AUGUST 13
BORN ON AUGUST 13
1983 – Sebastian Stan, appeared in “The Covenant” and “The Apparition.”
1972 – Crystal Allen, appeared in “Ghost Storm,” “Anacondas: Trail of Blood” and “Anaconda III.”
1952 – Prathap Pothen, actor in “Ezra [2017].”
1941 – Allen S. Epstein, producer for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “I, Desire” and the TV Mini-Series “It.”
1935 – Abe Polsky, producer/writer for “The Baby [1973].”
1920 – Neville Brand, appeared in “The Psychic Killer,” “Eaten Alive” and the TV movie “Killdozer.”
1909 – John Beal, appeared in “The Vampire,” “Amityville 3D” and the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
1899 –Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Great Master of Suspense, directed such films as “Psycho,” “The Birds,” “Frenzy,” “North By Northwest,” “Vertigo,” “Rope,” “Strangers on a Train” and many more.
DIED ON AUGUST 13
2022 – Denise Dowse, actress in “Killer Rats,” “The Call,” “A Cloud So High” and “The X-Files – Episode: Plus One.”
2022 – Robyn Griggs, actress in “Minds of Terror,” “Zombiegeddon,” “Dead Clowns,” “Final Curtain,” “Slashers Gone Wild,” “The Absence of Light,” “Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation,” “Hellweek” and more.”
2020 – Giancarlo Ferrando, cinematographer for “Troll 2,” “House of Lost Souls,” “American Rickshaw,” “Devil Fish,” “The Great Alligator,” “Slave of the Cannibal God,” “Torso,” “All the Colors of the Dark” and more.”
2019 – Lily Leung Shun-Yin, appeared in “Fatal Obsession.”
2004 – Martin Becker, special effects for “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “Friday the 13th the New Blood,” “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “April Fool’s Day [1986],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare.”
1999 – Charles Macaulay appeared in “The House of Seven Corpses,” “The Twilight People” and “Blacula”.
1986 – Helen Mack, appeared in “Son of Kong”.
1984 – Alberto Lupo, appeared in “The Atom Age Vampire”.
1948 – Edwin Maxwell, actor in “The Gorilla,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Night of Terror” and “The 9th Guest.”
1946 – H.G. Wells, author of such classic novels as “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Shape of Things to Come,” “The Time Machine,” “The War of the Worlds,” “The Food of the Gods,” “Empire of the Ants,” all of which have been adapted into films, some of them multiple times.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 13
Man of a Thousand Faces [1957] – New York City premiere
Yongary, Monster from the Deep [1967]
Targers [1968]
The Land That Time Forgot [1975]
Futureworld [1976]
Friday the 13th Part III [1982]
Braindead aka Dead Alive [1992] – New Zealand
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [1993]
Terror Toons [2002]
Freddy vs. Jason [2003]
Operation: Nazi Zombies [2003] – TV Premiere
Alien vs Predator [2004]
Gozu [2004] – Los Angeles
Sinister Visons [2013] – Doylestown, PA – premiere
Megalodon [2018] – TV Movie
Swim [2021] – DVD premiere
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AUGUST 14
BORN ON AUGUST 14
1983 – Mila Kunis, starred in “American Psycho II: All American Girl,” “Piranha [1995]” and “Milo.”
1968 – Ben Bass, appeared in “Night Visions – TV Series,” “The Hunger – TV Series,” “Bride of Chucky” and “Forever Knight – TV Series.”
1966 – Halle Berry, starred in “Gothika,” “The Call” and “Dark Tide.”
1959 – Stephen Sachs, stuntman for “The Dorm That Dripped Blood.”
1957 – Tony Moran, portrayed “Michael Myers” in “Halloween [1978]” and was also in “Death House,” “Clown Motel: Spirits Arise” and more.
1950 – Jim Wynorski, director of “Chopping Mall,” “The Return of Swamp Thing,” “Transylvania Twist,” “976-Evil II,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Vampirella,” “The Bare Wench Project” and many more.
1946 – Antonio Fargas, appeared in the “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV Series and the films “Firestarter” and “Howling VI.”
1926 – Alice Ghostley, appeared in “Blue Sunshine”, and played ‘Granny” in “Addams Family Reunion”.
1924 – Eduardo Fajardo, appeared in “Nightmare City,” “Lisa and the Devil,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Evil Eye,” “Cross of the Devil,” “La Llorona [1960],” “Oasis of the Zombies” and “The Murder Mansion.”
1920 – Nehemiah Persoff, appeared in “The Power,” “The Psychic Killer” and in the 1973 TV movie “Dracula.”
1909 – Angela Clarke, actress in “House of Wax [1953],” “Nightmare Honeymoon” and an episode in the TV Show “The Outer Limits.”
1906 – Irving Lande, casting director for “Willard [1971],” “Ben,” “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.”
1901 – George Worthing Yates, screenwriter for “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “Them!”
1901 – J. Peverell Marley, cinematographer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954].”
DIED ON AUGUST 14
2022 – Marshall Napier, actor in “Little Monsters [2019],” “The Clinic,” “13 Gantry Row – TV Movie,” “Panic at Rock Island – TV Movie” and the TV Series “The Beast.”
2021 – Francis Mossman, actor in “The Richmond Family Massacre.”
2020 – Ash Christian, producer for “Stranger in the House,” “Show Yourself” and “Kindred Spirits.”
2014 – Madeleine Collinson, appeared “Twins of Evil.”
2012 – Ron Palillo, appeared in “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Hellgate” and “Trees 2: The Root of All Evil.”
1987 – Sydney Bromley, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Prehistoric Women” and “An American Werewolf in London”.
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Black Cat [1941]” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge”.
1984 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted” on which the film “The Old Dark House” is based.
1982 – Patrick Magee appeared in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Asylum,” “Dementia 13,″ “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Monster Club” and “A Clockwork Orange”.
1972 – Eddie Carmel, starred in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”.
1970 – Steve Darell, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and “Tarantula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 14
It! The Terror from Beyond Space [1958] – New York City – premiere
Witchfinder General [1968] – New York City
Deadly Blessing [1981]
The House by the Cemetery [1981]
The Monster Squad [1987]
Single White Female 1992
Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1996]
Vengeance of the Dead [2001]
Unearthed [2004]
Bikini Girls on Ice [2009]
District 9 [2009]
Psychopath [2009]
Grace [2009] – USA limited
Raven [2009] – Los Angeles
The Id Proxy [2009]
Shark Exorcist [2015]
Show Yourself [2016]
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AUGUST 15
BORN ON AUGUST 15
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, starred in “Mother!” and “House at the End of the Street.”
1985 – Emily Kinney, starred in “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, starred in “Why?” “Species,” “Species II,” “Species III,” “Ghosts of Mars” and the TV series “The Secret Circle.”
1972 – Ben Affleck appeared in “Phantoms,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
1970 – Anthony Anderson, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Scary Movie 3 & 4″ and “Urban Legends: Final Cut.”
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, composer for “Bug Buster” and songwriter for “Fright Night [1985] – Give It Up.”
1950 – Gaylen Ross, in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Madman” and “Creepshow.”
1936 – Pat Priest, played “Marilyn Munster” on the series “The Munsters,” and appeared in the film “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant.”
1933 – Lori Nelson, starred in “Revenge of the Creature,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Naked Monster.”
1929 – Gordon Russell, wrote for the original “Dark Shadows” and wrote the screenplay for “House of Dark Shadows.”
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, director for “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Witches [1990],” “Don’t Look Now,” cinematographer for “Masque of the Red Death” and “Dr. Crippen.”
1928 – Nosher Powell, appeared in “The Legend of Spider Forest” and an episode of the TV Series “Department S.”
1919 – Huntz Hall, directed “Spooks Run Wild” and “Ghosts on the Loose.”
1903 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” the 1932 version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “War of the Worlds.”
1900 – Steve Carruthers, had uncredited rolls in “She Devil,” “House of Wax [1953],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “Them!,” TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1897 – Aben Kandel, writer for “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula,” “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “The Headless Ghost,” “How to Make a Monster,” “Konga,” “Black Zoo,” “Berserk,” “Trog” and more.
DIED ON AUGUST 15
2022 – Steve Grimmett – former singer of the 80s metal band Grim Reaper, composer/singer for the music videos “See You In Hell,” “Fear No Evil” and “Rock You To Hell” and more.”
2021 – Gianfranco D’Angelo, appeared in “Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba – aka I Zombie, You Zombie, She Zombie.”
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Amityville: Dollhouse,” “The X-Files – TV Series” and “Terror in the Shadows.”
2007 – Anthony Carras, producer of “Comedy of Terrors” and “Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”.
1996 – Joe Seneca, appeared in “Friday the 13th – TV Series and “The Blob” remake.
1988 – Ronald Stein, composer for “Spider Baby” and “The Haunted Palace.”
1979 – William Schramm, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 15
The Phantom of the Opera [1962]
Horror Castle [1963]
Targets [1968]
Manhunter [1986]
The Fly [1986]
Event Horizon [1997]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1992]
Freddy vs Jason [2003]
Mutation [2006]
Snakes on a Train [2006]
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer [2007] – USA limited
Mirrors [2008]
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AUGUST 16
BORN ON AUGUST 16
1991 – Evanna Lynch, appeared in the TV Series “Apex.”
1988 – Rumer Willis, starred in “The Ganzfeld Haunting,” “Sorority Row” and “From Within.”
1985 – Agnes Bruckner, appeared in “Occult,” “The Pact,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut,” “Blood and Chocolate,” “The Woods,” “Venom,” episodes of the TV Series “The Returned,” and more.
1982 – Cam Gigandet, appeared in “Priest,” “Pandorum,” “The Unborn”, “Tenement,” and “Assimilate.”
1960 – Timothy Hutton, appeared in “The Dark Half,” “Secret Window,” and episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House.”
1958 – Rachel Talalay, producer/director for “Ghost in The Machine,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series” and more.
1958 – Angela Bassett, appeared in “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Lazarus Child,” “Critters 4” and episodes of “American Horror Story.”
1954 – James Cameron, producer/writer/director some include “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Piranha II: The Spawning,” “The Abyss” and more.
1953 – Caitlin O’Heaney, appeared in “Late Phases,” “Wolfen,” “He Knows You’re Alone” and “Savage Weekend.”
1948 – Mirta Miller, actress in “Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf,” “Count Dracula’s Great Love,” “Vengeance of the Zombies,” “Eyeball” and “Bloody Sex.”
1942 – George Eastman, writer for “Metamorphiosis,” “Absurd,” “The Great Alligator,” “Anthropophagus II,” appeared in the previous plus “Delirium,” “StageFright,” “Baby Yaga” and more.”
1937 – Lorraine Gary, appeared in “Jaws,” “Jaws 2″ and “Jaws the Revenge.”
1934 – Neil T. Maffeo, producer for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within,” “The Intruder Within” and production manager for “The Night Stalker.”
1933 – Julie Newmar, starred in “Deep Space,” “Evils of the Night” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1930 – Robert Culp starred in “The Demon with the Glass Hand” episode of the original “Outer Limits” TV show and “Santa’s Slay,” “The Chill Factor” and the film “Silent Night, Deadly Night 3.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original “Frankenstein.”
1899 – Glenn Strange who played the “Frankenstein Monster” in the later Universal horror films such as “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
1895 – W. Howard Greene, cinematographer for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Climax.”
1882 – Dick Rush, appeared in “Murder by the Clock,” “The Thirteenth Guest,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Secret of the Blue Room” and “Black Magic.”
DIED ON AUGUST 16
2020 – Bahman Mofid, appeared in “Ghoul [1973].”
2019 – Peter Fonda, “Spirits of the Dead,” “Race With the Devil,” “Dance With Dwarfs,” “Spasms,” “Nadja,” and “Ghost Rider.”
2015 – David A. Prior, director and writer for “Killer Workout,” Sledgehammer,” “Mutant Species,” “Night Trap,” “Night Claw,” “Zombie Wars,” “Night Wars” and “The Lost Platoon.”
2004 – Acquanetta, played “The Ape Woman” in both “Jungle Captive” and “Captive Wild Woman,” also co-starred in “The Lost Continent” and “Dead Man’s Eyes.”
2002 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in the Cage,” “Something Evil,” “The Premonition,” episodes of “The Outer Limits,” and more.
1998 – Phil Leeds, actor in “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie,” “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1994 – John Hawker, actor in “The Toolbox Murders” and “Lisa.”
1993 – Stewart Granger, starred in “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1972].”
1992 – Malcolm Atterbury, actor in “The Birds,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Blood of Dracula,” “How to Make a Monster” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1956 – Bela Lugosi, starred in “Dracula,” “The Wolf Man,” “The Phantom Creeps,” “Island of Lost Souls,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “White Zombie,” “The Black Cat,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Raven,” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 16
The Unholy Three [1925]
The Bride [1985]
The Return of the Living Dead [1985]
The Borrower [1991] – Chicago
Bordello of Blood [1996]
The Fan [1995]
The Sisters [2004]
Dementia: An Experiment in Terror [2006]
The Slasher [2009]
HazMat [2013]
Nightmare Shark [2018] – TV Movie
Sharkenstein [2016]
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AUGUST 17
BORN ON AUGUST 17
1994 – Taissa Farmiga, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “50 States of Fright – TV Series,” “The Nun” and “The Final Girls.”
1982 – Mark Salling, appeared in “The Graveyard” and “Children of the Corn: The Gathering.”
1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, appeared in, “The Sixth Sense,” “Dead Silence” and “Saw II, III & IV.”
1968 – Helen McCrory, appeared in “Interview with a Vampire,” “Frankenstein – TV Movie,” “Penny Dreadful – TV Series” and “The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.”
1961 – Ashlie Rhey, appeared in “Pot Zombies 2: More Pot, Less Plot,” “Dead Country,” “Cannibal Taboo,” “No Rest for the Wicked,” “Witchcraft 7: Judgement Hour,” “Body Count,” The Summoned” and more.
1959 – Kate McNeil, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row,” “Monkey Shines” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Them.”
1951 – Robert Joy, appears in “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Land of the Dead,” “Resurrection,” “Amityville 3-D,” and more.
1949 – Bub Asman, editor for “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou,” “Three on a Meethook,” “Abby” and “The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow.”
1946 – Shane Briant, appeared in “Straight on Till Morning,” ”Demons of the Mind,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
1943 – Robert De Niro, starred in “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Hide and Seek,” “Red Lights,” “Angel Heart,” and episodes of “100 Years of Horror.”
1930 – Glenn Corbett appeared in “Homicidal” and made appearances in the TV shows “Night Gallery,” and “Manimal.”
1923 – Julius Harris, appeared in “King Kong [1976],” “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Crimewave,” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence,” “Shrunken Heads,” “Full Moon High” and more.
1918 – Evelyn Ankers, appeared in the Universal films “The Wolf Man,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 17
2022 – Motomu Kiyokawa, voice actor in “Vampire D” as well as the TV Series “Hellsing (2001-2002)” and “Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012).”
2021 – Thierry Liagre, actor in “Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse.”
2004 – Kathy Lutz, who lived in the house in Amityville which she and her family proclaimed to be haunted, on which the book and movie, the “Amityville Horror” was based.
1995 – Helen Christie, she appeared in “Lust for a Vampire” and “Rasputin: The Mad Monk.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 17
The Man They Could Not Hang [1939]
The Soul of a Monster [1944]
Cry of the Werewolf [1944]
Lost Continent [1951]
Dreamscape [1984]
The Exorcist III [1990]
The Cell [2000] – Century City, CA premiere
Biker Zombies [2001]
Red Water [2003] – TV Movie
Dead Moon Rising [2007] – Fright Night Film Festival
The Invasion [2007]
Krampus: The Christmas Devil [2013]
Down a Dark Hall [2018]
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich [2018]
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AUGUST 18
BORN ON AUGUST 18
1991 – David Gale, played Dr. Hill in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator.”
1969 – Christian Slater, who has starred in the films “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Hollow Man II,” “Alone in The Dark” and “Interview with the Vampire.”
1968 – Griffin Drew, starred in “The Bare Wench Project,” and “Dinosaur Island.”
1968 – Julie K. Smith, appeared in “The Bare Wench Project”, the 1995 remake of “The Wasp Woman” as well as “Sorceress II: the Temptress”.
1951 – Teri McMinn, starred in the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Butcher Boys.”
1946 – Jenny Runacre, actress in “The Burning Baby,” “The Witches [1990],” “Three Dangerous Ladies,” “Spectre – TV Movie,” “Son of Dracula” and “The Creeping Flesh.”
1936 – Robert Redford, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1933 – Roman Polanski, directed such films as “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Tenant” and “The Fearless Vampire Killers” and “The Ninth Gate”.
1923 – Katherine Victor, appeared in “Mesa of Lost Women,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Invasion of the Animal People,” “Teenage Zombies,” “House of Black Death,” “The Cape Canaveral Monsters,” “Curse of the Stone Hand” and “Creature of the Walking Dead.”
1922 – Shelly Winters, appeared in “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
DIED ON AUGUST 18
2022 – Josephine Tewson, actress in “The Hound of Baskerviles” and an episode of “Thriller.”
2022 – Robert Q. Lovett, editor for “Violent Midnight,” “Just Before Dawn” and the TV Movie “Strays.”
2022 – Sombat Metanee, appeared in “Kraithong – aka The Legend of the Crocodile,” “Magic Killer,” “The Tiger Devil,” “Lang nu – aka The Wolf Girl” and “Krasue Sao – aka Ghost of Guts Eater.”
2022 – Tom Palmer, comic book artist/writer for “Tomb of Dracula [1980].”
2020 – Ben Cross, appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows,” “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Wicked Little Things,” “Species: The Awakening,” “Dark Shadows [1991],” “The Unholy [1988] and many more.
2019 – Encarna Paso, appeared in “Glass Ceiling.”
1991 – David Gale, starred in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator.”
1973 – Frank Mills, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939[,” “You’ll Find Out,” “Woman Who Came Back,” “The Black Castle,” “The Little Shop of Horrors [1960]” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1970 – Soledad Miranda, appeared in “She Killed in Ecstasy,” “Vampyros Lesbos,” “Count Dracula,” “Nightmares Come at Night” and “Sound of Horror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 18
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave [1971]
Godzilla [2000]
The Cell [2000]
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies [2001]
Snakes on A Plane [2006]
6-Headed Shark Attack [2018]
Open 24 Hours [2018]
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AUGUST 19
BORN ON AUGUST 19
1980 – Darius Campbell, producer for “House Red.”
1978 – Michelle Borth, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Trespassers,” “The Sisterhood,” “Silent Warnings,” “Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders” and “Komodo vs. Cobra.”
1972 – Greg Bryk, appeared in “Saw V,” Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Rabid,” “Blood Ties,” “Red: Werewolf Hunter,” “Grindstone Road,” “Bloodthirsty” and the TV Series “V-Wars.”
1965 – Kevin Dillion, starred in “The Blob [1988].” and “Out for Blood,” and “Tales from The Crypt” episode entitled “House of Horror.”
1963 – Darcy DeMoss, appeared in “666: Devilish Charm,” “666: Kreepy Kerry,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Pale Blood,” “Night Life,” “Return to Horror High” and “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI.”
1961 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
1959 – Steve Grimmett – former singer of the 80s metal band Grim Reaper, composer/singer for the music videos “See You In Hell,” “Fear No Evil” and “Rock You To Hell” and more.”
1956 – Adam Arkin, appeared in “Halloween H2O” and “Full Moon High.”
1955 – Peter Gallagher, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and the film “Mother’s Boys.”
1938 – Diana Muldaur, appeared in “The Other [1972]” and “Chosen Survivors.”
1933 – Debra Paget appeared in “The Haunted Palace” and “Tales of Terror.”
1926 – Angus Scrimm, best known for portraying “The Tall Man” in the “Phantasm” series of films, he also appeared in “Chopping Mall,” “Wishmaster” and more.
1924 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “The Boston Strangler,” “Abby” and “Dinosaur Valley Girls.”
1903 – Claude Dauphin, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue”.
1899 – Olga Baclanova, appeared in “Freaks.”
1894 – Harvey B. Dunn, appeared in “Teenagers from Outer Space,” “Night of the Ghouls” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON AUGUST 19
2021 – Shin’ichi Chiba, director/producer for “Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi – aka Remains: Beautiful Heroes,” actor in “Wolf Guy” and “Virus: The End.”
2019 – James Riley Alexander, sound department for “The Car,” “Jaws 2,” “Ghost Story,” “Nightmares,” “Psycho II,” and “The Guardian.”
2016 – Jack Riley, appeared in “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Room 6.”
2012 – Tony Scott, directed “The Hunger [1983],” “The Hunger – TV Series” and producer for “Tell Tale.”
2011 – Jimmy Sangster, was a writer/producer/director of such films as “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “Lust for a Vampire”, “Fear in the Night”, “The Crawling Eye,” “The Curse of Frankenstein”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Mummy”, “The Brides of Dracula”, “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and many more films.
2005 – Mel Welles, starred in “Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy,” “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The She Beast” and the original “Little Shop of Horrors”.
1991 – Oliver Drake, wrote the screenplays for “The Mummy’s Curse” and “The Feathered Serpent”.
1987 – Hayden Rorke appeared in “The Night Walker” and “When Worlds Collide”.
1984 – George Meeker, appeared in “The Invisible Monster,” and “Dead Man’s Eyes”.
1961 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “War of the Worlds,” “Island of Lost Souls” [1933] and “The Unholy Three” [1930].
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 19
The Horror of It All [1963] – Phoenix
Aenigma [1987] – Portugal
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1988]
Dead Doll [2004]
Red Eye [2005]
Fright Night [2011]
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