JUNE 12
BORN ON JUNE 12
1989 – Valentina de Angelis, appeared in “Malibu Horror Story,” “The Midnight Game,” “Camp Hell” and “Bereavement.”
1988 – Cody Horn, starred in “Demonic” and “Occupant.”
1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, appeared in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1974 – Jason Mewes, appeared in “Halloweed,” “Devil’s Tower,” “Zombie Hamlet,” “Vampire Apocalypse,” “Feast,” “Scream 3”, and more.
1964 – Paula Marshall, appeared in “Full Eclipse”, “Warlock: The Armageddon”, “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.
1953 – Gary Farmer, appeared in “Sawtooth,” “Route 666,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “The Dark Wind,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Believers” and more.
1928 – Bernie Hamilton, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”
1919 – Uta Hagen, appeared in “The Other.”
1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, Producer and co-founder of American International Pictures – some of his films include “The Visitor,” “The Haunting [1999],” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Q,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “The Town that Dreaded Sundown,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and many more.
DIED ON JUNE 12
2021 – Dennis Berry, directed “The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau” and appeared in “Spirits of the Dead.”
2020 – Wlodzimierz Bednarski, actor in the video games “The Witcher” and “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.”
2019 – Sylvia Miles, acted in “The Funhouse,” “The Sentinel,” and “Violent Midnight.”
2019 – Juan José Alonso Millán, writer for “The National Mummy” and an episode of “After the Closed Door [1964]”
2015 – Rick Ducommun, appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Brimstone – TV Series,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Little Monsters” and more.
2014 – Carla Laemmle, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and in the original 1931 “Dracula.”
2006 – Hugh Latimer, who appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Cosmic Monster”.
2003 – Gregory Peck, starred in “The Omen,” “Cape Fear” 1962, and appeared in the 1991 version.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 12
Rosemary’s Baby [1968] – NYC
Count Yorga, Vampire [1970]
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage [1970]
Predator [1987]
The Witches of Eastwick [1987]
Witchcraft 8: Salem’s Ghost [1996]
Forest of the Dead [2007]
What Really Frightens You [2009]
Doghouse [2009] – UK
Black Rain [2009]
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JUNE 13
BORN ON JUNE 13
1978 – Ethan Embry, appeared in “Late Phases,” “The Guest,” “The House Across the Street,” “Vacancy,” “FreakyLinks – TV Series,” “They,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Prophecy II” and more.
1974 – Brande Roderick, appeared in “Hood of Horror” and “Dracula II: Ascension.”
1974 – Missy Crider, appeared in “The Others – TV Series,” “Quicksilver Highway – TV Movie,” “Demons – TV Movie” and “The Beast – TV Series.”
1973 – Kim Sønderholm, appeared in “Cannibal Fog,” “Silverthread,” “Sinister Visions,” “Zombie Ed,” “The Killing Games,” “Blood Fare,” “Vidar the Vampire,” “Supernatural Tales,” “The Horror Vault 3,” and many more.
1967 – Natasha Hovey, starred in “Demons [1985].”
1962 – Ally Sheedy, starred in “Man’s Best Friend” “Buried Alive II,” “The Fury Within” and more.
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, starred in “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Dominion” and “The Killing Gene.”
1951 – Richard Thomas, starred in “Stephen King’s It”.
1950 – Belinda Bauer, appeared in “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Servants of Twilight,” “RoboCop 2,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series” and “The Sins of Dorian Gray – TV Movie.”
1949 – Simon Callow, starred in “Chemical Wedding,” “The Dead Room – TV Movie,” “Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty” and “Blanche Dumas from B to Z.”
1943 – Malcolm McDowell, starred in “Cat People,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” “Halloween II” “31,” “Silent Night,” “Sanitarium” and more.
1919 – Richard Collier, appeared in “Eve of Destruction,” Pet Sematary [1989] and “Christine.”
1918 – Ben Johnson, appeared in “Terror Train,” “The Swarm,” “The Savage Bees” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”
1915 – Mary Wickes, starred in “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”
1900 – Ian Hunter [the actor, not the musician], appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Doctor Blood’s Coffin.”
1892 – Sir Basil Rathbone, starred in “Son of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “Tales of Terror,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “Queen of Blood” and more.
DIED ON JUNE 13
2021 – Ned Beatty, actor in “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “The Unholy [1988],” “Repossessed,” “Ed and His Dead Mother” and the TV Movie “Dying Room Only.”
2021 – David Lightfoot, producer for “Scratch,” “Wolf Creek” and “Rogue.”
2020 – Sabiha Khanum, actress in “Deewana.”
2019 – William Leonard Sean McCann, “The Uncanny,” “The Neighbor,” episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “The Hidden Room” and “Haven.”
2019 – Nobuyuki Ishida, appeared in “Vamp” and “Mirrorman.”
2019 – Edith González Fuentes, actress in “Alucarda,” “Cyclone,” “Hell’s Trap,” “The Dead,” “The Quarterer,” and the TV Movie “The Death Motel.”
2005 – Lane Smith, appeared in “Dark Night of the Scarecrow.”
2004 – Robert Lees, who wrote the screenplays for “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” “Hold That Ghost” and “The Black Cat” [1941].”
1979 – Darla Hood, appeared in “The Bat.”
1979 – Barry Shear, directed several episodes of the TV series “Night Gallery.”
1979 – George Cisar, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “The Werewolf,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula” and an episode of “The Addams Family.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 13
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms [1953]
The Children [1980]
Maniac Cop 2 [1991] – USA video premiere
A Tale of Two Sisters [2003]
The Lost [2006] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival
The Happening [2008]
Animal [2014] – Los Angeles – premiere
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JUNE 14
BORN ON JUNE 14
1989 – Courtney Halverson, actress in “Unfriended,” “Death Valley – TV Series,” “St. Agatha,” “The Open Door” and the TV Movie “Red Clover.”
1989 – Lucy Hale, appeared in “Fantasy Island,” “Truth or Dare,” “Scream 4″ and “Fear Island.”
1987 – Jordan Hayes, appeared in “House at the End of the Street,” “Exit Humanity,” “Hidden 3D,” “The Toll,” Nostrum” and the TV series “Helix.”
1978 – Diablo Cody, wrote the screenplay for and produced the film “Jennifer’s Body.”
1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, appeared in “The Force.”
1954 – Will Patton, starred in “Swamp Thing – TV Series,” “Halloween [2018],” “The Devil Below,” “Boarding School,” “The Fourth Kind,” “The Mothman Prophecies,” “The Puppet Masters” and many more.
1924 – Larry Vincent, portrayed Los Angeles Horror Host “Seymour, the Master of the Macabre and the Epitome of Evil,” appeared in “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant,” “The Witchmaster” and “Dr Death: Seeker of Souls.”
1921 – Gene Barry, appeared in “The 27th Day” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and “War of the Worlds” [2005] remake.
1910 – Takeo Murata, wrote the screenplays for “Godzilla [1954]” “Godzilla Raids Again” and “Rodan.”
DIED ON JUNE 14
2021 – Lisa Banes, appeared in “Brothel,” “A Cure for Wellness,” TV Movies “The Presence” and “A Family Torn Apart.”
2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput, assistant director for “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”
2019 – Maurice Bénichou, actor in “Time of the Wolf.”
2014 – Francis Matthews, appeared in “Do Not Disturb”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Corridors of Blood” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein.”
2008 – Alan Wells appeared in ‘Beginning of the End,” “The Cosmic Man” and “Cape Fear” [1962].
2004 – Max Rosenberg, produced the films “Tales from The Crypt,” “Madhouse,” “The Incredible Melting Man” and “Cat People” [1982].
2002 – Albert Band, produced and directed such films as “I Bury the Living,” “Mansion of the Doomed”.
1997 – Richard Jaeckel appeared in “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Green Slime,” “Latitude Zero” and “The Dark”.
1981 – Jimmy Cross, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “Day of the Nightmare,” “The Addams Family – TV Series,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 14
The Tell-Tale Heart – aka “Bucket of Blood” [1934]
The Monster That Challenged the World [1957]
Anatomy of A Psycho [1961]
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter [1974]
The Stuff [1985]
Deep in the Woods [2000]
The Crow: Salvation [2000]
Scooby Doo [2002]
Piñata: Survival Island [2002]
Cthulhu [2007]
The Dead Don’t Die [2019]
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JUNE 15
BORN ON JUNE 15
1971 – Jake Busey, appeared in “Starship Troopers,” “The Predator,” “Dead Ant,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Hitchhiker II: I’ve Been Waiting,” “The Frighteners,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.
1969 – Ice Cube, starred in “Anaconda” and “Ghosts of Mars” as well as the soundtrack for “Us,” “Anaconda,” “Blade II” and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.”
1964 – Courtney Cox, starred in the “Scream [1996],” “Scream 2,” “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,” “Scream [2022]” and the TV Series “Shining Vale.”
1963 – Helen Hunt, actress in “I See You,” “The Spell – TV Movie,” “Trancers II,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Into the Badlands – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of “Darkroom” and “The Hitchhiker.”
1959 – Eileen Davidson, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row” and “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time – TV Movie.”
1956 – Robin Curtis, appeared in “Ghost Story” “Hexed,” “Dark Breed,” and “The Unborn II.”
1949 – Rick Rosenthal, director of “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween: Resurrection,” “The Birds II: Land’s Fall,” also appeared in “Lost After Dark” and more.
1949 – Jim Varney appeared in “Blood, Friends, and Money.”
1947 – Richard P. Rubinstein produced many films including “Dawn of the Dead [1978] & [2004],” “Creepshow,” “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Tales From the Darkside – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “Day of the Dead,” “The Langloliers,” “The Night Flier,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and many more.
1945 – Joy Bang, starred in “Messiah of Evil” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1929 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, directed “Blood Feast,” “Two Thousand Maniacs!,” “Color Me Blood Red,” “The Gruesome Twosome,” “The Wizard of Gore.” “The Gore Girls” and “Herschell Gordon Lewis’ BloodMania.”
1928 – Morgan Jones, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Not of this Earth” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
DIED ON JUNE 15
2021 – Robert Desroches, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
2020 – Lilia Dizon, appeared in “Cries of the Grave,” “World Myths” and “Truth or Imagination?”
2019 – Beatriz Salomón, actress in “Galaxy of Terror.”
2014 – Casey Kasem, provided the voice for the voice of “Shaggy” in many “Scooby-Doo” adventures.
2008 – Stan Winston, films include “Aliens,” Gargoyles [1972], “Jurassic Park III” and the “Terminator” movies.
2003 – Philip Stone, had appeared in “The Shining”, “The Phantom of the Opera – TV Movie,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “Thriller – TV Series” and many more.
2003 – Hume Cronyn, starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of The Opera.”
1995 – Charles Bennett, wrote the screenplay for the film “Curse of the Demon”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 15
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein [1948]
The Beast with A Million Eyes [1955]
The Island Earth [1955]
Creature of the Walking Dead [1965]
Munster Go Home [1966] – NYC
The Legend of Hell House [1973]
Tentacles [1977]
Prophecy [1979] – NYC
Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death [1979]
The Driller Killer [1979]
Honeymoon Horror [1981]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]
Hayride Slaughter [2001]
Autopsy: A Love Story [2002]
Woods of Evil [2005]
His Will Be Done [2009]
Women’s Studies [2010]
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JUNE 16
BORN ON JUNE 16
1987 – Kelly Blatz, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “From Within,” “Simon Says,” “Hex,” “Exeter,” “The 7,” “Reaver” and episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead.”
1986 – Jessica McNamee, actress in “The Meg,” “The Loved Ones,” “Black Water: Abyss” and an episode of the TV Series “Into the Dark.”
1962 – Arnold Vosloo, starred in “The Mummy [1999],” and “The Mummy Returns,” Darkman” in “Darkman II & III” “Odd Thomas,” “Buried Alive” and more.
1957 – Ian Buchanan, appeared in “The Seventh Sign.”
1955 – Laurie Metcalf, starred in “Scream 2.”
1951 – Sonia Braga, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter” and in the “Tales from the Crypt” episode “This’ll Kill Ya.”
1942 – Suzan Farmer, starred in “Thriller – TV Series,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Monster of Terror,” “The Crimson Blade” and more.
1938 – Charles B. Pierce, writer and director of “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”, “The Evictors”, “Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.”
1934 – Bill Cobbs, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Tenant,” “The Final Patient,” “A House Is Not a Home,” “Vampires in Venice” and the TV Series “The Others.”
1924 – Faith Domergue, appeared in “This Island Earth,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Atomic Man.”
1910 – Ilona Massey, starred in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and appeared in the film “Invisible Agent.”
1907 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried,” “Man of a Thousand Faces” as well as episodes of “Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery.”
1893 – Philo McCullough, appeared in “The Ape,” “The Lodger,” “House of Wax,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “Two on a Guillotine” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
DIED ON JUNE 16
2021 – Frank Bonner, appeared in “Equinox.”
2021 – Anatoly Susekov, cinematographer for “Dominus.”
2021 – Chandrashekhar, appeared in “Bhayaanak” and “7 Saal Baad – aka Seven Years Later”.”
2021 – Norman S. Powell, producer for “The Night Digger” and production manager for the TV Movie “Donor.”
2020 – Patrick Poivey, actor in “Vampire Party,” “Revolution,” voice actor in “The Terminator [1984],” “Manhunter,” “The Seventh Sign,” “Death Becomes Her,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Planet Terror” and more.
2019 – Adam Litovitz, received Special Thanks for “Antiviral.”
2012 – Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Rockula,” “The Offspring,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series” and many more.
2006 – Arthur Franz, starred in “Monster on Campus” “and Invaders from Mars.”
1988 – Kim Milford, appeared in “Laserblast,” “Nightmare Noon,” “Song of the Succubus – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1938 – Robert Wiene, directed the 1924 version of “The Hands of Orlac” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 16
Ghost Catchers [1944]
Horror of Dracula [1958]
Psycho [1960] – NYC premiere
Lake of Dracula [1971] – Japan
Jaws 2 [1978]
Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]
Vampire’s Kiss [1988]
Ghostbusters II [1989]
Waxwork II: Lost in Time [1992] – video premiere
The Mutilation Man [1998]
Platoon of the Dead [2009] – DVD premiere
Terror At Blood Fart Lake [2009]
Piranhaconda [2012]
47 Meters Down [2017]
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JUNE 17
BORN ON JUNE 17
1976 – Heather Mazur, actress in “Night of the Living Dead [1990]” and “Darkness Rising [2017].”
1975 – Joshua Leonard, starred in “The Blair Witch Project [1999],” “Hatchet,” “Madhouse,” “Unsane,” “Shark Night,” “Prom Night [2008],” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Depraved” and more.
1967 – Tori Welles, appeared in “Ice Cream Man” and “Les Vampyres.”
1966 – Jason Patric, starred in “The Abandoned,” “Becoming,” “The Lost Boys,” and “Frankenstein Unbound.”
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, starred in “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight”.
1947 – Christopher Allport, actor in “Jack Frost [1997],” “Dead & Buried,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Kindred: The Embraced,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Snowman,” “Savage Weekend” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
1927 – Wally Wood, Comic artist created the “Mars Attacks!” trading card series.
1927 – Lucio Fulci, Italian goremeister known for “A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971].” “Don’t Torture a Duckling [1972]” “Zombie [1979],” “City of the Living Dead [1980],” “The Beyond [1981],” “The House by the Cemetery [1981],” “Manhattan Baby [1982],” “The Wax Mask [1997],” and many more.
1918 – Duncan Lamont, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit” and “The Evil of Frankenstein.”
1904 – Ralph Bellamy appeared in “The Wolf Man” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby [1968].”
DIED ON JUNE 17
2021 – Fane Flaws, music department/guitar for “Dead Alive.”
2020 – Lewis John Carlino, screenwriter for “A Reflection of Fear.”
2020 – Jean Brousseau, appeared in 2 episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1984 – Nobuo Nakagawa, directed “The Vampire Moth,” “The Ghost of Kasane” and “Black Cat Mansion.”
1978 – Robert Williams, appeared in “The Bat,” “This Island Earth” and “Revenge of the Creature”.
1936 – Henry B. Walthall appeared in the films “London After Midnight,” “The Devil-Doll” and “The Whispering Shadow”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 17
Mesa of Lost Women [1953]
Quatermass 2 [1957] – UK
The Terror [1963] – Buffalo, NY
The Horror of Frankenstein [1971]
The Exorcist II: The Heretic [1977]
House of the Long Shadows [1983] – UK
Waxwork [1988]
Wolf [1994]
Clown [2014]
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JUNE 18
BORN ON JUNE 18
1979 – Kristina Klebe, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Extremity,” “Slay Belles,” “The Devil’s Carnival: Alleluia!” “Proxy,” “Killer Mermaid,” “Chillerama,” “Zone of the Dead,” “Halloween [2007]” and more.
1975 – Patrick Melton, wrote the screenplay for “Feast,” “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds,” “Saw IV & V, VI,” “Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “Piranha 3DD” and more.
1965 – Kim Dickens, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Hollow Man” and “The Gift.”
1955 – Kevin Burns executive producer of such documentaries as “Monstermania,” “The Omen Legacy” and more.
1955 – Steve Miner, directed “Friday the 13th” Part 2 & Friday the 13th Part III,” “Lake Placid,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “House [1985],” “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” and more.
1952 – Carol Kane, starred in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “When A Stranger Calls,” “Addams Family Values,” “When A Stranger Calls” and more.
1942 – Roger Ebert, legendary film critic and screenwriter.
1917 – Richard Boone, starred in “I Bury the Living” and “The Last Dinosaur.”
1910 – Dick Foran, starred in “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb”.
1910 – E.G. Marshall, appeared in “Creepshow” and “Two Evil Eyes.”
DIED ON JUNE 18
2020 – Dame Vera Lynn, soundtrack for “The Dark Hour,” “Hellboy [2004],” “House of Voices,” “Stranger Things – Episode The Sauna Test [2019]” and “American Horror Story – Episode Monsters Among Us [2014].”
2007 – Vincent Sherman, who directed “The Return of Dr. X”.
2006 – Richard Stahl, appeared in “Beware The Blob!” and “Terminal Island”.
2004 – Writer/producer/actor George “Buck” Flowers, appearances in “The Fog” [1980] and “Body Bags.”
1982 – Curd Jürgens, appeared in “The Mephisto Waltz,” “The Vault of Horror,” “The Sleep of Death” and “Hexen.”
1980 – Terence Fisher, directed “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula” and “Curse of the Werewolf”.
1973 – Roger Delgado played in “The Mummy’s Shroud” and “The First Man into Space”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 18
House of Usher [1960] – Palm Springs, CA – premiere
Frankenstein Created Woman [1967] – UK
The Mummy’s Shroud [1967] – UK
Eye of the Cat [1969] – NYC
Willard [1971] – NYC
Food of the Gods [1976]
Haunted [1995]
Psycho Beach Party [2000] – San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Lake Mungo [2008] – Sydney Film Festival
Nightfall [2009]
Bitter Feast [2010]
Dark Souls [2010] – South Side Film Festival
Zombie Beach [2010] – Urban Suburban Film Festival
The Haunting of Helena [2012]
Blood Spirit [2020] – Internet
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