AUGUST 20

BORN ON AUGUST 20

1982 – Meghan Ory, appeared in “Dark House”, “Nightmare”, “Vampire High [TV Series].”

1974 – Misha Collins, is best known for portraying “Castiel” in “Supernatural [TV Series].”

1974 – Amy Adams, appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series]” and “Psycho Beach Party.”

1953 – Peter Horton, appeared in “Children of the Corn,” “Fade to Black,” and starred in the TV show “Brimstone.”

1949 – Patrick Kilpatrick, actor in “The Toxic Avenger,” “The Cellar,” “Class of 1999,” “Scanner Cop II,” “The Granny,” “The Confessional,” “The Zombinator,” “7 Faces of Jack the Ripper” and more.”

1947 – Ray Wise, appeared in “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales”, “Big Ass Spider!”, “Chillerama”, “Jeepers Creepers II”, “The Crow”, “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces [TV Series]”, “Robocop” “Tone-Deaf” and many more.

1943 – Sylvester McCoy appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Slumber,” and “Conjuring: The Book of the Dead.”

1937 – Anthony Ainley appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” and “The Land That Time Forgot.”

1933 – Ted Donaldson, appeared in 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”

1925 – William B. Jurgensen, cinematographer for “Arnold [1973]” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”

1915 – Tom Duggan who appeared in “Frankenstein 1970.”

1909 – André Morell,  starred in “Quaternmass and the Pit,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Plague of the Zombies” and “The Giant Behemoth.”

1907 – André Morell, who appeared in the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Shroud.”

1890 – H.P. Lovecraft many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].

DIED ON AUGUST 20

2022 – Leon Vitali, actor in “Terror of Frankenstein,” “Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein” and the short “Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave.”

2021 – Matilde Vilariño, voice dubbing for “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein” and “Leonor, The Devil’s Mistress.”

2021 – Nino D’Agata, actor in “Endless Dark.”

2019 – Alexandra Ivanovna Nazarova, actress in “Night Watch.”

2019 – Frederick B. Reyes, appeared in “Howlers [2018].”

2013 – Ted Post, director for “Nightkill,” “The Baby,” “Five Desperate Women – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”

2012 – Phyllis Diller, appeared in “Casper’s Scare School”, “The Boneyard”, “Doctor Hackenstein”, “Tales from the Darkside [TV Series]”, “Night Gallery [TV Series]”, “Mad Monster Party?” and more.

2001 – Kim Stanley, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Inner Sanctum” and “Night Gallery.”

2001 – Walter Reed who appeared in the films “Flying Disc Men from Mars” and “How to Make a Monster”.

1984 – Roy Whybrow, special effects for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Nobody Ordered Love,” “The Legend of Hell House” and “Frankenstein: The True Story.”

1974 – Ilona Massey who portrayed “Baroness Elsa Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 20

Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? [1969]
The House of the Laughing Windows [1976]

Teaching Mrs. Tingle [1999]
Universal Soldier: The Return [1999]

Blood: The Last Vampire [2001] – Portugal
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula [2001]
Exorcist: The Beginning [2004]
Open Water [2004]
Jingles the Clown [2009]
Piranha 3D [2010]

Found Footage 3D [2016]

Hoax [2019]

Random Acts of Violence [2019]

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AUGUST 21

BORN ON AUGUST 21

1992 – RJ Mitte, actor in “The Recall,” “The Unseen,” “House of Last Things” and “Stump.”

1989 – Hayden Panettiere, appeared in “Scream 4” and “Scream VI.”

1975 – Alicia Witt who appeared in “Urban Legend” and episodes of the TV series “Supernatural,” “The Exorcist,” “Lore,” and “The Walking Dead.”

1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss appeared in “Disturbia,” “The Bye Bye Man,” “Silent Hill: Revelation,” “Frankenstein [2015],” “Fido,” and “Terrified.”

1963 – Richmond Arquette, actor in “Halloween [2007],” “Scream 3,” “The Tripper,” “Rift,” “Mexican Devil” and the TV Movie “Legion.”

1961 – Mitchell Anderson, actor in “All-American Murder,” “Deadly Dreams,” “Jaws: The Revenge” and an episode of “The Hitchhiker.”

1956 – Kim Cattrall, appeared in “Modern Vampires,” “Split Second” and episodes of “Creature” and “The Outer Limits.”

1945 – Patricia McCormak played in “The Bad Seed,” “Bug” and “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back.”

1944 – Peter Weir, director/writer for “The Cars That Ate Paris” and the TV Movie “The Plumber.”

1943 – Lino Capolicchio, actor in “The House with Laughing Windows” and “Il signor Diavolo – aka Mr. Devil.”

1920 – Earl Rowe played in “The Blob [1958].”

1912 – Paul Landres directed films “The Return of Dracula,” “The Flame Barrier,” and “The Vampire.”

1900 – Roland Culver, actor in “Dead of Night [1945],” “Fragment of Fear,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “The Uncanny” and 2 episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected.”

1895 – Marie Blake, who was best known for her role of “Grandmama Addams” in “The Addams Family [TV Series].” She also appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue,” “She Devil,” and countless other films.

DIED ON AUGUST 21

2022 – Stuart Anstis – Former Guitarist for Cradle of Filth, appeared in the music video “Cradle of Filth: From the Cradle to Enslave.”

2022 – Vincent Gil, actor in “Body Belt,” “Voyage Into Fear” and “Razor Eaters.”

2021 – Masaya Nihei, actor in “Mothra” and “Gorath.”

2021 – Phil Valentine, appeared in “Benedictine the Mad Monk – Episode: Taste the Blood of Dracula.”

2000 – John Hayes, directed “Grave of the Vampire” and “Dream No Evil,”.

1988 – Jerry Warren, produced/wrote/directed the films “Teenage Zombies,” “Manbeast” and “The Incredible Petrified World,” and who Americanized many Mexican horror films.

1987 – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, composer for “Gorgo [1961],” “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “Queens of Evil,” “Goliath and the Vampires,” “Something Creeping in the Dark” and “Hypnosis.”

1981 – Eddie Byrne, appeared in “Jack the Ripper” [1959], “The Mummy” [1959] and “Island of Terror”.

1974 – Dan Dowling, uncredited actor in “The Seventh Victim” and “House of Wax [1953].”

1958 – Kurt Neumann, directed “The Fly [1958],” “She Devil,” “Secret of the Blue Room,” “Kronos” and writer/treatment for “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Return of the Vampire” and “She Devil.”

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 21

The Seventh Victim [1943]

The Haunting [1963]
An American Werewolf in London [1981] – Italy
Blade [1998]
Carnival of Souls [1998] – Italy
Devil in the Flesh [1998] – USA TV premiere
Reptilian aka Reptile [2001] – USA video premiere
The Risen [2004]
Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep [2005]
Rising Dead [2007]
The Minstrel Killer [2009]

Lost After Dark [2015]

Ready or Not [2019]

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AUGUST 22

BORN ON AUGUST 22

1984 – Katie Stuart, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Returned – TV Series” and the TV Movie “Intensity.”

1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, appeared in “The Resort,” “Ghost in the Machine” and “The People Under the Stairs.”

1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, appeared in “The Thing [2011]” and “The Mummy Returns.”

1965- Courtney Gains, appeared in “Halloween [2007],” “Candy Corn,” “Mimesis”, “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “The ‘Burbs,” “Alien Encounter”, “King Cobra” “Children of the Corn,” and more.

1958 – Colm Feore, appeared in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Prodigy,” “Highwaymen,” and episodes of “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Outer Limits,” “Lore,” “Friday the 13th: The Series,” and War of the Words.”

1945 – David Chase wrote for the TV series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and the screenplay for the film “Grave of the Vampire.”

1936 – Tony Kendall, actor in “Return of the Evil Dead,” “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “Blood Story,” “Siege of Terror” and “The Whip and the Body.”

1925 – Honor Blackman, appeared in “Daughter of Darkness,” “Fright,” “The Cat and the Canary,” “Tale of the Mummy,” “The Sight,” “Cockneys vs Zombies” and more.

1920 – Ray Bradbury, works made into films include “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” “It Came from Outer Space” and “The Illustrated Man.”

1916 – Joan Houseman, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour [1963].”

1909 – Julius J. Epstein, screenwriter for “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

1909 – Philip G. Epstein, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1900 – Jean Yarbrough, directed “The Devil Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “She-Wolf of London.”

DIED ON AUGUST 22

2022 – Jerry Allison, soundtrack for “Terror Squad” and the TV Movie “Hollyweird.”

2022 – Jaimie Branch, music department/trumpet for “Wrinkles the Clown.”

2021 – Marilyn Eastman, actress in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”

2020 – Allan Rich, appeared in “Rise: Blood Hunter” and “The Entity.”

2019 – Morton Tubor, supervising film editor for “The Bees,” editor “Dementia 13,” and sound department “The Unearthly.”

2007 – Keith Knight, actor in “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Of Unknown Origin,” “Love & Murder,” “Whispers,” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “War of the Worlds,” “Beetlejuice,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeepr,” “Monster Force” and “Freaky Stories.”

2005 – Romi Koch, starred in “Dead Doll.”

2000 – Toru Tanaka, appeared in “Alligator II: The Mutation” and “Dead Heat.”

1980 – Norman Shelley, starred in “Jack the Ripper – TV Mini-Series,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Daughter of Darkness” and more.

1977 – Sebastian Cabot, appeared in “Twice Told Tales” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Circle of Fear.”

1991 – Colleen Dewhurst appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “When a Stranger Calls,” and provided the voice of “Satan” in the film “Exorcist III”.

1963 – Perry Ivins, appeared as “Fritz” in “Son of Frankenstein,” “Thriller – TV Series” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 22

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff [1949]

Scream of Fear [1961]

Curse Of the Voodoo aka Voodoo Blood Death [1965]
Night of the Creeps [1986]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [1986]
Mimic [1997]
Forest Of The Damned [2006]
I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer [2006]

Satan’s Playground [2006]
Cthulhu [2007] – USA limited

Freakdog [2008]

Ghost Shark [2013] – TV Movie

Victor Crowley [2017] – Los Angeles premiere

Il signor Diavolo [2019] – FrightFest

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AUGUST 23

BORN ON AUGUST 23

2005 – Brock Peters, Brock Peters, appeared in “Soylent Green.”

2002 – Dennis Fimple, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “King Kong [1976],” “Bug Buster,” “Creature from Black Lake,” “Fangs,” “The Evictors” and more.

1983 – Ruta Gedmintas, appeared in “The Strain – TV Series,” “Ripper Street – TV Series” and “Prowl.”

1970 – Jay Mohr, appeared in “Cherry Falls,” “Hunter’s Moon” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Visions.”

1935 – Ricardo Merino, actor in “Trauma” and “Inquisition.”

1929 – Vera Miles, starred in “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho II” and “Brain Waves.”

1927 – Mort Zarcoff, associate producer for the TV Movie “She Waits.”

1915 – Edmund Gibson, cinematographer for “Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things,” “Impulse,” “Barracuda” and “I Eat Your Skin.”

DIED ON AUGUST 23

2021 – Michael Nader, actor in the TV Movie “Nick Knight.”

2021 – Rosita Quintana, actress in “Demon in the Blood” and “La mansión del terror.”

2020 – Augusto Caminito, screenwriter for “Vampire in Venice” and the TV Series “Seagull Island.”

2020 – Benny Chan, producer for “Hong Kong Show Girls” and presenter for “Fatal Love.”

2020 – Lori Nelson, actress in “Day the World Ended,” “Revenge of the Creature” and “The Naked Monster.”

2019 – Sheila Steafel, appeared in “Quatermass and the Pit” and “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”

2006 – Ed Warren, 1/2 of the husband and wife demonologist team i.e. The Amityville Haunting was based on. He and his wife were portrayed in the blockbuster hits “The Conjuring,” The Conjuring 2” and “The Conjuring 3.”

2005 – Brock Peters, appeared in “Soylent Green,” and “Alligator II: The Mutation”.

2002 – Dennis Fimple, played in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Fangs,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Creature from Black Lake.”

1975 – Hank Patterson, appeared in “Monster on the Campus”, “Earth vs the Spider”, “Attack of the Puppet People”, “The Amazing Colossal Man”, “Beginning of the End”, “Tarantula” and more.

1966 – Francis X. Bushman, starred in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini,”

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 23

Pit and the Pendulum [1961]

The Horrible Dr. Hitchcock [1962] – Milan

Black Sabbath [1963]

Pieces [1982]

Godzilla [1985]
Teen Wolf [1985]
Warning Sign [1985]
The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996]
Exorcism [2003] – Beverly Hills
Ringu 0: Bâsudei [2005] – USA DVD premiere

Flu Bird Horror [2008] – TV Movie

You’re Next [2011] – Milan

Slaxx [2020] – Fantasia International Film Festival

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AUGUST 24

BORN ON AUGUST 24

1981 – Chad Michael Murray, starred in “Camp Cold Brook,” “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia”, “House of Wax [2005]” and an episode of “Scream Queens [2015].”

1975 – James D’Arcy, appeared in “Hitchcock,” “In Their Skin,” “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “An American Haunting,” “Exorcist: The Beginning” and more.

1973 – Ele Keats, appeared in “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “Mother [1995]” and “Night Stalker – TV Series.”

1972 – Frank Blake, stuntman in “The Vatican Tapes.”

1961 – Jared Harris, starred in “Poltergeist [2015],” “The Quiet Ones”, “The Ward”, “From Within”, “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and more.

1960 – Takashi Miike, producer and director of “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “One Missed Call, “Ichi the Killer,” “Audition” and more.

1963 – Dawna Lee Heising, appeared in “2 Jennifer,” “Ballet of Blood”, “After School Massacre,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “Deadly Revisions,” “Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead,” “Slink,” “Consumption” and many more.

1957 – Stephen Fry, actor in the TV Series “The Sandman” and the short “Night of the Living Dead [2021].”

1951 – Tony Amendola, actor in “The Borrower,” “The Dead One,” “Annabelle,” “The Devil’s Candy,” “Nightmare Shark,” “Karma,” “The Curse of La Llorna,” “Caged” and more.

1945 – Ronee Blakley, appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “A Return to Salem’s Lot”, “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and more.

1937 – Connie Mason, appeared in “2000 Maniacs,” “Blood Feast,” and “Black Mamba.”

1935 – Ancel Cook, actor in “Rattler,” “Frightmare” and “Wishcraft.”

1935 – Vernon Weddle, appeared in “White Dog” and the TV Movie “Scream of the Wolf.”

1934 – Kenny Baker appeared in “Circus of Horrors” and “Time Bandits.”

1923 – Helena Carter, appeared in the 1953 version of “Invaders from Mars.”

1923 – Joan Chandler, appeared in “How to Make a Monster” and “Rope.”

1909 – Larry Barton, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “Raiders from Beneath the Sea” and “The Human Duplicators.”

1908 – Helena Grant, appeared in “Werewolf of London” and “The Uninvited.”

1907 – Gil Perkins, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Teenage Monster.”

1900 – Preston Foster appeared in “Doctor X.”

1897 – Richard Bartell, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”

1895 – Victor Halperin, directed “White Zombie” and “Revolt of the Zombies.”

DIED ON AUGUST 24

2022 – Joe E. Tata, appeared in TV Movies “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Terminal,” as well as episodes of TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “Monster Squad” and “Tales from the Darkside.”

2022 – William Reynolds, actor in “Cult of the Cobra,” “The Thing That Couldn’t Die” and The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Purple Testament.”

2022 – Ali Güney, actor in “The Price of Doubt,” “Pist” and “Zohak.”

2021 – Charlie Watts, soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode: The Man Who Knew Too Much”

and one of the best songs:

2021 – Anestis Vlahos, actor in “The Devil’s Men,” “Death Steps in the Dark” and “Raw Trip.”

2013 – Julie Harris, starred in “The Haunting,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “Lucifer’s Child,” “The Dark Half,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series” and more.

2011 – Jack Hayes, music orchestrator for “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Grizzly.”

1998 – E.G. Marshall appeared in “Creepshow,” and “Two Evil Eyes.”

1949 – Rita Carlyle, appeared in “The Vampire Bat” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 24

Spook Busters [1946]
Kingdom of the Spiders [1977]

The Uncanny [1977] – Montreal Film Festival
Boogeyman II [1983]
Darkman [1990]
Ghosts of Mars [2001]
Corpses [2004]
Vampz [2004]

Autopsy [2008] – London FrightFest

The Cleaning Lady [2018] – London FrightFest

Halloween Party [2019] – London FrightFest

The Oak Room [2020] – Fantasia Film Festival

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AUGUST 25

BORN ON AUGUST 25

1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, starred in “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Stand – TV Series” and “Hidden.”

1961 – Ally Walker, appeared in “Mischief Night,” “By Appointment Only” as well as “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and “Ghosted TV Series”

1958 – Tim Burton, directed “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Frankenweenie,” “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Mars Attacks,” “Ed Wood,” “Beetlejuice [1988]” producer for “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” “Beetlejuice – TV series” and more.

1949 – John Savage, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Demon Legacy,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “Bereavement,” “Carnosaur 2” and many more.

1949 – Gene Simmons, appeared in “Runaway,” “Trick or Treat” and “KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park.”

1939 – John Badham, directed “Dracula [1979],” as well as “Supernatural” and “Night Gallery” TV series.

1930 – Sir Sean Connery, starred in “Marnie,” “Outland” and more.

1933 – Tom Skerritt, appeared in “Alien,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “The Dead Zone.”

1922 – Gloria Dea, actress in “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”

1917 – Mel Ferrer, appeared in “Blood & Roses,” “City of the Walking Dead” and “The Hands of Orlac.”

1909 – Michael Rennie, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Assignment Terror.”

1904 – Harry Keaton, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Sinister Urge.”

1904 – Gillian Lind, actress in “Condemned to Death,” “Fear in the Night” and “And Now the Screaming Starts!”

DIED ON AUGUST 25

2021 – Zdenka Procházková, actress in “Lady Dracula,” “Ferat Vampire” and “Cepel smrti.”

2019 – Gloria Lerma Yatco [aka Mona Lisa], appeared in “The Rites of May.”

2019 – Fernanda Young, writer for “Vade Retro.”

2006 – Fritz Ford, actor in “Damien: Omen II” and “Daughter of the Mind.”

2006 – Joseph Stefano, screenwriter for “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Eye of the Devil” and “The Outer Limits – TV Series.”

2001 – Aaliyah, starred in “Queen of the Damned.”

2000 – Jack Nitzsche, composer for “The Seventh Sign” and additional music for “The Exorcist.”

1992 – George R. Nelson, set decorator for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Graveyard Shift, TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”

1987 – Eddie Marr, appeared in “Indestructable Man,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “How to Make a Monster” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters.”

1963 – Edward L. Cahn, directed “The She Creature,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” and “Invasion of the Saucer Men”.

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 25

The Disembodied [1957]

From Hell It Came [1957]

The Screaming Skull [1958]
The Skull [1965]
Blacula [1972]

The Legend of Boggy Creek [1972]
Burnt Offerings [1976]
Zombie [1979] – Italy

The Living Dead Girl [1982]

Revenge of the Dead [1983] – London FrightFest
Lord of Illusions [1995]
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde [1995]
Nadja [1995] – New York City
Severance [2006]

Red Christmas [2016]

Anyone Home? [2018] – London FrightFest

Camp Cold Brook [2018] – Fantasia Film Festival

Fubar [2018]

Ravers [2018] – Horrorhound Film Festival

The Convent [2018] – Italy

The Devil’s Doorway [2018] – London FrightFest

Spiral [2019]

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AUGUST 26

BORN ON AUGUST 26

1991 – Dylan O’Brien, starred in the TV Movie “Teen Wolf: Back to the Pack.”

1980 – Chris Pine, starred in “Carriers.”

1980 – Macaulay Culkin, appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder,” “The Midnight Hour” and an episode of “American Horror Story [2021].}

1974 – Meredith Eaton, starred in “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” and “Paranormal Activity 3.”

1960 – Ola Ray, appeared in “Michael Jackson: Thriller” also in “The Night Stalker.”

1944 – Stephen Greif, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Thriller,” “Armchair Thriller,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”

1941 – Akiko Wakabayashi, appeared in “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster”.

1939 – Yvette Vickers starred in “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”

1937 – Don Bowman, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House.”

1936 – Francine York, actress in “Mutiny in Outer Space,” “Space Probe Taurus,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature – TV Movie,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars” and “Astro Zombies: M3-Cloned.”

1931 – John F. Kearney, actor in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death” and “Laboratory Conditions.”

1909 – Jim Davis, appeared in “Frankenstein vs. Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and “Monster from Green Hell.”

DIED ON AUGUST 26

2021 – Sompote Sands, director of “Tah Tien,” “Crocodile,” “Kraithong,” “Phra Rot-Meri,” “Kraithong 2” and “Magic Lizard.”

2020 – Joseph Ruby, screenwriter for many of the Scooby Doo animated films & “Rumpelstiltskin.”

2019 – Charles Raymond Henwood ONZM, appeared in “Under ConTROL, and episodes of “Helmut Krauss” and “The Ray Bradbury Theatre.”

1994 – 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.”

1986 – Ted Knight, appeared at the end of the film “Psycho” as one of the officers guarding “Norman Bates”.

1955 – James McMahon, assistant director for “House of Wax [1953].”

1930 – Lon Chaney Sr., starred in “Man of a Thousand Faces,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “London After Midnight,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “The Monster [1925],” and more.

FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 26

Rope [1948] – video premiere

War of the Worlds [1953]
The Abominable Snowman [1957] – UK
Strip Nude for Your Killer [1975]
Natural Born Killers [1994]

Hideous! [1997]
The Cave [2005]
Vampire Diary [2007] – USA DVD premiere
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark [2010]

Don’t Breathe [2016]

The Invitation [2022] – New York City premiere

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