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.