AUGUST 6
BORN ON AUGUST 6
1995 – Amy Forsyth, actress in “Torment,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Hell Fest,” “We Summon the Darkness,” “Stucco – short” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Channel Zero” and “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.”
1982 – Adrianne Curry, appeared in “Tales of Halloween and “Fallen Angels.”
1976 – Melissa George, appeared in “Gothica,” “Bag of Bones,” “Triangle,” “30 Days of Night,” “Turistas,” “The Amityville Horror [2005]” and more.
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings” and the TV movie “Piranha.”
1974 – Ever Carradine, starred in “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Vera Farmiga, starred in “Bates Motel – TV Series,” “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2,”
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” “Orphan,” “The Nun,” “Annabelle Comes Home” and more.
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, writer/director of “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs” and “The Happening.”
1958 – Takuro Tatsumi, appeared in the film “Godzilla vs. Destroyah.”
1959 – Joyce Sims, soundtrack for “Species.”
1951 – Catherine Hicks, starred in “Child’s Play [1988].”
1946 – Peter Simonischek, actor in “Sukkubus” and “Biest.”
1938 – Paul Bartel, appeared in “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Escape From L.A” and more.
1931 – Umbert Lenzi, director for “City of the Walking Dead,” “Make Them Die Slowly,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Eaten Alive!” “Demoni 3” and more.
1928 – Andy Warol, produced “Blood for Dracula” and “Flesh for Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 6
2022 – David Lea, actor in “The Prophecy II,” “The Crow: Salvation,” “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” “April Apocalypse,” “TNTW Project 1” and stunts for “Howling IV: The Freaks.”
2021 – Les Vandyke – aka “Johnny Worth,” soundtrack for “The Death Wheelers aka Psychomania.”
2001 – Robert Dunham appeared in “Dagora, the Space Monster,” “The Green Slime” and “Godzilla vs. Megalon”.
1964 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke starred “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
1965 – Everett Sloane, appeared in various episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller,” “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1959 – Preston Sturges, contributing writer for “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1938 – Warner Oland, starred in “WereWolf of London,” “The Drums of Jeopardy,” and “Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of ‘The Wolf Man’.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 6
The Brotherhood of Satan [1971]
Watch Me When I Kill [1977] – Italy
A Blade in the Dark [1983]
The Meteor Man [1993]
My Boyfriend’s Back [1993]
The Sixth Sense [1999]
Vampire Whores from Outer Space [2005]
Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film [2009]
Jack the Ripper [2011] – DVD Premiere
D-Railed [2018]
The Night Sitter [2018]
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party [2019]
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AUGUST 7
BORN ON AUGUST 7
1980 – Matt Copko, appeared in “Werewolf Rising,” “Harvest Moon” and “Devil’s Prey.”
1978 – Alexandre Aja, either wrote, produced, and or directed “Horns,” “Piranha 3D,” “Mirrors”, “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “High Tension”, “47 Meters Down,” “47 Meters Down: Uncaged,” “Crawl [2019]” and more.
1975 – Charlize Theron, starred in “Children of the Corn III,” “Mighty Joe Young [1998],” “The Astronaut’s Wife” and “Prometheus”.
1967 – Charlotte Lewis, starred in “Embrace of the Vampire.”
1963 – Harold Perrineau, starred in “Constantine – TV Series,” “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Blade – TV Series,” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days,” “28 Weeks Later” and more.
1963 – Ramon Estevez, appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “Alligator II: The Mutation,” “Whispers” and “Sandman.”
1960 – David Duchovny, star of the TV series “The X-Files” and the movies based on the series.
1958 – Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden and starred in “The Incubus” and “Chemical Wedding.” The song “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter” was on the soundtrack for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child.” The video below is for that song and features clips to “City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel.”
1955 – Wayne Knight, appeared in “Jurassic Park,” “Dead Again” and “Basic Instinct.”
1944 – John Glover, appeared in “The Incredible Shrinking Woman” and “Robocop 2″.
1942 – Tobin Bell, plays serial killer “Jigsaw” in the “Saw” films. He also appeared in “Boogeyman 2 & 3,″ “Manson Family Vacation,” “Dark House,” episode of “Creepshow [2019]” and more.
1939 – Anjanette Comer, actress in “Netherworld,” “Dead of Night – TV Movie,” “The Baby,” “Night of 1000 Cats,” “Five Desperate Women – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1932 – Jock Livingston, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
1904 – Grandon Rhodes, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “Them!,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
DIED ON AUGUST 7
2022 – Roger E. Mosley, actor in the TV Movie “Cruise Into Terror” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Good vs Evil.”
2021 – Markie Post, actress in the TV Movie “I’ve Been Waiting For You,” episodes of the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet” and “Scene of the Crime.”
2021 – Dalal Abdulaziz, actress in “Basamat fawk al maa – aka Prints on the Sea.”
2021 – Bradley James Allan, stuntman for “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “Sinister 2” and assistant director for “Wolves.”
2021 – Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas, soundtrack for “Us” and “Scream Queens – Episode: Handidates.”
2021 – Jane Withers, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Munsters.”
2020 – Nando Angelini, actor in “Bloody Pit of Horror” and “The Seventh Grave.”
2020 – Mahchehreh Khalili, appeared in “Sayeh Vahshat.”
2020 – Viktor Glukhov, producer for “Progulka po eshafotu.”
2018 – Richard H. Kline, cinematographer for “King Kong [1976],” “The Fury,” “The Terminal Man” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
2012 – Fritzi Jane Courtney, actress in “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1999 – Brion James, starred in the film “The Horror Show”.
1994 – Robert Hutton, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt,” “Trog” and “Cry of the Banshee”.
1992 – John Anderson, appeared in “Psycho [1960],” “The Satan Bug,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” and many more.
1985 – Grayson Hall, starred as “Dr. Julia Hoffman” in “Dark Shadows,” and appeared in the TV movie “Gargoyles.”
1972 – Joi Lansing, actress in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House” and “Bigfoot.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 7
A-Haunting We Will Go [1942]
Invisible Agent [1942]
Dementia 13 [1963]
Student Bodies [1981]
Raising Cain [1992]
Beneath [2007]
Harbinger Down [2015]
Pledges [2018]
The Exorcism of Karen Walker [2018]
Haunt [2019] – Popcorn Frights Film Festival
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AUGUST 8
BORN ON AUGUST 8
1981 – Meagan Good, appeared in “Venom,” “The Unborn,” “One Missed Call,” “The Intruder,” and “Saw V.”
1958 – Harry Crosby, played “Bill” in “Friday the 13th.”
1952 – Lon Poff, actor in “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1944 – Brooke Bundy, played “Elaine Parker” in “Nightmare on Elm Street” 3 & 4.
1938 – Connie Stevens, starred in “Two on a Guillotine” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
1937 – Adam Roarke, appeared in “Frogs”
1930 – Nita Talbot, appeared in “Frightmare,” “Puppet Master II” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1930 – Terry Nation, wrote the screenplays for “The House in Nightmare Park,” and “And Soon Darkness.”
1928 – Stanley Mann, writer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Damien: Omen II,” “Theatre of Blood,” producer for “Class of 1999” and “Tam Lin.”
1926 – Richard Anderson, starred in “The Night Strangler.”
1922 – Rory Calhoun, played farmer “Vincent Smith” in “Motel Hell.”
1919 – Producer Dino De Laurentiis, whose films include “Army of Darkness,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Hannibal.”
1915 – Ian McLellan Hunter, writer for “The Amazing Mr. X” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1900 – Robert Siodmak, directed “Son of Dracula,” “Cobra Woman” and “Phantom Lady.”
DIED ON AUGUST 8
2022 – Olivia Newton-John, appeared in “Sharkando 5: Global Swarming,” soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Home Again,” “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate” and “Disturbing Behavior.”
2022 – Lamont Dozier, soundtrack for “The Fan ,” “Jack’s Back ,” “Gothika ,” “Cold Prey ,” “Vanishing on 7th Street,” “Climax,” “Annabelle Comes Home,” “Last Night in Soho” and “Carrie.”
2021 – Anupam Shyam, actor in “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”
2019 – Ernesto Colón Sierra, comic writer and penciler for comics some of which include “Creepy,” “Eerie,” and others.
2019 – Jean-Pierre Mocky, writer for “The Big Scare” and “Litan.”
2013 – Karen Black, appeared in “Ooga Booga,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Children of the Night,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy of Terror” and many more.
2004 – Fay Wray, starred in “The Vampire Bat,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery Of The Wax Museum” and the film that made her a star King Kong [1933].
2001 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1991 – Gianluca Favilla, actor in “Submission of a Woman.”
1988 – Alan Napier, appeared in “The Mole People,” “The Uninvited” and “The Invisible Man Returns.”
1984 – Richard Deacon film credits included “The Birds,” “Invaders From Mars” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”
1981 – Ermelinda De Felice, actress in “So Sweet… So Preverse,” “Seven Blood-Stained Orchids,” “Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key” and “Torso.”
1965 – Shirley Jackson, who wrote the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” on which the film “The Haunting” was based.
1946 – Paul Porcasi, appeared in “Svengali” and “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 8
Hold That Ghost [1941]
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster [1959] – Italy
Frankenstein Conquers the World [1965]
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu [1980]
A Cat in the Brain [1990]
Subspecies [1991]
Body Bags [1993] – TV Movie
Komodo [2000] – video premiere
My Wife and My Dead Wife [2007]
Blackspot [2008] – Rhode Island International Film Festival
Apostle of Dracula [2012]
Patient: 23 [2013]
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AUGUST 9
BORN ON AUGUST 9
1990 – Bill Skarsgård, starred in “Barbarian,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “It [2017]” “It Chapter Two,” “Villains” and “Castle Rock – TV Series.”
1990 – Adelaide Kane, appeared in Blood Punch [2014], “Teen Wolf [TV Series],” “The Devil’s Hand,” “The Purge“ and “Donner Pass.”
1989 – Jackie Adragna, actress in “Catch of the Day,” “I Know Where She’s Buried,” “Terrifier 2,” “A Last Laugh – short” and an episode of the TV Series “Twisted Fiction.”
1985 – Anna Kendrick, “Life After Beth,” and an episode of “Fear Itself.”
1982 – Kate Siegel, appeared in “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Hush,” “Demon Legacy,” “Oculus,” “The Curse of the Black Dahlia,” episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.
1977 – Lin Oeding, director for “Office Uprising,” stunts for “Reunion,” “Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning,” “Detention” and the short “Project S.E.R.A.”
1976 – Rhona Mitra, appeared in “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Doomsday,” “The Number 23,″ “Skinwalkers,” “Hollow Man” and episodes of “The Strain.”
1968 – Gillian Anderson, starred in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The X Files” feature film, and “The X Files: I Want to Believe” as well as episodes of “Hannibal.”
1963 – Paul Bunnell, writer/director of “That Little Monster,” “Terrifying Tales” and “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.”
1959 – Amanda Bearse, starred in “Fright Night [1985]” and the TV movie “Here Comes The Munsters.”
1959 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1959 – Ted Prior, appeared in “Killer Workout,” “Sledgehammer,” “Surf Nazis Must Die,” “Possessed by the Night,” “The Last House,” “Night Claws,” “Mutant Species” and “Breath of Hate.”
1957 – Melanie Griffith, starred in “Body Double.”
1944 – Gajirô Satô, actor in “Nuns That Bite.”
1944 – Sam Elliot, starred in “Frogs,” “The Legacy” and “Ghost Rider.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1927 – Robert Shaw, starred in “Jaws” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1918 – Robert Aldrich, directed “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.”
1906 – Robert Surtees, cinematographer in “The Other [1972].”
1905 – Leo Genn, actor in “Frightmare [1974],” “The Bloody Judge,” “Psycho-Circus” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1903 – Tom Tyler, played “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand.”
DIED ON AUGUST 9
2022 – Evgeniy Korzhenkov, cinematographer for the TV Movie “Hellfire.”
2021 – Patricia Hitchcock [daughter of Sir Alfred Hitchcock], appeared in “Strangers on a Train,” “Psycho [1960]” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2021 – Alex Cord, actor in “The Dead Are Alive,” “Chosen Survivors,” “Inn of the Damned,” “Uninvited [1987]” as well as episodes of several TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Monsters,” “War of the Worlds” and “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
2021 – Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya, appeared in 2 episodes of “Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion.”
2020 – Martin Birch, music producer & sound engineer for Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, and Iron Maiden.
2020 – Rolf Göran Forsmark, appeared in “En Drink med Dracula” and an episode of “Chock.”
2020 – Duane Tatro, composer/stock music for the 1972 TV Movie “When Michael Calls.”
2007 – Matthew McGrory, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” and “The Dead Hate The Living.”
2003 – Gregory Hines, starred in “Eve of Destruction” and “Wolfen.”
1969 – Sharon Tate, starred in “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” and “Eye of the Devil.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 9
The Thirteenth Guest [1932]
The Bat [1959]
A Taste of Blood [1967]
Majin – aka Daimajin [1968]
Night Watch [1973]
Anthropophagus [1980]
The Abyss [1989]
Escape from L.A. [1996]
Vampire Assassin [2005]
Don’t Go to the Reunion [2013]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark [2019]
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AUGUST 10
BORN ON AUGUST 10
1990 – Lucas Till, starred in “Wolves,” “Crush,” “The Disappointments Room,” “Kristy,” “The Curse of Downers Grove” and more.
1989 – Brenton Thwaites, actor in “Ghosts of War,” “Office Uprising” and “Oculus.”
1979 – Robert Conway, director/writer/producer for “The Covenant,” “Krampus: Origins,” “Krampus: The Reckoning,” “The Encounter,” “Exit to Hell” and more.
1979 – Ted Geoghegan, writer for “Satanic Panic,” “Mohawk,” “We Are Still Here,” “Sweatshop,” “Don’t Wake the Dead,” “Demonium,’ producer for “Dark Ritual,” “Frank & Zed,” “Fearmakers,” “100 Tears,” “Slasher” and “ABCs of Death 2.”
1971 – Justin Theroux, actor in “False Positive” and “American Psycho.”
1965 – Claudia Christian, appeared in “The Haunting of Hell House,” “Mom [1991],” “Hexed,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “The Hidden” and the TV movie “Strays.”
1965 – Eric Thal, starred in “The Puppet Masters” and “The Shaft.”
1964 – Beverly Randolph, will forever be known for playing “Tina” in “The Return of the Living Dead.”
1960 – Antonio Banderas, starred in “Interview with a Vampire” and “The Skin I Live In.“
1959 – Rosanna Arquette, appeared in “The Divide,” “Black Rainbow,” “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home” and “Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.”
1939 – Kate O’Mara, appeared in the Hammer films “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “The Vampire Lovers” and “Night Creatures.”
1924 – Joseph Cates, producer for the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.”
1918 – Martin Benson, appeared in “Gorgo,” “The Cosmic Monsters” and “The Omen”.
1914 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “The Boston Strangler,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in a Cage,” “The Lottery,” “Something Evil,” and episodes of “Night Gallery,” and others.
1913 – Noah Beery Jr. appeared in “The Cat Creeps.”
1912 – Wilbur Stark, executive producer for “The Thing [1982]” and “Vampire Circus.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, who portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original version of “Frankenstein.”
1908 – Alexander D’Arcy, appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”
1902 – Curt Siodmak, created the legend of the “Wolf Man.” His screenplays include “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Son of Dracula,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” & “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.” He also directed “Bride of the Gorilla” and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon.”
DIED ON AUGUST 10
2022 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, appeared in the short “Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre.”
2022 – Bidur Pandey, cinematographer for “Kagbeni.”
2021 – Don Jones, director of “Schoolgirls in Chains,” “The Love Butcher,” “The Forest,” “Molly and the Ghost,” cinematographer for “Inside Amy,” “The House of Seven Corpses,” “sound department for “Blood of the Iron Maiden” and “The Psycho Lover.”
2021 – Sabina Ajrula, actress in “Shadows [2007].”
2021 – Giorgio Lopez, voice dubbing for “Opera [1987]” and “Into the Labyrinth.”
2021 – Dilys Watling, actress in “Theatre of Death.”
2020 – Raymond Gilmore Allen, actor in “Fight That Ghost.”
2019 – Freda Dowie, appeared in “The Omen [1976],” “The Monk,” and “Fragile.”
2019 – Piero Tosi, worked in the costume department for “Spirits of the Dead.”
2012 –Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special makeup effects legend on “Silver Bullet,” “Alien,” “King Kong [1976],” “Deep Red” and many more.
2008 – Harriet L. Stark, actress in “Slugs [1988].”
2008 – Isaac Hayes appeared in “Return to Sleepaway Camp,” “Uncle Sam,” “Soul Survivors,” “Escape from New York” and more.
1979 – Dick Foran appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1976 – Ray “Crash” Corrigan, appeared in “The Ape,” “It, the Terror from Beyond Space” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1968 – Barney A. Sarecky, associate producer for “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man,” “Crazy Knights” and screenwriter for “The Whispering Shadow.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 10
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu [1929]
Dinosaurus! [1960]
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die [1962]
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane [1976] – New York City
Prophecy [1979] – North Dakota
Flatliners [1990]
King Cobra [1999] – video premiere
The Others [2001]
Session 9 [2001]
Blade of Death [2004]
Skinwalkers [2006]
Fraid [2009]
Along Came the Devil [2018]
The Meg [2018]
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AUGUST 11
BORN ON AUGUST 11
1983 – Chris Hemsworth, starred in “The Cabin in the Woods.”
1972 – Dean Zanuck, producer for “Tontine,” “Dead Lawyers – TV Movie,” production executive for “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007].”
1965 – Embeth Davidtz, appeared in “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Fallen,” “Army of Darkness” and “Mutator.”
1965 – Viola Davis, appeared in the short film “Touch of Evil.”
1947 – Stuart Gordon, directed “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “Dolls,” “Castle Freak” and “Dagon” just to name a few.
1946 – Duncan Preston, appeared in “Howl” as well as episodes of “Shades of Darkness” and “Thriller.”
1946 – Pradip Mukherjee, actor in “Bhoot Chaturdashi – aka The Night of the Ancestors.”
1937 – Anna Massey, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Frenzy” and “The Vault of Horror.”
1905 – Georges Rigaud, appeared in “Eye of the Devil,” “Santo vs. Dr. Death” and “Horror Express.”
1901 – Lyle B. Reifsnider, set decorator for “House of Wax [1953]” and “Devil’s Partner.”
DIED ON AUGUST 11
2022 – Anne Heche, actress in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Psycho [1998],” “Volcano,” “Suffering Man’s Charity,” “Nothing Left to Fear,” “Armed Response,” “My Friend Dahmer” and “The Vanished.”
2022 – Darius Campbell, producer for “House Red.”
2022 – Manuel Ojeda, actor in “The Man in White,” “Perversión,” “Outside the Law” and “Asesina.”
2021 – Paulo José, actor in the TV Series “Vamp.”
2021 – Peter Fleischmann, director, producer, writer for “Die Hamburger Krankheit.”
2020 – George Christy, appeared in “Outbreak,” Se7en” and “Predator 2.”
2019 – Barbara March, actress in the TV Movie “Blood Ties.”
2014 – Robin Williams, acclaimed comedian and actor starred in “Insomnia” and “One Hour Photo.”
1994 – Peter Cushing, thrilled us in “The Mummy [1959],” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959],” “House of Long Shadows,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Horror Express,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “Horror Express,” “Island of Terror,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” and many more.
1988 – Anne Ramsey, appeared in “Deadly Friend,” “Class Reunion,” “Meet the Hollowheads,” and “Doctor Hackenstein.”
1975 – Howard Wendell, appeared in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”.
1973 – Peggie Castle appeared in “Beginning of the End” and “Back from the Dead”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 11
King Kong vs. Godzilla [1962] – Japan
Attack of the Mushroom People – aka Matango [1963]
Dogora The Space Monster [1964]
Beast of Morocco [1968]
Mardi Gras Massacre [1978]
City of the Living Dead [1980] – Italy
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child [1989]
Pulse [2006]
Splatter Disco [2007]
Vampire Black: Trail of the Dead [2008]
The Last Resort [2009] – DVD premiere
Artik [2019]
Infection [2019]
Last Voyage of the Demeter [2023]
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AUGUST 12
BORN ON AUGUST 12
1987 – Joshua Sohn, composer for “Grizzly II: The Revenge” and “The Attic.”
1986 – Elise Avellan, appeared in “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof.”
1985 – Jade Tailor, appeared in “Cam2Cam,” “True Blood – TV Series,” “Dark Reel,” “Crimson” and “You’re So Dead.”
1981 – Natalie Mendoza, starred in “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Blood Drive – TV Series” and “Surviving Evil.”
1976 – Wednesday 13, appeared in “Bite School” and “Killer Waves 2.”
1972 – Rebecca Gayheart, appeared in “Urban Legend,” “Scream 2,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3,” “Santa’s Slay” and the Showtime series “Dead Like Me.”
1956 – Bruce Greenwood, appeared in “Disturbing Behavior,” “Gerald’s Game,” “Below” and “Doctor Sleep.”
1954 – Sam J. Jones, appeared in “Revamped.”
1950 – Jim Beaver, starred in several TV Series “Supernatural,” “Crimson Peak”, “Tremors,” “The X-Files” and much more.
1942 – Howard R. Cohen, writer/director whose credits include “Saturday the 14th” and “The Vampire Hookers”.
1939 – George Hamilton, starred in “Love At First Bite,” “The Power” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1931 – William Goldman who wrote the screenplays for “The Stepford Wives,” “Magic,” “Dreamcatcher,” and “Misery.”
1928 – Dan Curtis, produced the original and 1990 versions of the TV series “Dark Shadows” and films “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and “Trilogy of Terror.”
1922 – Fulton Mackay, appeared in “Nothing But the Night,” “Sleepwalker,” episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1898 – Eddie Hart, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Air Hawks.”
1898 – Oskar Homolka, appeared in “The Invisible Woman,” “Mr. Sardonicus” and the 1968 TV version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
1893 – Howard Smith, appeared in “I Bury the Living.”
1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, director/producer for “The Ghost Breaker.”
1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, screenwriter for “The Bat [1959],” “The Unknown [1927]” and “The Bat Whispers.”
DIED ON AUGUST 12
2022 – Teddy Ray, actor in “Ciaran the Demon Hunter.”
2021 – Tarcísio Meira, actor in “O Beijo do Vampiro – aka The Vampire Kiss.”
2020 – Mónica Luiza Miguel, actor in “Hot Snake.”
2014 – Lauren Bacall, appeared in “The Fan” and “Presence of Mind.”
2007 – Aida Young, produced many Hammer films including “Hands of the Ripper”, “Scars of Dracula”, “Taste the Blood of Dracula”, “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave”, “One Million Years B.C.” and more.
2004 – Peter Woodthorpe, appeared in “The Skull,” “The Evil of Frankenstein” and the TV Movie “The Tale of Sweeney Todd.”
2000 – Loretta Young, appeared in “Seven Footprints to Satan.”
1999 – Ross Eliot, appeared in “Tarantula,” “Monster on Campus” and “The Indestructible Man.”
1982 – Henry Fonda, starred in “The Swarm,” and “Tentacles.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 12
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941]
Phantom of the Opera [1943]
Back From the Dead [1957]
The Unknown Terror [1957]
Black Sunday [1960] – Italy
The Pit And The Pendulum [1961]
Suspiria [1977]
Funeral Home [1980]
Manhattan Baby [1982]
Cujo [1983]
Mindwarp [1992] – video premiere
The Skeleton Key [2005]
Final Destination 5 [2011]
Shark Waters [2022] – Los Angeles
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