JUNE 6

BORN ON JUNE 6

1979 – Diana Prince, appeared in “Porn Shoot Massacre,” “The Mangled,” “Bunnyman 3,” “Frankenstein Created Bikers” “Sky Sharks,” “Vengeance,” “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” and many more.

1963 – Anthony Starke, appeared in “Return of the Killer Tomatoes!” and “Repossessed.”

1963 – Jason Isaacs, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby – TV Mini-Series,” “Resident Evil,” “Event Horizon,” “Grindhouse,” “A Cure for Wellness,” “Look Away,” and more.

1959 – Amanda Pays, appeared in the film “The Kindred” and “Leviathan.”

1959 – Jimmy Jam, composer for “Ghosts [1996]” and soundtrack for “The Haunting of Molly Hartley.”

1959 – John T. Melick, assistant director for “Piranha 3DD,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Hellraiser: Revelations,” “Dark House,” “Haunting Fear” and producer for “Children of the Corn: Genesis.”

1947 – Robert Englund, “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984]” and its sequels, “Urban Legend,” “Hatchet,” “Dead & Buried,” “Zombie Strippers,” “The Funhouse Massacre,” “C.H.U.D.: Bud the Chud,” TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares,” and many more.

1934 – Gilbert Cates, producer for “The Twilight Zone: Teacher’s Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour.”

1918 – Richard Crane, appeared in “The Alligator People,” “House of the Damned,” “The Devil’s Partner” and “The Neanderthal Man.”

DIED ON JUNE 6

2019 – Carl Schell, acted in “Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory.”

2005 – Anne Bancroft appeared in “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” “Gorilla At Large”.

2005 – Dana Elcar, appeared in “Fail Safe,” and played “Sheriff Patterson” on the original “Dark Shadows”.

1994 – Barry Sullivan who appeared in the TV pilot of “Night Gallery” and the film “Planet of the Vampires”.

1975 – George Worthing Yates wrote screenplays for “Them!,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and “The Amazing Colossal Man”.

1940 – E.E. Clive, appeared in “The Invisible Man [1933]” “Bride of Frankenstein” and “Dracula’s Daughter”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 6

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters [1954]
Night Tide [1961] – NYC
Invaders from Mars [1986]

The Sisterhood [2004}
Vampire Chicks with Chainsaws [2006]
The Omen [2006]
Zombeak [2006]
Beyond the Wall of Sleep [2006]
The Dead Walk [2008]

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JUNE 7

BORN ON JUNE 7

1964 – Judie Aronson, appeared in “Hannibal,” “The Sleeping Car,” “Weird Science,” “After Midnight” and “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”

1955 – William Forsythe, appeared in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Hack!” “I Am Fear,” “The Rig,” “Infected [2013],” “Sharkman,” “Larva – TV Movie,” “Inkubus” and more.

1952 – Liam Neeson, starred in “The Haunting [1999].”

1948 – Pamela Susan Shoop, actress in “Halloween II [1981],” “Empire of the Ants” and “Night Gallery – TV Series.”

1933 – Gary Kent, appeared in “The Thrill Killers,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Targets.”

1909 – Jessica Tandy, starred in “The Birds.”

DIED ON JUNE 7

2020 – Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor in “Whistle” and “Aake.”

2019 – Julie Anne Payne, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Graduating Class [1959].”

2019 – Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor – some of his films include “Who Can Kill a Child,” “The House That Screamed,” “Master of Horror,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1960],” “The Wax Figure,” “Trip Straight to Hell,” “The Man Who Returned from Death,” and many more.

2019 – Nonnie Griffin, actress in “The Believers,” and episodes of TV shows “Bitten,” “Forever Knight,” and “Strange Paradise.”

2019 – Lafayette Galvão, actor in “The Phantom of the Opera [1991].”

2019 – Ryszard Bugajski, directed episodes of “The Twilight Zone” in the 1980s.

2015 – Christopher Lee, one of the last gentleman of horror; appeared in countless films including “Count Dracula,” “Horror Express,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Wicker Man [1973],” “The City of the Dead,” “Psycho Circus,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and many more.

2012 – J. Michael Riva, art director for “Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks,” art department for “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” production designer for “Halloween II [1981] and “The Hand.”

2004 – Quorthon, Lead singer of Bathory considered as one of the pioneering figures of extreme metal genres, particularly black metal with the first Bathory album. He worked on the soundtrack for “Soul Looting and “Lords of Chaos – see track below.”

2003 – Trevor Goddard, appeared “Hollywood Vampyr,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Deep Rising” and more.

1966 – Dan Duryea, starred in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 7

Curse of the Werewolf [1961]

Shadow of the Cat [1961]
Taste the Blood of Dracula [1970]
The Legend of Boggy Creek [1972] – Canada
The Purge [2013]

Blood Relic [2005]
Hellraiser: Deader [2005]

Dracula II: Ascension [2003]

Hatchetman [2003]

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June 8

BORN ON JUNE 8

1984 – Torrey DeVitto, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Rite,” “Amy Makes Three” “The Hoaxing,” “Killer Movie,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer” and more.

1981 – Alex Band, appeared in the films “Doctor Mordrid” and “Puppet Master II.”

1977 – Nate Dushku, appeared in “The Zodiac,” “The Alphabet Killer” and “Blood Night.”

1973 – Lexa Doig, starred in “Jason X.”

1966 – Juliana Margulies, starred in “Ghost Ship [2002]” and “Snakes on a Plane.”

1961 – Clyde Klotz, art director for “When a Stranger Calls Back – TV Movie,” “The McPherson Tape – TV Movie,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series,” and production designer for “Final Days of Planet Earth.”

1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, wrote, appeared in and produced “Scary Movie 1 & 2.”

1955 – Griffin Dunne, appeared in the films “An American Werewolf in London” and “The Fan.”

1945 – Jack Sholder, director and writer of “Alone in the Dark,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “The Hidden,” “The Omen – TV Movie” “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Arachnid,” “12 Days of Terror” and more.

1939 – Bernie Casey, starred in “Dr. Black & Mr. Hyde” and appeared in “Gargoyles [1972].”

1931 – Dana Wynter who appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “The Questor Tapes.”

1923 – Myron Healey, starred in “The Unearthly,” “Varan the Unbelievable” and “The Incredible Melting Man.”

1910 – John W. Campbell, wrote the novel “Who Goes There?” on which the “The Thing From Another World [1951]” and The Thing [1982] was based.

1893 – Ernest B. Schoedsack, produced and directed “King Kong” and “Son of Kong” as well as directed “Mighty Joe Young” and “Dr. Cyclops.”

DIED ON JUNE 8

2020 – Marion Hänsel, actress in “Fantômas – Episode: L’étreinte du diable [1980].”

2012 – Frank Cady, appeared in “Monster Squad – TV Series,” “7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” “The Bad Seed,” “When Worlds Collide” and many more.

2006 – Robert Donner, appeared in “The Horror at 37,000 Feet.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 8

Eegah [1962] – Atlanta, GA
Ghostbusters [1984]
Gremlins [1984]
May [2002] – Florida & Seattle Film Festivals
Countess Dracula’s Orgy of Blood [2004]

Fangoria: Blood Drive [2004]
Tomb of the Werewolf [2004]
Hostel: Part 2 [2007]

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June 9

BORN ON JUNE 9

1981 – Natalie Portman, starred in “Annihilation” and produced “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”

1980 – James DeBello, who starred in the films “Ghouls,” and “Cabin Fever.”

1963 – Johnny Depp, starred in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “The Ninth Gate,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “From Hell,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Tusk,” also on the soundtrack for both “Dark Shadows” and “Sweeney Todd.”

1961 – Michael J. Fox starred in “The Frighteners,” “Mars Attacks!” and “Teen Wolf.”

1951 – James Newton Howard, composer for “Flatliners,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Stir of Echoes,” soundtrack for “Split” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

1927 – R. Wright Campbell wrote the screenplays for “Teenage Caveman,” “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”

1910 – Bernard Woolner, producer for “Attack of the 50 ft. Woman,” and “Hillbillies in a Haunted House.”

DIED ON JUNE 9

2014 – Rik Mayall, appeared in “An American Werewolf in London,” “Shock Treatment,” “Cold Dark,” “The Legend of Harrow Woods,” “Evil Calls,” “Highway to Hell” and more.

1993 – Peter Coe who appeared in “House of Frankenstein” and “The Mummy’s Curse”.

1990 – James Carreras, the founder of Hammer Films and served as production manager on “The Curse of Frankenstein [1957].”

1985 – Clifford Evans, appeared in Hammer films’ “The Curse of the Werewolf” and “The Kiss of the Vampire.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 9

The Invisible Man’s Revenge [1944] – Los Angeles
Damien: Omen II [1989]
Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil [1993]
Congo [1995]

Alien Agenda: Endangered Species [1998]

American Psycho II: All American Girl [2002]
Zombie Farm [2007] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival

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JUNE 10

BORN ON JUNE 10

1983 – Leelee Sobieski, starred in “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Night Train” and “In a Dark Place.”

1978 – DJ Qualls, appeared in “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Cherry Falls,” “The Core” and more.

1978 – Shane West, who starred in “Dracula 2000,” “Here Alone,” “Red Sands,” “The Presence” and “Salem – TV Series.”

1962 – Gina Gershon, appeared in “Voodoo Dawn” and “Demonlover”.

1955 – Andrew Stevens, appeared in “The Fury,” “Massacre at Central High” and the TV movie, “The Werewolf of Woodstock.”

1947 – Yuriko Hishimi, appeared in “Godzilla vs. Gigan”.

1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, appeared in “Primeval,” “House of the Dead,” “Dark Asylum,” “Ripper,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and “The Keep”.

1939 – Alexandra Stewart, appeared in “Black Moon,” “The Uncanny” and “Phobia.”

1927 – José Luis Merino, directed “Scream of the Demon Lover” and “Beyond the Living Dead.”

1922 – Judy Garland, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005]” song “Get Happy.”

1920 – Lou Frizzel, appeared in “The Other” and the TV movie “Duel.”

DIED ON JUNE 10

2020 – Sarunyu Wongkrachang, appeared in “13: Game of Death.”

2020 – Alice Bueñaflor Lake, appeared in “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Lovingly Yours, Helen- TV Movie,” “Kill Barbara with Panic,” “Demons [2000],” “Séance,” “Morgue” and more.

2020 – William Hale, director for “The Demon Murder Case – TV Movie” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”

2019 – Crazy Mohan, writer for “Devil 2 [2019].”

2019 – Girish Karnad, acted in “Nandhini” and “Chandrika.”

2019 – Yuzuru Fujimoto, acted in “Sword for the Truth,” “Judge,” and 2 episodes of “Bleach [2006].”

1996 – Jo Van Fleet, starred in Satan’s School For Girls [1973] and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller” and “Inner Sanctum”.

1993 – Richard Webb, appeared in “Hillbillies in the Haunted House,” “Beware the Blob” and the TV movie “The Werewolf of Woodstock”.

1971 – Michael Rennie who starred in the films “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Assignment Terror” and “The Lost World”.

1969 – Frank Lawton, appeared in the films “The Devil Doll” and “The Invisible Ray”.

1967 – Spencer Tracy, played the title role in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 10

The Believers [1987]
Poltergeist III [1988]
Embryo [2001]

High Tension [2003]
Bloodsucking Redneck Vampires [2004]
Rottweiler [2004]
High Tension [2005]
The Slaughter [2006]
Leeds Point [2008] – Hoboken International Film Festival

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JUNE 11

BORN ON JUNE 11

1988 – Claire Holt, starred in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow” and “47 Meters Down.”

1986 – Shia LaBeouf, who starred in “Disturbia,” “Constantine” and “Maniac.”

1978 – Joshua Jackson who starred in the films “Shutter” “Scream 2,” “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”

1949 – Sherman Howard, starred in “Day of the Dead,” “The Stand – TV Mini-Series,” “Dark Angel,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and many more.

1945 – Adrienne Barbeau, starred in “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Unearth,” “Two Evil Eyes,” “The Thing [1982],” “Death House,” “Hoax,” “Gates of Darkness,” “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019) – By Baron Craze – The Horror Times,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Escape From New York” and more.

1933 – Gene Wilder, starred in “Haunted Honeymoon” and “Young Frankenstein.”

1922 – John Bromfield, appeared in “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon,” “Manfish” and “Revenge of the Creature.”

1919 – Richard Todd, appeared in “House of the Long Shadows,” “Bloodbath” and “Asylum.”

1914 – Dudley Manlove, appeared in “Plan Nine from Outer Space” and “Creation of the Humanoids.”

1914 – Gerald Mohr, starred in “The Angry Red Planet,” “The Monster and the Girl”.

1909 – Paul Schreibman, produced the American versions of “First Spaceship on Venus” and “Gigantis the Fire Monster.”

DIED ON JUNE 11

2020 – Mel Winkler, appeared in “Full Eclipse – TV Movie” and “Maniacts.”

2020 – Rosa María Sardà, actress in “Rojo sangre.”

2020 – Dennis Joseph O’Neil, comic book artist for ““Devil Night” – Haunt of Horror August, 1973” and “Chamber of Darkness #3–5 [1970].”

2007 – Mala Powers, starred in “Unknown Terror,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Doomsday Machine”.

2005 – Robert Clarke, wrote, produced, directed and starred in “The Hideous Sun Demon,” “The Astounding She Monster,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Body Snatcher”.

2003 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream, Blacula, Scream,” and “Abby”.

1979 – John Wayne, starred in “Haunted Gold.”

1966 – Wallace Ford, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand,” Freaks [1932], “The Ape Man” and “The Mummy’s Tomb”.

1956 – Ralph Morgan, appeared in “The Monster and the Ape,” “The Creeper” and “Weird Woman”.

1936 – Robert E. Howard, writer for “Solomon Kane” and “Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 11

The Oblong Box [1969]
Humongous [1982]
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart [1992] – USA video premiere
Jurassic Park [1993]
Open Water [2004] – Waterfront Film Festival
The Stepford Wives [2004]

Ice Road Terror [2011]

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JUNE 12

BORN ON JUNE 12

1989 – Valentina de Angelis, appeared in “Malibu Horror Story,” “The Midnight Game,” “Camp Hell” and “Bereavement.”

1988 – Cody Horn, starred in “Demonic” and “Occupant.”

1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, appeared in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Scary Movie 4.”

1974 – Jason Mewes, appeared in “Halloweed,” “Devil’s Tower,” “Zombie Hamlet,” “Vampire Apocalypse,” “Feast,” “Scream 3”, and more.

1964 – Paula Marshall, appeared in “Full Eclipse”, “Warlock: The Armageddon”, “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.

1953 – Gary Farmer, appeared in “Sawtooth,” “Route 666,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “The Dark Wind,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Believers” and more.

1928 – Bernie Hamilton, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”

1919 – Uta Hagen, appeared in “The Other.”

1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, Producer and co-founder of American International Pictures – some of his films include “The Visitor,” “The Haunting [1999],” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Q,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “The Town that Dreaded Sundown,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and many more.

DIED ON JUNE 12

2020 – Wlodzimierz Bednarski, actor in the video games “The Witcher” and “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.”

2019 – Sylvia Miles, acted in “The Funhouse,” “The Sentinel,” and “Violent Midnight.”

2019 – Juan José Alonso Millán, writer for “The National Mummy” and an episode of “After the Closed Door [1964]”

2015 – Rick Ducommun, appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Brimstone – TV Series,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Little Monsters” and more.

2014 – Carla Laemmle, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and in the original 1931 “Dracula.”

2006 – Hugh Latimer, who appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Cosmic Monster”.

2003 – Gregory Peck, starred in “The Omen,” “Cape Fear” 1962, and appeared in the 1991 version.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 12

Rosemary’s Baby [1968] – NYC
Count Yorga, Vampire [1970]
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage [1970]
Predator [1987]
The Witches of Eastwick [1987]
Witchcraft 8: Salem’s Ghost [1996]
Forest of the Dead [2007]
What Really Frightens You [2009]
Doghouse [2009]

Black Rain [2009]

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