OCTOBER 16

BORN ON OCTOBER 16

1981 – Brea Grant, appeared in “Beyond the Gates,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Smothered,” “Dead Night,” “Bad Apples,” “Detour,” “Sleep No More,” “Lucky,” “The Stylist,” “All the Creatures Were Stirring,” “Holidays,” “After Midnight” and more.

1980 – Laura Nativo, appeared in “Delta Delta Die!” “Bleed,” “Birth Rite” and “Aquanoids.”

1979 – Erin Brown aka Misty Mundae, appeared in “Vampire Strangler,” “Cannibal Doctor,” “Night of the Groping Dead,” “Mummy Raider,” “Strip Club Massacre,” “My Vampire Lover” and many more.

1958 – Tim Robbins starred in “The Green Mile,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Mission to Mars” and “War of the Worlds.”

1947 – Jeff Lieberman, writer/director of such films as “Squirm,” “Blue Sunshine,” “Just Before Dawn” and “Satan’s Little Helper.”

1927 – Eileen Ryan, actress in “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Feast,” as well as episodes of “One Step Beyond” and “The Twilight Zone.”

1925 – Michael Conrad appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”

1925 – Angela Lansbury, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and “The Company of Wolves.”

1923 – Linda Darnell starred in “The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe”.

1921 – Robert Urquhart, starred in “The Curse of Frankenstein.”

1913 – Matt Willis, starred in “Return of the Vampire.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 16

2021 – Alan Hawkshaw, soundtrack for “The Demon [1979],” “The Fog [1980]” and composer for “The Monster Club.”

2021 – Betty Lynn, actress in the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”

2021 – Geoffrey Chater, actor in “The Strange World of Planet X,” “Endless Night,” TV Movies “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Haunted: The Ferryman,” episodes of the TV Series “Thriller,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”

2020 – Anthony Chisholm, appeared in “Beloved,” “Condemned” and “Cocoa Loco.”

2019 – John Clarke, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine [1959].”

2013 – Ed Lauter, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” remake, “The Number 23,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Cujo,” “Magic,” “King Kong [1976]” and many more.

2007 – Deborah Kerr, starred in the film “Eye of the Devil.”

2005 – John Larch, appeared in the original “Amityville Horror,” “Play Misty For Me” and the TV movie “Bad Ronald”.

2003 – Mark Hanna, wrote the screenplays for “Not of This Earth,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “The Undead”.

1989 – Cornel Wilde, appeared in the TV Movie “Gargoyles” and “Night Gallery – Episode: Deliveries in the Rear.”

1972 – Leo G. Carroll, starred in the film “Tarantula”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 16

The Boston Strangler [1968]
Strange Behavior [1981] – New York City

Prom Night II [1987]

Slumber Party Massacre II [1987]
Candyman [1992]
Bride of Chucky [1998]
Witchhouse 3: Demon Fire [2001]
Walpurgis Nacht [2004]

Aaah! Zombies!! [2007] – Screamfest Film Festival

Night of the Living Dead 3D [2007] – DVD premiere
Planet Terror [2007] – DVD premiere
Return to House on Haunted Hill [2007]
Train [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival

The Stepfather [2009]

Exit Humanity [2011] – Screamfest Film Festival

Lumberjack Man [2015]

Tales of Halloween [2015]

Johnny Gruesome [2018]

*************         *********************            *****************

OCTOBER 17

BORN ON OCTOBER 17

1990 – Dora Madison, appeared in “Night of the Babysitter,” “Exists,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “VFW,” “Bliss,” “Alone with You” and “Humans vs. Zombies.”

1983 – Daniel Booko, appeared in “The Open Door,” the TV Movies “The Crooked Man,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Inspired to Kill,” sound department for “The Invisible Man,” “Brightburn,” additional crew for “Scream [2022],” “Doctor Sleep,” “Halloween [2018],” “Freaky,” “It Chapter Two” and many more.

1974 – Jake Head, appeared in “The Open Door” and sound department for “Zombieland.”

1957 – Vincent Van Patten, appeared in “Hell Night” and “Camp Fear.”

1957 – Lawrence Bender, executive producer on “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter,” “Alien Abduction,” “The Forest” and “Intruder.”

1950 – Joan Prather, starred in, “The Devil’s Rain.”

1949 – Geoffrey Sax, directed “White Noise” and stage assistant for “Thriller – Episode: Spell of Evil.”

1948 – Margot Kidder, starred in “Black Christmas [1974].”

1943 – Michael Reeves, wrote and/or directed “Castle of the Living Dead,” “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Conqueror Worm” and “The Oblong Box.”

1926 – Julie Adams, starred in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “The Psychic Killer” and more.

1926 – Beverly Garland, starred in such Corman classics as “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World” “The Alligator People.”

1921 – Tom Poston, starred in the William Castle classics “The Old Dark House” and “Zotz!.

1913 – Robert Lowery, starred in “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Revenge of the Zombies” and “The Undertaker and His Pals.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 17

2019 – Zev Braun, produced “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane” and the TV Movie “Stillwatch.”

2019 – Wolf Martin Garber [aka Bill Macy], appeared in the TV Movie “Death at Love House” as well as episodes of TV series “Tales from the Darkside – Episode: Lifebomb” and “Millennium – Episode: Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me.”

2019 – Victor Mohica, appeared in “The Ghost Dance,” “Don’t Answer the Phone!” and an episode of “Dark Shadows – Episode: Episode #1.826.”

2019 – Wendy Williams, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Thriller – Episode: Nurse Will Make It Better.”

2004 – Julius Harris, appeared in “Darkman,” “Shrunken Heads” and the 1976 version of “King Kong”.

2003 – Bernard Schwartz, executive producer for “Eye of the Cat,” “The Shuttered Room” and “Psycho II”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 17

Hands of the Ripper [1971] – UK
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde [1971] – UK
Case of the Full Moon Murders [1973] – Hartford, CT
Dead Men Don’t Die [1991]
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge [1991] – video premiere
I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]
Big Monster on Campus – aka “Boltneck” [2000]
From Hell [2001]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]

Dead Body [2017]

The Banishing [2020] – Stiges Film Festival

*************         *********************            *****************

OCTOBER 18

BORN ON OCTOBER 18

1991 – Tyler Posey, starred in: Scream – TV Series,” “Teen Wolf – TV Series,” “Truth or Dare,” “Alone” and “Scary Movie V.”

1957 – Jon Lindstrom, appeared in “A Dark Foe.”

1938 – Dawn Wells, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” and “Return to Boggy Creek.”

1935 – Peter Boyle, starred in “Young Frankenstein” and “Species II.”

1934 – Inger Stevens, starred in “The World, the Flesh and the Devil” as well as “The Hitch-Hiker” and “Lateness of the Hour” episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.

1934 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in “Predator 2,” “The Beast Must Die” and more.

1927 – George C. Scott, starred in “The Fury,” “The Changeling” and “Exorcist III.”

1926 – Klaus Kinski, starred in “Demon with the Blue Hand,” “Nosferatu [1979]” and “Creature.”

1902 – Miriam Hopkins, starred in the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 18

2021 – Toshihiro Iijima, directed “Operation: Mystery! [1968–1971].”

2021 – Chris Ayers, actor in “Dark Water,” “Ghost Train, “Highschool of the Dead,” “Another” and “Parasyte: The Maxim [2014–2015].”

2021 – Val Bisoglio, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Zombie.”

2021 – Ralph Carmichael, composer for “4D Man” and “The Blob [1958].”

2021 – Edita Gruberova, soundtrack for “Hunger [2009].”

2021 – William Lucking, actor in “The Ninth Configuration,” “Sleepstalker,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Millennium” and “Night Stalker.”

2020 – Dana Baratta. producer & writer for the TV Series “The Secret Circle.”

2012 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”

1973 – Crane Wilbur, screenwriter for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat,” “The Amazing Mr. X,” “The Monster” and “The Mad Magician.”

1965 – Henry Travers, starred in the original “The Invisible Man.”

1931 – Thomas A. Edison, who brought the story of “Frankenstein” to the screen for the first time in 1910.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 18

The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb [1964] – UK

The Gorgon [1964] – UK

The Velvet Vampire [1971] – New York City
Burnt Offerings [1976]
Re-Animator [1985]
The Dentist [1996]
Terror Tract [2000] – TV premiere

Below [2002]

The Ring [2002]

Infested [2002]

Perfect Creature [2006]
Necromentia [2009]

WNUF Halloween Special [2013]

Boogeyman 3 [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival

WNUF Halloween Special [2013]

Deep Blue Sea 2 [2018]

Don’t Run [2019]

Scarecrow County [2019]

Trick [2019]

Wounds [2019]

Come Play [2020] – Sweden

*************         *********************            *****************

OCTOBER 19

BORN ON OCTOBER 19

1971 – Tava Smiley, appeared in “The Remains.”

1965 – Tracy Griffith, appeared in “Skeeter,” “The First Power” and “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.”

1945 – John Lithgow starred in “Pet Sematary [2019],” “Raising Cain” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

1941 – Simon Ward, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “The Monster Club”.

1921 – George Nader, appeared in “Robot Monster,” “The Human Duplicators” and “House of 1000 Dolls.”

1920 – LaWanda Page, appeared in the film “Mausoleum.”

1903 – Tor Johnson appeared in “The Beast of Yucca Flats,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “Bride of the Monster.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 19

2021 – Jack Angel, voice actor in “Making Contact,” “Beetlejuice,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein,” as well as video games “The Dark Eye” and “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.”

2021 – Leslie Bricusse, soundtrack for “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Candyman [2021]” and the TV Movie “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical.”

2020 – Gianni Dei, appeared in “Patrick Still Lives,” “Sex of the Witch,” “Sex, Demons and Death,” “The Seventh Grave,” “I Love You Like a Twist” and more.

2020 – Wojciech Pszoniak, actor in “The Devil” and an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby.”

2019 – Carlos Suárez, cinematographer for “House of the Damned,” “Beatriz,” Rowing in the Wind,” and “Dagon.”

2009 – Joseph Wiseman, appeared in several TV Series including “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” Matinee Theatre,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”

2007 – Phyllis Kirk, starred with Vincent Price in “House of Wax”.

2006 – James Glennon, camera operator for “Altered States” and “The Pack [1977].”

2003 – Guy Rolfe who played the title role in the film “Mr. Sardonicus” and portrayed “Toulan” in “Puppet Master III, 4, 5 & 7”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 19

Dr. Renault’s Secret [1942]
Night of the Living Dead [1990]
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings [1994] – video premiere
Guyver: Dark Hero [1994] – video premiere
Vampira – About Death, Sex and Taxes [1995] – Los Angeles Film Festival
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return [1999]
Modern Vampires [1999] – video premiere

From Hell [2001]
GhostWatcher [2002]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003] – DVD premiere
Zombie Planet [2004]
30 Days of Night [2007]

Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour [2007]
Damned by Dawn [2009] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival

The Intruder [2010]

Scream for Summer [2017]

*************         *********************            *****************

OCTOBER 20

BORN ON OCTOBER 20

1982 – Katie Featherston, starred in the “Paranormal Activity” series and the film “Mutation.”

1958 – Viggo Mortensen starred in “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “The Prophecy,” the 1998 remake of “Psycho”.

1956 – David Henesy, played “David Collins” in the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.

1927 – Joyce Brothers, appeared in “Embryo.”

1920 – Rita Corday, appeared in “The Body Snatcher” with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and “The Black Castle” with Karloff and Lon Chaney.

1918 – Anton Diffring, starred in “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” as “Baron Frankenstein” in the Hammer/Universal pilot of “Tales of Frankenstein” and “Circus of Horrors.”

1909 – Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. She made brief appearances in the 1931 “Dracula” and the original “Phantom of the Opera.”

1882 – Bela Lugosi was the quintessential “Dracula” although he only played the character twice. He also appeared in “White Zombie,” “The Black Cat,” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Raven,” “The Son of Frankenstein,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man” and many more.

DIED ON OCTOBER 20

2021 – Sean Gallimore, actor in “Vampire Hunter,” “Predator Island,” “Remains: Road to Reno – short” and the TV Movie “Dark Haul.”

2021 – Michael Laughlin, director/writer for “Strange Behavior” and “Strange Invaders.”

2021 – Viktor Yevgrafov, appeared in “Dominus.”

2020 – Xavier Boulanger, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Black Spot.”

2020 – Gerrit Schoonhoven, appeared in “The Mangler.”

2014 – Ox Baker, was a professional wrestler who appeared in John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York” as well as “Blood Circus” and “Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear.”

2003 – Jack Elam, appeared in “Night of the Grizzly,” “A Knife for the Ladies” and “Creature from Black Lake”.

1995 – Christopher Stone, starred in “The Howling” and “Cujo” and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ‘Space Vampire’”

1994 – Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, starred in “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave,” “Caltiki the Immortal Monster” and as “Ben Cortman” in the movie “The Last Man on Earth”.

1990 – Freda Jackson, starred in “The Brides of Dracula,” “Die, Monster Die” and “The Valley of Gwangi”.

1990 – Joel McCrea, starred in “The Most Dangerous Game.”

1980 – Riza Royce, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat [1959],” “Hollywood Horror House” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “One Step Beyond.”

1970 – Patrick Wymark, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” and “The Conqueror Worm”.

1959 – Werner Krauss, starred in the 1920 film “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 20

The Old Dark House [1932]
Night Monster [1942]

The Undying Monster [1942]
The Climax [1944]
Village of the Giants [1965]

Attack of the Eye Creatures [1967] – TV Movie

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974] – Spain
El Chupacabra [2003]
The Ghouls [2003] – New York City Horror Film Festival
Dark Ride [2006]
Boogeyman 2 [2007] – Screamfest Film Festival

Deadwood Park [2007] – Freak Show Horror Film Festival

Decadent Evil [2008] – UK
Gravestoned [2009] – limited

Bonehill Road [2017]

I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday [2017]

Redwood Massacre: Annihilation [2020]

*************         *********************            *****************

OCTOBER 21

BORN ON OCTOBER 21

1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, appeared in “The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series,” “The Legend of Gator Face” and “Goosebumps – TV Series.”

1978 – Michael McMillian, appeared in “True Blood” and “The Hills Have Eyes II.”

1973 – Sasha Roiz, appeared in “Land of the Dead” and “Assault on Precinct 13.”

1959 – Ken Watanabe, appeared in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”.

1956 – Carrie Fisher, appeared in “Sorority Row” and “Scream 3.”

1955 – Darius Khondji, cinematographer for “Alien: Resurrection,” “The Ruins” and the TV Series “Lisey’s Story.”

1945 – Everett McGill, starred in “The People Under the Stairs,” “Silver Bullet” and “Dune.”

1933 – Georgia Brown, actress in “Nothing But the Night,” “Tales That Witness Madness” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Gravedale High” and “Sherlock Holmes.”

1920 – Hy Averback, director of “Chamber of Horrors.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 21

2021 – Martha Henry, appeared in Poltergeist: The Legacy – Episode: Ransom.”

2021 – Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer for “Divination – short,” “Darlin’” and “The Mad Hatter.”

2021 – Žarko Potočnjak, appeared in “The Rat Savior” and “Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy.”

2019 – Josip Elic, appeared in episodes of “The Twilight Zone – Episode: One More Pallbearer” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Obsolete Man.”

2019 – Jerome Fogel, appeared in the TV Movie “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”

2001 – David Lowell Rich, director for “Eye of the Cat,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” episodes of the TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone.”

1996 – Harry Thomas, make-up artist who worked on “Night of the Blood Beast” and “Frankenstein’s Daughter.”

1995 – Abel Salazar, starred in “The Brainiac,” “The Vampire’s Coffin” and “Man and the Monster.”

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 21

A Bucket of Blood [1959]
Bigfoot [1970]
The Grim Reaper [1980]

Boardinghouse [1982]
Eyes of Fire [1983]
The Dead Zone [1983]
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers [1988]
The Lair of the White Worm [1988]
Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies [1992]

The Puppet Masters [1994]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation [1995]
Hallow’s End [2003]
Doom [2005]
Trailer Park of Terror [2008]

Father’s Day [2011] – Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Hollows Grove [2014]

*************         *********************            *****************

OCTOBER 22

BORN ON OCTOBER 22

1990 – Jonathan Lipnicki, starred in “Broil,” “Circus Kane,” “Beware the Lake” and “The Little Vampire.”

1965 – Valeria Golino, appeared in “Blind Date.”

1962 – Suzanne Snyder, actress in “Killer Klowns from Outer Space,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Return of the Living Dead II,” “Retribution” and “Tomorrow’s a Killer.”

1956 – Tim Ryan, screenwriter for “Crazy Knights” and “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.”

1956 – Valentine Monnier, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge” and “Devil Fish.”

1953 – Masum Aziz, actor in “Telephonic” and “Chompa House.”

1952 – Jeff Goldblum, starred in “The Fly [1986],” “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2,” and “Hideaway.”

1947 – William Girdler, director for “Grizzly,” “The Manitou,” “Day of the Animals,” “Abby,” “Three on a Meethook” and “Asylum of Satan.”

1943 – Jan de Bont, directed the 1999 remake of “The Haunting.”

1943 – Catherine Deneuve, starred in “The Hunger” and “Repulsion.”

1939 – Tony Roberts, starred in “Popcorn” and “Amityville 3D.”

1938 – Christopher Lloyd, starred in “The Addams Family,” “Addams Family Values” and the “Valerie on the Stairs” episode of “Masters of Horror.”

1917 – Joan Fontaine, appeared in “The Witches” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1912 – Frances Drake who starred in the films “Mad Love” and “The Invisible Ray.”

1908 – John Sutton, appeared in the films “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “The Bat” and “Return of the Fly.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 22

2021 – Peter Scolari, actor in “Ticks,” “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Trance,” “Lisey’s Story – Episode: Bool Hunt” and the TV Series “Evil.”

2020 – William Blinn, sound department for “The Possessed.”

2006 – Arthur Hill, appeared in “The Andromeda Strain,” “Future World” and was the narrator for the film “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.

2004 – Katherine Victor, appeared in “Teenage Zombies,” “Mesa of Lost Women” and “The Cape Canaveral Monsters.”

1995 – Mary Wickes, starred in “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”

1986 – Ivor Francis appeared in the TV movie “The Night Strangler,” and in the film “Alien Zone”.

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 22

The Boogie Man Will Get You [1942] – premiere
The Vampire Lovers [1970]

Lady Frankenstein [1971] – Italy
Halloween III: The Season of the Witch [1982]
The Sender [1982]
Santa Claws [1996]
Bats [1999]
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled [2002]
The Grudge [2004]
Messengers [2004] – International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival
The Witch’s Sabbath [2005]

Forget Me Not [2009] – Screamfest LA International Horror Film Festival

Paranormal Activity 2 [2010]

Restricted Area [2019]

Tone-Deaf [2019]

The Empty Man [2020] – Mexico

*************         *********************            *****************