APRIL 9

BORN ON APRIL 9

1975 – David Gordon Green, director/producer/writer for “Halloween [2018],” “Halloween Kills” and “Halloween Ends.”

1974 – Jenna Jameson, who starred in “Zombie Strippers.”

1959 – Fred Dekker, directed “The Monster Squad,” “Night of the Creeps,” produced “The Yellow Sign” appeared in “Wolfman’s Got Nards” and “Nightmare in Blood.”

1954 – Dennis Quaid, starred in “Pandorum,” “Jaws 3D,” “Dreamscape,” “Beneath the Darkness,” “Are You in the House Alone?” and the TV Series “Fortitude.”

1951 – Fred Dekker, screenwriter for “The Monster Squad [1987],” “House [1985],” “House II: The Second Story,” “Night of the Creeps,” “The Return of Godzilla” and episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”

1948 – Badja Djola, appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Millenium – Episode: Sense and Antisense.”

1941 – Hannah Gordon, appeared in an episode each of “Fox Mystery Theater” and “Out of the Unknown.”

1931 – Ralph Helfer, additional crew “Alligator,” “Fright Night [1985],” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “13 Ghosts [1960],” “Wolfen,” “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “Monster Squad [1976],” episodes of “The Addams Family,” “The Munsters” and many more.

1909 – Robert Helpmann, actor in “Patrick [1978].”

1904 – Lyle Latell, appeared in “One Body Too Many,” “House of Wax [1953],” “Scared Stiff,” “Indestructible Man,” “Beginning of the End” and “Chamber of Horrors.”

DIED ON APRIL 9

2022 – Uwe Bohm, actor in “A Demon In My View.”

2022 – Jeremy Young, actor in “The Haunted Strangler,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”

2021 – DMX, appeared in “The Bleeding.”

2009 – Lee Madden, directed “Night Creature” and “Ghost Fever.”

1996 – Paul Leder, directed “A*P*E*” and “I Dismember Mama.”

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 9

House of Wax [1953] – NYC
The Mephisto Waltz [1971] – USA
Family Plot [1976]
Tremors II: Aftershocks [1996]
The Back Lot Murders [2002]
Shaun of the Dead [2004] – UK & Ireland

Infected [2013] – DVD premiere

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APRIL 10

BORN ON APRIL 10

1992 – Daisy Ridley, starred in “Scrawl.”

1990 – Sarah Dumont, actress in “Acid Girls,” “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse,” “Serpent” and “The Accursed.”

1988 – Haley Joel Osment, starred in “The Sixth Sense” and “Tusk.”

1983 – Jamie Chung, starred in “Sorority Row,” “Flight 7500” and the TV Series “Lovecraft Country.”

1968 – Orlando Jones, starred on “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “Primeval,” and “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter.”

1958 – Robert R. Shafer, appeared in “Caged,” “Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves,” “Zombeavers,” “The Temple,” “Super Shark,” “Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus,” “Maneater,” “Monster Man,” “Psycho Cop,” “Psycho Cop Returns.” and more.

1954 – Peter MacNicol, appeared in “Ghostbusters II” and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It.”

1929 – Max Von Sydow, starred in “The Exorcist,” “The Wolfman [2010],” “Sleepless,” “Needful Things,” “Dreamscape,” “The Night Visitor” and “Hour of the Wolf.”

1921 – Chuck Connors, appeared in “Tourist Trap” and in “Werewolf – TV Series.”

1879 – Kathryn Stuberg, additional crew/wax figures for “House of Wax [1953].”

DIED ON APRIL 10

2022 – Shivkumar Subramaniam, actor in “Aatma.”

2021 – Shu-Tong Wong, appeared in “The Green-Eyed Demoness,” “The Butterfly Murders,” “The Trail,” “Vampire Expert” and assistant director for “Taoism Drunkard.”

2021 – Satish Kaul, appeared in “Khooni Mahal,” “Kabrastan,” “Bandh Darwaza aka The Closed Door” and “Khooni Mahal.”

2020 – Carlo Sabatini, appeared in “Tenebrae” and “The Omen [2006].”

2020 – Diane Rodriguez, appeared in “Psycho III.”

2020 – Nobuhiko Obayashi, directed “House [1977]” and composer for “Death at an Old Mansion.”

2007 – Jack Williams, stuntman for the film “Billy the Kid vs Dracula.”

2006 – Jerry James, appeared in “War of the Worlds [1953]” and “Psychic Killer.”

2000 – Larry Linville, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series” and “C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud.”

1991 – Kevin Peter Hall, portrayed many creatures in “Prophecy,” “Without Warning,” “Predator,” “Misfits of Science – TV Series,” “Predator 2″ and more.

1991 – Paul Stader, stunts for “House of Wax [1953],” “Cruse Into Terror,” “The Swarm,” “The Island,” “The Monster Squad” and “Repossessed.”

1979 – Nino Rota, soundtrack for “Let Me In” as well as composer for “Toby Dammit” and “Spirits of the Dead.”

1965 – Linda Darnell, starred in “The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe.”

1962 – Michael Curtiz, director for “Alraune,” “The Mad Genius,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead [1936]” and writer for “Dracula’s Death.”

1959 – Ira H. Morgan, cinematographer for “The Vampire Bat,” “Fog Island” and “The Cyclops.”

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 10

Blood and Lace [1964] – Rome

Multiple Maniacs [1970]
Tombs of the Blind Dead [1972] – Spain

Female Vampire [1973]
The Howling [1981]
Knightriders [1981]

Night of the Werewolf aka “The Craving” [1981] – Barcelona

Gothic [1987] – USA
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 [1987]
Sleepwalkers [1992]
Species II [1998]
Dr. Horror’s Erotic House of Idiots [2004]
Toolbox Murders [2004] – Philadelphia International Film Festival
Abominable [2006]
Skin Crawl [2007]
Vampiress: Lady of the Night [2010]

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection [2013] – NYC

We Summon the Darkness [2019]

Death Ranch [2020]

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APRIL 11

BORN ON APRIL 11

1987 – Stephanie Danielson, appeared in “Muck,” “Paranormal Whacktivity,” “Late Fee,” “Long Live the Dead,” “Celebrity Ghost Stories” and more.

1973 – Jennifer Esposito, appeared in “Mary,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Dracula 2000.”

1969 – Simon Reynolds, appeared in “Saw IV,” “Gate II: Trespassers” and “Dark Water.”

1930 – Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan and a technical adviser as well as an actor in “The Devil’s Rain.”

1930 – Clive Exton, screenwriter for “Doomwatch, “The House in Nightmare Park,” “The Awakening,” “Stigma – short,” as well as episodes of “The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells,” “Out of the Unknown” and “Out of This World.”

1916 – Howard W. Koch, producer/director of “Frankenstein 1970,” “The Pharaoh’s Curse” and “The Black Sleep.”

1895 – Gustav Von Wangenheim, starred in the 1922 version of “Nosferatu.”

DIED ON APRIL 11

2021 – Giannetto De Rossi, make-up department for “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Cannibals in the Streets,” “Zombie,” “Cannibals in the Streets,” “The Beyond,” The House by the Cemetery,” “Killer Crocodile” and more.

2021 – Daisuke Ryû, appeared in “Tenshu monogatari” and “Nezulla.”

2021 – Enzo Sciotti, art department for “The Mountain of the Cannibal God” and “The Beyond.”

2021 – Zoran Simjanović, composer for “Variola vera” and “Reflections.”

2020 – Margot Hartman, appeared in “Violent Midnight,” “The Curse of the Living Corpse,” “Do You Wanna Know a Secret?” and “Descendant.”

2020 – Paul Haddad, appeared in “Tomorrow’s Killer,” the TV Series “Monster Force” and “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – Episode: Cave Man.”

2016 – Francisco Nicholson, screenwriter for “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás.”

2013 – Jonathan Winters, appeared on “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “The Shadow,” “Little Dracula – TV Series,” “Gravedale High – TV Series,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.

2009 – Marilyn Chambers, appeared in “Rabid”.

2005 – John Bennett, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf”.

1996 – Wanda McKay, co-starred in “Voodoo Man,” “Bowery at Midnight” and “The Monster Maker”.

1987 – Kent Taylor, appeared in “The Crawling Hand” “Brides of Blood,” “The Phantom of 10,000 Leagues, “Brain of Blood” and more.

1960 – Leo Curley, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 11

The Toxic Avenger [1986] – USA
Critters [1986]

Anaconda [1997]
The House That Screamed [2000]
Hell Asylum [2002]

House of 1000 Corpses [2003]
The Last Horror Movie [2003] – Philadelphia International Film Festival
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie [2006] – USA
Prom Night [2008]

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APRIL 12

BORN ON APRIL 12

1994 – Saoirse Ronan, appeared in “Great Performances: Horror Show,” “Lost River”, “The Host” and “Byzantium.”

1974 – Marley Shelton, appeared in the TV Movie “Dark Shadows,” “Planet Terror,” “Grindhouse,” “Scream 4” and “Valentine.”

1971 – Shannen Doherty, starred “Satan’s School for Girls [2000] – TV Movie,” “Bethany,” “Almost Dead,” “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys – TV Movie” and more.

1971 – Nicholas Brendon, starred in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “Coherence,” “Redwood,” “Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest,” “Survival Island,” “Psycho Beach Party” and more.

1953 – Vlad Paunescu, producer for “Mirrors,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “Seed of Chucky,” “Them,” “Incubus,” “Hellraiser: Deader,” “Mimic: Sentinel,” “Saint Ange,” “Serpent’s Lair,” “Vampire Journals,” “Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes,” “The Prophecy: Uprising” and many more.

1951 – Tom Noonan, appeared in “House of the Devil,” “Manhunter,” “The Roost,” “Wolfen,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “The House of the Devil,” “Night of the Wolf,” “The Monster Squad” and more.

1925 – Frank Logan, actor in “My Brother Has Bad Dreams,” “Barracuda,” “Nightmare Beach” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

1878 – Leo Curley, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”

DIED ON APRIL 12

2022 – Gilbert Gottfried, appeared in “Highway to Hell,” “Hysterical Psycho,” “Miss December,” “Director’s Cut,” “Sharknado 4,” “Sharknado 5,” “The Last Sharknado” and the TV Series “Critters: The New Batch.”

2020 – Joel M. Reed, director/writer for “Blood Bath,” “Bloodsucking Freaks,” “Night of the Zombies” and appeared in “Dead Eye,” “I Spill Your Guts,” “The Fappening,” “Killer Waves” and more.

2020 – Daniel Goldman, casting director for “Godzilla 1985” appeared in “Young Frankenstein” and “Beware! The Blob.”

2020 – Keiji Fujiwara, appeared in “Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust,” Trinity Blood,” “Blood+ – Series,” Blood-C: The Last Dark,” “Mob Psycho 100 – Series” and “Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga – Series.”

2020 – Tim Brooke-Taylor, appeared in “Under the Bed.”

2019 – John McEnery, acted in “Schizo” and episode #6 in “Chiller.”

2019 – Georgia Bright Engel, appeared in an episode of “CBS Library’s Misunderstood Monsters [1981].”

2010 – Peter Haskell, appeared in “Child’s Play 2 & 3,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and the TV Movie “The Phantom of Hollywood.”

2009 – Fumio Tanaka, produced “Godzilla 1985,” “Yog, Monster from Space” and “Evil of Dracula.”

2007 – Robert Miles, appeared in “Snake Island,” and performed the stunts in “The Slime People” and “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.”

2003 – Sydney Lassick, appeared in Carrie [1976], “An American Vampire Story,” “Future Shock,” “Curse II: The Bite,” “Lady in White,” “Silent Madness,” “Pandemonium,” “Alligator,” and “The Unseen.”

2001 – Richard Shores, co-starred in the TV movie “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle” and in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”.

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 12

Dr. Cyclops [1940]
Black Friday [1940]
Dead Men Walk [1943]
Cape Fear [1962] – Miami
Nosferatu the Vampyre [1979]
Cat’s Eye [1985]
Class of Nuke ‘Em High II: Subhumaniod Meltdown [1991] – New York City
Frailty [2002] – USA

Mask Maker [2011]

Babysitter Massacre [2013]

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APRIL 13

BORN ON APRIL 13

1981 – Courtney Peldon, appeared in “Skin Walker,” “Mortuary,” “InAlienable”, “Road to Hell,” manager of physical production for “Truth or Dare [2018]” and worked in the sound department for “The Invisible Man [2020].”

1976 – Jonathan Brandis, who starred in the TV movie “Stephen King’s It,” and the film “Stepfather II.”

1952 – Erick Avari, starred in “The Mummy [1999],” “A Haunting at Silver Falls,” “Ritual,” “Flight of the Living Dead” and more.

1950 – William Sadler, who appeared in the films “VFW,” “Bordello of Blood,” “Living Among Us,” “The Grudge [2020],” “The Green Mile,” “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Mist” and more.

1950 – Ron Perlman, appeared in the films “Sleepwalkers,” “Blade II,” “I Sell the Dead,” “The Devil’s Tomb,” “A Place Among the Dead,” “The Shaft,” “13 Sins,” “Killer Rats,” “Alien: Resurrection” title role of the original “Hellboy” and many more.

1947 – Charlene Dallas, starred in “Criminal Act – aka Tunnels.”

1939 – Paul Sorvino, actor in “Bad Impulse,” “The Stuff,” “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Chiller – TV Movie,” “The Devil’s Carnival,” “Sicilian Vampire,” “The Hybrids Family” and “Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival.”

1937 – Edward Fox, actor in “The Frozen Dead,” “Journey to Midnight,” “The Cat and the Canary,” an episode each of “Chillers” and “Journey to the Unknown.”

1927 – Mari Blanchard, starred in the films “Abbott & Costello Go to Mars,” “She Devil” and “Twice Told Tales.”

1919 – Howard Keel, starred in the film “Day of the Triffids.”

DIED ON APRIL 13

2022 – Michael Bouquet, actor in “The Legend of Doom House.”

2022 – Lennart Hegland – aka “Lelle” of the rock band “Hep Stars”, soundtrack for “The Circle.”

2021 – Amedeo Tommasi, soundtrack for “Sleepless,” composer for “Thomas and the Bewitched,” “They Have Changed Their Face,” “The House with Laughing Windows” and “Off Season.”

2021 – Siboney Lo, appeared in “Fragmentos urbanos,” “Get Pony Boy,” “Hidden in the Woods” and “Road Kill.”

2012 – Jonathan Frid, best known for “Barnabus Collins” from “Dark Shadows – TV Series,” appeared in “House of Dark Shadows” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”

2009 – Lesley Taplin, actress in “Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural.”

2007 – Gail Ingram, wrote for the TV series “Tales of Tomorrow.”

2006- Edward Corbett, appeared in “The Dark,” “976-EVIL” and “Village of the Damned [1995].”

1997 – William Mishkin, produced, “The Rats Are Coming,” “The Werewolves Are Here,” “The Bloodthirsty Butchers” and “The Man with Two Heads.”

1995 – Bill Thurman, appeared in “The Eye Creatures” and “Zontar: The Thing from Venus.”

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 13

Experiment in Terror [1962] – NYC
Love At First Bite [1979] NYC
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [1984]
Happy Hell Night [1992]
The Curse of the Komodo [2004] – USA DVD premiere
Ginger Snaps: Unleashed [2004] – USA video premiere
Vampires vs Zombies – aka “Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire” [2004]
Disturbia [2007]
Haunted Airplane [2009]
The Final Storm [2010] – USA DVD premiere

Bus Party to Hell [2017]

House on Elm Lake [2017]

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum [2018]

Truth or Dare [2018]

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APRIL 14

BORN ON APRIL 14

1996 – Abigail Breslin, has starred in “Signs,” “Zombieland,” “Zombieland: Double Tap,” “Haunter,” “The Call,” “Maggie,” “Final Girl” and “Scream Queens – TV Series.”

1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, starred in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “Scream 2,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Return,” “Possession,” “Scooby Doo 1 & 2″ and “The Grudge 1 & 2.”

1976 – Samuel Child who co-starred in “The Hamiltons,” “The Violent Kind,” “The Thompsons” and “April Fool’s Day [2008].”

1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, starred in the films “Dead in Tombstone,” “Zombie Night,” “Bucket of Blood [1995]” and more.

1950 – Kaja Fehr, editor for an episode each of “Sleepy Hollow” and “American Horror Story.”

1940 – Julie Christie, appeared in “Don’t Look Now,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Demon Seed” and “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre.”

1936 – Kenneth Mars, appeared “Young Frankenstein,” “Full Moon High,” as well as doing voice overs for “Scooby Doo.”

1930 – Bradford Dillman, starred in “The Mephisto Walt,” and “Piranha.”

1925 – Rod Steiger, starred in “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and “Mars Attacks.”

1917 – Valerie Hobson, appeared in “Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” and “Werewolf of London.”

1906 – Henry Freulich, cinematographer for “Son of Dr. Jekyll,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and the television show “Thriller” hosted by Boris Karloff.

1904 – Sir John Geilgud, appearances included “Frankenstein The True Story,” the TV version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in 1982 and the 1984 TV movie “Frankenstein” where he played the “blind hermit.”

DIED ON APRIL 14

2022 – Rio Hackford, actor in “Stay Alive.”

2022 – Ho-Wai Mak, appeared in “Abracadabra.”

2020 – Mario Donatone, appeared in King of Kong Island,” “Phenomena,” “Cross of the Seven Jewels” and “Natalino.”

2015 – Alex Stevens, appeared in “Scanners,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and the TV Series “Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse.”

2012 – William Finley, appeared in “Sisters,” “Phantom of the Paradise,” “Eaten Alive,” “The Fury,” “Dressed to Kill,” “The Funhouse,” “Silent Rage” and “Night Terrors.”

2010 – Peter Steele, heavy metal musician from the bands Carnivore and Type O Negative and made his mark with Blood Kisses Album. His music appeared in the films “Night of the Demons [2009]” and “Freddy vs. Jason,” wrote music for “Nosferatu: The First Vampire – TV Movie” and “Living the American Nightmare – Documentary.”

2003 – Victor Guarnier, sound effects editor for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within” and “Bad Ronald.”

1999 – Ellen Corby, appeared in “Bedlam,” “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters” and as an extra in “Mighty Joe Young [1943].

1999 – Aubrey Schenk, produced “Voodoo Island,” “The Black Sleep,” and produced and wrote the screenplay for “Frankenstein 1970”.

1983 – Elisabeth Lutyens, Elisabeth Lutyens, composer for “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Paranoic,” “The Earth Dies Screaming,” “The Skull,” “Never Take Candy from a Stranger,” “The Psychopath” and “Theatre of Death.”

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 14

The Beast in the Cellar [1970] – NYC
The Blood on Satan’s Claw [1971] – NYC
Edge of Sanity [1989]
American Psycho [2000]
Scary Movie 4 [2006]
Fear the Forest [2009]

From the Dark [2014]

Getaway [2020] – internet

Renfield [2023]

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APRIL 15

BORN ON APRIL 15

1983 – Alice Braga, starred in “I Am Legend,” “Predators,” “The Rite” and “The New Mutants.”

1979 – Luke Evans, appeared in “Ma,” “The Raven,” “No One Lives” and “Dracula Untold.”

1963 – Marcus Nispel, writer/producer/and or director of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” “Frankenstein – TV Movie,” “Exeter,” and “Friday the 13th [2009].”

1952 – Glenn Shadix, appeared in “Beetlejuice,” “Sleepwalkers,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and more.

1951 – Avery Crounse, director & writer for “Eyes of Fire.”

1948 – Michael Kamen, composed the scores for “Event Horizon,” “The Dead Zone,” “Venom [1981],” “Lifeforce,” to name a few.

1940 – Robert Walker, Jr., appeared in “Son of the Blob,” “The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe” and “The Devonsville Terror”.

1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, appeared in the “Twilight Zone” episode “Two,” the Thriller episode “The Masquerade,” and the TV movie “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.”

1921 – Emile Franchel, appeared in “Horrors of the Black Museum.”

1869 – Harry C. Bradley, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Ape,” “The Monster and the Girl” and “The Black Cat [1941].”

DIED ON APRIL 15

2022 – Liz Sheridan, actress in “Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again.”

2022 – Eunice Muñoz, actress in “Keep Me Company.”

2022 – Vlasta Pospíšilová, director for “Fimfárum Jana Wericha” and animation for “The Pied Piper.”

2021 – Ira Keeler, visual effects for “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Jurassic Park,” “Congo,” “Mars Attacks,” “Starship Troopers,” “Deep Impact” and “Jurassic Park III.”

2021 – Patricio Castillo, appeared in the TV Movie “Violencia a sangre fría – aka Cold-blooded Violence.”

2020 – Bruce Myers, appeared in “The Awakening.”

2020 – Brian Dennehy, appeared in “Ants!” and “To Catch a Killer.”

2020 – Allen Daviau, cinematographer for “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “The Astronaut’s Wife.”

2020 – Sean Arnold, appeared in “Out of the Unknown – Episode: Level Seven.”

2010 – Michael Pataki, appeared in “The Andromeda Strain,” “The Return of Count Yorga,” “Grave of the Vampire,” “The Bat People,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Love at First Bite,” “Dead & Buried,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Graduation Day” and many more.

2008 – Hazel Court, starred in “Dr. Blood’s Coffin,” “Masque of the Red Death” and “Curse of Frankenstein.” She also penned her own book before her death.

2001 – Joey Ramone, lead singer of punk pioneers The Ramones, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Final Destination 3,” “Idle Hands” and the title song for “Pet Sematary [1989].”

1997 – Carlos Enrique Taboada, screenwriter for “The Monster Demolisher,” “Orlak, The Hell of Frankenstein,” and “The Curse of Notrodamus.”

1980 – Raymond Bailey, appeared in Tarantula [1955], ” The Space Children,” “Black Friday,” and “The Incredible Shrinking Man.”

1927 – Gaston Leroux, author of “The Phantom of The Opera”.

FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 15

The Monster Maker [1944]
Devil Bat’s Daughter [1946]
Stage Fright [1950]
Women of the Prehistoric Planet [1966]
Horror House – aka “The Haunted House of Horror” [1970]

Demon Seed [1977]

The Manitou [1978] – Japan
Brain Damage [1988] – NYC
The Resurrected [1992] – USA video premiere
The St. Francisville Experiment [2000] – Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
Dark Wolf [2003]
The Curse of Lizzie Borden 2: Prom Night [2008]
They Wait [2008] – WorldFest Houston
Orville [2009]
Scream 4 [2011]

Here Alone [2016] – Tribeca Film Festival

Holidays [2016]

12 Hour Shift [2020] – Tribeca Film Festival

Honeydew [2020] – Tribeca Film Festival

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