MARCH 28

Born on March 28

1986 – Lady Gaga, starred in the TV Series “American Horror Story” and did the soundtrack for “Broken Hearts.”

1981 – Julia Stiles, starred in “Out of the Dark” and “The Omen [2006].”

1970 – Vince Vaughn, appeared in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park II,” as well as starring in “Freaky,” “Psycho [1998]” and “The Cell.”

1955 – Reba McEntire, starred in “Tremors.”

1948 – Dianne Wiest, starred in “The Lost Boys” and “Edward Scissorhands.”

1945 – Richard Backus, starred in “Deathdream.”

Died on March 28

2020 – Elvia Andreoli, starred in “Prisoners of Terror.”

2020 – Barbara Rütting, appeared in “Doctor Without Scruples” and “The Squeaker.”

2020 – John Kevin Callahan, appeared in “Bone Eater,” “Dinocroc vs. Supergator” and “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre.”

2019 – Maury Laws, Soundtrack for “Boltneck,” and Composed Music for “Mad Monster Party?”

2005 – Robert Slatzer, wrote and directed “Bigfoot”.

1987 – Patrick Troughton, appeared in the 1962 Hammer version of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Gorgon,” “Scars of Dracula,” “Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell” and “The Omen.”

1976 – Richard Arlen, starred in “The Island of Lost Souls,” “The Lady and the Monster,” “The Crawling Hand”.

Films Released on March 28

Horror Island [1941]
Man Made Monster [1941]
The Manster [1962]
Phantasm [1979]

Don’t Go in the House [1979]
The Changeling [1980]

Zombie Holocaust [1980]

April Fool’s Day [1986]
Leprechaun in the Hood [2000]
Deadly Stingers [2003]
American Zombie [2008]

Girls Gone Dead [2012]

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MARCH 29

Born on March 28

1992 – Chris Massoglia, appeared in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “The Hole” and was a presenter at the “Scream Awards 2009.”

1960 – Marina Sirtis, actress in “Spectres,” “Grudge 3,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time,” “Blind Date,” “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “Little Dead Rotting Hood,” “Finders Keepers” and “Vampire Riderz.”

1958 – Victor Salva, wrote and directed “Clownhouse,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Jeepers Creepers II,” “Dark House,” “The Nature of the Beast” and “Rosewood Lane.”

1955 – Brendan Gleeson, starred in “Lake Placid,” “Stonehearst Asylum,” “The Village,” and “28 Days Later”.

1948 – Bud Cort, appeared in “Invader’s from Mars [1986],” “Son of the Blob,” “Brain Dead,” “Number 23″ and the TV movie “Bates Motel.”

1942 – Scott Wilson, actor in “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,” “The Exorcist III,” “The Host,” “For Sale by Owner,” “Mother [1995],” “The Ninth Configuration,” and the TV Series The Walking Dead.”

1924 – Jackie Vernon, appeared in “The Microwave Massacre”.

1902 – Onslow Stevens, starred in “House of Dracula,” “The Monster and the Girl” and “Them!”

Died on March 29

2019 – Shane Rimmer, appeared in “The Hunger,” “Dark Shadows [2012]” and episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”

2012 – Luke Askew, appeared in “The Beast Within”, “Frailty”.

2007 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in the films “The Beast Must Die,” “Predator 2″.

2006 – Henry Farrell penned the novels “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,” “How Awful About Allan,” and the screenplay for the film “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte”.

Films Released on March 29

House of Horrors [1946]
Gorgo [1961]

The Birds [1963]

Long Weekend [1978]
The Unborn [1991]
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute [1994] – USA video premiere
The Ghosts of Angela Webb [2005]
Black Sheep [2006]

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MARCH 30

Born on March 30

1990 – Cassie Scerbo, appeared in “Sharknado,” “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” “Sharknado: Global Swarming,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About time,” “Agoraphobia,” “Bering Sea Beast,” “Truth or Dare [2017] and was part a song on the soundtrack for “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time:

1984 – Helena Mattsson, appeared in “Drowning Ghost,” “Species: The Awakening” and the TV Series “666 Park Avenue.”

1977 – Rebecca Love, starred in “The Hills Have Thighs,” “Cleavagefield”, “Bewitched Housewives”, “Ghost in a Teeny Bikini,” “The Witches of Breastwick 2” and “Camp Cuddly Pines: Powertool Massacre.”

1968 – Donna D’Errico, appeared in “Candyman: Day of the Dead.”

1965 – Juliet Landau, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders,” “Repossessed,” “A Place Among the Dead,” “Hack!” and “Ed Wood”.

1964 – Ian Ziering, over work for many cartoon series such as “Godzilla,” and starred in all 5 of the “Sharknado” films and the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”

1957 – Paul Reiser, appeared “Aliens,” “Life After Beth,” “The Darkness,” “The Tower” and the TV Series “Stranger Things.”

1930 – John Astin, who played “Gomez” on the “Addams Family” TV series, starred in “The Frighteners,” “The Return of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”

1922 – Turhan Bey, appeared “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “Captive Wild Woman.”

Died on March 30

2020 – William Harrison Withers Jr., did the soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Bound in Flesh.”

2014 – Kate O’Mara, Hammer films scream queen who appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “The Vampire Lovers.”

1986 – James Cagney, who portrayed Lon Chaney Sr. in the film “Man of a Thousand Faces”.

Films Released on March 30

House of Mystery [1934]
Bloodbath at the House of Death [1984]
Beetlejuice [1988]
Transylvania Twist [1989] – NYC

Santa Sangre [1990] – Los Angeles
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss [1990] – Toronto
Cronos [1993] – USA limited
Progeny [1999]
Lord of the Vampires [2002]
Zombie Nation [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Screaming Dead [2004]
Zodiac Killer [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Ghostly Revenge [2007]
Into the Woods [2008]

Zombeavers [2014]

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MARCH 31

Born on March 31

1985 – Jessica Szohr, appeared in “House at the End of the Drive,” “Somebody Help Me,” “Love Bite” and “Piranha 3D.”

1983 – Melissa Ordway, appeared in “Odd Thomas” and “Escapee.”

1975 – Adam Green, directed “Hatchet,” “Hatchet 2,″ “Frozen [2010],” “Victor Crowley,” “Holliston – TV Series,” “Horrified – TV Series,” “Chillerama” and “Digging Up The Marrow.”

1943 – Christopher Walken, starred in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Prophecy” and its sequels, “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “The Sentinel,” “The Addiction” and more.

1929 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.

1922 – Patrick Magee, starred in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “Dementia 13,” “The Monster Club,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “Monster of Terror” and more.

Died on March 31

2020 – Julie Bennett, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”

2020 – Andrew Jack, dialogue coach for “A Demon in My View,” “Paranoid,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “The Wolfman [2010]” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”

2020 – Vincent Marzello, appeared in “The Witches” and episodes of the TV Series “Devil Man – Volume 1: The Birth.”

2007 – Thomas Moore, produced “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [1976]” and “Mark of the Witch [1970]”.

2003 – Anne Gwynne, appeared in the Universal classics “Black Friday,” “The Black Cat [1941]” [a.k.a. “The Black Cat Murders”] and “House of Frankenstein”.

1973 – George Woodbridge, appeared in “Tower of Terror,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Jack the Ripper [1959],” “The Mummy [1959].” “The Flesh and the Fiends,” “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Reptile”, and many more.

1951 – Ralph Forbes, appeared in the 1939 versions of “The Tower of London,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.

1952 – Roland West, starred in “The Monster,” “The Bat” and “The Bat Whispers”.

Films Released on March 31

Murders in the Zoo [1933]
Hound of the Baskervilles [1939]
The Ambulance [1990]

Dog Soldiers [2002] – Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival
Slither [2006]
Autopsy [2008] – USA DVD premiere

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