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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JANUARY 2
J. Patrick McNamara
1942 – January 2, 2023
Actor:
Warning Sign [1985]
The Fury [1978]
Phantasm II [1988]
The First Power [1990]
Mom [1991]
Werewolf – Episode: Amazing Grace [1988]
Freddy’s Nightmares – Episode: School Daze [1989]
Tales from the Crypt – Episode: The Switch [1990]
Suzy McKee Charnas
October 22, 1939 – January 2, 2023
Author:
The Vampire Tapestry (1980)
Massimo Turci
June 20, 1930 – January 2, 2023
Voice Dubbing:
Atom Age Vampire [1960]
Black Sunday [1960]
Mill of the Stone Women [1960]
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! [1967]
Django Bastard [1969]
Cold Eyes of Fear [1971]
Baron Blood [1972]
Knife of Ice [1972]
The Hanging Woman [1973]
Lisa and the Devil [1974]
Eyeball [1975]
The House of Exorcism [1975]
The Chosen [1977]
Play Motel [1979]
Cannibal Holocaust [1980]
House at the Edge of the Park [1980]
JANUARY 3
James Brubaker
March 30, 1937 – January 3, 2023
Transportation Coordinator:
The Dead Don’t Die [1975] – TV Movie
Embryo [1976]
Joseph Koo
February 23, 1931 – January 3, 2023
Composer:
The Bedeviled [1975]
JANUARY 4
Jean Bertho
January 23, 1928 – January 4, 2023
Director:
Experiment in Evil [1959] – TV Movie
Fay Weldon
September 22, 1931 – February 4, 2023
Writer:
Shadows – Episode: Honeyann [1978]
Killer’s Moon [1978]
Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball [2007] – novel
JANUARY 5
Earl Boen
August 8, 1941 – January 5, 2023
Actor:
The Terminator [1984]
Annihilator [1986] – TV Movie
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown [1989]
Tales from the Crypt – Episode: Dear Right [1990]
3 X 3 Eyes [1991] – TV Mini Series
Terminator 2: Judgement Day [1991]
The Addams Family – Animated TV Series – 21 episodes
Within the Rock [1996] – TV Movie
The Dentist [1996]
Extreme Ghostbusters – Episode: Casting the Runes [1997]
Sword of the Berserk: Guts’ Rate [1999] – Video Game
Blood Omen 2 [2002] – Video Game
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem [2002] – Video Game
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [2003]
Mike Hill
1952 – January 5, 2023
Editor:
Pet Sematary [1989]
Sam Schacht
April 19, 1936 – January 5, 2023
Actor:
Doctor Franken [1980] – TV Movie
Tattoo [1981]
Heart of Midnight [1988]
JANUARY 6
Annette McCarthy
April 12, 1958 – January 6, 2023
Actress:
Creature [1985]
The Twilight Zone – Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading [1986]
Owen Roizman
September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023
Cinematographer:
The Exorcist [1973]
The Stepford Wives [1975]
JANUARY 7
Russell Banks
March 28, 1940 – January 7, 2023
Writer:
The Hidden Room – Episode: A Type of Love Story (1991) – short story
Zinaid Memišević
April 26, 1950 – January 7, 2023
Actor:
The X-Files – Episode: Wewired (1996)
The Outer Limits – Episode: Bodies of Evidence (1997)
Adam Rich
October 12, 1968 – January 7, 2023
Voice Actor:
Goosebumps Audiobook – Deep Trouble (1996)
JANUARY 8
Dorothy Tristan
May 9, 1934 – January 8, 2023
Actress:
Isn’t It Shocking? [1973] – TV Movie
JANUARY 10
Dennis Budimir
June 20, 1938 – January 10, 2023
Musician/Guitar:
Jaws 2 [1978]
Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983]
Peter Pereira
1929 – January 10, 2023
Special Effects:
Saaya (1989)
Suryavanshi (1992)
JANUARY 11
Carole Cook
January 14, 1924 – January 11, 2023
Actress:
Darkroom – Episode: The Partnership (1981)
Piers Haggard
March 18, 1939 – January 11, 2023
Director:
The Blood on Satan’s Claw [1971]
Venom [1981]
Ben Masters
May 6, 1947 – January 11, 2023
Actor:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: Demon in Lace (1975)
JANUARY 12
Brian Tufano
December 1, 1939 – January 12, 2023
Cinematographer:
Out of the Unknown – Episode: Get Off My Cloud (1969)
Supernatural – Episode: Mr. Nightingale (1977_
Dreamscape (1984) – director of photography
Sulambek Mamilov
August 27, 1938 – January 12, 2023
Director:
Day of Wrath (1985)
JANUARY 14
Wally Campo
April 23, 1923 – January 14, 2023
Actor:
Beast from Haunted Cave [1959]
The Little Shop of Horrors [1960]
Tales of Terror [1962]
The Strangler [1964]
JANUARY 15
Andrew Jones
October 16, 1983 – January 15, 2023
Director:
The Amityville Asylum [2013] – producer, writer
The Midnight Horror Show [2014] – producer, writer
Valley of the Witch [2014] – producer, writer
A Haunting at the Rectory [2015] – producer, writer
Poltergeist Activity [2015] – producer, writer
Robert [2015] – producer, writer
The Last House on Cemetery Lane [2015] – producer, writer
The Curse of Robert the Doll [2016] – producer, writer
The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund [2016] – producer, writer
Cabin 28 [2017] – producer
Robert and the Toymaker [2017] – producer, writer
Werewolves of the Third Reich [2017] – producer, writer
Jurassic Predator [2018] – producer, writer
The Legend of Halloween Jack [2018] – producer, writer
The Revenge of Robert the Doll [2018] – producer, writer
Robert Reborn [2019] – producer, writer
The Curse of Halloween Jack [2019] – producer, writer
The Manson Family Massacre [2019] – producer, writer
The Utah Cabin Murders [2019] – producer, writer
The Jonestown Haunting [2020] – producer, writer
The Haunting of Margam Castle [2020] – producer, writer
Producer:
Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection [2012] – writer
Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming [2013] – writer
Ed Gein: American Psycho [2022] – writer
Horror Express [2022] – writer
Prom Night Haunting [2022]
JANUARY 16
Gina Lollobrigida
July 4, 1927 – January 16, 2023
Actress:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956]
JANUARY 17
Edward R. Pressman
April 11, 1943 – January 17, 2023
Producer:
Sisters [1972]
Phantom of Paradise [1974]
The Hand [1981]
Crimewave [1985]
The Crow [1994]
The Crow: City of Angels [1996]
The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996]
The Crow: City of Angels (1997) – video game
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998 – 1999) – TV Series – 22 episodes
The Crow: Salvation [2000]
American Psycho [2000]
Wendigo [2001]
Love Object [2003]
The Crow: Wicked Prayer [2005]
Sisters [2006]
The Moth Diaries [2011]
She Will [2021]
Van Conner
Bassist for Screaming Trees Rock Band
March 17, 1967 – January 17, 2023
Soundtrack:
Supernatural – Episode “Heart” (2007) – song “Look at You”
JANUARY 18
David Crosby
Best known for “Crosby, Stills & Nash”
August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023
Soundtrack:
Body Bags [1993] – TV Movie – “Almost Cut My Hair”
The Simpsons: Episode: Treehouse of Horror XIII (2002) – “Love the One You’re With”
Sandra Seacat
October 2, 1936 – January 18, 2023
Actress:
Face [2007]
Donn Cambern
October 9, 1929 – January 18, 2023
Editor:
Ghostbusters II [1989]
Music Editor:
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir – Episode: Haunted Honeymoon (1968)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir – Episode: Treasure Hunt (1968)
JANUARY 19
Ginger Stanley
December 19, 1931 – January 19, 2023
Stunts:
Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954]
Revenge of the Creature [1955]
JANUARY 20
Tim Barlow
January 18, 1936 – January 20, 2023
Actor:
The Omega Factor – Episode: Night Games (1979)
Mary Reilly [1996]
The Ugly [1997]
Green [2002] – short
Lie Still [2005]
Cockneys vs Zombies [2012]
Jirí Macháne
December 27, 1940 – January 20, 2023
Cinematographer:
Beauty and the Beast [1978]
The Ninth Heart [1979]
The Flames of Royal Love [1991]
T.M.A. [2009]
JANUARY 21
Errikos Andreou
December 15, 1938 – January 21, 2023
Director:
He and She [1967]
Na Chul
December 24, 1986 – January 21, 2023
Actor:
Happiness (2021) – TV Series – 10 episodes
JANUARY 22
Thomas Hellberg
September 29, 1941 – January 22, 2023
Actor:
Chock – Episode: Det ringer (1997)
Hossein Shahabi
November 28, 1967 – January 22, 2023
Writer:
Ghost [1998]
Agustí Villaronga
March 4, 1953 – January 22, 2023
Director/Writer:
In a Glass Cage [1986]
99.9 [1997]
Actor:
Presence of Mind [1999]
The Uninvited Guest [2004]
JANUARY 23
German Klimov
May 9, 1941 – January 23, 2023
Writer:
Semya vurdalakov – aka “The Vampire Family” (1990)
Eugenio Martín
May 15, 1925 – January 23, 2023
Writer:
Hypnosis [1962]
The Carpet of Horror [1962
It Happened at Nightmare Inn [1973]
Aquella casa en las afueras – aka “That House in the Outskirts”
Sobrenatural [1981]
Everett Quinton
December 18, 1951 – January 23, 2023
Producer/Writer/Actor:
Museum of Wax [1987] – short
JANUARY 24
Lance Kerwin
November 6, 1960 – January 24, 2023
Actor:
The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer [1974]
Salem’s Lot – Episodes: Part 1 & 2 [1979]
Outbreak [1995]
JANUARY 25
Cindy Williams
August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023
Actress:
Beware! The Blob [1972]
The Killing Kind [1973]
The Creature Wasn’t Nice [1981]
Claudio Da Passano
May 12, 1957 – January 25, 2023
Actor:
The Bronze Garden (2017) – TV Series
Necronomicón (2018)
JANUARY 26
Peter McCann
March 6, 1948 – January 26, 2023
Soundtrack:
Dawn of the Dead [2004] – “Right Time of the Night”
JANUARY 27
Gianna Piaz
December 9, 1923 – January 27, 2023
Actress:
Atom Age Vampire [1960]
Sylvia Syms
January 6, 1934 – January 27, 2023
Actress:
Asylum [1972]
JANUARY 28
Gérard Caillaud
April 10, 1946 – January 28, 2023
Actor:
Black Journal [1977]
Lisa Loring
(original Wednesday Addams)
February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023
Actress:
The Addams Family [1964-1966] – TV Series
Halloween with the New Addams Family [1977] – TV Movie
Blood Frenzy [1987]
Iced [1989]
Way Down in Chinatown [2014]
Doctor Spine [2015]
Kevin O’Neal
March 26, 1945 – January 28, 2023
Actor:
The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Changing of the Guard [1962]
Tom Verlaine
December 13, 1949 – January 28, 2023
Soundtrack:
Woodshock [2017] – “Guiding Light”
JANUARY 29
Adama Niane
August 23, 1966 – January 29, 2023
Actor:
Get In [2019]
Mandeep Roy
April 4, 1949 – January 29, 2023
Actor:
Aaptharakshaka [2010]
Karva [2016]
Barrett Strong
February 5, 1941 – January 29, 2023
Soundtrack:
Gothika [2003] – “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”
Blood: The Last Vampire [2009] – “War”
Day Shift [2002] – “Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On”
Annie Wersching
March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023
Actress:
Supernatural – Episode: Playthings (2007)
The Last of Us (2013) – Video Game
The Vampire Diaries [2015-2016] – 22 episodes