JULY 25

BORN ON JULY 25

1987 – Michael Welch, appeared in “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane,” “Hansel & Gretel Get Baked,” “The Final Wish,” “The Demented” and more.

1985 – Ashley Bell, appears in “Carnage Park,” “The Last Exorcism,” “The Last Exorcism Part II,” “Witch Hunt,” “Voices,” “The Day,” “Psychopaths” and more.

1985 – Shantel VanSanten, appeared in “Something Wicked” and “The Final Destination.”

1973 – David Denman, appeared in “Brightburn,” “The Gift,” “Shutter,” “When a Stranger Calls,” “Outcast – TV Series,” “Night Stalker – TV Series,” “The X-Files TV Series” and more.

1968 – Michael Karen, director for “Falshback” and the TV Movie “Killer Bees.”

1965 – Illeana Douglas, appeared in the films “Otis,” and “Stir of Echoes”.

1943 – Irwin Yablans, executive producer for the first three “Halloween” films, “Hell Night” and “Fade to Black.”

1929 – Al Adamson, Actor/producer/director whose credits included “Horror of the Blood Monsters,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Blood of Ghastly Horror.”

DIED ON JULY 25

2020 – John Saxon, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Queen of Blood [1966],” “Blood Beach,” “Death House,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Hellmaster,” “The Arrival,” “Beyond Evil,” “The Evil Eye,” “Cannibals in the Streets” and many more.

2020 – Božena Böhmová, appeared in the TV Movie “Hrabe Drakula.”

2020 – Turíbio Ruiz, appeared in “The Hour of Fear” and “Horas Fatais.”

2005 – Ford Rainey, appeared in a “Halloween II [1981],” “A Howling in the Woods,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many more.

2003 – John Schlesinger, directed the films “The Believers.”

2000 – Don Weis, directed for TV shows “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Freddy’s Nightmares” and the TV film “The Munster’s Revenge.”

1984 – Akihiko Hirata, appeared in “Godzilla [1954],” “Godzilla, King of the Monsters! [1956],” “Rodan,” “The Mysterians,” “The H-Man,” “Daikaijû Baran,” “Mothra,” “Gorath,” “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Atragon,” “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and many more.

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 25

Haunted Honeymoon [1986]
Maximum Overdrive [1986]

Last Gasp [1995]

Beyond Re-Animator [2003]
The X Files: I Want to Believe [2008]
GoatSucker [2009] – Madisonville, KY

Lavalantula [2015]

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JULY 26

BORN ON JULY 26

1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, starred in “Animal [2014].”

1973 – Kate Beckinsale, starred in “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld Awakening”, “Vacancy” and “Van Helsing.”

1964 – Sandra Bullock, starred in “Bird Box” and “The Vanishing.”

1959 – Kevin Spacey, starred in “Se7en”.

1950 – Susan George, appeared in “The Sorcerers” and “The House Where Evil Dwells.”

1945 – Helen Mirren, starred in “Winchester” and appeared in episodes of “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Hidden Room.”

1944 – Celeste Yarnall, appeared in “The Velvet Vampire.”

1928 – Stanley Kubrick, directed “The Shining,” “A Clockwork Orange” and others.

1926 – James Best, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “The Killer Shrews.”

1922 – Anna Berger, appeared in “Lost Souls.”

1922 – Jason Robards, appeared in “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.

DIED ON JULY 26

2020 – Olivia de Havilland, actress in “Lady in a Cage,” The Screaming Woman” and “The Swarm.”

2019 – Russi Taylor, did voices in “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School” and “Mickey’s House of Villains.”

2012 – Mary Tamm, appeared in “Doghouse,” “Twisted Tales – TV Series,” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”

2009 – Clayton Hill, appeared in “Hellraiser III” and “Sweater Zombie” “Dawn of the Dead [1978].”

1960 – Cedric Gibbons, art director for “Freaks,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Mad Love [1935],” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Mask of Manchu,” “The Devil Doll” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 26

The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave [1972] – New York City
Night of the Seagulls [1975]
The Hazing [2005]

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JULY 27

BORN ON JULY 27

1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, has appeared in “Ava’s Possessions,” “Spring,” “Evil Dead [2013],” “Jack & Diane,” “Carriers,” episodes of “American Horror Story [2011]” and more.

1982 – Cascy Beddow appeared in the TV movie version of “Carrie” and played a young “Shaggy” in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” and “Blade: Trinity.”

1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, starred in “Dracula – TV Series,” “6 Souls,” “Killer Tongue” and “Octane.”

1977 – Richard Cambridge, appeared in “Forest of the Damned” and “Idol of Evil.”

1972 – Takashi Shimizu, director of “Ju-on: The Curse,” “Ju-on: The Curse 2,” “Tomie: Re-birth,” “Ju-on: The Grudge,” “Ju-On: The Grudge 2,” “Marebito,” “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Reincarnation” and more.

1968 – Cliff Curtis, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series,” appeared in “Virus,” “Deep Rising,” “Doctor Sleep,” “The Meg and more.

1963 – Donnie Yen, appeared in “Blade II” and “666 Devil Reincarnates.”

1961 – Paul Townsend, producer/writer/actor for the short “Call Me Bill.”

1961 – Rebecca Staab, played “Daphne Collins” in the 1991 TV version of “Dark Shadows”.

1949 – Susan Gordon, appeared in “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Tormented” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”

1930 – Tadao Takashima, appeared in the Toho films “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II,” “Son of Godzilla,” King Kong vs. Godzilla” and “Frankenstein Conquers the World.”

1916 – Keenan Wynn, starred in “The Devil’s Rain,” “Piranha,” “Orca,” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Tales From the Darkside.”

1911 – Lupita Tovar, appeared in “The Cat Creeps [1930]” and the 1931 Spanish version of “Dracula.”

DIED ON JULY 27

2020 – Beckie Mullen, appeared in the TV Movie “Cast a Deadly Spell.”

2020 – Gianrico Tedeschi, appeared in “Frankenstein: Italian Style.”

2012 – Norman Alden, appeared in “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “Ed Wood,” “They Live” and “Ben”.

2012 – R.G. Armstrong, appeared in “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Predator,” “Children of the Corn,” “The Beast Within,” “Evilspeak,” “The Car” and more.

2007 – William Tuttle, makeup effects artist on “Love at First Bite,” “The Fury,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Forbidden Planet” and many more.

2003 – Bob Hope who starred in the 1939 version of “The Cat and the Canary” and in “The Ghost Breakers”.

2000 – Francisco de Castro, producer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”

1984 – James Mason, appeared in the TV movies “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Salem’s Lot”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 27

Mighty Joe Young [1949] – New York City
The Amityville Horror [1979]
Evil Altar [1989]
After Death [1989]

Scanner Cop [1994] – video premiere
Halloween H2O [1998] – premiere
The Host [2006] – South Korea
Dark Mirror [2007]

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JULY 28

BORN ON JULY 28

1993 – Hannah Lochner, appeared in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Devil’s Mercy,” “The Gathering,” “Salem Witch Trials” and more.

1985 – Dustin Milligan, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Shark Night,” “Demonic,” “The Messengers,” “Slither” and more.

1982 – Eliza Swenson, appeared in “The Penny Dreadful Picture Show,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “Dracula’s Curse,” “Satanic,” “The Beast of Bray Road,” “Frankenstein Reborn,” “The Haunting of Alice D,” and also worked on the music for the Sharknado Films, “D-Railed,” “5 Headed Shark,” “Alien Predator,” “Lavalantula” and more.

1969 – Alexis Arquette, appeared in “Bride of Chucky,” “Sometimes They Come Back…Again,” “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror,” “Grey Knight” and “Jack Be Nimble.”

1954 – Bruce Abbott, starred in “Re-Animator,” “Bride of the Re-Animator” and “Beyond the Re-Animator.”

1939 – Charles Cyphers, appeared in “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II [1981],” “The Fog [1980],” “Assault on Precinct 13 [1976]″ and many more.

1916 – Laird Cregar, starred as “Jack the Ripper” in the film “The Lodger” and appeared in the film “Hangover Square.”

1914 – Carmen Dragon, composed the score for the original film version of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

1911 – Ann Doran, appeared in “The Werewolf of Woodstock” “It: The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Indestructible Man.”

1892 – Joe E. Brown, appeared in the film “Comedy of Terrors.”

DIED ON JULY 28

2019 – Eduardo Gómez, appeared in “Common Wealth.”

2019 – George Hilton, appeared in “The Sweet Body of Deborah,” “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” and “All the Colors of the Dark.”

2019 – Yû Shimaka, appeared in “Bio Hunter” and an episode of “Berserk [1998].”

2019 – Ruth de Souza, actress in “Good Manners.”

2013 – Eileen Brennan, appeared in “Jeepers Creepers,” “The Hollow,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.

1996 – Bryant Haliday, starred in “The Projected Man” and appeared in the films “Tower of Evil” and “Curse of the Voodoo”.

1985 – Grant Williams, starred in “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and also appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and “Brain of Blood”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 28

The Cyclops [1957]

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll [1957]
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.[1989]
Deep Blue Sea [1999]
The St. Francisville Experiment [2000] – NM & CA
Dark Fantasy [2005]
Dead Wood [2007] – Rough Cut premiere

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JULY 29

BORN ON JULY 29

1987 – Genesis Rodriguez, starred in “Tusk” and “Delirium.”

1980 – Rachel Miner, appeared in “In Their Skin,” “51,” ”Hide,” “Tooth and Nail,” “Penny Dreadful” “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.

1973 – Stephen Dorff, appeared in films “Leatherface,” “Feardotcom,” “Jackals,” “Botched,” “The Gate,” “Alone In The Dark” and “Blade.”

1972 – Angela Kerecz, appeared in “Shark Exorcist,” “Dante’s Hell” and episodes of the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries.”

1963 – Alexandra Paul, starred in John Carpenter’s “Christine” and also appeared “House of the Damned,” “Piranha – TV Movie” and more.

1962 – Kevin Spirtas, appeared in “Horror High,” “Embrace the Darkness,” “Bloodstone: Subspecies II,” “Bloodlust: Subspecies III,” “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm,” “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “The Hills Have Eyes Part II” and more.

1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, appeared in “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Dismembered.”

1941 – David Warner, starred in “Time After Time,” “Necronomicon: Book of the Dead”.

1923 – Gordon Mitchell, appeared in “Evil Spawn,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks” and “Frankenstein 80.”

1921 – Richard Egan, appeared in the film “Gog.”

1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, appeared in “The Wolf Man” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”

DIED ON JULY 29

2001 – Alex Nicol, appeared in TV in episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” The Outer Limits” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1983 – David Niven, appeared in “Eye of the Devil,” “Old Dracula” and “Murder by Death”.

1983 – Raymond Massey, appeared in “The Old Dark House [1932]” and “Things to Come”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 29

A Scream in the Night [1935]
The Amazing Mr. X [1948]

The Island Earth [1955] – Finland
The Tingler [1959]
Castle of Blood [1964] – Los Angeles

The War of the Gargantuas [1966]
Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror [1968] – Spain
Godzilla vs Monster Zero [1970]
Monkey Shines [1988]
Zombi 3 [1988]
Signs [2002] – New York City premiere
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat [2003]
Twisted Souls [2003]

Viral [2016]

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JULY 30

BORN ON JULY 30

1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, starred in “He’s Out There,” “Gone” and “I, Frankenstein.”

1977 – Jaime Pressly, who starred in “Survival Island,” “Finders Keepers” and “Cruel World.”

1977 – Christopher Ray, directed “2-Headed Shark Attack,” “3-Headed Shark Attack,” “Mega Shark vs. Crocosarus,” “Minutes to Midnight” and also appeared in “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers,” “Camel Spiders,” “Biohazard,” “Hybrid,” “The Brain Leeches” and more.

1974 – Hilary Swank, appeared in the films “Sometimes They Come Back…Again” and starred in “The Reaping.”

1969 – Simon Baker, starred in “Land of the Dead” and “The Ring 2.”

1964 – Vivica A. Fox, appeared in the film “Idle Hands”.

1963 – Lisa Kudrow, appeared in “The Unknown.”

1963 – Monique Gabrielle, appeared in “Return of the Swamp Thing,” “Evil Toons” and “976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor.”

1961 – Laurence Fishburne, starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” “The Colony,” “Event Horizon” and episodes of the TV Show “Hannibal.”

1948 – Carel Struycken, played “Lurch” in the new version of the “Addams Family” movies and appeared in the film “Vampire Hunters Club.”

1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, starred in “The Running Man,” Total Recall,” “The Terminator”, “Predator,” and “Maggie”.

1947 – William Atherton, appeared in “Ghostbusters,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and “The Crow: Salvation.”

1939 –Peter Bogdanovich, whose only film credit includes “Targets” [w/Boris Karloff].

1931 – Bruno Mattei, director of “Hell of the Living Dead”, “Rats: Night of Terror,” “Zombi 3,” “Mondo Cannibal,” “In the Land of the Cannibals,” “Zombies: The Beginning” and “Island of the Living Dead”.

1927 – Victor Wong, appeared in “Tremors” and “Prince of Darkness.”

1927 – Richard Johnson, appeared in “Zombie,” “The Haunting [1963],” “Beyond the Door” and “The Monster Club.”

DIED ON JULY 30

2020 – Anil Murali, appeared in “Kerala Café” and “Shadow.”

2019 – Ratna Verman Shetty, art director for “Hotel.”

2015 – Roddy Piper, appeared in “They Live,” “The Chair,” “Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies,” “Terminal Rush” and many more.

2014 – Dick Smith, makeup effects legend who worked on “The Alligator People,” “Dark Shadows – TV Series,” “The Exorcist,” “The Sentinel,” “Altered States,” “Scanners,” “Ghost Story,” “Poltergeist III,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Monsters – TV Series” and many more.

2007 – Ingmar Bergman, director of “Hour of the Wolf”.

1980 – Charles McGraw, starred in the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 30

Ghosts On the Loose [1943]
Mothra [1961] – Japan
I Saw What You Did [1965] – Portugal

Squirm [1976]

Alligator [1980] – Mexico
The Blair Witch Project [1999]
Monster Man [2003] – Munchen Fantasy Filmfest – Germany

The Village [2004]

The Dead Matter [2010]

The Demented [2013]

Host [2020]

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JULY 31

BORN ON JULY 31

1989 – Alexis Knapp, appeared in “Phobias,” “Grace: The Possession,” “The Anomaly,” “The Dorm” and “Vamp U.”

1965 – Julian Richards, is a writer and director of “Deathcomber,” “Darklands,” “Summer Scars,” “The Last Horror Movie,” and “Shiver.”

1962 – Wesley Snipes, starred in “Blade” films, “The Recall,” “The Demolition Man” “Gallowwalkers” and more.

1956 – Michael Biehn, starred in “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Planet Terror,” “Bereavement,” “The Divide,” “The Victim,” “Grindhouse,” “The Night Visitor” and more.

1935 – Geoffrey Lewis, appeared in the TV movies “Moon of the Wolf” and “Salem’s Lot” as well as films “Wicked Little Things” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”

1914 – Mario Bava, director of “Lust of the Vampire,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Baron Blood,” “Planet of the Vampires,” “Black Sunday,” “Black Sabbath,” and many more.

1902 – Robert Griffin, appeared in “Monster from Green Hell,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” and the 1968 TV movie, “Jack the Ripper.”

DIED ON JULY 31

2019 – Harold Prince, director for the 1982 TV movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

2013 – Michael Ansara, appeared in “The Manitou”, “Day of the Animals,” “It’s Alivem” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy”.

2009 – Harry Alan Towers, producer of “Count Dracula,” “Edge of Sanity,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “The Mangler, ”Buried Alive,” “The Mummy Lives” and many more.

2004 – Virginia Grey, starred in “The Black Zoo,” “Unknown Island” and “Target Earth”.

1993 – Lénore Aubert, appeared in “The Catman of Paris,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff”.

1987 – Joseph E. Levine, who was responsible for bringing “Godzilla: King of the Monsters [1956]” to America, and also produced the film “Mad Monster Party”.

1980 – Bobby Van, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “The Doomsday Machine”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 31

Beyond the Door [1974]

The Lost Boys [1987]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1992]
Death Becomes Her [1992]
Out For Blood [2004] – TV premiere
Indestructible [2009]
The Collector [2009]

The Haunting of Whaley House [2012]

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