SEPTEMBER 1

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 1

1975 – Scott Speedman, actor in “Crimes of the Future,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Out of the Dark,” “Anamorph,” “The Monster,” “The Strangers” and “The Moth Diaries.”

1946 – Susan Backlinie, appeared in “Day of the Animals” and “Jaws.”

1944 – Beau Starr, appeared in “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.”

1943 – Don Stroud, appeared in “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Carnosaur 2” and “The Alien Within.”

1929 – Anne Ramsey, appeared in “Deadly Friend,” “The Goonies” and “Doctor Hackenstein.”

1928 – George Maharis, actor in “The Satan Bug,” “Doppelganger,” “The Sword and the Sorcerer,” “Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery,” “Journey to the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”

1926 – Gene Colan, Comic book artist created “Blade.”

1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, best known as Lily Munster in “The Munsters” and also starred in “The Silent Scream,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders,” “American Gothic” and more.

1913 – Christian Nyby, directed “The Thing From Another World” and “Showdown with Rance McGrew” episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

1907 – Nathan Juran, directed “20 Million Miles To Earth,” “The Deadly Mantis,” “The Black Castle” and more.

1903 – Gertrude Sutton, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Son of Kong.”

1898 – Richard Arlen, appeared in “Island of Lost Souls,” “The Lady and the Monster” and “The Crawling Hand.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 1

2020 – Boris Klyuyev, appeared in “Blyustiteli poroka – Episode: Pechalnyi sonet [2001].”

2017 – Elizabeth Kemp, starred in “He Knows You’re Alone” and “The Clairvoyant.”

2008 – Michael Pate, starred in “Curse of the Undead,” “Howling III,” “Tower of London [1962] and “The Black Castle”.

2008 –Don LaFontaine, voice over master for “Halloween 4” and episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction.”

1986 – Murray Hamilton, appeared in “Jaws” “Jaws 2,” “Amityville Horror [1979]” and William Castle’s “13 Frightened Girls.”

1977 – Samuel Newman, screenwriter for “Invisible Invaders” and “The Giant Claw.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 1

Isle of the Dead [1945]
Sorry, Wrong Number [1948] – NYC premiere
The Creeper [1948]

The Spider [1958] – Italy
The Room Next Door [1994]

Nadja [1995]
The Prophecy [1995]
Altered Species [2001]
The Beast of Bray Road [2005]
The Wicker Man [2006]
Bell Witch: The Movie [2007]

The Levenger Tapes [2013]

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SEPTEMBER 2

BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2

1981 – Gib Gerard, starred in “13 Fanboy” and “Desecrated.”

1971 – Shauna Sand, appeared in “Succubus: Hell-Bent,” “Dark Realm – TV Series” and “The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven.”

1968 – Kristen Cloke, appeared in “Black Christmas [2006],” “Willard [2003],” “Final Destination,” “Millennium – TV Series]” and “The X-Files – TV Series.”

1966 – Salma Hayek, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Tale of Tales” and “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,”

1964 – Keanu Reeves, starred in “Dracula,” “The Neon Demon,” “The Gift” and “Constantine.”

1946 – Luis Avalos, appeared in “Ghost Fever,” “Criminal Act” and “Wishcraft.”

1940 – Beverly Sanders, appeared in “Magic” and the TV Movie “Look What Happened to Rosemary’s Baby.”

1927 – Francis Matthews, appeared in the Hammer films “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein.”

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 2

2021 – Michel Corboz, soundtrack for “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”

2021 – Mikis Theodorakis, composer for “The Shadow of the Cat.”

2020 – Wanda Seux, actress in “Night Massacre.”

2001 – Troy Donahue, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters,” “Shock ‘Em Dead,” “The Chilling,” “Man of A Thousand Faces,” “Monster on Campus” and the TV Series “Monsters.”

2000 – Curt Siodmak, screenwriter for “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and “House of Frankenstein,” as well as creating the legend of “The Wolf Man.”

2000 – Jean Speegle Howard, appeared in “The Night Caller” and “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – Episode: The Viewing.”

1964 – Morris Ankrum, appeared in “Giant from the Unknown,” “The Giant Claw” and “Zombies of Mora Tau.”

FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 2

The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]

See No Evil [1971]
The Man Who Haunted Himself [1971] – NYC
Lust for A Vampire [1971] – Italy

Dawn of the Dead [1978]
Deathstalker [1983] – USA – limited
Mortuary [1983]
Nightmares [1983] – NYC

The Unnamable [1988] – NYC

Transformations [1988] – Italy
Severed Ties [1992]
13th Child: Legend of The Jersey Devil [2002] – USA – video premiere
Carnival of the Damned [2008]
The Morgue [2008] – USA – DVD premiere

Vipers [2008] – TV Movie
Carriers [2009]

Shark Night 3D [2011]
Apollo 18 [2011]

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