AUGUST 14
BORN ON AUGUST 14
1983 – Mila Kunis, starred in “American Psycho II: All American Girl,” “Piranha [1995]” and “Milo.”
1968 – Ben Bass, appeared in “Night Visions – TV Series,” “The Hunger – TV Series,” “Bride of Chucky” and “Forever Knight – TV Series.”
1966 – Halle Berry, starred in “Gothika,” “The Call” and “Dark Tide.”
1959 – Stephen Sachs, stuntman for “The Dorm That Dripped Blood.”
1957 – Tony Moran, portrayed “Michael Myers” in “Halloween [1976]” and was also in “Death House,” “Clown Motel: Spirits Arise” and more.
1950 – Jim Wynorski, director of “Chopping Mall,” “The Return of Swamp Thing,” “Transylvania Twist,” “976-Evil II,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Vampirella,” “The Bare Wench Project” and many more.
1946 – Antonio Fargas, appeared in the “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV Series and the films “Firestarter” and “Howling VI.”
1926 – Alice Ghostley, appeared in “Blue Sunshine”, and played ‘Granny” in “Addams Family Reunion”.
1924 – Eduardo Fajardo, appeared in “Nightmare City,” “Lisa and the Devil,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Evil Eye,” “Cross of the Devil,” “La Llorona [1960],” “Oasis of the Zombies” and “The Murder Mansion.”
1920 – Nehemiah Persoff, appeared in “The Power,” “The Psychic Killer” and in the 1973 TV movie “Dracula.”
1901 – George Worthing Yates, screenwriter for “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “Them!”
DIED ON AUGUST 14
2021 – Francis Mossman, actor in “The Richmond Family Massacre.”
2020 – Ash Christian, producer for “Stranger in the House,” “Show Yourself” and “Kindred Spirits.”
2014 – Madeleine Collinson, appeared “Twins of Evil.”
2012 – Ron Palillo, appeared in “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Hellgate” and “Trees 2: The Root of All Evil.”
1987 – Sydney Bromley, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Prehistoric Women” and “An American Werewolf in London”.
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Black Cat [1941]” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge”.
1984 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted” on which the film “The Old Dark House” is based.
1982 – Patrick Magee appeared in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Asylum,” “Dementia 13,″ “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Monster Club” and “A Clockwork Orange”.
1972 – Eddie Carmel, starred in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”.
1970 – Steve Darell, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and “Tarantula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 14
Witchfinder General [1968] – New York City
Deadly Blessing [1981]
The House by the Cemetery [1981]
The Monster Squad [1987]
Single White Female 1992
Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1996]
Vengeance of the Dead [2001]
Unearthed [2004]
Bikini Girls on Ice [2009]
District 9 [2009]
Psychopath [2009]
Grace [2009] – USA limited
Raven [2009] – Los Angeles
The Id Proxy [2009]
Shark Exorcist [2015]
Show Yourself [2016]
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AUGUST 15
BORN ON AUGUST 15
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, starred in “Mother!” and “House at the End of the Street.”
1985 – Emily Kinney, starred in “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, starred in “Why?” “Species,” “Species II,” “Species III,” “Ghosts of Mars” and the TV series “The Secret Circle.”
1972 – Ben Affleck appeared in “Phantoms,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
1970 – Anthony Anderson, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Scary Movie 3 & 4″ and “Urban Legends: Final Cut.”
1950 – Gaylen Ross, in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Madman” and “Creepshow.”
1936 – Pat Priest, played “Marilyn Munster” on the series “The Munsters,” and appeared in the film “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant.”
1933 – Lori Nelson, starred in “Revenge of the Creature,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Naked Monster.”
1929 – Gordon Russell, wrote for the original “Dark Shadows” and wrote the screenplay for “House of Dark Shadows.”
1919 – Huntz Hall, directed “Spooks Run Wild” and “Ghosts on the Loose.”
1903 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” the 1932 version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “War of the Worlds.”
DIED ON AUGUST 15
2021 – Gianfranco D’Angelo, appeared in “Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba – aka I Zombie, You Zombie, She Zombie.”
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Amityville: Dollhouse,” “The X-Files – TV Series” and “Terror in the Shadows.”
2007 – Anthony Carras, producer of “Comedy of Terrors” and “Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”.
1996 – Joe Seneca, appeared in “Friday the 13th – TV Series and “The Blob” remake.
1988 – Ronald Stein, composer for “Spider Baby” and “The Haunted Palace.”
1979 – William Schramm, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 15
The Phantom of the Opera [1962]
Targets [1968]
Manhunter [1986]
The Fly [1986]
Event Horizon [1997]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1992]
Freddy vs Jason [2003]
Mutation [2006]
Snakes on a Train [2006]
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer [2007] – USA limited
Mirrors [2008]
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AUGUST 16
BORN ON AUGUST 16
1991 – Evanna Lynch, appeared in the TV Series “Apex.”
1988 – Rumer Willis, starred in “The Ganzfeld Haunting,” “Sorority Row” and “From Within.”
1985 – Agnes Bruckner, appeared in “Occult,” “The Pact,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut,” “Blood and Chocolate,” “The Woods,” “Venom,” episodes of the TV Series “The Returned,” and more.
1982 – Cam Gigandet, appeared in “Priest,” “Pandorum,” “The Unborn”, “Tenement,” and “Assimilate.”
1960 – Timothy Hutton, appeared in “The Dark Half,” “Secret Window,” and episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House.”
1958 – Rachel Talalay, producer/director for “Ghost in The Machine,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series” and more.
1958 – Angela Bassett, appeared in “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Lazarus Child,” “Critters 4” and episodes of “American Horror Story.”
1954 – James Cameron, producer/writer/director some include “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Piranha II: The Spawning,” “The Abyss” and more.
1953 – Caitlin O’Heaney, appeared in “Late Phases,” “Wolfen,” “He Knows You’re Alone” and “Savage Weekend.”
1937 – Lorraine Gary, appeared in “Jaws,” “Jaws 2″ and “Jaws the Revenge.”
1933 – Julie Newmar, starred in “Deep Space,” “Evils of the Night” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1930 – Robert Culp starred in “The Demon with the Glass Hand” episode of the original “Outer Limits” TV show and “Santa’s Slay,” “The Chill Factor” and the film “Silent Night, Deadly Night 3.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original “Frankenstein.”
1899 – Glenn Strange who played the “Frankenstein Monster” in the later Universal horror films such as “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 16
2020 – Bahman Mofid, appeared in “Ghoul [1973].”
2019 – Peter Fonda, “Spirits of the Dead,” “Race With the Devil,” “Dance With Dwarfs,” “Spasms,” “Nadja,” and “Ghost Rider.”
2015 – David A. Prior, director and writer for “Killer Workout,” Sledgehammer,” “Mutant Species,” “Night Trap,” “Night Claw,” “Zombie Wars,” “Night Wars” and “The Lost Platoon.”
2004 – Acquanetta, played “The Ape Woman” in both “Jungle Captive” and “Captive Wild Woman,” also co-starred in “The Lost Continent” and “Dead Man’s Eyes.”
2002 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in the Cage,” “Something Evil,” “The Premonition,” episodes of “The Outer Limits,” and more.
1956 – Bela Lugosi, starred in “Dracula,” “The Wolf Man,” “Island of Lost Souls,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “White Zombie,” “The Black Cat,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Raven,” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 16
The Unholy Three [1925]
The Bride [1985]
The Return of the Living Dead [1985]
The Borrower [1991] – Chicago
Bordello of Blood [1996]
The Fan [1995]
The Sisters [2004]
Dementia: An Experiment in Terror [2006]
The Slasher [2009]
Sharkenstein [2016]
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AUGUST 17
BORN ON AUGUST 17
1994 – Taissa Farmiga, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “50 States of Fright – TV Series,” “The Nun” and “The Final Girls.”
1982 – Mark Salling, appeared in “The Graveyard” and “Children of the Corn: The Gathering.”
1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, appeared in, “The Sixth Sense,” “Dead Silence” and “Saw II, III & IV.”
1968 – Helen McCrory, appeared in “Interview with a Vampire,” “Frankenstein – TV Movie,” “Penny Dreadful – TV Series” and “The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.”
1961 – Ashlie Rhey, appeared in “Pot Zombies 2: More Pot, Less Plot,” “Dead Country,” “Cannibal Taboo,” “No Rest for the Wicked,” “Witchcraft 7: Judgement Hour,” “Body Count,” The Summoned” and more.
1959 – Kate McNeil, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row,” “Monkey Shines” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Them.”
1951 – Robert Joy, appears in “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Land of the Dead,” “Resurrection,” “Amityville 3-D,” and more.
1949 – Bub Asman, editor for “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou,” “Three on a Meethook,” “Abby” and “The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow.”
1946 – Shane Briant, appeared in “Straight on Till Morning,” ”Demons of the Mind,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
1943 – Robert De Niro, starred in “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Hide and Seek,” “Red Lights,” “Angel Heart,” and episodes of “100 Years of Horror.”
1930 – Glenn Corbett appeared in “Homicidal” and made appearances in the TV shows “Night Gallery,” and “Manimal.”
1923 – Julius Harris, appeared in “King Kong [1976],” “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Crimewave,” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence,” “Shrunken Heads,” “Full Moon High” and more.
1918 – Evelyn Ankers, appeared in the Universal films “The Wolf Man,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 17
2021 – Thierry Liagre, actor in “Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse.”
2004 – Kathy Lutz, who lived in the house in Amityville which she and her family proclaimed to be haunted, on which the book and movie, the “Amityville Horror” was based.
1995 – Helen Christie, she appeared in “Lust for a Vampire” and “Rasputin: The Mad Monk.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 17
The Man They Could Not Hang [1939]
The Soul of a Monster [1944]
Cry of the Werewolf [1944]
Lost Continent [1951]
Dreamscape [1984]
The Exorcist III [1990]
The Cell [2000] – Century City, CA premiere
Biker Zombies [2001]
Dead Moon Rising [2007] – Fright Night Film Festival
The Invasion [2007]
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich [2018]
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AUGUST 18
BORN ON AUGUST 18
1991 – David Gale, played Dr. Hill in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator.”
1969 – Christian Slater, who has starred in the films “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Hollow Man II,” “Alone in The Dark” and “Interview with the Vampire.”
1968 – Griffin Drew, starred in “The Bare Wench Project,” and “Dinosaur Island.”
1968 – Julie K. Smith, appeared in “The Bare Wench Project”, the 1995 remake of “The Wasp Woman” as well as “Sorceress II: the Temptress”.
1951 – Teri McMinn, starred in the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Butcher Boys.”
1936 – Robert Redford, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1923 – Katherine Victor, appeared in “Mesa of Lost Women,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Invasion of the Animal People,” “Teenage Zombies,” “House of Black Death,” “The Cape Canaveral Monsters,” “Curse of the Stone Hand” and “Creature of the Walking Dead.”
1922 – Shelly Winters, appeared in “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
DIED ON AUGUST 18
2020 – Ben Cross, appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows,” “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Wicked Little Things,” “Species: The Awakening,” “Dark Shadows [1991],” “The Unholy [1988] and many more.
2019 – Encarna Paso, appeared in “Glass Ceiling.”
1991 – David Gale, starred in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator”.
1970 – Soledad Miranda, appeared in “She Killed in Ecstasy,” “Vampyros Lesbos,” “Count Dracula,” “Nightmares Come at Night” and “Sound of Horror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 18
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave [1971]
Godzilla [2000]
The Cell [2000]
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies [2001]
Snakes on A Plane [2006]
6-Headed Shark Attack [2018]
Open 24 Hours [2018]
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AUGUST 19
BORN ON AUGUST 19
1980 – Darius Campbell, producer for “House Red.”
1978 – Michelle Borth, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Trespassers,” “The Sisterhood,” “Silent Warnings,” “Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders” and “Komodo vs. Cobra.”
1972 – Greg Bryk, appeared in “Saw V,” Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Rabid,” “Blood Ties,” “Red: Werewolf Hunter,” “Grindstone Road,” “Bloodthirsty” and the TV Series “V-Wars.”
1965 – Kevin Dillion, starred in “The Blob [1988].” and “Out for Blood,” and “Tales from The Crypt” episode entitled “House of Horror.”
1963 – Darcy DeMoss, appeared in “666: Devilish Charm,” “666: Kreepy Kerry,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Pale Blood,” “Night Life,” “Return to Horror High” and “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI.”
1961 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
1956 – Adam Arkin, appeared in “Halloween H2O” and “Full Moon High.”
1955 – Peter Gallagher, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and the film “Mother’s Boys.”
1938 – Diana Muldaur, appeared in “The Other [1972]” and “Chosen Survivors.”
1933 – Debra Paget appeared in “The Haunted Palace” and “Tales of Terror.”
1926 – Angus Scrimm, best known for portraying “The Tall Man” in the “Phantasm” series of films, he also appeared in “Chopping Mall,” “Wishmaster” and more.
1924 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “The Boston Strangler,” “Abby” and “Dinosaur Valley Girls.”
1903 – Claude Dauphin, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue”.
1899 – Olga Baclanova, appeared in “Freaks.”
1894 – Harvey B. Dunn, appeared in “Teenagers from Outer Space,” “Night of the Ghouls” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON AUGUST 19
2021 – Shin’ichi Chiba, director/producer for “Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi – aka Remains: Beautiful Heroes,” actor in “Wolf Guy” and “Virus: The End.”
2019 – James Riley Alexander, sound department for “The Car,” “Jaws 2,” “Ghost Story,” “Nightmares,” “Psycho II,” and “The Guardian.”
2016 – Jack Riley, appeared in “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Room 6.”
2012 – Tony Scott, directed “The Hunger [1983],” “The Hunger – TV Series” and producer for “Tell Tale.”
2011 – Jimmy Sangster, was a writer/producer/director of such films as “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “Lust for a Vampire”, “Fear in the Night”, “The Crawling Eye,” “The Curse of Frankenstein”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Mummy”, “The Brides of Dracula”, “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and many more films.
2005 – Mel Welles, starred in “Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy,” “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The She Beast” and the original “Little Shop of Horrors”.
1991 – Oliver Drake, wrote the screenplays for “The Mummy’s Curse” and “The Feathered Serpent”.
1987 – Hayden Rorke appeared in “The Night Walker” and “When Worlds Collide”.
1984 – George Meeker, appeared in “The Invisible Monster,” and “Dead Man’s Eyes”.
1961 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “War of the Worlds,” “Island of Lost Souls” [1933] and “The Unholy Three” [1930].
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 19
The Horror of It All [1963] – Phoenix
Aenigma [1987] – Portugal
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1988]
Dead Doll [2004]
Red Eye [2005]
Fright Night [2011]
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AUGUST 20
BORN ON AUGUST 20
1982 – Meghan Ory, appeared in “Dark House”, “Nightmare”, “Vampire High [TV Series].”
1974 – Misha Collins, is best known for portraying “Castiel” in “Supernatural [TV Series].”
1974 – Amy Adams, appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series]” and “Psycho Beach Party.”
1953 – Peter Horton, appeared in “Children of the Corn,” “Fade to Black,” and starred in the TV show “Brimstone.”
1947 – Ray Wise, appeared in “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales”, “Big Ass Spider!”, “Chillerama”, “Jeepers Creepers II”, “The Crow”, “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces [TV Series]”, “Robocop” “Tone-Deaf” and many more.
1943 – Sylvester McCoy appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Slumber,” and “Conjuring: The Book of the Dead.”
1937 – Anthony Ainley appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” and “The Land That Time Forgot.”
1915 – Tom Duggan who appeared in “Frankenstein 1970.”
1907 – André Morell, who appeared in the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Shroud.”
1890 – H.P. Lovecraft many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].
DIED ON AUGUST 20
2021 – Matilde Vilariño, voice dubbing for “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein” and “Leonor, The Devil’s Mistress.”
2021 – Nino D’Agata, actor in “Endless Dark.”
2019 – Alexandra Ivanovna Nazarova, actress in “Night Watch.”
2019 – Frederick B. Reyes, appeared in “Howlers [2018].”
2012 – Phyllis Diller, appeared in “Casper’s Scare School”, “The Boneyard”, “Doctor Hackenstein”, “Tales from the Darkside [TV Series]”, “Night Gallery [TV Series]”, “Mad Monster Party?” and more.
2001 – Walter Reed who appeared in the films “Flying Disc Men from Mars” and “How to Make a Monster”.
1974 – Ilona Massey who portrayed “Baroness Elsa Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 20
Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? [1969]
The House of the Laughing Windows [1976]
Teaching Mrs. Tingle [1999]
Universal Soldier: The Return [1999]
Blood: The Last Vampire [2001] – Portugal
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula [2001]
Exorcist: The Beginning [2004]
Open Water [2004]
Jingles the Clown [2009]
Piranha 3D [2010]
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