MAY 1
BORN ON MAY 1
1990 – Caitlin Stasey starred in All I Need (2016); Fear, Inc. (2016); I, Frankenstein (2014); and All Cheerleaders Die (2013)
1982 – Jamie Dornan so far in his career just one horror film called Beyond the Rave (2008).
1972 – Julie Benz who starred on the TV series “Angel,” “Dexter,” “Defiance,” and in the film “Saw V (2008)”, Havenhurst (2016); Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005 – TV Movie); Satan’s School for Girls (2000 TV Movie); and Two Evil Eyes (1990).
1922 – Louis Nye who played “Zombo” on The Munsters (1964) episode of the same name and in the film Full Moon High (1981).
1919 – Dan O’Herlihy who appeared in the films “Halloween III,” “Robocop” and “Cabinet of Caligari.”
DIED ON MAY 1
1954 – Tom Tyler well known for the role of the Mummy from Boris Karloff when he portrayed “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 1
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) – UK
Graduation Day (1981)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Psychos In Love (1987)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1996)
The Monster Man (2001)
Vampire Survivor (2002)
The Skeptic (2009) – USA (limited)
The Jailhouse (2009)
Untitled Horror Comedy (2009)
All About Evil (2010) – San Francisco International Film Festival
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MAY 2
BORN ON MAY 2
1981 – Alicia Ziegler, has appeared in “Deadly Revenge”, “Rise of the Dinosaurs”, “Wolf Town”, “Lake Placid 2″, and more.
1965 – Ari Lehman, who portrayed a young “Jason Voorhees” in the original “Friday the 13th.”
1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, best known for starring in 1981’s “The Funhouse.”
1935 – Lance LeGault, wonderful character actor who played “Werewolf (TV Series)”, “Nightmare Beach” and many more.
1925 – John Neville who appeared in the film “The Unearthly Stranger,” and “The Well-Manicured Man” in several episodes of “The X-Files (TV Series)” and film.
1925 – Theodore Bikel who appeared in the films “I Bury the Living,” “Dark Tower,” and “Babylon 5: In the Beginning.”
DIED ON MAY 2
2019 – Christopher Reccardi, art department for “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto” and a writer for episode “Which Came First?/Substitute Teacher in “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy series.”
2002 – Ron Soble, appeared in “The Beast Within” and “Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills”.
1999 – Oliver Reed starred in the films “Burnt Offerings,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and “The Brood”.
1982 – Hugh Marlowe, film appearances in “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” and “Castle of Evil.”
1972 – Bruce Cabot, who saved Fay Wray from the clutches of “King Kong”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 2
The Black Cat (1941)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) – London premiere
The Beast Of Yucca Flats (1961)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973) – London premiere
Mad Max (1980) – Los Angeles, CA
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991) – USA video premiere
Hampshire (2009) – USA (Sunscreen Film Festival)
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MAY 3
BORN ON MAY 3
1975 – Christina Hendricks, appeared in “The Neon Demon”, “Angel (TV Series).”
1972 – Kristin Lehman, appeared in “Forever Knight (TV Series)”, “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series)”, “Bleeders”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV Series)”, and more.
1971 – Bobby Cannavale who appeared in the films “Snakes on a Plane,” “The Bone Collector” and “100 Feet.”
1960 – Amy Steel starred in “Friday the 13th Part 2″ and the original “April Fool’s Day.”
1959 – David Ball who produced “Creepshow 2″ and the 1985 version of “Day of the Dead.”
1952 – Toni Naples, appeared in “Chopping Mall”, “Deathstalker II”, “Transylvania Twist”, “Sorority House Massacre II”, “Munchie”, “Dinosaur Island”, “Sorceress”, and several more.
1948 – Chris Mulkey, who played “Hank Jennings” on the TV series “Twin Peaks. ” He also appeared in the films “The Hidden” (1987), “Cloverfield” and “Jack’s Back.”
DIED ON MAY 3
2004 – Anthony Ainley who appeared in the films “The Blood On Satan’s Claw,” “Doomwatch” and “The Land That Time Forgot”.
2003 – Suzy Parker, who appeared in the film “Chambers of Horror” and the TV series’ “Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery”.
1986 – Robert Alda, appearances included “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “The Devil’s Hand,” and “House of Exorcism.”
1986 – Irving Block who did special effects work on the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Atomic Submarine” and “Kronos,”.
1972 – Bruce Cabot, who played “Jack Driscoll” in the original “King Kong”.
1969 – Karl Freund who was the Cinematographer for 1920 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Bela Lugosi and Conrad Viedt, “The Golem,” and “Metropolis,” and the 1931 version of “Dracula”. He made his debut as a director with “The Mummy” in 1932.
1954 – Tom Tyler, notable for portraying “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand.”
1933 – Frederick Kerr, who played Henry Frankenstein’s father in the film “Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 3
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1961)
Konga (1961) – USA – Bismarck, ND
She Freak (1967)
The Vulture (1967)
The Craft (1996)
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MAY 4
BORN ON MAY 4
1992 – Grace Phipps, has appeared in “Fright Night” remake, “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Tales of Halloween” and “Scream Queens (TV Series).”
1992 – Ashley Rickards, has appeared in “American Horror Story (TV Series)”, “A Haunted House 2″ and “At The Devil’s Door.”
1983 – Jesse Moss, has appeared in “iZombie (TV Series)”, “WolfCop”, “Extraterrestrial”, “13 Eerie”, “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil”, “The Uninvited” and more.
1977 – Emily Perkins, who starred in the “Ginger Snaps” series of films, and “Stephen King’s It.”
1964 – Juliette Cummins, has appeared in “Camp Fear”, “Click: The Calendar Girl Killer”, “Deadly Dreams”, “Slumber Party Massacre II”, “Psycho III”, “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”
1961 – Mary Beth McDonough, who appeared in the films “Mortuary” and “Midnight Offerings.”
1955 – Joseph Mariono, who appeared in “Day of the Dead 2: Contagium” and “CrossBones.”
1954 – Pia Zadora who played “Girmar” in “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”
1947 – Richard Jenkins, who appeared in “Let Me In,” “Wolf”, “The Witches of Eastwick” and “The Cabin in the Woods.”
DIED ON MAY 4
2009 – Jane Randolph, who starred in “Cat People,” “Curse of the Cat People” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein”.
2004 – Hugh Gillin, who appeared in “Psycho II & III” and “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”.
2002 – John Kohn, who wrote the screenplays for the films, “The Strange Vengeance of Rosilie” and “Theater OF Blood”.
2002 – Elizabeth Russell, who appeared in the films “Bedlam,” “Cat People” and “Weird Woman”.
1998 – Composer Albert Glasser scores included, “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” The Amazing Colossal Man,” and “The Indestructible Man.”
1984 – Diana Dors who appeared in the films “Berserk!,” “Theatre of Blood,” and “From Beyond the Grave”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 4
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Giallo (2009) – Sweden (DVD premiere)
Meadowoods (2010)
God of Vampires (2010)
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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
2019 – Barbara Perry, appeared in episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction,” “Thriller,” and “The Twilight Zone (1960.”
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 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 MAY 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 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 who starred in “The Night Stalker (1972).”
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
2019 – Yevgeny Pavlovich Krylatov, composed music for “Khagi-tragger”
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
2019 – Clement von Franckenstein, appeared in “The Landlady,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Body Parts,” “The Haunting of Morella,” “The Invisible Maniac,” “Olivia,” and “Cataclysm (aka The Nightmare Never Ends).”
2019 – Alvin Sargent, worked on the teleplay on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’s episode The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow (1964).”
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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