OCTOBER 17
BORN ON OCTOBER 17
1990 – Dora Madison, appeared in “Night of the Babysitter,” “Exists,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “VFW,” “Bliss,” “Alone with You” and “Humans vs. Zombies.”
1957 – Vincent Van Patten, appeared in “Hell Night” and “Camp Fear.”
1957 – Lawrence Bender, executive producer on “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter,” “Alien Abduction,” “The Forest” and “Intruder.”
1950 – Joan Prather, starred in, “The Devil’s Rain.”
1948 – Margot Kidder, starred in “Black Christmas [1974].”
1943 – Michael Reeves, wrote and/or directed “Castle of the Living Dead,” “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Conqueror Worm” and “The Oblong Box.”
1926 – Julie Adams, starred in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “The Psychic Killer” and more.
1926 – Beverly Garland, starred in such Corman classics as “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World” “The Alligator People.”
1921 – Tom Poston, starred in the William Castle classics “The Old Dark House” and “Zotz!.
1913 – Robert Lowery, starred in “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Revenge of the Zombies” and “The Undertaker and His Pals.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 17
2019 – Zev Braun, produced “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane” and the TV Movie “Stillwatch.”
2019 – Wolf Martin Garber [aka Bill Macy], appeared in the TV Movie “Death at Love House” as well as episodes of TV series “Tales from the Darkside – Episode: Lifebomb” and “Millennium – Episode: Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me.”
2019 – Victor Mohica, appeared in “The Ghost Dance,” “Don’t Answer the Phone!” and an episode of “Dark Shadows – Episode: Episode #1.826.”
2019 – Wendy Williams, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Thriller – Episode: Nurse Will Make It Better.”
2004 – Julius Harris, appeared in “Darkman,” “Shrunken Heads” and the 1976 version of “King Kong”.
2003 – Bernard Schwartz, executive producer for “Eye of the Cat,” “The Shuttered Room” and “Psycho II”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 17
Hands of the Ripper [1971] – UK
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde [1971] – UK
Case of the Full Moon Murders [1973] – Hartford, CT
Dead Men Don’t Die [1991]
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge [1991] – video premiere
I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]
Big Monster on Campus – aka “Boltneck” [2000]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]
Dead Body [2017]
The Banishing [2020] – Stiges Film Festival
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OCTOBER 18
BORN ON OCTOBER 18
1991 – Tyler Posey, starred in: Scream – TV Series,” “Teen Wolf – TV Series,” “Truth or Dare,” “Alone” and “Scary Movie V.”
1957 – Jon Lindstrom, appeared in “A Dark Foe.”
1938 – Dawn Wells, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” and “Return to Boggy Creek.”
1935 – Peter Boyle, starred in “Young Frankenstein” and “Species II.”
1934 – Inger Stevens, starred in “The World, the Flesh and the Devil” as well as “The Hitch-Hiker” and “Lateness of the Hour” episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
1934 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in “Predator 2,” “The Beast Must Die” and more.
1927 – George C. Scott, starred in “The Fury,” “The Changeling” and “Exorcist III.”
1926 – Klaus Kinski, starred in “Demon with the Blue Hand,” “Nosferatu [1979]” and “Creature.”
1902 – Miriam Hopkins, starred in the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 18
2020 – Dana Baratta. producer & writer for the TV Series “The Secret Circle.”
2012 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”
1973 – Crane Wilbur, screenwriter for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat,” “The Amazing Mr. X,” “The Monster” and “The Mad Magician.”
1965 – Henry Travers, starred in the original “The Invisible Man.”
1931 – Thomas A. Edison, who brought the story of “Frankenstein” to the screen for the first time in 1910.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 18
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb [1964] – UK
The Gorgon [1964] – UK
The Velvet Vampire [1971] – New York City
Burnt Offerings [1976]
Re-Animator [1985]
The Dentist [1996]
Terror Tract [2000] – TV premiere
Below [2002]
The Ring [2002]
Infested [2002]
Perfect Creature [2006]
Necromentia [2009]
WNUF Halloween Special [2013]
Boogeyman 3 [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival
Deep Blue Sea 2 [2018]
Don’t Run [2019]
Scarecrow County [2019]
Trick [2019]
Wounds [2019]
Come Play [2020] – Sweden
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OCTOBER 19
BORN ON OCTOBER 19
1971 – Tava Smiley, appeared in “The Remains.”
1965 – Tracy Griffith, appeared in “Skeeter,” “The First Power” and “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.”
1945 – John Lithgow starred in “Pet Sematary [2019],” “Raising Cain” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1941 – Simon Ward, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “The Monster Club”.
1921 – George Nader, appeared in “Robot Monster,” “The Human Duplicators” and “House of 1000 Dolls.”
1920 – LaWanda Page, appeared in the film “Mausoleum.”
1903 – Tor Johnson appeared in “The Beast of Yucca Flats,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 19
2020 – Gianni Dei, appeared in “Patrick Still Lives,” “Sex of the Witch,” “Sex, Demons and Death,” “The Seventh Grave,” “I Love You Like a Twist” and more.
2020 – Wojciech Pszoniak, actor in “The Devil” and an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby.”
2019 – Carlos Suárez, cinematographer for “House of the Damned,” “Beatriz,” Rowing in the Wind,” and “Dagon.”
2009 – Joseph Wiseman, appeared in several TV Series including “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” Matinee Theatre,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
2007 – Phyllis Kirk, starred with Vincent Price in “House of Wax”.
2003 – Guy Rolfe who played the title role in the film “Mr. Sardonicus” and portrayed “Toulan” in “Puppet Master III, 4, 5 & 7”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 19
Dr. Renault’s Secret [1942]
Night of the Living Dead [1990]
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings [1994] – video premiere
Guyver: Dark Hero [1994] – video premiere
Vampira – About Death, Sex and Taxes [1995] – Los Angeles Film Festival
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return [1999]
Modern Vampires [1999] – video premiere
From Hell [2001]
GhostWatcher [2002]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003] – DVD premiere
Zombie Planet [2004]
30 Days of Night [2007]
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour [2007]
Damned by Dawn [2009] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival
The Intruder [2010] – Canada – Festival of Nouveau Cinema
Scream for Summer [2017]
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OCTOBER 20
BORN ON OCTOBER 20
1982 – Katie Featherston, starred in the “Paranormal Activity” series and the film “Mutation.”
1958 – Viggo Mortensen starred in “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “The Prophecy,” the 1998 remake of “Psycho”.
1956 – David Henesy, played “David Collins” in the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
1920 – Rita Corday, appeared in “The Body Snatcher” with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and “The Black Castle” with Karloff and Lon Chaney.
1918 – Anton Diffring, starred in “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” as “Baron Frankenstein” in the Hammer/Universal pilot of “Tales of Frankenstein” and “Circus of Horrors.”
1909 – Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. She made brief appearances in the 1931 “Dracula” and the original “Phantom of the Opera.”
1882 – Bela Lugosi was the quintessential “Dracula” although he only played the character twice. He also appeared in “White Zombie,” “The Black Cat,” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Raven,” “The Son of Frankenstein,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man” and many more.
DIED ON OCTOBER 20
2020 – Xavier Boulanger, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Black Spot.”
2020 – Gerrit Schoonhoven, appeared in “The Mangler.”
2014 – Ox Baker, was a professional wrestler who appeared in John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York” as well as “Blood Circus” and “Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear.”
2003 – Jack Elam, appeared in “Night of the Grizzly,” “A Knife for the Ladies” and “Creature from Black Lake”.
1995 – Christopher Stone, starred in “The Howling” and “Cujo” and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ‘Space Vampire’”
1994 – Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, starred in “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave,” “Caltiki the Immortal Monster” and as “Ben Cortman” in the movie “The Last Man on Earth”.
1990 – Freda Jackson, starred in “The Brides of Dracula,” “Die, Monster Die” and “The Valley of Gwangi”.
1990 – Joel McCrea, starred in “The Most Dangerous Game.”
1970 – Patrick Wymark, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” and “The Conqueror Worm”.
1959 – Werner Krauss, starred in the 1920 film “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 20
The Old Dark House [1932]
Night Monster [1942]
The Climax [1944]
Village of the Giants [1965]
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974] – Spain
El Chupacabra [2003]
The Ghouls [2003] – New York City Horror Film Festival
Dark Ride [2006]
Boogeyman 2 [2007] – Screamfest Film Festival
Deadwood Park [2007] – Freak Show Horror Film Festival
Decadent Evil [2008] – UK
Gravestoned [2009] – limited
Bonehill Road [2017]
I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday [2017]
Redwood Massacre: Annihilation [2020]
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OCTOBER 21
BORN ON OCTOBER 21
1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, appeared in “The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series,” “The Legend of Gator Face” and “Goosebumps – TV Series.”
1978 – Michael McMillian, appeared in “True Blood” and “The Hills Have Eyes II.”
1973 – Sasha Roiz, appeared in “Land of the Dead” and “Assault on Precinct 13.”
1959 – Ken Watanabe, appeared in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”.
1956 – Carrie Fisher, appeared in “Sorority Row” and “Scream 3.”
1945 – Everett McGill, starred in “The People Under the Stairs,” “Silver Bullet” and “Dune.”
1920 – Hy Averback, director of “Chamber of Horrors.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 21
2019 – Josip Elic, appeared in episodes of “The Twilight Zone – Episode: One More Pallbearer” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Obsolete Man.”
2019 – Jerome Fogel, appeared in the TV Movie “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
1996 – Harry Thomas, make-up artist who worked on “Night of the Blood Beast” and “Frankenstein’s Daughter”.
1995 – Abel Salazar, starred in “The Brainiac,” “The Vampire’s Coffin” and “Man and the Monster”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 21
A Bucket of Blood [1959]
Bigfoot [1970]
The Grim Reaper [1980]
Boardinghouse [1982]
Eyes of Fire [1983]
The Dead Zone [1983]
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers [1988]
The Lair of the White Worm [1988]
The Puppet Masters [1994]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation [1995]
Hallow’s End [2003]
Doom [2005]
Trailer Park of Terror [2008]
Father’s Day [2011] – Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Hollows Grove [2014]
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OCTOBER 22
BORN ON OCTOBER 22
1990 – Jonathan Lipnicki, starred in “Broil,” “Circus Kane,” “Beware the Lake” and “The Little Vampire.”
1965 – Valeria Golino, appeared in “Blind Date.”
1956 – Valentine Monnier, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge” and “Devil Fish.”
1952 – Jeff Goldblum, starred in “The Fly [1986],” “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2,” and “Hideaway.”
1947 – William Girdler, director for “Grizzly,” “The Manitou,” “Day of the Animals,” “Abby,” “Three on a Meethook” and “Asylum of Satan.”
1943 – Jan de Bont, directed the 1999 remake of “The Haunting.”
1943 – Catherine Deneuve, starred in “The Hunger” and “Repulsion.”
1939 – Tony Roberts, starred in “Popcorn” and “Amityville 3D.”
1938 – Christopher Lloyd, starred in “The Addams Family,” “Addams Family Values” and the “Valerie on the Stairs” episode of “Masters of Horror.”
1917 – Joan Fontaine, appeared in “The Witches” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1912 – Frances Drake who starred in the films “Mad Love” and “The Invisible Ray.”
1908 – John Sutton, appeared in the films “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “The Bat” and “Return of the Fly.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 22
2020 – William Blinn, sound department for “The Possessed.”
2006 – Arthur Hill, appeared in “The Andromeda Strain,” “Future World” and was the narrator for the film “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.
2004 – Katherine Victor, appeared in “Teenage Zombies,” “Mesa of Lost Women” and “The Cape Canaveral Monsters.”
1995 – Mary Wickes, starred in “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”
1986 – Ivor Francis appeared in the TV movie “The Night Strangler,” and in the film “Alien Zone”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 22
The Boogie Man Will Get You [1942] – premiere
The Vampire Lovers [1970]
Lady Frankenstein [1971] – Italy
Halloween III: The Season of the Witch [1982]
The Sender [1982]
Santa Claws [1996]
Bats [1999]
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled [2002]
The Grudge [2004]
Messengers [2004] – International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival
The Witch’s Sabbath [2005]
Forget Me Not [2009] – Screamfest LA International Horror Film Festival
Paranormal Activity 2 [2010]
Restricted Area [2019]
Tone-Deaf [2019]
The Empty Man [2020] – Mexico
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OCTOBER 23
BORN ON OCTOBER 23
1994 – Zoë Bleu Sidel, appeared in “Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?”
1986 – Jessica Stroup, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “The Hills Have Eyes II [2007],” “Left in Darkness,” “Vampire Bats,” “Pray for Morning” and the TV Series “The Following.”
1986 – Briana Evigan, appeared in “Sorority Row,” “S. Darko,” “House of the Damned,” “Mother’s Day,” “The Devil’s Carnival” and more.
1985 – Masiela Lusha, appeared in “Kill Katie Malone,” “Blood: The Last Vampire” and more.
1981 – Leticia Dolera, starred in “[REC] 3: Genesis” and “Penny Dreadful – TV Series.”
1975 – Manuela Velasco, starred in “[Rec],” “[Rec] 2,” “[REC] 4: Apocalypse” and more.
1970 – Jasmin St. Claire, appeared in “Swamp Zombies!!!” and “Army of the Damned.”
1969 – Brooke Theiss, starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” as the girl who turned into a cockroach.
1959 – Sam Raimi, Actor/writer/director such films as “The Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead II,” “Army of Darkness,” “Darkman,” “Drag Me to Hell” and more.
1959 – Weird Al’ Yankovic, appeared in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween II [2009].”
1942 – Michael Crichton, writer whose novels have been adapted into the films “The Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park.”
1936 – Philip Kaufman, directed the 1978 remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
1931 – Diana Dors, appeared in “Berserk,” “Theatre of Blood” and “From Beyond the Grave.”
1922 – Coleen Gray, starred in “The Leech Woman” and “The Vampire.”
1918 – Peggy Moran, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “Horror Island.”
1910 – Hayden Rorke, appeared in “The Night Walker” and “When Worlds Collide.”
1880 – Una O’Connor, appeared in such classic films as “The Invisible Man” and “The Bride of Frankenstein.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 23
2020 – Jerry Jeff Walker, worked on the soundtrack for “Human Experiments.”
2005 – William Hootkins, appeared in “The Breed,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Death Machine,” “Dust Devil,” “Hardware,” “American Gothic” and more.
2002 – Nathan Juran, directed “20 Million Miles To Earth,” “The Deadly Mantis” and ” The Boy Who Cried Werewolf”.
1994 – Robert Lansing, starred in “Empire of the Ants” and “The 4D Man.”
1989 – Roland Winters, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer”.
1966 – Eugenio Bava, did the special effects for “Black Sunday” and “Black Sabbath.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 23
The Mummy’s Tomb [1942]
The Wizard of Gore 1970
Nightmare [1981]
The Pit [1981]
Prince of Darkness [1987]
Nightflyers [1987]
I, Madman [1989] – Spain
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1991] – video premiere
Dr. Giggles [1992]
The Last Broadcast [1998]
Ginger Snaps [2001] – DVD premiere
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell [2001]
Zombie Honeymoon [2004]
Deadlands: The Rising [2006]
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant [2009]
Eulogy For a Vampire [2009]
Saw VI [2009]
Stan Helsing [2009]
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines [2012] – DVD & Blu-ray premiere
All Hallows’ Eve [2013]
Butterfly Kisses [2018]
Babysitter Must Die [2020]
Haunting of the Mary Celeste [2020] – Canada
What Happens Next Will Scare You [2020]
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