In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want the accolades and glory, just enough to be remembered, The Horror Times recognizes their contributors to this great genre each month.
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APRIL 1
Biff McGuire
October 25, 1926 – April 1, 2021
Actor:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: The Gentleman from America [1956]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: The Hidden Thing [1956]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: Crackpot [1957]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: Don’t Interrupt [1958]
The Werewolf of Washington [1973]
Writer:
Matinee Theatre – Episode: Great Big Guy [1958]
APRIL 2
Morris “B.B.” Dickerson
August 3, 1949 – April 2, 2021
Soundtrack:
Supernatural – Episode: There Will Be Blood [2012]
iZombie – Episode: Brainless in Seattle, Part 2 [2018]
Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Episode: Yongary [2017]
Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Episode: Lords of the Deep [2018]
Ghost Ship [2002]
Hotel Transylvania 2 [2015]
Arthur Kopit
May 10, 1937 – April 2, 2021
Writer:
The Phantom of the Opera – Episode: Episode #1.1 [1990]
The Phantom of the Opera – Episode: Episode #1.2 [1990]
APRIL 3
Mark Elliott
September 24, 1939 – April 3, 2021
Actor:
Edge of Sanity [1989]
Giuseppe Pinori
September 15, 1928 – April 3, 2021
Cinematographer:
Contamination [1980]
L’apocalisse delle scimmie – aka – “The Apocalypse of the Apes” [2012] – Producer
APRIL 4
Francisco Haghenbeck – aka “F.G. Hagenbeck”
1965 – April 4, 2021
Writer:
Diablero [2018–]
Paul Humphrey
? – April 4, 2021
Actor:
Friday the 13th: The Series – Episode: Spirit of Television [1990]
Zygmunt Malanowicz
February 4, 1938 – April 4, 2021
Actor:
The Lure [2015]
Shashikala
August 4, 1932 – April 4, 2021
Actress:
Phir Wohi Raat [1980]
Rakht – aka “Blood” [2004]
APRIL 5
Phil Eason
May 5, 1960 – April 5, 2021
Additional Performer:
Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
Robert Fletcher
August 23, 1922 – April 5, 2021
Costume Designer:
Fright Night [1985]
Paul Ritter
December 20, 1966 – April 5, 2021
Actor:
Nostradamus [2006] – TV Movie
Hannibal Rising [2007]
The Limehouse Golem [2016]
Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories [2016-]
APRIL 6
Prathima Devi
April 9, 1933 – April 6, 2021
Actress:
Jagan Mohini [1951]
Pathala Mohini [1965]
Grischa Huber
September 18, 1944 – April 6, 2021
Actress:
Vampira [1971] – TV Movie
Walter Olkewicz
May 14, 1948 – April 6, 2021
Actor:
Comedy of Horrors [1981 TV Movie]
Stillwatch [1987 TV Movie]
The Surgeon [1994]
Milo [1998]
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992]
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces [2014]
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – Episode: E-Mail II/Blood Donor/Epitaph/Stiches in Time/Soldier [1999]
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – Episode: Epitaph [1999]
Good vs Evil – Episode: To Be or Not to Be Evil [1999]
APRIL 7
Anne Beatts
February 25, 1947 – April 7, 2021
Writer:
Nightlife [1989] – TV Movie
James Hampton
July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021
Actor:
Jacob [2011]
Teen Wolf [1986–1988]
Olga Pashkova
January 2, 1966 – April 7, 2021
Actress:
Burial of the Rats [1995] – TV Movie
APRIL 8
Richard Rush
April 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021
Actor:
Distortions [1987]
APRIL 9
DMX
December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021
Actor:
The Bleeding [2009]
APRIL 10
Satish Kaul
September 8, 1954 – April 10, 2021
Actor:
Khooni Mahal [1987]
Kabrastan [1988]
Bandh Darwaza – “The Closed Door” [1990]
Khooni Mahal [1998]
Shu-Tong Wong
1944 – April 10, 2021
Actor:
The Green-Eyed Demoness [1967]
The Butterfly Murders [1979] – Stunts
The Trail [1983]
Vampire Expert [1995]
Assistant Director:
Taoism Drunkard [1984]
APRIL 11
Giannetto De Rossi
August 8, 1941 – April 11, 2021
Director:
Killer Crocodile 2 [1990] – Writer, Designer
Make-Up:
Doctor Faustus [1967]
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974] – Visual Effects
Zombie [1979] – Special Effects, Actor
Cannibals in the Streets [1980] – Special Effects
The Beyond [1981]
The House by the Cemetery [1981] – Special Effects
Killer Crocodile [1989] – Designer
High Tension [2003]
Christopher Roth [2010]
Special Effects:
Piranha II: The Spawning [1981]
Daisuke Ryû
February 14, 1957 – April 11, 2021
Actor:
Tenshu monogatari [1995]
Nezulla [2002]
Enzo Sciotti
September 24, 1944 – April 11, 2021
Art Department:
The Mountain of the Cannibal God [1978]
The Beyond [1981]
Zoran Simjanović
May 11, 1946 – April 11, 2021
Composer:
Variola vera [1982]
Reflections [1987]
APRIL 13
Siboney Lo
October 31, 1978 – April 13, 2021
Actress:
Fragmentos urbanos [2002] – Make-Up Department
Get Pony Boy [2007] – Producer, Make-Up, Costume Designer, Casting
Hidden in the Woods [2012]
Road Kill [2014] – Producer
Amedeo Tommasi
December 1, 1935 – April 13, 2021
Soundtrack:
Sleepless [2001]
Composer:
Balsamus l’uomo di Satana – aka “Bloody Relations” [1970]
Thomas and the Bewitched [1970]
They Have Changed Their Face [1971]
The House with Laughing Windows [1976]
Off Season [1980]
APRIL 15
Patricio Castillo
November 18, 1940 – April 15, 2021
Actor:
Violencia a sangre fría – aka “Cold-blooded Violence” [1989] – TV Movie
Ira Keeler
July 22, 1940 – April 15, 2021
Visual Effects:
The Witches of Eastwick [1987]
Jurassic Park [1993]
Congo [1995]
Mars Attacks! [1996]
Starship Troopers [1997]
The Lost World: Jurassic Park [1997]
Deep Impact [1998]
Jurassic Park III [2001]
APRIL 16
Barry Mason
July 12, 1935 – April 16, 2021
Soundtrack:
The Beast in the Cellar [1971]
Black Rainbow [1989]
Edward Scissorhands [1990]
Helen McCrory
August 17, 1968 – April 16, 2021
Actress:
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles [1994]
Frankenstein [2007] – TV Movie
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death [2014]
Inside No. 9 – Episode: The Harrowing [2014]
Penny Dreadful [2014–2016] – TV Series
Abu Bakar Omar
1949 – April 16, 2021
Actor:
Rahsia – aka “Secrets” [1987]
Anthony Powell
June 2, 1935 – April 16, 2021
Costume Designer:
The Nineth Gate [1999]
Felix Silla
January 11, 1937 – April 16, 2021
Actor:
The Addams Family [1964–1966]
She Freak [1967]
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark [1973 TV Movie]
Sssssss [1973]
Demon Seed [1977]
Halloween with the New Addams Family [1977 TV Movie]
The Manitou [1978]
The Brood [1979]
The Dungeonmaster [1984]
House [1985]
APRIL 17
Vivek
November 19, 1961 – April 17, 2021
Actor:
Whistle [2003]
Rum [2017]
APRIL 19
Jim Steinman
November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021
Soundtrack:
Urban Legend [1998]
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead [2014]
The Strangers: Prey at Night [2018]
Scream Queens – Episode: Warts and All [2016]
Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Seven: The Bite [2019]
This track used in Urban legend:
APRIL 20
Monte Hellman
July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021
Director:
Beast from Haunted Cave [1959]
The Terror [1963] – Location Managment
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! [1989] – Writer, Editor, Actor
Trapped Ashes [2006]
Assistant Director:
Creature from the Haunted Sea [1961]
Editor:
Grey Knight [1993]
Editorial Department:
The Awakening [1980]
Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz
March 25, 1926 – April 20, 2021
Actress:
Lokis, the Manuscript of Professor Wittembach [1970]
Mistrz Tanca aka “Master Dancer” [1969] – TV Movie
Kishore Nandlaskar
1940 – April 20, 2021
Actor:
Gruhpravesh [1992]
Tempest Storm
February 29, 1928 – April 20, 2021
Actress:
Mundo depravados aka “World of the Depraved” [1967]
APRIL 21
Bernie Kahn
April 26, 1930 – April 21, 2021
Writer:
The Addams Family – Episode: Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama [1966]
The New Addams Family – Episode: Fester and Granny vs. Grandpapa Addams [1999]
Aleksandra Karzyńska
October 7, 1927 – April 21, 2021
Actress:
Droga w swietle ksiezyca [1973 TV Movie]
APRIL 22
Charles W. Fries
September 30, 1928 – April 22, 2021
Producer:
She Wits [1972]
Tales from the Crypt [1972]
The Norliss Tapes [1973] – TV Movie
The Vault of Horror [1973]
Chosen Survivors [1974]
Scream of the Wolf [1974] – TV Movie
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence [1974] – TV Movie
The Spell [1977] – TV Movie
Are You in the House Alone [1978] – TV Movie
Night Cries [1978] – TV Movie
The Initiation of Sarah [1978] – TV Movie
Cat People [1982]
Halloween with the New Addams Family [1977] – TV Movie
Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge [1989]
Deathstone [1990]
Steel and Lace [1991]
Screamers [1995]
The Initiation of Sarah [2006] – TV Movie
Screamers: The Hunting [2009]
Flowers in the Attic [2014] – TV Movie
Petals on the Wind [2014] – TV Movie
If There Be Thorns [2015] – TV Movie
Seeds of Yesterday [2015] – TV Movie
Shravan Rathod
November 13, 1954 – April 22, 2021
Composer:
Cheekh [1985]
Khooni Mahal [1987]
Junoon – aka “Obsession” [1992]
Raaz – aka “Secret” [2002]
APRIL 23
Amit Mistry
January 12, 1974 – April 23, 2021
Actor:
Woh – Episode: Episode #1.1 [1998]
APRIL 24
Sergio Esquivel
December 8, 1946 – April 24, 2021
Soundtrack:
Santo in the Border of Terror [1969]
Nathan Jung
November 29, 1946 – April 24, 2021
Actor:
Darkman [1990]
Ghoulies IV [1994]
Monster Squad – Episode: The Skull [1976]
Shunsuke Kikuchi
November 1, 1931 – April 24, 2021
Composer:
House of Terrors [1965]
The Terror Beneath the Sea [1966]
Genocide [1968]
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell [1968]
Snake Woman’s Curse [1968]
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch [1968]
Gamera vs. Zigra [1971]
Inugami no tatari [1977]
Raffaello Monteverde
April 16, 1942 – April 24, 2021
Producer:
6 passi nel giallo – “6 Steps In Yellow” [2012–]
Hugo Stuven
1941 – April 24, 2021
Assistant Director:
Palabras cruzadas – Episode: Omisión criminal [1977]
Palabras cruzadas – Episode: El viajero de las gafas azules [2019]
APRIL 25
Denny Freeman
August 7, 1944 – April 25, 2021
Soundtrack:
Blood Diner [1987]
Scary Movie [1991]
APRIL 26
Charles Beeson
1957 – April 26, 2021
Director:
Afterlife [2005–2006]
The Secret Circle [2011–2012]
The Vampire Diaries [2009–2017]
Supernatural [2005–2020]
The Whispers [2015] – Producer
Al Schmitt
April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021
Soundtrack:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [1997] – Video Game
APRIL 27
Minou Petrowski
October 11, 1931 – April 27, 2021
Location Management:
The Pyx [1973]
APRIL 29
Johnny Crawford
March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021
Actor:
Hellboy [2004]
Matinee Theatre [1955–1958]
Movie Macabre – Episode: Village of the Giants [1984]
APRIL 30
K.V. Anand
October 30, 1966 – April 30, 2021
Thanks:
Yaamirukka Bayamey [2014]
Kom Chauncheun
January 5, 1958 – April 30, 2021
Actor:
Chaos at the Graveyard [2003]
Hell [2005]
See How They Run [2006]
Ponglang Amazing Theater [2007]
Rahtree Reborn [2009]
Rahtree Revenge [2009]
H2-Oh! [2010]
Vampire Strawberry [2011]
Ghost Day [2012]
Oh My Ghost [2013]
Haunted School [2016]
Libertad Leblanc
February 24, 1936 – April 30, 2021
Actress:
A Woman Possessed [1968]
Siege of Terror [1972]