MAY 21
BORN ON MAY 21
1974 – Fairuza Balk, starred in “The Craft,” “The Craft: Legacy” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”
1959 – Nick Cassavetes, appeared in “The Wraith,” “The Class of 1999 II: The Substitute” and “The Astronaut’s Wife.”
1957 – Judge Reinhold, starred in “The Hollow,” “Pandemonium” and “Gremlins.”
1948 – Jonathan Hyde, appeared in the 1999 remake of “The Mummy,” and “Anaconda”.
1917 – Raymond Burr, starred in both versions of “Godzilla [1957]” and “Godzilla 1985.” He also starred in “Bride of the Gorilla” and “Rear Window.”
DIED ON MAY 21
2019 – Larry Carroll, Comic Book artist in some issues of “Slayer.”
2018 – Clint Walker, starred in “Snowbeast,” “Killdozer,” “Hysterical,” Scream of the Wolf” and “The Serpent Warriors.”
2014 – Jane Adams, appeared in “The Brute Man”, “House of Dracula”.
2007 – Bruno Mattei, Italian director whose work includes “Zombie 3,” “Hell of the Living Dead” and “Zombies: The Beginning,” as well as edited “Count Dracula.”
2000 – Sir John Gielgud, appeared in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.
1987 – Alejandro Rey, appeared in the films “The Swarm” and “TerrorVision.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 21
The Vampire’s Ghost [1945]
Monster from the Ocean Floor [1954]
Gigantis the Fire Monster [1959]
The Green Slime [1969] – NYC
Grizzly [1976]
Embryo [1976]
Spectre [1977] – TV Movie
Deadly Eyes [1982] – Cannes Film Festival
The Road Warrior [1982]
Crawlspace [1986]
Dark Age [1987]
Carnosaur [1993]
Terminator Salvation [2009]
Area 407 [2012]
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MAY 22
BORN ON MAY 22
1986 – Sharon Hinnendael, actress in “Nightfall,” “Machine Head,” “Rites of Passage” and “Embrace of the Vampire.”
1974 – A.J. Langer, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Escape from L.A.,” “Grey Knight’ and “The People Under the Stairs.”
1972 – Max Brooks, is an American horror author of novels and screenplays for “The Zombie Survival Guide”, “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” and more.
1950 – Bernie Taupin, co-songwriter for “Dark Shadows [2012] song Crocodile Rock” and “Hocus Pocus 2 [2022] song “The Witches Are Back.”
1940 – Michael Sarrazin, co-starred in “Feardotcom,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Arrival II,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1939 – Paul Winfield, appeared in “Dead of Night,” “The Legend of Gator Face,” “Mars Attacks!,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “The Terminator [1984]” and many more.
1938 – Richard Benjamin, starred in such films as “Saturday the 14th”, “Love at First Bite”, and more.
1920 – Else Blangsted, appeared in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Dance of the Dwarfs” and “Meet the Hollowheads.”
1916 – Rupert Davies, has appeared in “The Night Visitor,” “The Oblong Box,” “Curse of the Crimson Altar,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “The Conqueror Worm,” “The Brides of Fu Manchu” and many more.
1907 – Sir Laurence Olivier, played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula.”
1887 – Jim Thorpe, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Vampire’s Ghost.”
1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and many of his stories including “The Hound of Baskervilles [1939],” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959]” and “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.”
DIED ON MAY 22
2021 – Vijay Patil – AKA “Raamlaxman,” composer/soundtrack for “100 Days.”
2020 – Heather Jean Chasen, actress in “The Toybox” and “Shades of Darkness – Episode: Feet Foremost.”
2019 – Flaminia Jandolo, did Voice Dubbing in “Black Sunday,” “The Long Hair of Death,” The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” “Werewolf Woman,” and “Suspiria [1977].”
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, provided the voice for the narrator in Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride.
1995 – Robert Flemyng, actor in “The Horrible Dr. Hichcock,” “The Blood Beast of Terror” and “The Body Stealers.”
1994 – Jane Dulo, appeared in the TV Movie “The Norliss Tapes” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1992 – James Kitchen, editor for “House of Wax [1953].”
1984 – John Marley, appeared in “It Lives Again,” “The Car,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Dead of Night,” “The Dead Are Alive,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many more.
1971 – H.R. Warwick, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 22
Svengali [1931]
Psychomania – aka Violent Midnight [1963] – Hartford, CT
The Shout [1978] – Cannes Film Festival
Outland [1981]
Boa vs. Python [2004]
Alien³ [1992]
Tormented [2009]
Poltergeist [2015]
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MAY 23
BORN ON MAY 23
1980 – D.J. Cotrona, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn – TV Series” and appeared in “Venom [2005].”
1973 – Baron Craze, Horror Historian, Horror Journalist, Editor of The Horror Times, Owner of the BC Radio Network [SHOWS: Shredding Metal Beasts; Sinister Death; Hard Rock Madness; Baron’s Crypt; and 3 others], and starred in Swamp Zombies 2 [2018], Cuddlez [2015], and Shock Trailer [2009]. In addition, associate producer and starred in Killer Waves 2 [2020]; received special thanks on 100 Acres of Hell [2019], Camp Death III in 2D [2018], Terrifier 2 [????], Desert Fiends [2023], The Slasher Nurse [2024] and the upcoming A Hard Place [2024] A repeated sponsor of the NJ Horror Con and Film Festival.
1969 – Felissa Rose, starred in “Sleepaway Camp”, and has appeared in numerous horror films “Camp Dread”, Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas and Paranormal Halloween, “The Perfect House,” “Extremity,” “Silent Night, Zombie Night,” The Last House [2015], “Satan’s Playground,” “Victor Crowley,” “2 Jennifer,” “ZK: Elephant’s Graveyard,” “Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film,” “Ugly Sweater Party,” and many more.
1965 – Melissa McBride, best known for playing “Carol” in “The Walking Dead [TV Series]” also was in “The Mist,” “American Gothic – TV Series” and “Mutant Species.”
1961 – Chris & Marty Udvarnoky, who played the twin brothers in the film “The Other.”
1960 – Linden Ashby, appeared in “Prom Night 2008],” “Hunger,” “Resident Evil: Extinction” and more.
1942 – Zalman King, Writer/producer/director/actor for “Blue Sunshine,” “Trip with the Teacher” and “Galaxy of Terror.”
1933 – Joan Collins, starred in “Empire of the Ants,” “Tales That Witness Madness” and “Tales from the Crypt [1972].”
1931 – Barbara Barrie, appeared in TV Series episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Great Ghost Tales.”
1910 – Scatman Crothers, appeared in the “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “The Shining” and “Deadly Eyes”.
1896 – Kenneth Strickfaden who did the wonderful electrical effects for “Frankenstein” and “Bride of Frankenstein.”
1890 – Frank McHugh, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” as well as episodes of “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1890 – Herbert Marshall who appeared in the films “The Fly [1958]” and “Gog.”
DIED ON MAY 23
2022 – Jamie Bartlett, actor in “Prey [2007]” and the TV Movie “12 Days of Terror.”
2021 – Gerardo Moscoso, appeared in “Kill Me Because I Am Dying,” “Cronos” and “All of them Witches.”
2018 – Glynn Edwards, actor in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Fragment of Fear,” “Burke & Hare,” “The Playbirds,” “The Seventh Sign” and more.
2017 – Roger Moore, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2011 – Tom Hennesy, played “The Gill Man” on land in “Revenge of the Creature.”
2007 – Ichirô Murakoshi, appeared in “Horror Theater Unbalance [1973–].”
2002 – Albert Carrier, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Veil” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1986 – Sterling Hayden, starred in “Venom [1981].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 23
The Premature Burial [1962]
Destroy All Monsters [1969]
The Other [1972] – NYC
Stanley [1972] – Los Angeles, CA
I Spit On Your Grave [1978] – Cannes Film Festival
The Shining [1980] – Los Angeles & New York City
The Last Horror Film [1984] – USA video premiere
Poltergeist II: The Other Side [1986]
Fatal Exam [1990]
The Granny [1995]
Hot Vampire Nights [2000]
The Era of Vampires [2002]
Hallowed [2005] – USA DVD premiere
The Unknown aka Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch [2006] – USA DVD premiere
Vampire Noir [2007]
Shock Trailer [2009] – Filmed on this day.
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MAY 24
BORN ON MAY 24
1990 – Zac Richmond, who played “Ralphie Glick” in the 2005 TV mini-series version of “Salem’s Lot.”
1965 – John C. Reilly, starred in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “Dark Water,” “Life After Beth,” “Nightwatch,” “Tale of Tales,” “Kong: Skull Island” and “Dolores Claiborne.”
1960 – Doug Jones, actor in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [2005],” “Gehenna: Where Death Lives,” “The Ice Cream Man” “Legion” “Abe Sapien” in the “Hellboy” films” “Hell’s Kitty [2018]” and many more.
1953 – Nell Campbell, played “Little Nell” in the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Shock Treatment.”
1952 – Bill Thornbury, starring role of “Jody” in “Phantasm,” “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead,” “Phantasm IV: Oblivion” and “Phantasm: Ravager.”
1952 – Sybil Danning, appeared in “The Howling II” and “The Phantom Empire.”
1938 – Tommy Chong, appeared in the film “Evil Bong.”
1931 – Michael Lonsdale, starred in “Successive Slidings of Pleasure.”
1922 – Don Megowan, appeared as the Frankenstein Monster in the Hammer TV pilot “Tales of Frankenstein,” as well as the films “The Werewolf,” “Creation of the Humanoids” and as “The Creature [on land] in “Revenge of the Creature.”
1911 – Harold Conway, appeared in “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Mothra” and “Goke the Body Snatcher from Hell.”
DIED ON MAY 24
2022 – Guillaume Bideau – member of Heavy Metal band “Mnemic,” soundtrack for “Alone in the Dark”
2022 – Horst Sachtleben, voice dubbing for “Nosferatu the Vampyre.”
2022 – Maurizio Silvi, make-up department for “Delirium,” “Stigma” and “Hannibal Rising.”
2021 – Desiree Gould, appeared in “Sleepaway Camp,” “Under Surveillance,” “Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula’s Lawyer” and “Tales of Poe.”
2021 – Robert Hall, make-up department for “Mary, “Body Snatchers,” Night of the Scarecrow,” “Wishmaster,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Frankenfish,” “Vacancy,” “The Burrowers,” “Paranormal Activity 2,” Locke & Key,” “Area 51,” “Bedeviled” and many, many more.
2019 – Dušica Žegarac, actress in “T.T. Syndrome,” “Variola Vera,” and “Aenigma.”
2013 – Françoise Blanchard, appeared in “Little Dracula – TV Series,” “Revenge in the House of Usher,” “The Living Dead Girl” and more.
2009 – Jack Lewis, wrote the screenplays for “The Amazing Transparent Man” and “Billy the Kid vs Dracula”.
1997 – Edward Mulhare, played the title role in the TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” and in the film “Eye of The Devil.”
1996 – John Abbott, appeared in the films “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Cry of the Werewolf”.
1996 – Roland Varno, starred in “Scared to Death” and “Return of the Vampire.”
1987 – Hermione Gingold, appeared in “Munster, Go Home”.
1974 – Duke Ellington, soundtrack for “Deerskin,” “The Toxic Avenger Part II” and “The Presence.”
Song in The Toxic Avenger Part II:
1969 – Richard Garland, appeared in “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The Undead” and “Panic in Year Zero”.
1969 – Paul Birch who appeared in the films “The Beast with a Million Eyes,” “The Day the World Ended” and “Not of This Earth”.
1960 – Maurice De Packh, orchestrator for “House of Wax [1983],” “The Beast from 20,000,” “Phantom of the Rue Morgue” and “The Bad Seed.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 24
A Witch of Salem Town [1915]
Valley of the Zombies [1946]
The Possession of Joel Delaney [1972]
Madhouse [1974]
Dawn of the Dead [1978]
Invitation to Hell [1984] – TV Movie
Tales from the Hood [1995]
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MAY 25
BORN ON MAY 25
1982 – Stephon Stewart, appeared in “Bigfoot Country” and the short “Searched Fear.”
1976 – Cillian Murphy, who starred in “Redeye,” “A Quiet Place II” and “28 Days Later”.
1970 – Neil Marshall, British writer/director of such films as “The Reckoning,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Slay Belles,” “Centurion,” “Doomsday,” “The Descent,” “Dog Soldiers” and more.
1970 – Jamie Kennedy, starred in “Scream,” “The Sand,” “Trick,” “Foreclosed,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “The After” and more.
1970 – Octavia Spencer, actress in “Drag Me to Hell,” “Ma,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Pulse” and episodes of “The Chronicle.”
1969 – Anne Heche, starred in the 1998 remake of “Psycho,” “My Friend Dahmer,” “Nothing Left to Fear” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1946 – Haydée Politoff, actress in “Queens of Evil” and “Count Dracula’s Great Love.”
1964 – Ray Steveson, appeared in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”.
1939 – Ian McKellen, appeared in “Gods and Monsters,” “The Keep,” and some episodes of “Armchair Thriller.”
1935 – Ann Robinson starred in the 1953 version of “War of the Worlds,” as well as the TV series of the same name in 1988, and also appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein.”
1926 – Claude Akins, appeared in the films “The Curse,” and the TV movie “The Night Stalker.”
1925 – Gerald C. Wheatley, production accountant for “The Haunting of Julia” and “Blueblood.”
1918 – Mary Nell Santacroce, actress in “The Private Eyes,” “Mutant” and “The Legend of Blood Mountain.”
1902 – Charles Barton, directed the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff” and the TV series, “The Munsters.”
1888 – 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.”
DIED ON MAY 25
2020 – Wu Pong-fong, appeared in “Double Vision,” “Silk” and “Soul.”
2019 – Tun Fei Mou, directed “Die xian,” “Men Behind the Sun” and “Trilogy of Lust.”
2016 – Nancy Dow, actress in “The Ice House.”
2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, starred on the TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” and as “Jose Chung” on “The X-Files”.
2007 – Lee Frost, directed “The Thing with Two Heads”.
2007 – Laurie Bartram, appeared in “Friday the 13th [1980]” and “The House of Seven Corpses.”
2000 – Francis Lederer, appeared in “Terror Is a Man” and “The Return of Dracula,” playing “Dracula” himself, reprised his version of “Dracula” in an episode of “Night Gallery” entitled “The Devil Is Not Mocked.”
1993 – Dan Seymour, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Return of the Fly” and “Escape To Witch Mountain”.
1990 – Vic Tayback, roles included “Blood and Lace,” “Door to Door Maniac” and “Mansion of the Doomed.”
1979 – Scotty Welbourne, photography for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “The Monster That Changed the World” “Revenge of the Creature.”
1954 – Hans Janowitz, wrote the screenplays for “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari” and “Der Januskopf” a.k.a. “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 25
The Body Snatcher [1945] – NYC
The Cabinet of Calagari [1962] – NYC
Alien [1979] – USA [limited]
The Brood [1979]
Possession [1981]
Dead Calm [1989] – Australia
Possessed by the Night [1994] – USA video premiere
Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft [1999]
Bug [2007]
Shark Swarm [2008] – TV Movie
House of Black Wings [2010]
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MAY 26
BORN ON MAY 26
1986 – Ashley Bell, starred in “Witch Hunt,” “Voices,” “The Last Exorcism,” “The Last Exorcism Part II,” “The Day,” “Carnage Park,” “Dark Intentions” and “The Walking Dead – Webisodes.”
1975 – Nicki Aycox, who appeared in “The X Files: I Want to Believe,” “Joy Ride 2,” “Dead Birds,” “Animals,” “Jeepers Creepers 2” and “Dead Birds.”
1974 – Matthew Currie Holmes, co-starred in the films “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” “Wolves,” “The Fog” [2005],” “The Curse of Buckout Road” and more.
1973 – Rocky Costanzo, wrote, directed, produced, edited, and starred in “Hallowed” and also appeared in “Last Rites.”
1966 – Helena Bonham Carter, actress/soundtrack in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” she also starred in “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.”
1963 – Musetta Vander, appeared in “Under the Bed,” “Transylmania,” “Monster Night,” “Project: Metalbeast,” “Oblivion” and more.
1960 – Doug Hutchinson, appeared in “The Green Mile” and “The Burrowers [2008].” He was best known for portraying “Eugene Victor Tooms” in two of the scariest episodes of “The X-Files – TV Series” of all time.
1949 – Pam Grier, starred in “The Twilight People,” “Scream Blacula Scream” and “Ghosts of Mars.”
1923 – James Arness, starred in the title role of “The Thing From Another World” and “Them!.”
1913 – Peter Cushing, starred in many films including “The Mummy [1959],” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959],” “House of Long Shadows,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Horror Express,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Island of Terror,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and so many more.
1908 – Robert Morley, appeared in the films “Theatre of Blood,” “The Old Dark House” and “A Study in Terror.”
1907 – John Wayne, starred in “Haunted Gold.”
DIED ON MAY 26
2022 – Ray Liotta, actor in “Hannibal,” “Identity” and voice for the video game “Mob of the Dead.”
2022 – Bill Walker, composer for “Bog [1979].”
2022 – Lee Eol, actor in “Hostage,” “The Red Shoes” and “The 8th Night.”
2022 – Il-ryong Shin, actor in “Ghosts of Chosun.”
2021 – Ben Kruger, appeared in Snake Island.”
2021 – Paul Soles, appeared in “Shadow Builder” and “The Hidden Room – Episode: Little Nightmares, Little Dreams.”
2020 – Anthony James, actor in “Burnt Offerings,” “Wacko” and “Nightmares.”
2020 – Irmgard Hermann, actress in “Blackest Heart.”
2020 – Richard Herd, appeared in “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Schizoid,” “Skeeter,” “I Married a Monster,” “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [2005]” and “Get Out.”
2020 – Cindy Butler, actress in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [1976]” and “Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.”
2020 – Tony Scannell, appeared in “Evil Never Dies” and 2 episodes of “Armchair Thriller.”
2019 – Eşref Kolçak, acted in “Dracula in Istanbul.”
2019 – Stephen John Thorne, appeared in 2 episodes of “Shakespeare: The Animated Tales.”
2014 – Anna Berger, appeared in “Lost Souls.”
2010 – Arthur Herzog III, wrote the novel on which the movie “The Swarm” is based.
2003 – Burr DeBenning, appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Wolfen,” “The Incredible Melting Man,” “Alien Zone” and many more.
2001 – Anne Haney, appeared in “Psycho [1998],” “Impulse,” “The Bad Seed [1985]” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
1993 – George Randall, appeared in the movies “Biohazard” and “Scalps.”
1991 – Eugène Lourié, production designer for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Giant Behemoth,” “Burnt Offeritns,” art director for “The Strangler,” “Haunts of the Very Rich” and “What’s the Matter with Helen?”
1983 – Charles Keane, appeared in the films “The Leech Woman,” “Curse of the Undead.”
1967 – George E. Stone, appeared in “The Vampire Bat,” “The Face Behind the Mask” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 26
The Gorilla [1939]
It Came From Outer Space [1953] – Los Angeles – premiere
The Deadly Mantis [1957]
Bloodstone: Subspecies II [1993]
Doppelganger [1993] – USA video premiere
Curse of the Puppet Master [1998]
Beneath Still Waters [2005] – Spain
Beneath the Flesh [2009]
Ghost Month [2009]
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus [2009]
The Devil’s Tomb [2009] – USA DVD premiere
Don’t Look [2018] – Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival
Livescream [2018] – Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival
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MAY 27
BORN ON MAY 27
1987 – Bella Heathcote, stars in “Relic [2020],” “The Neon Demon,” “Pride and Prejudice Zombies,” “Acolytes,” “The Curse of Downers Grove” and “Dark Shadows [2012]”
1980 – Ben Feldman, starred in “As Above, So Below,” “Friday the 13th” remake and “Cloverfield.”
1971 – Paul Bettany, appeared in “Priest”, “Legion”, and more.
1967 – Paige Rowland, co-starred in the films “Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield” and “Doomsdayer.”
1965 – Todd Bridges, appeared in ”The Dark Room,” “A Psycho’s Path,” “Twice Dead,” “Dead Ringer,” “Hollywood Horror,” “Evil Grave: Curse of the Maya” and more.
1964 – Kim Jee-woon, director of such films as “I Saw the Devil,” “A Tale of Two Sisters” and “The Quiet Family.”
1958 – Linnea Quigley, starred in the films “The Return of the Living Dead”, “Night of the Demons” and “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings,” and appeared in “Innocent Blood” and a long list that includes: “Clownado,” “Bonehill Road,” “The Barn,” “Girls Gone Dead,” “A Blood Story,” Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas,” “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Graduation Day” and many more.
1935 – Lee Meriwether, played “Lilly Munster” in “The Munsters Today,” and appeared in “Hell’s Kitty.”
1934 – Harlan Ellison, horror and sci-fi writer for TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Tales from the Darkside,” “Circle of Fear” and “The Hunger.”
1928 – Robert Bruning, producer for the TV Movies “13 Gantry Row,” “The Night Nurse” and “The Death Train.”
1924 – Luigi Batzella, appeared in “Curse of the Blood Ghouls,” “Killer Without a Face,” “The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance” and “The Beast in Heat.”
1922 – Christopher Lee, starred in many wonderful horror films including “Horror Express,” “Count Dracula,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” ”Horror of Dracula,” “The Mummy,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Wicker Man [1973],” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” and many other films.
1917 – Gene Fowler Jr., director for “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” editorial supervisor for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within” and “Bad Ronald.”
1913 – Sandra Shaw, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1911 – Vincent Price, whose accomplishments in the horror genre and in Hollywood itself are beyond reproach and had many wonderful films including “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “The Tingler [1959],” “Pit and the Pendulum [1961],” “The Fly [1958],” “The Masque of the Red Death [1964],” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “House of Wax [1953],” “Dead Heat,” “The Raven [1963],” “Tales of Terror,” “Creepy Classics,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes [1971],” voiced the Narrator in “Michael Jackson: Thriller [1983] and so many more films.
1894 – Dashiell Hammett, writer for an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
DIED ON MAY 27
2021 – Shane Briant, appeared in “Demons of the Mind,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973],” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Cassandra,” “Out of the Body” and “Subterano.”
2021 – David Butler, appeared in “Friend Request” as well as TV Series “Room 9” and “Dead Places.”
2021 – Violetta Elvin, actress in “The Queen of Spades.”
2021 – Robert Hogan, appeared in “Species II” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery.”
2021 – Lorina Kamburova, appeared in “Day of the Dead: Bloodline ,” “Leatherface,” “Nightworld: Door of Hell” and “Doom: Annihilation.”
2019 – Roger Overholt Hirson, screenwriter for “Demon Seed [1977]”
2011 – Jeff Conaway, appeared in “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series,” “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” “Bay Coven,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “The Sleeping Car” and more.
2006 – Paul Gleason, appeared in “Ghost Chase,” “Abominable,” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “He Knows You’re Alone” and “Nightmare Beach.”
1995 – Severn Darden, appeared in the films “Saturday the 14th” and “Werewolves on Wheels”.
1976 – Ruth McDevitt, played “Edith Cowles” on the “Night Stalker” TV series and appeared in the film “The Birds”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 27
Witchcraft Through the Ages – aka Haxan [1922]
It Came from Outer Space [1953] – Los Angeles premiere
Crypt of the Vampire [1964]
Possession [1981] – France
The Monster Club [1981]
The Sins of Dorian Gray [1983] – TV Movie
Killer Clowns from Outer Space [1988]
Horror [2003]
Godzilla: Final Wars [2005] – Seattle International Film Festival
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