MARCH 6

BORN ON MARCH 6

2001 – Aryana Engineer, co-starred in “The Orphan.”

1995 – Rosie Day, appeared in “Down a Dark Hall,” “The Covenant,” “Baby,” “Peripheral,” “Howl” and “The Seasoning House.”

1981 – Ellen Muth, starred in “Dolores Claiborne” and the TV series “Dead Like Me.”

1970 – Shane Brolly, starred in “Underworld,” “Underworld Evolution” and “Room 6.”

1969 – Randy R. Fabert, writer/producer/actor/makeup FX artist “Blood Ties: The Legend of Hammerhead” and “Autumn Moon”.

1967 – Connie Britton, appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “American Horror Story – TV Series.”

1962 – Jonathan Scott-Taylor, played the title role of “Damien: The Omen II.”

1959 – Tom Arnold, made appearances in the films “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” and “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.”

1958 – Richard Schenkman, writer/producer/director of such films as “Mischief Night,” “Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies,” “The Man from Earth” and more.

1947 – Rob Reiner, directed “Misery”.

1946 – Martin Kove, appeared in “Last House on the Left [1972],” “VFW,” “Joker’s Wild,” “Bloodtide” and more.

1940 – Joanna Miles, appeared in “Bug,” “The Orphan [1979],” and the mini-series “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.”

1930 – Allison Hayes, starred in the films “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman,” “The Hypnotic Eye” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”

1929 – B. Jonathan Ringkamp, screenwriter for “The Clairvoyant.”

1928 – William F. Nolan, wrote the novel “Logan’s Run” and the screenplays for the TV movies “The Norliss Tapes,” “Trilogy of Terror” and “Bridge Across Time.”

1923 – Ed McMahon. narrator for the film “Daughter of Horror” and appeared in “Full Moon High.”

1906 – Lou Costello who was one half of the famed comedy team of Abbott and Costello. Their many films include “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff”, “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “Hold That Ghost” and many more.

1898 – Therese Giehse, appeared in “Black Moon.”

DIED ON MARCH 6

2021 – Boris Komnenić, appeared in “T.T. Syndrome.”

2021 – Nikki Van der Zyl, actress in “Frankenstein Created Woman” and “Scars of Dracula.”

2010 – Carol Marsh, played “Lucy” in “Horror of Dracula.”

2006 – Margaret Muse, appeared in the TV movie “Something Evil” and on such shows as “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Night Gallery”.

2005 – Sandy Ward, appeared in “The Velvet Vampire,” “Terminal Island” and “Cujo”.

2005 – Russ Marin, who appeared in films such as “The Dark,” “Body Double” and “Chiller”.

2004 – Frances Dee, starred in “I Walked with a Zombie.”

2004 – Helene Winston, appeared in the films “The Witchmaker” and “The Brotherhood of Satan”.

2003 – Harold Ayer, appeared in “Night of the Demons,” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Twilight Zone”.

2000 – John Colicos, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Changeling,” “Phobia,” “Creepshow” and “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series.”

1989 – Harry Andrews, appeared in “Theater of Blood”.

1970 – William Hopper, starred in “The Deadly Mantis,” “20 Million Miles To Earth” and “The Bad Seed”.

1967 – Nelson Eddy, appeared in the 1943 version of “Phantom of the Opera”.

1964 – Edward Van Sloan, starred in the original versions of “Dracula,” “Frankenstein” and “The Mummy.”

1951 – Ivor Novello, who starred in the 1927 and 1932 versions of “The Lodger”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 6

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1913]

Metropolis 1927 [NYC premiere]
The Lost City [1935]
Diary of a Madman [1963]
Rasputin: The Mad Monk [1966] – UK
The Reptile [1966] – UK
Skullduggery [1970]
The Devil and Max Devlin [1981]
Angel Heart [1987]
The Lawnmower Man [1992]
Dreamcatcher [2003] – ShoWest premiere
The Hazing [2004] – Florida Film Festival
Spectres [2004]

Decoys 2: Alien Seduction [2007]
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield [2007]
Pontypool [2008] – Toronto

The Dark Red [2018]

Extra Ordinary [2019]

Swallow [2019]

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MARCH 7

BORN ON MARCH 7

1983 – Raquel Alessi, appeared in “Ghost Rider” and “Uncle Sam.”

1971 – Rachel Weisz, starred in the 1999 version of “The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns,” “Constantine” and “Death Machine.”

1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, starred in “Skeleton Key,” “Orphan” “The Lie” and “The Cell.”

1956 – Bryan Cranston, starring in “Total Recall,” “Contagion,” “Fallen,” “Dead Space,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Stand – TV Series” and more.

1947 – Richard Lawson, appeared in “Sugar Hill,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Audrey Rose” and “Poltergeist.”

1945 – John Heard, appeared in “Cat People [1982],” “C.H.U.D.”, “The Seventh Sign,” “Sharknado,” “Living Among Us,” “TV Movie “Locusts,” episodes of “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” and “Tales from the Darkside [1985].”

1972 – Phil Parmet, cinematographer for “Halloween [2007],” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Grindhouse,” “Abduction,” “Werewolf Women of the S.S.” “The Burrowers” and “The Possession of Michael King”

1927 – James Broderick, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Great Ghost Tales,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”

1927 – Jean Badal, cinematographer for “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”

DIED ON MARCH 7

2021 – Lars-Göran Petrov – aka L-G Petrov, performed on the soundtrack for “Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie” as part of Entombed.

2021 – Sanja Ilić, composer for “Dark Echoes.”

2020 – Earl Pomerantz, writer for 2 episodes of the TV series “Amazing Stories” and acted in “Cannibal Girls.”

2005 – Debra Hill, known for Halloween [1978].

2004 – Paul Winfield, starred in “The Terminator [1984]” and appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “White Dog,” “Dead of Night” and the TV Movie “The Horror at 37,000 Feet.”

2000 – Charles Gray, appeared in “The Devil’s Bride,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “The Beast Must Die”.

1999 – Stanley Kubrick, directed “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Shining [1980].”

1992 – Olga Dickie, appeared “The House on Marsh Road,” “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and “Horror of Dracula.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 7

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1908]
The Mask of Diijon [1946]
Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man [1951]
The Premature Burial [1962] – Chicago

Deep Red [1975] – Italy

Nomads [1986]
The Grotesque [1997]
Otis [2008]

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MARCH 8

BORN ON MARCH 8

1984 – Nora-Jane Noone, starred in “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Afterlife – TV Series,” “Doomsday,” “Beyond the Rave,” “Legend of the Bog,” “The Day of the Triffids – TV Mini-Series” and more.

1981- Steven C. Miller, directed “Silent Night,” “Under the Bed,” “Granny,” “Automation Transfusion” and “Scream of the Banshee” and also appeared in “War of the Worlds [2005]” and “The Beast of Bray Road.”

1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Scooby Doo [2002]” and “Scooby Doo 2 [2004].”

1959 – Aidan Quinn, appeared in “Haunted,” “The Eclipse” and “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”.

1956 – John Kapelos, appeared in  “The Relic,” “The Craft,” “Shallow Ground,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series”  and more.

1952 – Sandy King, produced “They Live,” “Body Bags,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” “Village of the Damned”, “Vampires,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Vampires: Los Muertos” and more.

1940 – Susan Clark, appeared in the TV Movies “Trapped” and “Toe Tags.”

1918 – Alan Hale Jr, appeared in “The Crawling Hand,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Terror Night.” and a few episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”

DIED ON MARCH 8

2021 – Risto Aaltonen, appeared in “Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers.”

2021 – Trevor Peacock, appeared in the TV Movie “Titus Andronicus.”

2020 – Max von Sydow, actor in “The Exorcist,” “Dreamscape,” “Needful Things,” “The Wolfman [2010]” and more.

2019 – George Morfogen, appeared in “V – episode Part 1 & 2,” and “V: The Final Battle Part 3.”

2006 – Rhoda Williams, appeared in “Spacemaster X-7″ and provided the voice of “Tina,” in the “Little Girl Lost” episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

2004 – Robert Pastorelli, appeared in the TV Movie “Modern Vampires” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

2004 – Robin Hunter, co-starred in “Vampire Circus” and “Phantom of The Opera [1989].

2003 – Karen Morley, appeared in “The Phantom of Crestwood,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “The Unknown”.

2001 – Edward Winter, appeared in “The Boston Strangler”.

1985 – Edward Andrews, appeared “Gremlins,” “Monster Squad – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Thriller – TV Series” and more.

1977 – Henry Hull, starred in “Werewolf of London,” and “Master of the World.”

1975 – Larry Vincent, best known as “Seymour” a horror host in Los Angeles during the 1970’s and also appeared in “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls,” “Monster Rally – TV Series,” “The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant,” “Fright Night – TV Series” and “The Witchmaker.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 8

The Ghost Goes Wild [1947]
The Last Man on Earth [1964]
Mad Monster Party [1967]

Hellraiser: Bloodline [1996]
The Time Machine [2002]
The Ghouls [2003]
Black Devil Doll [2007] – USA

Ghost Tale [2021] – Amazon Prime Video

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MARCH 9

BORN ON MARCH 9

1986 – Brittany Snow, starred in “Would You Rather” and “Prom Night [2008].”

1972 – Kerr Smith, starred in “My Bloody Valentine [2009],” “Final Destination” and “The Forsaken.”

1960 – Finn Carter, starred in “Tremors” and also appeared in “Monsters – TV Series” and “The Outer Limits – TV Series.”

1943 – Trish Van Devere, appeared in the films “The Changeling” and “The Hearse.”

1942 – Rosemarie Gil, actress in “Night of the Cobra Woman,” “Shake, Rattle & Roll,” “Shaker, Rattle & Roll III,’ “Dear Diary,” “Black Mamba,” “Devil Woman” and more.

1940 – Raul Julia, played the role of “Gomez Addams” in the films “Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values,” as well as starring in “Frankenstein Unbound.”

1902 – Will Geer, appeared in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” and “The Mafu Cage.”

DIED ON MARCH 9

2021 – Isela Vega, appeared in “Fear Chamber,” “Diabolical Pact,” “Madame Death,” “Secret of Death,” “Lovers of the Lord of the Night,” “The Bloody Monks” and “Island of the Dalls.”

2021 – Cliff Simon, voice actor in the video game “The Order: 1886.”

2020 – Gary Brian Kibbe, camera department for “Halloween II [1981],” “Alien³,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” and cinematographer for “Prince of Darkness [1987],” “They Live,” “Village of the Damned,” “Vampires,” “Ghosts of Mars” and many more.

2019 – Jed Allan, appeared in “The Photographer.”

2019 – Jonathan Aguilar Garcia AKA: Chokoleit, appeared in “Bahay ni Lola 2,” “Echorsis,” and “DOTGA: Da One That Ghost Away.”

2006 – Barney McFadden, co-starred in “Salem’s Lot [1979]” and “Crazed”.

1997 – Terry Nation, wrote the screenplays for “The House in Nightmare Park,” and “And Soon Darkness”.

1969 – Richard Crane, appeared in “House of the Damned,” “The Alligator People,” “The Neanderthal Man,” “The Flying Serpent” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 9

The Human Monster [1939] – USA premiere
The Man from Planet X [1951]

Tales from The Crypt [1972]
Horror of the Wolf [1973]
Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot [1976] – USA
Starcrash 1978
Children of The Corn [1984]

Hell Hunters [1987]
The Last Broadcast [1998] – USA premiere
‘Til Death Do Us Part [2002]
Grave Tales [2004] – NY International Independent Film and Video Festival

Dance of the Dead [2008]
Nine Dead [2010]

Night of the Wolf [2014] – South by Southwest Film Festival

The Strangers: Prey at Night [2018]

The Canyonlands [2021]

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MARCH 10

BORN ON MARCH 10

1984 – Olivia Wilde, starred in “The Craft: Legacy,” “Turistas” and “The Lazarus Effect.”

1978 – Tara Cardinal, appeared in “Bloodstruck,” “Bite Nite,” “Apocalypse Z,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “Wrath of the Crows,” “The Profane Exhibit” and more.

1977 – Bree Turner, starred in “Masters of Horror – TV Series” and “Jekyll + Hyde [2006].”

1958 – Sharon Stone, starred in “Scissors,” “Diabolique,” “Basic Instinct” “Deadly Blessing” and “Sphere.”

1957 – Shannon Tweed, appeared in “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death” and “Possessed by the Night.”

1943 – Angelique Pettyjohn, appeared in “The Mad Doctor of Blood Island,” “The Touch of her Flesh,” “The Curse of her Flesh” and “Biohazard.”

1922 – Jerry Warren, producer for “Frankenstein Island,” “Man Beast,” “Teenage Zombies,” “Creature of the Walking Dead,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf,” “Attack of the Mayan Mummy” and “Curse of the Stone Hand.”

1891 – Sam Jaffe, starred in “Ghost Story,” “The Dunwich Horror” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”

DIED ON MARCH 10

2021 – Marco Sciaccaluga, appeared in “Terror Take Away.”

2010 – Corey Haim, starred in “The Lost Boys,” “The Lost Boys: Tribe” and “Silver Bullet”.

2003 – Jack Creley, appeared in “Reincarnate,” “Videodrome” and the TV series “Friday the 13th”.

1986 – Ray Milland, starred in “The Uninvited,” “X-The Man with X-Ray Eyes,” “Frogs” and “The Thing with Two Heads”.

1973 – Robert Siodmak, directed “Son of Dracula” and “The Spiral Staircase”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 10

Frogs [1972]
Silent Running [1972]

Exorcismo [1975]
The Fury [1978]

The Church [1989]
The Ninth Gate [1999]
The Hills Have Eyes [2006]
Undead or Alive: A Zombedy [2007]

Terror in the Pharaoh’s Tomb [2007]

Tone-Deaf [2019] – South by Southwest Film Festival

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MARCH 11

BORN ON MARCH 11

1989 – Anton Yelchin, starred in “Terminator Salvation” and “Fright Night [2011].”

1982 – Lindsey McKeon, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Indigenous,” “Shredder” and more.

1982 – Thora Birch, appeared in “Train,” “Kindred Spirits,” “Deadline,” “Dark Corners,” “Night Visions – TV Series,” “Walking Dead – TV Series” and more.

1981 – David Anders, appeared in the TV movie “Children of the Corn [2009],” “Left in Darkness,” “The Source,” TV Series “The Vampire Diaries” and “iZombie.”

1968 – Lisa Loeb, appeared in “Fright Night [2011],” “House on Haunted Hill,” “Black Circle Boys,” “Tabloid,” “Serial Killing 4 Dummys” and soundtrack for “After Midnight.”

1962 – Barbara Alyn Woods, appeared in “I Download a Ghost,” “Ghoulies IV,” “The Terror Within II” and “Repossessed.”

1961 – Elias Koteas, appeared in “The Prophecy,” “Fallen,” “Lost Souls,” “Skinwalkers,” “The Haunting in Connecticut,” “Let Me In” and more.

1959 – Nina Hartley, appeared in “Dude Bro Party Massacre III,” “Hell’s Kitty” and “Mummy Dearest.”

1956 – Rob Paulsen, appeared in “Eyes on Fire,” “Warlock,” “Elvira’s Haunted Hills” voices for “Scooby-Doo Movies and many more.”

1932 – Valerie French, appeared in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”.

1917 – Earl Bellamy, directed TV shows “The Munsters,” and “V.”

1916 – Ferdy Mayne, starred in “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” “The Vampire Lovers” and “Frightmare.”

DIED ON MARCH 11

2021 – Isidore Mankofsky, cinematographer for “Carrie [1976],” “Werewolves on Wheels,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Homebodies” and “Evil Town.”

2021 – Peter Patzak, director/writer for “Parapsycho – Spektrum der Angst.”

2021 – Norman J. Warren, directed “Satan’s Slave,” “Prey,” “Terror,” “Inseminoid,” “Bloody New Year” and the short “Turn Your Bloody Phone Off: The Second Batch.”

2020 – Jack Walley, appeared in “30 Days of Night.”

2005 – Bill Cameron, co-starred in “Blue Sunshine”.

2001 – Lillyan McBride, appeared in “Blood Orgy of the She Devils.”

2000 – Richard Collier, appeared in “Pet Sematary” and “Christine”.

1996 – Vince Edwards, appeared in “The Fear,” “Son of Darkness: To Die for II,” “Cellar Dwellar,” “Return To Horror High,” and the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside.”

1931 – F.W. Murnau, directed “Satanas,” “The Head of Janus,” “Nosferatu [1922],” “The Haunted Castle” and “Faust [1926]”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 11

Atragon [1963]
THX 1138 [1971]

Phantom of Death [1988] – Italy

Outpost [2008]
The Resident [2011]
Red Riding Hood [2011]

Battle Los Angeles [2011]

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MARCH 12

BORN ON MARCH 12

1976 – Xaver Hutter, starred in “Flashback.”

1968 – Aaron Eckhart, actor in ”The Wicker Man [2006],” “Incarnate,” Suspect Zero,” “Slaughter of the Innocents” and “I, Frankenstein.”

1960 – Jason Beghe, appeared in “One Missed Call” “The X Files [1998]”, “The X-Files – TV Series,” ”Monkey Shines” and more.

1963 – Jake Weber, actor in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Cell,” “Chained,” “The Beach House,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Wendigo,” “American Gothic – TV Series” and more.

1953 –Ron Jeremy, appeared in “Jersey Shore Massacre,” “Haunted Trailer,” “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Bloody Bible Camp,” “Terror Firmer,” “VooDoo,” “Girls Gone Dead,” “Chillerama,” “Zombiegeddon” and many more.

1952 – Rich Koz, known for his alter ego “Svengoolie” the Chicago Horror Host since 1978.

1951 – Caren Kaye, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings,” “Monster Squad” and “Satan’s Princess.”

1946 – Dean Cundey, cinematographer for “Jurassic Park,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” “The Thing [1982]” “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween [1978],” “Escape From New York,” “Psycho II,” “The Fog” and many more.

1946 – Frank Welker, voice over of “Fred” in “Scooby Doo” and “Scooby” himself.

1925 – Georges Delerue, composer for “The Legend of Doom House.”

1905 – Takashi Shimura, appeared in “Godzilla,” “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” “Godzilla Raids Again,” “Mothra,” “Gorath” and more.

DIED ON MARCH 12

2021 – Dara Calenic, appeared in “Love and Rage.”

2007 – Arnold Drake, wrote and produced the film “The Flesh Eaters”.

2005 – Jack Silk, stuntman on “Psychomania” and “The Devil’s Bride”.

2001 – Roswell A. Hoffman, visual effects for “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “This Island Earth,” “The Birds” “It Came from Outer Space” and more.

2001 –Morton Downey Jr., appeared in episodes of “Monsters,” “Tales from The Crypt,” and the film “Predator 2.”

2001 – Sir Lancelot, appeared in “I Walked with a Zombie,” “Curse of The Cat People” and “Zombies on Broadway”.

1989 – Maurice Evans, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”

1980 – Jay Anson, penned the novel, “The Amityville Horror” which was made into a movie in 1979.

1968 – Yoshio Kosugi, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster” and “Godzilla vs. the Thing.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 12

The Andromeda Strain [1971]

Godzilla vs. Gigan [1972] – Japan
Parasite [1982]

Superstition [1982]

The Slumber Party Massacre [1982]
Demonic Toys [1992] – video premiere
The Rage: Carrie 2 [1999]
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies [1999] – USA TV premiere

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra [2001] – USA limited
Secret Window [2004]
Suicide Girls Must Die [2010]

Unaware [2010]

The Innkeepers [2011] – South by Southwest Film Festival

Evidence [2012] – UK

Snatchers [2019]

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