SEPTEMBER 12

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 12

1982 – Kat Castaneda, starred in “The Crate,” “The Sickness” and “Knock Knock.”

1962 – Amy Yasbeck, appeared in “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “House II: The Second Story.”

1960 – Robert John Burke, appeared in “Witchblade – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “RoboCop 3,” “Dust Devil” and “Nightmare Weekend.”

1956 – Leslie Cheung, starred in “A Chinese Ghost Story” and “Inner Senses.”

1938 – Anne Helm appeared in “Nightmare in Wax.”

1931 – Sir Ian Holms, starred in “From Hell” and the 1994 version of “Frankenstein.”

1927 – Freddie Jones, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “The Satanic Rites of Dracula”.

1923 – John Chambers, make-up artist in “Sssssss” and “Halloween II.”

1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Corridors of Blood.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12

2020 – Barbara Jefford, appeared in “Lust for a Vampire” and “Journey to the Unknown – Episode: Miss Belle [1968].”

2001 – Victor Wong, appeared in “Prince of Darkness [1987]” and “Tremors”.

1993 – Charles Lamont, film credits include “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man”.

1993 – Raymond Burr, appeared in the American versions of “Godzilla [1957]” and “Godzilla 1985,” as well as “Rear Window,” “Gorilla at Large” and “Bride of the Gorilla.”

1992 – Anthony Perkins, best known for “Norman Bates” in “Psycho [1960].”

1992 – Ed Peck, appeared in episodes of TV Series including “The Munsters,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Tales of Tomorrow.”

1978 – Craig Slocum, played “Harry Johnson” on the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 12

The Bad Seed [1956]
Horror Hotel – aka City of the Dead – [1961]
What A Carve Up! – aka No Place Like Homicide! – [1962] – New York City
Unearthly Stranger [1963]

Shock Waves 1980 filmed in 1977 – re-release
Prom Night [1980] – Canada
Bloody Murder [2000]
Cabin Fever [2002]

Hangman’s Curse [2003]

Plaga Zombie: Mutant Zone [2005] – New York City

Bloodz vs Wolvez [2006]

Are You Scared? [2006]

Eden Lake [2008]

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SEPTEMBER 13

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 13

1988 – Nikki Leigh, appeared in “Mummy Dearest,” “Del Playa,” “The Sand,” “Unlucky Charms,” “Do Not Reply” and “Mummy Dearest.”

1932 – Richard Kiel, appeared in “Hysterical,” “The Human Duplicators,” “The Awakened,” and episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”

1926 – Johnny Craig, writer/illustrator whose work appeared in the famed line of EC horror comics.

1916 – Ronald Dahl, writer whose novels include “The Witches”.

1913 – Roy Engel, appeared in “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.”

1895 – Ruth McDevitt, appeared in “Kolchak, the Night Stalker” TV series and “The Birds.”

1894 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted,” on which the film “The Old Dark House” was based.

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 13

2019 – Brian D. Turk, appeared in “Magus.”

2017 – Stewart Moss, appeared in “The Bat People” and “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls.”

2001 – Scott Brady, appeared in “Gremlins,” “Castle of Evil” and “The Night Strangler.”

1948 – Paul Wegener, played in “The Golem.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 13

Bloodlust! [1961]
Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster [1965]
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare [1991]
Ted Bundy [2002] – Canada
One Hour Photo [2002]

Dead Birds [2004] – Toronto International Film Festival
Bloody Mallory 2005, filmed in 2002 – DVD premiere
Within the Woods [2005]

Haunt [2019]

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SEPTEMBER 14

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 14

1989 – Jesse James, starred in “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Hide in the Light,” “Dead Souls,” The Darkroom,” “The Hollow One” and “Fear of the Dark.”

1973 – Andrew Lincoln, starred as “Rick Grimes” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”

1971 – Pat Healy, appeared in “The Pale Door,” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Pandemic,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Cheap Thrills,” “The Innkeepers,” “Night Stalker – TV Series” and more.

1959 – Mary Crosby, appeared in “The Night Caller,” “Cupid” and episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares.”

1947 – Sam Neil, starred in “Jurassic Park I & III,” “Event Horizon,” “Daybreakers,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and more.

1916 – James H. Nicholson, American International Pictures cofounder, produced numerous films including “It Conquered the World,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Raven [1963],” “Frogs,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Haunted Palace,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” and many more.

1910 – Jack Hawkins, appeared in “Theatre of Blood” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”

1900 – Robert Florey, directed “Murders in the Rue Morgue [1932],” “The Beast With Five Fingers,” and several episodes of the TV series’ “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 14

2020 – Peter George Starkie, guitar/vocals for “Skyhooks.”

2020 – Al Kasha, worked on the soundtrack for “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return – Episode: Killer Fish [2018],” “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return – Episode: Reptilicus [2017],” “American Horror Story – Episode: Sojourn [2018]” and “American Horror Story – Episode: The End [2018].”

2009 – Henry Gibson, appeared in “The ‘Burbs,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” and more.

2006 – Mickey Hargitay, appeared in “Lady Frankenstein,” “Bloody Pit of Horror” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel”.

2005 – Robert Wise, directed “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Haunting [1963]” “The Body Snatcher [1945]” and “Audrey Rose.”

2002 – La Wanda Page, appeared in “Mausoleum”.

1985 – Julian Beck, appeared in “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 14

The Legacy [1979]

Curtains [1983] – Canada
Repossessed [1990]
Grim Prairie Tales [1990]
Alien Terminator [1995] – Japan

Spooky Funny Halloween 2007

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning [2004] – DVD premiere
Resident Evil: Retribution [2012]

Bunni [2013]

The Basement [2018]

The Girl in the Crawlspace [2018]

Blood Vessel [2019] – FilmQuest

The Beach House [2019] – Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival

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SEPTEMBER 15

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15

1981 – Jim Ford, appeared in “The Purge: Election Year,” “Exeter,” “Knock Knock,” “Frat House Massacre,” “Indiscretion,” “The Crate” and more.

1980 – Ben Woolf, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Haunting Charles Manson,” “Dead Kansas,” “Unlucky Charms,” “Insidious” and more.

1976 – Jonathan Liebesman, director of “Darkness Falls,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” and “Battle Los Angeles”.

1964 – Steven R. Monroe, directed “Sasquatch Mountain,” “Left in Darkness,” “Ogre,” “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “I Spit on Your Grave 2,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley” and more.

1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, starred in “Eyes of Laura Mars” and “Natural Born Killers.”

1946 – Oliver Stone, directed “Seizure” and “The Hand.”

1928 – Henry Silva, appeared in “Thirst,” “Alligator” and “Possessed by the Night.”

1922 – Jackie Cooper, appeared in “Chosen Survivors.”

1907 – Fay Wray, appeared in “Doctor X,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and of course “King Kong [1933].”

1904 – Tom Conway, appeared in “The Atomic Submarine,” “The She Creature,” and “Voodoo Woman.”

1903 – Yoshio Kosugi, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster” and “Mothra.”

1890 – Agatha Christie, great mystery novelist who has sold over one billion books 2 include the films “Suspicions” and “Endless Night.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 15

2019 – Phyllis Newman, appeared in “The Naked Witch.”

2019 – David Hurst, appeared in “Vampire Over London,” “The Maltese Bippy,” and episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows” as Justin Collins.

2019 – Ric Ocasek, worked on the soundtrack for “Attack of the Killer Refrigerator,” “The Craft,” “Girls Against Boys” and an episode of “Stranger Things.”

2017 – Harry Dean Stanton, appeared in “Alien,” “Christine,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Inner Sanctum.”

2011 – Frances Bay, appeared in “Nomads,” “Alien Nation – TV Series,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Arachnophobia,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1991],” “Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive – TV Movie,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” “The X-Files” and many more.

2005 – Johnny Ramone, who played in the band “The Ramones.” Their music has been used in the films “Pet Sematary,” “Final Destination 3″ and ” House of 1000 Corpses”.

1996 – Tom Payne appeared in “Curucu, Beast of The Amazon”.

1987 – Harry Holcombe, appeared in “Empire of the Ants,” “The Psychic Killer” and played “Dr. Arnold Johnson” in the American version of “King Kong vs. Godzilla”.

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTERMBER 15

Planet of the Vampires [1965] – Italy

Horror of the Zombies – aka The Ghost Galleon [1974] – Spain
Tintorera [1978]
Edge of the Axe [1988]

Zombie Honeymoon [2005] – Temecula Valley International Film Festival
The Black Dahlia [2006]
The House of Usher [2006]
Silo Killer 2: The Wrath of Kyle [2009]
The Xlitherman [2009]

Call Girl of Cthulhu [2014]

Demons [2017]

It Came from the Desert [2017] – Fantasy Filmfest

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SEPTEMBER 16

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 16

1985 – Madeline Zima appeared in the films “The Collector,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” “Trance,” “Dimples” and “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series.”

1960 – Mike Mignola, an acclaimed comics artist and writer he is the creator of “Hellboy” comics.

1958 – Jennifer Tilly, starred in “Bride of Chucky” and “Seed of Chucky,” she also appeared in “Embrace of the Vampire.” and “The Haunted Mansion”.

1952 – Mickey Rourke, starred in “Nightmare Cinema,” “Fade to Black,” “Dead in a Tombstone,” “They Crawl” and “Angel Heart.”

1949 – Ed Begley Jr., appeared in the films “Addams Family Reunion,” and “Transylvania 6-5000.”

1930 – Anne Francis appeared in “Forbidden Planet”.

1924 – Lauren Bacall, starred in “Presence of Mind” and “The Fan.”

1908 – Steve Pendleton, appeared in “Killers from Space” and “Target Earth.”

1885 – Arthur Lucan, appeared in “Vampire Over London” and “My Son the Vampire.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 16

2003 – Sheb Wooley, recorded the song “Purple People Eater”.

2002 – James Gregory, appeared in episodes of the TV Series ”Thriller,” “Inner Sanctum” and the “Twilight Zone.”

2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American International Picture co-founder, and produced many horror films some of which include “Dressed to Kill,” “The Amityville Horror [1980],” “The Raven [1963]” and “Squirm.”

1996 – Gene Nelson, directed “Hand of Death,” and “The Invisible Man”.

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 16

Strange Invaders [1983]

Venom [2005]
Cry Wolf [2005]
Monster Movie [2008]
The Legend of Bloody Mary [2008]
They Wait [2008] – DVD premiere

The Day [2011] – Toronto International Film Festival

31 [2016]

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SEPTEMBER 17

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17

1996 – Ella Purnell, starred in “Army of the Dead” and appeared in “Intruders.”

1966 – Tracy Dali, appeared in “Paranormal Movie,” “The Backlot Murders” and “Click: The Calendar Girl Killer.”

1965 – Kyle Chandler, appeared in “King Kong [2005],” “The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008]” and an episode of “Freddy’s Nightmares.”

1951 – Cassandra Peterson a.k.a. “Elvira,” appeared in “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” “Elvira’s Haunted Hills” and many more.

1945 – Bruce Spense appeared in “Queen of the Damned,” “Winchester,” and the TV Movie “The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas.”

1938 – Paul Benedict, appeared in the films “The Addams Family,” “The Devil’s Advocate” and the 1993 version of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.”

1931 – Anne Brancroft, appeared in “Gorilla At Large” and “Dracula, Dead and Loving It.”

1928 – Curtis Harrington, directed the films “Queen of Blood,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell,” and various TV series including “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Logan’s Run” and the 1985 version of “The Twilight Zone.”

1928 – Roddy McDowall, appeared in the “Fright Night” films.

1917 – Ib Melchior, writer/producer for “The Angry Red Planet,” and “Planet of the Vampires.”

1910 – John Dodsworth, appeared in “The Mole People,” and “The Magnetic Monster.”

1904 – Edgar G. Ulmer, films include “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,” “The Man from Planet X” and the 1934 version of “The Black Cat.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 17

2019 – Suzanne Whang, appeared in “Constantine,” the TV Movie “Ring of Darkness” and an episode of “The Chronicle.”

2019 – Sathaar, actor in “Lisa,” “Sakthi,” “Manasariyathe” and the TV Movie “Mantra Shakti.”

2017 – Suzan Farmer, appeared in “Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1966],” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Monster of Terror,” “Persecution” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Out of the Unknown.”

2009 – Dick Durock, stuntman in “The Thing with Two Heads,” “Swamp Thing” “The Return of the Swamp Thing” and on the TV series of the same name.

1993 – Christian Nyby, directed “The Thing From Another World”.

1972 – Akim Tamiroff, appeared in “Mr. Sardonicus,” “The Vulture” and “The Black Sleep”.

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17

Before I Hang [1940]
Revenge of the Zombies [1943]
Godzilla vs. the Thing [1964]

The House by the Lake [1976] – Canada
Messengers [2004] – BendFilm Festival
Devil [2010]

Stake Land [2010]

Abandoned Dead [2015] – Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival

Hellarious [2019]

Polaroid [2019]

Spiral [2019]

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SEPTEMBER 18

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 18

1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, appeared in “Dark Ride,” “The Hillside Strangler” and “Bundy.”

1979 – Alison Lohman, starred in “Drag Me to Hell,” “Gamer,” “Kraa! The Sea Monster,” and “The Vatican Tapes.”

1973 – James Marsden, appeared in “Disturbing Behavior” and “Campfire Tales.”

1972 – Michael Landes, appeared in “11-11-11,” “Possession” and “Final Destination 2.”

1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, appeared in the films “Scream 2” and “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”

1961 – Urbano Barberini, appeared in “Demons [1985],” “Opera,” “The Black Cat [1989]” and “The Eighteenth Angel.”

1944 – Veronica Carlson, appeared in “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “Horror of Frankenstein.”

1940 – Frankie Avalon, appeared in “Blood Song,” “Panic in Year Zero” and “Horror House.”

1939 – Fred Willard appeared in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot.”

1939 – Sandra Dorsey, actress in “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland,” “Grizzly” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein [2004].”

1929 – Phyllis Kirk, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”

1923 – Grayson Hall, portrayed “Dr. Julia Hoffman” on the “Dark Shadows” series.

1916 – Rossano Brazzi, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks” and “Old Dracula.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 18

2019 – Shyam Ramsay, directed “Hotel [1981],” “The Monster [1994],” “Neighbours [2014]” and many more.

2008 – James Gavin, appeared in “The Werewolf” and in episodes of “The Twilight Zone”.

2005 – Richard E. Cunha, directed “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “She Demons” and “Giant from The Unknown”.

2005 – John Bromfield, appeared in “Revenge of the Creature,” “Manfish” and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon”.

2004 – Russ Meyer, films included “Motor Psycho” and “Black Snake.”

1999 – Harold F. Kress, editor for “The Swarm” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 18

The Slime People [1963] – Boston
The Haunting [1963] – New York City
X the Man with X-Ray Eyes [1963] – Miami

Street Trash [1987]
Hellraiser [1987]
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College [1991]
Replicant [2001] – video premiere
The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock ‘N’ Roll Musical [2003]
The Kung Fu Mummy [2005]
Mexican Werewolf In Texas [2005]
BloodRayne II: Deliverance [2007] – DVD premiere
Dark Floors [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Lynch Mob [2009]

Jennifer’s Body [2009]

Antebellum [2020]

Miranda Veil [2020]

No Escape [2020]

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