “Scouts vs. Zombies.”

1985 – Odette Annable appeared in “Cloverfield”, “Unborn” (2009), “And Soon the Darkness.”

1978 – Corri English, appeared in “Unrest”, “House of Fears”, “Killer Pad”, “Devil May Call”, and “Holliston (TV Series).”

1978 – Saturday Night regular Kenan Thompson, who starred in the films “Snakes on a Plane” and “Stan Helsing.”

1970 – Gina Philips, starred in “Jeepers Creepers”, “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare”, “Dead & Breakfast”, “Ring Around the Rosie”, “The Sick House”, and “Chained.”

1968 – Erik Palladino, who appeared in “Return To the House on Haunted Hill” and “Dead and Breakfast.”

1961 – Teri Copley, appeared in “Transylvania Twist”, “Monsters (TV Series)”, and “New Year’s Evil.”

1948 – Meg Foster, who appeared in “Stepfather II,” “Shrunken Heads” and “They Live.”

1914 – Charles McGraw who appeared in “The Mad Ghoul” and played “Chief Ed Masterson” in the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”

1899 – Fred Astaire who appeared in “Ghost Story.”

1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin who composed the scores for films such as “The Thing From Another World,” “Dial M For Murder” and “The Mummy’s Curse.”

 

DIED ON MAY 10

2010 – Susan Oliver, appeared in “Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series)”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Thriller (TV Series)”, “Twilight Zone (TV Series)” and more.

2006 – Writer/director/producer Val Guest, films include the first two “Quatermass” films, “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Day The Earth Caught Fire.”

2001 – Deborah Walley, who co-starred in the films “The Severed Arm,” and “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”.

2000 – Craig Stevens who appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “The Deadly Mantis”.

1995 – Hajime Sato who directed “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell,” and “Battle Beneath the Sea”.

1977 – The Joan Crawford who appeared in “Berserk!,” “Trog” and “Strait-Jacket”.

1970 – Mari Blanchard who starred in the films “Abbot & Costello Go To Mars,” “She Devil” and “Twice-Told Tales,” passed away at the age of 43.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 10

The Phantom Speaks (1945)
Bedlam (1946)
Mothra (1962)
It Lives Again (1978)
Terminal Choice (1985)
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989) – NYC
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
Dog Soldiers (2002)

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May 11

BORN ON MAY 11

1982 – The late Cory Monteith, appeared in “Fear Itself (TV Series)”, “White Noise 2: The Light”, “Hybrid”, “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep”, “Final Destination 3”, “Bloody Mary”, “Supernatural (TV Series)” and more.

1982 – Jonathan Jackson, appeared in “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series)”, “Venom”, “The Twilight Zone (TV Series)”, “Insomnia”, “Night Visions”, “Skeletons in the Closet” and more.

1979 – Melissa R. Bacelar, has appeared in “Zombie Ed”, “Beneath The Dark”, “The Scream”, “Skinned Alive”, “Pink Eye”, “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.”

1935 – Doug McClure, appeared in “Humanoids from the Deep”, “Warlords of the Deep”, “The People That Time Forgot”, “At the Earth’s Core”, “The Land That Time Forgot”, “Satan’s Triangle”, “Twilight Zone (TV Series)” and more.

 

DIED ON MAY 11

2006 – Byron Morrow, starred in such films and TV shows as “Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series)”, “Dark Mansions”, “The Ghost of Flight 401”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)”, “Colossus: The Forbin Project”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Black Zoo”, “Panic in Year Zero!” and many more.

1973 – Lex Barker, has appeared in “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism”, “The Invisible Dr. Mabuse”, “The Return of Dr. Mabuse” and more.

 

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 11

Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

Bride of the Monster (1955) (Hollywood Premiere)

The Lift (1983)

Class of 1999 (1990)

28 Weeks Later (2007)