November 1
Born on November 1
1976 – Chad Lindberg, who plays “Ash” on the “Supernatural” TV series and starred in the 2010 remake of “I Spit on Your Grave.”
1975 – Lucky McKee, writer and director of such films as “All Cheerleaders Die”, “The Woman”, “The Woods”, “May” and “Masters of Horror (TV Series).”
1972 – Jenny McCarthy, appeared in “International Ghost Investigators”, “Scary Movie 3”, “Python”, “Scream 3.”
1972 – Toni Collette, starred in “The Sixth Sense,” “The Night Listener,” “Krampus,” “Fright Night [2011]” “Hereditary,” “Knives Out,” “Velvet Buzzsaw” and “Like Minds.”
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, co-starred in “Total Recall [1990]” and “The Eye [2008].”
1941 -Robert Foxworth, appeared in “Beneath Loch Ness,” “Deadly Nightmares,” “Prophecy,” “Damien: Omen II,” “Death Moon,” “Ants” and more.
1929 – Betsy Palmer played in “Friday the 13th,” and “Freddy vs. Jason,” also had the title role in “Bell Witch: The Movie.”
1881 – Edward Van Sloan, played in the original screen adaptation of Dracula (1931). He also appeared in Frankenstein (1931), “The Mummy,” “The Black Room” and Dracula’s Daughter (1936).
Died on November 1
1994 – Noah Beery Jr., appeared in “The Cat Creeps” and the TV Movie “Mysterious Two.”
1985 – Phil Silvers, appeared in an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series).”
1955 – George McCowan, directed TV series including “The Invaders,” War of the Worlds (1989) and the movie “Frogs”.
Films Released on November 1
The Phantom (1931)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
The Mask (1961)
Superbeast (1972) – New York City
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Bad Moon (1996)
28 Days Later… (2002) – UK
Toolbox Murders (2003) – Stockholm International Film Festival
Dracula (2009)
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November 2
Born on November 2
1981 – Katharine Isabelle, starred in “Disturbing Behavior,” “Ginger Snaps”, “Freddy vs Jason”, “See No Evil 2”, “Hannibal (TV Series)”, “Being Human (TV Series)”, “13 Eerie” and more.
1980 – Tristan Risk, appeared in “House of Manson”, “The ABCs of Death 2”, “American Mary”, “Darkest Hour.”
1942 – Jeff Gillen appeared in the films “Deathdream,” “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things”.
1919 – Warren Stevens, who appeared in the films “Gorilla at Large,” “Forbidden Planet” and “Cyborg 2087.”
Died on November 2
2019 – Brian Tarantina, appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder [1990].”
1991 – Irwin Allen, directed “The Swarm.”
1986 –Paul Frees, Voice over master and actor in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “King Kong Escapes,” “The Thing from Another World,” episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and many more films.
Films Released on November 2
The Gorilla (1930)
Picture Mommy Dead (1966) – New York City
A Study In Terror (1966) – Denmark – Nov 14
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001) – New York City
Darkworld (2006) – DVD premiere
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Slimoids (2018) – Canada
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November 3
Born on November 3
1987 – Gemma Ward, starred in “The Strangers.”
1968 – Debbie Rochon who has appeared in the films “Tromeo and Juliet,” “Axe to Grind,” “Terror Firmer,” “Varsity Blood,” “Sick: Survive the Night,” “Caesar & Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Caeser & Otto’s Deadly Xmas,” “Model Hunger,” “Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1,” “Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversay Edition,” “Tales of Poe,” “Wrath of Crows,” “Serial Kaller,” “Santa Claws,” and many more.
1957 – Dolph Lundgren who has starred in the films “Dark Angel,” “Universal Soldier”, “Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning,” “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming,” “Dead Trigger,” “Shark Lake” and more.
1954 – Adam Ant, appeared in “Nomads,” “Love Bites,” “Spellcaster” and episodes of “Tales from the Crypt,” “Amazing Stories” and “Scream Queens.”
1953 – Kate Capshaw, starred in “Dreamscape.”
1953 – Dennis Miller who starred in “Bordello of Blood.”
1946 – Tom Savini, Master make-up artist and director/actor/producer/stuntman known for “Martin”, “Dawn of the Dead”, “Day of the Dead”, “Creepshow”, “Tales From the Darkside”, and his standalone pieces including “Maniac”, “The Burning”, “The Prowler”, The Dead Matter (2010), Cold Hearts (1999), “Friday the 13th”, and so many more too numerous to mention.
1938 – Jean Rollin, known for his erotic horror films including “The Rape of the Vampire”, “The Nude Vampire”, “Requiem for a Vampire”, “The Shiver of the Vampires”, “The Grapes of Death”, “The Living Dead Girl”, “Two Orphan Vampires” and many more.
1925 – Robert Quarry, appeared in the films “Deathdream,” “Sugar Hill” and “Dr. Phibes Rises Again.”
1921 – Charles Bronson starred in House of Wax (1953).
Died on November 3
2009 – Lorissa McComas, appeared in “The Bare Wench Project”, “Bare Wench Project: Uncensored”, “Bare Wench: The Final Chapter”, “Slaughter Studios”, “Jill the Ripper”, “Vamps” and more.
2005 – Geoffrey Keen, starred in “Doomwatch,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula” and “Horrors of the Black Museum”.
1998 – Martha O’Driscoll, appeared in the films “Ghost Catchers” and “House of Dracula”.
Films Released on November 3
Godzilla (1954) – Japan
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TV Series (1956) – UK
The Nanny (1965) – New York City
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
Stepfather 2 (1989)
After Midnight (1989)
Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Anatomy 2 (2003) – Hawaii Film Festival
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November 4
Born on November 4
1982 – Travis Van Winkle, appeared in the remake of “Friday the 13th”.
1969 – Matthew McConaughey who starred in the films “Frailty,” “The Dark Tower” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1968 – Krista Bridges, has appeared in “Hannibal (TV Series)”, “House at the End of the Street”, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, “Land of the Dead”, “Forever Knight (TV Series)” and more.
1959 – Ken Kirzinger, he’s known for portraying “Jason Voorhees” in “Freddy vs. Jason.” Also appeared in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End”, “Joy Ride 3” and many more.
1918 – Cameron Mitchell starred in the films “Nightmare in Wax,” “Jack-O” and “Gorilla at Large.”
1914 – Martin Balsam who has appeared in the films “Two Evil Eyes,” the original “Psycho” and “The Sentinel.”
Died on November 4
2019 – Virginia Leith, appeared in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” and an episode of “Great Ghost Tales.”
2019 – Timi Hansen, Danish bass player. He played in the Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, played music for “King Diamond: The Family Ghost.”
2008 –Michael Crichton, Prolific writer/actor/producer/director – many of his novels were used for films, the most notable being “The Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park.” He also wrote the screen plays for “Westworld,” “Coma” and “Looker.”
2005 – Sheree North, appeared in “Maniac Cop” and an episode of “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2002 – Screenwriter Jerry Sohl, whose work included the screenplay’s for films such as “Curse of the Crimson Altar,” “Die Monster Die” and “Frankenstein Conquers the World”.
2002 – Antonio Margheriti, directed “Flesh for Frankenstein,” “Cannibals in the Streets,” “Killer Streets,” “Castle of Blood,” “The Long Hair of Death,” “Web of the Spider,” “Horror Castle” and more.
1992 – Regina Carrol, appeared in “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “Blood of Ghastly Horror” and “Brain of Blood”.
1982 – Dominique Dunne, starred in “Poltergeist (1982).”
Films Released on November 4
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
They Live (1988)
Frankenstein (1994)
I Spit on Your Corpse, I Piss on Your Grave (2001)
Curse of Pirate Death (2006)
Hood of Horror (2006) – Los Angeles
Return To Sleepaway Camp (2008) – DVD premiere
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November 5
Born on November 5
1971 – Corin Nemec, starred in “The Stand,” “Sand Sharks,” “Sea Beast,” “Rottentail,” “Bundy: A Legacy of Evil,” “Raging Sharks” and more.
1969 – Sam Rockwell starred in “The Green Mile”.
1965 – Famke Janssen starred in the 1999 remake of “House on Haunted Hill,” “The Faculty,” “100 Feet” and “Lord of Illusions.”
1958 – Robert Patrick starred in the films “Terminator 2,” “The Faculty” and “From Dusk Til Dawn 2.”
1940 – Elke Sommer appeared in “Baron Blood,” “Severed Ties” and “Lisa and the Devil.”
Died on November 5
2019 – William Wintersole, appeared in “Eye See You (additional voice),” “Coma” and an episode “The Outer Limits.”
1972 – Reginald Owen, appeared in “Trio For Terror” and an episode of the TV series “Thriller.”
Films Released on November 5
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Son of Dracula (1943)
X: The Unknown (1956) – UK
Demons of the Mind (1972) – UK
RoboCop 3 (1993)
The Bone Collector (1999)
Legion of the Dead (2002)
Alien Uprising (2008) – DVD premiere
Blessed Are the Children (2016)
Red Letter Day (2019)
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November 6
Born on November 6
1988 – Emma Stone, starred in “Zombieland” and “Zombieland: Double Tap.”
1979 – Andrew Kasch, writer/producer/actor/cinematographer/director of such films as “Tales of Halloween segment – Horror’s Hallowed Grounds (TV Series short)”, “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (Video documentary)”, and many more.
1978 – Taryn Manning, appeared in “Zombie Apocalypse”, “The Devil’s Tomb”, “Cult”, “Banshee”, “The Breed” and more.
1970 – Ethan Hawke, starred in “The Purge,” “Sinister,” “Sinister 2,” “Daybreakers,” and episode of the TV show “The Purge” and more.
1966 – Peter DeLuise, starred in the film “Children of the Night”.
1960 – Lance Kerwin, starred in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot.”
1957 – Lori Singer appeared in the films “Equinox,” and “Warlock”.
1953 – Ron Underwood, directed “Tremors” and “Mighty Joe Young.”
1953 – Sarah York who played Shelly in “The Evil Dead [1981].”
1931 –Mike Nichols, producer of the film “Wolf.”
1899 – Francis Lederer who starred in the films “The Return of Dracula” and “Terror is a Man.”
Died on November 6
2019 – Cheng Sihan, appeared in “Journey to the West.”
2009 – Ron Sproat, who wrote for the original “Dark Shadows”.
2004 – Robert Lang, appeared in the films “The House That Dripped Blood,” “The Medusa Touch,” “Night Watch” and episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Thriller,” “Out of the Unknown” and Fox Mystery Theater.”
1995 – Aneta Corsaut, starred in “The Blob (1958),” “The Toolbox Murders” and the TV Movie “Bad Ronald.”
1985 – Joel Crothers who played “Joe Haskell” on the TV series “Dark Shadows”.
Films Released on November 6
Frightmare (1974) – UK
Blood For Dracula (1974)
House on the Edge of the Park (1980) – Italy
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)
The Ghouls (2003) – American Cinemateque
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November 7
Born on November 7
1972 – Jeremy London, appeared in “Buddy Hutchins”, “The Devil’s Dozen,, “Wolvesbayne,” “The Dinner Party” and many more.
1972 – Jason London, appeared in “Killer Movie,” “Dracula III: Legacy” and “The Devil’s Tomb.”
1964 – Shannon Whirry, starred in the films “The Granny,” “Omega Doom,” “Dead West”.
1926 – Melissa Stribling, appeared in “Horror of Dracula,” “Crucible of Terror,” “Journey Into Darkness” and more.
1916 – Myra Davis, who was Janet Leigh’s body double in the film “Psycho [1960].”
1903 – Dean Jagger, who has starred in the films “Revolt of the Zombies,” “X, the Unknown” and “Alligator.”
Died on November 7
2004 – Howard Keel, who starred in “Day of the Triffids”.
1993 – Charles Aidman, the narrator for the 1980’s version of “The Twilight Zone,” also appeared in the films “Alien Zone” and “Innerspace.”
1980 – Steve McQueen, star of “The Blob [1958].”
1944 – Dwight Frye, appeared in “Dracula (1931),” “Frankenstein (1931),” “The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), “The Son of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Man” and more.
Films Released on November 7
Target Earth (1954)
The Boogey Man (1980)
Starship Troopers (1997)
The Gravedancers (2006) – Netherlands
House (2008)
Mother Krampus (2017)
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