HAPPY NEW YEAR!

JANUARY 1

BORN ON JANUARY 1

1983 – Dana DeLorenzo, starred in “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series” and “The Moleman of Belmont Avenue.”

1979 – Anders Danielsen Lie, appeared in “Hidden” and “The Night Eats the World.”

1969 – Verne Troyer, actor in “Gnome Alone,” “Wishmaster” and “Pinocchio’s Revenge.”

1949 – Don Keith Opper, screenwriter for “Infection,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Critters,” “Critters 2,” “Critters 3” and “Critters 4.”

1942 – Greta Vayan, actress in “Balsamus l’uomo di Satana – aka Blood Relations.”

1940 – Martin Shakar, appeared in “The Children,” “Blood Bath” and episodes of the TV Series “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.”

1938 – Frank Langella, starred in “CryBaby Lane – TV Movie,” “Brainscan,” “Dracula [1979],” “Red Dragon” and “The Ninth Gate.”

1937 – Suzy Kendall, appeared in “Craze,” “Torso,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “In the Devil’s Garden [1971],” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” and “Psycho-Circus.”

1929 – Don Sullivan, appeared in “The Giant Gia Monster,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas” and “Teenage Zombies.”

1909 – Dana Andrews, starred in the films “Curse of the Demon,” “The Frozen Dead,” appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery and “The Twilight Zone.”

DIED ON JANUARY 1

2022 – Barbara Chilcott, actress in “Stop Me Before I Kill,” episodes of “The Unforeseen,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Beyond Reality.”

2021 – Mark Eden, appeared in “The Crimson Cult” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Quatermass and the Pit” and “Out of the Unknown.”

2021 – Seizô Fukumoto, appeared in “Samurai Reincarnation.”

2019 – Ivo Gregurevic, appeared in “Infection [2003]”

2018 – Jon Paul “JP” Steuer, appeared in “Amityville: A New Generation.”

2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer for “Images,” “Horror of the Blood Monsters,” “Satan’s Sadists,” “Psycho à Go-Go” as well as the camera Department for “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?.”

2015 – Donna Douglas, appeared on many TV shows including “Thriller,” “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”

2009 – Edmund Purdom, actor in “Don’t Open Till Christmas,” “Absurd,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks,” “The Devil’s Lover,” “Pieces,” “Together Forever,” “Fracchia vs. Dracula” and “The Rift.”

1983 – David Buttolph, musical director for “The Gorilla.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 1

The Invisible Boy [1957] – Japan

The Blood Beast of Terror [1968]

Carnival of Blood [1970]
Night of the Cobra Woman [1972]
Blood Orgy of the She-Devils [1973]

The Creeping Flesh [1973]

Frightmare [1983] – France – Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival

Serial Killer [2002]
Shadow of Dread [2002]
Alien Abduction [2005]
Blood Feud [2010]

Camp Blood 8: Revelations [2020]

Two Twisted Tales [2021]

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JANUARY 2

BORN ON JANUARY 2

1980 – Patrick Rea, directed “They Wait in the Dark,” “Nailbiter,” “I Am Lisa,” “Arbor Demon,” produced “Charlotte,” “Conjure X,” “Time’s Up Eve,” writer for “The Witching,” “Monsterland 2,” “The Invoking 2” and many others.

1971 – Taye Diggs, actor in “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” and “Incarnation.”

1967 – Tia Carrere, actress in “Zombie Nightmare,” “Dark Honeymoon,” “Natural Enemy,” “Night of the Headless Horseman,” “Covenant” and the TV Series “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.”

1966 – Kate Hodge, appeared in “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “She-Wolf of London – TV Series” and “The Hidden II”.

1957 – Joanna Pacula, appeared in “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Virus,” “The Kiss” and “Dinocroc.”

1955 – Bruce Bright, special effects for “The Shallows,” “House of Wax [2005],” “The Ruins,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” “Monster!” and “Curse of the Talisman.”

1929 – Writer Charles Beaumont, screenwriter for “Queen of Outer Space,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Masque of the Red Death” and 21 episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.

1901 – Lew Landers. directed “Return of the Vampire” and “The Raven [1935].”

1888 – Jack Wise, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”

DIED ON JANUARY 2

2021 – Brian Cowan, starred in the 2007 TV Movie “Empathy.”

2020 – Élisabeth Rappeneau, script department for “Expulsion of the Devil.”

2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, wonderful character actor in “Ghost Son,” “The Omen,” “Dark Water,” “Crimetime,” “Alien³,” “Split Second” and many more.

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 2

Strangler of the Swamp [1946]
The Island Monster [1954]
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins [2004]
Vampires: The Turning [2005]
The Darkroom [2006]

Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon [2017]

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JANUARY 3

BORN ON JANUARY 3

1984 – Shawn Burkett, director “Don’t Fuck in the Woods,” “Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2,” “ “60 Seconds to Die,” “The Sleeping Soul,” “Bludgeon,” “Watch This,” “Theatre of the Deranged II,” “Midsummer Nightmares” and more.

1958 – Jewel Shepard, starred in “Return of the Living Dead,” “Scanner Cop II” and “Roots of Evil.”

1947 – Steve Inwood, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge,” “Almost Dead” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Something is Out There” and “The Hitchhiker.”

1931 – Conrad Brooks, appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Night of the Ghouls,” “The Beast of Yucca Flats” and “Jan-Gel, the Beast from the East”

1930 – Robert Loggia, starred in “Innocent Blood,” “Scavenger Killers,” “Bleeding Hearts,” “The Believers,” “Psycho II,” episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and many more.

1930 – Mara Corday, appeared in “The Black Scorpion,” “Tarantula” and “The Giant Claw.”

1905 – Ray Milland, starred in “The Uninvited [1944],” “X-The Man with X-Ray Eyes,” “Frogs” and “The Thing with Two Heads.”

DIED ON JANUARY 3

2022 – Vladan Živković, actor in “Dark Echoes” and “Variola Vera.”

2021 – Barbara Shelley, actress in “Blood of the Vampire,” “Village of the Damned,” “The Gorgon,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” Quatermass and the Pit,” “Ghost Story” and more.

2021 – Gerry Marsden, did the soundtrack for the “Supernatural” episode “Alpha and Omega [2016].”

2020 – Robert Clinton Blanche, appeared in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die,” “Something Wicked,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “Foreclosed,” “Zombie Apocalypse, “Rose Red” and producer/writer for “Jason Rising.”

2020 – Derek Acorah, author of “Haunted!,” “Ghost Towns,” “Haunted Britain” and “Most Haunted: The Official Behind the Scenes Guide.”

2013 – Patty Shepard, actress in “Slugs,” “Edge of the Axe,” “Rest in Pieces,” “The Witches Mountain,” “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Glass Ceiling” and “Assignment Terror.”

2009 – Carlos Camilleri, composed the scores for the films “House of 1,000 Dolls” and “The Castle of Fu Manchu.”

2009 – Pat Hingle, appeared in “Tarantula: The Deadly Cargo.”

1994 – Frank Belknap Long, writer for an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 3

The Mystery of the Ghastly Face [1935]
She Demons [1958] – Carthage, TX

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake [1959] – Bismarck, ND

Ghosthouse [1988] – France – Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
Shadow of the Demon [2002]
Green River Killer [2005]

Backwoods [2008] – TV Movie

Amityville Exorcism [2017]

The Cleansing Hour [2019] – Taiwan

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JANUARY 4

BORN ON JANUARY 4

1980 – Erin Cahill, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Skinwalker Ranch,” “Boogeyman 3,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Jekyll,” “Creature Unknown” and more.

1965 – Rick Hearst, starred in “Brain Damage” and “Warlock III: The End of Innocence.”

1958 – Julian Sands, appeared in “Gothic,” “Warlock,” “Arachnophobia,” The Turn of the Screw,” “Tale of a Vampire,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt” and many more.

1946 – Ramsey Campbell, author of “Scared Stiff.”

1941 –George P. Cosmatos, directed “Cobra,” “Of Unknown Origin” and “Leviathan”.

1935 – Marla English, starred in “Voodoo Woman” and “The She-Creature.”

1915 – Meg Mundy, appeared in TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”

DIED ON JANUARY 4

2022 – Russell Lees, writer for the video game “The Dark Eye.”

2021 – Heung Kam Lee, actress in “The Ghost Returns at Midnight.”

2021 – Elias Rahbani, soundtrack for “What We Do in the Shadows.”

2021 – Tanya Roberts, appeared in “The Last Victim” and “Tourist Trap.”

2021 – Gregory Sierra, appeared in “Vampires,” “Donor – TV Movie” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Something Is Out There” and “The X-Files.”

2020 – Chanh Tin Nguyen, directed “Ngôi Nhà Bí Ân,” actor/writer for “Suôi Oan Hôn,” and “Ngôi Nhà Oan Khôc.”

2019 – Torro Margens, appeared in” Pengantin Pantai Biru,” “Kalung jailangkung,” “Uka-Uka: The Movie – Nini Tulang,” Directed “Bloody Love,” director/writer “Blood Painting,” and “Bloody Marriage.”

2019 – Norman Snider, writer for “Dead Ringers,” “Body Parts,” and “War of the Worlds – TV Series.”

1978 – Kermit Echols, appeared in “Grizzly” and “Scalpel.”

1964 – Ralph Dumke, appeared in “Francis in the Haunted House”, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 4

Torso [1973] – Italy
Sorceress [1995]
One Missed Call [2008]

Breeding Farm [2013]

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JANUARY 5

BORN ON JANUARY 5

1978 – America Olivio, appeared in “Friday the 13th [2009],” “Maniac [2012],” “The Last Resort,” “The Thirst: Blood War,” episodes of the TV series “The Strain” and more.

1975 – Bradley Cooper, appeared in “The Midnight Meat Train,” “My Little Eye,” “10 Cloverfield Lane” and “Case 39.″

1969 – Marilyn Manson, is an actor/writer/musician whose work has appeared in “The Following – TV Series,” “Chernobyl Diaries,” “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Hatchet,” “Saw II,” “House of Wax [2005],” “Dracula 2000”, “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and many more.

1965 – Vinnie Jones, starred in “The Midnight Meat Train” and “The Bleeding.”

1962 – David DeCoteau, directed “Creepozoids,” “Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama,” “Nightmare Sisters,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” “Leeches,” “Witchouse,” “90210 Shark Attack” and many more.

1959 – Clancy Brown, starred in “Pet Sematary II,” “Starship Troopers,” “The Mortuary Collection,” TV series “Sleepy Hollow,” and has done voice over work for several animated TV series.

1954 – Pamela Sue Martin, best known for playing “Nancy Drew” in the TV series “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.” She appeared in the TV movie “Bay Coven.”

1953 – Pamela Sue Martin, actress in the TV Movie “Bay Cove.”

1931 – Robert Duvall, had a small role in the 1978 remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

1909 – Roger Til, actor in “Topaz.”

DIED ON JANUARY 5

2022 – Kim Mi-Soo, appeared in “Hellbound – Episode: Episode #1.5.”

2022 – George Rossi, actor in “Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire” and “I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle.”

2021 – Adrien Dorval, appeared in “Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning,” “Super Hybrid” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits” and “Millennium.”

2021 – James Greene, appeared in “From Hell,” “The Order,” “Dracula [2006]” and more.

2021 – John Richardson, appeared in “Black Sunday,” “Frankenstein ’80,” “Torso,” “Murder Syndrome” and “The Church.”

2020 – Walter John Learning, appeared in “Grindstone,” an episode of “Deadly Nightmares: True Believer” and starred in the theatre production of “Frankenstein: The Man Who Became God.”

1991 – Harold E. Knox, associate producer for “The Last Man on Earth.”

1991 – Johnny Eck, best known for playing “The Half Boy,” in the film “Freaks.”

1990 – Arthur Kennedy, appeared in “The Humanoid,” “Cyclone,” “The Sentinel,”  “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “The Antichrist,” “Crawlspace” and more.

1985 – Robert Surtees, cinematographer for “The Other.”

1977 – Onslow Stevens, starred in “The Couch,” “Them!, “The Creeper,” “House of Dracula,” “The Monster and the Girl,” “Life Returns,” and “The Secret of Blue Room.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 5

The Shadow [1940]

The Death Wheelers – aka Psychomania [1973]

The Coven [2002]

Thr3e [2006]

White Noise 2: The Light [2007]

Beyond Loch Ness [2008] – TV Movie

Hellweek [2010]

Blood Trail [2010]

M3gan [2023]

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JANUARY 6

BORN ON JANUARY 6

1969 – Norman Reedus, appeared in “Pandorum,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrows,” and is best known for starring as Daryl Dixon on the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”

1955 – Rowan Atkinson, actor in “The Witches [1990].”

1954 – Anthony Minghella, screenwriter for “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”

1936 – Alex Stevens, appeared in “Scanners,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and the TV Series “Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse.”

1930 – Vic Tayback, appeared in “Blood and Lace,” “Door-To-Door Maniac” and “Mansion of the Doomed.”

1926 – Mickey Hargitay, starred in “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “Delirio Caldo” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel.”

1914 – David Bruce, played the title role of “The Mad Ghoul,” and also appeared in the film “Calling Dr. Death.”

1895 – Tom Fadden, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]” and “Empire of the Ants.”

DIED ON JANUARY 6

2022 – Sidney Poitier, producer/actor for “Brother John.”

2022 – Peter Bogdanovich, actor in “Don’t Let Me Go,” “Reborn” and “It Chapter Two.”

2022 – Mariano Laurenti, assistant director for “Uncle Was a Vampire.”

2022 – Maha Abou Ouf, actress in “The Blue Elephant 2,” “Virus” and “Saherat Al Janoub – Episode: Episode #1.6.”

2021 – Gerald Hiken, appeared in the film “Blackout” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Something Is Out There.”

2021 – Antonio Sabàto Sr., actor in “Calling All Police Cars.”

2021 – Filip Trifonov, appeared in “Adio, Rio.”

2019 – William Morgan Sheppard, appeared in “April Apocalypse,” “Mysterious Island,” “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” TV Movie “The Lottery,” some episodes of series “Hellsing,” “Kingdom Hospital,” and more.

2019 – Gregg Rudloff, sound department for “Warlock,” “DeepStar Six,” “House,” “House II: The Second Story,” “Death Note,” “Ghost Ship” and many more

2017 – Francine York, actress in “Mutiny in Outer Space,” “Space Probe Taurus,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature – TV Movie,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars” and “Astro Zombies: M3-Cloned.”

2003 – Billy Van, hosted the series “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein”.

1977 – Niall MacGinnis, appeared in “Torture Garden,” “Island of Terror,” “Never Take Candy from a Stranger,” “Curse of the Demon” and 2 episodes of “The Veil.”

1965 – Jack Mower, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Mysterious Doctor” and the short “The Devil’s Assistant.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 6

Coma [1978]
Bloodryane [2005]
Hostel [2005]
Midnight Movie [2008]
The Alphabet Killer [2008]
Dororo [2007]
Kiss of the Vampire [2009]
The Devil Inside [2012]

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JANUARY 7

BORN ON JANUARY 7

1988 – Haley Bennett, starred in “Kristy” and “The Haunting of Molly Hartley.”

1982 – Lauren Cohan, plays “Maggie” in “The Walking Dead” TV Series.

1980 – Tom Harper, director of “The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death.”

1974 – Joshua Grannell, appeared in “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned,” “All About Evil” and “Canned Peaches.”

1971 – Jeremy Renner, starred in “28 Weeks Later,” “Dahmer” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”

1964 – Nicolas Cage, starred in “Color Out of Space,” “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Vampire’s Kiss,” “Ghost Rider,” “Season of the Witch,” “Pay the Ghost,” “Mom and Dad,” “Mandy,” “Renfield” and more.

1956 – David Caruso, appeared in “Without Warning” and “Session 9″.

1950 – Erin Gray appeared in “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday” and the TV movie “Ghouls.”

1949 – Steven Williams, has appeared in “House,” “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,” “It [2017],” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Fear Chamber,” and “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.

1946 – Gene Witham, appeared in “Grizzly,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Baby Blues,” “The Cursed” and “Side Sho.”

1943 – Rosemary McNamara, appeared in “The Premonition” and on the original “Dark Shadows” TV Series.

1929 – Terry Moore, starred in the original “Mighty Joe Young,” also appeared in the 1998 version of “Mighty Joe Young,” “A-Haunting We Will Go” and “Death Dimension.”

1928 – William Peter Blatty, wrote the novel, “The Exorcist” on which the film “The Exorcist” was based as well as the novel “Legion” on which the film “The Exorcist III” was based. He also directed “Exorcist III” and “The Ninth Configuration.”

1926 – Massimo Pupillo, directed “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Terror Comes from the Grave” and “La vendetta di Lady Morgan.”

1913 – Francis De Wolff, appeared in “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959],” “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll,” “Devil Doll,” “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” “The Black Torment” and “Corridors of Blood.”

1912 – Charles Addams, creator of “The Addams Family.”

1903 – Alan Napier, appeared in “The Mole People,” “The Uninvited [1944[” and “The Invisible Man Returns.”

DIED ON JANUARY 7

2022 – Dean Taylor, soundtrack for “Last Night in Soho.”

2021 – Michael Apted, directed the TV Movie “Haunted: Poor Girl” and producer for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”

2021 – Deezer D, appeared in “Bones.”

2021 – Marion Ramsey, actress in “Manifacts,” “Lavalantula,” “2 Lava 2 Lantula!” and the TV Series “3rd Eye.”

2020 – Silvio Horta, writer for “Urban Legend,” “Urban Legends: Final Cut” and “Horror Movie: The Movie.”

2020 – Harry Hains, appeared in “A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return,” “Hallucinogen” and an episode of “American Horror Story Episode: Devil’s Night.”

2018 – Don Sullivan, appeared in “The Giant Gia Monster,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas” and “Teenage Zombies.”

2015 – Rod Taylor, starred in “The Birds,” “Kaw,” “Mask of Murder,” and TV shows “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”

2013 – David R. Ellis, director of “Final Destination 2,″ “Snakes on a Plane,” “Asylum,” “The Final Destination,” “Shark Night 3D ” and was the Second Unit Director on “Warlock [1989].”

2009 –Ray Dennis Steckler, writer, producer, director of “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies,” and “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”

2002 – Avery Schreiber, starred in “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “The Silent Scream”.

1988 – Trevor Howard, who appeared “The Unholy,” “Craze,” “Persecution” and “The Night Visitor.”

1974 – Benjamin H. Kline, cinematographer for “The Giant Claw,” “King of the Wild,” “Before I Hang,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Show” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 7

The Phantom Creeps [1939]
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968] – TV Movie

The Sentinel [1977]

Wacko [1982]

Xtro [1982]
The Thing Below [2004]
White Noise [2005]
Season of the Witch [2011]

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