November 22

Born on November 22

1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, appeared in “Sweeny Todd”.

1967 – Mark Ruffalo, actor in “The Dentist,” “Shutter Island” and “Zodiac.”

1966 – Richard Stanley, directed “The Color Out of Space,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996],” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “Dust Devil,” “Hardware” and writer for “Replace,”

1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, played the title role in “Hannibal [TV Series]”.

1964 – Stephen Geoffreys who appeared in the films “Fright Night,” “976-EVIL,” “Moon 44” and “Sick Girl.”

1961 – Mariel Hemingway appeared in the films “Bad Moon”.

1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, best known for portraying “Laurie Strode” in the “Halloween” films as well as starred in “Terror Train,” “Prom Night [1980],” “The Fog [1980]” and episodes of the TV Show “Scream Queens.”

1932 – Robert Vaughn, appeared in “Demon Seed.”

1904 – Roland Winters, appeared in the film “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer.”

Died on November 22

2002 – Joan Barclay, appeared in the films “The Corpse Vanishes,” “Black Dragons” [both with Bela Lugosi] and “The Seventh Victim”.

1986 – Scatman Crothers, appeared in the films “The Shining” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie”.

1984 – John Gilling, directed “The Mummy’s Shroud”, “The Reptile”, “The Plague of the Zombies”, “Blood Beast from Outer Space”, “The Flesh and the Fiends”, “Vampire Over London” and more.

1983 – Michael Conrad, appeared in the film Scream, Blacula Scream.”

Films Released on November 22

You’ll Find Out [1940]

Feast of Satan [1971] – Barcelona
Necropolis Awakened [2002]
Creature of the Mist [2002]

Bloodshed [2005]

The Houses October Built 2 [2017]

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November 23

Born on November 23

1979 – Kelly Brook, who starred in the 2010 remake of “Piranha,” “Survival Island” and “Ripper.”

1970 – Oded Fehr, starred in “Resident Evil: Retribution”, “Resident Evil: Extinction”, “Resident Evil: Apocalypse”, “The Mummy [1999]”, “The Mummy Returns.”

1959 – Dominique Dunne, who starred in the film “Poltergeist.”

1923 – Paula Raymond, appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Hand of Death” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”

1923 – Keiju Kobayashi, appeared in “Godzilla 1985.”

1917 – Michael Gough, starred in the films “Horror of Dracula,” “Konga,” “Horrors of the Black Museum” and “Sleepy Hollow.”

1887 –Boris Karloff, The one and only King of the Monsters whose films include “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Raven [1963],” “Black Sabbath,” “Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy [1932],” “The Ghoul,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “Isle of the Dead” and many more films.

Died on November 23

2019 – Asunción Balaguer, actress in “Exorcism’s Daughter” and “The Baby’s Room.”

2012 – Larry Hagman, appeared in “Beware! The Blob”.

2010 – Ingrid Pitt, the voluptuous star of “The Asylum”, “The Wicker Man”, “The House That Dripped Blood”, “Countess Dracula”, “The Vampire Lovers.”

2003 – Jack Pollexfen , Writer/director/producer film work includes “The Indestructible Man,” “The Atomic Brain,” “Son of Dr. Jekyll” and “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.”

2002 – Dick Stilwell who appeared in the films “Mimic 2” and “Beneath Loch Ness.”

2001 – Klaus Kinski, actor in “Nosferatu [1979],” and sequel “Vampire of Venice,” “Creature With the Blue Hand,” Crawlspace” and “Count Dracula.”

1992 – Rita Corday, starred in the films “The Body Snatcher” and “The Black Castle”.

Films Released on November 23

The Return of Doctor X [1939] – New York City
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein [1957]

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [1973]
Zombie Beach Party [2003]
[Rec] [2007]

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November 24

Born on November 24

1990 – Sarah Hyland, appeared in “Vampire Academy”, “Scary Movie 5” and “Monster Heroes.”

1978 – Katherine Heigl, appeared in the film “Bride of Chucky.”

1964 – Jim Van Bebber, mainly known for directing “Deadbeat at Dawn”, “The Manson Family” and more.

1964 – Garret Dillahunt, starred in the series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and the 2009 remake of “Last House on the Left.”

1963 – Debra Lamb, appeared in “The American Scream”, “Beverly Hills Vamp”, “The Invisible Maniac”, “The G-string Horror” and more.

1960 – Amanda Wyss, who appeared in “To Die For” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984].”

1957 – Denise Crosby starred in the films “Pet Sematary,” “Dolly Dearest,” “Born,” “The Watcher,” “Mutant Species,” “Relative Fear” and “Mortuary.”

1916 – Forrest J. Ackerman, appeared in “The Howling,” “Dead Alive,” “King Kong [1976],” “Return of the Living Dead II,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Queen of Blood,” and many more.

1913 – Howard Duff, appeared in “Monster in the Closet”.

1888 – Rudolph Klein-Rogge, appeared in the film “Metropolis” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”

Died on November 24

2019 – Nimish Pilankar, sound department for “Bhram.”

2019 – Joan Staley, actress in “Cape Fear [1962],” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and an episode of “The Munsters.”

2005 – Pat Morita, appeared in the films “When Time Ran Out,” “Full Moon High” and “King Cobra.”

2002 – Noel Regney who composed the music scores for the films “The Flesh Eaters,” “Gremlins,” and episodes of “American Horror Story.”

1990 – Robb White, wrote such screen plays as “13 Ghosts,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959]” and The Tingler [1959].

1977 – Richard Carlson, starred in the films “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “The Valley of Gwangi”.

Films Released on November 24

Of Unknown Origin [1983]
The Toxic Avenger III: The Last Temptation of Toxie [1989]
Puppet Master 4 [1993] – video premiere
Blood Moon Rising [2009]

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November 25

Born on November 25

1986 – Katie Cassidy, appeared in “Black Christmas [2006],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Supernatural” and “The Scribbler.”

1985 – Haley Webb, has appeared in “Teen Wolf [TV Series]” and “Final Destination.”

1966 – Billy Burke, actor in “Lights Out” and “Red Riding Hood.”

1964 –Robert Kurtzman, Makeup effects whiz for “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Scream,” “It Follows,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Vampires,” “Evil Dead II,” “Army of Darkness,” “Ma,” “All Cheerleaders Die,” “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Shark Lake,” and many more.

1947 – John Larroquette, the narrator at the beginning of the original “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and also appeared in “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight”.

Died on November 25

1997 – Charles Hallahan, character actor who appeared in “Things That Go Bump”, “Warlock: The Armageddon”, “Cast a Deadly Spell”, “Twilight Zone: The Movie”, “Nightwing” and “The Thing.”

1982 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Scream, Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga,”.

1981 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”

Films Released on November 25

The Ghoul [1933]
Necromancy [1972] – re-release

Dark Places [1974] – West Germany

The Wind [1986]
Cheerleader Autopsy [2003]

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November 26

Born on November 26

1973 – Peter Facinelli, who appeared in “Countdown,” “Supernova,” “The Damned” “Johhny Frank Garrett’s Last Word” and “Hollow Man II.”

1973 – Kristin Bauer, starred on the HBO series “True Blood.”

1970 –Lorissa McComas, appeared in “Piranha [1995],” “Vamps,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “Raptor” and more.

1933 – Robert Goulet, appeared in “Beetlejuice.”

1929 – Betta St. John, starred in “Horror Hotel” and “Corridors of Blood.”

1888 – Robert Strange, appeared in the film “Mad Monster,” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”

Died on November 26

2019 – Vittorio Congia, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tails.”

2006 – Renee Harmon, starred in the films “Frozen Scream” and Night of Terror”.

1992 – Philip Leakey, makeup artist who worked on many Hammer Films including “The Quatermass Xperiment”, “X: The Unknown”, “The Curse of Frankenstein”, “The Abominable Snowman”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and many more.

1980 – Rachel Roberts, appeared in “When a Stranger Calls”, “Picnic at Hanging Rock”, “Night Gallery [TV Series]”, “The Reckoning” and more.

1976 – Marcel Delgado, worked on many of the miniatures used on such films as King Kong [1933], “Mighty Joe Young,” “Son of Kong” and the 1925 silent classic, “Lost World,”.

Films Released on November 26

Alien: Resurrection [1997]

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon [2002] – video premiere
The Haunted Mansion [2003]

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November 27

Born on November 27

1963 – Fisher Stevens, appeared in the film “The Burning”.

1954 – Kimmy Roberstson, appeared in the films “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and “Leprechaun 2.”

1949 – Gerrit Graham, starred in the films “Phantom of the Paradise,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Child’s Play 2.”

1925 – Marshall Thompson, starred in “Fiend Without a Face,” “It the Terror From Beyond Space”.

Died on November 27

2019 – Godfrey Gao, appeared in “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”

2019 – Bala Singh, appeared in “Bhoot Bangla.”

2011 – Ken Russell, director of “The Lair of the White Worm”, “Gothic”, “Altered States”, “The Devils” and more.

2010 – Irvin Kershner, directed “Eyes of Laura Mars”, “Never Say Never Again”, “Robocop 2.”

1988 – John Carradine, who played role of “Dracula” in such Universal classics as “House of Frankenstein” and “House of Dracula”. He started at Universal playing bit parts in such films as “The Black Cat,” “The Invisible Man,” and “Bride of Frankenstein.”

Films Released on November 27

The Undying Monster [1942]
The Living Ghost [1942]
Daikaijû Gamera [1965]

Illusion of Blood [1968]
Dollman [1991] – video premiere
The Crucible [1996]
They [2002]
Species III [2004]
Shapeshifter [2005]
Bled White [2009] – Tabloid Witch Awards
Life Blood [2009] – Germany

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November 28

Born on November 28

1986 – Johnny Simmons, appeared in the films “Jennifer’s Body,” “The Spirit” and “Boogeyman 2.”

1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, starred in the “Death Proof,” “Black Christmas [2006],” “Final Destination 3”, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and the remake of “The Thing.”

1976 – Ryan Kwanten, starred in the HBO series “True Blood” and the film “Dead Silence.”

1975 – Sunny Mabrey, starred in the films “Species III” and “Snakes on a Plane.”

1958 – Thom Mathews, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Nemesis”, “Heatseeker.”

1950 – Ed Harris, starred in the films “The Abyss,” “Needful Things” and “Creepshow.”

1949 – Alexander Godunov, appeared in “The Runestone” and “Waxwork II: Lost in Time.”

1946 – Joe Dante, whose credits include the films “Gremlins,” “The Howling” and “Matinee.”

1932 – Ethel Ennis, who sang the title song “Mad Monster Party.” She also sang the “Monster Party Song” in the film “Boltneck.”

1923 – James Karen, appeared in “The Unborn”, “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2”, “Poltergeist” and many more.

1917 – Ramón Gay, starred in such Mexican horror classics as “The Aztec Mummy,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Curse of the Doll People.”

Died on November 28

2019 – Jan Nygren, appeared in “Mask of Murder.”

2010 – Leslie Nielsen, starred in “Scary Movie 3-4”, “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”, “Repossessed”, “Creepshow”, “Prom Night”, Day of the Animals [1977], “Night Gallery [TV Series]” and more.

2009 – Tony Kendal, who appeared in “The Whip and the Body,” “Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead” and “When the Screaming Stops”.

2008 – Bill Finnegan, executive producer for the film “Night of the Creeps” and the TV series “She Wolf of London”.

1991 – Gianpaolo Saccarola, Italian actor who appeared in “Midnight Killer”, “Tenebre”, “The House by the Cemetery”, “The Beyond” and more.

1983 – Christopher George, actor in the films “City of the Living Dead,” “Grizzly,” “Graduation Day,” “Mortuary,” “Day of the Animals,” “Pieces,” “Gates of Hell” and more.

1978 – André Morell, starred in “Quaternmass and the Pit,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Plague of the Zombies” and “The Giant Behemoth.”

1859 – Washington Irving, he wrote the short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

Films Released on November 28

Deadtime Stories [1986]
Psycho Cop [1989]

Save Yourself [2015]

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November 29

Born on November 29

1978 – Lauren German, appeared in “The Divide”, “Hostel: Part II”, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” remake, “Dead Above Ground” and more.

1976 – Anna Faris, starred as “Cindy” in the “Scary Movie” films.

1961 – Kim Delaney, starred in the films “Metalbeast,” and “Body Parts.”

1952 – Jeff Fahey, starred in “Psycho III,” “Body Parts” and “The Lawnmower Man,” amd also appeared in the “Planet Terror” and “Grindhouse” double feature.

1932 – Diane Laddm appeared in such films as “Carnosaur,” “Embryo” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes.”

1910 – Fumiko Honma, starred in the films “Varan, the Unbelievable” and “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.”

Died on November 29

2019 – Makio Inoue, starred in “Akumaizâ surî.”

2004 – John Drew Barrymore, appeared in the films “The Clones” and “War of the Zombies.”

2003 – Norman Burton, appeared in “Deep Space,” “Hand of Death,” “Mausoleum,” “Fade To Black”, “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “The Terminal Man”, “Simon, King of the Witches”, and many more.

1992 – Robert Shayne, appeared in the films “How To Make a Monster,” “Teenage Caveman” and “The Giant Claw.”

1991 – Ralph Bellamy, starred in “The Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby”.

1981 – Natalie Wood, who starred in the films “Brainstorm” and “Meteor”.

1976 – Comedian Godfrey Cambridge, who starred in “Beware the Blob”.

Films Released on November 29

The Black Sheep [1956]

The Man and the Beast [1973]

Transmutations aka Underworld [1985] – London
Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] – Hollywood
The Mangler Reborn [2005]

The Man in the Trunk [2019]

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November 30

Born on November 30

1985 – Kaley Cuoco, appeared in “The Hollow”, “The Nightmare Room [TV Series].”

1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, who starred in the 2005 version of “House of Wax”, “Captivity” and the TV series “Are You Afraid of the Dark.”

1978 – Robert Kirkman, one of the creators of “The Walking Dead” comics which the series is based on, also created “Fear the Walking Dead [TV Series]” and “Outcast [TV Series].”

1952 – Henry Selick, stop-motion animator and director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

1952 – Mandy Patinkin, who appeared in “Alien Nation”.

1937 –Ridley Scott, Producer/director whose film credits include “Prometheus”, “Alien,” “Alien: Covenant,”  “Blade Runner,” “Hannibal’ and the TV remake of “The Andromeda Strain” and many more.

1928 – Rex Reason, starred in “The Creature Walks Among Us” and “This Island Earth.”

1927 – Richard Crenna, who starred in the films “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “The Evil.”

1927 – Robert Guillaume, best known for playing “Benson” on the TV series of the same name. He starred in “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”

1916 – Michael Gywnn, who appeared in the films “Frankenstein’s Revenge,” “Scars of Dracula” and the original “Village of the Damned.”

Died on November 30

2019 – María Concepción Hidalgo, appeared in “The Monk,” and “Mistress of Suspense [1990– ] Episode: The Cat Brought It In.”

2013 – Paul Walker, appeared in “Joy Ride” “Monster in the Closet.”

2009 – Jacinto Molina Alvarez, a.k.a. the great Paul Naschy, appeard “Nights of the Werewolf” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “The Werewolf vs the Vampire Women,” “Doctor Jekyll & The Werewolf” and “Tomb of the Werewolf.”

2006 – Jackie Blaisdell, worked on the films “Earth vs the Spider” and Attack of the Puppet People.”

2005 – Herbert L. Strock, who directed the films “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “How To Make a Monster” to name a few.

2003 – Earl Bellamy, who directed episodes of “The Munsters,” and the film “Munsters, Go Home!”.

Films Released on November 30

The Man Who Could Cheat Death [1959] – UK
The Undertaker and His Pals [1966]
Misery [1990]

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