DECEMBER 18
BORN ON DECEMBER 18
1978 – Katie Holmes, starred in “Brahms: The Boy II,” “The Gift,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, “Disturbing Behavior” and “Teaching Mrs. Tingle.”
1976 – Erin Simms, appeared in “The Possession,” “The Howling: Reborn,” “Fringe – TV Series” and “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series.”
1970 – Rob Van Dam, appeared in “3-Headed Shark Attack” and an episode of the TV Series “The X-Files.”
1968 – Casper Van Dien, starred in “Sleepy Hollow” “Dracula 3000,” “Starship Troopers,” “Alpha Wolf,” and “Darkness Reigns.”
1963 – Brad Pitt starred in “Interview with a Vampire,” “12 Monkeys”, “Se7en,” “Cutting Class” and “World War Z.”
1955 – Ray Liotta, starred in the films “Hannibal,” and “Identity.”
1953 – Jeff Kober, is a wonderful character actor who has appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Hills Have Eyes II,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Kindred: The Embraced -TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The First Power,” “Alien Nation” and many more.
1946 – Steven Spielberg, directed “Jaws”, “Duel”, “Jurassic Park,” “Something Evil – TV Movie]” and also producer for “Poltergeist [1982],” “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Arachnophobia,” “The Whispers” and many more.
1925 – Peggy Cummins, starred in “Curse of the Demon.”
1922 – Marshall Grauer, appeared in “Zaat.”
1917 – Ossie Davis, who played “Portifoy” in the TV movie “Night Gallery” and also appeared in the TV mini-series ‘The Stand” and the film “Bubba Ho-Tep.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 18
2020 – Peter Lamont, art department for “Burn, Witch Burn,” “Unearthly Stranger” and Production Designer for ” Aliens.”
2019 – Claudine Auger, appeared in “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “A Bay of Blood” and “The Bermuda Triangle.”
2009 – Chas Balun, horror fan and writer for Fangoria magazine; also published the magazine “Deep Red.”
2006 – Joseph Barbera, writer/producer for “Scooby-Soo” movies as well as soundtrack for the movies “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “The Curse of La Llorona.”
2002 – Edward Norris, appeared in “The Gorilla.”
1986 – Sidney Clifford, set decorator for “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Mad Room.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 18
The Devil Rides Out [1968]
Nightkill [1980]
Ghost Story [1981]
Alligator II: The Mutation [1991]
Hatchet [2006]
AVH: Alien vs Hunter [2007]
Infection [2007]
The New Daughter [2009]
Sint [2010]
Yummy [2019]
Hunter Hunter [2020] – Canada
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DECEMBER 19
BORN ON DECEMBER 19
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, starred in “Relic,” ”Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Life,” “Zodiac” and “Nightcrawler.”
1977 – Irina Voronina, appeared in “Piranha 3DD,” “Hood of Horror” and “Ring of Darkness.”
1972 – Alyssa Milano, appeared in “The Canterville Ghost,” “Embrace of the Vampire” an episode of “The Outer Limits” and more.
1969 – Kristy Swanson, starred in “Deadly Friend,” “Flowers in the Attic [1987],” “Killer Under the Bed,” “Mimesis Nosferatu,” “Swamp Shark,” “Highway to Hell” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
1963 – Paul Rhys appeared in “From Hell,” “The Haunting of Helen Walker” and “Hellraiser: Deader.”
1963 – Jennifer Beals, appeared in “Vampire’s Kiss,” “The Grudge 2,” “The Prophecy II” and episodes of the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”
1960 – Mike Lookinland, assistant camera man on “Halloween 4,” “Halloween 5” and the TV mini-series “The Stand, ” in which he had a small role.
1957 – John Gulager, director of “Feast,” “Feast II: Sloppy Seconds,” “Feast III: The Happy Finish,” “Piranha 3DD” and “Zombie Night.”
1949 – Marlene Clark, actress in “Lord Shango,” “Black Mamba,” “The Beast Must Die,” “Ganga & Hess,” “Beware! The Blob” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1949 – Nancy Keyes, appeared in “Assault on Precinct 13,” “The Fog,” “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II 1981],” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” and more.
1916 – Roy Ward Baker, directed “The Monster Club,” “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!” “The Vault of Horror,” “Asylum,” “Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The Vampire Lovers,” and “Five Million Years to Earth.”
1902 – Ralph Richardson, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt [1972],” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?” “The Ghoul [1933]” and the TV movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 19
2021 – Sally Ann Howes, actress in “Dead of Night,” “Death Ship” and the TV Movie “The Hound of Baskervilles [1972].”
2020 – David Giler, producer for “Alien,” “Alien 3,” “Alien Resurrection,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “Alien Covenant,” “Bordello of Blood,” “Ritual,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” and many more.
2020 – Rosalind Knight, actress in “Afraid of the Dark” and “Demons Never Die.”
2020 – Hermina Pipinic, appeared in “Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy.”
2020 – Eileen Pollock, appeared in “Psychosis” and “50 Kisses.”
2005 – Yu Fujiki, starred in “King Kong vs Godzilla,” “War of the Gargantuas,” “Godzilla vs The Thing [a.k.a. Mothra]” and “Yog, Monster from Space”.
2003 – Les Tremayne, whose numerous films included “Attack of the B-Movie Monster,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas,” “War of The Worlds,” and “The Monolith Monsters”. He also appeared as the narrator of the American version of “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
2003 – Hope Lange, best known for playing “Mrs. Muir” on the 1968 TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” as well as appeared in “Nightmare On Elm Street” and “Crowhaven Farm.”
1999 – Cyprian R. Dube, actor in “Jaws,” “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1999 – Desmond Llewelyn, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1978 – Duncan Lamont, films included “Evil of Frankenstein,” “Quatermass and the Pit,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Frankenstein Created Woman.”
1977 – Jacques Torneur, directed “Curse of the Demon,” “Cat People” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 19
The Feathered Serpent [1948]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956]
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero [1965]
King Kong Lives [1986]
Opera [1987]
Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
Cannibal Cult [1999]
Altered [2006]
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DECEMBER 20
BORN ON DECEMBER 20
1970 – Nicole de Boer, starred in the TV series “Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil,” as well as TV episodes of “Forever Knight,” “Beyond Reality” and “The Outer Limits.”
1968 – Eduardo Sánchez, writer/producer/director of such films as “The Blair Witch Project,” “Altered,” “Lovely Molly,” “V/H/S/2,” “Exists,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series [TV Series]” and more.
1963 – Jörg Buttgereit, writer/director of “Nekromantik,” “Nekromantik 2,” “Der Todesking: The Death King,” “Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer,” “Green Frankenstein” and more.
1952 – Jenny Agutter, starred in “An American Werewolf in London” and “Child’s Play 2.”
1949 – Claudia Jennings, appeared in ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth” and “Sisters of Death.”
1945 – Peter Criss, drummer for the rock group “Kiss,” starred in “The Phantom of the Park” and also appeared on the “Paul Lynde Halloween Special” in 1976.
1943 – Jacqueline Pearce, starred in the Hammer films “The Reptile” and “Plague of the Zombies”.
1934 – Harvey Flaxman, writer, producer, actor in “Grizzly.”
1905 – Albert Dekker, played the title role in the film “Dr. Cyclops” and appeared in the original “Gamera” film.
DIED ON DECEMBER 20
2020 – Inés Moreno, actress in “Masterworks of Terror.”
2020 – Ned Wynn, screenwriter for the TV Movie “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
2009 – Brittany Murphy starred in “Deadline” and “The Prophecy II.”
2001 – Foster Brooks, appeared in episodes of “The Munsters”.
1999 – James Wainwright, appeared in the TV movie, “Killdozer”.
1973 – Bobby Darin, his music used in “The X-Files,” “Krueger: Tales from Elm Street,” and also appeared in the “Dead Weight” episode of “The Night Gallery.” Here’s a clip of his music that was used in “Bates Motel: There’s No Place Like Home.”
1948 – C. Aubrey Smith, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “The Monkey’s Paw.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 20
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster [1964]
Hiroku Kaibyoden [1969]
Black Christmas [1974]
Enemy Mine [1985]
The Banker [1989]
Monster High [1989]
Scream [1996]
Creep [2004]
Santa’s Slay [2005]
Monsterland [2008]
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DECEMBER 21
BORN ON DECEMBER 21
1984 – Jackson Rathbone, starred in “Do Not Reply,” “Hurt,” “Pray for Morning,” “Dread” and “City of Dead Men.”
1982 – Tom Payne, appeared in “The Task” and starred in the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1972 – John Erick Dowdle, directed “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” “As Above, So Below,” “Devil [2010]” and “Quarantine.”
1966 – Kiefer Sutherland, starred in “The Lost Boys,” “Flatliners,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” “Dark City” and “Mirrors.”
1964 – Fabiana Udenio, appeared in “RoboCop 2,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series” and “Bride of Re-Animator”.
1962 – James Jones, appeared in “Head of the Family” and “Dark Honeymoon.”
1957 – Tsutomu Kitagawa who played “Kingugidora” in “Mothra 3” and “Gojira” in “Godzilla 2000,” “Godzilla vs. Megaguiru,” “Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla 2002” and “Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.”
1948 – Barry Gordon, appeared in “The Spirit is Willing,” “Hands of a Stranger,” “Warp Speed” as well as several episodes of TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Thriller,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and more.
1948 – Raymond Singer, appeared in “Child’s Play 2,” “The Entity” and an episode of “Monster Squad.”
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, starred in the films “Jurassic Park,” “Deep Blue Sea,” and “Snakes on A Plane,” “1408,” “Spiral,” “The Exorcist III” and more.
1944 – Ulli Lommel, writer/director of “Zombie Nation,” “Bloodsuckers,” “Boogeyman II” and more.
1943 – Jared Martin, appeared in “The Sea Serpent” and the TV series “War of the Worlds.”
1943 – Jack Nance, starred in “Eraserhead,” “Ghoulies” and “The Blob [1988].”
1937 – Jane Fonda, starred in “Spirits of the Dead”.
1928 – Ed Nelson, starred in “Night of the Blood Beast,” “The Brain Eaters” and “The Boneyard.”
1927 – Michael Carreras, Hammer producer/director films include “Curse of The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Curse of Frankenstein” and “Horror of Dracula.”
1908 –Arch Hall Sr., producer/actor whose films include “The Thrill Killers,” “The Sadist” and “Eegah.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 21
2021 – Jaime Comas Gil, screenwriter for “Savannah: Carnal Violence” and “Panic.”
2019 – Ramachandra Babu, cinematographer for “Pirate’s Blood.”
2005 – Myron Healey, starred in “Claws,” “The Incredible Melting Man” and “Varan, The Unbelievable”.
1983 – Rod Cameron, appeared in “The Monster and the Girl,” “The Electronic Monster” and “Psychic Killer”.
1975 – Rowland V. Lee, directed “The Return of Fu Manchu,” “Son of Frankenstein” and “Tower of London”.
1974, Richard Long, starred in “House on Haunted Hill [1959]” “Cult of the Cobra” and “The Stranger.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 21
Don’t Open Till Christmas [1984]
Haunted House [2004]
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007]
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus [2010]
Hinsdale House [2019]
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DECEMBER 22
BORN ON DECEMBER 22
1982 – Brooke Nevin, appeared in “Infestation,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – TV Series,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series” and “Goosebumps – TV Series.”
1974 – Heather Donahue appeared in “The Blair Witch Project,” the TV series “Taken,” “The Morgue” and in a 1995 “Outer Limits” episode entitled “Claire.”
1968 – Dina Meyer, who played “Detective Allison Kerry” in the “Saw” films, also appeared in the 2010 remake of “Piranha.”
1962 – Ralph Fiennes, starred in “Red Dragon.”
1936 – Hector Elizondo, appeared in the TV movie, “The Dain Curse” and the film “Leviathan.”
1927 – Peggy Castle, starred in “Beginning of the End” and “Back from the Dead.”
1922 – Barbara Billingsley, appeared in “Invaders From Mars” and the TV Movie “Bay Coven.”
1922 – Ruth Roman, appeared in “Deathdream,” “Day of the Animals” and “A Knife for the Ladies.”
1917 – Freddie Francis, directed “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Ghoul [1975],” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.” “Trog,” “Evil of Frankenstein” and “Craze [1974].”
DIED ON DECEMBER 22
2020 – Claude Brasseur, appeared in “Eyes Without a Face.”
2020 – Tuck Tucker,” worked in the art department for 3 episodes of the TV Series “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
2019 – Tony Britton, appeared in “Night Watch.”
2009 – Michael Currie, appeared in “Dead & Buried,” “Halloween III” and also played “Sheriff Jonas Carter” on the original “Dark Shadows.”
2002 – Kenneth Tobey, starred in “The Thing From Another World,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” “The Vampire,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “The Naked Monster.”
2001 – Lance Fuller, actor in “This Island Earth,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The She-Creature,” “Voodoo Woman,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream!,” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1992 – Bolaji Badejo, played the Alien creature in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” film.
1983 – Charles Lloyd Pack, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “The Reptile,” “Corridors of Blood,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Curse of the Demon” and many more.
1979 – Darryl F. Zanuck, producer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “Doctor X” and “The Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 22
The Mummy [1932]
Son of Kong [1933]
The Mummy’s Curse [1944]
Daughter of Horror [1955]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]
Dracula Dead and Loving It [1995]
Dracula 2000 [2000]
Paranormal Entity [2009]
Shattered Lives [2009]
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DECEMBER 23
BORN ON DECEMBER 23
1978 – Estella Warren, appeared in “Evil Remains.”
1971 – Corey Haim, starred in “Silver Bullet,” “The Lost Boys,” “Lost Boys: The Tribe” and “Watchers.”
1969 – Noel Thurman, actress in “The Beast of Bray Road,” “Dracula’s Curse,” “Piranha Sharks,” “Rabid Love,” “Supercroc” and “Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers.”
1936 – Frederic Forrest, starred in “It Lives Again,” the TV movie “The Deliberate Stranger” and Dario Argento’s “Trauma.”
1911 – Fuyuki Murakami, appeared in the original 1954 version of “Gojira,” a.k.a. “Godzilla,” “Radon” and “Monster Zero.”
1911 – James Gregory, appeared in several TV Series including “The Twilight Zone” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Night Gallery,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “Inner Sanctum.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 23
2020 – Ed Krieger, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead,” Alien Nation, “Child’s Play 2” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2019 – David Foster, producer for “The Legacy [1978],” “The Thing [1982],” “The Fog [2005],” “The Thing [2011] and more.
2000 – Billy Barty, appeared in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” [he was the tiny baby in the jar].
1998 – David Manners, portrayed “Jonathan Harker” in the original 1931 version of “Dracula” and appeared in the films “The Black Cat” and the original “Mummy”.
1995 – Patric Knowles, appeared in “The Wolf Man,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and “Terror in the Wax Museum”.
1979 – Ernest B. Schoedsack, director of “King Kong,” “Son of Kong,” “Mighty Joe Young” and “Dr. Cyclops”.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 23
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1954]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad [1958]
Scars of Dracula [1970]
Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]
The Bone Snatcher [2003]
Cadaver Bay [2003]
Pulse 3 [2008]
Solomon Kane [2009]
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DECEMBER 24
BORN ON DECEMBER 24
1985 – Laura Aikman, appeared in “The Hatching”, “Demons [TV Mini-Series]” and “Bloodmonkey.”
1972 – Carmen Moore, appeared in “iZombie – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series” and “Spooky House.”
1957 – Scott Spiegel, producer/actor/director “Evil Dead [1981],” “Evil Dead II,” “Drag Me to Hell,” “Darkman,” “Intruder,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “Hostel: Part III” and more.
1954 – Kazunori Itô, screenwriter for “Gamera, Guardian of the Universe,” “Necronomicon,” “Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion” and “Gamera 3: The Awakening of Iris.”
1945 – Nicholas Meyer, screenwriter for “Invasion of the Bee Girls.”
1944 – Katsuhiko Saski, appeared in “Terror of Mechagodzilla,” “Godzilla vs. Biolante” and “Evil of Dracula.”
1923 – David F. Friedman, producer for “Blood Feast,” “2,000 Maniacs” and “2001 Maniacs.”
1910 – Fritz Leiber, Jr., penned the novel “Conjure Wife” on which the films “Weird Woman” and “Burn, Witch Burn” were based and appeared in the 1970 film “Equinox.”
1906 – Franz Waxman, composer who did the scores for such films as “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Ray,” “Devil-Doll,” and the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
DIED ON DECEMBER 24
2020 – Guy N. Smith, horror author for “Werewolf Series,” “Crabs Series,” “Slime Beast Series” and more.
2012 – Jack Klugman, starred in one of the classic episodes of Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
2012 – Charles Durning, appeared in “When a Stranger Calls,” “When a Stranger Calls Back,” “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “The Fury” and more.
1994 – Rossano Brazzi, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks,” “Omen II: The Final Conflict” and “Young Dracula”.
1988 – Noel Willman, actor in “The Reptile,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and an episode of the TV Series “Target.”
1975 – Bernard Herrmann, composed the scores for the films “Psycho,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still”.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 24
The House of the Devil [1896]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931]
The Ghost Ship [1942]
The Phantom [1943]
Spider Baby or The Maddest Story Ever Told [1967]
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte [1964]
Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot [1976]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown [1976]
The Ninth Gate [1999]
Murder-Set-Pieces [2004]
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