OCTOBER 24

BORN ON OCTOBER 24

1959 – Brad Johnson, who starred in “Supergator,” “The Birds II: Land’s End” and “The Outer Limits – Episode: Manifest Destiny [2000].”

1957 – John Kassir, did the voice of “The Crypt Keeper” on the HBO series “Tales from the Crypt.”

1939 – F. Murray Abraham, appeared in “Thir13en Ghosts” and “Mimic”.

1939 – Madalena Iglésias, starred in “The 5 Warnings of Satan.”

1934 – Sammy Petrillo, starred in “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” and appeared in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.”

1893 – Merian C. Cooper, producer “King Kong,” “Mighty Joe Young,” “Dr. Cyclops” and “Son of Kong.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 24

2020 – Al Quinn, appeared in “Mga manugang ni Drakula – aka “Drakula’s son-in-law.”

2020 – Fred Ulysse, appeared in “13 Tzameti” and “Prey [2010].”

2017 – Robert Guillaume, appeared in “13th Child,” The Addams Family – Episode: Color Me Addams” and “The Outer Limits – Episode: Monster.”

2003 – Joanna Lee, starred in “Plan Nine from Outer Space” and “The Brain Eaters”.

1994 – Raul Julia, played “Gomez Addams” in the films “Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values” and also appeared in “Victor Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Unbound”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 24

The Magician [1926]
Spooks Run Wild [1941]
Tower of London [1962]
The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus – aka “Eyes Without a Face” [1962]
Trog [1970]

Motel Hell [1980]

The Clairvoyant [1982] – France

Trick or Treat [1986]
From Beyond [1986]
Gattaca [1997]
Killjoy [2000]
Bones [2001]
Scary Movie 3 [2003]
The Hollow [2004] – video premiere
Ju-rei [2004]
Don’t Be Scared [2006]
Halloween Night [2006]
Saw V [2008]

Let the Right One In [2008] – limited

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever [2009] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival

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OCTOBER 25

BORN ON OCTOBER 25

1988 – Brittney Alger, appeared in “13 Sins.” “Occult.” “The Demented,” “Hell Baby” and more.

1981 – Josh Henderson, starred “April Fool’s Day [2008],” “Leeches” and “Fingerprints.”

1980 – Mehcad Brooks, starred in the HBO series “True Blood.”

1963 – Tracy Nelson, starred in “The Night Caller,” “Killer Bees,” “Fangs” and “Home the Horror Story.”

1959 – Nancy Cartwright, appeared in the 1998 version of “Godzilla” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

1955 – Gale Anne Hurd, production credits include “Aliens,” “Terminator” films, “Tremors,” “Hell Fest,” “The Relic,” “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Fear the Walking Dead” and many more.

1950 – Mark L. Taylor, appeared in “Arachnophobia,” “Angel Heart,” “Fangs,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Miracles” and “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.”

1928 – Anthony Franciosa, starred in the film “Tenebre”.

1928 – Jeanne Cooper appeared in “The Black Zoo” and “The Boston Strangler.”

1926 – Evan Hunter, writer for “The Birds” and episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1924 – Billy Barty, appeared in “The Undead” and “Bride of Frankenstein.”

1921 – Yasuyoshin Tokuma, produced the films “Gamera: Super Monster” and “Gamera 3: The Awakening of Iris.

1909 – Whit Bissell, appeared in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” and “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.”

1886 – Leo G. Carrol played appeared in the film “Tarantula.’

DIED ON OCTOBER 25

2020 – Johnny Leeze, appeared in the TV Series “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” and “Chimera.”

2010 – Chris Udvarnoky, starred in “The Other [1972].”

2010 – Lisa Blount, starred in John Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness,” “Stalked,” “Needful Things,” “Nightflyers,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series,” “What Waits Below” and “Dead & Buried.”

2002 – Cheryl Smith appeared in the films “Phantom of Paradise” and “Massacre at Central High”.

2001 – Joan Houseman, actress in “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: A Tangled Web.”

1995 – Viveca Lindfors, appeared in “Creepshow,” and “The Exorcist III”.

1993 – Vincent Price, starred in “House on Haunted Hill,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “House of Wax,” “The Fly,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “House of Usher,” “The Raven,” “The Tingler,” “The Haunted Palace,” “The Bat,” “The Fly,” The Abominable Dr. Phibes” and many more.

1986 – Forrest Tucker, appeared in “The Crawling Eye,” “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Strange World of Planet X”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 25

The Tell-Tale Heart [1941]
The Amazing Colossal Man [1957] – New York City
Beware My Brethren – filmed in the UK as The Fiend [1972] – New York City
The Redeemer: Son of Satan! [1978] – Los Angeles

Bay Coven [1987] – TV Movie

Thinner [1996]
The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil [2002]
Ghost Ship [2002]

Santa’s Slay [2005] – Canada

Boo [2005]
Predator Island [2005]
Dead Men Walking [2005]
Ghost Watcher 2 [2005]
Predator Island [2005]
Single White Female 2: The Psycho [2005] – DVD premiere
Unspeakable [2007]
Alien Raiders [2008] – International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival

Silent Hill: Revelation [2012] – Hong Kong

Countdown [2019]

The Gallows Act II [2019]

Rebirth [2020]

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OCTOBER 26

BORN ON OCTOBER 26

1961 – Dylan McDermott, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “The Messengers,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Hardware” and more.

1962 – Cary Elwes, starred in “Shadow of the Vampire,” the 1992 version of “Dracula,” “The Alphabet Killer,” “Saw” and “Saw 3D.”

1959 – Dana Kimmell, starred in “Friday the 13th Part III,” “Midnight Offerings” and “Night Angel.”

1914 – Jackie Coogan, who played the original “Uncle Fester” in the original “Addams Family” TV series.

DIED ON OCTOBER 26

2020 – Jacques Godin, appeared in “The Pyx.”

2019 – Robert Evans, appeared in “The Fiend Who Walked the West” and developer for “Rosemary’s Baby.”

2007 – Bernard L. Kowalski, director of “Sssssss” and “Night of the Blood Beast.”

1999 – Musician Hoyt Axton, starred in “Gremlins”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 26

Chamber of Horrors [1966]
Body Double [1984]
The Terminator [1984]
Silent Madness [1984]
Terror in the Aisles [1984]
Graveyard Shift [1990]
Soultaker [1990] – limited
Shrunken Heads [1994] – video premiere
Thir3en Ghosts [2001]
Bite Me! [2004]
Saw IV [2007]

Zombie Night [2013]

Crepitus [2018]

Creepshow Animated Special [2020]

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OCTOBER 27

BORN ON OCTOBER 27

1982 – Patrick Fugit, appeared in “Wrist Cutters: A Love Story,” “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “Dead Birds” and the TV Series “Outcast.”

1957 – Jeff East, appeared in “Last Breath,” “Pumpkinhead” and “Deadly Blessing”.

1953 – Robert Picardo, appeared in “The Howling,” “976-Evil” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”

1948 – Bernie Wrightson, comic book artist/writer including “Swamp Thing.”

1946 – Ivan Reitman, producer for “Shivers,” “Ghostbusters [1984],” “The Uninvited” [2009], “Disturbia” and “Evolution.”

1946 – Carrie Snodgress who appeared in the films “The Fury,” “Trick or Treats” and “The Forsaken.”

1942 – Lara Parker who played “Angelique” on the “Dark Shadows” TV series. She also appeared in the “Trevi Collection” episode of the TV series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

1939 – John Cleese, appeared in “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.”

1934 – Carolyn Craig, starred in “House on Haunted Hill [1959].”

1911 – Leif Erickson, appeared in “Strait-Jacket” and “Night Monster.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 27

2019 – John Witherspoon, appeared in “Vampire in Brooklyn.”

2009 – John David Carson, appeared in “Empire of the Ants” AND “The Creature from Black Lake”.

2008 – Roy Stewart, appeared in “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” Twins of Evil” and “Doomwatch”.

2002 – Andre De Toth, directed the original “House of Wax”

1968 – John McNamara appeared in “The Return of Dracula,” “War of the Colossal Beast” and “From Hell It Came”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 27

Die Monster Die [1965]
The Nanny [1965] – Detroit, MI
Planet of the Vampires [1965]
Baron Blood [1972]

The People Who Own the Dark [1976] – Spain

Halloween [1978]
Shocker [1989]
Masque of the Red Death [1989]
Copycat [1995]
Vampire In Brooklyn [1995]
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 [2000]
The Little Vampire [2000]
Boo! The Movie [2002]
Bloodlust [2004]
Shock-O-Rama [2005]
Saw III [2006]

Apartment 1303 [2007]
Zombie Farm [2007] – It’s Alive Zombie Fest
2012: Supernova [2009]

Dead Air [2009]

Music Store Massacre [2013]

Hellmington [2018] – Forest City Film Festival

Incision [2020]

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OCTOBER 28

BORN ON OCTOBER 28

1974 – Michael Dougherty, writer and or director of such films as “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary,” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters [2019],” “Krampus” and “Trick ‘r Treat.”

1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, starred in “The Village” and “Signs.”

1967 – Julia Roberts, starred in “Flatliners [1990]” and “Mary Reilly.”

1966 – Chris Bauer starred in “True Blood.”

1964 – Griffin O’Neal, appeared in “The Wraith,” “April Fool’s Day,” “Assault of the Killer Bimbos” and “Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College.”

1962 – Daphne Zuniga, starred in “The Dorm That Dripped Blood,” and “The Fly II.”

1965 – Jami Gertz starred in “The Lost Boys”.

1951 – Joe R. Lansdale, writer who penned such stories and novels, many of which have become films, “Bubba Ho-Tep,” “Cold in July,” “Christmas with the Dead” and many more.

1946 – Mary Ann Hearn, appeared in “Grizzly.”

1944 – Dennis Franz, appeared in the film “Dressed to Kill” and “Psycho II”.

1942 –Michael Crichton, Writer/Director works include “Jurassic Park,” “Westworld” and “Andromeda Strain.”

1939 – Jane Alexander, appeared in “The Ring” and “The Unborn.”

1937 – George “Buck” Flower, appeared in “Village of the Damned,” “The Fog [1980],” “Pumpkinhead,” “They Live,” “Wishmaster,” “Drive In Massacre” and more.

1936 – Joe Spinell He starred in “Maniac,” “The Last Horror Film” and “Starcrash.”

1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, appeared in “Images” and “L’ogre.”

1902 – Elsa Lanchester, appeared in “Terror in the Wax Museum” and “Willard.”

1895 – John Boles, played ‘Victor Moritz’ in “Frankenstein [1931].”

DIED ON OCTOBER 28

2011 – Gale Thompson, writer for “Hellbound,” “The Evil” and “Superstition.”

2002 – Lawrence Dobkin, appeared in “Them!” and “The Cabinet of Calagari”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 28

The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t [1979]
Tenebre [1982] – Tortona, Italy
Stargate [1994]
Godsend: The Evil Decimation [1999]
Saw II [2005]
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes [2006]
10/31 [2007]

Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash [2008]

Behemoth [2020]

The Craft: Legacy [2020]

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OCTOBER 29

BORN ON OCTOBER 29

1993 – India Eisley, appeared in “Underworld: Awakening,” “Look Away,” “Clinical,” “The Curse of Sleeping Beauty” and “Headspace.”

1988 – Cherilyn Wilson, appeared in “Chain Letter,” “Parasomnia,” “Zombie Roadkill” and the series “Love Vampires.”

1985 – Janet Montgomery, appeared in “Salem – TV Series,” “Gothica,” “Dead Cert,” “Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead” and “The Hills Run Red.”

1982 – Chelan Simmons, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Stephen King’s It,” “See No Evil 2” and “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.”

1980 – Ben Foster, starred in “30 Days of Night” and “Pandorum.”

1979 – Andrew Lee Potts, starred in the British series “Primeval” and the films “1408,” “Return to the House on Haunted Hill” and Red Mist.”

1977 – Brendan Fehr, appeared in “Final Destination,” “The Forsaken,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “13 Eerie” and “Silent Night.”

1972 – Gabrielle Union, starred in the short-lived remake 2005 of the TV series, “The Night Stalker.”

1971 – Winona Ryder, starred in the 1992 version of “Dracula,” “Lost Souls” and “Alien: Resurrection”.

1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, starred in “Jaws,” “The Sentinel,” and “Piranha 3D.”

1925 – Ben Chapman, best known for portraying “The Gill Man” in the above water scenes of “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”

1899 – Akim Tamiroff, appeared “The Vulture,” and “The Black Sleep.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 29

2006 – Nigel Kneale, writer for many Hammer films, “Five Million Years to Earth,” “The Witches,” “The Abominable Snowman” and “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.”

2005 – Lloyd Bochner, appeared in “Legend of the Mummy,” “Mazes and Monsters,” “Darkroom – TV Series,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “The Dunwich Horror” and many more.

1997 – Anton LaVey, founder of the church of Satan and was technical adviser for the films “The Devil’s Rain” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 29

Return of the Evil Dead [1973] – Spain
Q [1982]
Trick or Treats [1982]
Return of the Living Dead 3 [1993] – limited

The Nightmare Before Christmas [1993]
Necronomicon [1994] – video premiere
Terror Firmer [1999] – Los Angeles
House on Haunted Hill [1999]
Saw [2004]
Frankenstein’s Bloody Nightmare [2006] – Atlanta Horror Fest
The Zombie Diaries [2006] – UK
Saw 3D: The Final Chapter [2010]

Zombie Apocalypse [2011]

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OCTOBER 30

BORN ON OCTOBER 30

1981 – Fiona Dourif, appeared om “Fear Clinic,” “Cult of Chucky,” “Curse of Chucky” episodes of the TV Series “True Blood,” “The Purge,” “The Stand” and more.

1980 – Sarah Carter, appeared in “Skinwalkers,” “Red Mist,” “Final Destination 2,” “Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell” and “Falling Skies – TV Series.”

1975 – Maria Thayer, starred in “Night of the Living Deb” and an episode of the TV Series “Ghosted.”

1968 – Jack Plotnick, appeared in “Patient Seven,” “Surbarban Gothic,” “You’re Killing Me,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Supernatural” and “Z Nation.”

1965 – Dominique Jennings, appeared in “Se7en.”

1953 – Charles Martin Smith, appeared in “Trick or Treat” and the TV movie “The Beast.”

1938 – Ed Lauter, appeared in “King Kong [1976],” “Cujo,” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014]” as well as episodes of TV Series including “Golden Years,” “Monsters” and “Millennium.”

1932 – Louis Malle, director and writer for “Black Moon” and “Spirits of the Dead.”

1926 – William Campbell, starred in “Dementia 13,” “Track of the Vampire” and “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.”

1945 – Henry Winkler, who played “Principal Arthur Himbry” in the film “Scream”

1915 – Jane Randolph, appeared in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Cat People” and “Curse of the Cat People.”

1911 – Ruth Hussey, starred “The Uninvited.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 30

2020 – Ricardo Blume, appeared in “All of Them Witches.”

2019 – Bernard Slade Newbound, writer for “Matinee Theatre – Episode: The Long, Long Laugh [1958].”

2014 – Renée Asherson, appeared in “The Others,” “Theatre of Blood,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” and many more.

2007 – Robert Goulet, appeared in the film “Beetlejuice”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 30

Bowery at Midnight [1942]
The 39 Steps 1959 – Netherlands
Maniac [1963]
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell [1974] – New York City
Halloween II [1981]
Saturday the 14th [1981]
Looker [1981]
Deranged [1987]
Vampires [1998]
Route 666 [2001]
Dead/Undead [2002] – USA premiere
Klownz [2003]
Vampire Bats [2005]
The Blood Shed [2007]
Best Ribs In Town [2009]
Evil Weed [2009]
In the Closet [2009]
The Occultist [2009]

Freaks of Nature [2015]

Come Play [2020]

His House [2020]

Spell [2020]

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October 31 – HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

 

BORN ON OCTOBER 31

1982 – Justin Chatwin, starred in “The Invisible,” “War of the Worlds [2005],” as well as episodes of “Night Visions” and “Glory Days.”

1980 – Samaire Armstrong, appeared in “Rise,” “5 Souls,” “Stay Alive” and “Dark Wolf.”

1979 – Erica Cerra, appeared in “Blade: Trinity,” “Shark Killer,” “Adam and Evil,” “Rise of the Damned” and episodes of the tv series “Supernatural.”

1976 – Piper Perabo, starred “The Cave,” “Carriers” and episodes of the TV series “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.”

1963 – Dermot Mulroney, starred in “Copycat” and “Zodiac.”

1961 –Peter Jackson, writer/director/producer whose credits include “Bad Taste,” “Dead Alive,” “The Frighteners,” “King Kong [2005],” “District 9” and more.

1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, appeared in “Ghostbusters II.”

1944 – Sally Kirkland, starred in the TV Movie “The Haunted” and appeared in “The Incredible Shrinking Woman” and “Two Evil Eyes.”

1936 – Michael Landon, started his career in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.”

1927 – Lee Grant, appeared in “The Omen II,” “Marooned” and “Visiting Hours.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 31

2020 – Sir Sean Connery, starred in “Marnie,” “Outland” and more.

2020 – Charles Gordon, producer for “Night of the Creeps,” “Leviathan” and the TV Movie “Things That Go Bump.”

2019 – Florence Giorgetti, appeared in “Knife + Heart.”

2011 – Gilbert Cates, directed “The Twilight Zone – Episode: Teacher’s Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour.”

2004 – Don Briscoe, played werewolf “Chris Jennings” on the soap opera “Dark Shadows,” also appeared in the feature film “House of Dark Shadows.”

1997 – Rosalind Cash, appeared in “The Omega Man,” “Tales from the Hood” and “Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde.”

1993 – Federico Fellini, director & writer for “Sprits of the Dead.”

1988 – John Houseman, appeared in the films “Ghost Story” and “The Fog”.

1963 – Henry Daniell, starred in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “The Body Snatcher” and in one of the best episodes of the TV series “Thriller” entitled “The Grim Reaper.”

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 31

The Case of the Black Cat [1936]
The Son of Dr. Jekyll [1951]
The Vampire and the Ballerina [1962]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane [1962]
Tales That Witness Madness [1973]
Phantom of the Paradise [1974] – Spain
Day of the Reaper [1984]

The Tomb [1986]
Doctor Strain the Body Snatcher [1991]

Ghostwatch [1992] – TV Movie

Fatal Frames [1996]

Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2002]
The Revolting Dead [2003]
The Jersey Devil [2005]
Crazy Eights [2006]
Evil Bong [2006]
Vampira the Movie [2006]
The Haunting of Molly Hartley [2008]

Splinter [2008] – limited

Hell House [2009]
Demon Haunt [2009]

Inferno of the Dead [2009] – Canada
The Gate of Fallen Angels [2009]
Reality Horror Night [2009]

Maleficarum [2011] – Bolivia premiere

All Through the House [2015]

Wonder Valley [2015]

Dreaming Purple Neon [2016]

The Haunted Couple [2020]

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