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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JULY 1

Anwar Iqbal

December 25, 1949 – July 1, 2021

Actor:

Help of a Ghost [2007] – TV Movie

Philece Sampler

July 16, 1953 – July 1, 2021

Actress:

Nightmares Come at Night [1970]

Art of the Devil [2004]

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – Episode: Eau de Krumm/O’Lucky Monster [1995]

Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick [2003] – Video Game

Overkill’s The Walking Dead [2018] – Video Game

JULY 2

Elliot Lawrence

February 14, 1925 – July 2, 2021

Composer:

The Cradle Will Fall [1983] – TV Movie

JULY 3

Desmond Davis

May 24, 1926 – July 3, 2021

Camera Department:

The Crawling Eye [1958]

The Giant Behemoth [1959]

Scream of Fear [1961]

Anne Stallybrass

December 4, 1938 – July 3, 2021

Actress:

Countess Dracula [1971]

JULY 4

Luminița Gheorghiu

September 1, 1949 – July 4, 2021

Actress:

Time of the Wolf [2003]

JULY 5

Raffaella Carrà

June 18, 1943 – July 5, 2021

Soundtrack:

The Last Circus [2010]

Richard Donner

April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021

Director:

The Omen [1976]

The Twilight Zone [1959–1964]

Circle of Fear [1972–1973]

Tales from the Crypt [1989–]

Producer:

The Final Conflict [1981]

The Lost Boys [1987]

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight [1995]

Bordello of Blood [1996]

Ritual [2002]

Tales from the Crypt [1989–1996]

Actor:

The Curse of ‘the Omen’ [2005] – TV Movie

Eli Roth’s History of Horror – Episode: The Demons Inside [2018]

Cursed Films – Episode: The Omen [2020]

Vladimir Menshov

September 17, 1939 – July 5, 2021

Actor:

Night Watch [2004]

Day Watch [2006]

William Smith

March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021

Actor:

The Ghost of Frankenstein [1942]

Crowhaven Farm [1970]

Grave of the Vampire [1972]

Piranha [1972]

Invasion of the Bee Girls [1973]

Moon in Scorpio [1987]

Evil Altar [1988]

Maniac Cop [1988]

B.O.R.N. [1989]

Memorial Valley Massacre [1989]

Feast [1992]

Kiss and Be Killed [1993]

Uncle Sam [1996]

The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula [2001]

Body Shop [2002]

Zombiegeddon [2003]

Rapturious [2007]

The Boneyard Collection [2008]

JULY 7

Robert Downey Sr.

June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021

Director:

The Twilight Zone Episode: Healer/Children’s Zoo/Kentucky Rye [1985]

The Twilight Zone Episode: Teacher’s Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour [1985]

The Twilight Zone Episode: The Elevator/To See the Invisible Man/Tooth and Consequences [1986]

Actor:

The Twilight Zone – Episode: Wordplay/Dreams for Sale/Chameleon

Chick Vennera

March 27, 1947 – July 7, 2021

Actor:

The Terror Within II [1991]

Glass Trap [2005]

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – Episode: E-Mail/Cup of Joe/Secret of the Family Tomb/Wheezer/The Unknown Patient [1997]

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – Episode: E-Mail II/Blood Donor/Epitaph/Stiches in Time/Soldier [1999]

JULY 8

Brian Osborne

March 26, 1940 – July 8, 2021

Actor:

Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: Never Speak Ill of the Dead [1981]

Kumar Ramsay

1936 – July 8, 2021

Screenwriter:

Darwaza – aka “The Door” [1978]

Aur Kaun? – aka “Who Else?” [1979]

Guest House [1980]

Hotel [1981]

Dahshat – aka “Terror” [1981]

Purana Mandir – aka “The Old Temple” [1984]

3D Saamri – aka “Satan” [1985]

Dak Bangla – aka “Rest House” [1987]

Saaya [1989]

Alfonso Zayas

June 30, 1941 – July 8, 2021

Actor:

Narcosatanicos diabolicos – aka “Diabolic Narcosatanics“ [1991]

Curado de espantos – aka “Curing of Dreads” [1992]

Yo soy la muerte – aka “I Am Death” [1993]

Ahí viene el chupacabras – aka “There Comes the Chupacabras” [1996]

JULY 10

Byron Berline

July 6, 1944 – July 10, 2021

Actor:

Basic Instinct [1992]

JULY 11

Jerzy Janeczek

March 22, 1944 – July 11, 2021

Actor:

The Hourglass Sanatorium [1973]

Charlie Robinson

November 9, 1945 – July 11, 2021

Actor:

Sugar Hill [1974]

Beowulf [1999]

JULY 12

Ladislav Potměšil

September 2, 1945 – July 12, 2021

Actor:

The Great Unknown [1970]

JULY 14

Don Jurwich

January 1, 1934 – July 14, 2021

Producer:

Scooby Goes Hollywood [1979] – TV Movie

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – Episode: Lock the Door, It’s a Minotaur! [1979]

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – Episode: The Demon of the Dugout [1979]

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – Episode: The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly [1979]

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – Episode: The Scary Sky Skeleton [1979]

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – Episode: When You Wish Upon a Star Creature [1979

JULY 15

William F. Nolan

March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021

Screenwriter:

The Norliss Tapes [1973] – TV Movie

The Turn of the Screw [1974] – TV Movie

Trilogy of Terror [1975] – TV Movie

Burnt Offerings [1976]

Trilogy of Terror II [1996] – TV Movie

Darkroom – Episode: The Partnership [1981]

Actor:

Master of Dark Shadows [2019]

JULY 16

Biz Markie

April 8, 1964 – July 16, 2021

Actor:

Sharknado 2: The Second One [2014] – TV Movie

Surekha Sikri

April 19, 1945 – July 16, 2021

Actress:

Ghost Stories [2020]

JULY 17

Pilar Bardem

March 14, 1939 – July 17, 2021

Actress:

Exorcism’s Daughter [1971]

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll [1974]

The Mummy’s Revenge [1975]

The Witch Affair [2003]

JULY 18

Milan Lasica

February 3, 1940 – July 18, 2021

Actor:

Freckled Max and the Spooks [1987]

Frankenstein’s Aunt [1987] – TV Series

JULY 19

Iván Noel

1968 – July 19, 2021

Director/Producer/Writer/Composer:

Vuelve [2013]

They Returned [2015]

Children of the Night [2014]

JULY 22

Zentaro Watanabe

August 8, 1963 – July 22, 2021

Soundtrack:

Exte: Hair Extensions [2007]

JULY 23

Jean-Yves Lafesse

March 13, 1957 – July 23, 2021

Actor:

Baby Blood [1990]

Mike Mitchell

1955 – July 23, 2021

Actor:

The Planet [2006]

Apocalypse Z [2013]

Dark Highlands [2018]

JULY 24

Alfie Scopp

September 15, 1919 – July 24, 2021

Actor:

The Mask [1961]

JULY 26

Rick Aiello

September 21, 1955 – July 26, 2021

Actor:

Silent Madness [1984]

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992]

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces [2014]

Tales from the Crypt – Episode: This’ll Kill Ya [1992]

Manhunt [2003] – Video Game

Gogó Rojo

December 7, 1942 – July 26, 2021

Actress:

The Hand of a Dead Man [1962]

David Von Ancken

December 5, 1964 – July 26, 2021

Director/Producer:

The Vampire Diaries [2009–2017]

The Following [2013–2015]

Salem [2014–2017]

Ghost Wars [2017–2018]

The Purge [2018–2019]

The Order [2019–2020]

Awakening [2011]

JULY 27

Orlando Drummond

October 18, 1919 – July 27, 2021

Actor:

A Werewolf in the Amazon [2005]

O Macabre Sarcophagus [2005]

Saginaw Grant

July 20, 1936 – July 27, 2021

Legend of the Phantom Rider [2002]

It Waits [2005]

The Fallen Ones [2005] – TV Movie

Maneater [2009]

Wind Walkers [2015]

Miracles – Episode: The Bone Scatterer [2003]

American Horror Story – Episode: Birth [2011]

Orestes Ojeda

August 21, 1952 – July 27, 2021

Actor:

Mystical Rose [1987]

Aswang [1992]

Bangis [1996]

Roman Sacred: Blade in the Dark [1996]

Gunman [2002]

Sanib [2003]

Jean-François Stévenin

April 23, 1944 – July 27, 2021

Actor:

Wacko [1994]

Brotherhood of the Wolf [2001]

Gérard Zingg

June 7, 1942 – July 27, 2021

Director/Writer:

Yeti, The Wild Man [2016]

JULY 28

Dusty Hill

Lead Singer for ZZ Top

May 19, 1949 – July 28, 2021

Soundtrack:

The Stand – Episode: The Plague [1994]

Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Episode: Mac and Me [2018]

From Till Dawn [1996]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBA5ijPAL9k

Clive Scott

July 4, 1937 – July 28, 2021

Actor:

Red Water [2003] – TV Movie

Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Episode: The Masque of the Red Death: Part One [1995]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Episode: The Masque of the Red Death, Part Two [1995]

JULY 30

Jay Pickett

February 10, 1961 – July 30, 2021

Actor:

Rush Week [1989]

Eve of Destruction [1991]

Rumpelstiltskin [1995]

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas [2009]

A Chance Encounter [2010] – Short

Inspired to Kill [2016] – TV Movie

JULY 31

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

April 10, 1928 – July 31, 2021

Composer:

Return of the She-Wolf [1990]