JULY 1
BORN ON JULY 1
1977 – Liv Tyler, starred in “The Strangers” and “Wildling,”
1967 – Pamela Anderson, appeared in “Scary Movie 3” and “Scooby Doo [2002].”
1965 – Denice Duff, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation,” “Song of the Vampire,” “The Monster Man,” “Bloodstone: Subspecies II,” “Bloodlust: Subspecies III,” “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm” and more.
1962 – Andre Braugher, appeared in “The Mist,” “The Andromeda Strain” and the TV Movie “Salem’s Lot [2004].”
1959 – Dale Midkiff, appeared in “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Nightmare Weekend,” “The Crow: Salvation,” “Flight Of The Living Dead” and Hell’s Kitty [2018].
1957 – Lisa Blount, appeared in “Prince of Darkness [1987],” “Nightflyers”, “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series,” “What Waits Below”, “Dead & Buried” and more.
1954 – Ulrike Butz, actress in “The Devil’s Plaything.”
1952 – Dan Aykroyd, starred in “Ghostbusters,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Earth vs. the Spider [2001]”, and has written many of the Ghostbusters shorts, tv series, and even the video game. He also performed some of the tracks for “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1951 – Terrence Mann, appeared in “Critters,” “Critters 2,” “Critters 3,” “Critters 4” and “Red Zone.”
1945 – Debbie Harry, appeared in “Videodrome,” “Body Bags” and “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.”
1944 – David Munro, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV series “Out of the Unknown.”
1942 – Geneviève Bujold, starred in “Coma,” “Dead Ringers” and “Dead Innocent.”
1942 – Karen Black, starred in “Trilogy of Terror,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Children of the Night,” “Ooga Booga” and more.
1936 – Ron Masak, actor in “Lasterblast,” “The Stoneman,” “The Aliens Are Coming – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1935 – David Prowse, appeared in “Vampire Circus,” “Horror of Frankenstein” and “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell.”
1934 – Jean Marsh who appeared in “Frenzy,” “The Changeling” and “The Unearthly Stranger.”
1934 – Jamie Farr, appeared in “Curse II: The Bite,” “Arnold,” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1930 – Moustapha Akkad, producer best known for producing the “Halloween” films including Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.”
1920 – Harold Sakata, appeared in “Impulse,” “Mako: The Jaws of Death” and “Invaders of the Lost Gold.”
1916 – Olivia De Havilland, appeared in “The Swarm,” “Lady in a Cage,” and the TV Movie “The Screaming Woman.”
1912 – Murray Matheson, appeared in “Arnold,” “The Twilight Zone: The Move,” episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Night Gallery,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and more.
1907 – Gordon Bau, make-up dept for “House of Wax [1953],” “Phantom of the Rue Morgue,” “Frankenstein 1970,” “Chamber of Horrors,” “Them!,’ “The Illustrated Man” and more.
1899 – Charles Laughton, appeared in “The Strange Door,” “Island of Lost Souls” and “The Old Dark House.”
DIED ON JULY 1
2021 – Anwar Iqbal, appeared in the TV Movie “Help of a Ghost.”
2021 – Philece Sampler, actress in “Nightmares Come at Night,” “Art of the Devil,” an episode of “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters,” as well as the voice of the video games “Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick” and “Overkill’s The Walking Dead.”
2020 – Max Crook, worked on the soundtrack for “Children of the Corn” and wrote the song Runaway for “Christine [1983].”
2019 – Barbara Darinka Zatler, appeared in “Mental Distortion,” Craig,” The Horror Vault Vol 1,” “Predatory Instinct” and “Little Big Boy.”
2019 – Sidney Norton Ramin, worked on the soundtrack for “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth” and “The Amateur Monster Movie.”
2019 – María Idalia, actress in “The Incredible Face of Dr. B.”
2019 – Ennio Guarnieri, cinematographer for “The Visitor [1979].”
2004 – Marlon Brando, appeared in “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996]” and “The Nightcomers.”
2000 – Edward Dmytryk, directed “Captive Wild Woman,” “The Devil Commands”.
1995 – Wolfman Jack, appeared in “Motel Hell,” and “Midnight,” as well as worked on the soundtrack for “31 [2016].”
1991 – Michael Landon, starred in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.”
1988 – Alice Nunn, appeared in “Trick or Treat,” “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “The Fury,” “Snakes” and more.
1977 – Karl “Killer” Davis, appeared in “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “The Zombies of Mora Tau” and “Mighty Joe Young”.
1928 – Avery Hopwood, screenwriter for “The Bat Whispers” and “The Bat [1959].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 1
Satan’s Rhapsody [1917]
Vampire Over London [1952]
How To Make a Monster [1958] – video premiere
The Brain Eaters [1958]
Play Dead [1983]
Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare [1987] – video premiere
The Rejuvenator [1988]
Zombie Cult Massacre [1998]
Attack of the Giant Leeches [2008] – Ottawa
No Vacancy [2012]
Haunting of Cellblock 11 [2014]
Grindsploitation [2016]
Cannibal Hookers [2019]
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JULY 2
BORN ON JULY 2
1985 – Ashley Tisdale, appeared in “Scary Movie V” and performed the track Voices in My Head in “The Unholy.”
1980 – Jenny Spain, played the animated corpse in “Dead Girl”.
1975 – Elizabeth Reaser, starred in “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Nightmare Cinema,” and episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House.”
1970 – Yancy Butler, appeared in “Ravager,” “Shark Week,” “Witchblade,” “Wolvesbayne,” “Lake Placid 3,” “Rage of the Yeti,” “Lake Placid: The Final Chapter” and more.
1964 – Tim Sullivan, actor/producer for “2001 Maniacs,” “2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams,” “Chillerama,” “Bloody Bloody Bible Camp”.
1960 – Julia Montgomery, starred in “Girls Night Out” and “The Kindred.”
1960 – Terry Rossio, writer for “The Puppet Masters [1994],” “Godzilla [1998]” and “Godzilla vs. Kong.”
1955 – Andrew Divoff, starred in “Neon Maniacs,” “Faust,” “Pretty Fine Things,” “Graveyard Shift,” “Wishmaster,” “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation,” “The Dead Matter” and more.
1951 – Elisabeth Brooks, appeared in “The Howling,” “The Forgotten One” and “Deep Space.”
1946 – Ron Silver, appeared in “The Entity”.
1943 – Jeff Pomerantz, actor in “Savage Weekend” and “Retribution.”
1936 – Michael D. Margulies, cinematographer for “Repossessed,” “The Baby,” “Blood Sabbath,” as well as the TV Movies “The Haunted” and “The Stranger Within.”
1927 – Brock Peters, appeared in “Soylent Green”.
1916 – Ken Curtis, produced “The Giant Gila Monster” and “The Killer Shrews”.
DIED ON JULY 2
2022 – Brian Jackson, actor in “Gorgo,” “Scream of Fear,” “Saint Maud” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Quatermass and the Pit.”
2022 – Susana Dosamantes, actress in “Darker Than Night” and “The Rose Strangler.”
2022 – Mike Reynolds, actor/voice actor in “Lilly C.A.T.” “Twilight of the Cockroaches,” “Monster of Frankenstein,” “Night Life,” “Bio Hunter” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2021 – Elliot Lawrence, composer for the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.”
2020 – Sam-yuk Yoon, writer for “The Hut,” “Suddenly in the Dark” and “Eob.”
2020 – Billy Tang Hin-Shing, directed “Dr. Lamb,” “Red to Kill,” “Haunted Karaoke,” “Dial D for Demons” and “Death Trip.”
2020 – Ronald Louis Schwary, associate producer for “Shadow of the Hawk.”
2020 – Tilo Prückner, appeared in “The Hamburg Syndrome,” Village People” and an episode of “Frankenstein’s Aunt.”
2019 – José Luis Merino, director/writer for “The Hanging Woman,” “Scream of the Demon Lover,” “The Five Warnings of Satan,” and Produced some episodes of “Stores from the Other Side,” and “Tales from the Other Side.”
2019 – Robert E. Bradford, did the soundtrack for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
2019 – Justin Bodle, Produced “The Day of the Triffids [2009],” and TV movies “Summer House [2008],” “You Belong to Me 2008],” and “Voices [2018].”
2006 – Jan Murray, appeared in “The Vampire” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1997 – James Stewart, starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics “Rear Window,” “Vertigo,” “Rope” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”
1993 – Fred Gwynne, starred in “The Munsters – TV Series,” “Fatal Attraction” and “Pet Sematary.”
1991 – Lee Remick, starred in “The Omen [1976].”
1973 – George Macready, appeared in “The Return of Count Yorga,” “The Human Duplicators” and the TV movie “Night Gallery.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 2
The Maze [1953] – Hollywood
Psycho III [1986]
Dracula’s Widow [1988]
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [2003]
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JULY 3
BORN ON JULY 3
1980 – Olivia Munn appeared in “Insanitarium,” “Deliver Us from Evil” and “Scarecrow Gone Wild.”
1973 – Patrick Wilson, starred in “Hard Candy,” “Passengers,” “Bone Tomahawk,” “Insidious,” “Insidious: Chapter 2,″ “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist,” “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” “Annabelle Comes Home,” and also appeared in “The Nun,” “Insidious: The Last Key” and more.
1970 – Shawnee Smith starred in “The Blob [1988],” “Carnival of Souls [1998],” the TV remake of “The Shining” and was also in the “Saw” films.
1962 – Tom Cruise starred in “War of the Worlds [2005]” and “The Mummy [2017],” he was also producer for “The Others [2001].”
1957 – Michele Soavi, directed “Dario Argento’s World of Horror,” “The Church” and “Cemetery Man.” He also acted in the films “City of the Living Dead,” “The New York Ripper,” “Tenebre,” “A Blade in the Dark,” “Phenomena,” “Demons,” “Opera” and more.
1949 – Susan Penhaligon, actress in “The Uncanny,” “Patrick,” “Count Dracula [1972] – TV Movie,” “Patrick: Evil Awakens,” “House of Mortal Sin,” “The Dead Room – TV Movie” and more.
1942 – Kurtwood Smith, appeared in “Robocop” and “Amityville: The Reawakening.”
1940 – Galen Thompson, writer for “The Evil,” “Superstition” and “Hellbound.”
1931 – Robert O. Ragland, composer for “Grizzly, “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “Evils of the Night,” “The Fear,” “Hysterical,” “The Touch of Satan,” “Mansion of the Doomed,” “Abby,” “Deep Space,” “Moon in Scorpio,” “The Fear: Resurrection” and more.
1929 – William Randall, sound mixer for “The Terminal Man,” “Race With the Devil,” “The Possessed [1977],” “Deathmoon,” “Summer of Fear,” “Blood Beach,” “Dead & Buried,” “Class Reunion” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
1927 – Ken Russell, directed “Gothic,” “Lair of the White Worm” and “Altered States.”
1927 – Carol Ohmart, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “Spiderbaby” and “The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe.”
1920 – Louise Allbritton, starred in “Son of Dracula” and a couple episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1906 – George Sanders starred in “Village of the Damned,” “The Lodger” and “Psychomania.”
DIED ON JULY 3
2022 – Kuang Ni, writer for “The Killer Snakes,” “Black Magic,” “Spirit of the Dead,” “Bloody Parrot,” “Human Lanters,” “The Nine Demons” and more.
2021 – Desmond Davis, camera department for “The Crawling Eye [1958],” “The Giant Behemoth” and “Scream of Fear.”
2021 – Anne Stallybrass, actress in “Countess Dracula.”
2020 – Saroj Khan, screenwriter for “Benaam.”
2019 – Arte Johnson, acted in “Evil Toons,” “Evil Spirits,” “Love at First Bite,” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone [1961],” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents [1961],” and “Night Gallery [1971].”
2019 – Pol Cruchten, produced “The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears.”
2012 – John Harris, camera operator for “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Orca,” “Popcorn” and “And Not the Screaming Starts!”
2006 – Jack Smith played a bit part as a reporter in the original King Kong [1933].
2006 – Arthur Haggerty as the “fat zombie” aboard the boat in the opening of “Zombie” – a.k.a. “Zombi 2″ and in “Night of Dark Shadows”
2001 – Delia Derbyshire, composer for “The Legend of Hell House” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown.”
1980 – Walter Ladengast, appeared in “Dead Eyes of London,” and played “Doctor Van Helsing” in the 1979 version of “Nosferatu,”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 3
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day [1991]
Mummy Maniac [2007]
Cottage Country [2013] – South Korea
Closer to God [2015] – limited
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JULY 4
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
BORN ON JULY 4
1982 – Hanna Harper, appeared in “The Boneyard Collection,” “Attack of the Virgin Mummies,” “Hannah Goes to Hell” and “Crustacean.”
1980 – Carrie Keagan, appeared in “Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens,” “Fetish Factory”, “Dead 7,” “V/H/S Viral,” “Cabaret of the Dead,” “Valentine DayZ,” “The Fiancé” and “Dance of the Dead.”
1980 – Adrián García Bogliano, writer and director of “Late Phases,” “I’ll Never Die Alone,” “Black Circle,” “Here Comes the Devil,” “Penumbra,” “Cold Sweat,” “Scream the Night” and more.
1961 – Ted Elliott, helped write the screenplay for “The Puppet Masters.”
1957 – J. Christian Ingvordsen, director/writer/producer for “Blood Relic,” “Fort Doom,” “The Bog Creatures” and “Blue Vengeance.”
1957 – Jenny Seagrove, appeared in “The Guardian,” “Peripheral,” an episode each of the TV Shows “Fox Mystery Theater – Mark of the Devil” and “The Hitchhiker – The Killer.”
1956 – John R. Leonetti, director for “Annabelle,” “Wolves at the Door,” “The Silence,” cinematographer for “The Woods,” “Dead Silence [2007],” “Piranha 3D,” “Insidious,” “The Conjuring” and more.
1946 – Ed O’Ross, appeared in “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Dark Image,” “Mindstorm,” “Nobody” and “The Hidden.
1910 – Gloria Stuart, appeared in “The Old Dark House” “The Invisible Man” and “Secret of the Blue Room.”
1909 – 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.
1903 – Vernon Sewell, director for “Ghost Ship [1952],” “House of Mystery [1961],” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “The Crimson Cult” and “Burde & Hare.”
1889 – Joseph Ruttenberg, cinematographer for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON JULY 4
2022 – Alan Blaikley, soundtrack for “Bordello of Blood,” “Grindhouse [2007]” and “Last Night in Soho.”
2022 – Robert Hoffmann, actor in “Eyes Behind the Stars.”
2022 – Tarun Majumdar, director/writer for “Kuheli – aka Get It.”
2021 – Luminița Gheorghiu, actress in “Time of the Wolf.”
2020 – Brandis Kemp, appeared in “Hexed” and an episode of “Miracles – Mother’s Daughter.”
2019 – Arturo Fernández, appeared in “The Five Warnings of Satan” and “Sound of Horror.”
2019 – Eduardo Fajardo, actor in “La Llorona (1960),” “Maniac Mansion,” “Lisa and the Devil,” “Evil Eye,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Nightmare City,” “Oasis of the Zombies,” and many others
2008 – Evelyn Keyes, starred in “A Return to Salem’s Lot,” “Before I Hang” and more.
2003 – Tyler McVey, starred in “Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959),” “Night of the Blood Beast,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and others.
1961 – Franklyn Farnum, appeared in “Revenge of the Zombies,” “The Man from Planet X,” “The Strange Door,” “Scared Stiff,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” “The She-Creature,” “She-Devil” and “The Hypnotic Eye.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 4
The Monster of Frankenstein (1921)
Tales of Terror (1962) – New York City
The Lift (1985)
Uncle Sam [1996]
Cradle of Fear (2001) – Sweden – DVD premiere
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JULY 5
BORN ON JULY 5
1960 – Pruitt Taylor Vince, has appeared in “13 Sins,” “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Creature,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Angel Heart,” “Bird Box,” “Constantine” and more.
1956 – Louis Herthum, appeared in “The Mist,” “The Last Exorcism,” “The Last Exorcism Part II,” “The Possession of Hannah Grace,” “Be Afraid,” “Mutants” and more.
1948 – William Hootkins, character actor who appeared in “The Breed,” “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996],” “Death Machine,” “Dust Devil,” “Hardware,” “American Gothic” and many more.
1944 – Jeff Bushelman, sound effects for “Superbeast,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Lost Boys” and 2 episodes of “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.”
1928 – Warren Oates, appeared in “Race With the Devil,” “Badlands” and in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
1912 – Richard M. Rubin, property master for “Attack of the 50 Foot Women,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “The Terror,” “House of Usher,” “The Haunted Palace,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Tales of Terror,” “Voodoo Woman,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and many more.
1904 – Milburn Stone, appeared in “The Mad Ghoul,” “The Frozen Ghost,” “Black Friday,” “Weird Woman,” “Invaders From Mars” and more.
1899 – Tim Ryan, screenwriter for “Crazy Knights” and “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.”
DIED ON JULY 5
2022 – Lenny von Dohlen, actor in “Dracula’s Widow,” “Eyes of the Beholder,” “Teeth,” “Choose,” “Threshold,” “Nasty – short,” “Creator – short” and Tales from the Darkside – Episode: Distant Signals.”
2021 – Richard Donner, director for “The Omen,” TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Circle of Fear,” “Tales from the Crypt,” producer for “The Final Conflict,” “The Lost Boys” “Bordello of Blood,” TV Series “Eli Roth’s History of Horror – Episode: The Demons Inside,” “Cursed Films – Episode: The Omen” and more.
2021 – Raffaella Carrà, soundtrack for “The Last Circus.”
2021 – Vladimir Menshov, actor in “Night Watch” and “Day Watch.”
2021 – William Smith, appeared in many films including “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “Grave of the Vampire,” “Maniac Cop,” “Feast,” “Body Shop,” “Zombiegeddon,” “Rapturious,” “Body Shop,” “The Boneyard Collection” and more.
2020 – Ragaa Al Geddawy, appeared in “Aad liyantaqim” and “The Scorpion [1990].”
2007 – Kerwin Mathews, starred in “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.”
2006 – Amzie Strickland, appeared in “Hold That Ghost,” “Curse of the Undead,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre,” “The Twilight Zone” and “One Step Beyond.”
1992 – Georgia Brown, actress in “Nothing But the Night,” “Tales That Witness Madness” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Gravedale High” and “Sherlock Holmes.”
1987 – Alan Gibson, director of “The Best of All Time Horror Classics,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series,” “Hammer House of Horror – TV Series,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “Journey to the Unknown – TV Series” and others.
1969 – Lambert Hillyer, directed “Dracula’s Daughter” and “The Invisible Ray.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 5
Panic In Year Zero (1962)
Nightmare Castle (1965)
Martin (1978) – France
The Grapes of Death [1978]
Bates Motel [1987] – TV Movie
Unseen Evil 2 (2004) – DVD premiere
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JULY 6
BORN ON JULY 6
1992 – Linda Bella, appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein,” “Devil’s Domain,” “Stained,” “Ratpocalypse,” “Dracula: Reborn,” “Monsters in the Woods” and “Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust.”
1980 – Eva Green, appeared in “Dark Shadows [2012]” and episodes of “Penny Dreadful.”
1946 – Gloria Gifford, appeared in “Halloween II [1981].”
1943 – Shelley Hack, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “The Stepfather (1987),” “Troll,” “Time After Time” and more.
1938 – Luana Patten, appeared in “Grotesque [1988].”
1927 – Janet Leigh, best known for her role in the classic Alfred Hitchcock horror film, Psycho (1960) also appeared in “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Fog (1980),” “Night of the Lepus,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series” and more.
1925 – John Rich, director of 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1922 – William Schallert, appeared in “Them!,” “Gog,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” “Gremlins,” “The Man from Planet X,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone,” “One Step Beyond,” “Bag of Bones” and more.
1911 – Rudi Fehr, editor for “Dial M for Murder” and “House of Wax [1953].”
DIED ON JULY 6
2022 – Manny Charlton, member of Nazareth, soundtrack for “Heavy Metal [1951]” and “Supernatural – Episode: Crossroad Blues.”
2022 – James Caan, actor in “Lady in a Cage,” “Misery,” “Santa’s Slay,” “Sicilian Vampire,” “The Good Neighbor” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: Memo from Purgatory.”
2020 – Ennio Morricone, composer/music department for “The Phantom of the Opera [1998],” “The Stendhal Syndrome,” “Wolf” “Exorcist II: The Heretic.” “Orca,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,” “White Dog,” “The Island,” “The Thing [1982]” and many more.
2019 – Eddie Jones, appeared in “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “C.H.U.D.,” “The Believers,” “Dark Shadows (1991),” “Mercy” and more.
2019 – Cameron Boyce, appeared in “Mirrors.”
2005 – Evan Hunter, screenwriter for “The Birds,” and 3 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2003 – Buddy Ebsen, appeared in “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery.”
2002 –John Frankenheimer, directed “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and “Prophecy”.
1994 – Cameron Mitchell, known for “The Demon,” “Demon Cop,” “Terror Night,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” Jack-O,” “The Tomb,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Without Warning,” “Screamers,” “The Toolbox Murders,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Nightmare in Wax,” “Blood and Black Lace” and many more.
1991 – Thorley Walters, appeared in “The People That Time Forgot,” “Vampire Circus,” “Trog,” “The Man Who Haunted Himself,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and more.
1943 – Reginald Barlow, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Bride of Frankenstein,” “Werewolf of London” and “the Mad Monster.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 6
Blood Feast (1963)
Asylum [1972] – France
Organ (1996)
Black River (2001)
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JULY 7
BORN ON JULY 7
1968 – Allen Payne, starred in “Vampire in Brooklyn.”
1959 – Billy Campbell, appeared in the 1992 version of “Dracula” and episodes of the TV series “Helix.”
1949 – Shelley Duvall, starred in “The Shining,” “Big Monster on Campus” and “The 4th Floor.”
1928 – Patricia Hitchcock, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, had a brief part as “Caroline” in her father’s film “Psycho [1960].”
1928 – Norman Thaddeus Vane, director/writer for “The Black Room,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Midnight [1988]” and “You’re So Dead.”
1928 – Vince Edwards, appeared in “Return To Horror High” and “Cellar Dweller.”
1927 – Richard Garland, appeared in “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The Undead” and “Panic In Year Zero.”
1925 – Yvonne Mitchell, appeared in “Crucible of Horror,” “Demons of the Mind” and “Queen of Spades.”
1919 – Jon Pertwee, appeared in “The House That Dripped Blood” and “Carry On Screaming.”
1913 – Fred F. Sears, directed “The Giant Claw,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “The Werewolf.”
1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, writer whose novels include “The Puppet Masters.”
1901 – Sam Katzman, produced “Spooks Run Wild,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Werewolf.”
1887 – Raymond Hatton, appeared in the films “The Day the World Ended” and “Invasion of the Saucer Men.”
1860 – Gustav Mahler, appeared in the short “Lenore.”
DIED ON JULY 7
2022 – Gregory Itzin, actor in “Young Goodman Brown,” “Things That Go Bump,” “I Know Who Killed Me,” “Dark, Deadly, Dreadful,” as well as episodes of TV Series “Tales From the Darkside,” “Millenium,” “Wolf Lake” and “12 Deadly Days.”
2022 – Samvel Sahakyan, producer for “Rage [2011].”
2021 – Robert Downey Sr., director for 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
2021 – Chick Vennera, actor in “The Terror Within II,” “Glass Trap” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Beyond Belief.”
2019 – Artur “Atze” Brauner, Producer for “The Brain,” “The Terror of Doctor Mabuse,” “The Monster of London City,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumante,” “The Dead Are Alive” and many more.
1982 – Fred Stuthman who portrayed horror host Jeepers’ Keeper.
1973 – Veronica Lake, appeared in “Flesh Feast” as well as episodes of “Lights Out,” and “Tales of Tomorrow.”
1930 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer for “The Hound of Baskervilles (1959)” and “Tales From the Darkside (1990).”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 7
The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)
Species (1995)
Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998)
Scary Movie (2000)
Tales of Terror and Love (2001)
Adelle (2010)
Alien Incursion (2006)
D4 (2011)
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JULY 8
BORN ON JULY 8
1993 – David Corenswet, actor in “Pearl.”
1982 – Sophia Bush, appeared in “Stay Alive” and “False Positive.”
1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, appeared in “Cursed,” “The Divide,” “Devil’s Gate,” “Static,” “Breaking the Edge,” “Stay Alive” and “Kiss of the Damned”.
1973 – Kathleen Robertson, starred in “Psycho Beach Party,” “The Vatican Tapes,” episodes of “The Bates Motel” and “Scary Movie 2.”
1965 – Corey Parker, appeared in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “I’m Dangerous Tonight” and “Scream For Help.”
1959 – Lori Hallier, known for “My Bloody Valentine (1981),” “Heartstopper,” “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal – TV Series,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” ” Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series,” “Friday the 13th: The Series”, and more.
1958 – Kevin Bacon, appeared in “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Hollow Man,” “Tremors,” “You Should Have Left,” “Stir of Echoes,” “Flatliners” and series “The Following”.
1951 – Angelica Houston, appeared in “Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values.”
1947 – Kim Darby, appeared in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Teen Wolf Too” and “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.”
1938 – Diane Clare, actress in “The Haunting [1963],” “Witchcraft,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Vulture” and “Beast of Morocco.”
1938 – Paul Cronin, appeared in “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.”
1936 – William Cort, appeared in “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.”
1936 – Ralph Strait, appeared in “Halloween III: Season of the Witch”.
1933 – Marty Feldman, played “Igor” in “Young Frankenstein.”
1931 – Della Reese, actress in “Psychic Killer” and soundtrack for “Bates Motel
Episode: Dark Paradise.”
1918 – Craig Stevens appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “The Deadly Mantis” and “The Killer Bees.”
1917 – Glenn Langan, starred in “The Amazing Colossal Man” and “The Andromeda Strain.”
1889 – Lambert Hillyer, directed “The Invisible Ray” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON JULY 8
2022 – Tony Sirico, actor in “Innocent Blood” and the TV Movie “Jersey Shore Shark Attack.”
2022 – Larry Storch, actor in “Without Warning,” “Sweet Sixteen,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Groovie Goolies.”
2021 – Brian Osborne, appeared in an episode of “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Kumar Ramsay, screenwriter for “Guest House,” “Hotel,” “Darwaza – aka “The Door,” “Aur Kaun? – aka “Who Else?” “Dahshat – aka “Terror,” “Purana Mandir – aka “The Old Temple,” “3D Saamri – aka “Satan,” “Dak Bangla – aka “Rest House” and “Saaya.”
2021 – Alfonso Zayas, appeared in “Narcosatanicos diabolicos – aka “Diabolic Narcosatanics,” “Curado de espantos – aka “Curing of Dreads,” “Yo soy la muerte – aka “I Am Death” and “Ahí viene el chupacabras – aka “There Comes the Chupacabras.”
2020 – Naya Marie Rivera, appeared in “At the Devil’s Door” and “Frankenhood.”
2017 – Elsa Martinelli, starred in “Blood and Roses.”
2015 – Irwin Keyes, appeared in “Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong,” “Dream Slashers,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Disturbed,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Oblivion” and more.
2012 – Ernest Borgnine, appeared in “Deadly Blessing,” “Escape From New York,” “The Devil’s Rain,” “Willard [1971]” and many more.
1994 – Dick Sargent, appeared in “The Beast With a Million Eyes,” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” “The Clonus Horror,” “The Eleventh Commandment” and “Rock-A-Die Baby.”
1994 – Robert B. Hauser, director of photography for “Willard [1971],” the TV Movies “The Night Strangler,” “All the Kind Strangers,” “No Place to Hide” and “Someone’s Watching Me!”
1991 – Ben Chapman, production manager for “Invaders From Mars,” “The Giant Gila Monster” and “The Killer Shrews.”
1991 – James Franciscus, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “The Last Shark,” “The Valley of Gwangi” and “Killer Fish.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 8
The Raven (1935)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966)
Phantasm II (1988)
Midnight Mass [2003] – UK
Dark Water (2005)
The Descent (2005) – UK & Ireland
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