JULY 9
BORN ON JULY 9
1971 – Scott Grimes, starred in “Night Life,” “The Lost Tree,” “Critters” and “Critters 2.”
1973 – Enrique Murciano, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “666 Park Avenue.”
1959 – D.H. Peligro, soundtrack for “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror,” “Green Room,” “The Babysitter: Killer Queen” and “Halloween Ends.”
1959 – Kevin Nash, appeared in “Monster Brawl,” “The Manor,” “River of Darkness” and “Slaw.”
1957 – Kelly McGillis, appeared in “Stake Land,” “The Innkeepers” and “Z Nation – TV Series.”
1956 – Tom Hanks, directed the episode of “Tales from the Crypt – None But the Lonely Heart,” appeared in “He Knows You’re Alone” and “Toy Story of Terror.”
1946 – Norbert Weisser, actor in “The Thing [1982],” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Midnight Cabaret,” “Hocus Pocus,” “Infection,” “Cool Air” as well as episodes of “Brimstone” and “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
1945 – Dean R. Koontz, Horror/thriller/sci-fi author wrote such novels as “Watchers,” “Phantoms,” “Night Chills,” “Hideaway,” “Whispers” and many others.
1942 – Richard Roundtree appeared in “Amityville: A New Generation” and “Se7en.”
1940 – Lee Stetson, starred in “Return [1985].”
1927 – Susan Cabot, appeared in “War of the Satellites,” “The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent” and “The Wasp Woman.”
1906 – Elisabeth Lutyens, composer for “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Paranoic,” “The Earth Dies Screaming,” “The Skull,” “Never Take Candy from a Stranger,” “The Psychopath” and “Theatre of Death.”
DIED ON JULY 9
2022 – L.Q. Jones, actor in “The Witchmaker,” “The Brotherhood of Satan,” “The Beast Within,” “Route 666” and the TV Movie “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence.”
2022 – Marta Aura, actress in “El libro de piedra – aka The Book of Stone,” “Hora marcada – Episode: De ángeles y demonios” and “La mujer de Judas – Episode #1.1.”
2019 – Rip Torn, appeared in “Circle of Fear,” “Coma,” “A Stranger Is Watching,” “Scarab,” “Love Object,” and episodes of “Thriller,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2019 – Freddie Jones, actor in “Firestarter,” “The Black Cauldron,” “Old Dracula,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” and many more.
2010 – Vonetta McGee, starred in “Blacula” and the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes.”
2007 – Charles Lane, character actor who appeared in “Dark Shadows – TV Series,” “Strange Invaders,” “Strange Behavior,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Invisible Woman” and many more.
2007 – Jerry Ito, appeared in “Mothra,” “Message From Space” and “The Manster.”
2003 – Elliott Marks, camera department in “King Kong [1976],” “Dead & Buried,” “Body Bags,” “Burnt Offerings” and “Grave of the Vampire.”
2003 – Emile Franchel, appeared in “Horrors of the Black Museum.”
2002 – Rod Steiger, starred in “The Amityville Horror (1979),” “American Gothic” and “Mars Attacks!”
1993 – John Beaird, writer for “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “My Bloody Valentine [2009]” and “Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film.”
1985 – Rafael Campos, appeared in “Lady In a Cage,” “The Astro Zombies” and in the TV series “V.”
1983 – Robert Dawn, was a makeup technician for “Christine,” “Damien: Omen II,” “Death Moon,” “Castle of Evil,” “Psycho [1960]” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 9
House of Exorcism (1976)
Burial Ground (1981) – Italy
Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999) – TV premiere
Predators (2010)
The Beach House [2019]
Triggered (2019)
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JULY 10
BORN ON JULY 10
1998 – Angus Cloud, starred in “Abigail [2024].”
1986 – Wyatt Russell, actor in “We Are What We Are,” “Overlord,” “Shimmer Lake,” “At the Devil’s Door” and 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead: Webisodes.”
1983 – Golshifteh Farahani, actress in “The Night Eats the World.”
1946 – Sue Lyon, actress in “Alligator,” “End of the World” and “Crash!”
1945 – Janet Key, actress in “The Vampire Lovers,” “Dracula A.D.,” “And Now The Screaming Starts!,” “Sharon’s Baby,” as well as episodes of “Worlds Beyond,” “Thriller” and “Department S.”
1945 – Ron Glass, appeared in “Deep Space” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
1942 – Ronnie James Dio, legendary heavy metal singer and worked on the soundtrack for “Lords of Chaos.”
1941 – Robert Pine, appeared in “Munster, Go Home!” “Empire of the Ants,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Mini-Series,” “Independence Day,” “Helter Skelter” and more.
1938 – Tura Satana, appeared in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” “The Astro-Zombies,” “Mark of the Astro-Zombies,” “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned” and “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1933 – Ric Waite, cinematographer for “Best Ribs in Town,” and the TV Movies “Dead of Night,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Triangle.”
1931 – Nick Adams, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Monster Zero” and “Die Monster Die.”
1926 – Fred Gywnne, who played lovable ole “Herman Munster” in the TV Series “The Munsters” and also starred in “Pet Sematary.”
1924 – Charles Kissinger, appeared in “Grizzly,” “The Manitou,” “Abby,” “Asylum of Satan” and “Three on a Meathook.”
1903 – John Wyndham, wrote the novels “Day of the Triffids” and “The Midwich Cuckoos” on which the film “Village of the Damned” was based.
DIED ON JULY 10
2021 – Byron Berline, appeared in “Basic Instinct.”
2019 – Albert Shepherd, appeared in “Quartermass and the Pit” and an episode of “Department S [1979].”
2019 – Denise Nickerson, actress in “Dark Shadows” as Amy Jennings/ Nora Collins/ Amy Collins.
2019 – Valentina Cortese, appeared in “Then Big Scare,” “The Evil Eye” and “Ring of Darkness.”
2014 – Zohra Sehgal, actress in “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1991 – Del Harris, did sound editing and effects for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “Hillbillies In a Haunted House”.
1983 – Paul Blaisdell, created and played in many AIP films for Roger Corman, including “The Beast with a Million Eyes,” “Day the World Ended,” “It Conquered the World,” “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The She-Creature,” “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow” and more.
1963 – John Sutton, appeared in the films “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “The Bat” and “Return of the Fly.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 10
The Devil-Doll [1936]
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard aka “Jack The Ripper” [1972] – Spain
Day of the Animals [1977] – re-release
Escape From New York [1981]
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985]
Universal Soldier [1992]
Home Movie [2008]
Relic [2020]
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JULY 11
BORN ON JULY 11
1984 – Serinda Swan, appeared in “Jinn,” “Revenge Tide,” “Creature,” “Blood Ties,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Beyond Loch Ness – TV Movie.”
1984 – Rachael Taylor, appeared in “666 Park Avenue – TV Series,” “The Darkest Hour,” “Ghost Machine,” “Shutter,” “See No Evil,” “Man-Thing” and more.
1972 – Michael Rosenbaum, appeared in “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”
1966 – Allegra Curtis, appeared in “The Gold of Love” and “Flashback.”
1966 – Mariantonia Avati, script supervisor for “The Childhood Friend,” “The Room Next Door” and “Arcane Sorcerer.”
1956 – Sela Ward, appeared in “The Stepfather [2009],” “The Haunting of Sarah Hardy”, and TV Movie “Child of Darkness, Child of Light.”
1952 – Stephen Lang, appeared in “Don’t Breathe,” “Salem – TV Series,” “The Seventh Day,” “VFW,” “Exeter,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Terra Nova – TV Series,” “Manhunter” and more.
1943 – Tom Holland, directed and wrote the screenplays for “Thinner,” “Fright Night [1985],” and “Child’s Play [1988].” He also had bit parts in the TV min-series “The Stand,” “The Langoliers” and in the film “Psycho II.”
1931 – Tab Hunter, appeared in “Grotesque,” “City in the Sea,” “Sweet Kill,” “Out in the Dark” and more.
1926 – Patrick Wymark, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Repulsion,” “The Skull,” “Children of the Damned,” “The Psychopath” and “The Conqueror Worm.”
1926 – Peter Brandon, appeared in “Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice” and “Altered States.”
1903 – Lothrop B. Worth, cinematographer for “Gog,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and 3-D consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1894 – Benjamin H. Kline, cinematographer on “The Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Giant Claw.”
DIED ON JULY 11
2022 – Monty Norman, soundtrack for the short “A Nightmare on Sesame Street” and composer for “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll [1960].”
2022 – Phillip Lazaro, actor in “Shake, Rattle & Roll XI” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Haplos.”
2021 – Charlie Robinson, actor in “Sugar Hill” and “Beowulf.”
2021 – Jerzy Janeczek, appeared in “The Hourglass Sanatorium.”
2020 – Mary Elizabeth Miller, appeared in “Mystery and Imagination – Episode: The Fall of the House of Usher [1966].”
2016 – Corrado Farina, director/writer/actor for “Hanno cambiato faccia” and “Baby Yaga.”
2016 – Emma Cohen, actress in “Count Dracula,” “Glass Ceiling,” “The Cannibal Man,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “Cross of the Devil” and “Night of the Walking Dead.”
2014 – James Mathers, actor in “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” “Flight 7500,” “Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death” and “Kiss the Abyss.”
2007 – Rod Lauren, appeared in “The Black Zoo” and “The Crawling Hand.”
2007 – Richard Franklin, directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2.”
2006 – Barnard Hughes, starred in “Sisters,” “The Lost Boys,” “Tales from The Crypt” pilot and “Trick or Treat.”
2006 – Karen Mayo-Chandler, actress in “Nightmare Weekend,” “Out of the Dark,” “Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls,” “Hard to Die” and “976-Evil II.”
2004 – Frances Hyland, appeared in “When the Dark Man Calls,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – TV Series,” “Tales of the Haunted,” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Changeling” and more.
1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier, played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula.”
1983 – Guy C. Verhille, costume designer for “Shanks,” “Bug” and “Snowbeast.”
1973 – Robert Ryan, appeared in “The Ghost Breakers.”
1971 – John W. Campbell Jr., writer of the story “Who Goes There?” which the original film “The Thing from Another World,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, and 2011’s remake of “The Thing” were based on.
1965 – Ray Collins, appeared in the episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Conversation Over a Corpse.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 11
Mark of the Devil 666: The Moralist [1995]
Progeny [1998]
Zombiegeddon [2003]
The Butcher [2006]
After Sundown [2006]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008]
Lake Dead [2008]
Dracula in Love [2018]
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JULY 12
BORN ON JULY 12
1989 – Phoebe Tonkin, appeared in “Bait,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Originals – TV Series” and “The Secret Circle – TV Series.”
1984 – Natalie Martinez, starred in “Keep Watching,” “The Stand – TV Series,” “Into the Dark – TV Series” and “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
1980 – Kristen Connolly, appeared in “The Bay,” “The Cabin in the Woods,” “The Whispers – TV Series,” “Evil – TV Series,” and “The Happening.”
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, appeared in “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “The Breed,” “BloodRayne” and “Resident Evil.”
1977 – Steve Howey, starred in “Stan Helsing” and “Day Shift.”
1957 – Taso N. Stavrakis, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Day of the Dead,” “Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh” and “The Control Group.”
1949 – Bernice Stegers, actress in “Macabre [1980],” “Xtro” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1946 – Everett De Roche, screenwriter for “Patrick,” “Long Weekend,” “Road Games,” “Razorback,” “Storm Warning,” “9 Miles Down, “Patrick: Evil Awakens” and more.
1945 – Edwin Neal, appeared in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974],” “Halloween: Harvest of Souls″, “Butcher Boys”, “Holy Hell”, “The Man Who Came Back”, “Shudder”, “Murder Set Pieces,” “Satan’s Playground” and many more.
1943 – Christine McVie – Member of Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Twenty-Sided, Die – song (Don’t Stop}.”
1933 – Donald E. Westlake, screenwriter for “The Stepfather [1987],” “Stepfather II,” “Stepfather III,” “24th Street” and an episode of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown.”
1927 – Jerry Ito, appeared in the films “Mothra,” “Message from Space” and “The Manster.”
1886 – Jean Hersholt, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
1882 – Tod Browning, director, producer, writer for “London After Midnight,” “Dracula,” “Freaks,” “The Devil-Doll” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
DIED ON JULY 12
2022 – Tõnu Saar, actor in “Tear of the Prince of Darkness.”
2021 – Ladislav Potměšil, appeared in “The Great Unknown.”
2020 – Kelly Preston, actress in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Spellbinder” and “Christine.”
2020 – Raymundo Capetillo, appeared in “Bestia nocturna.”
2001 – James Bernard, composer who did music for “Nosferatu [1922],” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and many more.
1973 – Lon Chaney Jr. played all the monsters in Universal’s arsenal, including The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein and many more. He will forever be known for his role of “Lawrence Talbot” in “The Wolf Man”, “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man”, “House of Frankenstein”, “House of Dracula”, “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 12
The Unholy Three [1930]
Mad Love [1935]
Frogs [1974] – Portugal
Slave of the Cannibal God [1978]
Skinner [1993]
Halloween: Resurrection [2002]
Dracula III: Legacy [2005]
Ghouls [2008] – TV Movie
Model Hunger [2016] – USA DVD premiere
Trespassers [2018]
Crawl [2019]
Darlin’ [2019]
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JULY 13
BORN ON JULY 13
1977 – Ashley Scott, appeared in “Summoned”, “Fear Itself – TV Series” and “Evil Remains.”
1972 – Ken Ward, appeared in “The Straun House” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1970 – Jaason Simmons, appeared in “Sharknado,” “3-Headed Shark,” “Bloody Mary,” “Mad Cowgirl,” “The Devil’s Tattoo” and “Frankenstein Reborn!”
1965 – Scott B. Smith, screenwriter for “The Ruins.”
1942 – Harrison Ford, starred in “What Lies Beneath” and the TV Movie “The Possessed.”
1941 – Robert Forster who starred in “Alligator,” “Psycho [1998].”
1940 – Patrick Stewart, starred in “Green Room” and ”Lifeforce.”
1928 – Mace Neufeld, produced the films “Transylvania 6-5000,” “The Funhouse” and “The Omen [1976].”
1927 – Steven Marlo, actor in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Swarm.”
1921 – Kenneth Utt, produced “The Silence of the Lambs”.
1895 – Sidney Blackmer, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Lady and the Monster.”
DIED ON JULY 13
2020 – Grant Masaru Imahara, appeared in “Robocop 2” and an episode of the TV Series “Amazing Stories.”
2019 – Bill Luxton, appeared in 2 episodes of “Strange Paradise [1969].”
2019 – Charles Levin, appeared in episodes of “Tales from the Darkside [1985],” and “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
2019 – Richard Carter, actor in “The Howling III,” and TV movie “The Wicked.”
2013 – Cory Monteith appeared in “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Hybrid,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Final Destination 3″ and “Bloody Mary.”
2012 – Richard D. Zanuck, legendary producer of such films as “Jaws,” “Jaws 2,″ “Sssssss,” “Dark Shadows,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and more.
2007 – Michael Reardon, appeared in “Cabin Fever”.
1954 – Irving Pichel, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed the film “Destination Moon”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 13
The Ghost of Rashmon Hall [1948]
The Lost World [1960]
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes [1963] – El Paso, TX
Hands of The Ripper [1971]
Hunchback of the Morgue [1973] – Spain
Splatter University [1984]
The Invisible Maniac [1990]
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion [1996]
Vampire Clan [2002]
Dead End Massacre [2004]
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy [2007] – France
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JULY 14
BORN ON JULY 14
1981 – Teri Reeves, actress in “Island Zero.”
1970 – Nina Siemaszko, appeared in “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Darkling,” “The Hatred,” “Sawbones,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, portrayed “Freddy Krueger” in the remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” appeared in “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence”, and more.
1952 – Joel Silver, producer whose credits include “Predator,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Ghost Ship [2002],” “Orphan” and many more.
1939 – Sid Haig, starred in “Spider Baby,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “House of 1000 Corpses” “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1931 – Helga Liné, actress in “The Blancheville Monster,” “Nightmare Castle,” “Exorcism’s Daughter,” “Horror Express,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “The Dracula Saga,” “The Killer Dolls,” “The Mummy’s Revenge” and more.
1926 – Harry Dean Staton, appeared in “Alien,” “Escape from New York,” “The Green Mile” and “Alien Autopsy.”
1924 – Val Avery, appeared in original “Amityville Horror” and “Too Scared to Scream.”
1920 – Norman Warwick, director of photography for “Torture Garden,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “The Godsend,” “The Doctor and the Devils” and 4 episodes of “Hammer House of Horror.”
1918 – Ingmar Bergman, director and writer for “Hour of the Wolf,”
1918 – Larry Reynolds, actor in “Virus,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Killer Workout,” episodes of “War of the Worlds” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1911 – Terry Thomas, appeared in “Things to Come,” “Munster, Go Home” and “The Abominable Dr. Phibes.”
1910 – William Hanna, Director/Producer/Writer of Hanna-Barbera Productions and created Scooby-Doo.
1904 – Zita Johann, starred as “Helen Grosvenor/Princess Anckesen-Amon” in the 1932 version of “The Mummy” and appeared in the film “Raiders of the Living Dead.”
DIED ON JULY 14
2022 – William Hart, soundtrack for “Them – Episode: Day 3.”
2022 – Germano Longo, actor in “The Murder Clinic.”
2021 – Don Jurwich, producer for episodes of the TV Series “Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo” as well as the TV Movie “Scooby Goes to Hollywood.”
2020 – Gaylyn Görg, appeared in “RoboCop 2.”
2019 – Rony Bridges, appeared in “Jemima: Photographic Trophy.”
2019 – Karl Shiels, acted in “Stitches.”
2016 – Alvin Greenman, script supervisor for “Dead & Buried” and appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
2006 – June Carr, directed “Burning Hell” and “The Monster and The Stripper”.
2006 – Carrie Nye, appeared in “Too Scared to Scream” and “Creepshow”.
2000 – Meredith MacRae, appeared in “The Werewolf of Woodstock,” “Earthbound” and “Vultures”.
1970 – Preston Foster, appeared in “Doctor X” and “The Time Travelers”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 14
The Swarm [1978]
Hobgoblins [1988]
Nightmare Beach [1989] – Milan, Italy
The Atomic Space Bug [1999]
Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2001] – Trieste International Science Fiction Film Festival
Supergator [2007]
Found [2012] – Bloomington, IN – premiere
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JULY 15
BORN ON JULY 15
1994 – Sarah Desjardins, appeared in “Van Helsing – TV Series,” “Into the Grizzly Maze” and “Supernatural – TV Series.”
1981 – Taylor Kinney, appeared in “The Forest,” “Furnace” and the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries.”
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, appeared in “Gods and Monsters,” “Raising Cain” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1961 – Forest Whitaker, starred in “The Body Snatchers” and “Species”.
1952 – Terry O’Quinn, starred in “The Stepfather [1987]” appeared in “Silver Bullet,” the TV series “The X-Files,” “666 Park Avenue,” “Millennium” and more.
1951 – Jesse Ventura, appeared in “Predator” and “Repossessed.”
1948 – Richard Franklin, directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2.”
1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, appeared in many film and TV shows including “Ice Cream Man,” “Abducted II: The Reunion,” “Xtro II: The Second Encounter,” “Haunting Fear,” “Alienator,” “Damnation Alley” and more.
1938 – Larry Cohen, directed the films “Q,” “It’s Alive,” “A Return To Salem’s Lot,” created the series “The Invaders.”
1933 – Guido Crepax, writer/actor for “Baby Yaga [1973].”
1927 – Joe Turkel, appeared in “The Shining” and “Tormented.”
1925 – Philip Carey, appeared in “Scream of the Wolf” and “The Kolchak” episodes that were made into the TV movie “Crackle of Death.”
1908 – Howard Vernon, actor in “The Awful Dr. Orlof,” “The Diabolical Dr. Z,” “Only a Coffin,” “Succubus,” “The Blood Rose,” “The Invisible Dead,” “Daughter of Dracula,” “Zombie Lake,” “Howl of the Devil” and more.
1895 – Sidney Hickox, cinematographer for “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Gorilla” and “Them!”
DIED ON JULY 15
2022 – Prathap Pothen, actor in “Ezra [2017].”
2021 – William F. Nolan, screenwriter for “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Turn of the Screw,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy of Terror II” and appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows.”
2020 – Maurice Roëves, appeared in “The Dark,” The Sight” and “The Nightmare Man.”
2017 – Martin Landau, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow [1999],” “Alone in the Dark,” “Without Warning,” “The Being,” episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and more.
2008 – Heather Ames, actress in “Blood of Dracula” and “How to Make a Monster.”
2007 – Kieron Moore, starred in “Dr. Blood’s Coffin,” “Day of The Triffids” and “Crack in The World.”
1990 – Alison Leggatt, actress in “Nevet Take Candy from a Stranger” and “The Day of the Triffids.”
1987 – Alfie Bass, appeared in “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”
1983 – Eddie Foy Jr., appeared in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1980 – Norman Stevans, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The She-Creature,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “War of the Satellites,” “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,” “The Swarm” and more.
1969 – Peter van Eyck, starred in the film “The Brain,” a remake of “Donovan’s Brain.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 15
The Black Room [1935]
It Conquered the World [1956]
Kwaidan [1965] – USA premiere
Vampyros Lesbos [1971] – Hollywood – premiere
Shock Waves [1977]
Orca [1977]
Mountaintop Motel Massacre [1983]
The Bloody Ape [1997]
Reality Check [2002]
The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting [2003]
Insanitarium [2008]
The Conjuring [2013]
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