DECEMBER 12

BORN ON DECEMBER 12

1975 – Mayim Bialik, appeared in “Pumpkinhead” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters,” “The Hidden Room” and “Extreme Ghostbusters.”

1974 – Jason Collins, make-up and special effects for “From Dusk Till Dawn 2 & 3,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Bubba Ho-Tep” “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Night Train,” “At Devil’s Door,” “Zombie Day Apocalypse” and many more.

1970 – Mädchen Amick, appeared in “Priest,” “Sleepwalkers,” “The Borrower” as well as episodes of “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” “American Horror Story,” “Beauty and the Beast” and more.

1970 – Jennifer Connelly, starred in “Phenomena,” “Dark Water” and the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”

1967 – Anne Bobby, starred in Clive Barker’s “Nightbreed,” “In Fear Of – TV Series” and “The Hanover House.”

1956 – Ana Alicia, played “Nurse Janet” in “Halloween II”.

1952 – Sarah Douglas who starred in “Return of the Living Dead III”.

1949 – Bill Nighy, appeared in “I, Frankenstein,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Shaun of the Dead,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1989]” and more.

1947 – Wings Hauser, starred in “Night Shadows,” “The Carpenter” and “Tales from the Hood.”

1944 – Kenneth Cranham, starred in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II” also appeared in “Tale of a Vampire,” “Old Dracula” and more.

1943 – Gianni Russo, starred in “Laserblast.”

1930 –Gordon Hessler, writer/director whose work includes “The Oblong Box,” the “Spanish Moss Murders” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park” and more.

1927 – Honor Blackman, appeared in “To the Devil a Daughter” and “Tale of the Mummy”.

1915 – Frank Sinatra, soundtrack for “Black Christmas [2006],” “Arachnophobia,” “Innocent Blood,” Hollyweird – TV Movie,” “Sauce” and more.

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1900 – Eddie Parker, did the stunts for “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “House of Dracula,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”

1893 – Edward G. Robinson, appeared in “Soylent Green.”

DIED ON DECEMBER 12

2020 – Mick Innes, appeared in “No Joke Ricky,” “Caretaker,” “Housebound” and “The Socks.”

2019 – Daniel Louis Aiello Jr., produced “UnConventional” and appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder,” “The Stuff” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside [1984].”

2009 – Val Avery, appeared in episodes of the TV series’ “The Munsters,” “Friday the 13th,” He also appeared in the films “Too Scared to Scream” and “Amityville Horror [1979].”

2008 – Van Johnson, starred in the film “Killer Crocodile”.

2006 – Peter Boyle who played “The Monster” in “Young Frankenstein” and appeared in the film “Species II”.

2005 – Annette Stroyberg, starred in “Blood and Roses.”

1978 – Fay Compton, who appeared in the 1963 version of “The Haunting”.

1976 – Jack Cassidy, appeared in TV movie “The Phantom of Hollywood”.

1970 – Carolyn Craig, starred in “The House On Haunted Hill.”

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 12

The Wolf Man [1941]
Frankenstein ’80 [1972]
The Class of Nuke ‘Em High [1986]
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth [1992]
Mutant Species [1995] – USA – video premiere
Scream 2 [1997]
Rebirth of Mothra III [1998]
A Dead Calling [2006]
The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008]

Devil’s Trail [2017]

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DECEMBER 13

BORN ON DECEMBER 13

1985 – Laurence Leboeuf, appeared in “The Secret,” “Mother!” and “Being Human – TV Series.”

1981 – Amy Lee, lead singer of the band “Evanescence.” Their music has been used in the film “Underworld: The Awakening.”

1959 – Johnny Whitaker, appeared in “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle” and the TV movie “Something Evil.”

1958 – Lynn-Holly Johnson, appeared in “Watcher in the Woods,” and “Alien Predator”.

1957 – Steve Buscemi, appeared in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Hotel Transylvania, 2, 3,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and more.

1934 – Richard D. Zanuck, producer whose films include “Jaws,” “Sssssss,” and “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

1929 – Christopher Plummer, starred in “Wolf,” and “Dracula 2000”.

1915 – Curd Jürgens, appeared in “The Mephisto Waltz,” “The Vault of Horror,” “The Sleep of Death” and “Hexen.”

1892 – Harry Strang, film appearances included “The Mysterious Dr. Satan,” The Face Behind the Mask” and “Mighty Joe Young.

DIED ON DECEMBER 13

2020 – Mitsuyo Asaka, appeared in “Uneasy Encounters.”

2007 – Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Millennium – TV Series” and “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series.”

2006 – Keith Larsen, directed “Night of the Witches”.

1979 – Jon Hall, starred in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “Beach Girls and the Monster,” as well as directed “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 13

The Werewolf [1913]
The Devil Bat [1940]
Maniac Cop 2 [1990] – Los Angeles premiere
Mars Attacks! [1996]
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. [2003]
King of the Lost World [2005]
Automatons [2006]

The Devil Lives Here [2015] – USA Internet premiere

After She Wakes [2019]

Black Christmas [2019]

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DECEMBER 14

BORN ON DECEMBER 14

1988 – Vanessa Hudgens, appeared in “Freaks of Nature” and producer for “#15SecondScare.”

1979 – Sophie Monk, appeared in “Life Blood,” “The Hills Run Red,” “Blood Feast” and “Monster!”

1975 – KaDee Strickland, appeared in “The Grudge,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” “The Stepford Wives” and “The Sixth Sense.”

1975 – Marysia Kay, actress in “Forest of the Damned,” “When Evil Calls,” “Zombie Women of Satan,” “Colour from the Dark,” “Karl the Butcher vs Axe,” “The Scar Crow” and more.

1965 – Ted Raimi appeared in “Drag Me To Hell,” “Army of Darkness,” ‘The Midnight Meat Train” and “Shocker.”

1962 –Ginger Lynn Allen, appeared in “Samhain” and “The Devil’s Reject’s.”

1953 – Wade Davis, wrote the novel “The Serpent and the Rainbow” which was turned into a movie in 1988.

1949 – Dee Wallace, starred in “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Stepford Wives [1975],” “The Howling,” “The Frighteners,” “Cujo”, “Red Christmas,” “Halloween [2007],” “ZK: Elephant’s Graveyard,”
“Haunting of Cellblock 11,”  and many more.

1946 – Patty Duke appeared in “The 4D Man,” “Amityville; The Evil Escapes” and “The Swarm.”

1943 – Alan Ormsby, writer/director/makeup for the films “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things,” “Cat People,” “Popcorn,” “Not Quite Human” and more.

1938 – Janette Scott, starred in “Day of the Triffids,” “The Old Dark House” and “Crack in the World.” She is mentioned in the opening title song of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

1935 – Lee Remick, starred in “Experiment in Terror” and “The Omen.”

1935 – Lewis Arquette, appeared in “Scream 2,” “The Horror Show,” “Chopper Chicks in Zombietown” as well as episodes of the following TV Series “FreakyLins,” “Gravedale High” and “Tales from the Crypt.”

1917 – Elyse Knox, starred in “The Mummy’s Tomb.”

1916 – Shirley Jackson, wrote the novels “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Lottery.”

DIED ON DECEMBER 14

2020 – Piotr Machalica, appeared in “Medium,” “Labirynt” and “Szamanka.”

2020 – Hanna Stankówna, actress in “The Third Part of the Night” and the TV Short “System.”

2019 – Chuy Bravo, appeared in “The One: Horror – Cupido, Divinitas [2017].”

2013 – Peter O’Toole, starred in “Phantoms,” “Highway to Hell,” “High Spirits” and many more.

2011 – Don Sharp, writer/director of “What Waits Below,” “Hammer House of Horror – TV Series,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Curse of the Fly,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and more.

2009 – Conard Fowkes, played Frank Garner in early episodes of “Dark Shadows”.

2006 – Ralph Miller, appeared in “Outbreak” and the 1995 version of “Village of the Damned”.

1998 – Norman Fell, appeared in “Transylvania 6-5000,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and in numerous TV series such as “The Invaders,” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1993 – Myrna Loy, screen legend who starred in the TV movie “Ants!” “Thirteen Women” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 14

Pillow of Death [1945]
Starman [1984]
Edward Scissorhands [1990]

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah [1991]

Rebirth of Mothra [1996]
King Kong [2005]
I Am Legend [2007]

Bigfoot County [2012]

Creeps: A Tale of Murder and Mayhem [2013]

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DECEMBER 15

BORN ON DECEMBER 15

1984 – Amy Holt, appeared in “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre,” “Dinocroc vs. Supergator” and “Girls Gone Psycho.”

1983 – Camilla Luddington, appeared in “The Pact II” and “True Blood – TV Series.”

1981 – Brendan Fletcher, appeared in “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour – TV Series,” “Altergeist,” “Leprechaun: Origins,” “13 Eerie,” “BloodRayne: The Third Reich,” “Freddy vs. Jason” and many more.

1972 – Stuart Townsend, who played “LeStat” in “Queen of the Damned,” and the new “Kolchak” in the short-lived series “The Night Stalker.”

1963 – Ellie Cornell, appeared in “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Halloween 5,” “House of the Dead,” “House of the Dead 2,” “All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos,” “The Thirst,” “Femme Fatales – TV Series” and more.

1960 – Walter Werzowa, composer for “Hellraiser: Inferno,” “Cherry Falls,” “Mimic 2,” “The Hunted” and “American Mummy.”

1949 – David Niven Jr., produced the film “Psycho Cop Returns.”

1936 – Joe D’Amato, directed “Buried Alive,” “The Grim Reaper” and “Troll 2.”

DIED ON DECEMBER 15

2020 – Caroline Cellier, appeared in “Transit.”

2019 – Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson, appeared in “Witchfinder General,” “Psychomania,” “Truth or Die” and episodes of TV Series “The Green Man” and “Seagull Island.”

2013 – Joan Fontaine, starred in the Hammer film “The Witches”.

2012 – Bernadette Milnes, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “She-Wolf of London” and “The Quatermass Experiment.”

2010 – Jean Rollin, directed “The Rape of the Vampire,” “The Nude Vampire,” “Requiem for a Vampire,” “The Shiver of the Vampires,” “Zombie Lake,” “The Living Dead Girl” and many more.

2003 –Edward Montagne, director/producer whose films include “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and the TV movie “The Munsters’ Revenge”.

1991 – James Whitworth, starred as “Jupiter” in Wes Craven’s “The Hills Have Eyes” and “The Hills Have Eyes Part II”.

1962 – Charles Laughton, starred in “Island of Lost Souls,” “The Strange Door”  and “The Old Dark House” alongside Boris Karloff.

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 15

Killer Ape [1953]
Frankenstein’s Daughter [1958]

The Innocents [1961]
Gamera the Invincible [1966]
Young Frankenstein [1974]
The Corpse Grinders 2 [2000]
Mental Scars [2009]

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DECEMBER 16

BORN ON DECEMBER 16

1967 – Miranda Otto, appeared in “I, Frankenstein,” “The Silence,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Annabelle: Creation,” “The 13th Floor” and more.

1961 – Shane Black, appeared in “Predator,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Wolfman’s Got Nards,” “Dead Heat” and wrote the screenplay for “The Monster Squad.”

1955 – Xander Berkeley, appeared in “The Dark and the Wicked,” “The Guardian [1990],” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “Candyman [1992],” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series,” “Being Human – TV Series,” “Salem – TV Series” and many more.

1947 – Ben Cross, appeared in “Exorcist; The Beginning,” “Wicked Little Things,” “Species: The Awakening,” starred as “Barnabas Collins” in the 1990 TV remake of the series “Dark Shadows”.

DIED ON DECEMBER 16

2020 – Emil Cadkin, soundtrack for “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “Paranormal Activity 4,” “Franskenweenie” and composer for “The Killer Shrews.

2011 – Nicol Williamson, appeared in “The Exorcist III”.

2008 – Sam Bottoms, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Project Shadowchaser III,” “Dolly Dearest” and “Up from the Depths”.

1993 – Moses Gunn, appeared in “Firestarter” and “Amityville II: The Possession”.

1989 – Lee Van Cleef, appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “It Conquered the World” and “Escape From New York”.

1962 – Lew Landers directed “Return of the Vampire,” the 1935 version of “The Raven” with Karloff and Lugosi, as well as “The Mask of Diijon”.

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 16

The Mummy [1959]
Son of Godzilla [1967]
The Keep [1983]

Godzilla vs. Biollante [1989]
Hellmaster [1992]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus [2000]

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini [2015]

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DECEMBER 17

BORN ON DECEMBER 17

1986 – Vanessa Zima, appeared in “The Absent.”

1986 – Emma Bell, who played “Amy” on the AMC series “The Walking Dead.” She also appeared in the films “Hatchet II,” “Why?” and “Final Destination 5.”

1984 – Shannon Woodward, appeared in “The Veil,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Shortcut” and an episode of the TV Series “Etheria.”

1977 – Katheryn Winnick, appeared in “The Gates – TV Series,” “Amusement,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “The Dark Tower,” “Choose” and “Satan’s Little Helper.”

1975 – Milla Jovovich, starred in “The Fifth Element,” “Resident Evil,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” and “Resident Evil: Retribution”.

1974 – Sarah Paulson, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “American Gothic – TV Series,” “Bug [2002],” “Bird Box” and “Run.”

1970 – Sean Patrick Thomas appeared in “Halloween Resurrection,” “Dracula 2000” and “The Burrowers.”

1969 – Laurie Holden, starred as “Andrea” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.” She also appeared in “The Mist,” “Silent Hill,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series” and more.

1953 – Bill Pullman, starred in “The Grudge,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Scary Movie 4” and “Independence Day.”

1953 – Barry Livingston, appeared in “Tremors 3: Back to Perfection” and “Maniac 3: Badge of Silence.”

1954 – Ernie Hudson, starred in “Ghostbusters [1984] and Ghostbusters II,” “Leviathan,” “The Crow” and “Hood of Horror.”

1934 – Peter Schrum, appeared in “Trancers,” “Terminator 2″ and Demonic Toys.”

1933 – Marilyn Eastman, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”

1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, appeared in “The X-Files [1998].”

1927 – Richard Long, played “Lance Schroeder” in the original “House on Haunted Hill.”

DIED ON DECEMBER 17

2020 – David Ashford, appeared in “Quatermass – Episode: What Lies Beneath.”

2020 – Freddie Santos, producer for “Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings.”

2020 – Jeremy Bulloch, appeared in “The Final Conflict” and “Thriller – Episode: Only a Scream Away.”

2019 – Shreeram Lagoo, appeared in “Gehrayee,” “Chehre Pe Chehra” and “Nache Nagin Gali Gali.”

2009 – Dan O’Bannon, writing credits include the screenplays for “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien: Covenant,” “Lifeforce,” “Screamers,” “Dead & Buried,” “Return of the Living Dead” [which he also directed] and “Total Recall.”

1999 – Warren Ball, starred in “The Corpse Grinders,”.

1992 – Dana Andrews, starred in the films “Curse of the Demon” and “The Frozen Dead.”

1988 – Jerry Hopper, director whose credits include the TV series’ “The Addams Family”.

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 17

Calling Dr. Death [1943]
The Tell-Tale Heart [1953]
Monster on the Campus [1958]
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster [1966] – Japan
Four Flies on Grey Velvet [1971] – Rome
King Kong [1976]

Sweet Dreams [2019]

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DECEMBER 18

BORN ON DECEMBER 18

1978 – Katie Holmes, starred in “Brahms: The Boy II,” “The Gift,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, “Disturbing Behavior” and “Teaching Mrs. Tingle.”

1976 – Erin Simms, appeared in “The Possession,” “The Howling: Reborn,” “Fringe – TV Series” and “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series.”

1970 – Rob Van Dam, appeared in “3-Headed Shark Attack” and an episode of the TV Series “The X-Files.”

1968 – Casper Van Dien, starred in “Sleepy Hollow” “Dracula 3000,” “Starship Troopers,” “Alpha Wolf,” and “Darkness Reigns.”

1963 – Brad Pitt starred in “Interview with a Vampire,” “12 Monkeys”, “Se7en,” “Cutting Class” and “World War Z.”

1955 – Ray Liotta, starred in the films “Hannibal,” and “Identity.”

1953 – Jeff Kober, is a wonderful character actor who has appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Hills Have Eyes II,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Kindred: The Embraced -TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The First Power,” “Alien Nation” and many more.

1946 – Steven Spielberg, directed “Jaws”, “Duel”, “Jurassic Park,” “Something Evil – TV Movie]” and also producer for “Poltergeist [1982],” “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Arachnophobia,” “The Whispers” and many more.

1925 – Peggy Cummins, starred in “Curse of the Demon.”

1922 – Marshall Grauer, appeared in “Zaat.”

1917 – Ossie Davis, who played “Portifoy” in the TV movie “Night Gallery” and also appeared in the TV mini-series ‘The Stand” and the film “Bubba Ho-Tep.”

DIED ON DECEMBER 18

2020 – Peter Lamont, art department for “Burn, Witch Burn,” Unearthly Srtanger” and Production Designer for ” Aliens.”

2019 – Claudine Auger, appeared in “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “A Bay of Blood” and “The Bermuda Triangle.”

2009 – Chas Balun, horror fan and writer for Fangoria magazine; also published the magazine “Deep Red.”

2006 – Joseph Barbera, writer/producer for “Scooby-Soo” movies as well as soundtrack for the movies “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “The Curse of La Llorona.”

2002 – Edward Norris, appeared in “The Gorilla”.

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 18

The Devil Rides Out [1968] – New York City
Nightkill [1980]
Ghost Story [1981]
Alligator II: The Mutation [1991] – USA video premiere
Hatchet [2006] – USA DVD premiere
AVH: Alien vs Hunter [2007]
Infection [2007]
The New Daughter [2009] – USA limited

Sint [2010]

Yummy [2019] – Belgium

Hunter Hunter [2020] – Canada

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