October 1
Born on October 1
1987 – Brooke Peoples, has appeared in “Insidious: Chapter 2” and “Munger Road.”
1976 – Danielle Bisutti, appears in “Insidious: Chapter 2”, “Curse of Chucky”, “Charmed (TV Series).”
1958 – Michelle Bauer, her mainstream films include “The Tomb”, “Terror Night”, “Night of the Living Babes”, “Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama”, “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers”, “Demonwarp”, “Nightmare Sisters”, “Scream Queen Hot Tub Party” and many more.
1950 – Randy Quaid, starred in “The Wraith,” “Parents,” 1992 TV version of “Frankenstein” and more.
1936 – Stella Stevens starred in the films “The Granny,” “The Manitou,” “Monster in the Closet,” “Arnold” and more.
1935 – Toho, special effects whiz, Teruyoshi Nakano.
1921 – James Whitmore appeared in the films “Them!,” and “The Relic”.
Died on October 1
2008 – House Peters Jr., who appeared in the films “Target Earth,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Red Planet Mars”.
1999 – Noel Johnson, who appeared in “Doomwatch,” “Frenzy” and “Frightmare”.
Films Released on October 1
The Brute Man (1946)
The Brain From Planet Arous (1957)
The Night of the Strangler (1972)
Dark Carnival (1993)
Night Terror (2002)
The Shape Of Evil (2002)
Kill The Scream Queen (2004)
Jacqueline Hyde (2005)
Night of the Flesh Eaters (2008)
House of the Wolf Man (2009)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) – Austin Fantastic Fest
Hatchet II (2010) – USA – limited
The Dead (2010)
Scared Topless (2015)
Crazy Lake (2016)
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October 2
Born on October 2
1986 – Camilla Belle, appears in “When a Stranger Calls” and director for “Phobias.”
1971 – Tiffany, appeared in “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid”, “Mega Piranha”, and “Necrosis.”
1967 – Lew Temple, appeared in “Wicked Blood”, “Zombex”, “The Walking Dead (TV Series)”, “Silent Night, Zombie Night”, “Rob Zombie’s Halloween” and more.
1951 – Sting, who starred in the films “The Bride,” “Brimstone and Treacle”.
1950 – Ian McNiece appeared in the films “From Hell,” the 2008 remake of “Day of the Dead” and the 2004 mini-series “Frankenstein.”
1936 – David Gale who played Dr. Hill in “The Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator.”
1929 – Moses Gunn who appeared in the films “Firestarter,” “Amityville II: The Possession”.
1920 – James Dobson appeared in the film “The Cult of the Cobra”.
1917 – William Marshall who wrote and directed the film “Phantom Planet.”
1900 – Barton Yarborough played in “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” and also appeared in the film “Before I Hang.”
1895 – Comedian Bud Abbott, who alongside his partner Lou Costello, starred in “Hold That Ghost” and met a slew of monsters including, “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” “The Wolf Man,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Mummy,” “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “The Killer.”
Died on October 2
2019 – Paul LeBlanc, worked in the make-up department on “Murder by Phone” and “Angel Heart.”
2019 – Alan Louis Zaslove, appeared in “The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: Monsters! /A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes (1986).”
2005 – Hamilton Camp appeared in the films “Bedlam” (1946 with Karloff), “Son of Dr. Jekyll” and as an adult in the film “Evilspeak.”
2003 – Richard Liberty, played in the film “Day of the Dead,” also appeared in “The Crazies,” “Cannibal Hookers” and “The Final Countdown.”
1999 – Lee Richardson, appeared in the films “The Believers,” “The Fly II” and “The Exorcist III”.
Films Released on October 2
Mummy’s Boys (1936)
Creepozoids (1987)
Strangeland (1998)
Mistress Frankenstein (2000)
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Chainsaw Sally (2004)
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007) – USA – DVD premiere
Species: The Awakening (2007)
Deader Country (2009)
Hillbilly Bob Zombie (2009)
Late Fee (2009)
Zombieland (2009)
[Rec] ² (2009)
Voodoo Rising (2016)
Sleep No More (2017)
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October 3
Born on October 3
1984 – Chris Marquette, who appeared in “Freddy vs Jason,” “The Rite,” “Fear Inc,” “The Invisible” and more.
1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, who starred in “One Missed Cal (2008), l” “Ghost Light,” “Sinister 2,” “The Order,” episodes of “Sleepy Hollow” and more.
1973 – Neve Campbell who starred in Scream as well as the other 3 in the franchise, “The Craft”.
1973 – Lena Headey, who starred as “Sarah Connor” on the TV series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” starred in the films “Laid to”, and “The Purge”.
1924 – Harvey Kurtzman, wrote the screenplay for the film “Mad Monster Party.”
1908 – Masao Tamai who was the cinematographer for the original “Godzilla.”
1890 – Henry Hull who starred in “The Werewolf of London,” and “Master of the World”.
Died on October 3
2019 – Philip Gips, art department, poster designer for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Alien,” and “Fatal Attraction.”
2004 – Janet Leigh, starred in “Psycho” and “The Fog” and “Halloween H2O”.
1998 – Roddy McDowall, played in the “Fright Night” films.
1997 – John Ashley starred in the films “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “The Mad Doctor of Blood Island” and “Beast of the Yellow Night”.
Films Released on October 3
Repulsion (1965)
Terror Train (1980)
Funeral Home (1980) – Canada
Near Dark (1987) – New York City
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
The Woods (2006) – DVD premieres
Dark Paradox (2008)
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Red Hook (2009)
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)
Mermaid Down (2019) – Los Angeles premiere
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