JUNE 11

BORN ON JUNE 11

1988 – Claire Holt, starred in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow” and “47 Meters Down.”

1986 – Shia LaBeouf, who starred in “Disturbia,” “Constantine” and “Maniac.”

1978 – Joshua Jackson who starred in the films “Shutter” “Scream 2,” “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”

1949 – Sherman Howard, starred in “Day of the Dead,” “The Stand – TV Mini-Series,” “Dark Angel,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and many more.

1945 – Adrienne Barbeau, starred in “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Unearth,” “Two Evil Eyes,” “Death House,” “Hoax,” “The Thing [1982],” “Gates of Darkness,” “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Escape From New York” and more.

1933 – Gene Wilder, starred in “Haunted Honeymoon” and “Young Frankenstein.”

1922 – John Bromfield, appeared in “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon,” “Manfish” and “Revenge of the Creature.”

1919 – Richard Todd, appeared in “House of the Long Shadows,” “Bloodbath” and “Asylum.”

1914 – Dudley Manlove, appeared in “Plan Nine from Outer Space” and “Creation of the Humanoids.”

1914 – Gerald Mohr, starred in “The Angry Red Planet,” “The Monster and the Girl”.

1909 – Paul Schreibman, produced the American versions of “First Spaceship on Venus” and “Gigantis the Fire Monster.”

1883 – Virginia Brissac, actress in “Black Friday [1940],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”

DIED ON JUNE 11

2021 – John Gabriel, appeared in the TV Movie “Fantasies.”

2021 – Sando Harris,” appeared in “Que Sera – aka What Will Be.”

2021 – Kay Hawtrey, actress in “Funeral Home,” “The Intruder,” “Videodrome” “Urban Legend,” “Octoberfeast,” “Haunted by Her Past,” “American Psycho II: All American Girl” and more.

2020 – Mel Winkler, appeared in “Full Eclipse – TV Movie” and “Maniacts.”

2020 – Rosa María Sardà, actress in “Rojo sangre.”

2020 – Dennis Joseph O’Neil, comic book artist for ““Devil Night” – Haunt of Horror August 1973” and “Chamber of Darkness #3–5 [1970].”

2007 – Mala Powers, starred in “Unknown Terror,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Doomsday Machine.”

2005 – Robert Clarke, wrote, produced, directed and starred in “The Hideous Sun Demon,” “The Astounding She Monster,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Body Snatcher.”

2003 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream, Blacula, Scream,” and “Abby.”

1979 – John Wayne, starred in “Haunted Gold.”

1966 – Wallace Ford, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand,” Freaks [1932], “The Ape Man” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”

1956 – Ralph Morgan, appeared in “The Monster and the Ape,” “The Creeper” and “Weird Woman.”

1936 – Robert E. Howard, writer for “Solomon Kane” and “Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 11

The Oblong Box [1969]
Humongous [1982]
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart [1992] – USA video premiere
Jurassic Park [1993]
Open Water [2004] – Waterfront Film Festival
The Stepford Wives [2004]

Ice Road Terror [2011]

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JUNE 12

BORN ON JUNE 12

1992 – Georgina Campbell, actress in “The Ministry of Stories Anthology,” “Floor 9.5 – short,” “All My Friends Hate Me,” “Barbarian” and “Otherkin – short.”

1989 – Valentina de Angelis, appeared in “Malibu Horror Story,” “The Midnight Game,” “Camp Hell” and “Bereavement.”

1988 – Cody Horn, starred in “Demonic” and “Occupant.”

1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, appeared in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Scary Movie 4.”

1974 – Jason Mewes, appeared in “Halloweed,” “Devil’s Tower,” “Zombie Hamlet,” “Vampire Apocalypse,” “Feast,” “Scream 3”, and more.

1965 – Florence Guérin, actress in “The Black Cat [1989]” and “Faceless.”

1964 – Paula Marshall, appeared in “Full Eclipse”, “Warlock: The Armageddon”, “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.

1953 – Gary Farmer, appeared in “Sawtooth,” “Route 666,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “The Dark Wind,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Believers” and more.

1928 – Bernie Hamilton, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”

1919 – Uta Hagen, appeared in “The Other.”

1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, Producer and co-founder of American International Pictures – some of his films include “The Visitor,” “The Haunting [1999],” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Q,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “The Town that Dreaded Sundown,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and many more.

1916 – Irwin Allen, directed “The Swarm.”

DIED ON JUNE 12

2022 – Philip Baker Hall, actor in “The Zodiac,” “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Lost Souls,” “Psycho [1998],” the TV Movies “Terror Out of the Sky” and “This House Possessed.”

2022 – Walter Maestosi, actor in “Lilith: A Vampire Who Comes Back” and voice dubbing for “Night of the Devils.”

2021 – Dennis Berry, directed “The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau” and appeared in “Spirits of the Dead.”

2020 – Wlodzimierz Bednarski, actor in the video games “The Witcher” and “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.”

2019 – Sylvia Miles, acted in “The Funhouse,” “The Sentinel,” and “Violent Midnight.”

2019 – Juan José Alonso Millán, writer for “The National Mummy” and an episode of “After the Closed Door [1964]”

2018 – Robert Alan Browne, actor in “Hysterical,” “Psycho II,” “Psycho III,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes” and “The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals.”

2015 – Rick Ducommun, appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Brimstone – TV Series,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Little Monsters” and more.

2015 – Monica Lewis, appeared in “Dead Heat” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”

2014 – Carla Laemmle, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and in the original 1931 “Dracula.”

2006 – Hugh Latimer, who appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Cosmic Monster”.

2003 – Gregory Peck, starred in “The Omen,” “Cape Fear” 1962, and appeared in the 1991 version.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 12

Rosemary’s Baby [1968]
Count Yorga, Vampire [1970]
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage [1970]
Predator [1987]
The Witches of Eastwick [1987]
Witchcraft 8: Salem’s Ghost [1996]
Forest of the Dead [2007]
What Really Frightens You [2009]
Doghouse [2009] – UK

Black Rain [2009]

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JUNE 13

BORN ON JUNE 13

1978 – Ethan Embry, appeared in “Late Phases,” “The Guest,” “The House Across the Street,” “Vacancy,” “FreakyLinks – TV Series,” “They,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Prophecy II” and more.

1974 – Brande Roderick, appeared in “Hood of Horror” and “Dracula II: Ascension.”

1974 – Missy Crider, appeared in “The Others – TV Series,” “Quicksilver Highway – TV Movie,” “Demons – TV Movie” and “The Beast – TV Series.”

1973 – Kim Sønderholm, appeared in “Cannibal Fog,” “Silverthread,” “Sinister Visions,” “Zombie Ed,” “The Killing Games,” “Blood Fare,” “Vidar the Vampire,” “Supernatural Tales,” “The Horror Vault 3,” and many more.

1967 – Natasha Hovey, starred in “Demons [1985].”

1962 – Ally Sheedy, starred in “Man’s Best Friend” “Buried Alive II,” “The Fury Within” and more.

1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, starred in “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Dominion” and “The Killing Gene.”

1951 – Richard Thomas, starred in “Stephen King’s It”.

1950 – Belinda Bauer, appeared in “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Servants of Twilight,” “RoboCop 2,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series” and “The Sins of Dorian Gray – TV Movie.”

1949 – Simon Callow, starred in “Chemical Wedding,” “The Dead Room – TV Movie,” “Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty” and “Blanche Dumas from B to Z.”

1943 – Malcolm McDowell, starred in “Cat People,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” “Halloween II” “31,” “Silent Night,” “Sanitarium” and more.

1935 – Javier Aguirre, director/writer for “Count Dracula’s Great Love” and “Hunchback of the Morgue.”

1919 – Richard Collier, appeared in “Eve of Destruction,” Pet Sematary [1989] and “Christine.”

1918 – Ben Johnson, appeared in “Terror Train,” “The Swarm,” “The Savage Bees” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”

1915 – Mary Wickes, starred in “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”

1900 – Ian Hunter [the actor, not the musician], appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Doctor Blood’s Coffin.”

1892 – Sir Basil Rathbone, starred in “Son of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “Tales of Terror,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “Queen of Blood” and more.

DIED ON JUNE 13

2022 – Henri Garcin, actor in “Murder Syndrome.”

2022 – Julieta Vallina, actress in “Dead Man Tells His Own Tale” and “Terrified.”

2021 – Ned Beatty, actor in “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “The Unholy [1988],” “Repossessed,” “Ed and His Dead Mother” and the TV Movie “Dying Room Only.”

2021 – David Lightfoot, producer for “Scratch,” “Wolf Creek” and “Rogue.”

2020 – Sabiha Khanum, actress in “Deewana.”

2019 – William Leonard Sean McCann, “The Uncanny,” “The Neighbor,” episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “The Hidden Room” and “Haven.”

2019 – Nobuyuki Ishida, appeared in “Vamp” and “Mirrorman.”

2019 – Edith González Fuentes, actress in “Alucarda,” “Cyclone,” “Hell’s Trap,” “The Dead,” “The Quarterer,” and the TV Movie “The Death Motel.”

2005 – Lane Smith, appeared in “Dark Night of the Scarecrow.”

2004 – Robert Lees, who wrote the screenplays for “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” “Hold That Ghost” and “The Black Cat” [1941].”

1979 – Darla Hood, appeared in “The Bat.”

1979 – Barry Shear, directed several episodes of the TV series “Night Gallery.”

1979 – George Cisar, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “The Werewolf,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula” and an episode of “The Addams Family.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 13

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms [1953] – Portland Horror Film Festival

The Revenge of Frankenstein [1958]
The Children [1980]
Maniac Cop 2 [1991] – USA video premiere
A Tale of Two Sisters [2003]
The Lost [2006] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival
The Happening [2008]

Animal [2014] – Los Angeles – premiere

Big Legend [2018] – NYC – premiere

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JUNE 14

BORN ON JUNE 14

1989 – Courtney Halverson, actress in “Unfriended,” “Death Valley – TV Series,” “St. Agatha,” “The Open Door” and the TV Movie “Red Clover.”

1989 – Lucy Hale, appeared in “Fantasy Island,” “Truth or Dare,” “Scream 4″ and “Fear Island.”

1987 – Jordan Hayes, appeared in “House at the End of the Street,” “Exit Humanity,” “Hidden 3D,” “The Toll,” Nostrum” and the TV series “Helix.”

1978 – Diablo Cody, wrote the screenplay for and produced the film “Jennifer’s Body.”

1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, appeared in “The Force.”

1954 – Jan Rabson, actor in “Jaws: The Revenge,” “They Live,” voice actor in “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein” and the TV Series “Creepy Crawlers.”

1954 – Will Patton, starred in “Swamp Thing – TV Series,” “Halloween [2018],” “The Devil Below,” “Boarding School,” “The Fourth Kind,” “The Mothman Prophecies,” “The Puppet Masters” and many more.

1940 – Murray Smith, screenwriter for “Die Screaming Marianne,” “Schizo,” “The Comeback” “Hammer House of Horror – Episode: Children of the Full Moon.”

1924 – Larry Vincent, portrayed Los Angeles Horror Host “Seymour, the Master of the Macabre and the Epitome of Evil,” appeared in “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant,” “The Witchmaster” and “Dr Death: Seeker of Souls.”

1920 – Lowell Grant, sculptor for “Diary of a Madman [1963].”

1921 – Gene Barry, appeared in “The 27th Day” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and “War of the Worlds” [2005] remake.

1910 – Takeo Murata, wrote the screenplays for “Godzilla [1954]” “Godzilla Raids Again” and “Rodan.”

1902 – Carl Esmond, actor in “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “The Catman of Paris” and an episode of the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”

DIED ON JUNE 14

2022 – Hamid Gurkha, actor in “Zombies from Banana Village,” “Halim Munan” and “Sofazr the Movie: Jiwa Kacau.”

2022 – Dalimil Klapka, actor/sound department for “The Painted Bird.”

2022 – Everett Peck, animation department for Extreme Ghostbusters.”

2021 – Lisa Banes, appeared in “Brothel,” “A Cure for Wellness,” TV Movies “The Presence” and “A Family Torn Apart.”

2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput, assistant director for “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”

2019 – Maurice Bénichou, actor in “Time of the Wolf.”

2014 – Francis Matthews, appeared in “Do Not Disturb”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Corridors of Blood” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein.”

2008 – Alan Wells appeared in ‘Beginning of the End,” “The Cosmic Man” and “Cape Fear” [1962].

2004 – Max Rosenberg, produced the films “Tales from The Crypt,” “Madhouse,” “The Incredible Melting Man” and “Cat People” [1982].

2002 – Albert Band, produced and directed such films as “I Bury the Living,” “Mansion of the Doomed”.

1997 – Richard Jaeckel appeared in “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Green Slime,” “Latitude Zero” and “The Dark”.

1981 – Jimmy Cross, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “Day of the Nightmare,” “The Addams Family – TV Series,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 14

The Tell-Tale Heart – aka “Bucket of Blood” [1934]

The Monster That Challenged the World [1957]

Anatomy of A Psycho [1961]

The Satanist [1968]

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter [1974] – Albuquerque, NM

The Stuff [1985] – Los Angeles

Deep in the Woods [2000]

The Crow: Salvation [2000]

Scooby Doo [2002]

Piñata: Survival Island [2002]

Cthulhu [2007]

The Dead Don’t Die [2019]

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JUNE 15

BORN ON JUNE 15

1971 – Jake Busey, appeared in “Starship Troopers,” “The Predator,” “Dead Ant,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Hitchhiker II: I’ve Been Waiting,” “The Frighteners,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.

1969 – Ice Cube, starred in “Anaconda” and “Ghosts of Mars” as well as the soundtrack for “Us,” “Anaconda,” “Blade II” and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.”

1964 – Courtney Cox, starred in the “Scream [1996],” “Scream 2,” “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,” “Scream [2022],” “Scream VI” and the TV Series “Shining Vale.”

1963 – Helen Hunt, actress in “I See You,” “The Spell – TV Movie,” “Trancers II,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Into the Badlands – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of “Darkroom” and “The Hitchhiker.”

1959 – Eileen Davidson, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row” and “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time – TV Movie.”

1956 – Robin Curtis, appeared in “Ghost Story” “Hexed,” “Dark Breed,” and “The Unborn II.”

1949 – Rick Rosenthal, director of “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween: Resurrection,” “The Birds II: Land’s Fall,” also appeared in “Lost After Dark” and more.

1949 – Jim Varney appeared in “Blood, Friends, and Money.”

1947 – Richard P. Rubinstein produced many films including “Dawn of the Dead [1978] & [2004],” “Creepshow,” “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Tales From the Darkside – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “Day of the Dead,” “The Langloliers,” “The Night Flier,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and many more.

1945 – Joy Bang, starred in “Messiah of Evil” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”

1934 – William Newman, actor in “Squirm,” “Silver Bullet,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Monkey Shines,” “Leprechaun,” “The Craft,” “Devil in the Flesh 2,” “Shadow: Dead Riot” and more.

1929 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, directed “Blood Feast,” “Two Thousand Maniacs!,” “Color Me Blood Red,” “The Gruesome Twosome,” “The Wizard of Gore.” “The Gore Girls” and “Herschell Gordon Lewis’ BloodMania.”

1928 – Morgan Jones, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Not of this Earth” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”

1923 – Gloria Clark, appeared in “Diary of a Madman” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”

DIED ON JUNE 15

2022 – Maureen Arthur, appeared in episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

2021 – Robert Desroches, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Friday the 13th: The Series.”

2020 – Lilia Dizon, appeared in “Cries of the Grave,” “World Myths” and “Truth or Imagination?”

2019 – Beatriz Salomón, actress in “Galaxy of Terror.”

2019 – Bob Dorian, appeared in “The Evil Dead [1981]” and “Evil Dead [2013].”

2016 – Lois Duncan, author of books used for the basis of “Summer of Fear – TV Movie,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Down a Dark Hall.”

2014 – Casey Kasem, provided the voice for the voice of “Shaggy” in many “Scooby-Doo” adventures.

2008 – Stan Winston, films include “Aliens,” Gargoyles [1972], “Jurassic Park III” and the “Terminator” movies.

2003 – Philip Stone, had appeared in “The Shining”, “The Phantom of the Opera – TV Movie,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “Thriller – TV Series” and many more.

2003 – Hume Cronyn, starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of The Opera.”

1995 – Charles Bennett, wrote the screenplay for the film “Curse of the Demon.”

1989 – Geoffrey Alexander, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” as well as an episode each of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown” and “The Unforeseen.”

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 15

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein [1948]
The Beast with A Million Eyes [1955]

The Island Earth [1955]
Creature of the Walking Dead [1965]
Munster Go Home [1966] – NYC

The Loreley’s Grasp [1973]
The Legend of Hell House [1973]
Tentacles [1977]

Prophecy [1979] – NYC
Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death [1979]

The Driller Killer [1979]
Honeymoon Horror [1982]

Nightmare Sisters [1988]

Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]

Hayride Slaughter [2001]
Autopsy: A Love Story [2002]
Woods of Evil [2005]
His Will Be Done [2009]
Women’s Studies [2010]

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JUNE 16

BORN ON JUNE 16

1987 – Kelly Blatz, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “From Within,” “Simon Says,” “Hex,” “Exeter,” “The 7,” “Reaver” and episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead.”

1986 – Jessica McNamee, actress in “The Meg,” “The Loved Ones,” “Black Water: Abyss” and an episode of the TV Series “Into the Dark.”

1962 – Arnold Vosloo, starred in “The Mummy [1999],” and “The Mummy Returns,” Darkman” in “Darkman II & III” “Odd Thomas,” “Buried Alive” and more.

1957 – Ian Buchanan, appeared in “The Seventh Sign.”

1955 – Laurie Metcalf, starred in “Scream 2.”

1951 – Sonia Braga, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter” and in the “Tales from the Crypt” episode “This’ll Kill Ya.”

1942 – Suzan Farmer, starred in “Thriller – TV Series,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Monster of Terror,” “The Crimson Blade” and more.

1938 – Charles B. Pierce, writer and director of “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”, “The Evictors”, “Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.”

1934 – Bill Cobbs, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Tenant,” “The Final Patient,” “A House Is Not a Home,” “Vampires in Venice” and the TV Series “The Others.”

1930 – Christopher Cary, actor in “The Sword and the Sorcerer,” “Watchers” and an episode of “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”

1924 – Faith Domergue, appeared in “This Island Earth,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Atomic Man.”

1923 – Joseph Lenzi, associate producer for Damien: Omen II.”

1910 – Ilona Massey, starred in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and appeared in the film “Invisible Agent.”

1907 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried,” “Man of a Thousand Faces” as well as episodes of “Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery.”

1893 – Philo McCullough, appeared in “The Ape,” “The Lodger,” “House of Wax,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “Two on a Guillotine” and “Chamber of Horrors.”

DIED ON JUNE 16

2022 – Maria Lúcia Dahl, actress in the TV Mini-Series “The Phantom of the Opera [1991].”

2022 – Gordon Peters, actor in “Feardotcom” and “Tales from the Crypt – Episode: Report from the Grave.”

2022 – Tim Sale, comic book artist for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers – short story” and “Vampirella: Rebirth #1 – short story.”

2022 – Tyler Sanders, actor in the shorts “A Shot in the Dark,” “Milk Teeth” and an episode of “Fear the Walking Dead.”

2021 – Frank Bonner, appeared in “Equinox.”

2021 – Anatoly Susekov, cinematographer for “Dominus.”

2021 – Chandrashekhar, appeared in “Bhayaanak” and “7 Saal Baad – aka Seven Years Later”.”

2021 – Norman S. Powell, producer for “The Night Digger” and production manager for the TV Movie “Donor.”

2020 – Patrick Poivey, actor in “Vampire Party,” “Revolution,” voice actor in “The Terminator [1984],” “Manhunter,” “The Seventh Sign,” “Death Becomes Her,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Planet Terror” and more.

2019 – Adam Litovitz, received Special Thanks for “Antiviral.”

2012 – Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Rockula,” “The Offspring,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series” and many more.

2011 – Claudia Bryar, appeared in “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “The Monolith Monsters,” “Psycho II,” as well as episodes of “The Veil” and “The Twilight Zone.”

2006 – Arthur Franz, starred in “Monster on Campus” “and Invaders from Mars.”

1988 – Kim Milford, appeared in “Laserblast,” “Nightmare Noon,” “Song of the Succubus – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”

1944 – Guy Usher, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Air Hawks,” “The Devil’s Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”

1938 – Robert Wiene, directed the 1924 version of “The Hands of Orlac” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 16

Ghost Catchers [1944]
Horror of Dracula [1958]
Psycho [1960] – NYC premiere

Lake of Dracula [1971] – Japan
Jaws 2 [1978]

The Comeback [1978]
Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]

Vampire’s Kiss [1988]
Ghostbusters II [1989]
Waxwork II: Lost in Time [1992] – video premiere

Trauma [1993] – UK
The Mutilation Man [1998]

Piranhaconda [2012]
Platoon of the Dead [2009] – DVD premiere
Terror At Blood Fart Lake [2009]

Piranhaconda [2012]

47 Meters Down [2017] – Madrid

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JUNE 17

BORN ON JUNE 17

1976 – Heather Mazur, actress in “Night of the Living Dead [1990]” and “Darkness Rising [2017].”

1975 – Joshua Leonard, starred in “The Blair Witch Project [1999],” “Hatchet,” “Madhouse,” “Unsane,” “Shark Night,” “Prom Night [2008],” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Depraved” and more.

1967 – Sonya Eddy, actress in “Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood,” “The Hive,” “I Live Alone,” “Satanic Hispanics” and “V/H/S/99.”

1967 – Tori Welles, appeared in “Ice Cream Man” and “Les Vampyres.”

1966 – Jason Patric, starred in “The Abandoned,” “Becoming,” “The Lost Boys,” and “Frankenstein Unbound.”

1961 – Denis Lavant, appeared in “The Night Easts the World” and “Girls With Balls.”

1960 – Thomas Haden Church, starred in “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight”.

1947 – Christopher Allport, actor in “Jack Frost [1997],” “Dead & Buried,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Kindred: The Embraced,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Snowman,” “Savage Weekend” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985].”

1939 – Peter Sykes, director for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The House in Nightmare Park” and “To the Devil a Daughter.”

1927 – Wally Wood, Comic artist created the “Mars Attacks!” trading card series.

1927 – Lucio Fulci, Italian goremeister known for “A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971].” “Don’t Torture a Duckling [1972]” “Zombie [1979],” “City of the Living Dead [1980],” “The Beyond [1981],” “The House by the Cemetery [1981],” “Manhattan Baby [1982],” “The Wax Mask [1997],”   and many more.

1918 – Duncan Lamont, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit” and “The Evil of Frankenstein.”

1904 – Ralph Bellamy appeared in “The Wolf Man” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby [1968].”

DIED ON JUNE 17

2021 – Fane Flaws, music department/guitar for “Dead Alive.”

2020 – Lewis John Carlino, screenwriter for “A Reflection of Fear.”

2020 – Jean Brousseau, appeared in 2 episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series.”

1984 – Nobuo Nakagawa, directed “The Vampire Moth,” “The Ghost of Kasane” and “Black Cat Mansion.”

1983 – George Benson, actor in “Vampire Over London,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and more.

1978 – Robert Williams, appeared in “The Bat,” “This Island Earth” and “Revenge of the Creature”.

1936 – Henry B. Walthall appeared in the films “London After Midnight,” “The Devil-Doll” and “The Whispering Shadow”.

FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 17

Mesa of Lost Women [1953]
Quatermass 2 [1957] – UK
The Terror [1963] – Buffalo, NY
The Horror of Frankenstein [1971]
The Exorcist II: The Heretic [1977]
House of the Long Shadows [1983]
Waxwork [1988] – UK
Wolf [1994]

Clown [2014] – Negative Fest

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