MARCH 12
BORN ON MARCH 12
1976 – Xaver Hutter, starred in “Flashback.”
1968 – Aaron Eckhart, actor in ”The Wicker Man [2006],” “Incarnate,” Suspect Zero,” “Slaughter of the Innocents” and “I, Frankenstein.”
1960 – Jason Beghe, appeared in “One Missed Call” “The X Files [1998]”, “The X-Files – TV Series,” ”Monkey Shines” and more.
1963 – Jake Weber, actor in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Cell,” “Chained,” “The Beach House,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Wendigo,” “American Gothic – TV Series” and more.
1953 –Ron Jeremy, appeared in “Jersey Shore Massacre,” “Haunted Trailer,” “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Bloody Bible Camp,” “Terror Firmer,” “VooDoo,” “Girls Gone Dead,” “Chillerama,” “Zombiegeddon” and many more.
1952 – Rich Koz, known for his alter ego “Svengoolie” the Chicago Horror Host since 1978.
1951 – Caren Kaye, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings,” “Monster Squad” and “Satan’s Princess.”
1946 – Dean Cundey, cinematographer for “Jurassic Park,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” “The Thing [1982]” “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween [1978],” “Escape From New York,” “Psycho II,” “The Fog” and many more.
1946 – Frank Welker, voice over of “Fred” in “Scooby Doo” and “Scooby” himself.
1925 – Georges Delerue, composer for “The Legend of Doom House.”
1905 – Takashi Shimura, appeared in “Godzilla,” “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” “Godzilla Raids Again,” “Mothra,” “Gorath” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 12
2022 – Robert Vincent O’Neil, director for “Blood Mania,” “The Psycho Lover,” producer for “The Sadistic Hypnotist,” writer for “What Waits Below,” set director for “Isle of the Snake People” and production manager for “Count Yorga, Vampire.”
2022 – Biagio Proietti, writer for “The Killer Reserved Nine Seats,” “The Black Cat [1981]” and director for “Alien 2: On Earth.”
2022 – Pete St. John, soundtrack for “Extra Ordinary.”
2021 – Dara Calenic, appeared in “Love and Rage.”
2007 – Arnold Drake, wrote and produced the film “The Flesh Eaters”.
2005 – Jack Silk, stuntman on “Psychomania” and “The Devil’s Bride”.
2001 – Roswell A. Hoffman, visual effects for “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “This Island Earth,” “The Birds” “It Came from Outer Space” and more.
2001 –Morton Downey Jr., appeared in episodes of “Monsters,” “Tales from The Crypt,” and the film “Predator 2.”
2001 – Sir Lancelot, appeared in “I Walked with a Zombie,” “Curse of The Cat People” and “Zombies on Broadway”.
1989 – Maurice Evans, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1980 – Jay Anson, penned the novel, “The Amityville Horror” which was made into a movie in 1979.
1968 – Yoshio Kosugi, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster” and “Godzilla vs. the Thing.”
1957 – Josephine Hull, starred in “Arsenic and Old Lace” and appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 12
The Andromeda Strain [1971]
Godzilla vs. Gigan [1972] – Japan
Parasite [1982]
Superstition [1982]
The Slumber Party Massacre [1982]
Demonic Toys [1992] – video premiere
The Rage: Carrie 2 [1999]
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies [1999] – USA TV premiere
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra [2001] – USA limited
Secret Window [2004]
Suicide Girls Must Die [2010]
Unaware [2010]
The Innkeepers [2011] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Evidence [2012] – UK
Big Ass Spider! [2013] – South by Southwest Film Festival
The Ranger [2018] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Snatchers [2019]
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MARCH 13
BORN ON MARCH 13
1985 – Emile Hirsch, appeared in “The Autopsy of Jane Doe,” “Kindred: The Embraced – TV Series,” “Gargantua” and “The Darkest Hour.”
1974 – Shane Taylor, actor in “Devil’s Playground,” “Aura” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Day of the Triffids.”
1953 –Deborah Raffin, appeared in “God Told Me To,” “The Sentinel,” “Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense – TV Series” and “Scanners II: The New Order.”
1950 – William H. Macy, appeared in “Psycho [1998],” “Jurassic Park III”, “Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King – TV Mini-Series.”
2022 – Gregg Philbin – rock bassist of REO Speedwagon, soundtrack for “The Cabin in the Woods [2011].”
1936 – José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe, actor/writer/director of “At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul,” “This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse,” “Awakening of the Beast” and more.
1908 – Paul Stewart, appeared in some episodes of TV Series including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Lights Out” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1907 – Frank Wilcox, appeared in “The Beginning or the End”, “Invaders from Mars”, “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Addams Family – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 13
2022 – William Hurt, starred in “Altered States,” “The Village,” “Hellgate,” TV Series “Frankenstein – Part 1 & 2” and Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King – Episode: Battleground.”
2019 – Victoria Johnson, appeared in “Grizzly.”
2006 – Jim Doerr, actor in “Savage Weekend” and the short “Umney’s Last Case.”
2005 – Jason Evers, appeared in “Basket Case 2,” “Claws,” “The Illustrated Man,” “Barracuda,” “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” and more.
1996 – Lucio Fulci, known for “The Psychic”, “Zombie [1979],” “City of the Living Dead,” “The Beyond”, “The House by the Cemetery,” “The New York Ripper,” “Manhattan Baby,” “Aenigma,” “The Wax Mask,” and many more.
1976 – Jack Lambert, appeared in “The Spider,” “X: The Unknown,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “They Came from Beyond Space,”
1941 – Stuart Walker, directed “Mystery of Edwin Drood” and “Werewolf of London.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 13
The Ghost of Frankenstein [1942]
Forbidden Planet [1956] – Spain
This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse [1967]
The Funhouse [1981]
Witchboard [1986]
Evil Dead II [1987]
Highway to Hell [1991]
The Howling [1981]
The Last House on the Left [2009]
The Invitation [2015] – South by Southwest Film Festival
The Hunt [2020]
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MARCH 14
BORN ON MARCH 14
1988 – Sasha Grey, appeared in “Would You Rather” and “Smash Cut.”
1986 – Jamie Bell, appeared in “Deathwatch” and “King Kong [2005]”
1980 – Mercedes McNab, appeared in “Hatchet,” “Hatchet II,” “Dark Reel,” “XII,” TV Movies “Thirst,” “Vipers” and more.
1976 – Daniel Gillies, appeared in “Captivity,” “Evil Remains,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “The Originals – TV Series” and “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series.”
1969 – Laila Robins, actress in “Valeria – short,” “Island Zero” and 15 episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1965 – Kevin Williamson, writer and producer of “Scream,” “Scream 2,″ “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,″ “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Faculty.” “Cursed,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Following – TV Series” and more.
1948 – Billy Crystal, appeared in the “Darkroom – episode Make-Up.”
1942 – Rita Tushingham, actress in “Black Journal,” “A Judgement in Stone,” “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Owners,” “Last Night in Soho,” episodes of the TV Series “Bedlam,” “In the Flesh” and “Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories.”
1933 – Michael Caine, starred in “Dressed to Kill,” “The Swarm,” “The Island,” “The Hand,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “Jekyll & Hyde – TV Movie” and more.
1927 – Philippe Lemaire, actor in “Spirits of the Dead” and “The Blood Rose.”
DIED ON MARCH 14
2022 – Akira Takarada, actor in “Godzilla [1954],” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters! [1956],” “Half Human [1955],” “Mothra vs. Godzilla [1964],” “Ebirah, Horror of the Deep,” “King Kong Escapes” and more Godzilla movies.”
2021 – Henry Darrow, appeared in “Curse of the Undead,” “The Dream of Hamish Mose,” “Exit Dying,” “Halloween with the New Addams Family – TV Movie,” “Tequila Body Shote” and more.
2020 – Dave Mounfield, appeared in “Caught.”
2010 – Peter Graves, starred in “Attack of the Killer B-Movies,” “It Conquered the World,” “Beginning of the End,” “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Killers from Space,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999] and many more.
1951 – Val Lewton, producer of “Cat People,” “I Walked with A Zombie,” “The Leopard Man,” “The Seventh Victim,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Isle of the Dead” and “Bedlam.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 14
The Walking Dead [1936]
The Bat [1926] – NYC
The Cremator [1969]
The Devil’s Wedding Night [1973] – Italy
Rawhead Rex [1986]
Doomsday [2008]
The Cottage [2008]
Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing [2021]
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MARCH 15
BORN ON MARCH 15
1985 – Kellan Lutz, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “Ghosts of Goldfield,” “The Forgotten Ones,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “7 Guardians of the Tomb.”
1979 – Pollyanna McIntosh, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Tales of Halloween,” “The Blood Lands,” “Let Us Prey,” “The Woman,” “Offspring” and more.
1963 – Greg Nicotero, executive producer and head of makeup FX for “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” and also directed “Creepshow – TV Series.”
1959 – Renny Harlin, director/writer/producer of “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “The Covenant,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “Deep Blue Sea.”
1957 – Park Overall, actress in “The Vanishing.”
1957 – Sergio Stivaletti, Italian makeup FX for “Phenomena,” “Demons [1985],” “Cemetery Man,” “Demons 2,″ “Opera,” “The Church” and many more.
1955 –Dee Snider, writer/producer/composer, and star of the film “Strangeland.”
1954 – Craig Wasson, starred in “Ghost Story,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors” and “Body Double.”
1950 – Harry Bromley Davenport, director of “Xtro,” “Xtro II: the Second Encounter,” “Xtro 3: Watch the Skies,” appeared in “Zombie Infection,” “Tumors 2,” “Andrey Iskanov’s Breaking Uroboros” and “Freak in the Basement.”
1945 – Robert Lewis Bush, costumer department for “They Live,” “Body Bags – TV Movie,” “In the Mount of Madness,” “Ghosts of Mars” and 6 episodes of the TV Series “The Nightmare Room.”
1943 –David Cronenberg, directed “Rabid,” “The Dead Zone,” “Videodrome,” “Shivers,” “Dead Ringers,” “Scanners,” “The Fly [1986]” and more.
1934 – Roger Marshall, screenwriter for “Theatre of Death,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!” and an episode of the TV Series “Shadows.”
1926 – Mort Rabinowitz, production designer for “The Funhouse” and “Salem’s Lot – TV Mini-Series.”
1921 – Joseph W. Sarno, director of “Sin You Sinners (uncredited),” “The Devil’s Plaything” and “Helgeran.”
DIED ON MARCH 15
2022 – Arturo Bonín, actor in “Grey Fire” and “On the 3rd Day.”
2022 – Anneli Sauli, actress in “Dead Eyes of London” and “The Terror of Doctor Mabuse.”
2021 – Yaphet Kotto, appeared in “Alien,” “Tomorrow’s a Killer,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “The Puppet Masters” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2020 – Roy Hudd, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968]” and “Jack, the Last Victim [2005].”
2009 – Ron Silver, who co-starred in the films “Silent Rage” and “The Entity”.
2007 – Alice Backes, starred in TV series “The Munsters,” “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2007 – Stuart Roseneberg, directed “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2004 – Chuck Niles, appeared in “Invisible Invaders,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Nightmare Circus”.
2004 – Philippe Lemaire, actor in “Spirits of the Dead” and “The Blood Rose.”
2001 – Ann Sothern, actress in “The Manitou,” “The Killing Kind,” “Lady in a Cage” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1995 – Lenita Lane, actress in “Murder by the Clock,” “The Mad Magician” and “The Bat [1959].”
1984 – Kay Harding, appeared in “The Mummy’s Curse,” “Ghost Catchers,” “The Scarlet Claw” and “Weird Woman.”
1969 – Francisco Reiguera, appeared in “The Brainiac,” “Mysteries of Black Magic,” “The Mark of Satan” and the TV Series “The Mummies of Guanajuato.”
1969 – Miles Malleson, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dead of Night,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “The Queen of Spades,” ”The Brain” and “Thark.”
1964 – Paul Cavanagh, who played in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”
1937 – H.P. Lovecraft, many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 15
Plan 9 from Outer Space [1957]
Terror of the Tongs [1961]
Frankenstein Created Woman [1967]
Gamera vs Gyaos [1967]
Terror of Mechagodzilla [1975]
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death [1989]
Robot Carnival [1991] – NYC & San Francisco
Resident Evil [2002]
Dead Birds [2005] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Reeker [2005] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Wolfsbayne [2005]
Bitten [2008] – USA – TV premiere
Only Go There at Night [2008] – USA – DVD premiere
Spirit in the Woods [2014]
Terrifier [2016]
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MARCH 16
BORN ON MARCH 16
1986 – Alexandra Daddario, appeared in “Bereavement,” “Texas Chainsaw [2013],” “We Summon the Darkness,” “Burying the Ex,” “The Attic” “American Horror Story – TV Series” and more.
1981 – Joe Egender starred in the films “April Fool’s Day [2008],” “Hunger [2009],” “The Frankenstein Theory,” “Mercy,” “The Diabolical” and “The Hamiltons.”
1975 – Sienna Guillory, starred in “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “Don’t Hang Up,” episodes of the TV Series “Fortitude,” ”The Wicked Within” and more.
1971 – Alan Tudyk, appeared in “V – TV Series,” “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet.”
1964 – Gore Verbinski, directed “The Ring,” “A Cure for Wellness” and “Terrifying Tales.”
1961 – Todd McFarlane, comic artist and owner of McFarlane toys including the TV Series “Monsterama [2004-2005].”
1952 – Irwin Keyes, appeared in “The Exterminator,” “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “Disturbed,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Asylum,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Horror High,” “Dahmer vs. Gacy” and more.
1950 – Kate Nelligan, appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Wolf” and “Fatal Instinct”.
1949 – Erik Estrada, appeared in “Chupacabra vs. the Alamo,” “King Cobra,” “Alien Seed,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker [TV Series]” and more.
1949 – Joseph Pilato, starred in “Day of the Dead [1985],” “Wishmaster,” “The Ghouls” and “Alienator.”
1930 – Masaya Takahashi, appeared in “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell” and “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Giant Monsters’ General Offensive.”
1926 – Jerry Lewis, starred in “Scared Stiff”.
1920 – Leo McKern, starred in “X-The Unknown,” “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” and “Damien: The Omen II”.
1916 – Mercedes McCambridge, provided the voice of the demon “Pazuzu” in the film “The Exorcist.”
1893 – Lu Juergens, appeared in “The Hound of Baskerville – Part 6: The House Without Windows.”
DIED ON MARCH 16
2022 – Bobby Weinstein, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005].”
2022 – Walter Coblenz, producer of “Strange Invaders.”
2022 – Włodzimierz Nowak, actor in “The Hourglass Sanatorium.”
2022 – Evgeniy Sytyy, actor in “Gogol. Viy” and “Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion – Episode: 7505:800.”
2021 – Minako Shiba, animation department for “Darkside Blues” and the TV Series “Red Garden.”
2020 – Stuart Maxwell Whitman, appeared in “Sandman,” “Deadly Intruder,” “Vultures,” “The Monster Club,” “Demonoid,” “Eaten Alive,” “The Cat Creature,” “Night of the Lepus” and many more.
2019 – Larry DiTillio, Writer for various episodes of “Deadly Nightmares” and “The Hidden Room.”
2019 – Richard Erdman, appeared in episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Matinee Theatre,” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2019 – Tom Hatten, appeared in “I Saw What You Did,” and episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.”
2007 – Cletus Anderson, production designer and special effects for “Creepshow,” “Day of The Dead,” and “Night of the Living Dead [1990].”
2015 – Norm Gray, assistant director for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” and “No Place to Hide.”
2005 – Anthony George, played “Burke Devlin” and “Jeremiah Collins” in “Dark Shadows”.
2000 – Lothrop B. Worth, cinematographer for “Gog,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and 3-D consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1984 – Shug Fisher, appeared in “The Ghost of Cypress Swamp”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series” and “The Giant Gila Monster.”
1956 – Charles Lang, sound department for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Mysterious Doctor.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 16
The Monster [1925]
The House of Fear [1945]
The Crazies [1973]
The Vault of Horror [1973] – NYC
Theater of Blood [1973] – Tornoto
Tourist Trap [1979]
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money [1999]
Ravenous [1999] – USA premiere
Fido [2006]
Dead Silence [2007]
S.A.R.S [2010]
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [2006] – USA limited
Nest of Vampires [2021] – Canada – internet
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MARCH 17
BORN ON MARCH 17
1986 – Olesya Rulin, appeared in “Vampire Chicks with Chainsaws” and “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.”
1976 – Brittany Daniel, appeared in “Club Dread” and “The Hamiltons [2006].”
1975 – Gina Holden, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Aliens vs Predators: Requiem,” “Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Sand Sharks,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” ”Avalanche Sharks” and starred in the TV series “Blood Ties.”
1973 – Ashley Lynn Caputo, appeared in “Death-Scort Service,” “Slasher Weekend,” “American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore,” “Amerikan Holokaust,” and “Joe Vampire.”
1964 – Rob Lowe, starred in “Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming,” “The Bad Seed [2018],” the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the 2004 TV mini-series version “Salem’s Lot.”
1957 – Laurene Landon, appeared in “Full Moon High,” “The Stuff,” “It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive,” “The Ambulance,” “Maniac Cop,” “Maniac Cop 2″ and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”
1955 – Gary Sinise, starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” “Mission to Mars,” “The Green Mile” and “The Forgotten.”
1954 – Lesley-Anne Down, appeared in “Countess Dracula,” “From Beyond the Grave” and “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1951 – Kurt Russell, starred in the films “Escape From New York,” “Escape from L.A.,” “Grindhouse,” “The Thing [1982],” “Bone Tomahawk,” and “Death Proof.”
1934 – Tom Pace, actor in “The Astro-Zombies,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1923 – Eiji Funakoshi, appeared in “Gamera” and “Gamera vs. Gurion.”
1901 – Alfred Newman, soundtrack for “She Devil,” “The Lodger [1944]” and “The Gorilla.”
DIED ON MARCH 17
2022 – Peter Bowles, actor in “Endless Night,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Stigma – TV Movie,” episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Antón García Abril, composer for “Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf,” “Tombs of the Blind Dead,” “Curse of the Devil,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “The Monk,” “Island of the Doomed” and many more.
2020 – Lyle Wesley Waggoner, appeared in “Love Me Deadly [1972],” Danger USA [1989],” Murder Weapon [1989]” and “Dream a Little Evil.”
2019 – Kenneth Bald, Comic Book Artist for “Dark Shadows [1996],” “Haunted Love #1,” and many others
2019 – Norman Hollyn, Editor for “Quicksilver Highway,” “Under Wraps,” and “Jack in the Box.”
2011 – Ferlin Husky, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House.”
2011 – Michael Gough, appeared in “Horror of Dracula,” “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “Konga,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “Black Zoo,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Skull,” “Sleepy Hollow [1999]” and many more.
2007 – Freddie Francis, directed the films “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Ghoul,” “The Evil Of Frankenstein,” “Tales from The Crypt [1972]” and more.
1993 – Skip Young, appeared in the 1957 version of “Earth vs. the Spider” and “Lobster Man from Mars”.
1992 – Jack Arnold, directed “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Island Earth,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Monster on Campus,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and Tarantula [1955].
1989 – Merritt Butrick, appeared in “Death Spa,” “From the Dead of Night” and “Fright Night Part 2”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 17
Mystery of the White Room [1939]
Blood Legacy [1971]
Blood and Lace [1971] – NYC premiere
Godzilla vs. Megalon [1973] – Japan
Flesh For Frankenstein [1974]
Leviathan [1989]
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh [1995]
The Exorcist [1973] – 2000 re-release
Final Destination [2000]
The Zodiac [2005] – USA limited
Alien Presence [2009]
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MARCH 18
BORN ON MARCH 18
1994 – Shay Hatten, producer/writer for an episode of the TV Series “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and screenwriter for “Army of the Dead.”
1989 – Lily Collins, appeared in “Priest” and “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
1981 – Paul Davis, directed “Patient Seven” and producer for the TV Series “Into the Dark.”
1980 – Sophia Myles, appeared in the films “From Hell,” “The Damned,” ”Dracula [2006],” “Blackwood,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution” and the TV Series “Moonlight.”
1959 – Luc Besson, producer for “Frontier[s]” and “The Secret.”
1950 – Brad Dourif, starred “The Exorcist III,” “Alien: Resurrection,” “Pulse,” “Halloween [2007],” “Graveyard Shift,” “Body Parts,” “Wildling,” “Child’s Play [1988],” “Urban Legend,” “The Control Group” and many others.
1945 -Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “The Demolitionist,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Night Warning,” “The Offspring” and “Rockula.”
1939 – Corrado Farina, director/writer/actor for “Hanno cambiato faccia” and “Baby Yaga.”
1938 – Carl Gottlieb, wrote the screenplay for “Jaws”, “Jaws 2″, and “Jaws 3-D.”
1926 – Peter Graves, starred in “Attack of the Killer B-Movies,” “It Conquered the World,” “Beginning of the End,” “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Killers from Space,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999] and many more.
1901 – Dan Dowling, uncredited actor in “The Seventh Victim” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1886 – Edward Everett Horton, appeared in “The Terror,” episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
DIED ON MARCH 18
2022 – Seth Willenson, producer for “Beneath Loch Ness,” “Sabretooth – TV Movie,” “Mimesis” and “The Dark Below.”
2019 – John Carl Buechler, directed “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Troll,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Deep Freeze,” “The Eden Formula – TV Movie,” “Saurian – TV Movie,” and acted in many others.
2016 – Joe Santos, appeared in “A Knife for the Ladies” and an episode of the “Twilight Zone.”
2010 – Fess Parker, a bit part in the 1954 sci-fi classic “Them!.”
2009 – Natasha Richardson, portrayed Mary Shelly in the film “Gothic.”
2008 – Anthony Minghella, screenwriter for “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
2006 – André Szöts, directed “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
2002 – Denis Forest, appeared in the TV mini-series “Storm of the Century,” and episodes of the TV shows “The X-Files,” “War of The Worlds” and “Friday the 13th, the series.”
2000 – André Szöts, director of “Grizzly II: Revenge.”
1970 – William Beaudine, directed “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” “The Ape Man,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 18
Frankenstein [1910]
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1920] – NYC premiere
The Flesh Eaters [1964]
Werewolf Woman [1976] – Italy
American Nightmare [1983]
Mother’s Boys [1994]
Bloodthirst: Legend of the Chupacabras [2003]
Rise of the Chupacabras [2003]
The Ring Two [2005]
The Deaths of Ian Stone [2008] – USA & Canada DVD premiere
Unearthed [2008] – USA [DVD premiere]
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave [2008]
Laid to Rest [2009]
Hellraiser: Revelations [2011] – Culver City, CA
Dark Feed [2013] – DVD Premiere
X [2022]
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