NOVEMBER 7
BORN ON NOVEMBER 7
1972 – Jeremy London, appeared in “Demigod,” “Buddy Hutchins”, “The Devil’s Dozen,, “Wolvesbayne,” “The Dinner Party” and more.
1972 – Jason London, appeared in “The Rage: Carrie 2,” “The Terror Experiment,” “Shark Island,” “Mask Maker,” “Dracula III: Legacy,” “The Devil’s Tomb” and more.
1964 – Shannon Whirry, starred in “The Granny,” “Omega Doom,” and “Dead West.”
1926 – Melissa Stribling, appeared in “Horror of Dracula,” “Crucible of Terror,” “Journey into Darkness” and more.
1916 – Myra Davis, was Janet Leigh’s body double in “Psycho [1960].”
1903 – Dean Jagger, starred in the films “Revolt of the Zombies,” “X, the Unknown” and “Alligator.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 7
2020 – John Fraser, actor in “Repulsion,” “Schizo,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown,” “Mystery and Imagination” and “Supernatural.”
2020 – Song Jae-ho, appeared in “Face.”
2004 – Howard Keel, starred in “Day of the Triffids”.
1993 – Charles Aidman, the narrator for the 1980’s version of “The Twilight Zone,” also appeared in the films “Alien Zone” and “Innerspace.”
1980 – Steve McQueen, starred in “The Blob [1958].”
1944 – Dwight Frye, appeared in “Dracula [1931],” “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Son of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Man” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 7
Target Earth [1954]
Christmas Evil [1980] – Pittsburgh
The Boogey Man [1980]
Starship Troopers [1997]
The Gravedancers [2006] – Netherlands
House [2008]
Mother Krampus [2017]
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NOVEMBER 8
BORN ON NOVEMBER 8
1981 – Azura Skye, appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Red Dragon,” “One Missed Call” and “Ascent to Hell.”
1979 – Dania Ramirez, appeared in “Quarantine,” “Lycan” and the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
1975 – Tara Reid, appeared in “A Return to Salem’s Lot,” “Urban Legend,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Incubus” and the “Sharknado” films.
1968 – Parker Posey, starred in “The Eye,” Blade: Trinity,” “Scream 3” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein [2004].”
1935 – Alain Delon, appeared in “Spirits of the Dead,” “Shock Treatment” and “The Passage.”
1914 – Norman Lloyd, director/producer for “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” actor in “Audrey Rose,” “Jaws of Satan,” “The Omen [1995] – TV Movie,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes – TV Movie” and more.
1898 – Thomas Pratt, editor for “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Terror.”
1847 – Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula.
DIED ON NOVEMBER 8
2020 – Alex Trebek, appeared in The X-Files – Episode: Jose Chung’s from Outer Space.”
2011 – Heavy D, hip hop artist who turned to acting and starred in an episode of “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series.”
1997 – Michael Ward, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell.”
1968 – Wendell Corey, starred in “Rear Window,” “Picture Mommy Dead,” and “Astro-Zombies.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 8
The Horror of Frankenstein [1970] – UK
Scars of Dracula [1970] – UK
Magic [1978]
Transylvania 6-5000 [1985]
Dark Asylum [2001]
Zombie Night [2003]
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NOVEMBER 9
BORN ON NOVEMBER 9
1984 – Elysia Rotaru, appeared in “iZombie – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Choose Your Victim – TV Series,” “The Sinners,” “Girl House,” and “Stan Helsing.”
1929 – Severn Darden, appeared in “Werewolves on Wheels” and “Saturday the 14th”.
1899 – Francisco Reiguera, appeared in “The Brainiac,” “Mysteries of Black Magic,” “The Mark of Satan” and the TV Series “The Mummies of Guanajuato.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 9
2020 – Józef Para, appeared in “Alchemik.”
2003 – Art Carney, starred in “Firestarter” and the very touching “Twilight Zone” episode “Night of the Meek.”
2003 – Fred J. Brown, sound department for “The Exorcist,” “DeepStar Six,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou,” “Psychic Killer” and more.
1979 – Lewis Charles, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1978 – Florence Marly, who played the title role in “Queen of Blood”.
1968 – Gerald Mohr, appeared in “The Angry Red Planet,” “My World Dies Screaming,” “The Catman of Paris” and “The Monster and the Girl”.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 9
Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory [1961] – Italy
Silent Night, Deadly Night [1984]
Child’s Play [1988]
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out [1989]
Child’s Play 2 [1990]
Mister Frost [1990]
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker [1991]
Trancers 5: Sudden Death [1994]
Retro Puppet Master [1999] – video premiere
Dead End [2003] – DVD premiere
Mulberry Street [2006] – After Dark Horrorfest
Nightmare Man [2006] – After Dark Horrorfest
Borderland [2007]
P2 [2007]
The Deaths of Ian Stone [2007] – After Dark Horrorfest
A Feast of Flesh [2007]
Unearthed [2007] – After Dark Horrorfest
Gags The Clown [2018]
The Jack in the Box [2019] – British Horror Film Festival
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NOVEMBER 10
BORN ON NOVEMBER 10
1977 – Brittany Murphy, appeared in “Something Wicked,” “Cherry Falls,” “The Prophecy II,” “Across the Hall” and “Deadline.”
1968 – Tracy Morgan, hosted the show “Scare Tactics.”
1966 – Vanessa Angel, appeared in “Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft,” “Monster Night,” “Raging Sharks,” “Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys,” “Behind the Walls,” “Out for Blood” and more.
1960 – Neil Gaiman, producer/writer for “The Sandman – podcast episodes.”
1956 – Matt Craven, appeared in “Happy Birthday to Me,” “Disturbia,” “Jacob’s Ladder” and “Resurrection – TV Series.”
1955 – Clare Higgins, starred in “Hellraiser” and “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.” She also appeared in “Being Human – TV Series.”
1955 – Roland Emmerich, Writer/producer/director whose film credits include the remake of “Godzilla,” “Independence Day,” “Hell” and “Eight Legged Freaks.”
1950 – Debra Hill, wrote and/or produced “Halloween,” “The Fog,” “Escape From New York”, “Halloween II”, “Halloween III” and many more. She grew up in Haddonfield, New Jersey which they took for the fictional Illinois town in “Halloween.”
1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, appeared in “Lord of Illusions” and “Lurking Fear.”
1932 – Roy Scheider, starred in “Jaws,” “Curse of the Living Corpse,” “Dracula II: The Ascension” and “Dracula III: Legacy.”
1928 – Ennio Morricone, well known composer, “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Stendhal Syndrome,” Wolf,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “Orca,” “The Chosen,” “Autopsy,” “The Antichrist,” “The Cat o’ Nine Tails,” “The Thing” and many more.
1925 – Richard Burton, starred in “The Exorcist: The Heretic,” “The Medusa Touch” and “Doctor Faustus.”
1924 – Russell Johnson, appeared in “Attack of the Crab Monster,” “It Came from Outer Space” and “This Island Earth.”
1899 – Claude Rains, starred in “The Invisible Man,” “The Wolf Man” and the 1943 version of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 10
2019 – Lawrence G. Paull, production designer for “Predator 2” and art director for the TV Movie “She Waits.”
2017 – Ray Lovelock, starred in “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Autopsy,” “Play Motel,” “Queens of Evil” and “The Last House on the Beach.”
2006 – Jack Palance, starred in the Dan Curtis produced TV movies “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Dracula.”
1992 – Chuck Connors, starred in the film “Tourist Trap” and in the “Werewolf” TV series.
1977 –Dennis Wheatley, British author whose novels were turned into such films as “The Devil Rides Out” and “To the Devil A Daughter.”
1962 – Willis O’Brien, Special effects for “King Kong” and “The Giant Behemoth.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 10
The Cat Creeps [1930]
The Cat and the Canary [1939]
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House [1943]
Crucible of Horror [1970] – New York City
The Prowler [1981] – UK
Communion [1989]
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie [1989] – New York City
Nightstalker [2002]
Ghost Hunters: Point of Contact [2006]
Night of the Living Dead 3D [2006]
Hurt [2009]
Army of Frankensteins [2013]
Hi-8 [Horror Independent 8] [2013]
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NOVEMBER 11
BORN ON NOVEMBER 11
1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, appeared in “Critters 3” starred in “Inception” and “Shutter Island,” produced “Orphan,” “Red Riding Hood” and “Delirium.”
1962 – Demi Moore, starred in “Parasite” and “The Seventh Sign”.
1960 – Stanley Tucci, appeared in “The Witches, “Monkey Shines,” “The Silence,” “Patient Zero,” “The Eighteenth Angel” and episodes of the TV series “Fortitude.”
1951 – Bill Moseley, starred in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Night of the Living Dead [1990],] “Shed of the Dead [2019], “Big Top Evil,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Dark Roads 79,” “Smothered,” “Old 37,” “Charlie’s Farm,” “Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet,” “Dead Air” and many more.
1940 – Dennis Fimple, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “King Kong [1976],” “Bug Buster,” “Creature from Black Lake,” “Fangs,” “The Evictors” and more.
1925 – John Guillermin, directed “King Kong [1976]” and producer/writer for “Melody in the Dark.”
1915 – Milicent Patrick, chiefly designed the gill man suit for “Creature From The Black Lagoon” but was denied credit for many years from Bud Westmore, head of Universal’s makeup department of the time. She finally got the credit she deserved in the late 1990’s.
1911 – Patric Knowles, starred in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The Wolf Man” and “Terror In the Wax Museum.”
1909 – Robert Ryan, appeared in “The Ghost Breakers.”
1906 – Theodore Gottlieb, appeared in “The ‘Burbs,” “Nocturna,” “Horror of the Blood Monsters” and “Devil’s Express.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 11
2019 – Tadashi Nakamura, voice acting dubbing for “Dracula: Dead and Living It” and “Repossessed.”
2008 – Arthur Ross screenplays include “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “Satan’s School For Girls” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2005 – Moustapha Akkad, produced “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween III,” “Halloween 4,” “Halloween 5,” “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” “Halloween H20” and “Halloween Resurrection.”
1997 – William Alland, producer for “It Came From Outer Space,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “This Island Earth”.
1979 – Dimitri Tiomkin, conductor his music was used in the films “The Mummy’s Curse,” “The Cat Creeps” and The Thing From Another World [1951].
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 11
The Devil Bat [1940] – US premiere
The Return of the Vampire [1943]
Bluebeard [1944]
Schizo [1976] – UK
Ghost Town [1988]
Interview with the Vampire [1994]
Evil Cult [2003]
Speed Demon [2003]
The Curse of Blanchard Hill [2006] – NW Projections Film Festival
The Evil Woods [2007]
One-Eyed Monster [2008]
Humans vs Zombies [2011]
E-Demon [2016]
Here Comes Hell [2019]
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NOVEMBER 12
BORN ON NOVEMBER 12
1982 – Anne Hathaway, starred in “The Witches” and “Colossal.”
1980 – Ryan Gosling, appeared in “Frankenstein and Me,” “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal – TV Series,” “Goosebumps – TV Series” and “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series.”
1973 – Radha Mitchell, starred in “The Crazies [2009],” “Silent Hill,” “Silent Hill: Revelation 3D” and “Pitch Black.”
1943 – Wallace Shawn, appeared in “Vamps,” “Strange Invaders” and “The Haunted Mansion.”
1929 – Grace Kelly, starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films “Rear Window” and “Dial M for Murder.”
1922 – Kim Hunter, appeared in “The Kindred,” “Two Evil Eyes,” “Bad Ronald,” “Dark August,” “The Seventh Victim” and more.
1919 – Ray Kellogg, producer of the films “The Killer Shrews” and “The Giant Gila Monster.”
1904 – Jacques Torneur, directed the films “Curse of the Demon,” “Cat People” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 12
2020 – Alfonso Ortiz, appeared in “The Charro of the Skulls.”
2020 – Asif Basra, appeared in “Darr @ the Mall,” “Islamic Terrorist” and “Sheitaan.”
2019 – George Ian Cullen, appeared in “Le Sequel,” “F,” “Hellbreeder” and an episode of “Department S [1969–1970] Episode: The Bones of Byrom Blain.”
2018 – Stan Lee, producer for “Blade,” “Blade II,” “Blade: Trinity,” “Man Thing,” “The Sandman” and “Blade – Animated Series.”
2007 – Ira Levin, wrote the novels “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Stepford Wives”.
2003 – Jonathan Brandis, starred in “It – TV Mini-Series,” “The Munsters Today – TV Series” and “Stepfather II.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 12
The Mad Ghoul [1943]
Play Misty for Me [1971]
Assault on Precinct 13 [1976]
Alone in the Dark [1982]
The Slumber Party Massacre [1982]
Creepshow [1982]
The Faculty [1998] – premiere
Shadow of the Vampire [2000] – Hawaii Film Festival
Seed of Chucky [2004]
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NOVEMBER 13
BORN ON NOVEMBER 13
1969 – Gerard Butler, starred in “Dracula 2000” and “Tale of the Mummy.”
1967 – Bobby Fernandez-Hewitt, worked on the soundtrack for “Valentine [2001].”
1959 – Tracy Scoggins, appeared in “Demonic Toys,” “Dollman vs. the Demonic Toys,” “Otis” and “Alien Intruder.”
1947 – Joe Mantegna, starred in the film “Thinner.”
1935 – Tom Atkins, starred in “Halloween III,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Creepshow” “The Fog [1980],” “My Bloody Valentine [2009]” and “Trick.”
1926 – Don Gordon, appeared in the films “The Exorcist III,” “The Beast Within” and “The Final Conflict.”
1916 – Jack Elam, appeared in “Night of the Grizzly,” “A Knife for the Ladies,” “Uninvited” and “Creature from Black Lake.”
1913 – Helen Mack, starred in “Son of Kong.”
1895 – Edward L. Alperson, produced the original “Invaders from Mars.”
1850 – Robert Louis Steveson, creator of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 13
2020 – Julio Videla, appeared in “The Nominee.”
2020 – Philip Voss, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell.”
2019 – Arthur Ronald Marks, directed & produced “J.D.’s Revenge.”
2019 – Niall Tóibín, appeared in “The Sleep of Death” and “Rawhead Rex.”
2008 – Marcello Fondato, wrote the screenplays for the films “Blood & Black Lace,” “Black Sabbath” and “Uncle Was a Vampire”.
1998 – Valerie Hobson, starred in “Werewolf of London,” “Bride of Frankenstein” and “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”.
1995 – John Van Eyssen, appeared in “Horror of Dracula,” “Quatermass 2” and more.
1990 – Don Chaffey, directed several films and TV shows, including the original “Prisoner,” “Creatures the World Forgot,” “Persecution,” “One Million Years B.C.” and episodes of “Journey to the Unknown.”
FILMS REEASED ON NOVEMBER 13
The Bat Whispers [1930]
The Invisible Man [1933]
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake [1959]
Alice, Sweet Alice [1976]
The Running Man [1987]
Bram Stoker’s Dracula [1992]
Rise of the Dead [2007]
The Tomb [2009]
ThanksKilling 3 [2012]
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