September 20
BORN ON September 20
1991 – Spencer Locke, played in “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and provided the voice of “Jenny” in “Monster House.”
1977 – Jon Bernthal, best known for playing “Shane Walsh” on “The Walking Dead (TV Series).”
1975 – Asia Argento, appeared in “Trauma,” “The Church,” “Demons 2,” “Dracula 3D,” “The Phantom of the Opera (1998),” “Land of the Dead” and more.
1965 – Robert Rusler, appeared in “Blood Feast (2016),” “Tales of Halloween,” “Amityville: A New Generation,” “Sometimes They Come Back,” “Vamp,” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.”
1956 – Gary Cole, who starred in the TV series “American Gothic.” He also appeared in “The Ring 2” and other films.
1954 – Brinke Stevens starred in the films “Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama,” “Teenage Exorcist” (which she co-wrote), “Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley,” “Caesar & Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Caesar & Otto’s Deadly Xmas,” “Vampires vs Zombies,” and “Night of Something Strange,” “Bryan Loves You” and many more.
1940 – William Finley, appeared in “Masters of Horror (TV Series)”, “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, “Night Terrors”, “Silent Rage”, “The Funhouse”, “The Fury”, “Eaten Alive”, “Phantom of the Paradise”, “Sisters” and others.
1912 – Don Shelton, who appeared in “Invasion of the Saucer Men” and “Them.”
DIED ON September 20
2019 – Jan Merlin, appeared in “Them!,” “The Twilight People,” TV Movies “Covenant” and “Buried Alive” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
2008 – Patricia Place, appeared in the films “Scanner Cop II” and “House of the Dead 2”.
2007 – Eleanor Beecroft, who appeared in the films “Funeral Home” and the 1961 3D film “The Mask,”.
1973 – Glenn Strange, who played the Frankenstein monster in such Universal classics as “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON September 20
The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
Cellar Dweller (1988)
Living Dead Girl (2003)
Jack O’Lantern (2004) – DVD premiere
Attack of the Slime People (2008)
The Virgin Murders (2009)
September 21
BORN ON September 21
1990 – Christian Serratos appears in “The Walking Dead (TV Series)” and “Flight 7500.”
1983 – Maggie Grace, starred in “The Fog (2005)” and episodes of the TV Series “Fear the Walking Dead.”
1980 – Autumn Reeser, has appeared in “The Whispers (TV Series),” “Lost Boys: The Tribe,” “Dead Trigger,” and “Nature of the Beast (TV Movie).”
1971 – Luke Wilson who co-starred in “Vacancy” and appeared in “Scream 2,” “Soul Survivors” and “Zombieland: Double Tap,”
1965 – David Wenham, appeared in “Nekrotronic” and “Van Helsing: The London Assighment.”
1961 – Nancy Travis who appeared in the films “The Vanishing,” and the TV mini-series “Stephen King’s Rose Red.”
1947 – Stephen King, Master of Horror, whose novels and short stories are way too extensive to list here was also born on this date. Beside writing, he directed “Maximum Overdrive” and appeared in “Creepshow 2” and “Diary of the Dead. “Carrie” and “Christine” were made into movies.
1947 – Nick Castle appeared as The Shape in “Halloween” and as The Alien in “Dark Star.” He co-wrote the screenplays for “Escape From New York,” “Escape From L.A.”; also directed “The Last Starfighter.”
1945 – Jerry Bruckheimer, Producer whose credits include such films as “Cat People (1982” and “Deliver Us from Evil.”
1931 – Larry Hagman, appeared in the film “Son of the Blob,” (which he also directed).
1930 – Dawn Addams appeared in “The Vampire Lovers,” “Vault of Horror” and “The Two Faces of Dr. Jeykll.”
1924 – Gail Russell who appeared in “The Uninvited (1944).”
1866 – Writer Herbert George Wells, known to his friends as H.G who is best known for “War of the Worlds.”
DIED ON September 21
2019 – Sid Haig, actor who appeared in many horror films including “Blood Bath,” “Beware! The Blob,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween (2007),” “The Inflicted,” “Bone Tomahawk,” “3 From Hell,” “Hanukkah” and many more.
2019 – Aron Eisenberg, appeared in “The Horror Show,” “Playroom,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” and the TV Movie “Amityville: The Evils Escapes.”
2019 – Jack Donner, appeared in “Hand of Death,” “Retro Puppet Master,” “Demon Under Glass,” “Plot 7,” “Brotherhood of Blood,” “Farm House,” “Night of Templar,” the pilot episode of “Fear the Walking Dead” and many more films.
2019 – Carmelo Chionglo, production designer for “The Rites of May” and “Wake Up, Maruja.”
2009 – Robert Ginty, starred in “The Exterminator”, “Exterminator 2”, “Madhouse”, “Maniac Killer”, “The Alchemist”, and more.
2007 – Alice Ghostley appeared in the film “Blue Sunshine”, and played ‘Granny” in “Addams Family Reunion.”
2003 – Pamela Gordon, appeared in the films “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Blood Stone: Subspecies II”.
2000 – R. Wright Campbell who wrote the screenplays for such films as “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Man of a Thousand Faces”.
1991 – Angelo Rossitto appeared in the films “Freaks” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON September 21
Wolfman (1979) – Mandan, ND
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
Vampiyaz (2004)
Days Of Darkness (2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Alien Raiders (2008)
House at the End of the Street (2012)
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September 22
BORN ON September 22
1987 – Tom Felton, appeared in episodes of “Origin,” “as well as The Apparition,” “Night Wolf,” and “The Disappeared.”
1985 – Erin Marie Hogan, has appeared in “House of Manson”, “Axeman at Cutter’s Creek”, “Hold Your Breath”, “The Theatre Bizarre”, “2 Jennifer,” “Paranormal Entity”, and more.
1982 – Billie Piper, who appeared in “Penny Dreadful (TV Series)” and “Spirit Trap.
1979 – MyAnna Buring, has appeared in “Hyena”, “Kill List”, “The Descent”, “The Descent: Part 2”, “Devil’s Playground”, “Vampire Killers”, “Red Mist”, “Doomsday”, “Grindhouse”, “The Omen (2006)” and more.
1978 – Daniella Alonso, co-starred in “The Collector” and “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.”
1964 – Bonnie Hunt co-starred in the films “The Green Mile.”
1952 – Paul Le Mat starred in “Strange Invaders” and “The Puppet Master.”
1909 – Harry Thomas, Make-up artist who worked on “Glen or Glenda.” “Plan 9,” “The Neanderthal Man,” “From Hell It Came,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” and many more.
1902 – John Houseman appeared in “The Fog” and “Ghost Story.”
1985 – Erich von Stroheim appeared in the films “Lady and the Monster,” “The Crime of Doctor Crespi,” “Mandragore” and wrote the screenplay for “The Devil-Doll.”
DIED ON September 22
2007 – Karl Hardman appeared in “Night of the Living Dead (1968).” and “Santa Claws,”.
2006 – Edward Albert, who starred in the films “Galaxy of Terror,” “The House Where Evil Dwells” and more.
2005 – Teisho Arikawa, visual effects for the films “War of the Gargantuas,” “Gigantis The Fire Monster” and “King Kong vs Godzilla”.
2005 – Joseph Wolf producer for “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Children of The Living Dead” and “Halloween II & III”.
1999 – George C. Scott starred in “The Exorcist III,” “Firestarter” and “The Changeling”.
1987 – Dan Rowan appeared in the film “The Maltese Bippy.”
FILMS RELEASED ON September 22
Tormented (1960)
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
Ghoulies II (1987) – UK
Se7en (1995)
Addams Family Reunion (1998)
Campfire Tales (1998) – video premiere
The Exorcist (2000) – re-stored version
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Feast (2005) – limited
The Devil’s Chair (2007)
Book of Blood (2008) – DVD premiere
Edges of Darkness (2008)
Strange Nature (2015)
The Sentinel (1977) – Released on Blu-ray in 2015 on this date
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September 23
BORN ON September 23
1975 – Jaime Bergman appeared in the films “Dark Wolf” and “Boa vs Python.”
1963 – Alex Proyas, director of “The Crow.”
1961 – Chi McBride who co-starred in the film “The Frighteners”.
1959 – Jason Alexander, movie debut in the film “The Burning” and also appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder.”
1956 – Maren Jensen, starred in “Deadly Blessing”, “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series).”
1894 – Walter Pidgeon who played “Morbius” in the film “Forbidden Planet.”.
DIED ON September 23
1998 – Mary Frann, appeared in “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series)”, “Deadly Nightmares (TV Series)” aka “The Hitchhiker”, “Darkroom (TV Series)” and more.
1994 – Robert Bloch, Author, who wrote the novel “Psycho” “Thriller,” “Night Gallery,” “Monsters” and “Tales from the Darkside.” His film screenplays include “The Night Walker,” “The Cabinet of Calagari” and “The House That Dripped Blood.” Of course, we all know that “Psycho” was made into a movie in 1960.
1993 – William Cort appeared in “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”.
1975 – Ian Hunter, appeared in “Doctor Blood’s Coffin”, and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON September 23
Dead Ringers (1988)
Mikey (1992) – video premiere
Hide and Creep (2004)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Screech of The Decapitated (2005) – Shockerfest International Film Festival)
The Living and The Dead (2006)
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September 24
BORN ON September 24
1987 – Brit Morgan, has played in “Friend Request”, “The Frozen”, “True Blood (TV Series).”
1984 – Jessica Lucas, who starred in “Cloverfield” and “The Covenant.”
1969 – Megan Ward who starred in “Trancers II,” “Trancers III” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1966 – Kelly Jo Minter, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs”, “Popcorn”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child”, and “The Lost Boys.”
1958 – Kevin Sorbo actor in “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Piranha Sharks,” “Julie X,” “Never Cry Werewolf” and more.
1923 – Gordon Urquhart, who wrote the screenplay for the film “The Brain Eaters.”
1923 – Louis Edmonds played “Roger Collins” on the original “Dark Shadows” soap opera.
1922 –Bert I. Gordon, Producer/director/special effects film credits include “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the Puppet People” and “Earth vs. the Spider.”
1917 – Abel Salazar, starred in “The Brainiac,” “The Vampire” and “The Vampire’s Coffin.”
1906 – Victor Wong played in “King Kong” and “Son of Kong.”
DIED ON September 24
1995 – Tom McBride who played in “Friday the 13th Part 2”.
1939/1979 – Carl Laemmle and Carl Laemmle Jr., Father & Son both passed away on the same date. Carl Laemmle produced “The Phantom of the Opera (1925),” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923),” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)” while his son Carl Laemmle Jr., produced “Dracula (1931),” “Frankenstein (1931),” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy,” and more.
1976 – Bruno VeSota, appeared in “Attack of the Mayan Mummy” and “The Haunted Palace”.
FILMS RELEASED ON September 24
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
The Good Son (1993)
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2002) – video premiere
Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) – video premiere
The Forgotten (2004)
Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
Wendigo: Bound by Blood (2010)
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September 25
BORN ON September 25
1977 – Clea DuVall, starred in “The Grudge,” “Ghosts of Mars” and “The Faculty.”
1973 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill (1999)” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, starred in “The Haunting (1999)”.
1968 – Will Smith starred in “I Am Legend”.
1961 – Heather Locklear who co-starred in “The Return of the Swamp Thing” and “Firestarter.”
1958 – Michael Madsen starred in the films “Species I & II,” “Ligeia,” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1952 – Christopher Reeve, starred in “Village of the Damned (1995)”.
1926 – Aldo Ray who appeared in the films “The Psychic Killer,” “The Bog” and “The Haunted.”
DIED ON September 25
2019 – Linda Porter, appeared in “Mercy,” and episodes of “Good vs. Evil,” and “American Horror Story.”
2002 – Maurice Manson, appeared in the films “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “The Undead” and many episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “The Munsters.”
1984 – Walter Pidgeon, who starred as “Dr. Morbius” in “Forbidden Planet.”
FILMS RELEAED ON September 25
Dementia 13 (1963) – Los Angeles
The Mutations (1974)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Urban Legend (1998)
Dead Creatures (2001)
My Stuffed Animal is a Monster (2009)
Pandorum (2009)
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September 26
BORN ON September 26
1970- Sheri Moon Zombie, starred in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween (2007),” “Halloween II (2009),” “31” and “The Lords of Salem”.
1969 – David Slade, who directed “Hard Candy,” “30 Days of Night”.
1963 – Lysette Anthony starred in the films “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Dracula Dead and Loving It” and played Angelique in the 1991 version of “Dark Shadows.”
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson starred in the film “Happy Birthday To Me.”
1956 – Linda Hamilton starred in the films “Terminator I & II,” “Children of the Corn”.
1944 – Victoria Vetri (sometimes billed as Angela Dorian) who appeared in the films “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1941 – Martine Beswick, who starred in the films “One Million Years B.C.,” “Prehistoric Women” and “Dr. Jeykll & Sister Hyde.”
1933 – Donna Douglas guest appearances on many TV shows including “Thriller,” “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1932 – Joyce Jameson appeared in the films “Tales of Terror,” “Comedy of Terrors” and “Son of Dr. Jekyll.”
1927 – Patrick O’Neal, who starred in “The Stuff,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
1918 – Horror Host, recording artist, The Cool Ghoul himself, Zacherley a.k.a. John Zacherle.
DIED ON September 26
2010 – Gloria Stuart, starred in “The Old Dark House” and “The Invisible Man”.
2008 – Paul Newman, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Torn Curtain”.
2008 – Cirio H. Santiago, produced/directed the films “The Vampire People,” “Vampire Hookers,” “She Devils in Chains” and “Demon of Paradise”.
1981 – Ray Kellog, directed the films “The Giant Gila Monster” and “The Killer Shrews”.
FILMS RELEASED ON September 26
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) – London premiere
Carnival of Souls (1962) – Lawrence, KS – premiere
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Los Angeles
Without Warning (1980) – New York City
Phobia (1980) – Canada
House of Carnage (2006)
Lycan (2017)
The First Date (2017)
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