FEBRUARY 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day

Born on February 14

1980 – Mindy Robinson, appeared in “The Haunting of Whaley House”, “Killjoy Goes to Hell”, “V/H/S/2″, “The Impaler,” “After School Massacre,” “A Blood Story” and more.

1978 – Danai Gurira, known for portraying “Michonne” on “The Walking Dead [TV Series].”

1976 – Erica Leerhsen, starred in “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.”

1971 – Noriko Sakai, starred in “Premonition [2004]” and “Ju-on: The Grudge 2.”

1970 – Simon Pegg, starred in “Shaun of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” “Grindhouse,” “Diary of the Dead,” “Slaughterhouse Rulez,” “A Fantastic Fear of Everything,” “The World’s End” and more.

1964 – Zach Galligan, who starred in the films “Gremlins”, “Gremlins 2”, “Waxwork,” “Infested” and “Nightbeasts.”

1960 – Meg Tilly, starred in the films “Psycho II,” “One Dark Night” and Body Snatchers [1993].

1952 – Jim Hanson, produced the films “Witchcraft II: The Temptress,” “Doctor Hackenstein” and “Witchery.”

1946 – Gregory Hines, co-starred in the films “The Wolfen” and “Eve of Destruction.”

1942 – Andrew Robinson, starred in “Hellraiser,” “Child’s Play 3″ and “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings.”

1936 – Andrew Prine, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Simon, King of the Witches,” “Crypt of the Living Dead” and “Sutures,” and “Grizzly.”

1929 – Vic Morrow, appeared in the films “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “Humanoids from the Deep”.

1910 – Frances Dade, portrayed “Lucy” in the original 1931 version of “Dracula.”

1902 – Stuntman Ray “Crash” Corrigan, who played the title role of “The Ape,” “It, the Terror from Beyond Space” and appeared in “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”

Died on February 14

2020 – Lynn Cohen, starred in “The Vigil.”

2015 – Louis Jourdan, appeared in “Swamp Thing” and “Return of the Swamp Thing”, he also starred as “Dracula” in the great BBC version of “Count Dracula – TV Movie.”

2007 – Lee Patterson, who appeared in “Jack the Ripper [1959].”

1992 – Angelique Pettyjohn, appeared in “Biohazard,” “Mad Doctor of Blood Island” “The Phantom Planet” and more.

1971 – Seth Holt, director of “Scream of Fear”, “The Nanny”, “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb”.

Films Released on February 14

Dracula [1931]
The Mad Doctor [1941]

House on Haunted Hill [1959]
The Day Mars Invaded Earth [1963]
The Shuttered Room [1968]
TerrorVision [1986]
The Silence Of The Lambs [1991]
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil [1991]

One Hour Photo [2002] – Turkey
Skinned Deep [2004]
The Horror Seasons [2005]
The Ghosts of Crowley Hall [2008]
The Spiderwick Chronicles [2008]

Girl House [2014]

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FEBRUARY 15

Born on February 15

1988 – Jessica De Gouw, appeared in “Gretel & Hansel,” “The Rezort” and the TV Series “Dracula.”

1988 – Tara Holt, appeared in “Victim” and the TV Series “American Horror Story.”

1971 – Reneé O’Connor, appeared in the films “Darkman II: The Return of Durant” and “Boogeyman 2.”

1968 – Vivian Schilling, appeared in “Future Shock,” “Project Eliminator,” “Soultaker,” “Terror Eyes” and more.

1931 – Claire Bloom, starred in “The Haunting [1963]” and “The Illustrated Man.”

1914 – Kevin McCarthy, starred in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956].” He also appeared in the film’s 1978 remake and the movies “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Piranha” and “The Howling.”

1899 – Gale Sondergaard, starred in “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Black Cat [1941]” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge.”

1882 – John Barrymore, starred in “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1920],” “Svengali,” “The Invisible Woman,” “The Mad Genius” and more.

Died on February 15

2020 – Vatroslav Mimica, writer for “Muha.”

2012 – Elyse Knox, starred in “The Mummy’s Tomb.”

1990 – Jack Fletcher, appeared in “Elvira: Mistress of The Dark.”

1973 – Tim Holt, starred in “The Monster That Challenged the World”.

Films Released on February 15

Phantom Lady [1944] – Finland

Fog Island [1945]
Saturn 3 [1980]

The Wild Beasts [1984] – Italy
Deadly Species [2002]
Wendigo [2002]
Hallowed [2005]
Chill [2007]
Diary of the Dead [2007] – Canada

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FEBRUARY 16

Born on February 16

1989 – Elizabeth Olsen, appeared in “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Silent House” and “Red Lights”.

1961 – Eric Red, writer/director worked on “Body Parts,” “Bad Moon,” “The Hitcher,” “Near Dark,” “Undertow,” “100 Feet” and more.

1958 – Lisa Loring, who played the original “Wednesday Addams” in the “The Addams Family” and also appeared in the film “Blood Frenzy.”

1952 – Jonathan Stark, appeared in “Fright Night [1985]” and “House II: The Second Story.”

1950 – William Katt, starred in “Carrie [1976],” “House,” “House IV,” “Alien vs Hunter”, “Mirrors 2″, “Paranormal Movie”.

1930 – Ricou Browning, who portrayed everyone’s favorite “Gillman,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” [in the underwater scenes].

1901 – Chester Morris, appeared in the films “The Bat Whispers” and “The She Creature.”

Died February on February 16

2020 – Jerzy Gruza, directed the TV short “Mistrz tanca.”

2020 – Kellye Nakahara, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Trevi Collection [1975].”

2020 – Frances Cuka, appeared in “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Afraid of the Dark,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror” and an episode of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror [1980].”

2019 – Bruno Ganz, appeared in “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” and “The House That Jack Built.”

2011 – Len Lesser, appeared in “The Werewolf Reborn!” “Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Series,” “Slither,” “Death Wish,” “The Munsters TV Series,” “The Outer Limits TV Series” and many others.

2010 – John Chandler, appeared in “Carnosaur 2,” “Phantasm 3″ and the TV movie “Moon of the Wolf”.

2010 – Jim Harmon, science fiction writer and west coast editor for the Marvel monster magazine “Monsters of the Movies,” he also wrote the screenplay for the film “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”

2005 – Nicole DeHuff, starred in “Suspect Zero.”

1979 – Louise Allbritton, starred in “Son of Dracula” and 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

Films Released on February 16

The Canary Murder Case [1929]
The Shadow Returns [1946]
Five Million Miles to Earth [1967]
Bloodlust: Subspecies III [1994]
Murdercycle [1999]
Blue Lake Massacre [2007]
Ghost Rider [2007]
Freeway Killer [2010]

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FEBRUARY 17

Born on February 17

1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, starred in “Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later,” “Knives Out” episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows [1991] and “The Outer Limits.”

1981 – Paris Hilton, appeared “House of Wax [2005]” and “Repo! The Genetic Opera.”

1980 – Jason Ritter, starred in “Freddy vs Jason” and “The Labryinth.”

1974 – Jerry O’Connell, starred in “Scream 2,” “Room 6,″ “Wish Upon,” “Piranha 3D”, “Satanic,” “Mockingbird Lane,” “Scary Movie V,” and “Deep Murder.”

1971 – Denise Richards, appeared in “Scary Movie 3,” “The Toybox,” “Tammy and the T-Rex,” “Starship Troopers” and “Valentine.”

1970 – Dominic Purcell, appeared in “Blade: Trinity,” “The Gravedancers,” “Primeval”, “Blood Creek” and “The Ganzfeld Haunting”.

1965 – Jonathan Breck, who played “The Creeper” in “Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2.”

1965 – Michael Bay, produced “A Quiet Place,” “The Purge,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Friday the 13th [2009],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” “The Purge – TV Series” and many more.

1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, starred in “The First Power,” “Bats” and the TV series “Wolf Lake,” “Red Water” and “Sanitarium”.

1954 – Don Coscarelli, wrote the screenplays for the “Phantasm” films including “Phantasm: Ravager,” “The Beastmaster” and “Bubba Ho-tep.”

1934 – Alan Bates, appeared in the films “Mister Frost” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”

1925 – Hal Holbrook, who has starred in the films “Rituals,” “The Fog,” “Creepshow” and “The Unholy.”

1923 – Jun Fukuda, directed “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”

1907 – Buster Crabbe, appeared in Fred Olen Ray’s “The Alien Dead.”

Died on February 17

2020 – Sonja Ziemann, actress in “Spuk im Schloß.”

2020 – Jeannette Dubois, soundtrack for “Basic Instinct,” and “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”

2019 – Ethel Ennis, Soundtrack “Mad Monster Party?” and “Boltneck.”

2007 – Jay Jensen, appeared in the films “Mission Mars” and “Werewolves on Wheels”.

2005 – Dan O’Herlihy, appeared in “Invasion USA,” “The Cabinet of Caligari” and “Halloween III.”

2003 – Peter Schrum, appeared in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and “Demonic Toys,”.

1990 – Marc Clement, appeared in “Mutant” and “King Kong Lives”.

1968 – Donald Wolfit, starred in “Blood of the Vampire,” “The Hands of Orlac” and the TV show “The Ghost Squad,”.

Films Released on February 17

Seven Footprints to Satan [1929]
Mystery of the Wax Museum [1933]
House on Haunted Hill [1959]
Jack the Ripper [1959]

The Cosmic Man [1959]

The Gorgon [1964]

Baron Blood [1972] – Germany
Alien Raiders [2009]
American Scary [2009]
Feast III: The Happy Finish [2009]
Screamers: The Hunting [2009]
The Midnight Meat Train [2009]
The Last Battleground [2010]

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FEBRUARY 18

Born on February 18

1968 – Molly Ringwald, starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the film “Office Killer.”

1962 – Julie Strain, appeared in “Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart,” “The Unnamable II” and “The Bare Wench Project.”

1954 – John Travolta, starred in “Carrie [1976]” and “The Devil’s Rain”

1925 – George Kennedy, appeared in “Strait-Jacket,” “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte,” “Death Ship,” “Creepshow 2,″ “Demonwarp,” “The Terror Within” and many more.

1919 – Jack Palance, starred in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “Dracula [1974],” “Craze,” “Man in the Attic,” “Without Warning,” “Torture Garden,” and “Alone in the Dark

1908 – Angelo Rossitto, appeared in the “Freaks,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.

Died on February 18

2020 – Ashraf Sinclair, actor in “The Real Pocong,” “Baby Occult: Baby Tumbal Baby Die and “Setan Munafik.”

2020 – Tapas Paul, appeared in “Nishi Trishna.”

2020 – Flavio Bucci, appeared in “Last Stop on the Night Train,” “Suspiria [1977]” and an episode of “Frankenstein’s Aunt [1987].”

2020 – Kishori Ballal, actress in “Aakramana” and “Naani.”

2019 – O’Neal Compton, appeared in “Diabolique [1996]”

2002 – Jack Lambert, appeared in several TV shows of “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,”.

Films Released on February 18

The Magnetic Monster [1953]
The Ghost [1963]
A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971] – Rome, Italy

Amityville: Dollhouse [1996]
Pitch Black [2000]
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp [2003]
Constantine [2005]
Dark Remains [2005] – Nevermore Film Festival
Demon Resurrection [2008]

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FEBRUARY 19

Born on February 19

1993 – Victoria Justice, appeared in “Fun Size”, “The Garden,” “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie” and “50 States of Fright – TV Series.”

1985 – Arielle Kebbel, starred in “Vampires Suck,” “The Grudge 2″ and “The Uninvited” [2009].

1967 – Benicio Del Toro, who played the title role in the 2010 remake of “The Wolf Man”.

1955 – Jeff Daniels, starred in “Arachnophobia” and “Chasing Sleep.”

1951 – Stephen Nichols, has appeared in “House” and “Witchboard”.

1944 – Donald Glut, directed “The Vampire Hunters Club,” wrote and directed “Dinosaur Valley Girls”, “Mummy’s Kiss and Tales of Frankenstein [2018].”

1893 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, appeared in the films “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

Died on February 19

2020 – José Mojica Marins, director, writer, producer, actor – some of his films include “Awakening of the Beast,” At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul,” “Hellish Flesh,” “The Secret of the Mummy,” “The Killer Lasagna” and many more.

2020 – Bob Cobert, composer for TV Movie “The Night Stalker,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” “Burnt Offerings,” TV Series “Dark Shadows [1966-1971],” Soundtrack “Dark Shadows [2012]” and many more.

2020 – Nelly Beatriz Bonnet, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1960– ] – A 9 Part Series” and “Masterworks of Terror [1959]”

2007 – Janet Blair, starred in the film “Burn, Witch Burn”.

2006 – James Hardiman, penned the novel “The House Where Evil Dwells”.

1990 – Michael Powell, directed the cult film “Peeping Tom” and “The Tales of Hoffmann.”

1956 – Tod Slaughter, who portrayed “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” in the 30’s and 40’s.

Films Released on February 19

Mark of the Devil [1970] – Germany
Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks [1974] – Italy
Army of Darkness [1992]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003]
Dead Things [2005]
Black Water [2007]
Catacombs [2007]
Attack of the Vegan Zombies! [2010]
Shutter Island [2010]

The Witch [2015]

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FEBRUARY 20

Born on February 20

1987 – Cortney Palm, appeared in “Hellevator Man”, “The Purge: Anarchy”, “Demon Legacy”, “Zombeavers”, “Alien Rising”, “Silent Night”, “Sushi Girl”, “Seance: The Summoning”, “Lost Soul” and more.

1978 – Lauren Ambrose, starred in “Psycho Beach Party.”

1978 – Jay Hernandez, starred in “Hostel,” “Hostel 2″ and “Quarantine.”

1967 – Lili Taylor, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “The Addiction,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Leatherface,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series” and “The Conjuring” and “The Nun.”

1954 – Anthony Head, starred in the TV series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Repo: A Genetic Opera,” and made an appearance in the film “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

1951 – Edward Albert, starred in “The House Where Evil Dwells,” “Galaxy of Terror” and “Mimic II.”

1945 – Brion James, starred in “The Horror Show,” “The Fifth Element” and “Scanner Cop.”

1926 – Richard Matheson, legendary writer of many films and TV shows such as “Pit and the Pendulum,” “I Am Legend,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “Duel,” “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and many more.

1904 – Bramwell Fletcher, appeared in “The Mummy [1932]” and “The Undying Monster.”

1885 – Roland West, directed “The Bat [1926],” “The Bat Whispers” and “The Monster.”

Died on February 20

2019 – Vinny Vella, appeared in “Season of the Hunted,” “New York Blood,” “Milwood,” and “Scars of a Predator.”

2009 – Robert Quarry, starred in “Count Yorga, Vampire,” “The Return of Count Yorga,” “The Deathmaster,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Sugar Hill” and “Madhouse.”

2005 – Sandra Dee, starred in “The Dunwich Horror” and appeared in the TV Series “Night Gallery.”

2001 – Rosemary DeCamp, starred in the original version of “13 Ghosts”.

1992 – Dick York, starred in “Twilight Zone” episode “A Penny for Your Thoughts,” the “Thriller” episode “The Incredible Doktor Markesan” and in six episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1936 – Max Schreck, best known for portraying the rat faced vampire “Nosferatu” in the horror classic.

Films Released on February 20

Freaks [1932]
Reptilicus [1961]
Dead Mary [2007]

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