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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MAY 1

Marc Dudicourt

May 6, 1932 – May 1, 2021

Actor:

Don’t Deliver Us from Evil [1971]

Olympia Dukakis

June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021

Actress:

Sisters [1972]

Mother [1995]

Tom Hickey

1944 – May 1, 2021

Actor:

Gothic [1986]

Willy Kurant

February 15, 1934 – May 1, 2021

Cinematographer:

The Incredible Melting Man [1977]

The Sitter [1977] – Short

Mama Dracula [1980]

John Paul Leon

April 26, 1972 – May 1, 2021

Comic Book Artist:

Hellblazer #229 [2007]

American Vampire – Anthology #1 [2013]

Robocop – with John Arcudi in Dark Horse Comics #1-3 [1992]

MAY 2

Joel Chadabe

December 12, 1938 – May 2, 2021

Composer:

The Dead Tree Hotel [2007] – Short

MAY 3

Lloyd Price

March 9, 1933 – May 3, 2021

Soundtrack:

Basket Case 3 [1991]

MAY 4

Chuck Hicks

December 26, 1927 – May 4, 2021

Actor:

Creature with the Atom Brain [1955]

Zombies of Mora Tau [1957]

The Hound of the Baskervilles [1972] – TV Movie

Beyond Evil [1980]

Screen Kill [1997 Video] – Production Manager

Route 666 [2001]

The Ring [2002]

Hood of Horror [2006]

Legion [2010]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: Ten O’Clock Tiger [1962]

The Twilight Zone – Episode: Steel [1963]

Stunts:

Vampire Knights [1988]

Bride of Re-Animator [1990]

Servants of Twilight [1991]

Warlock: The Armageddon [1993]

Flight of the Living Dead [2007]

MAY 5

Sripradha

1967 – May 5, 2021

Actress:

Deadly Corpse [1989]

Devil’s Domain [1990]

The Final Scream [1991]

The Zee Horror Show – Episode: Raat

Hatyarin [1991]

Roohani Taaqat [1991]

Insaan Bana Shaitan [1992]

Khoon Ki Pyasi [1996]

Daayen [1997]

Pret Atma [1997]

Khooni Mahal [1998]

Bhayaanak Panjaa [2003]

Feđa Stojanović

January 31, 1948 – May 5, 2021

Actor:

T.T. Syndrome [2002]

Flirt [2005]

MAY 6

Guillermo Murray

June 15, 1927 – May 6, 2021

Actor:

The World of the Vampires [1961]

La huella macabre – aka “The Macabre Footprint” [1963]

Los murciélagos – aka “Bats” [1964]

The Chinese Room [1968]

Six Tickets to Hell [1981]

Outside the Law [1998]

Pandu

February 19, 1947 – May 6, 2021

Actor:

Kanchana 2 [2015]

MAY 7

Shankanada Aravind

1950 – May 7, 2021

Actor:

Aparichita [1978]

Tawny Kitaen

August 5, 1961 – May 7, 2021

Actress:

Witchboard [1986]

Jamal Salameh

October 5, 1945 – May 7, 2021

Composer:

A Trip of Terror [1981]

MAY 8

Jean-Claude Romer

January 19, 1933 – May 8, 2021

Actor:

Seven Women for Satan [1976]

Litan [1982] – Writer

Baby Blood [1990]

Time Demon [1996]

MAY 9

Neil Connery

December 16, 1938 – May 9, 2021

Actor:

The Body Stealers [1969]

MAY 11

Madampu Kunjukuttan

June 23, 1941 – May 11, 2021

Actor:

Agninakshathram [2004]

Writer:

Subhadram [2007]

Norman Lloyd

November 8, 1914 – May 11, 2021

Director/Producer:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents [1955–1962]

Actor:

Audrey Rose [1977]

Jaws of Satan [1981]

Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes [1989] – TV Movie

The Omen [1995] – TV Movie

The Twilight Zone – Episode: A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot [1986]

Night Gallery – Episode: Lindemann’s Catch/A Feast of Blood/The Late Mr. Peddington [1972]

Nellai Siva

January 16, 1952 – May 11, 2021

Actor:

Pei Irukka Bayamen [2021]

MAY 12

Blackie Dammett

December 7, 1939 – May 12, 2021

Actor:

Class Reunion [1982]

The American Scream [1988]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: A Very Happy Ending [1986]

MAY 14

Sándor Balassa

January 20, 1935 – May 14, 2021

Music Department:

Yöjuttu: Merkitty – aka “Night Story: Marked” [1984] – TV Movie

Jaime Garza

January 28, 1954 – May 14, 2021

Actor:

Dinastia sangrienta – aka “Blood Dynasty” [1988]

The Bloody Monks [1989]

MAY 15

Roy Scammell

July 28, 1932 – May 15, 2021

Actor:

Psycho-Circus [1966]

The Death Wheelers [1973]

The Girl from Starship Venus [1975]

Stunts:

Horror Hospital [1973]

Alien [1979]

Saturn 3 [1980]

Venom [1981]

Tell Him Next Year [2010] – Short

Seize the Night [2015]

MAY 16

Gladys Cáceres

April 30, 1924 – May 16, 2021

Actress:

Ángel Rebelde – Episode: Ángel rebelde [2004]

René Cardona III

1962 – May 16, 2021

Director:

Vacations of Terror [1989] – Actor, Writer

Alarido del terror – aka “A Roar of Terror” [1991] – Writer, Producer

Pesadilla fatal – aka “Fatal Nightmare” [1991]

Colmillos, el hombre lobo – aka “Fangs, the Werewolf” [1993]

El asesino del teatro – aka “The Theatre Killer” [1996]

Actor:

Cyclone [1978]

The Bermuda Triangle [1978]

Cemetery of Terror [1985]

Beaks: The Movie [1987]

D. Chandran

1937 – May 16, 2021

Actor:

Junoon [1992]

MAY 17

Amarendra Mohanty

February 6, 1958 – May 17, 2021

Composer:

Putuler Protisodh [1998]

Nitish Veera

1976 – May 17, 2021

Actor:

Airaa [2019]

MAY 18

Franco Battiato

March 23, 1945 – May 18, 2021

Actor:

Baby Yaga [1973]

Vladimir Fyodorov

February 19, 1939 – May 18, 2021

Actor:

Savage Hunt of King Stakh [1980]

Charles Grodin

April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021

Actor:

Rosemary’s Baby [1968]

King Kong [1976]

MAY 19

David Anthony Kraft

May 31, 1952 – May 19, 2021

Comic Book Writer:

Swamp Thing #24 [1976]

Tales of the Zombie #8 [1974]

Giant-Size Dracula #4-5 [1975]

Haunt of Horror #5 [1975]

Paul Mooney

August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021

Actor:

Meet the Blacks [2016]

MAY 20

Samir Ghanem

January 15, 1937 – May 20, 2021

Actor:

2, 1, 0 [1974]

Love and Revenge…With a Meat Cleaver [1992]

MAY 22

Vijay Patil – AKA “Raamlaxman”

September 16, 1942 – May 22, 2021

Composer/Soundtrack:

100 Days [1991]

MAY 23

Gerardo Moscoso

February 24, 1945 – May 23, 2021

Actor:

¡Mátenme porque me muero! – aka “Kill Me Because I Am Dying” [1991]

Cronos [1993]

All of them Witches [1996]

MAY 24

Desiree Gould

March 27, 1945 – May 24, 2021

Actress:

Sleepaway Camp [1983]

Under Surveillance [2006]

Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula’s Lawyer [2010]

Tales of Poe [2014]

Robert Hall

November 27, 1973 – May 24, 2021

Director:

Laid to Rest [2009]

Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 [2011]

Fear Clinic [2014] – TV Series

Actor:

The Doorway [2000]

Quarantine [2008] – Make-Up

Make-Up Department:

Mary [2019]

Body Snatchers [1993]

Night of the Scarecrow [1995]

The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996]

Wishmaster [1997]

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter [1999]

Ghosts of Mars [2001]

Crocodile 2: Death Swamp [2002]

Dead Birds [2004]

Frankenfish [2004] – TV Movie

House of the Dead 2 [2005] – TV Movie

Vacancy [2007]

Prom Night [2008]

The Burrowers [2008]

Point Pleasant [2009]

Red Sands [2009]

Devil [2010]

Paranoarmal Activity 2 [2010]

The Crazies [2010]

Locke & Key [2011] – TV Movie

Paranormal Activity 3 [2011]

Quarantine 2: Terminal [2011]

John Dies at the End [2012]

No One Lives [2012]

Paranormal Activity 4 [2012]

The Collection [2012]

Wer [2013]

Area 51 [2015]

Bedeviled [2016]

Halloween [2018]

MAY 26

Ben Kruger

March 25, 1957 – May 26, 2021

Actor:

Snake Island [2002]

Paul Soles

August 11, 1930 – May 26, 2021

Actor:

Shadow Builder [1998]

The Hidden Room – Episode: Little Nightmares, Little Dreams [1991]

MAY 27

Shane Briant

August 17, 1946 – May 27, 2021

Actor:

Demons of the Mind [1972]

The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973] – TV Movie

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter [1974]

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell [1974]

Cassandra [1987]

Out of the Body [1989]

Subterano [2003]

David Butler

March 1, 1960 – May 27, 2021

Actor:

Friend Request [2016]

Room 9 [2012–2013] -TV Series

Dead Places [2021–] – TV Series

Violetta Elvin

November 3, 1924 – May 27, 2021

Actress:

The Queen of Spades [1949]

Robert Hogan

September 28, 1933 – May 27, 2021

Actor:

Species II [1998]

The Twilight Zone – Episode: Spur of the Moment [1964]

Night Gallery – Episode: Midnight Never Ends/Brenda [1971]

Lorina Kamburova

October 25, 1991 – May 27, 2021

Actress:

Day of the Dead: Bloodline [2017]

Leatherface [2017]

Nightworld: Door of Hell [2017]

Doom: Annihilation [2019]

MAY 29

Maurice Capovilla

January 16, 1936 – May 29, 2021

Actor:

Awakening of the Beast [1970]

John Gregg

1940 – May 29, 2021

Actor:

Dead of Night – Episode: Two in the Morning [1972]

Armchair Thriller – Episode: The Girl Who Walked Quickly: Part 1 [1978]

Armchair Thriller – Episode: The Girl Who Walked Quickly: Part 2 [1978]

Armchair Thriller – Episode: The Girl Who Walked Quickly: Part 3 [1978]

Joe Lara

October 2, 1962 – May 29, 2021

Actor:

Night Wars [1988]

The Presence [1992] – TV Movie

Gavin MacLeod

February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021

Actor:

The Munsters – Episode: The Sleeping Cutie [1964]

MAY 31

Arlene Golonka

January 23, 1936 – May 31, 2021

Actress:

The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: The Impersonation Murder Case [1975]

Skeletons [1997] – TV Movie