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]
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]