In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want accolades and glory, just enough to be remembered, The Horror Times recognizes their contributors to this great genre each month.
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AUGUST 2
Tom Kempinski
March 24, 1938 – August 2, 2023
Actor:
The Damned [1962]
AUGUST 3
Mark Margolis
November 26, 1939 – August 3, 2023
Actor:
Christmas Evil [1980]
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie [1990]
The Pit and the Pendulum [1991]
Pi [1998]
End of Days [1999]
Infested [2002]
Headspace [2005]
Umney’s Last Case [2006] – short
The Girl Next Door [2007]
American Horror Story [2012] – 3 episodes
Beneath [2013]
Constantine – Episode: Quid Pro Quo [2015]
The Abandoned [2015]
Carl Davis
October 28, 1936 – April 3, 2023
Composer:
The Phantom of the Opera [1925]
I, Monster [1971]
What Became of Jack and Jill? [1972]
The Hound of Baskervilles [1992] – 4 episodes
Frankenstein Unbound [1990]
Did score in 1996 for this 1925 film:
Walter Charles
April 4, 1945 – August 3, 2023
Actor:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982] – TV Movie
AUGUST 4
Luis Alarcón
October 23, 1929 – August 4, 2023
Actor:
Chilean Gothic [2000]
AUGUST 5
Arthur Schmidt
June 17, 1937 – August 5, 2023
Editor:
Scream Blacula Scream [1973]
Jaws 2 [1978]
Death Becomes Her [1992]
Tales From the Crypt – Episode: You, Murderer [1995]
What Lies Beneath [2000]
AUGUST 6
David LaFlamme
May 4, 1941 – August 6, 2023
Soundtrack/Songwriter:
Wolves at the Door [2016] – “White Bird”
AUGUST 7
William Friedkin
August 25, 1935 – August 7, 2023
Director:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: Off Season [1965]
The Exorcist [1973]
The Twilight Zone – Episode: Segment: Nightcrawlers [1985]
The Guardian [1990] – writer
Tales from the Crypt – Episode: On a Deadman’s Chest [1992]
Bug [2006]
The Devil and Father Amorth [2017] – writer
William Perry, Jr. – aka “DJ Casper”
May 31, 1965 – August 7, 2023
Soundtrack:
Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania [2022] – “Cha Cha Slide (Hardino Mix)
AUGUST 8
Johnny Hardwick
December 31, 1958 – August 8, 2023
Actor:
Natural Selection [1999] – voice
The Collegians Are Go!! [1999] – short
Shelley Smith
October 25, 1952 – August 8, 2023
Actress:
This House Possessed [1981] – TV Movie
Class Reunion [1982]
AUGUST 9
Robbie Robertson
July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023
Soundtrack/Writer:
1408 [2007] – “The Weight”
Doreen Mantle
June 22, 1926 – August 9, 2023
Actress:
The Turn of the Screw [1992]
Robert Swan
October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023
Actor:
The Twilight Zone – Episode: Segment “Nightcrawlers” [1985]
The Childhood Friend [1994]
AUGUST 10
Robert Arevalo
May 6, 1938 – August 10, 2023
Actor:
The Healing [2012]
William Elias George – aka “Butchie”
August 8, 1947 – August 10, 2023
Actor:
Dawn of the Dead [1978]
Document of the Dead [1980]
Severe Injuries [2003]
Antonella Lualdi
July 6, 1931 – August 10, 2023
Actress:
Death on the Fourposter [1964]
AUGUST 11
Darren Kent
June 6, 1987 – August 11, 2023
Actor:
Mirrors [2008]
Asylum Blackout [2011]
Community [2012]
Bloody Cuts – Episode: The Outer Darkness Part 1 [2015]
Boris in the Forest [2015] – short
Infected [2015]
The Outer Darkness [2015]
Blood Drive [2017] – 6 episodes
The Little Stranger [2018]
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn [2022]
Tides That Bind [2022] – short
Director:
Room 301 [2021] – short
AUGUST 14
Matyelok Gibbs
August 1, 1932 – August 11, 2023
Actress:
Crimetime [1996]
Fragile [2005]
Mark Kemble
August 21, 1953 – August 14, 2023
Actor:
The Arrival [1991]
Netherworld [1992]
Forget Me Not [2009]
AUGUST 16
Jürgen Kluckert
December 29, 1943 – August 16, 2023
Actor:
Vampires in Havana [1985]
Black Mirror [2017]
AUGUST 17
Bobby Eli
March 2, 1946 – August 17, 2023
Soundtrack:
Rubber [2010] “Just Don’t Want To be Lonely”
Mentor Ba
? – August 17, 2023
Actor:
Saloum [2021]
Angie Ferro
August 4, 1937 – August 17, 2023
Actress:
Kill Barbara with Panic [1995]
Bulong [2011]
Shake Rattle & Roll XV [2014]
David Ostrosky
December 1, 1956 – August 17, 2023
Actor:
Spam [2008]
Morgana [2012]
AUGUST 18
Nancy Frangione
July 10, 1953 – August 18, 2023
Actress:
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – Episode: Space Rockers [1980]
Sarah Lawson
August 6, 1928 – August 18, 2023
Actress:
The Invisible Man – Episode: The Vanishing Evidence [1959]
Night of the Big Heat [1967]
The Devil Rides Out [1968]
Journey to the Unknown – Episode: Jane Brown’s Body [1968]
Department S – Episode – The Duplicated Man [1969]
Casper Roos
March 21, 1925 – August 18, 2023
Actor:
Deadtime Stories [1986]
AUGUST 19
Ron Cephas Jones
January 8, 1957 – August 19, 2023
Actor:
Lisey’s Story [2021] – TV Mini Series – 5 episodes
AUGUST 22
Peter Gonzales Falcon
1949 – August 22, 2023
Actor:
Dis [2018]
AUGUST 23
Bob Feldman
June 14, 1940 – August 23, 2023
Soundtrack/Songwriter:
The Toxic Avenger [1984] – “Body Talk”
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse – Video Game – “My Boyfriend’s Back”
The Babysitter [2017] – “I Want Candy”
AUGUST 24
Seema Deo
March 27, 1942 – August 24, 2023
Actress:
Ek Aur Khoon (1987)
Bernie Marsden – Guitarist & Songwriter for Whitesnake
May 7, 1951 – August 24, 2023
Soundtrack/Songwriter:
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer [1998] – “Here I Go Again”
The Strain – Episode: Creatures of the Night [2014] – “Here I Go Again”
Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Home [2016] – “Lil Green Land’
Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Brujo [2015] – “Here I Go Again”
AUGUST 25
Milind Safai
? – August 25, 2023
Actor:
Sanga Tu Aahes Ka – aka “It’s a Branch of the Aahes” (2020)
Sanjay Verma
? – August 25, 2023
Editor:
Bhoothnath (2008)
Ei8ht Shani (2008]
Aagaah: The Warning (2011)
AUGUST 26
Bob Barker
December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023
TV Host:
Come on down to price the horror merchandise….
Harihara Puthran
January 3, 1944 – August 26, 2023
Editor:
The Unknown [2016] – short
Andrzej Precigs
August 22, 1949 – August 26, 2023
Actor:
Legenda [2005]
AUGUST 27
Franne Lee
December 30, 1941 – August 27, 2023
Costume Designer:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982] – TV Movie
AUGUST 28
Roger Van Hool
September 27, 1940 – August 28, 2023
Actor:
Lock [1983]
As Above, So Below [2014]
AUGUST 29
Jamie Christopher
July 1, 1971 – August 29, 2023
First Assistant Director:
Alien³ [1992]
Shadow of the Vampire [2000]
Resident Evil: Retribution [2012]
Ahmo Hight
September 18, 1973 – August 29, 2023
Actress:
Restless Souls [1998]
AUGUST 31
Gayle Hunnicutt
February 6, 1943 – August 31, 2023
Actress:
Eye of the Cat [1969]
Fragment of Fear [1970]
The Legend of Hell House [1973]
Voices [1973]
Thriller – Episode: Color Him Dead [1974]
The Spiral Staircase [1975]
Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: The Luncheon [1983]
Tales from the Crypt – Episode: Smoke Wrings [1996]
Aparna Nair
November 30, 1989 – August 31, 2023
Actress:
British Bungalow [2019]