May 7

BORN ON MAY 7

1976 – Carrie Henn, starred in “Aliens” as the brave little girl “Newt.”

1968 – Traci Lords appeared in “Blade,” “The Tommyknockers – Series,” “Not of This Earth [1988],” “Crazy Eights,” “Devil May Call,” “Skinners,” “Excision” and “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre.”

1949 – Marilyn Burns, starred in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974].” She also appeared in “Eaten Alive,” “Kiss Daddy Goodbye,” “Future-Kill,” “Butcher Boys,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Sacrament.”

1939 – Ruggero Deodato, whose films include “House on the Edge of the Park,” “Cannibal Holocaust” and “Hostel: Part II.”

1931 – Clayton Hill, appeared in “Hellraiser III” and in the original “Dawn of the Dead.”

1924 – Albert Band, produced the films “Zarkorr! The Invader,” “Castle Freak” and “Troll.”

1922 – Darren McGavin who starred as Kolchak in “The Night Stalker” as well as the series of the same name.

1911 – Ishirô Honda, the legendary Japanese director of “Godzilla” “Rodan,” “The Mysterians,” “The H-Man,” “Mothra,” “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “The War of the Gargantuas,” “Destroy All Monsters” and many more.

1906 – Jon Lormer, appeared in “Two on a Guillotine,” “The Boogens,” “Creepshow,” episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Thriller” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”

1904 – Val Lewton, produced “Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”

DIED ON MAY 7

2022 – Eugenio Allegri, actor in “Dracula 3D.”

2022 – Soo-youn Kang, actress in “Eob.”

2022 – Jack Kehler, actor in “Strange Invaders,” “Serpent’s Lair” and “Tales from the Crypt – Episode: King of the Road.”

2022 – Bruce MacVittie, actor in “Hannibal,” “Night Visions,” “Killer Among Us,” as well as episodes of “Tales from the Darkside” and “The Stand.”

2022 – Robin Parkinson, actor in the short “Green Fingers,” “The Asylum” and episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Thriller” and “Armchair Thriller.”

2021 – Tawny Kitaen, appeared in “Witchboard.”

2021 – Shankanada Aravind, appeared in “Aparichita.”

2021 – Jamal Salameh, composer for “A Trip of Terror.”

2020 – Peque Gallaga, directed “T’yanak,” Aswang” and the episodes of the TV Series “Shake Rattle & Roll.”

2019 – William Nunn, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and an episode of the TV Series “Millenium.”

2013 – Ray Harryhausen, the iconic and legendary special effects technician who worked on “Mighty Joe Young,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Mysterious Island” and many more.

2011 – Ross Hagen, appeared in “Wonder Women,” “Night Creature,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Sideshow,” “Night Shade,” “B.O.R.N.” and more.

2010 – Adele Mara, actress in “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “The Vampire’s Ghost,” “The Catman of Paris,” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

2007 – Nicholas Worth, appeared in “Scream Blacula Scream” and “Blood Dolls”.

2000 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., starred in “Ghost Story.”

1998 – Jack Whitman, director of photography for “Deathmoon.”

1993 – Mary Philbin starred in “The Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and “The Last Performance.”

1989 – Guy Williams, appeared in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 7

The Black Cat [1934]
Taste the Blood of Dracula [1970] – UK
Gamera Super Monster [1980]
Dr. Butcher M.D.  – aka Zombie Holocaust [1982] – NYC
The Amityville Curse [1990]

Sometimes They Come Back [1991] – TV Movie
The Mummy [1999]
Space Spawns [2002]
Van Helsing [2004]

Outpost [2008] – Argentina (DVD Premiere)

The Invoking [2013] – Seattle True Independent Film Festival

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MAY 8

BORN ON MAY 8

2017 – Robert C. Dearberg, editor for “Horror Express,” “Horror Hospital,” “Frightmare [1974],” “House of Long Shadows,” “Urban Gothic” and more.

1982 – Christina Cole, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby – TV Mini-Series,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone,” “Stake Land,” “Surviving Evil,” “Doghouse” and more.

1978 – Josie Maran, appeared in “The Gravedancers” and “Van Helsing.”

1978 – Matthew Davis, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Below,” “Aaah! Zombies!!,” “Urban Legend: Final Cut” and “BloodRayne.”

1966 – Julie Brister, actress in “Freaks of Nature,” “Night of the Living Deb” and “Motion Detected.”

1955 – Betsy Baker, who starred in “The Evil Dead [1981],” “Lake Eerie” and “Witches’ Night.”

1954 – David Keith, starred in the film “Firestarter,” “Carrie [2002],” “Hangman’s Curse,” “Awaken” and directed the film “The Curse”.

1948 – Carl Schenkel, director for “Bay Cove,” “The Surgeon,” “Dracula Blows His Cool” and 4 episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”

1946 – Jaid Barrymore, appeared in “Doppelganger.”

1944 – Phyllis Applegate, appeared in “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “The Mortuary Collection” and “Mother [1995].”

1940 – Peter Benchley, author who wrote the smash bestseller “Jaws – which was made into a movie,” “The Beast,” “White Shark” and more.

1935 – Robert Dix, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “Forbidden Planet” and “Horror of the Blood Monsters.”

1926 – Don Rickles, appeared in “Innocent Blood,” “X, the Man with X-ray Eyes” and the “Ventriloquist’s Dummy” episode of “Tales from the Crypt.”

1923 – Jack Laird, wrote for the TV series “Night Gallery.”

1919 – Lex Barker, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “The Invisible Dr. Mabuse,” “The Return of Dr. Mabuse” and more.

DIED ON MAY 8

2022 – Fred Ward, actor in “Cardiac Arrest,” “Tremors,” “Tremors II: Aftershocks,” “The Crow: Salvation,” “Cast a Deadly Spell – TV Movie,” “Tremors [2018] – TV Movie” and “The Hitchhiker – Episode: Dead Heat.”

2022 – Dennis Waterman, actor in “Scars of Dracula,” “Fright,” “Journey to the Unknown – Episode: Eve” and “Thriller – Episode: The Eyes Have It.”

2022 – John R. Cherry III, director for “Ernest Scared Stupid” and the TV Series “Strangest Stories.”

2021 – Jean-Claude Romer, appeared in “Seven Women for Satan,” “Litan,” “Baby Blood” and “Time Demon.”

2019 – Evgeniy Krylatov, composed music for “Khagi-tragger”

2007 – Mark Burns, appeared in “House of the Living Dead” and the 1977 BBC version of “Count Dracula”.

2006 – George Lutz, lived at 112 Ocean Ave in Amityville New York, the location of the supposed demonic happenings which was the story for “The Amityville Horror [1979].”

1999 – Dana Plato, appeared in the films “Silent Scream,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic” and “Return to Boggy Creek.”

1999 – Ed Gilbert, appeared in “The Norliss Tapes,” “InHumanoids: The Movie,” “Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf,” “Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken” as well as episodes of the TV Series “InHumanoids” and “Aaaahh!!! Real Monsters.”

1994 – Steven Keats, who appeared in the films “Silent Rage” and “Hangar 18.”

1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, writer whose novels include “The Puppet Masters.”

1985 – Theodore Strugeon, wrote the TV movie “Killdozer”.

1967 – Barbara Payton, appeared in “The Lady & the Monster” and “Bride of the Gorilla”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 8

The Corpse Vanishes [1942]
The Mad Monster [1942] – USA premiere

Horror of Dracula [1958] – Milwaukee, WI premiere
The Evil of Frankenstein [1964]

Dracula’s Dog [1977]
The Burning [1981]

Trespassers [2006]

The Lower Circle [2009]

America’s Most Haunted [2013] – Seattle True Independent Film Festival

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MAY 9

BORN ON MAY 9

1985 – Audrina Patridge, actress in “Sorority Row” and “Scary Movie 5.”

1985 – Chris Zylka, appeared in “Freaks of Nature,” “Welcome to Willits,” “Shark Night 3D” and “Piranha 3DD.”

1978 – Daniel Franzese, who appeared in “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “Cruel World,” “Kill Theory,” “Killer Pad” and “Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat.”

1958 – Chuck Russell, directed “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”, “The Blob [1988],” “Bless the Child” and more.

1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, who played “The Predator” in “Predator I & II,” and “The Monster” in “Monster in the Closet.”

1939 – John Moio, stuntman in “The Howling,” “The Monster Squad,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Havenhurst,” “The Ring Two,” “Grizzly,” “Motel Hell,” “Jack’s Back” and more.

1936 – Albert Finney, appeared in “Wolfen” and episodes of the TV Series “The Green Man.”

1929 – Bob Tonelli, appeared in “The House With Laughing Windows” and “Revenge of the Dead.”

1926 – Duke Mitchell, starred in “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.”

1921 – Reggie Rymal, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”

1914 – Fred Clark who co-starred in “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine” and “Zotz!”.

DIED ON MAY 9

2021 – Neil Connery, actor in “The Body Stealers.”

2020 – Ron Ziskin, produced the TV Series “Beyond Reality.”

2020 – Geno Silva, appeared in “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”

2020 – Little Richard, worked on the soundtrack for “Predator,” “Predators,” “Prom Night II,” and Christine.”

2020 – Arthur Dignam, appeared in “Strange Behavior” and “The Dreaming.”

2019 – Clement von Franckenstein, appeared in “The Landlady,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Body Parts,” “The Haunting of Morella,” “The Invisible Maniac,” “Olivia,” and “Cataclysm aka The Nightmare Never Ends.”

2019 – Alvin Sargent, worked on the teleplay on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’s episode The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow.”

2006 – Karl Bette, who appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island”.

2004 – Comedian Alan King, appeared in the film “Cat’s Eye” and was executive producer of “Wolfen.”

1997 – Hoke Howell, appeared in “Teenage Exorcist,” “Haunting Fear” and “Alienator”.

1992 – Ben Frommer, appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Psycho II”.

1974 – Julio Salvador, director/writer for “Crypt of the Living Dead” and writer for “Love Brides of the Blood Mummy.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 9

Friday the 13th [1980]

Killer Party [1986]

Ice Cream Man [1995]

Asylum [1997]
Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood [2000]
The Eye [2002]

Trespassers [2006]

House of Usher [2008]

Squeal [2008] – Chicago – premiere

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MAY 10

BORN ON MAY 10

1993 – Halston Sage, stars in “Goosebumps” feature film, and “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.”

1985 – Odette Annable appeared in “Cloverfield”, “The Unborn [2009]” “And Soon the Darkness.”

1983 – Dylan McKnight, appeared in “Parasomnia” and “The Unknown.”

1978 – Corri English, appeared in “Unrest,” “House of Fears,” “Killer Pad,” “Devil May Call” and “Holliston – TV Series.”

1978 – Danny Draven, producer for “Evil Bong,” ”Ooga Booga,” “The Gingerdead Man,” “Ice Spiders,” “Retro Puppet Master,” “The St. Francisville Experiment,” “Slayed,” “Reel Evil,” “Danny Draven’s Masters of Terror – TV Series” and many, many more.

1978 – Kenan Thompson, starred in the films “Snakes on a Plane” and “Stan Helsing.”

1970 – Gina Philips, starred in “Jeepers Creepers,” “Doom: Annihilation,” “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare,” “Dead & Breakfast,” “Ring Around the Rosie,” “The Sick House” and “Chained.”

1968 – Erik Palladino, who appeared in “Return to the House on Haunted Hill” and “Dead and Breakfast.”

1961 – Teri Copley, appeared in “Transylvania Twist,” “Monsters – TV Series” and “New Year’s Evil.”

1948 – Meg Foster, appeared in “Stepfather II,” “Shrunken Heads” and “They Live.”

1914 – Charles McGraw who appeared in “The Mad Ghoul” and played “Chief Ed Masterson” in the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”

1902 – David O. Selznick, producer for “King Kong [1933],” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Thirteen Women” and suggested character for “Dracula’s Daughter.”

1899 – Fred Astaire, appeared in “Ghost Story.”

1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin, composer for “The Thing From Another World,” “Dial M For Murder” and “The Mummy’s Curse.”

1899 – Fred Astaire, starred in “Ghost Story.”

1888 – Max Steiner, composer for “King Kong [1933],” ”Son of Kong,” The Most Dangerous Game,”  “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” soundtrack for “Doctor Sleep,” “Dark Shadows [2012]” and more.

DIED ON MAY 10

2020 – Marty Pasko was a comic book artist for issues of “Vampirella #36,” “Creepy #51,” “Weird Tales of the Macabre #1” and wrote/story editor for 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985-1986.”

2020 – Sai Gundewar, actor in “Gabriel [2007].”

2010 – Susan Oliver, appeared in “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.

2006 – Val Guest, writer/director/producer some include the “Quartermass” films, “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Day the Earth Caught Fire.”

2001 – Deborah Walley, co-starred in the films “The Severed Arm,” and “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”.

2000 – Craig Stevens appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “The Deadly Mantis”.

1995 – Hajime Sato, directed “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell,” and “Battle Beneath the Sea”.

1988 – José Guardiola, voice dubbing for “Edge of the Axe,” “Pieces,” “Beatriz,” “The Mummy’s Revenge,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Horror Express,” “Horror Rises From the Tomb,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and more.

1977 – Joan Crawford, starred in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,” “The Unknown,” “I Saw What You Did,” “Journey to Midnight,” “Trog,” “Strait-Jacket” and “Berserk!”

1970 – Mari Blanchard, starred in “Abbot & Costello Go to Mars,” “She Devil” and “Twice-Told Tales.”

1952 – Lillian Young, appeared in ““King Kong [1933].”

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 10

The Phantom Speaks [1945]
Bedlam [1946]
Mothra [1962]
It Lives Again [1978]

Maniac [1980] – Cannes Film Festival
Terminal Choice [1985]
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown [1989] – NYC
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice [1991]
Dog Soldiers [2002]

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MAY 11

BORN ON MAY 11

1982 – Cory Monteith, appeared in “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Hybrid,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Final Destination 3,” “Bloody Mary,” “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.

1982 – Jonathan Jackson, appeared in “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – TV Series,” “Venom [2005],” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Riding the Bullet,” “Night Visions,” and more.

1979 – Melissa R. Bacelar, appeared in “Zombie Ed,” “Beneath the Dark,” “The Scream,” “Skinned Alive,” “Pink Eye” and “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.”

1973 – Mark Neveldine, directed “The Vatican Tapes” and appeared in “Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1.”

1969 – Thomas Downey, appeared in “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Beast Mode,” “War of the Worlds [2005],” “Dolls,” “Bethany,” “Dracula’s Curse,” “Evil Takes Root,” “The Burning Dead,” “Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers,” “616: Paranormal Incident” and many more.

1941 – Carl Zittrer, music editor for “Ghost Keeper,” “The Gate,” “Body Parts,” “Body Snatchers [1993],” “Love Bites,” composer for “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “Prom Night [1980],” “Ghost Forest,” “Black Christmas [1974]” and more.

1935 – Doug McClure, appeared in “Humanoids from the Deep,” “At the Earth’s Core,” “The Land That Time Forgot,” “Satan’s Triangle,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.

1921 – Kermit Echols, appeared in “Grizzly” and “Scalpel.”

1902 – Dick Curtis, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Condemned to Live,” “We Want Our Mummy” and “The Man They Could Not Hang.”

DIED ON MAY 11

2022 – Trevor Strnad, actor/music video for “The Black Dahlia Murder: Everything Went Black.”

2021 – Norman Lloyd, actor in “Audrey Rose,” “Jaws of Satan,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes,” “The Omen – TV Movie” and more.

2021 – Nellai Siva, appeared in “Pei Irukka Bayamen.”

2021 – Madampu Kunjukuttan, appeared in “Agninakshathram” and writer for “Subhadram.”

2020 – Tissa Wijesurendra, actress in “Bonikka.”

2020 – Jerry Stiller, appeared in “Highway to Hell,” an episode each of the TV Series “Monsters” and “Tales from the Darkside.”

2020 – Moon Martin, composer for “Vamp [1986].”

2019 – Jean-Claude Brisseau, directed “The Girl from Nowhere.”

2019 – Peggy Lipton, appeared in episodes of “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” and “Deadly Nightmares.”

2019 – Pua Magasiva, actress in “Panic at Rock Island – TV Movie” and “30 Days of Night.”

2006 – Byron Morrow, starred in “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Dark Mansions,” “The Ghost of Flight 401,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Black Zoo,” “Panic in Year Zero!” and many more.

1973 – Lex Barker, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “The Invisible Dr. Mabuse,” “The Return of Dr. Mabuse” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 11

Dracula’s Daughter [1936]

Bride of the Monster [1955] Hollywood Premiere

The Haunted Strangler [1958]

The Lift [1983]

Class of 1999 [1990]

28 Weeks Later [2007]

Never Cry Werewolf [2008] – TV Movie

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MAY 12

BORN ON MAY 12

1997 – Odeya Rush, has appeared in “Goosebumps”, “When the Devil Comes,” and “We Are What We Are.”

1990 – Alex Lee Williams, director/writer for “Hellminton” and the short “Escape the Night.”

1986 – Emily VanCamp, co-starred in the films “The Ring 2,″ “Rings” “and “Carriers.”

1981 – Rami Malek, voice actor for the video game “Until Dawn.”

1978 – Malin Akerman, appeared in “The Final Girls”, “Cottage Country,” “Rampage,” “The Invasion” and more.

1978 – Amy Wheaton, appeared in the film “The Curse [1987].”

1970 – Samantha Mathis, appeared in the 2004 version of the TV movie “Salem’s Lot” and “American Psycho.”

1968 – Tony Hawk, appeared in “Sharknado 5: Global Warming – TV Movie.”

1966 – Deborah Kara Unger, actress in “Silent Hill,” “The Long Night,” Silent Hill: Revelation,” “White Noise,” “Jackals,” “Walled In,” “The Hollow” and “One Point O.”

1962 – Emilio Estevez, starred in “Nightmares,” and “Maximum Overdrive.”

1962 – Ving Rhames, co-starred in “The People Under the Stairs,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004]” and “Day of the Dead [2008].”

1961 – Lar Park-Lincoln, starred in “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “House II: The Second Story,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series” and “From the Dark.”

1950 – Gabriel Byrne, starred in “Hereditary,” “End of Days,” “Stigmata,” “The Keep,” “Ghost Ship [2002]” and “Gothic.”

1930 – Don Barton, director/producer/writer for “Zaat.”

1930 – Jess Franco, directed “The Awful Dr. Orloff,” “Count Dracula” and “The Demons.”

1922 – Richard Graydon, stunts for “Don’t Look Now.”

1913 – Hugh Latimer, appeared in the films “The Strange World of Planet X,” and “Ghost Ship [1952].”

1912 – Don Blackman, appeared in the film “Scream Blacula, Scream.”

1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, appeared in “Chamber of Horrors.”

1898 – Edward Halperin, produced “White Zombie” and “Revolt of the Zombies”.

1892 – John Barclay, appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “Soylent Green” and “The Brotherhood of Satan.”

1867 – Lionel Belmore, appeared in “The Unholy Night,” “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Vampire Bat,” “Son of Frankenstein,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939]” and “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”

DIED ON MAY 12

2022 – Henry Mollicone, composer for “The Premonition.”

2021 – Blackie Dammett, appeared in “Class Reunion,” “The American Scream” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: A Very Happy Ending.”

2020 – Michel Piccoli, appeared in “Sortilèges,” ”Torticola contre Frankensberg,” “La chevelure,” “The Infernal Trio” and “Leonor.”

2020 – George Mikell, appeared in “Fox Mystery Theater [1984] Episode: Czech Mate.”

2019 – Machiko Kyō, actress in “The Possessed [1976].”

2019 – Ron Smerczak, actor in “The Mangler,” “Return of the Family Man,” and “House of Whipcord.”

2014 – H.R. Giger, the infamous dark artist who created the xenomorph in “Alien” and his designs were used in every subsequent “Alien” film including Aliens & Alien Covenant. He also designed the creature in “Species” and “Species 2.”

2001 – Richard Davidson, did make-up and special effects work on the films “The Thing [1982]” and “Jurassic Park.”

2001 – Perry Como, soundtrack for “Cat People [1982]” and “Krampus.”

Music from Cat People:

1995 – Arthur Lubin, directed the 1943 version of “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Hold That Ghost”.

1957 – Erich von Stroheim, appeared in “The Lady & the Monster,” “The Mask of Dijon” and “Alraune”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 12

Cobra Woman [1944]

Count Dracula’s Great Love [1973] – Spain

Hell High [1989]
Night Visitor [1989]
The Return of the Swamp Thing [1989]
Gothkill [2009] – USA DVD premiere
The Grudge 3 [2009] – USA DVD premiere

Plague [2015]

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MAY 13

BORN ON MAY 13

1985 – Corey Hawk, co-starred in “Knight of the Living Dead” and “Class of Nuke ‘Em High 2.”

1987 – Candice Accola, starred in “Dead Girl” and “The Vampire Diaries.”

1971 – Imogen Boorman, starred as “Tiffany” in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.”

1966 – Cheryl Arutt, actress in “Primal Rage.”

1965 – Lari White, appeared in “The Unholy [1988].”

1950 – Joe Johnston, directed the 2010 version of “The Wolfman” and “Jurassic Park III.”

1949 – Zoë Wanamaker, appeared in “The Dark” and an episode of “Tales of the Unexpected.”

1939 – Harvey Keitel, appeared in “Two Evil Eyes,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Red Dragon” and “Saturn 3.”

1939 – Zohra Lampert, starred in “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death,” and appeared in “The Exorcist III.”

1936 – Rafael Campos, appeared in the films “Astro Zombies,” “The Doll Squad” and the TV series “V.”

1922 – Don Weiss, directed TV shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and the film “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.”

1913 – Robert Dorning, appeared in “Die! Die! My Darling,” “Screamtime” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Emmerdale Farm.”

1907 – Daphne Du Maurier, wrote the story “The Birds.”

DIED ON MAY 13

2022 – Ricky Gardiner, actor in “Suck” and “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Baby Proof.”

2020 – David Nichols, production designer for “Swamp Thing [1982]” and “The Serpent and the Rainbow.”

2019 – Doris Day, soundtrack for “Krueger: Tales from Elm Street [2017],” “Kreuger: The Legend of Elm Street,” “The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book One – Satan Claus – TV Movie,” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”

2019 – Isaac Kappy, appeared in “Klown Kamp Massacre,” “Not Forgotten,” soundtrack for “The Babysitter,” and “Don’t Blink.”

2018 – Margot Kidder, starred in “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Halloween II [2009],” “Sisters,” “The Clown at Midnight” and more.

2013 – Joyce Brothers, appeared in “Embryo.”

2008 – John Phillip Law, appeared in “Moon in Scorpio,” “Night Train to Terror,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “Eyes Behind the Wall” and more.

2001 – Jason Miller, starred in “The Exorcist,” “Exorcist III” and “The Dain Curse”.

2000 – Paul Bartel appeared in “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall” and “Escape from L.A.”

1995 – Alexander Godunov, starred in “Waxwork II: Lost in Time.”

1985 – Selma Diamond, appeared in “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

1968 – Robert Burks, cinematographer/director of photography for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Birds,” “Vertigo,” “Marnie,” “North By Northwest,” “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” “To Catch a Thief,” “Rear Window,” “Dial M For Murder,” “Strangers on a Train” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 13

Werewolf of London [1935]
The Hands of Orlac [1964]
The Car [1977]
Day of the Animals [1977]

Mausoleum [1983]
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood [1988]
Maniac Cop [1988]
Society [1989] – Cannes Film Festival

Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil [1992] – USA video premiere
Scream Bloody Murder [2003]
Mindhunters [2005]
Frontier[s] [2008] – USA DVD premiere

Letters to Mother [2009]
Priest [2011]

Spiral [2021] – New Zealand

Shark Bait [2022]

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