NOVEMBER 20

BORN ON NOVEMBER 20

1993 – Kayla Perkins, appeared in “Bloody Sisterly Love,” “Kill, Granny, Kill!” “Nightmare Fuel,” “The Killbillies,” “Santa Claus Versus the Zombies,” “Hell House,” “Halloween Homecoming” and more.

1988 – Rhys Wakefield, starred in “After the Dark,” “Bliss,” “The Purge” and “Sanctum.”

1985 – Dan Byrd, starred in “Mortuary,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2008]” and the 2004 version of the TV mini-series, “Salem’s Lot.”

1963 – Ming-Na Wen, appeared in “Prom Night” [2008].

1959 – Sean Young, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde” and “The Invader.”

1956 – Bo Derek, appeared in “Orca” and “Horror 101”.

1954 – Richard Brooker, portrayed “Jason Voorhees” in “Friday the 13th Part III” and also appeared in “Deathstalker.”

1948 – Richard Masur, appeared in “The Believers,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” and the TV mini-series “It.”

1928 – Rex Reason, appeared in “The Creature Walks Among Us” and “This Island Earth.”

1900 – Charles Lamb, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Hands of Orlac” and “Five Million Years to Earth.”

1890 – Robert Armstrong, starred in the films King Kong [1933], “Son of Kong,” “Mighty Joe Young” and “The Mad Ghoul.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 20

2019 – John Fraser Mann, actor in “The Tall Man,” TV Movies “Final Days of Planet Earth,” “Strange Frequency,” and episodes in several TV Series “Supernatural,” “Blood Ties,” “Haunted,” “Strange Frequency” and “Millennium.”

2019 – Michael J. Pollard, actor in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Skeeter,” “Split Second,” “The Arrival,” “Dark Angel,” “Night Visitor,” “Heartstopper” and many more.

2006 – Chris Hayward, helped develop and wrote for “The Munsters” TV Series.

2006 – Robert Altman, directed “Images” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

2003 – Jim Siedow, appeared in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.”

2002 – Jerry Gross, produced the film the 1974 version of “Son of Dracula” and “I Drink Your Blood”.

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 20

The Pack [1977]

Don’t Go in the Woods [1981]

Flowers in the Attic [1987]
Tale of a Vampire [1992] – London Film Festival

The Phantom of the Opera [1998]
Zombie Town [2007]

Repo! The Genetic Opera [2008]

Crimes of the Chupacabra [2009]

Resurrection [2015]

Zombacter: Center City Contagion [2020] – internet

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NOVEMBER 21

BORN ON NOVEMBER 21

1984 – Jena Malone, starred in “Antebellum,” “The Neon Demon,” and “The Ruins.”

1984 – Lindsey Haun, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” also appeared in “Shrooms,” “Addams Family Reunion” and “the 1995 remake of “Village of the Damned.”

1978 – Madeleine Wade, appeared in “The Call,” “Blood Craft,” “For Jennifer,” “Dances with Werewolves,” “The Backlot Murders,” “Tower of Blood” and more.

1965 – Bill Oberst Jr., prolific horror star who has  done over 150 genre films such as “Nude Nuns with Big Guns,” “ Hell’s Kitty,” “All Hallows’ Eve 2,” “A Haunting in Salem,” “The Dooms Chapel Horror,” “Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies,” “Lifechanger,” “Children of Sorrow,” “Circus of the Dead,” “The Chair,” “Coyote,” “31,” “Clowntergeist” and many more.

1948 – Deborah Shelton, appeared in “Bloodtide,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Sacrifice,” “Perfect Victims” and “Blood Moon.”

1946 – Andrew Davis, cinematographer for “The Final Terror,” “Private Parts [1972],” “Mansion of the Damned” and “Crash!”

1946 – Emma Cohen, actress in “Count Dracula,” “Glass Ceiling,” “The Cannibal Man,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “Cross of the Devil” and “Night of the Walking Dead.”

1944 – Harold Ramis, who played “Dr. Egon Spengler” in “Ghostbusters [1984]” and “Ghostbusters II” [which he co-wrote].

1941 – Juliet Mills, starred in “Beyond the Door” and appeared in “Waxworks II.”

1937 – Gus Trikonis, director for “The Evil,” “The Darker Side of Terror” and episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”

1937 – Ingrid Pitt, starred in “The Vampire Lovers,” “Countess Dracula” and “The House That Dripped Blood.”

1921 – Vivian Blane, appeared in the films “Parasite” and “The Dark.”

1920 – Ralph Meeker, appeared in the films “Food of the Gods,” “Without Warning” and the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”

1919 – Mary Foran, appeared in “The Hypnotic Eye.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 21

2021 – Gordon Crosse, composer for “Spooky – Episode: The Keeper.”

2021 – Lou Cutell, actor in “Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster,” “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside.”

2021 – Madhavi Gogate, actress in “Krishna Cottage.”

2021 – Joey Morgan, actor in “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” and the TV Series “Critters: A New Binge.”

2021 – Scott Robbe, production manager for the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside [1986-1988].”

2020 – Dena Dietrich, actress in the TV Movie “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence.”

2020 – Robert Garland, writer for “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

2020 – Jery Hewitt, stuntman in “Christmas Evil,” “Wolfen,” “C.H.U.D.,” “Creepshow 2,” “Lost Souls,” “The Nesting,” “Twisted,” “A Return to Salem’s Lot” and more.

2020 – Malcolm Marmorstein, directed “Love Bites,” “Dead Men Don’t Die,” writer for “Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary,” “Frankenstein – TV Movie” and the TV Series “Dark Shadows.”

2019 – Gahan Allen Wilson, movie review columnist for The Twilight Zone Magazine and a book critic for Realms of Fantasy magazine and a Cartoonist for Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night.

2012 – Deborah Raffin, actress in “The Sentinel,” “Grizzly II: The Revenge,” “God Told Me To,” “Scanners II: The New Order” and “Dance of the Dwarfs.”

1999 – Quentin Crisp, appeared in “The Bride [1985].”

1993 – Richard Wordsworth, appeared in “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “The Camp on Blood Island,” “The Quatermass Xperiment” and more.

1986 – Dar Robinson, worked on the films “Manitou,” and “Burnt Offerings”.

1979 – Paul Wexler, appeared in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake” and “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters”.

1978 – John Barclay, appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “Soylent Green” and “The Brotherhood of Satan”.

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 21

Frankenstein [1931]
Diabolique [1955]

The Mole People [1956]

The Witches [1966]

The Wraith [1986]

Predator 2 [1990]

Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 [1990]

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman [2000] – video premiere
Gothika [2003]
The Mist [2007]
Risen [2008]
Hive Mind [2009]

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NOVEMBER 22

BORN ON NOVEMBER 22

1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, appeared in “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and episodes of the TV Series “Stranger Things.”

1981 – Jacob Cooney, screenwriter for “Flight 666,” “3-Headed Shark Attack,” “5-Headed Shark Attack” and “Isle of the Dead”

1967 – Mark Ruffalo, actor in “The Dentist,” “Shutter Island” and “Zodiac.”

1966 – Richard Stanley, directed “The Color Out of Space,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996],” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “Dust Devil,” “Hardware” and writer for “Replace,”

1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, played the title role in “Hannibal – TV Series.”

1964 – Stephen Geoffreys, appeared in the films “Fright Night,” “976-EVIL,” “Moon 44” and “Sick Girl.”

1961 – Mariel Hemingway, appeared in “Bad Moon”.

1959 – Lenore Zann, actress in “Happy Birthday to Me,” “Visiting Hours,” “Murder by Phone,” “American Nightmare” as well as episodes of various TV Series “The Mummy,” “Forever Knight,” “Kingdom Hospital,” “Beyond Reality” and “Serial Experiments Lain.”

1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, best known for portraying “Laurie Strode” in the “Halloween” films as well as starring in “Terror Train,” “Prom Night [1980],” “The Fog [1980]” and episodes of the TV Show “Scream Queens.”

1957 – Mackenzie Gray, actor in “Grave Encounters,” ” “Rabid,” “The Basement,” “Poe: Last Day of the Raven,” episodes of “R.L. Stein’s The Haunting Hour,” “Beyond Belief: Factor of Fiction,” “V-Wars,” “Forever Knight” and “Supernatural.”

1935 – Michael Callan, actor in “The Photographer,” “The Cat and the Canary [1978],” “Double Exposure,” “Dark Dreams,” “Leprechaun 3,” episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown” and “Swamp Thing.”

1932 – Robert Vaughn, appeared in “Demon Seed.”

1904 – Roland Winters, appeared in the film “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 22

2021 – Paolo Pietrangeli, assistant director for “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”

2021 – Joanne Shenandoah, actress in “The Last Winter.”

2021 – Bernard Holley, actor in episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Thriller.”

2020 – Carlo Ausino, directed “Don’t Look in the Attic.”

2020 – Mustafa Nadarević, actor in “Reflections.”

2014 – Luis Avalos, appeared in “Wishcraft,” “Ghost Fever” and “Criminal Act.”

2002 – Joan Barclay, appeared in “The Corpse Vanishes,” “Black Dragons” and “The Seventh Victim”.

1986 – Scatman Crothers, appeared in “The Shining” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie”.

1984 – John Gilling, directed “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “The Reptile,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Blood Beast from Outer Space,” “The Flesh and the Fiends,” “Vampire Over London” and more.

1983 – Michael Conrad, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 22

You’ll Find Out [1940]

Feast of Satan [1971] – Barcelona
The Savage Bees [1976] – TV Movie

Necropolis Awakened [2002]
Creature of the Mist [2002]

Bloodshed [2005]

Night of Something Strange [2016]

The Houses October Built 2 [2017]

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NOVEMBER 23

BORN ON NOVEMBER 23

1979 – Kelly Brook, starred in “Piranha [2010],” “Survival Island” and “Ripper.”

1970 – Oded Fehr, starred in “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “The Mummy [1999]” and “The Mummy Returns.”

1959 – Dominique Dunne, starred in the film “Poltergeist.”

1938 – Sara Karloff, appeared in “Deader Country” and “My Lovely Monster.”

1934 – Robert Towne, screenwriter for “Orca,” “The Tomb of Ligeia,” “Last Woman on Earth” an episode of “The Outer Limits” as well as appeared in “Suspect Zero,” “Creature from the Haunted Sea” and “The Zodiac Killer.”

1923 – Paula Raymond, appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Hand of Death” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”

1923 – Keiju Kobayashi, appeared in “Godzilla 1985.”

1916 – Michael Gough, starred in “Horror of Dracula,” “Konga,” “Horrors of the Black Museum” and “Sleepy Hollow.”

1887 – Boris Karloff, The one and only King of the Monsters whose films include “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Raven [1963],” “Black Sabbath,” “Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy [1932],” “The Ghoul,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “The Walking Dead [1936],” “Isle of the Dead” and many more.

DIED ON NOVEMBER 23

2021 – Mary Collinson, actress in “Twins of Evil.”

2020 – Abby Dalton, actress in “Prank.”

2019 – Asunción Balaguer, actress in “Exorcism’s Daughter” and “The Baby’s Room.”

2012 – Larry Hagman, appeared in “Beware! The Blob.”

2010 – Ingrid Pitt, the voluptuous star of “The Asylum,” “The Wicker Man,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” “Countess Dracula” and “The Vampire Lovers.”

2018 – Nicolas Roeg, director for “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Witches [1990],” “Don’t Look Now,” cinematographer for “Masque of the Red Death” and “Dr. Crippen.”

2003 – Jack Pollexfen, writer/director/producer film work includes “The Indestructible Man,” “The Atomic Brain,” “Son of Dr. Jekyll” and “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.”

2002 – Dick Stilwell who appeared in the films “Mimic 2” and “Beneath Loch Ness.”

1995 – Louis Malle, director & writer for “Black Moon” and “Spirits of the Dead.”

1992 – Rita Corday, starred in the films “The Body Snatcher” and “The Black Castle”.

1991 – Klaus Kinski, actor in “Nosferatu [1979],” “Vampire of Venice,” “Creature With the Blue Hand,” Crawlspace” and “Count Dracula.”

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 23

The Return of Doctor X [1939] – New York City
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein [1957]

Zaat [1971] – Tampa

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [1973]
Zombie Beach Party [2003]
[Rec] [2007]

Boar [2017] – Monster Fest, Australia

Ugly Sweater Party [2018] – Internet

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NOVEMBER 24

BORN ON NOVEMBER 24

1990 – Sarah Hyland, appeared in “Vampire Academy,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Monster Heroes.”

1978 – Katherine Heigl, appeared in “Bride of Chucky.”

1964 – Brian T. Jaynes, producer for “Dead Sea,” “Boggy Creek,” “The Shadow People,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “The Black Dahlia Haunting” and “Entity.”

1964 – Jim Van Bebber, directed “Deadbeat at Dawn,” “The Manson Family” and more.

1964 – Garret Dillahunt, starred in the series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and the 2009 remake of “Last House on the Left.”

1963 – Debra Lamb, appeared in “The American Scream,” “Beverly Hills Vamp,” “The Invisible Maniac”, “The G-string Horror” and more.

1960 – Amanda Wyss, appeared in “To Die For” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984].”

1957 – Denise Crosby, starred in “Pet Sematary,” “Dolly Dearest,” “Born,” “The Watcher,” “Mutant Species,” “Relative Fear” and “Mortuary.”

1916 – Forrest J. Ackerman, appeared in “The Howling,” “Dead Alive,” “King Kong [1976],” “Return of the Living Dead II,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Queen of Blood,” and many more.

1913 – Howard Duff, appeared in “Monster in the Closet”.

1888 – Rudolph Klein-Rogge, appeared in the film “Metropolis” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 24

2021 – Ian Curteis, director for “The Projected Man” and Out of the Unknown – Episode: Walk’s End.”

2021 – Yvonne Wilder, actress in “The Return of Count Yorga.”

2020 – Montserrat Carulla, actress in “The Orphanage.”

2019 – Nimish Pilankar, sound department for “Bhram.”

2019 – Joan Staley, actress in “Cape Fear [1962],” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and an episode of “The Munsters.”

2005 – Pat Morita, appeared in the films “When Time Ran Out,” “Full Moon High” and “King Cobra.”

2002 – Noel Regney, composed the music scores for the films “The Flesh Eaters,” “Gremlins,” and episodes of “American Horror Story.” He composed “Do You Hear What I Hear” a famous & popular Christmas Song which plays in this video from “Gremlins.”

1990 – Robb White, wrote such screenplays for “13 Ghosts,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959]” and “The Tingler.”

1977 – Richard Carlson, starred in “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “The Valley of Gwangi”.

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 24

The Innocents [1961]

Crowhaven Farm [1970] – TV Movie

Of Unknown Origin [1983]
The Toxic Avenger III: The Last Temptation of Toxie [1989]
Puppet Master 4 [1993] – video premiere
Blood Moon Rising [2009]

Fear Level [2017] – Salt Lake City

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NOVEMBER 25

BORN ON NOVEMBER 25

1986 – Katie Cassidy, appeared in “Black Christmas [2006],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Supernatural” and “The Scribbler.”

1985 – Haley Webb, appeared in “Final Destination.”

1966 – Billy Burke, actor in “Lights Out” and “Red Riding Hood.”

1965 – Dougray Scott, actor in “Dead Water,” “The Vatican Tapes,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Rezort,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2008],” “Perfect Creature” and the TV Series “Hemlock Grove.”

1964 –Robert Kurtzman, makeup effects whiz for “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Scream,” “It Follows,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Vampires,” “Evil Dead II,” “Army of Darkness,” “Ma,” “All Cheerleaders Die,” “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Shark Lake,” and many more.

1955 – Bruno Tonioli, art director for “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”

1947 – John Larroquette, the narrator at the beginning of the original “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and also appeared in “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight”.

1920 – Ricardo Montalban, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1919 – Steve Brodie, appeared in “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Donovan’s Brain” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1988 – Julian Gunzburg, visual consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 25

2021 – Don Phillips, casting director for “The Prophecy,” “Phantoms” and “Feast.”

2021 – Carol Gould, writer/script editor for the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1988).”

2020 – Chuck Bail, actor in “The House of Seven Corpses” and stuntman in “Werewolves on Wheels” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”

2020 – Flor Silvestre, appeared in “The Mark of Satan,” “The Headless Horseman,” “The Head of Pancho Villa” and “Taste of Blood.”

2018 – Gloria Katz, producer/writer/actress for “Messiah of Evil.”

2016 – Ron Glass, appeared in “Deep Space” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.

1997 – Charles Hallahan, character actor who appeared in “Things That Go Bump,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Cast a Deadly Spell,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Nightwing” and “The Thing.”

1982 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Scream, Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga,”.

1981 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”

1973 – Laurence Harvey, appeared in “Night Watch,” “Welcome to Arrow Beach,” “House of Darkness,” episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Night Gallery.”

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 25

The Ghoul [1933]
Necromancy [1972] – re-release

Dark Places [1974]

The Wind [1986]
Cheerleader Autopsy [2003]

ThanXgiving [2006]

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NOVEMBER 26

BORN ON NOVEMBER 26

1976 – Joshua Park, actor in “Bog Creatures,” “Blood Relic” and “Fort Doom.”

1973 – Peter Facinelli, who appeared in “Countdown,” “Supernova,” “The Damned,” “Hollow Man II” and producer for “Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word.”

1973 – Kristin Bauer, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Eli Roth’s History of Horror,” “The Boy Behind the Door” and “Sacred Lies – TV Series.”

1970 – Lorissa McComas, appeared in “Piranha [1995],” “Vamps,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “Raptor” and more.

1944 – Michael Gregory, appeared in “Lawnmower Man,” “Nomads,” “Ghosts,” “Sublime,” “Fangs,” episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and more.

1943 – Jerry Jameson, directed “The Bat People” and the TV Movie “Hotline.”

1942 – Marianne McAndrew, starred in “The Bat People.”

1939 – Mark Margolis, appeared in “End of Days,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1991],” “Christmas Evil,” “Headspace,” episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story,” “Constantine” and more.

1933 – Robert Goulet, appeared in “Beetlejuice.”

1929 – Betta St. John, starred in “Horror Hotel” and “Corridors of Blood.”

1888 – Robert Strange, appeared in the film “Mad Monster,” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 26

2021 – Stephen Sondheim, music/lyrics/soundtrack for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982],” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007.”

2021 – Óscar Catacora, screenwriter for “Bloody Adventure.”

2021 – Balbinder Dhami, starred in the TV Series “The Zee Horror Show.”

2020 – Daria Nicolodi, actress in “Deep Red,” Suspiria [1977],” “Inferno,” “Tenebrae,” “Phenomena,” “Delirium,” “Paganini Horror,” “The Sect,” “All the Colors of Giallo” and more.

2019 – Vittorio Congia, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tails.”

2006 – Renee Harmon, starred in the films “Frozen Scream” and Night of Terror”.

1992 – Philip Leakey, makeup artist who worked on many Hammer Films including “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “X: The Unknown,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and many more.

1980 – Rachel Roberts, appeared in “When a Stranger Calls,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Reckoning” and more.

1976 – Marcel Delgado, worked on many of the miniatures used on such films as King Kong [1933], “Mighty Joe Young,” “Son of Kong” and the 1925 silent classic, “Lost World,”.

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 26

Alien: Resurrection [1997]

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon [2002] – video premiere
The Haunted Mansion [2003]

Bleed with Me [2020] – Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival

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