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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OCTOBER 1
Raymond Gniewek
November 13, 1931 – October 1, 2021
Musician/Violinist:
Interview with the Vampire [1994]
OCTOBER 2
Richard Evans
January 23, 1935 – October 2, 2021
Actor:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: I’ll Take Care of You [1959]
OCTOBER 3
Josep Maria Forn
April 4, 1928 – October 3, 2021
Production Manager:
Pastel de sangre – aka “Blood Cake” [1971]
Cynthia Harris
August 9, 1934 – October 3, 2021
Actress:
Doctor Franken [1980] – TV Movie
Tomas Norström
May 23, 1956 – October 3, 2021
Actor:
Villmark 2 [2015]
A Cure for Wellness [2016]
Marc Pilcher
December 1967 – October 3, 2021
Makeup Department:
The Great Ghost Machine [2011]
Dark Shadows [2012]
Vampire Academy [2014]
OCTOBER 4
Michael Ferguson
June 14, 1937 – October 4, 2021
Director:
Out of the Unknown – Episode: 1+1=1.5 [1969]
Out of the Unknown – Episode: The Yellow Pill [1969]
Out of the Unknown – Episode: Taste of Evil [1971]
Out of the Unknown – Episode: The Last Witness [1971]
The Man Outside [1972–]
Alan Kalter
March 21, 1943 – October 4, 2021
Actor:
USA Saturday Nightmares [1986–1994]
OCTOBER 5
Geoff Boyle
July 20, 1950 – October 5, 2021
Cinematographer:
Attack of the Adult Babies [2017]
OCTOBER 6
Gerald Home
October 18, 1950 – October 6, 2021
Principal Plant Performer/Puppeteer
Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
Patrick Horgan
May 26, 1929 – October 6, 2021
Actor:
The Evil of Frankenstein [1964]
OCTOBER 7
Rick Jones
February 7, 1937 – October 7, 2021
Actor:
The Shuttered Room [1967]
Jan Shutan
November 5, 1932 – October 7, 2021
Actress:
Dracula’s Dog [1977]
This House Possessed [1981] – TV Movie
The Outer Limits – Episode: The Inheritors: Part II [1964]
Night Gallery – Episode: The Different Ones/Tell David…/Logoda’s Heads [1971]
OCTOBER 8
Yung-Hsiang Chang
October 26, 1929 – October 8, 2021
Screenwriter:
Ghost in the Mirror [1974]
Devil Returns [1982]
OCTOBER 9
Shawn McLemore
May 3, 1967 – October 9, 2021
Actor:
Summer Camp Nightmare [1986]
OCTOBER 10
Bob Herron
September 23, 1924 – October 10, 2021
Actor:
Invaders from Mars [1953]
The Mole People [1956]
Slime People [1963] – Stunts
The Seventh Sigh [1988]
Grave Secrets [1989]
Stuntman:
The Monolith Monsters [1957]
Shadow of the Hawk [1976]
The Island [1980]
Poltergeist [1982]
Cujo [1983]
Hysterical [1983]
Annihilator [1986] – TV Movie
Poltergeist II: The Other Side [1986]
Prince of Darkness [1987]
The Kindred [1987]
Pet Sematary [1989]
Dark Angel [1990]
Child’s Play 3 [1991]
Luis de Pablo
January 28, 1930 – October 10, 2021
Composer:
Sound of Horror [1966] – his music was throughout the movie:
Satyajith
1946 – October 10, 2021
Actor:
Aapthamitra – aka “Confidant” [2004]
OCTOBER 11
Kenneth Essex
July 20, 1920 – October 11, 2021
Soundtrack:
Cat Girl [1957]
Quatermass 2 [1957]
Elio Pandolfi
June 17, 1926 – October 11, 2021
Voice Dubbing:
Black Sabbath [1963]
Vampire in Venice [1988]
Nedumudi Venu
May 22, 1948 – October 11, 2021
Actor:
Manichithrathazhu [1993]
Anandabhadram [2005]
Kaana Kanmani [2009]
In Ghost House Inn [2010]
OCTOBER 14
Geli Albaladejo
October 5, 1966 – October 14, 2021
Casting Director:
Hipnos [2004]
The Orphanage [2007]
Dorothy Steel
February 23, 1926 – October 14, 2021
Actress:
Black Majick [2016] – short
The Refuge [2016] – short
OCTOBER 16
Geoffrey Chater
March 23, 1921 – October 16, 2021
Actor:
The Strange World of Planet X [1956]
Endless Night [1972]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1973] – TV Movie
Haunted: The Ferryman [1974] – TV Movie
Thriller – Episode: The Carnation Killer [1973]
Thriller – Episode: Look Back in Happiness [1975]
The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: The Color of Blood [1973]
Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: The Verger [1988]
Alan Hawkshaw
March 27, 1937 – October 16, 2021
Soundtrack:
The Demon [1979]
The Fog [1980]
Composer:
The Monster Club [1981]
Betty Lynn
August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021
Actress:
Matinee Theatre [1955–1958]
OCTOBER 18
Toshihiro Iijima
September 3, 1932 – October 18, 2021
Director:
Operation: Mystery! [1968–1971]
Chris Ayers
May 16, 1965 – October 18, 2021
Actor:
Dark Water [2002]
Ghost Train [2006]
Highschool of the Dead [2010]
Another [2012]
Parasyte: The Maxim [2014–2015]
Val Bisoglio
May 7, 1926 – October 18, 2021
Actor:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Zombie [1974]
Ralph Carmichael
May 27, 1927 – October 18, 2021
Composer:
4D Man [1959]
The Blob [1958]
Edita Gruberova
December 23, 1946 – October 18, 2021
Soundtrack:
Hunger [2009]
William Lucking
June 17, 1941 – October 18, 2021
Actor:
The Ninth Configuration [1980]
Sleepstalker [1995]
Millennium – Episode: Loin Like a Hunting Flame [I] [1997]
Night Stalker – Episode: Burning Man [2005]
OCTOBER 19
Jack Angel
October 24, 1930 – October 19, 2021
Voice Actor:
Making Contact [1985]
Beetlejuice [1988]
fAlvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein [1999]
The Dark Eye [1995] – Video Game
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City [2012] – Video Game
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show – Episode: Scooby the Barbarian/No Sharking Zone [1983]
Leslie Bricusse
January 29, 1931 – October 19, 2021
Soundtrack:
Trick ‘r Treat [2007]
Candyman [2021]
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical [2001] – TV Movie
OCTOBER 20
Sean Gallimore
August 21, 1965 – October 20, 2021
Actor:
Vampire Hunter [2004]
Predator Island [2005]
Remains: Road to Reno [2011] – short
Dark Haul [2014] – TV Movie
Michael Laughlin
1938 – October 20, 2021
Director/Writer:
Strange Behavior [1981]
Strange Invaders [1983]
Viktor Yevgrafov
September 10, 1948 – October 20, 2021
Actor:
Dominus [1990]
OCTOBER 21
Martha Henry
February 17, 1938 – October 21, 2021
Actress:
Poltergeist: The Legacy – Episode: Ransom [1997]
Halyna Hutchins
1979 – October 21, 2021
Cinematographer:
Divination [2016] – short
Darlin’ [2019]
The Mad Hatter [2021]
Žarko Potočnjak
February 3, 1946 – October 21, 2021
Actor:
The Rat Savior [1976]
Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy [1981]
OCTOBER 22
Peter Scolari
September 12, 1955 – October 22, 2021
Actor:
Ticks [1993]
The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Trance [1988]
Evil [2019–]
Lisey’s Story – Episode: Bool Hunt [2021]
OCTOBER 23
Vishaka Siriwardhana
August 28, 1956 – October 23, 2021
Actress:
Seya [2018]
OCTOBER 24
Arved Birnbaum
1962 – October 24, 2021
Actor:
Eye for an Eye [2004] – short
We Are the Night [2010]
BloodRayne: The Third Reich [2011]
OCTOBER 24
Mamat Khalid
April 6, 1963 – October 24. 2021
Director:
Zombies from Banana Village [2007]
Zombie Biscuit Factory [2014]
Heritage House at the Crossroads [2015]
Highway to Hell [2017]
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
November 26, 1950 – October 24, 2021
Actor:
Kolysanka [2010]
Lee Tae-won
1983 – October 24, 2021
Producer:
Spellbound [2011]
OCTOBER 26
Ludovica Modugno
January 12, 1949 – October 26, 2021
Voice Dubbing:
Il dio serpente – aka “The Serpent God” [1970]
Body Count [1986]
Mort Sahl
May 11, 1927 – October 26, 2021
Actor:
Thriller – Episode: Man in the Middle [1960]
Lil Terselius
November 5, 1944 – October 26, 2021
Actress:
Dirty Fingers [1973]
Voice Coach:
The Circle [2015]
OCTOBER 28
Camille Saviola
July 16, 1950 – October 28, 2021
Actress:
Nightlife [1989] – TV Movie
Addams Family Values [1993]
Silent But Deadly [2012]
OCTOBER 29
Rossano Rubicondi
March 14, 1972 – October 29, 2021
Actor:
The Eighteenth Angel [1997]
OCTOBER 30
Yusuf Hussain
1948 – October 30, 2021
Actor:
Raaz [2002]
Darna Mana Hai [2003]
Fired [2010]
Typewriter [2019] – TV Series
Miroslav Středa
May 18, 1945 – October 30, 2021
Actor:
Ferat Vampire [1982]
OCTOBER 31
Dean Shek
June 17, 1949 – October 31, 2021
Producer:
Life After Life [1981]
Happy Ghost II [1985]
Actor:
Yinyang jie – aka “Blood Reincarnation” [1974]
Shi san hao xiong zhai – aka “A Haunted House” [1975]
The Bedevilled [1975]
The Seven Coffins [1975]
To Hell with the Devil [1982]