January 19
Born on January 19
1992 – Logan Lerman, who appeared in the films “The Butterfly Effect,” “The Number 23″.
1974 – Natassia Malthe, who played “Rayne” in “BloodRayne: Deliverance” and “BloodRayne: The Third Reich. She also appeared in “Alone in the Dark 2″ and “Skinwalkers.”
1971 – Shawn Wayans, who starred in “Scary Movie” and “Scary Movie 2.”
1961 – William Ragsdale, star of the films “Fright Night,” “Fright Night 2,” “Frankenstein: The College Years” and “The Reaping.”
1953 – Linda Hayden, is a British actress known for “Old Drac”, “Madhouse”, “Night Watch”, “The Blood on Satan’s Claw”, “Taste the Blood of Dracula”, and more.
1935 – Tippi Hedren, the star of “The Birds,” also appeared in “The Birds II: Land’s End,” and appeared in the TV shows “Tales From The Darkside,”.
1925 – Anthony Eisley, who appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters,” “The Wasp Woman” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”
1809 – The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, most famous poem, “The Raven,” based on Charles Dickens’ pet bird, a raven.
Died on January 19
2014 – Gordon Hessler, director of such films as “Tales of the Haunted”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series)”, “Alfred Hitchcock Preents (TV Series),” “Cry of the Banshee”, “Scream and Scream Again”, “Murders on the Rue Morgue,” “The Oblong Box” and more.
2008 – Suzanne Pleshette co-starred in the films “The Power” and “The Birds,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series).”
2006 – Singer Wilson Pickett, at the age of 64. His songs were used in such films as “Fright Night Part 2″ and “Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight.”
2006 – Tony Franciosa, who starred in the films “Web of the Spider,” “Tenebre,” “Julie Darling,” and “Death House” (a.k.a. “Zombie Death House).
2005 – Cal Bolder, who appeared in the film “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter”.
1992 – Glenn Langan title role of “The Amazing Colossal Man,” also in the films “War of the Colossal Beast,” “The Return of Doctor X,” and “Women of the Prehistoric Planet.”
Films Released on January 19
The Lodger (1944)
The Man In Half Moon Street (1945)
The Face of Marble (1946)
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Brain Dead (1990)
Tremors (1990)
Mutant Species (1994)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994)
Godzilla vs. Destroyah (1995)
Twilight Vamps (2010)
The Hitcher (2007)
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January 20
Born on January 20
1991 – Ciara Hanna, appeared in “Pernicious” and “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (TV Movie).”
1981 – Crystal Lowe, who starred in “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” Black Christmas (2006), and “Final Destination 3″
1970 – Skeet Ulrich who starred in the films Scream (1996), “The Craft,” and the TV series “Jericho.”
1934 – Tom Baker, who played “Doctor Who # 4.” He also appeared in the films “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad,” “The Vault of Horror” and “The Mutations.”
1929 – Arte Johnson, starred as “Renfield” in the film “Love At First Bite (1979).”
1926 – Patricia Neal who starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
1900 – Colin Clive, who played the monster’s maker, “Dr. Frankenstein” in the films “Frankenstein (1931),” and “The Bride of Frankenstein” and starred in “Mad Love”.
Died on January 20
2019 – Andrew G. Vajna – Producer “Terminator Salvation,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “DeepStar Six,” “Ange Heart,” “Superstition,” and “The Changeling (1980)”
2007 – Alfredo Ripstein Jr, who produced the films “Swamp Of Lost Souls,” “Black Pit Of Dr M,” “Creature of the Walking Dead” and “The Living Coffin”.
2003 – Anthony Eisley, who appeared in “The Wasp Woman,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “The Witchmaker,” “Deep Space,” “Monstroid,” “Evil Spirits.”
1993 – Audrey Hepburn, starred in the film “Wait Until Dark”.
1960 –Eddie Parker his films “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy”.
Films Released on January 20
Reptilicus (1961)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Robot Holocaust (1986)
The Terror Within (1989)
The Prophecy II (1998)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Boogeyman 3 (2008)
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
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January 21
Born on January 21
1981 – Izabella Miko, who starred in “The Forsaken,” The House of Usher (2006) and the 2010 remake of “Clash of the Titans.”
1971 – Luigia Zucaro, had an appearance in “Dawn of the Dead” remake.
1960 – Barbie Wilde, in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.”
1956 – Geena Davis, who starred in “Beetle Juice,” “The Fly (1986),” and “Transylvania 6-5000.”
1939 – Wolfman Jack, He appeared in the film “Motel Hell,”.
1922 – Telly Savalas, starred in “Horror Express” with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, “Lisa and the Devil”.
1896 – J. Carrol Naish, appeared in “The Monster Maker”, “House of Frankenstein”, “The Beast with Five Fingers”, “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.
Died on January 21
2019 – Kaye Ballard [93] – Actress “Pandemonium”
2019 – Merwin Goldsmith [81] – Actor “Unholy”
2009 – Charles H. Schneer who produced the films “Earth vs the Flying Saucer,” “Valley of Gwangi,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and “20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)”.
2005 – Steve Susskind, who appeared in the films “Friday the 13th part III,” “House,” “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series).”
2001 –Sandy Baron, he appeared in the film “Leprechaun 2,” the TV movie “The Munster’s Scary Little Christmas,” playing “Grampa and “Vamp.”
1999 – Susan Strasberg, who appeared in the films “The Manitou,” “Bloody Birthday,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Scream of Fear,” “So Evil, My Sister,” “The Returning,” and the 1973 TV movie “Frankenstein”.
1978 – William Girdler, director of such films as “Asylum of Satan”, “Three on a Meathook”,
“Abby,” “Three on a Meathook,” “Grizzly (1976), “Day of the Animals (1977), “The Manitou”.
1968 – Frances Dade, starred in “Dracula” in 1931.
Films Released on January 21
The Vampire Bat (1933)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The House On Sorority Row (1983)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Virus (1999)
American Psycho (2000)
The Convent (2000)
Wishcraft (2002)
Phantom Of The Opera (2004)
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January 22
Born on January 22
1981 – Willa Ford, has appeared in “Submerged”, “The Nurse”, “Friday the 13th” remake.
1981 – Beverley Mitchell, appeared in “Saw II”, “and “Toxin.”
1975 – Balthazar Getty, appeared in the films “Feast” and “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds.”
1959 – Linda Blair starred in the films “Exorcist,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic” and “Hell Night” and cameo role in Scream (1996).
1934 – The late Bill Bixby, who played “David Bruce Banner” on the TV series “The Incredible Hulk.” He also starred in the TV series, “My Favorite Martian.”
1932 – Piper Laurie, appeared in “Bad Blood”, “Possessed”, “The Faculty”, “Twin Peaks (TV Series)”, and “Carrie (1976).”
1924 – William Thourlby who appeared in the films “Castle of Evil,” and “The Creeping Terror.”
1893 – Conrad Veidt who starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari,” “Der Januskopf” and The Hands of Orlac (1928).
Died on January 22
2019 – James Frawley [82] – Director 2 episodes of “American Gothic” Actor 2 episodes of “The Outer Limits”
2019 – Dean Copkov [52] – Actor/Stunts – “Wolves,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Bugs (TV Movie)”
2010 – Jean Simmons, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” in the 1990 revival of the “Dark Shadows” and films “Dominique,” “The Inheritance.”
2007 – Liz Renay, who appeared in the films “The Corpse Grinders 2,” “Mark Of The Astro Zombies” and “Blackenstein (1973)”.
2003 – Audrey Metcalf, who appeared in “The Blob”.
1966 – Herbert Marshall, starred in “Gog” the original “Fly,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series).”
Films Released on January 22
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
There’s Nothing Out There (1991)
Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001)
Venomous (2001)
Legion (2010)
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January 23
Born on January 23
1974 – Tiffani Thiessen, appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money”.
1963 – Gail O’Grady, has appeared in “Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2” and “Werewolf (TV Series).”
1944 – Rutger Hauer, who has appeared in the films “Bladerunner,” “The Hitcher,” “Ladyhawke” and the 2004 TV mini-series version of “Salem’s Lot.”
1943 – Gil Gerard, appeared in “Bone Eater”, “Reptisaurus”, “Ghost Town”, “Dire Wolf”, “Blood Fare” and more.
Died on January 23
2019 – François Protat – Cinemotagrapher “Madame Bolduc,” “Brainscan,” “The Kiss,” “Till Death Do Us Part (TV Movie,)” some episodes of “The Hunger” and “Deadly Nightmares”
2019 – Caio Junqueira – Actor “Gêmeas (1999) {aka: The Twins}”
2012 – Steve Adams, who appeared in “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Dead Silence”, “Stephen King’s Dead Zone (TV Series)”, “The Hive”, “The Bone Collector” and more.
2007 – Steve Mitchell, who appeared in several TV series including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and film “So Evil, My Sister.”
2006 – Joseph M. Newman, who directed the film “This Island Earth” and episodes of the TV series’ “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone”.
1992 – Ian Wolfe, was a wonderful character actor who appeared in countless films and TV shows including “The Terminal Man”, “The Devil’s Daughter (TV Movie)”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “The Twilight Zone (TV Series)”, “Diary of a Madman”, “Mad Love”, “The Raven.” He passed away at the ripe old age of 95.
Films Released on January 23
Killers From Space (1954)
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970)
Torture Dungeon (1970)
Blood Beach (1980)
The Stepfather (1987)
Phantoms (1998)
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Wendigo (2001)
Nightstalker (2002)
Zombie Honeymoon (2004)
The Curse of the Black Dahlia (2007)
The Lodger (2009)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
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January 24
Born on January 24
1986 – Mischa Barton, appeared in “The Sixth Sense”, “Walled In”, “Apartment 1303 3D”, “A Resurrection”, and Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard (2015).
1984 – Ashley C. Williams, appeared in “The Human Centipede (First Sequence)”, “Paranormal Movie”, “Hallows’ Eve”, “Julia”, “The Church.”
1970 – Matthew Lillard, starred in the films Scream (1996), Thir13en Ghosts (2001) and “Scooby Doo.”
1959 – Nastassja Kinski, appeared in the films “To the Devil a Daughter,” Cat People (1982) and “.com For Murder.”
1948 – Michael Des Barres, appeared in “Waxwork II: Lost in Time”, “Nightflyers”, “Deadly Nightmares (TV Series)”, “Ghoulies” and more.
1943 –Sharon Tate who appeared in the film “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” directed by (and starring) her husband Roman Polanski also in “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1917 –Ernest Borgnine, starred in the films “Willard,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “Escape From New York.”
Died on January 24
2012 – James Farentino, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “The Cradle Will Fall (TV Movie),” “Violent Midnight,” “The Possessed”, “Dead & Buried”.
1990 – Madge Bellamy, who starred besides Bela Lugosi in the film “White Zombie (1932).”
1980 – Lil Dagover, who starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari,” passed away at the age of 92.
1973 – J. Carrol Naish, who starred in the films “House of Frankenstein,” “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “Calling Dr Death,” “Dr Renault’s Secret,” “Strange Confession,” “The Monster Maker” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein”.
Films Released on January 24
The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra (2001)
Darkness Falls (2003)
Horror In The Wind (2008)
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January 25
Born on January 25
1979 – Christine Lakin, has appeared in “The Frankenstein Theory”, “Blue Demon” and “Dark Mirror.”
1975 – Mia Kirshner, appeared in “War of the Worlds (TV Series)”, “Dracula: The Series (TV Series)”, “Wolf Lake (TV Series)”, “Party Monster”, “The Black Dahlia”, “30 Days of Night: Dark Days”.
1963 – Writer/Director Don Mancini, of “Cellar Dweller”, “Child’s Play”, “Child’s Play 2″, “Child’s Play 3″, “Bride of Chucky”, “Seed of Chucky”, “Curse of Chucky”.
1944 – Leigh Taylor-Young, who appeared in the films “Soylent Green,” “Aliens From Spaceship Earth,” “Looker” and “Addams Family Reunion.”
1943 – Director Tobe Hooper, whose films include “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Poltergeist,” “Funhouse” and the TV movie “Salem’s Lot.”
1938 – Ray Dennis Steckler, director of such B-movies as “The Horny Vampire”, “Rat Pfink a Boo Boo” and “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?”
1927 – Gregg Palmer who appeared in the films “From Hell It Came,” “The Zombies of Mora Tau” and “The Creature Walks Among Us.”
1918 – King Donovan, who appeared in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and “The Magnetic Monster.”
1916 – Composer Albert Glasser, who scored the films “Earth vs. the Spider,” “The Amazing Colossal Man” and “Beginning of the End.”
Died on January 25
2009 – Arthur A. Jacobs, who produced the films “Giant From the Unknown,” “The Beast and the Vixens,” and “She Demons”.
1991 – Lilian Bond, appeared in the original version of “The Old Dark House,” “Man in the Attic” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
1970 – Eiji Tsuburaya, who was the Toho effects genius, created their famous logo, but did the incredible effects for numerous films starting with the original “Godzilla” in 1954, right up to “Godzilla’s Revenge”.
Films Released on January 25
Nabonga (1944)
The Raven (1963)
Flesh Eaters From Outer Space (1989)
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
G String Vampire (2005)
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