June 16
BORN ON June 16
1987 – Kelly Blatz, appeared in the 2008 remake of “Prom Night,” “From Within”.
1962 – Arnold Vosloo, played in the 1999 remake of “The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns,” and as “Darkman” in “Darkman II & III.”
1955 – Laurie Metcalf played in “Scream 2.”
1951 – Sonia Braga starred in “From Dusk Til Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter” and in the “Tales From the Crypt” episode “This’ll Kill Ya.”
1942 – Suzan Farmer, known for “Thriller (TV Series)”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk”, “Dracula: Prince of Darkness”, “Monster of Terror”, “The Crimson Blade”, and more.
1938 – Charles B. Pierce, writer and director of “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”, “The Evictors”, “Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.”
1924 – Faith Domergue appeared in “This Island Earth,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Atomic Man.”
1910 – Ilona Massey who played “Countess Elsa Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and appeared in the film “Invisible Agent.”
1907 – Jack Albertson appeared in “Dead and Buried,” “Man of a Thousand Faces” as well as episodes of “Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery.”
DIED ON June 16
2012 – Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, “Rockula”, “The Offspring”, “Deadly Nightmares (TV Series)”, and many more.
2006 – Arthur Franz, who starred in the films “Monster on Campus,” “Invaders from Mars”.
1938 – Robert Wiene who directed the 1924 version of “The Hands of Orlac” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”.
FILMS RELEASED ON June 16
Ghost Catchers (1944)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
Psycho (1960) – NYC premiere
Lake of Dracula (1971) – Japan
Jaws 2 (1978)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) – video premiere
The Mutilation Man (1998)
Platoon of the Dead (2009) – DVD premiere
Terror At Blood Fart Lake (2009)
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June 17
BORN ON June 17
1976 – Heather Mazur, played in the 1990 Tom Savini’s remake of “Night of the Living Dead.”
1975 – Joshua Leonard starred in “The Blair Witch Project,” “Hatchet,” and “Madhouse.” He had a small part in “Prom Night (2008).
1967 – Tori Welles appeared in “Ice Cream Man” and “Les Vampyre.”
1966 – Jason Patric starred in “The Lost Boys,” and “Frankenstein Unbound.”
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, starred in “Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight”.
1927 – Comic artist Wally Wood (who created the “Mars Attacks!” trading card series).
1927 – Italian goremeister Lucio Fulci, known for Zombie (1979).
1918 – Duncan Lamont who appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit” and “The Evil of Frankenstein.”
1904 – Ralph Bellamy appeared in “The Wolf Man” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby (1968).”
DIED ON June 17
1984 – Nobuo Nakagawa who directed the films “The Vampire Moth,” “The Ghost of Kasane” and “Black Cat Mansion.”
1978 – Robert Williams who appeared in “The Bat” “This Island Earth” and “Revenge of the Creature”.
1936 – Henry B. Walthall appeared in the films “London After Midnight,” “The Devil-Doll” and “The Whispering Shadow”.
FILMS RELEASED ON June 17
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Quatermass 2 (1957) – UK
The Terror (1963) – Buffalo, NY
The Horror of Frankenstein (1971)
The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
House of the Long Shadows (1983) – UK
Waxwork (1988)
Wolf (1994)
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June 18
BORN ON June 18
1991 – Willa Holland, appeared in “Legion.”
1980 – David Giuntoli, the star of the NBC show “Grimm (TV Series).”
1979 – Kristina Klebe, appeared in “Tales of Halloween”, “Slay Belles”, “The Devil’s Carnival: Alleluia!”, “Nymph”, “Proxy”, “Chillerama”, “Zone of the Dead”, “Halloween” and more.
1975 – Patrick Melton, who co-wrote the screenplay for “Feast,” “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds” and “Saw IV & V.”
1965 – Kim Dickens, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series)”, “Hollow Man”, and more.
1955 – Kevin Burns executive producer of such documentaries as “Monstermania,” “The Omen Legacy’.
1955 – Steve Miner who directed “Friday The 13th” parts 2 & III, “Lake Placid,” and the 2008 remake of “Day of the Dead.”
1952 – Comedienne Carol Kane, who starred in “When A Stranger Calls,” “Scrooged,” “Addams Family Values” and “When A Stranger Calls Back.”
1917 – Richard Boone who starred in “I Bury the Living” and “The Last Dinosaur.”
1910 – Dick Foran who starred in “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb”.
1910 – E.G. Marshall who appeared in the films “Creepshow,” “Superman II” and “Two Evil Eyes.”
DIED ON June 18
2007 – Vincent Sherman, who directed “The Return of Dr. X”.
2006 – Richard Stahl, appeared in “Beware The Blob!,” and “Terminal Island”.
2004 – Writer/producer/actor George “Buck” Flowers, appearances in “The Fog” (1980), “Back To the Future” and “Body Bags.”
1980 – Terence Fisher who directed “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula” and “Curse of the Werewolf”.
1973 – Roger Delgado played in “The Mummy’s Shroud” and “The First Man Into Space”.
FILMS RELEASED ON June 18
House of Usher (1960) – Palm Springs, CA – premiere
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) – UK
The Mummy’s Shroud (1967) – UK
Eye of the Cat (1969) – NYC
Willard (1971) – NYC
Food of the Gods (1976)
Haunted (1995)
Psycho Beach Party (2000) – San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Lake Mungo (2008) – Sydney Film Festival
Nightfall (2009)
Bitter Feast (2010)
Dark Souls (2010) – South Side Film Festival
Zombie Beach (2010) – Urban Suburban Film Festival
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June 19
BORN ON June 19
1974 – Jennifer Siebel, appeared in “April Fool’s Day” and “Dinocroc.”
1972 – Robin Tunney, starred in “The Zodiac” (2005), “End of Days” and “The Craft.”
1967 – Mia Sara, who starred in “Time Cop”, “Daughter of Darkness” and “The Maddening.”
1965 – Sadie Frost, in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”.
1950 – Daria Nicolodi, starred in “Deep Red” wrote and starred in “Suspiria”, “Beyond the Door II”, “Inferno”, “Tenebre”, “Phenomena”, “Opera” and “Mother of Tears”.
1920 – David Peel played in “Brides of Dracula” and appeared in “The Hands of Orlac.”
1920 – Anthony Sagar appeared in “X the Unknown,” “Jack the Ripper” and “Carry On Screaming.”
1919 – Louis Jourdan played in the 1977 BBC TV movie “Count Dracula” and appeared in the films “Swamp Thing” and “The Return of Swamp Thing.”
1914 – Harry Lauter appeared in “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” “Creature With the Atom Brain,” and “The Werewolf.”
DIED ON June 19
2016 – Anton Yelchin, appeared in “Star Trek” reboots, “Fright Night”, “Terminator Salvation”, “Odd Thomas”, “Only Lovers Left Alive”, “Burying the Ex”, Green Room (2015) and so much more.
2012 – Richard Lynch, portrayals in “God Told Me To”, “Bad Dreams”, “Alligator II: The Mutation”, “Rob Zombie’s Halloween”, “Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem” and the TV film “Vampire”.
1997 – Mark Patrick Carducci wrote the screen plays for “Neon Maniacs,” “Pumpkinhead” and was writer/director/producer of “Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion”.
FILMS RELEASED ON June 19
The Golem (1921)
Them! (1954)
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)
King Kong Escapes (1968)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) – West Germany
The X-Files (1998)
Exorcist Chronicles (2007)
The Tomb (2007)
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June 20
BORN ON June 20
1971 – Josh Lucas, starred in “Session 9″ and “American Psycho.”
1968 –Robert Rodriguez directed the films “From Dusk Til Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Sin City” and the “Planet Terror” half of the “Grindhouse” double feature.
1967 – Nicole Kidman starred in “The Others,” “The Stepford Wives” (2004), “The Invasion”.
1952 – John Goodman, played in “Arachnophobia” and “C.H.U.D.”
1947 – Candy Clark appeared in the 1988 version of “The Blob,” “Zodiac” (2007), “Amityville 3D” and played “Buffy’s Mom” in the film version of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer.”
1933 – Brett Halsey starred in “Return of the Fly,” and appeared in “Revenge of the Creature” and “Twice Told Tales.”
1931 – Martin Landau starred in “Without Warning” and “Ed Wood,” for which he received an Oscar for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi.
1919 – Bruce Gordon appeared in “Curse of the Undead,” “Tower of London” and “Piranha.”
1909 – Robb White, wrote screenplays for included “Macabre,” “The Tingler,” House On Haunted Hill (1959), 13 Ghosts (1960), “Homicidal,” and the story for House on Haunted Hill (1999) and Thir13en Ghosts (2001) and with his characters the creation of Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007).
DIED ON June 20
1986 – Tim Herbert, who appeared in “The Boston Strangler” and “Duel”.
1984 – Estelle Winwood, starred in the films “The Cabinet of Calagari”.
1978 – Mark Robson, who directed “Isle Of The Dead,” “The 7th Victim” and “Bedlam”.
FILMS RELEASED ON June 20
The Invasion of the Vampires (1963) – Mexico
Jaws (1975)
Girls Nite Out aka “The Scaremaker” (1982)
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1997) – Chicago, IL
Demon Under Glass (2002)
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June 21
Born On June 21
1978 – Erica Durance, appeared in “The Butterfly Effect 2” and “House of the Dead.”
1971 – Juliette Lewis starred in “From Dusk To Dawn,” “Strange Days” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1964 – David Morrissey, portrayed “The Governor” on “The Walking Dead (TV Series)” and “The Reaping.”
1947 – Michael Gross starred in all “Tremors” films as well as the short lived TV series of the same name.
1940 – Mariette Hartley starred in “The Return of Count Yorga,” and the TV movies “The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t” and “Earth II.”
1917 – Russell Wade appeared in “The Body Snatcher,” “Ghost Ship” and “The Leopard Man.”
Died On June 21
2010 – Bobby Walker, who was part of the art department on the “Son of Svengoolie” show.
2001 – Carroll O’Connor, starred in the TV movie “Fear No Evil” and appeared in episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
Films Released On June 21
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Frenzy (1972)
Beware the Blob! (1972)
Lifeforce (1985)
Children Of The Corn V: Field Of Terror (1998)
Dahmer (2002) – Los Angeles
2001 Maniacs (2005) – DVD premiere
The Abandoned (2007) – Portugal
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June 22
BORN ON June 22
1981 – Amanda Brooks, has appeared in “Chillerama”, “Hellhounds” and “Dragon Wars: D-War.”
1968 – Paula Irvine, starred in “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead”, “Phantasm II”, “Bates Motel (TV Movie).”
1965 – Writer/producer/director/ Uwe Boll, whose films include “House of the Dead,” “Alone in the Dark” and “Bloodrayne.”
1963 – Heidi Kozak, appeared in “Society”, “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood”, “Slumber Party Massacre II” and “The Twilight Zone (TV Series).”
1962 – Nicholas Lea, played in “The X-Files (TV Series),” “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “V (TV Series)”, and more.
1958 – Bruce Campbell appeared in starred in and produced “The Evil Dead” films and starred in “Bubba Ho-Tep” as “Elvis” and many more great roles.
1941 – Michael Lerner who appeared in “Strange Invaders,” the 1998 version of “Godzilla” and “Anguish.”
1920 – Voice over artist Paul Frees voice of the “Ghost Host” in Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
1914 – Tim Herbert appeared in “Soylent Green,” the TV movie “Duel” and “The Boston Strangler.”
DIED ON June 22
1988 – Bramwell Fletcher, starred in “The Mummy” in 1932, and “The Undying Monster” and “Svengali”.
1987 – Fred Astaire who starred in “Ghost Story”.
1983 – David MacDonald who directed the films “Devil Girl From Mars,” the 1968 TV movie “Jack the Ripper” and for “The Veil” TV series
FILMS RELEASED ON June 22
The Lost World (1925)
Nightwing (1979)
Robocop 2 (1990)
Scooby Doo And The Loch Ness Monster (2004)
1408 (2007)
The Wizard of Gore (2007)
Fish Bait: The Movie (2009)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
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