JULY 10
BORN ON JULY 10
1945 – Ron Glass, appeared in “Deep Space” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
1942 – Ronnie James Dio, legendary heavy metal singer and worked on the soundtrack for “Lords of Chaos.”
1941 – Robert Pine, appeared in “Munster, Go Home!” “Empire of the Ants,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Mini-Series,” “Independence Day,” “Helter Skelter” and more.
1938 – Tura Satana, appeared in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” “The Astro-Zombies,” “Mark of the Astro-Zombies,” “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned” and “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1931 – Nick Adams, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Monster Zero” and “Die Monster Die.”
1926 – Fred Gywnne, who played lovable ole “Herman Munster” in the TV Series “The Munsters” and also starred in “Pet Sematary.”
1924 – Charles Kissinger, appeared in “Grizzly,” “The Manitou,” “Abby,” “Asylum of Satan” and “Three on a Meathook.”
1903 – John Wyndham, wrote the novels “Day of the Triffids” and “The Midwich Cuckoos” on which the film “Village of the Damned” was based.
DIED ON JULY 10
2021 – Byron Berline, appeared in “Basic Instinct.”
2019 – Albert Shepherd, appeared in “Quartermass and the Pit” and an episode of “Department S [1979].”
2019 – Denise Nickerson, actress in “Dark Shadows” as Amy Jennings/ Nora Collins/ Amy Collins.
2019 – Valentina Cortese, appeared in “Then Big Scare,” “The Evil Eye” and “Ring of Darkness.”
1991 – Del Harris, did sound editing and effects for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “Hillbillies In a Haunted House”.
1983 – Paul Blaisdell, created and played in many AIP films for Roger Corman, including “The Beast with a Million Eyes,” “Day the World Ended,” “It Conquered the World,” “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The She-Creature,” “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow” and more.
1963 – John Sutton, appeared in the films “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “The Bat” and “Return of the Fly.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 10
The Devil-Doll [1936]
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard aka “Jack The Ripper” [1972] – Spain
Day of the Animals [1977] – re-release
Escape From New York [1981]
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985]
Universal Soldier [1992]
Relic [2020]
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JULY 11
BORN ON JULY 11
1984 – Serinda Swan, appeared in “Jinn,” “Revenge Tide,” “Creature,” “Blood Ties,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Beyond Loch Ness – TV Movie.”
1984 – Rachael Taylor, appeared in “666 Park Avenue – TV Series,” “The Darkest Hour,” “Ghost Machine,” “Shutter,” “See No Evil,” “Man-Thing” and more.
1972 – Michael Rosenbaum, appeared in “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”
1966 – Allegra Curtis, appeared in “The Gold of Love” and “Flashback.”
1956 – Sela Ward, appeared in “The Stepfather [2009],” “The Haunting of Sarah Hardy”, and TV Movie “Child of Darkness, Child of Light.”
1952 – Stephen Lang, appeared in “Don’t Breathe,” “Salem – TV Series,” “The Seventh Day,” “VFW,” “Exeter,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Terra Nova – TV Series,” “Manhunter” and more.
1943 – Tom Holland, directed and wrote the screenplays for “Thinner,” “Fright Night [1985],” and “Child’s Play [1988].” He also had bit parts in the TV min-series “The Stand,” “The Langoliers” and in the film “Psycho II.”
1931 – Tab Hunter, appeared in “Grotesque,” “City in the Sea,” “Sweet Kill,” “Out in the Dark” and more.
1926 – Patrick Wymark, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Repulsion,” “The Skull,” “Children of the Damned,” “The Psychopath” and “The Conqueror Worm.”
1926 – Peter Brandon, appeared in “Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice” and “Altered States.”
1894 – Benjamin H. Kline, cinematographer on “The Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Giant Claw.”
DIED ON JULY 11
2021 – Charlie Robinson, actor in “Sugar Hill” and “Beowulf.”
2021 – Jerzy Janeczek, appeared in “The Hourglass Sanatorium.”
2020 – Mary Elizabeth Miller, appeared in “Mystery and Imagination – Episode: The Fall of the House of Usher [1966].”
2014 – James Mathers, actor in “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” “Flight 7500,” “Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death” and “Kiss the Abyss.”
2007 – Rod Lauren, appeared in “The Black Zoo” and “The Crawling Hand.”
2007 – Richard Franklin, directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2.”
2006 – Barnard Hughes, starred in “Sisters,” “The Lost Boys,” “Tales from The Crypt” pilot and “Trick or Treat.”
2004 – Frances Hyland, appeared in “When the Dark Man Calls,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – TV Series,” “Tales of the Haunted,” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Changeling” and more.
1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier, played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula.”
1973 – Robert Ryan, appeared in “The Ghost Breakers.”
1971 – John W. Campbell Jr., writer of the story “Who Goes There?” which the original film “The Thing from Another World,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, and 2011’s remake of “The Thing” were based on.
1965 – Ray Collins, appeared in the episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Conversation Over a Corpse.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 11
Mark of the Devil 666: The Moralist [1995]
Zombiegeddon [2003]
The Butcher [2006]
After Sundown [2006]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008]
Lake Dead [2008]
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JULY 12
BORN ON JULY 12
1989 – Phoebe Tonkin, appeared in “Bait,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Originals – TV Series” and “The Secret Circle – TV Series.”
1984 – Natalie Martinez, starred in “Keep Watching,” “The Stand – TV Series,” “Into the Dark – TV Series” and “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
1980 – Kristen Connolly, appeared in “The Bay,” “The Cabin in the Woods,” “The Whispers – TV Series,” “Evil – TV Series,” and “The Happening.”
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, appeared in “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “The Breed,” “BloodRayne” and “Resident Evil.”
1957 – Taso N. Stavrakis, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Day of the Dead,” “Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh” and “The Control Group.”
1945 – Edwin Neal, appeared in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974],” “Halloween: Harvest of Souls 1985″, “Butcher Boys”, “Holy Hell”, “The Man Who Came Back”, “Shudder”, “Murder Set Pieces,” “Satan’s Playground” and many more.
1933 – Donald E. Westlake, screenwriter for “The Stepfather [1987],” “Stepfather II,” “Stepfather III,” “24th Street” and an episode of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown.”
1927 – Jerry Ito, appeared in the films “Mothra,” “Message from Space” and “The Manster.”
1886 – Jean Hersholt, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
1882 – Tod Browning, director, producer, writer for “London After Midnight,” “Dracula,” “Freaks,” “The Devil-Doll” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
DIED ON JULY 12
2021 – Ladislav Potměšil, appeared in “The Great Unknown.”
2020 – Kelly Preston, actress in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Spellbinder” and “Christine.”
2020 – Raymundo Capetillo, appeared in “Bestia nocturna.”
2001 – James Bernard, composer who did music for “Nosferatu [1922],” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and many more.
1973 – Lon Chaney Jr. played all the monsters in Universal’s arsenal, including The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein and many more. He will forever be known for his role of “Lawrence Talbot” in “The Wolf Man”, “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man”, “House of Frankenstein”, “House of Dracula”, “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 12
The Unholy Three [1930]
Mad Love [1935]
Frogs [1974] – Portugal
Skinner [1993]
Halloween: Resurrection [2002]
Dracula III: Legacy [2005]
Model Hunger [2016] – USA DVD premiere
Trespassers [2018]
Crawl [2019]
Darlin’ [2019]
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JULY 13
BORN ON JULY 13
1977 – Ashley Scott, appeared in “Summoned”, “Fear Itself – TV Series” and “Evil Remains.”
1972 – Ken Ward, appeared in “The Straun House” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1970 – Jaason Simmons, appeared in “Sharknado,” “3-Headed Shark,” “Bloody Mary,” “Mad Cowgirl,” “The Devil’s Tattoo” and “Frankenstein Reborn!”
1965 – Scott B. Smith, screenwriter for “The Ruins.”
1942 – Harrison Ford, starred in “What Lies Beneath” and the TV Movie “The Possessed.”
1941 – Robert Forster who starred in “Alligator,” “Psycho [1998].”
1940 – Patrick Stewart, starred in “Green Room” and ”Lifeforce.”
1928 – Mace Neufeld, produced the films “Transylvania 6-5000,” “The Funhouse” and “The Omen [1976].”
1921 – Kenneth Utt, produced “The Silence of the Lambs”.
1895 – Sidney Blackmer, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Lady and the Monster.”
DIED ON JULY 13
2020 – Grant Masaru Imahara, appeared in “Robocop 2” and an episode of the TV Series “Amazing Stories.”
2019 – Bill Luxton, appeared in 2 episodes of “Strange Paradise [1969].”
2019 – Charles Levin, appeared in episodes of “Tales from the Darkside [1985],” and “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
2019 – Richard Carter, actor in “The Howling III,” and TV movie “The Wicked.”
2013 – Cory Monteith appeared in “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Hybrid,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Final Destination 3″ and “Bloody Mary.”
2012 – Richard D. Zanuck, legendary producer of such films as “Jaws,” “Jaws 2,″ “Sssssss,” “Dark Shadows,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and more.
2007 – Michael Reardon, appeared in “Cabin Fever”.
1954 – Irving Pichel, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed the film “Destination Moon”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 13
The Lost World [1960]
Hands of The Ripper [1971]
Hunchback of the Morgue [1973] – Spain
Splatter University [1984]
The Invisible Maniac [1990]
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion [1996]
Vampire Clan [2002]
Dead End Massacre [2004]
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy [2007]
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JULY 14
BORN ON JULY 14
1970 – Nina Siemaszko, appeared in “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Darkling,” “The Hatred,” “Sawbones,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, portrayed “Freddy Krueger” in the remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” appeared in “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence”, and more.
1952 – Joel Silver, producer whose credits include “Predator,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Ghost Ship [2002],” “Orphan” and many more.
1939 – Sid Haig, starred in “Spider Baby,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “House of 1000 Corpses” “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1926 – Harry Dean Staton, appeared in “Alien,” “Escape from New York,” “The Green Mile” and “Alien Autopsy.”
1924 – Val Avery, appeared in original “Amityville Horror” and “Too Scared to Scream.”
1918 – Ingmar Bergman, director and writer for “Hour of the Wolf,”
1911 – Terry Thomas, appeared in “Things to Come,” “Munster, Go Home” and “The Abominable Dr. Phibes.”
1910 – William Hanna, Director/Producer/Writer of Hanna-Barbera Productions and created Scooby-Doo.
1904 – Zita Johann, starred as “Helen Grosvenor/Princess Anckesen-Amon” in the 1932 version of “The Mummy” and appeared in the film “Raiders of the Living Dead.”
DIED ON JULY 14
2021 – Don Jurwich, producer for episodes of the TV Series “Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo” as well as the TV Movie “Scooby Goes to Hollywood.”
2020 – Gaylyn Görg, appeared in “RoboCop 2.”
2019 – Rony Bridges, appeared in “Jemima: Photographic Trophy.”
2019 – Karl Shiels, acted in “Stitches.”
2006 – June Carr, directed “Burning Hell” and “The Monster and The Stripper”.
2006 – Carrie Nye, appeared in “Too Scared to Scream” and “Creepshow”.
2000 – Meredith MacRae, appeared in “The Werewolf of Woodstock,” “Earthbound” and “Vultures”.
1970 – Preston Foster, appeared in “Doctor X” and “The Time Travelers”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 14
The Swarm [1978]
Hobgoblins [1988]
Nightmare Beach [1989] – Milan, Italy
The Atomic Space Bug [1999]
Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2001]
Supergator [2007]
Found [2012] – Bloomington, IN – premiere
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JULY 15
BORN ON JULY 15
1994 – Sarah Desjardins, appeared in “Van Helsing – TV Series,” “Into the Grizzly Maze” and “Supernatural – TV Series.”
1981 – Taylor Kinney, appeared in “The Forest,” “Furnace” and the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries.”
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, appeared in “Gods and Monsters,” “Raising Cain” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1961 – Forest Whitaker, starred in “The Body Snatchers” and “Species”.
1952 – Terry O’Quinn, starred in “The Stepfather [1987]” appeared in “Silver Bullet,” the TV series “The X-Files,” “666 Park Avenue,” “Millennium” and more.
1951 – Jesse Ventura, appeared in “Predator” and “Repossessed.”
1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, appeared in many film and TV shows including “Ice Cream Man,” “Abducted II: The Reunion,” “Xtro II: The Second Encounter,” “Haunting Fear,” “Alienator,” “Damnation Alley” and more.
1938 – Larry Cohen, directed the films “Q,” “It’s Alive,” “A Return To Salem’s Lot,” created the series “The Invaders.”
1927 – Joe Turkel, appeared in “The Shining” and “Tormented.”
1925 – Philip Carey, appeared in “Scream of the Wolf” and “The Kolchak” episodes that were made into the TV movie “Crackle of Death.”
1895 – Sidney Hickox, cinematographer for “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Gorilla” and “Them!”
DIED ON JULY 15
2021 – William F. Nolan, screenwriter for “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Turn of the Screw,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy of Terror II” and appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows.”
2020 – Maurice Roëves, appeared in “The Dark,” The Sight” and “The Nightmare Man.”
2017 – Martin Landau, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow [1999],” “Alone in the Dark,” “Without Warning,” “The Being,” episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and more.
2007 – Kieron Moore, starred in “Dr. Blood’s Coffin,” “Day of The Triffids” and “Crack in The World”.
1987 – Alfie Bass, appeared in “The Fearless Vampire Killers”.
1969 – Peter van Eyck, starred in the film “The Brain,” a remake of “Donovan’s Brain”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 15
The Black Room [1935]
It Conquered the World [1956]
Kwaidan [1965] – USA premiere
Shock Waves [1977]
Orca [1977]
The Bloody Ape [1997]
Reality Check [2002]
The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting [2003]
Insanitarium [2008]
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JULY 16
BORN ON JULY 16
1987 – AnnaLynne McCord, starred in “Scorned,” “Excision,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “Tone-Deaf” and “Trash Fire.”
1971 – Corey Feldman, starred in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “The Lost Boys,” “Gremlins” and “Lost Boys: The Tribe.”
1963 – Phoebe Cates, starred in “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2.”
1957 – Faye Grant, appeared in the TV series “V” and the TV movie “Omen IV: The Awakening.”
1948 – Ruben Blades, appeared in “Predator 2,” “The Cradle Will Rock” and “The X-Files” TV show.
1946 – Ann Turkel, appeared in “The Hunger – TV Series,” “The Fear,” “Deep Space,” “Humanoids from the Deep,” “Ravagers” and more.
1915 – Barnard Hughes, appeared on the “Dark Shadows” TV series and in the films “Sisters,” “Tron” and “The Lost Boys.”
1903 – Mary Philbin, unmasked Lon Chaney as “The Phantom of the Opera” in 1925.
DIED ON JULY 16
2021 – Biz Markie, appeared in the TV Movie “Sharknado 2: The Second One.”
2021 – Surekha Sikri, appeared in “Ghost Stories.”
2020 – Phyllis Somerville, appeared in “Diane” and an episode of the series “Castle Rock.”
2020 – Jonathan Oppenheim, editor for “The Bruce Diet.”
2019 – Sonia López, appeared in “Sex Monster,” “Museum of Horror,” “Beaks: The Movie,” “Death on the Beach,” and produced “The Hidden Pleasures.”
2017 – George A. Romero, director for “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “Day of the Dead [1985],” “Creepshow,” “Monkey Shines,” “The Crazies [1973],” “Diary of the Dead,” “Survival of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” also writer for “Day of the Dead: Bloodline,” “Night of the Living Dead [1990],” episodes of “Tales from the Darkside” and many more.
2010 – James Gammon, appeared in numerous films and TV shows including “Altered,” “Silver Bullet,” “Monster Squad – TV Series” and more.
2004 – Tom Fox, produced “Return of the Living Dead” “Return Of The Living Dead 2,” “Blue Monkey,” “Return Of The Living Dead: Rave To The Grave” and “Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis”.
2004 – Peter Baird, appeared in “Howling III”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 16
Zombies of the Stratosphere [1952]
The Fly [1958]
The Devils [1971]
Swamp Thing [1982] – Sweden
Amityville 1992: It’s About Time [1992]
Lake Placid [1999]
Bereavement [2010] – Long Island International Film Expo
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