JUNE 20
BORN ON JUNE 20
1971 – Josh Lucas, starred in “She Dies Tomorrow,” “Thinner,” “Child of Darkness, Child of Light – TV Movie,” “Session 9,″ “American Psycho,” and “Tell Tale.”
1968 – Robert Rodriguez directed the films “From Dusk Til Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Sin City,” “Planet Terror” “Grindhouse,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.
1967 – Nicole Kidman starred in “The Others,” “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “Dead Calm,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Invasion”.
1952 – John Goodman, starred in “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Captive State,” “Red State,” “Arachnophobia” and “C.H.U.D.”
1947 – Candy Clark, appeared in “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “The Blob [1988],” “Zodiac [2007],” “Amityville 3D” and “Cat’s Eye.”
1933 – Brett Halsey, starred in “Return of the Fly,” and appeared in “Revenge of the Creature” and “Twice Told Tales.”
1928 – Martin Landau, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Without Warning,” “The Being,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Ed Wood” and more.
1919 – Bruce Gordon, appeared in “Curse of the Undead,” “Tower of London” and “Piranha.”
1909 – Robb White, wrote screenplays for “Macabre,” “The Tingler,” House On Haunted Hill [1959], 13 Ghosts [1960], “Homicidal,” the story for “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and “Thir13en Ghosts” with his characters being the creation of Return to House on Haunted Hill [2007].
DIED ON JUNE 20
2020 – Charles Philip Latham, actor in “Dracula: Prince of Darkness.”
2019 – Eduardo Verchez Garcia, actor in “Blood of the Vampires,” “Devil Woman,” “Beast of Blood,” “Living Dead,” “The Twilight People,” “Predictive Blood,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” and many more.
2019 – William Roderick Collins, appeared in “Howling III.”
1986 – Tim Herbert, who appeared in “The Boston Strangler” and “Duel”.
1984 – Estelle Winwood, starred in “The Cabinet of Calagari”.
1978 – Mark Robson, directed “Isle of The Dead,” “The 7th Victim” and “Bedlam”.
1961 – Jack Dawn, make-up for “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 20
The Invasion of the Vampires [1963] – Mexico
Jaws [1975]
The Hearse [1980]
Girls Nite Out aka “The Scaremaker” [1982]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1997] – Chicago, IL
Terror Firmer [1999] – New York City
Demon Under Glass [2002]
Dead Rising: Endgame [2016]
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JUNE 21
BORN ON JUNE 21
1978 – Erica Durance, appeared in “The Untold,” and “House of the Dead.”
1971 – Juliette Lewis starred in “Ma,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The 4th Floor,” “Sacred Lies – TV Series” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1964 – David Morrissey, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series” and “The Reaping.”
1947 – Michael Gross, starred in “Tremors” and all the sequels as well as the short-lived TV series of the same name.
1940 – Mariette Hartley, starred in “The Return of Count Yorga,” and the TV movies “The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t” and “Earth II.”
1944 – Tony Scott, directed “The Hunger [1983],” “The Hunger – TV Series” and producer for “Tell Tale.”
1917 – Russell Wade appeared in “The Body Snatcher,” “Ghost Ship” and “The Leopard Man.”
DIED ON JUNE 21
2020 – Jürgen Holtz, appeared in “Love, Death and the Railroad – TV Movie” and “Hamlet X.”
2019 – William Simons, actor in “The Witchmaker,” “Necromancy,” “The Killing Kind,” and the TV Movie “The Woman in Black.”
2015 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
2013 – Diane Clare, actress in “The Haunting [1963],” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Witchcraft,” “The Vulture” and “Beast of Morocco.”
2010 – Bobby Walker, part of the art department on the “Son of Svengoolie” show.
2001 – Carroll O’Connor, starred in the TV movie “Fear No Evil” and episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 21
The Ghost Breakers [1940]
Frenzy [1972]
Beware the Blob! [1972]
Lifeforce [1985]
Children of The Corn V: Field of Terror [1998]
Dahmer [2002] – Los Angeles
2001 Maniacs [2005] – DVD premiere
The Abandoned [2007] – Portugal
Child’s Play [2019]
Ouija Room [2019]
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JUNE 22
BORN ON JUNE 22
1981 – Amanda Brooks, appeared in “Chillerama” and episodes of “The Birch.”
1968 – Paula Irvine, starred in “Phantasm II,” “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead” and “Bates Motel – TV Movie].”
1965 – Uwe Boll, writer/producer/director, whose films include “House of the Dead,” “Seed,” “The Profane Exhibit,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Bloodrayne” and more.
1963 – Heidi Kozak, appeared in “Society”, “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Slumber Party Massacre II” and “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
1962 – Nicholas Lea, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series” “V – TV Series” and more.
1958 – Bruce Campbell, starred in “The Evil Dead [1981],” “Army of Darkness,” “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series,” “Bubba Ho-Tep,” “Maniac Cop,” “The Wretched,” and many more.
1953 – Cyndi Lauper, soundtrack for “The Talisman” and the TV Show “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate.”
1941 – Michael Lerner, appeared in “Strange Invaders,” “Godzilla [1998]” and “Anguish.”
1920 – Paul Frees, voice of the “Ghost Host” in Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
1914 – Tim Herbert, appeared in “Soylent Green,” the TV movies “Duel” and “The Boston Strangler.”
DIED ON JUNE 22
2020 – Joel T. Schumacher, directed “Blood Creek,” “Flatliners” and “The Lost Boys.”
1988 – Bramwell Fletcher, starred in “The Mummy [1932],” and “The Undying Monster.”
1987 – Fred Astaire, starred in “Ghost Story”.
1983 – David MacDonald, directed “Devil Girl from Mars,” the 1968 TV movie “Jack the Ripper” and “The Veil” TV series.
1969 – Judy Garland, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005]” song “Get Happy.”
1965 – David O. Selznick, producer for “King Kong [1933],” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Thirteen Women” and suggested character for “Dracula’s Daughter.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 22
The Lost World [1925]
It Came from Beneath the Sea [1955]
Alien [1979]
Nightwing [1979]
Robocop 2 [1990]
Scooby Doo And The Loch Ness Monster [2004]
1408 [2007]
The Wizard of Gore [2007]
Fish Bait: The Movie [2009]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [2012]
Antisocial 2 [2015] – Turkey
The Rezort [2015]
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JUNE 23
BORN ON JUNE 23
1976 – Emmanuelle Vaugier, who appeared in “Ripper,” “Unearthed,” “Saw II & IV” and more.
1974 – Joel Edgerton, has starred in “It Comes at Night,” “The Gift,” “Acolytes” and “The Thing [2011].”
1972 – Selma Blair, has appeared in “Hellboy,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”, “The Fog [2005],” “Scream 2,” “Mom and Dad,” “In Their Skin” and more.
1969 – Martin Klebba, appeared in the three “Feast” films, “Van Helsing,” “Eliose [2016],” “Range 15,” “Blood Shot,” “Clown Motel: Spirts Arise,” “House of Mirrors” and more.
1962 – Billy Wirth, appeared in “Lost Boys,” “Seven Mummies,” “Body Snatchers,” “Echoes,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1962 – Kevin Yagher, makeup effects artist worked on “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and also created the “Chucky” animatronic puppet for the “Child’s Play” films.
1959 – Duane Whitaker, appeared in “The Devil’s Rejects,” “3 From Hell,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Feast,” “Hobogoblins,” “Night of the Scarecrow,” “American Nightmares” and more.
1957 – Frances McDormand, starred in “Blood Simple” and “Dark Man.”
1955 – Glenn Danzig, musician and avid horror fan was the lead singer of horror punk band The Misfits, which sung almost exclusively about horror movies and later went on to form the bands Samhain and Danzig, also director of “Verotika [2019].”
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1953 – Russell Mulchay, directed “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Razorback,” “Resurrection,” and writer for “Bait,”
1930 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga.”
1915 – Dennis Price, appeared in “Son of Dracula,” “Theater of Blood,” “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein,” “Drácula contra Frankenstein,” “Horror on Snape Island,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Horror House” and many more.
1900 – Jack Shea, appeared in “Satan’s Satellites” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
1884 – Werner Krauss, appeared in the 1926 version of “The Student of Prague” and in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON JUNE 23
2019 – Andrey Igorevich Kharitonov, directed “Zazda strasti.”
2015 – Dick Van Patten, appeared in “Beware! The Blob,” “Groom Lake,” “Violent Midnight,” “The Midnight Hour” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2013 – Richard Matheson, acclaimed writer of such novels and screenplays as “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” “Burn, Witch, Burn,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “I Am Legend,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “‘It’s Alive!’” “Duel,” “The Night Stalker,” “The Legend of Hell House” and many more.
2006 – Aaron Spelling, created and produced many TV series and movies including “Kindred; The Embraced,” “Crowhaven Farm” and “Satan’s School For Girls.”
1998 – Maureen O’Sullivan, starred in “The Devil-Doll”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 23
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy [1955]
Terror-Creatures from the Grave [1965] – Italy
Ben [1972]
Logan’s Run [1976]
The Sender [1998] – Greece video premiere
Hobgoblins 2 [2009]
Legend of the Bog [2009]
Arachnoquake [2012]
The Facility [2012] – UK
Rebound [2014]
Jurassic Prey [2015]
Damned Memory [2016]
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JUNE 24
BORN ON JUNE 24
1980 – Minka Kelly, appeared in “The Pumpkin Karver” and “Devil’s Highway.”
1969 – Jensen Daggett, starred in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.”
1958 – Tommy “Tiny” Lister, appeared in “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Dracula 3000″ and “Vegas Vampires.”
1950 – Nancy Allen, starred in “Dressed To Kill,” “Robocop, “Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return” and “Carrie.”
1947 – Peter Weller, starred in “Robocop,” “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai,” “Screamers [1999]” and “Leviathan.”
1936 – Paul L. Smith, appeared in “Haunted Honeymoon,” “Crimewave,” “Dune,” “Pieces” and more.
1891 – Irving Pichel appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed “The Most Dangerous Game.”
1842 – Ambrose Bierce, wrote the story on which the “Twilight Zone” episode “An Occurrence At Owl Creek” was based.
DIED ON JUNE 24
2019 – William Eugene Burrows Jr. [Stage Name: Billy Drago], actor “Night of the Templar,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Tremors 4: The Legend Begins,” “Vamp,” “Children of the Corn: Genesis,” and more.
2014 – Eli Wallach, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series,” “The Sentinel,” “Lights Out – TV Series” and more.
2003 – Alex Gordon, produced “The She Creature,”” and “Voodoo Woman.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 24
The Masque of the Red Death [1964] – USA & UK
Ruby [1977]
Twilight Zone the Movie [1983]
Land of the Dead [2005]
Flight of the Living Dead [2007]
Desert of Blood [2008]
No Place Like Home [2008]
The Shallows [2016]
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JUNE 25
BORN ON JUNE 25
1975 – Linda Cardellini, starred as “The Curse of La Llorna” and “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.”
1961 – Timur Bekmambetov, Writer/producer/director on films “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” “Night Watch” and “Day Watch.”
1951 – Ernest R. Dickerson, cinematographer and director of “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series” and “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”
1930 – George Murdock, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II,” “Nightmare Classics – TV Series,” “Night Gallery – TV Series” and more.
DIED ON JUNE 25
2019 – Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli, appeared in “Bewitched [1969].”
2019 – Bryan Marshall, acted in “The Witches,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Quatermass and the Pit,” and episodes of “Thriller [1973],” and “Tales of the Unexpected [1983].”
2015 – Patrick Macnee starred in “The Howling,” “Waxwork,” “Waxwork 2: Lost In Time,” “Transformations” and many more.
2009 – Farrah Fawcett, starred in “Saturn 3” “Logan’s Run”.
2009 – Michael Jackson, wrote and starred in “Thriller.”
1937 – Colin Clive, starred in 1931 “Frankenstein,” “Bride of Frankenstein” and “Mad Love,” in 1935.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 25
Robot Monster [1953]
The Giant Gila Monster [1959] – Dallas, TX
The Killer Shrews [1959] – Dallas, TX
Night Creatures [1962] – UK
The Phantom of the Opera [1962] – UK
The Omen [1976]
Dracula Rises [1982]
The Thing [1982]
Abduction 101 [2019]
Yummy [2019]
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JUNE 26
BORN ON JUNE 26
1951 – Robert Davi, appeared in “Feast of Fear,” “Sicilian Vampire,” “Swamp Shark,” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Predator 2” and more.
1946 – Leo Rossi, appeared in “Mutant Species,” “Maniac Cop,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Relentless,” “Dead On: Relentless II,” “Relentless 3,” “Halloween II [1981]” and more.
1938 – Francisco Nicholson, writer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”
1922 – Dick Smith, Makeup effects wizard, techniques in such films as “Dark Shadows [TV Series]”, “The Exorcist”, “The Sentinel”, “Altered States”, “Ghost Story”, “Spasms,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Scanners,” and many more.
1913 – Harold F. Kress, editor for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “The Swarm.”
1904 – Peter Lorre, starred in “The Comedy of Terrors,” “The Raven,” “Route 66 – TV Series,” “Tales of Terror,” “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” “The Beast with Five Fingers” and “Mad Love”.
DIED ON JUNE 26
2020 – Faqir Nabi, appeared in “Aatma.”
2020 – Kelly Adam Asbury, animation for “The Addams Family [2019]” and art department for “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
2020 – Ramon Revilla, appeared in “Pepeng Agimat,” “The Mysterious World of Elias Panik,” “Fight, Satan” and “Night of Darkness.”
2020 – Taryn Stephanie Power, actress in “The Sea Serpent.”
2020 – Stuart Cornfeld, producer for “Vamps,” “The Ruins,” “Mimic,” “The Fly [1986],” “The Fly II” and also appeared in “Ravager.”
2019 – Édith Scob, actress in “Eyes Without a Face,” “Fantasmagorie,” “The Detour,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” and episodes of “The Bloody Doll.”
2019 – Douglas Fielding, appeared in an episode of “Mystery and Imagination called ‘Feet Foremost’ [1968].”
2019 – George Edward Maxwell Wright, actor in various episodes of “Tales from the Darkside,” “The Stand,” and “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1996].”
2001 – William Bryant, appeared in “Death Scream,” “Experiment in Terror,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea” and more.
1981 – Don Megowan, appeared in “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Creation of the Humanoids,” “Tales of Frankenstein,” “The Werewolf,” “The Creature Walks Among Us” and more.
FILM RELEASED ON June 26
Machete Maidens Unleashed [2011]
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