FEBRUARY 26

BORN ON FEBRUARY 26

1993 – Taylor Dooley, actress in “Monster Night” and “Hell Mountain.”

1986 – Teresa Palmer, starred in “Lights Out,” “Berlin Syndrome,” “The Grudge 2″ and “Warm Bodies.”

1985 – Shiloh Fernandez, appeared in “Deadgirl,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Evil Dead [2013] and TV Movie “Tremors [2018].”

1977 – James Wan is a writer/director/producer of such films as “Saw”, “Dead Silence”, “Insidious”, “Insidious: Chapter 2,″ “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2,” “The Nun,” “The Curse of la Llorna,” “Annabelle,” “Demonic” and many more.

1968 – Ed Quinn, starred in “Starship Troopers 2,” “House of the Dead 2,” “Behemoth,” “Navy Seals vs. Zombies” and “Werewolf: The Beast Among Us.”

1964 – Mark Dacascos, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996],” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “The Driver,” “DNA” and “Wolvesbayne.”

1950 – Don Shanks, who played “Michael Myers” in “Halloween 5,” and appeared in the films “Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary” and “The Crow: Salvation.”

1933 – Godfrey Cambridge, starred in the film “Son of the Blob” a.k.a. “Beware the Blob.”

1925 – John Llewellyn Moxey, director of “The City of the Dead,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Home for the Holidays – TV Movie,” “Psycho Circus,” “Taste of Evil – TV Movie” and more.

1922 – Margaret Leighton, appeared in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “From Beyond the Grave” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1921 – Clarice Blackburn, who played “Mrs. Johnson” on the daytime nightmare soap opera “Dark Shadows.”

1920 – Michael Pate, starred in “Curse of the Undead” and appeared in “The Tower of London [1962]” and “Howling II.”

1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, wrote for 80’s version of “The Twilight Zone” and the TV movie “Killdozer.”

1914 – Robert Alda, appeared in “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “The Devil’s Hand” and “The House of Exorcism.”

1887 – William Frawley, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”

DIED ON FEBRUARY 26

2022 – Ralph Ahn, appeared in “Amityville: A New Generation” and “Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.”

2022 – Yûsuke Kawazu, actor in “The Ghost of the One Eyed Man,” “Curse of the Blood,” “Genocide” and “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.”

2022 – Andy Remic, director/producer/writer/editor/cinematographer for “Impurity” and author of “Clockwork Vampire Chronicles – series.”

2020 – Michael Medwin, actor in “The Queen of Spades,” “Pogled iz potkrovlija” and “Sleepwalker.”

2019 – Christian Bach, appeared in “The Man in White” and the TV Series “La Chacala.”

2004- Harry Bartell, made appearances on the TV shows “The Veil,” “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone”.

2002 – Lawrence Tierney, appeared in the films “The Ghost Ship [1943],” “The Prowler” and “Silver Bullet”.

1997 – David Doyle, actor in “The Comeback,” the TV Movie “The Stranger Within” and an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

1995 – Jack Clayton, directed “The Innocents” and “Something Wicked this Way Comes.”

1982 – Tom Quinn, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Man They Could Not Hang” and “Man Made Monster.”

FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 26

The Uninvited [1944]
Twisted Nerve [1968]
Evilspeak [1981]
The Mangler 2 [2002]
Bikini Party Massacre [2002]
The Crazies [2010]

Son [2021] – Canada (internet)

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FEBRUARY 27

BORN ON FEBRUAY 27

1983 – Kate Mara, appeared in “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary” “Morgan” and “American Horror Story – TV Series [2011].”

1968 – Gary J. Tunnicliffe, actor/behind the scenes for “Dracula 2000,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “Hellraiser: Judgement,” “Feast,” “Halloween: Resurrection,” “Trick,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Lord of Illusions,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Wishmaster, ” “Bone Tomahawk,” “Keep Watching,” “Animal” and many more.

1964 – John Pyper-Ferguson, appeared in “Wolves,” “The Remaining,” TV Series Fear Itself,” “Night Stalker,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” “Millennium,” “The X-Files,” and many more.

1962 – Adam Baldwin, appeared in the films “Predator 2,” and “Thirst”.

1957 – Timothy Spall, appeared in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “The Changeover,” “Love Bite” and more.

1940 – Howard Hesseman, appeared in “Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo.”

1938 – Rosanna Yanni, actress in “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “Kiss Me Monster,” “Fangs of the Living Dead” and “Count Dracula’s Great Love.”

1930 – Gordon Ross, appeared in the films “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Deep Space”

1910 – Joan Bennett, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” on the daytime horror soap opera “Dark Shadows” and appeared in “Suspiria,” “House of Dark Shadows” and the TV movie, “This House Possessed.”

DIED ON FEBRUARY 27

2022 – Veronica Carlson, actress in “House of Gorgon,” “Freakshow,” “Black Easter,” “The Ghoul,” “Old Dracula,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.”

2022 – Ned Eisenberg, starred in “The Burning.”

2022 – Patrick Patterson, actor in “The Pit” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker,” “War of the Worlds,” “The Hidden Room” and “Forever Knight.”

2022 – Nick Zedd, actor in “Shadows in the City,” “Terror Firmer,” “The Killing Games” and “Dark Forces.”

2022 – Kirk Baily, appeared in “Dead Space: Downfall,” “Voodoo Dawn,” “The Call,” “Hotel Transylvania,” “Night of the Animated Dead,” sound department for “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” and “Within.”

2021 – Man-Tat Ng, appeared in “Blood Ritual – aka “Xie luo ji” and “Home for Erotic Ghosts II.”

2020 – Burkhard Driest, appeared in “Hamlet X” and “Sieben Monde.”

2020 – Roy Dana Call, actor in “Wildfires” and episodes of the TV Series “V [1985],” “Golden Years [1991],” “The X-Files [1994]” and “Supernatural [2005].”

2015 – Leonard Nimoy, appeared in “The Halloween Tree – TV Movie,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Night Gallery -TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Brain Eaters”, “Them!” and many more.

2009 – John Alvin, appeared in “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “Thriller,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “The Munsters.”

1998 – J.T. Walsh, appeared in “Misery,” “Needful Things,” “Outbreak,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Dark Skies – TV Series” and more.

1995 – Tony Fields, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and “Trick or Treat.”

1979 – Mahlon Potts, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”

1977 – Allison Hayes, starred in the films “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman,” “The Hypnotic Eye” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”

FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 27

The Mad Doctor of Market Street [1942]
The Hypnotic Eye [1960]

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [1970] – Milan
Burial Ground [1981]

Final Exam [1981] – Dayton, OH – premiere

Midnight Offerings [1981] – TV Movie
Gothic [1986] – UK
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors [1987]
Unspeakable [2002]

Undead [2003] – Fantasporto Film Festival
Club Dread [2004]
Twisted [2004]
The Legend of Bloody Jack [2007]
Chainsaw Sally [2007]
Vegas Vampires [2007]

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FEBRUARY 28

BORN ON FEBRUARY 28

1991 – Sarah Bolger, has appeared in “The Lazarus Effect,” “Locke & Key,” and “Emilie.”

1989 – Jennie Jacques, appeared in “Truth or Die”, “The Other Side”, “Demons Never Die”, “Cherry Tree Lane”.

1984 – Noureen DeWulf, has appeared in “Pulse 2: Afterlife” and “Pulse 3”, “Killer Pad.”

1976 – Ali Larter, who co-starred in the films “Final Destination 1 & 2,” “Resident Evil: Extinction”, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and “House on Haunted Hill [1999].”

1971 – Maxine Bahns, actress in “Scarred,” “Paradise Lost,” “Conjurer” and “The Lost Tribe.”

1969 – Robert Sean Leonard, starred in the film “My Best Friend Is a Vampire.”

1961 – Rae Dawn Chong, starred in “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and “The Borrower.”

1948 – Ken Foree, actor in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “From Beyond,” “Terror Squad,” “Death Spa,” “The Dentist,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Blood Brothers,” “The Midnight Man” and more.

1927 – John Carson, appeared in “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Blood Beast from Outer Space,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” and various TV Series “Thriller,” “Hammer House of Horror” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”

1923 – Charles Durning, appeared in “Sisters,” “The Fury” and the TV movie “Dark Night of the Scarecrow.”

1909 – Olan Soule, appeared in “Cult of the Cobra,” episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters.”

1908 – Billie Bird, appeared in “Werewolf – Episode: Amazing Grace.”

DIED ON FEBRUARY 28

2022 – Dominique Paturel, actor in the TV Series “La poupée sanglante – aka The Bloody Doll.”

2020 – Joyce Gordon, voice dubbing for “Black Sunday,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and “Planet of the Vampires.”

2019 – Aron Tager, appeared in “The Echo,” “The Rats,” “Trilogy of Terror II” and various tv series

2019 – Andre Previn, soundtrack for “Manson Family Movies.”

1993 – Ishirô Honda, directed “Godzilla, [1954],” “War of the Gargantuas,” “Rodan,” “Mothra” and “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster”.

1987 – Joan Greenwood, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “The Uncanny” and “Mysterious Island.”

1973 – Cecil Kellaway, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Mummy’s Hand” and “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte”.

1916 – Henry James, author for his horror novella “The Turn of the Screw.”

FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28

The Monster and the Girl [1941]
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors [1965]
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things [1972]
House [1985]

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers [1988]
The Gate II: Trespassers [1992]
Memoirs of an Invisible Man [1992]
Tromeo and Juliet [1996]

Campfire Tales [1997]
The Visitation [2006]
Sublime [2007] – Cinequest Film Festival

The Lesson [2015] – UK

The Invisible Man [2020]

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