In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want the accolades and glory, just enough to be remembered, The Horror Times recognizes their contributors to this great genre each month.

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DECEMBER 1

Mort Zarcoff

August 23, 1927 – December 1, 2022

Associate Producer:

She Waits [1972] – TV Movie

DECEMBER 2

Gary Friedkin

November 23, 1952 – December 2, 2022

Actor:

Hard Rock Zombies [1985]

The Twilight Zone – Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading [1986]

Louis Negin

October 20, 1929 – December 2, 2022

Actor:

Rabid [1977]

Deadline [1980]

Love & Murder [1990]

Mona the Vampire [1999-2000] – TV Series – 15 episodes

Pontypool [2008]

Jo Carroll Pierce

July 20, 1944 – December 2, 2022

Soundtrack:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation [1995] – writer

Al Strobel

January 28, 1940 – December 2, 2022

Actor:

Child of Darkness, Child of Light [1991] – TV Movie

DECEMBER 3

Kochu Preman

June 1, 1955 – December 3, 2022

Actor:

Indriyam (2000)

In Ghost House Inn (2010)

Oru Murai Vanthu Paarthaya (2016)

Ghost Villa (2016)

British Bungalow (2019)

The Priest (2021)

Gina Romand

February 15, 1938 – December 3, 2022

Actress:

Dr. Satan [1966]

Grave Robbers [1966]

The Vengeance of the Vampire Women [1970]

Santo vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter [1972]

DECEMBER 4

Karl Merkatz

November 17, 1930 – December 4, 2022

Actor:

Vanitas [2013] – Short

DECEMBER 5

Kirstie Alley

January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022

Actress:

Blind Date [1984]

The Hitchhiker [1985-1987] – TV Series – 2 episodes

Village of the Damned [1995]

Scream Queens [2016] – TV Series – 10 episodes

Jess Barr

? – December 5, 2022

Composer:

The Dream Goblin [2014] – Short

Terrence O’Hara

December 25, 1945 – December 5, 2022

Director:

Darkroom [1989]

Double Vision [1990]

Brimstone – Episode: Repentance [1998]

Miracles – Episode: The Bone Scatterer [2003]

Grimm [2012-2017] – 10 episodes

DECEMBER 7

Jacques Ciron

May 17, 1928 – December 7, 2022

Actor:

Experiment in Evil [1959] – TV Movie

Jan Nowicki

November 5, 1939 – December 7, 2022

Actor:

The Third Part of the Night [1971]

The Hourglass Sanitorium [1973]

Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes 1986]

DECEMBER 8

Helen Slayton-Hughes

October 30, 1930 – December 8, 2022

Actress:

The Invisible Mother [2018]

The Curse of Bridge Hollow [2022]

Albert Brenner

February 17, 1926 – December 8, 2022

Production Designer:

The Other [1972]

The Monster Squad [1987]

Richard Miller

December 6, 1942 – December 8, 2022

Visual Effects:

Death Becomes Her [1992]

Spawn [1997]

Sleepy Hollow [1999]

Lidia Elsa Satragno – aka “Pinky”

November 11, 1935 – December 8, 2022

Actress:

El demonio en la sangre – aka “Demon in the Blood” [1964]

DECEMBER 9

Pedro Miguel Arce

June 17, 1976 – December 9, 2022

Actor:

Land of the Dead [2005]

Please Kill Mr. Know It All [2012]

The Strain [2014] – TV Series – 4 episodes

Slasher – Episode: The Past is Never Dead [2017]

A Wakefield Project [2019]

In the Dark – Episode: Pretty in Pink [2021]

Franco Gaudenzi

September 6, 1941 – December 9, 2022

Producer:

Robowar [1988]

Zombie 3 [1988]

After Death [1989]

Alien from the Deep [1989]

Terminator II [1989]

Night Killer [1990]

Art Director:

Beyond the Darkness [1979]

DECEMBER 10

Sona Valentová

June 3, 1946 – December 10, 2022

Actress:

Witchhammer [1970]

DECEMBER 11

John Aler

October 4, 1949 – December 11, 2022

Actor:

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert [2001]

Angelo Badalamenti

March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022

Composer:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors [1987]

Cabin Fever [2002]

Dark Water [2005]

Dominion [2005]

The Wicker Man [2006]

Neal Jimenez

May 22, 1960 – December 11, 2022

Writer:

Hideaway [1995]

DECEMBER 12

Gajirô Satô

August 9, 1944 – December 12, 2022

Actor:

Nuns That Bite [1977]

Stuart Margolin

January 31, 1940 – December 12, 2022

Actor:

The California Kid [1974] – TV Movie

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: The Monkey’s Paw – A Retelling [1965]

The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: Sun and Shadow [1992]

Strange Frequency – Episode: Daydream Believer [2001]

Director:

The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: The Utterly Perfect Murder [1992]

Wolfgang Ziffer

October 26, 1941 – December 12, 2022

Voice Actor:

Jack the Ripper [1976]

Vampires in Havana [1985]

DECEMBER 13

Stephen “tWitch” Boss

September 29, 1982 – December 13, 2022

Actor:

Ghostbusters [2016]

Alejandro Luna

? – December 13, 2022

Production Designer:

Santa Sangre [1989]

Kim Simmonds – member of Savoy Brown

December 5, 1947 – December 13, 2022

Soundtrack:

The Vagrant [1992] – writer “Kings of Boogie:

DECEMBER 14

Christopher Tucker

March 23, 1941 – December 14, 2022

Makeup Department:

Old Dracula [1974]

The Company of Wolves [1984]

The Comic [1985]

The Passage [1986]

She Wolf of London [1990-1991] – TV Series – 11 episodes

DECEMBER 15

James J. Murakami

June 4, 1931 – December 15, 2022

Art Director:

The Relic [1997]

Michael Reed

July 7, 1929 – December 15, 2022

Director of Photography: 

The Gorgon [1964]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1966]

Rasputin: The Mad Monk [1966]

DECEMBER 16

Doreen Brownstone

September 28, 1922 – December 16, 2022

Actress:

Silent Night [2012]

Todd and the Book of Pure Evil – Episode: Redierment Home [2011]

Channel Zero [2018] – TV Series – 4 Episodes

Hans Peter Hallwachs

July 10, 1938 – December 16, 2022

Actor:

A Demon In My View [1991]

DECEMBER 17

Mike Hodges

July 29, 1932 – December 17, 2022

Director:

The Terminal Man [1974] – producer, writer

Black Rainbow [1989] – writer

The Frighteners – Episode: The Manipulators [1972] – writer

The Hitchhiker – Episode: W.G.O.D. [1985]

Writer:

Damien: Omen II [1978]

DECEMBER 19

Sonya Eddy

June 17, 1967 – December 19, 2022

Actress:

Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood [2003]

The Hive [2014]

I Live Alone [2021]

Satanic Hispanics [2022]

V/H/S/99 [2022]

Andrei Svislotski

June 3, 1960 – December 19, 2022

Director:

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1994-1997] – TV Series – 17 Episodes

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest [2013]

DECEMBER 21

Tony Barry

August 28, 1941 – December 21, 2022

Actor:

The Haunting of Hewie Dowker [1976] – TV Movie

Jack Be Nimble [1993]

Gone [2006]

Diane McBain

May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022

Actress:

Wicked, Wicked [1973]

The Deathbed Virgin [1974]

Donne Pass: The Road to Survival [1978]

Puppet Master 5 [1994]

The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: Tight as a Drum [1974]

DECEMBER 22

Thom Bell

January 27, 1943 – December 22, 2022

Soundtrack:

Them – Episode: Day 1 [2021] – song “People Make The World Go Round”

Them – Episode: Day 3 [2021] – song “Ready or Not, Here I Come”

Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Last Call [2016] – song “You Make Me Feel Brand New”

Irena Greifová

April 21, 1939 – December 22, 2022

Costume Designer:

Morgiana [1972]

Beauty and the Beast [1978]

The Ninth Heart [1979]

Ronan Vibert

February 23, 1964 – December 22, 2022

Actor:

Rowing with the Wind [1988]

Tale of the Mummy [1998]

Shadow of the Vampire [2000]

The Last Seven [2011]

Dracula Untold [2014]

Witchcraft – Episode: 1.1 [1992]

Hex [2005] – TV Series – 4 episodes

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles – Episode: The Sister’s Grimke [2015]

Penny Dreadful – Episode: The Nightcomers [2015]

Penny Dreadful – Episode: Little Scorpion [2015]

DECEMBER 23

Rajeeta Kochhar

? – December 23, 2022

Actress:

Aahat [1997] – TV Series – 2 episodes

X-Zone [1999] – TV Series – 1 episode

Anhonee [1998-2000] – TV Series – 26 episodes

Raat Hone to Hai [2004] – TV Series – 4 episodes

Ssshhhh… Phir Koi Hai [2007-2009] – TV Series – 6 episodes

Kaikala Satyanarayana

July 25, 1935 – December 23, 2022

Actor:

Arundhati [2009]

DECEMBER 24

John Bird

November 22, 1936 – December 24, 2022

Actor:

Armchair Thriller [1980] – TV Series – 4 episodes

Chalapathi Rao

May 8, 1944 – December 24, 2022

Actor:

Arundhati [2009]

Avunu [2012]

Aame Yevaru [2016]

Intlo Dayyam Nakemi Bhayam [2016]

DECEMBER 25

John Leddy

January 12, 1930 – December 25, 2022

Actor:

Nosferatu the Vampyre [1979]

Alya Nikulina

November 30, 1937 – December 25, 2022

Actress:

Chas oborotnya [1990] – TV Movie

The Darkest Hour [2011]

Yûji Nunokawa

February 11, 1947 – December 25, 2022

Producer:

Lily C.A.T. (1987)

Rumic World: The Laughing Target (1987)

Ghost Stories (2000-2001) – TV Series

DECEMBER 26

Stephen Greif

August 26, 1944 – December 26, 2022

Actor:

Thriller [1974, 1975] – TV Series – 2 episodes

Armchair Thriller [1978] – TV Series – 4 episodes

Tales of the Unexpected [1983] – TV Series – 1 episode

Fox Mystery Theater [1984] – TV Series – 1 episode

Blasco Giurato

June 7, 1941 – December 26, 2022

Cinematographer:

I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe – aka “The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” [1979] – TV Miniseries

I giochi del diavolo – aka “The Devil’s Game” (1981) – TV Series – 1 episode

DECEMBER 29

Ruggero Deodato

May 7, 1939 – December 29, 2022

Director:

Jungle Holocaust [1977]

Cannibal Holocaust [1980]

House on the Edge of the Park [1980]

Cut and Run [1984]

Body Count [1986]

Phantom of Death [1987]

Dial Help [1988] – writer

The Washing Machine [1993]

The Profane Exhibit [2013] – writer

Ballad in Blood [2016] – writer

Deathcember [2019] – writer

Assistant Director:

Horror Castle [1963]

Castle of Blood [1964]

The Third Eye [1966]

Eduard Artemyev

November 30, 1937 – December 29, 2022

Composer:

Burial of the Rats [1995] – TV Movie

DECEMBER 30

Barbara Walters

September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022

Iconic Journalist

While she never did any horror movie directly her skills as a journalist / interviewer are whatever in the industry of entertainment should be aspired to, instead fluff pieces.