SEPTEMBER 4

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 4

1981 – Charlotte Frogner, starred in “Dead Snow” and “Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead.”

1978 – Wes Bentley, appeared in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Amnesiac,” “Final Girl,” “Underworld: Awakening,” “Jonah Hex,” “The Tomb,” “P2,” “The Ungodly” and “Ghost Rider.”

1957 – Patricia Tallman, played “Barbara” in the 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead” and appeared in “Army of Darkness”.

1943 – Michael Berryman, starred in “The Hills Have Eyes [1977],” “Deadly Blessing,” Mask Maker,”  “The Devil’s Rejects,”  “Necrosis,” “Ed Gein: The Butcher Of Plainfield,” “Shed of the Dead,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Smothered,” “Cursed Films” and many more.

1928 – Dick York, appeared in several episodes of the “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” TV series and in one of my favorite “Thriller” episodes, “The Incredible Dr. Markesen” with Boris Karloff.

1911 – Reggie Nalder, played the vampire in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot,” and also appeared in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Crash!” and “Mark of the Devil.”

1911 – Billy Dix, appeared in “Giant from the Unknown” and “She Demons.”

1908 – Edward Dmytryk, directed “The Devil Commands” and “Captive Wild Woman”.

1887 – Roy William Neill, directed “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The Black Room,” “The 9th Guest” and “Black Moon.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 4

2014 – Joan Rivers, appeared in “R.L. Stein’s Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Girlfriend?”

1993 – Hervé Villechaize, appeared in “Seizure” and “Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood.”

1991 – Tom Tryon, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” and wrote the novel “The Other” on which the film of the same name was based.

1981 – David Peel, known for his role of “Baron Meinster” in Hammer’s “The Brides of Dracula.” He also appeared in “The Hands of Orlac.”

1976 – Allen Pomeroy, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Thirteen Women.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla [1952] – NYC

The Crawling Hand [1963] – Hartford, CT

He Knows You’re Alone [1981] – Finland

Curse Of the Wolf [2007]
Unholy [2007]

Sick for Toys [2018]

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SEPTEMBER 5

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 5

1993 – Gage Golightly, appears in “Cabin Fever [2016],” “Exeter,” as well as the TV Series “Teen Wolf” and “iZombie.”

1973 – Rose McGowan, appeared in “Scream,” “Phantoms,” “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror,” “Class of 1999,” ”The Sound” and “Rosewood Lane”.

1951 – Michael Keaton, starred in “Beetlejuice” and “White Noise.”

1948 – Scott H. Reiniger, starred in “Dawn of the Dead” as well as the remake in 2004.

1946 – Dennis Dugan, starred in “The Howling [1981].”

1944 – Rod Arrants, appeared in “A*P*E,” “Helter Skelter” and “Dark Planet.”

1942 – Werner Herzog, directed the 1979 version of “Nosferatu.”

1940 – William Devane, appeared in “Hollow Man,” “Family Plot” and “The Dark.”

1908 – Gloria Holden, played the title role of “Dracula’s Daughter.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 5

2021 – Tony Selby, actor in “City in the Sea,” “Witchfinder General,” “Cockneys vs Zombies” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”

2021 – Susana Lanteri, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Moment of Uncertainty.”

2020 – Bing-Man Tam, appeared in “Vampire Expert.”

2020 – Jiří Menzel, appeared in “The Cremator,” “Ferat Vampire” and “The Sunken Cemetery.”

2019 – Rod Coneybeare, writer for an episode of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre: Mr. Kayne.”

2006 – Hilary Mason, actress in “Don’t Look Now,” “Sharon’s Baby,” “Dolls,” “Meredian,” “Afraid of the Dark,” “Haunted [1995],” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”

2006 – Jonathan Ball, appeared in “Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills” and “The Zombie Diaries”.

1997 – Eddie Little Sky, appeared in “The Car.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 5

The Brides of Dracula [1960]
Vampire Queen [2002]
Blade of The Vampire [2005]
Kinky Kong [2006]

Making Monsters [2019] – Germany – Fantasy Filmfest

Re-Elected [2020] – USA – Scumdance

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SEPTERMBER 6

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 6

1976 – Naomie Harris, appeared in “Frankenstein [2011],” “Rampage” and “28 Days Later.”

1974 – Justin Whalin, portrayed “Andy Barclay” in “Child’s Play 3” and also appeared in “The House That Jack Built.”

1972 – Idris Elba, starred in “Prom Night [2008],” “The Unborn,” “28 Weeks Later,” “The Reaping,” “Demons Never Die,” “Prometheus” and the TV Series “Ultraviolet.”

1963 – Betsy Russell, played in some of the “Saw” films, “Cheerleader Camp,” “Chain Letter” and “Camp Fear.”

1953 – Anne Lockhart, appeared in “Troll,” “Revamped,” “Dark Tower” and others.

1949 – Tommy Lee Wallace, writer/director of “Vampires: Los Muertos,” “IT – TV Mini-Series,” “Fright Night Part 2” and “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.”

1934 – Paul Naschy portrayed all of the classic monsters in films like “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “Assignment Terror,” “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Count Dracula’s Great Love,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb”, “Vengeance of the Zombies”, “The Mummy’s Revenge” and many more.

1891 – Rowland V. Lee, directed “Son of Frankenstein.”

1879 – Max Schreck, portrayed “Graf Orlok” in the silent film classic “Nosferatu” and also appeared in “The Strange Case of Captain Ramper.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 6

2021 – Nino Castelnuovo, appeared in “The Bloodstained Lawn” and 2 episodes of the series “The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.”

2020 – Kevin Dobson, appeared in “1408,” “Portal” and the TV Movie “Bering Sea.”

2004 – Tiny Doll, appeared in “Freaks [1932].”

1999 – Gil Herman, appeared in “Invaders from Mars” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”.

1974 – Otto Kruger appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Jungle Captive.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 6

The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]
The Terror [1928] – USA – sound version
The Ghastly Ones [1968]
The Thirsty Dead [1974]
Deranged [1990] filmed in 1987 – USA video premiere
Hellraiser: Hellworld [2005]

Pontypool [2008]

Blood Glacier [2013] – Toronto International Film Festival

Hex [2018]

Holiday Hell [2019]

Satanic Panic [2019]

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SEPTEMBER 7

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 7

1978 – Devon Sawa, starred in “Final Destination,” “Idle Hands,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” “A Resurrection,” “388 Arletta Avenue,” “Devil’s Den” and “Creature of Darkness.”

1976 – Oliver Hudson, starred in “Black Christmas [2006],” “The Breed” and episodes of the TV Series “Scream Queens.”

1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, appeared in “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Night of the Demons [2009]” “Jack Frost” and “Cursed.”

1970 – Tom Everett Scott, starred in “An American Werewolf in Paris” and episodes of the TV Series “Z Nation,” “Scream: The TV Series,” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

1969 – Angie Everhart, appeared in “Bigfoot,” “Downward Twin,” “The Gardener,” “Bordello of Blood,” and the TV Movie “Bugs.”

1954 – Doug Bradley starred in “Pumpkinhead: Ashes To Ashes,” “Scream Park,” and many of the Hellraiser films as Pinhead.

1954 – Corbin Bernsen, starred in “The Dentist,” “The Russian Bride,” “Dead Air,” ”Lizzie” and appeared in the “Masters of Horror” episode, “Right To Die” among others.

1940 – Dario Argento, directed “Suspiria [1977],” “Phenomena,” “Deep Red,” “Inferno,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,” “The Stendhal Syndrome,” “Two Evil Eyes,” and many more.

1937 – John Phillip Law, appeared in “Moon in Scorpio,” “Night Train to Terror,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “Eyes Behind the Wall” and more.

1926 – Ed Warren, investigated such hauntings as “The Amityville Horror,” “The Endfield Poltergeist,” and many more. The movies “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2” and “The Conjuring 3” were based on the investigations.

1923 – Peter Lawford, appeared in the TV movie “The Phantom of Hollywood,” and the 1945 version of “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

1894 – George Waggner, directed “The Wolf Man,” “Man Made Monster” and “Horror Island.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 7

2021 – Edward Barnes, stage manager for “The Quatermass Experiment – Episode: State of Emergency.”

2020 – Marichu Maceda, worked in the costume department for “Dobol Wedding.”

2019 – Robert Axelrod, appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein,” “The Blazing World,” “”The Revenant,” “Exorcism,” “Deep Freeze,” “A Light in the Darkness,” “Midnight,” “The Blob [1988],” “Sorority House Massacre” and many more.

2010 – Glenn Shadix, appeared in, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Sleepwalkers.” “Beetlejuice” and more.

2006 – Robert Earl Jones, appeared in “Sleepaway Camp,” “Maniac Cop 2” and “Sleepaway Camp”.

2003 – Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter who penned the immortal “Werewolves of London,”

2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, appeared in “From Hell”.

1996 – Bibi Besch, appeared in “Rattled”, “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Tremors,” “The Beast Within” and more.

1997 – Elisabeth Brooks appeared in “Deep Space,” “The Howling” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

1991 – Ben Piazza, appeared in “Nightwing” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Scene of the Crime” and “The Twilight Zone.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 7

Queen of Outer Space [1958]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1990]
Slumber Party Massacre III [1990]

Soul Survivors [2001]

Decoys [2004]

Unrest [2006] – USA – various film festivals

Hatchet [2006] – Russia DVD – premiere
Zombie Farm [2007] – SoCal Independent Film Festival

They Wait [2007]

The Boogeyman [2014]

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SEPTEMBER 8

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 8

2002 – Gaten Matarazzo, starred in “Stranger Things – TV Series.”

1972 – Giovanni Frezza, appeared in “Demons [1985],” “A Blade in the Dark,” “Manhattan Baby” and “The House by the Cemetery.”

1971 – Brooke Burke-Charvet, appeared in “The Hazing” and “The Wraith.”

1971 – David Arquette starred in “Scream,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Spree” an episode of “Creepshow: Season 1” as well as “Scream 2, 3, 4” and more.

1971 – Henry Thomas, starred in “Psycho IV: The Beginning” and “Dead Birds”.

1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, appeared in “Dracula – TV Series,” “Open Grave,” “Dracula 3D,” “The River – TV Series,” “Hostel: Part III,” “King Kong [2005],” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and more.

1957 – Heather Thomas, appeared in “Swamp Thing – TV Series” and “Red Blooded American Girl”.

1955 – Julian Richings, appeared in “Hannibal – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Witch,” “Dead Silence [2007],” “Septic Man,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “Wrong Turn,” “Bag of Bones” and many more.

1952 –  David R. Ellis, director/stuntman of “Final Destination 2,” “Snakes on a Plane,” ‘The Final Destination” and “Shark Night 3D.”

1941 – Christopher Connelly, appeared in “Manhattan Baby,” “The Invasion of Carol Enders,” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Night Gallery” and “Circle of Fear.”

1923 – Arthur C. Pierce, director/writer of “The Navy vs. The Night Monsters,” “Mutiny in Outer Space” and “The Cosmic Man.”

1894 – William Fawcett, appeared in “The Return of Dracula,” “The Neanderthal Man” and “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 8

2021 – Franco Graziosi, appeared in “The Charm of the Unusual – Episode: The Discovery of Morniel Mataway.”

2021 – Art Metrano, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: Chopper.”

2021 – Robert Prizeman, music department/choir director for “Hannibal.”

2021 – Matthew Strachan, composer for “Mostly Dead” and “Psychomanteum.”

2020 – Tony Tanner, actor in “Exorcism [2003].”

2020 – David Clatworthy, appeared in “Tooth Fairy [2008]” and “District 9.”

2019 – John Wesley, appeared in “Jack’s Back,” “13th Child,” “Believers,” “The Midnighters,” and an episode of “Night Stalker.”

2014 – Kent Nolan, appeared in “Stage Fright,” “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead,” “Super Hybrid” and “Tideland.”

1991 – Brad Davis, appeared in episodes of “The Hitchhiker,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Deadly Nightmares” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 8

A Bay of Blood [1971] – Italy

The Manson Massacre – aka The Cult – [1972] – Moorhead, MN [re-release]

King Kong [1976]

Nosferatu in Venice [1988]
Shadow Builder [1998] – video premiere
The Watcher [2000]
The Covenant [2006]
Stolen Souls [2006]
Uncharted [2009]

Saint Maud [2019] – Toronto International Film Festival

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SEPTEMBER 9

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 9

1980 – Michelle Williams, appeared in “Species” and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.”

1979 – Lukas Behnken, appeared in “Fangs.”

1971 – Henry Thomas, appeared in “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Dreamkatcher,” “Red Velvet,” episodes of the TV series “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.

1966 – Adam Sandler, was the voice of Dracula in “Hotel Transylvania,” “Hotel Transylvania 2” and “Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation.”

1965 – Michelle Johnson, appeared in “Specimen,” “Dr. Giggles,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Blood Ties,” “The Jigsaw Murders,” “Waxwork,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.

1962 – Kevin Grevioux, writer and actor in such films as “Quicksilver Highway,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “I, Frankenstein” and more.

1954 – Jeffery Combs, starred in “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “The Frighteners,” “Dark House,” “Return To House On Haunted Hill,” and the series “Creepshow” to name a few.

1952 – Angela Cartwright, played “Penny Robinson” on the “Lost in Space” TV series

1943 – Art LaFleur, appeared in the films “Jekyll & Hyde…Together Again,” “Trancers,” “The Blob [1988]” and “Jack the Bear.”

1932 – Sylvia Miles, appeared in “The Funhouse” and “The Sentinel.”

1928 – Edward Walsh, appeared in “Crypt of the Living Dead,” “Count Yorga, Vampire” and “The Return of Count Yorga.”

1927 – Bob Duncan, wrote for TV series’ such as “Land of the Giants,” “Lost in Space” and “The Time Tunnel.”

1923 – Cliff Robertson, appeared in “The 13th Child,” and “Escape From L.A” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”

1915 – Richard Webb, appeared in “Hillbillys in the Haunted House,” “Beware the Blob” and the TV movie “The Werewolf of Woodstock.”

1903 – Stuart Hall, appeared in “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “House of Wax [1953],” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and more.

1899 – Neil Hamilton, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Devil’s Hand” and episodes of “The Munsters” and “The Outer Limits.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 9

2019- Lito Legaspi, appeared in “Drakulita” and “Devil Woman.”

1997 – Burgess Meredith, appeared in numerous episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery” TV series as well as films “Torture Garden,” “The Sentinel,” “Beware the Blob” and “Burnt Offerings.”

1995 – Keith Wayne, co-starred as “Tom” in “Night of the Living Dead” and “Living Dead.”

1994 – Patrick O’Neal, appeared in the “Fear of Spiders” episode of the “Night Gallery” TV Series and in the film “Chamber of Horrors.”

1966 – Nestor Paiva, appeared in “Hold That Ghost,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Tarantula,” “The Mole People,” “Let’s Kill Uncle” and episodes of “The Addams Family” and “Matinee Theatre.”

1941 – James Ashmore Creelman, screenwriter for “The Last Performance,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933]” and “King Kong [1976].”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 9

The Cat and the Canary [1927]
Phobia [1980]
Nightmares [1983]
Grotesque [1988]
Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras [1999]

Shutter [2004]
Blood + Kisses [2005] – Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and the Supernatural

The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005]
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! [2008]

Albino Farm [2009]

Grave Encounters [2011]

Bloody Hell [2020] – Brazil

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SEPTEMBER 10

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 10

1985 – Elyse Levesque, appeared in “The Originals – TV Series,” “The Haunting of Sorority Row,” “Slumber Party Slaughter,” “Ready or Not,” and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”

1974 – Ryan Phillippe, starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Wish Upon” and the TV movie “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare.”

1972 – James Duval, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead: Contagion,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Lazarus: Apocalypse,” “Dead Sea,” “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales,” “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” “May,” “Donnie Darko” and many more.

1969 – Johnathon Schaech, appeared in “Flight 7500,” “Prom Night [2008],” “Quarantine” “Day of the Dead: Bloodline,” and “Jackals.”

1958 – Chris Columbus, writer for “Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” producer for “The Lighthouse,” and “The Witch.”

1954 – Fred Olen Ray, B movie writer/producer/director of “Super Shark,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Tomb of the Werewolf,” “Bonehill Road,” “Evil Toons,” “Haunting Fear,” “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers” and many more.

1953 – Amy Irving, actress in “Carrie,” “The Fury” and “The Rage: Carrie 2.”

1953 – Joe Perry, did the soundtrack for episode “Like a Virgin” in the TV Series “Supernatural” as well as the movie “The Lost Boys.”

1951 – Bruce Reisman, directed/produced/wrote “The House That Jack Built,”

1948 – Judy Geeson, appeared in “31,” “The Lords of Salem,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Horror Planet,” “Fear in the Night,” “Doomwatch” and many more.

1924 – Dermot Walsh, appeared in “Mania,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “Ghost Ship” [1952].

1915 – Edmond O’Brien, appeared in the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Dream No Evil.”

1914 – Robert Wise, director for “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Audrey Rose,” and “The Haunting [1963].”

1908 – Charles Lang, sound department for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Mysterious Doctor.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 10

2020 – Diana Rigg, actress in “Last Night in Soho,” “Theatre of Blood” and the TV Movie “The Haunting of Helen Walker.”

2020 – Barry Scott, appeared in “Goodbye Gemini” and “The Dead Center.”

2019 – Valerie Van Ost, appeared in “Corruption,” “Incense for the Damned” and “The Satanic Rites of Dracula.”

2014 – Richard Kiel, appeared in “The Humanoid,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “House of the Damned,” “Eegah” and “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”

2012 – Lance LeGault, appeared in “Coma,” “The Legend of Sasquatch,” “Dark Breed,” “Nightmare Beach,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.

2011 – Cliff Robertson, appeared in “The 13th Child,” and “Escape From L.A” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”

2007 – Loretta King, appeared in “Bride of The Monster.”

2004 – Richard Karlan, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy”.

1993 – Michael Ross, appeared in the films “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “Ghost Chasers”.

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 10

The Hound of The Baskervilles [1922] – New York City

The Blob [1958]
Endangered Species [1982]
Witchboard 2: The Devil’s Doorway [1993]
Stigmata [1999]
Stir of Echoes [1999]

Malevolence [2004] – limited
Resident Evil: Apocalypse [2004]

Black Sheep [2006] – Toronto International Film Festival

Deadgirl [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest

Resident Evil: Afterlife [2010]

Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare [2017]

Psycho Goreman [2020] – Brazil

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