OCTOBER 15
BORN ON OCTOBER 15
1999 – Bailee Madison, appeared in “Holliston – TV Series,” “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour – TV Series,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Strangers: Prey at Night,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – TV Series” and more.
1985 – Brittany Sparkles, actress in “The Boo,” “Dark Night,” “Vampire-Killing Prostitute,” “Toybox – short” and more independent shorts.
1978 – Devon Gummersall, appeared in “Reeker,” “Dead & Breakfast,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “iZombie” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1972 – Matt Keeslar, appeared in “Psycho Beach Party,” “Scream 2” and played the title role in the 2007 film “Jekyll.”
1955 – Tanya Roberts appeared in “Tourist Trap,” “The Last Victim” and “UnConventional.”
1947 – Lynn Lowry, appeared in “I Drink Your Blood,” “The Crazies,” “Rabid,” “The Haunting of Whaley House,” “They Came from Within,” “Cat People,” “Model Hunger,” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Whispers,” “Basement Jack,” “Pretty Fine Things” and many more.
1947 – John Getz starred in “The Fly,” “The Fly II,” “Blood Simple” and “Zodiac.”
1934 – Peter Haskell, appeared in “Child’s Play 2,” “Child’s Play 3” and the TV movie, “The Phantom of Hollywood.”
1924 – Nigel Green, starred in “Countess Dracula,” “The Face of Fu Manchu,” “The Skull,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Gorgo” and more.
1909 – Harry Redmond Jr., special effects for “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Magnetic Monster,” “Donovan’s Brain,” “Gog,” “The Unknown” and 15 episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
1901 – Enrique Jardiel Poncela, writer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”
1900 – Fritz Feld, actor in “Phantom of the Opera [1943],” “The Catman of Paris,” episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Amazing Stories.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 15
2022 – Jitendra Shastri, appeared in “Pari [2018].”
2020 – Joan Barnett, casting director for “Blue Sunshine.”
2019 – Igo Kantor, producer, composer, sound, music for “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “Nightmare in Wax,” “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “Bride of the Monster” and many more.
1989 – Morris Hoffman, set decorator for “Target Earth,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “From Hell It Came,” “War of the Colossal Beast,” “How to Make a Monster,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “The Munsters’ Revenge” and more.
1958 – John Hamilton, appeared in “Donovan’s Brain”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 15
Unknown Island [1948]
The Evil Dead [1981] – Detroit (premiere)
Edison’s Frankenstein [1990]
Hellraiser: Hellseeker [2002]
The Final Cut [2004]
Twisted Illusions 2 [2004]
Fear of the Dark [2005]
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis [2005] – TV premiere
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to The Grave [2005] – TV premiere
Blood Guardian [2009] – DVD premiere
House of Forbidden Secrets [2013]
Terrifier [2015] – Telluride Horror Show Film Festival
3 from Hell [2019] – USA (Digital/Blu-ray/DVD premiere)
The Mortuary Collection [2019]
Reaptown [2020]
Stay Out of the F**king Attic [2020] – Atlanta Horror Film Festival
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OCTOBER 16
BORN ON OCTOBER 16
1981 – Brea Grant, appeared in “Beyond the Gates,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Smothered,” “Dead Night,” “Bad Apples,” “Detour,” “Sleep No More,” “Lucky,” “The Stylist,” “All the Creatures Were Stirring,” “Holidays,” “After Midnight” and more.
1980 – Laura Nativo, appeared in “Delta Delta Die!” “Bleed,” “Birth Rite” and “Aquanoids.”
1979 – Erin Brown aka Misty Mundae, appeared in “Vampire Strangler,” “Cannibal Doctor,” “Night of the Groping Dead,” “Mummy Raider,” “Strip Club Massacre,” “My Vampire Lover” and many more.
1958 – Tim Robbins starred in “The Green Mile,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Mission to Mars” and “War of the Worlds.”
1947 – Jeff Lieberman, writer/director of such films as “Squirm,” “Blue Sunshine,” “Just Before Dawn” and “Satan’s Little Helper.”
1927 – Eileen Ryan, actress in “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Feast,” as well as episodes of “One Step Beyond” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1925 – Michael Conrad appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”
1925 – Angela Lansbury, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and “The Company of Wolves.”
1923 – Linda Darnell starred in “The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe.”
1921 – Robert Urquhart, starred in “The Curse of Frankenstein.”
1919 – Albert Carrier, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Veil” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1913 – Matt Willis, starred in “Return of the Vampire.”
1906 – León Klimovsky, writer and director of Spanish films “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo,” “Vengeance of the Zombies,” “Night of the Walking Dead” and “The People Who Own the Dark.”
1892 – Leo F. Forbstein, musical director for “Night Nurse,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Hidden Hand” and “The Beast with Five Fingers.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 16
2022 – Ian Whittaker, set decorator for “Mirrors,” “Alien,” “The Watcher in the Woods,” art department for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” appeared in “Frankenstein Unbound,” “Dr. Crippen,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and “Three’s Company [1953].”
2022 – Josef Somr, actor in “Prague Nights,” “The Great Unknown,” “Morigana,” “The Ningh Heart,” as well as the TV Movies “Splhající professor” and “Travis.”
2021 – Alan Hawkshaw, soundtrack for “The Demon [1979],” “The Fog [1980]” and composer for “The Monster Club.”
2021 – Betty Lynn, actress in the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”
2021 – Geoffrey Chater, actor in “The Strange World of Planet X,” “Endless Night,” TV Movies “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Haunted: The Ferryman,” episodes of the TV Series “Thriller,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2020 – Anthony Chisholm, appeared in “Beloved,” “Condemned” and “Cocoa Loco.”
2019 – John Clarke, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine [1959].”
2016 – Ted V. Mikels, producer for “The Astro-Zombies,” “The Corpse Grinders,” “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “The Worm Eaters,” “The Corpse Grinders 2,” “Demon Haunt,” “The Corpse Grinders 3,” “Mark of the Astro-Zombies” and more.
2013 – Ed Lauter, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” remake, “The Number 23,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Cujo,” “Magic,” “King Kong [1976]” and many more.
2007 – Deborah Kerr, starred in the film “Eye of the Devil.”
2005 – John Larch, appeared in the original “Amityville Horror,” “Play Misty For Me” and the TV movie “Bad Ronald.”
2003 – Mark Hanna, wrote the screenplays for “Not of This Earth,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “The Undead.”
1989 – Cornel Wilde, appeared in the TV Movie “Gargoyles” and “Night Gallery – Episode: Deliveries in the Rear.”
1984 – Peggy Ann Garner, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “One Step Beyond.”
1972 – Leo G. Carroll, starred in the film “Tarantula.”
1961 – Frank D. Williams, visual effects for “King Kong [1933]” and “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1935 – Sam Hardy, actor in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 16
The Boston Strangler [1968]
Sex of the Witch [1973] – Paris
The Devil’s Plaything [1973] – Germany
Barracuda [1978] – Sweden
Strange Behavior [1981] – New York City
Doctor Dracula [1983] – San Francisco TV Premiere
Prom Night II [1987]
Slumber Party Massacre II [1987]
Candyman [1992]
Bride of Chucky [1998]
Witchhouse 3: Demon Fire [2001]
Walpurgis Nacht [2004]
Aaah! Zombies!! [2007] – Screamfest Film Festival
Night of the Living Dead 3D [2007] – DVD premiere
Planet Terror [2007] – DVD premiere
Return to House on Haunted Hill [2007]
Train [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival
The Stepfather [2009]
Exit Humanity [2011] – Screamfest Film Festival
Lumberjack Man [2015]
Tales of Halloween [2015]
Johnny Gruesome [2018] – internet
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OCTOBER 17
BORN ON OCTOBER 17
1990 – Dora Madison, appeared in “Night of the Babysitter,” “Exists,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “VFW,” “Bliss,” “Alone with You” and “Humans vs. Zombies.”
1983 – Daniel Booko, appeared in “The Open Door,” the TV Movies “The Crooked Man,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Inspired to Kill,” sound department for “The Invisible Man,” “Brightburn,” additional crew for “Scream [2022],” “Doctor Sleep,” “Halloween [2018],” “Freaky,” “It Chapter Two” and many more.
1974 – Jake Head, appeared in “The Open Door” and sound department for “Zombieland.”
1957 – Vincent Van Patten, appeared in “Hell Night” and “Camp Fear.”
1957 – Lawrence Bender, executive producer on “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter,” “Alien Abduction,” “The Forest” and “Intruder.”
1950 – Joan Prather, starred in, “The Devil’s Rain.”
1949 – Geoffrey Sax, directed “White Noise” and stage assistant for “Thriller – Episode: Spell of Evil.”
1948 – Margot Kidder, starred in “Black Christmas [1974].”
1946 – Luciano Bartoli, actor in “Torso” “Caligula: The Untold Story” and “Bizarre.”
1943 – Michael Reeves, wrote and/or directed “Castle of the Living Dead,” “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Conqueror Worm” and “The Oblong Box.”
1926 – Julie Adams, starred in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “The Psychic Killer” and more.
1926 – Beverly Garland, starred in such Corman classics as “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World” “The Alligator People.”
1921 – Tom Poston, starred in the William Castle classics “The Old Dark House” and “Zotz!.
1913 – Robert Lowery, starred in “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Revenge of the Zombies” and “The Undertaker and His Pals.”
1902 – Irene Ryan, appeared in “Matinee Theatre – Episode: One of the Family.”
1900 – Jean Arthur, soundtrack for “False Positive” song “Who Am I?”
1883 – Roy Stewart, appeared in in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON OCTOBER 17
2022 – Masum Aziz, actor in “Telephonic” and “Chompa House.”
2019 – Zev Braun, produced “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane” and the TV Movie “Stillwatch.”
2019 – Wolf Martin Garber [aka Bill Macy], appeared in the TV Movie “Death at Love House” as well as episodes of TV series “Tales from the Darkside – Episode: Lifebomb” and “Millennium – Episode: Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me.”
2019 – Victor Mohica, appeared in “The Ghost Dance,” “Don’t Answer the Phone!” and an episode of “Dark Shadows – Episode: Episode #1.826.”
2019 – Wendy Williams, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Thriller – Episode: Nurse Will Make It Better.”
2004 – Julius Harris, appeared in “Darkman,” “Shrunken Heads” and the 1976 version of “King Kong”.
2003 – Bernard Schwartz, executive producer for “Eye of the Cat,” “The Shuttered Room” and “Psycho II.”
1987 – Ruby Dandridge, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Black Moon” and an episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 17
Hands of the Ripper [1971] – UK
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde [1971]
Case of the Full Moon Murders [1973] – Hartford, CT
Dead Men Don’t Die [1991]
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge [1991] – video premiere
I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]
Big Monster on Campus – aka “Boltneck” [2000]
From Hell [2001]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]
Eden Lake [2008] – Screamfest
Ghostlight [2013] – Seattle
Dead Body [2017]
The Banishing [2020] – Stiges Film Festival
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OCTOBER 18
BORN ON OCTOBER 18
1991 – Tyler Posey, starred in: Scream – TV Series,” “Teen Wolf – TV Series,” “Truth or Dare,” “Alone” and “Scary Movie V.”
1957 – Jon Lindstrom, appeared in “A Dark Foe.”
1945 – Jean Clark, sound department for “The Love Butcher,” “Eaten Alive,” “Jennifer [1978],” “Without Warning,” “The Forest,” “They’re Playing With Fire,” “Schoolgirls In Chains” and “Apprentice to Murder.”
1938 – Dawn Wells, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” and “Return to Boggy Creek.”
1935 – Peter Boyle, starred in “Young Frankenstein” and “Species II.”
1934 – Inger Stevens, starred in “The World, the Flesh and the Devil” as well as “The Hitch-Hiker” and “Lateness of the Hour” episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
1934 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in “Predator 2,” “The Beast Must Die” and more.
1933 – Edward Brayshaw, appeared in “Unmasked Part 25,” episodes of the TV Series “The Frighteners,” “Department S” and “Mystery and Imagination.”
1927 – George C. Scott, starred in “The Fury,” “The Changeling” and “Exorcist III.”
1926 – Klaus Kinski, starred in “Demon with the Blue Hand,” “Nosferatu [1979]” and “Creature.”
1902 – Miriam Hopkins, starred in the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 18
2022 – Robert Gordon, soundtrack for “Beetlejuice” and “Natural Born Killers.”
2022 – Tom Maddox, writer for “The X-Files – Episode: Kill Switch” and “The X-Files – Episode: First Person Shooter.”
2021 – Toshihiro Iijima, directed “Operation: Mystery! [1968–1971].”
2021 – Chris Ayers, actor in “Dark Water,” “Ghost Train, “Highschool of the Dead,” “Another” and “Parasyte: The Maxim [2014–2015].”
2021 – Val Bisoglio, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Zombie.”
2021 – Ralph Carmichael, composer for “4D Man” and “The Blob [1958].”
2021 – Edita Gruberova, soundtrack for “Hunger [2009].”
2021 – William Lucking, actor in “The Ninth Configuration,” “Sleepstalker,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Millennium” and “Night Stalker.”
2020 – Dana Baratta. producer & writer for the TV Series “The Secret Circle.”
2017 – Brent Briscoe, actor in “Zombeavers,” “Beneath [2013],” “The Messengers [2007],” “Modern Vampires” and “Grey Knight.”
2014 – Carla Ness, actress in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
2012 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”
2002 – Chuck Domanico, music department/musician brass for “The Sentinel,” “The Car,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Poltergeist,” “Gremlins,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Lake Placid,” “Final Destination” and “Jeepers Creepers.”
1973 – Crane Wilbur, screenwriter for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat,” “The Amazing Mr. X,” “The Monster” and “The Mad Magician.”
1965 – Henry Travers, starred in the original “The Invisible Man.”
1931 – Thomas A. Edison, who brought the story of “Frankenstein” to the screen for the first time in 1910.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 18
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb [1964] – UK
The Gorgon [1964] – UK
The Velvet Vampire [1971] – New York City
Burnt Offerings [1976]
Re-Animator [1985]
The Crawlers [1990] – Italy
The Dentist [1996]
Terror Tract [2000] – TV premiere
Below [2002]
The Ring [2002]
Infested [2002]
Perfect Creature [2006]
Boogeyman 3 [2008] – Screamfest
Necromentia [2009]
WNUF Halloween Special [2013]
Boogeyman 3 [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival
Lizzie Borden’s Revenge [2013]
Mortal Remains [2013] – Terror Film Festival
The Returned [2013] – Stigers Film Festival
WNUF Halloween Special [2013]
Deep Blue Sea 2 [2018]
Don’t Run [2019]
Scarecrow County [2019]
Trick [2019]
Wounds [2019]
Come Play [2020] – Sweden
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OCTOBER 19
BORN ON OCTOBER 19
1971 – Tava Smiley, appeared in “The Remains.”
1965 – Tracy Griffith, appeared in “Skeeter,” “The First Power” and “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.”
1945 – John Lithgow starred in “Pet Sematary [2019],” “Raising Cain” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1945 – Divine, appeared in “Multiple Maniacs,” “Out of the Dark” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside [1987].”
1941 – Simon Ward, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “The Monster Club”.
1921 – George Nader, appeared in “Robot Monster,” “The Human Duplicators” and “House of 1000 Dolls.”
1920 – Harry Alan Towers, producer of “Count Dracula,” “Edge of Sanity,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “The Mangler, ”Buried Alive,” “The Mummy Lives” and many more.
1920 – LaWanda Page, appeared in the film “Mausoleum.”
1903 – Tor Johnson appeared in “The Beast of Yucca Flats,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 19
2022 – Lucienne Legrand, actress in “Shock Treatment” and “Dracula and Son.”
2022 – Kōji Nakamoto, actor in “Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya” and Bugs.”
2021 – Jack Angel, voice actor in “Making Contact,” “Beetlejuice,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein,” as well as video games “The Dark Eye” and “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.”
2021 – Leslie Bricusse, soundtrack for “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Candyman [2021]” and the TV Movie “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical.”
2020 – Gianni Dei, appeared in “Patrick Still Lives,” “Sex of the Witch,” “Sex, Demons and Death,” “The Seventh Grave,” “I Love You Like a Twist” and more.
2020 – Wojciech Pszoniak, actor in “The Devil” and an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby.”
2019 – Carlos Suárez, cinematographer for “House of the Damned,” “Beatriz,” Rowing in the Wind,” and “Dagon.”
2009 – Joseph Wiseman, appeared in several TV Series including “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” Matinee Theatre,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
2006 – Phyllis Kirk, starred with Vincent Price in “House of Wax”.
2006 – James Glennon, camera operator for “Altered States” and “The Pack [1977].”
2003 – Guy Rolfe who played the title role in the film “Mr. Sardonicus” and portrayed “Toulan” in “Puppet Master III, 4, 5 & 7”.
1956 – Isham Jones, music/songwriter for “The Passing,” “I’ll See You In My Dreams” and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 19
Dr. Renault’s Secret [1942]
Cemetery High [1988] – UK
Night of the Living Dead [1990]
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings [1994] – video premiere
Guyver: Dark Hero [1994] – video premiere
Vampira – About Death, Sex and Taxes [1995] – Los Angeles Film Festival
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return [1999]
Modern Vampires [1999] – video premiere
Blood Surf [2000]
From Hell [2001]
GhostWatcher [2002]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003] – DVD premiere
Zombie Planet [2004]
30 Days of Night [2007]
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour [2007]
Trailer Park of Terror [2008] – Tornoto After Dark Film Festival
Damned by Dawn [2009] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival
The Intruder [2010]
Grave Halloween [2013] – TV Movie
Scream for Summer [2017]
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OCTOBER 20
BORN ON OCTOBER 20
1982 – Katie Featherston, starred in the “Paranormal Activity” series and the film “Mutation.”
1958 – Viggo Mortensen starred in “Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “The Prophecy,” the 1998 remake of “Psycho”.
1956 – David Henesy, played “David Collins” in the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
1947 – Franco Diogene, appeared in “Tentacles,” “Trhuama,” “The Sweet House of Horrors,” “The Stendhal Syndrome,” “Strip Nude for Your Killer” and 2 episodes of “Valentina.”
1929 – Louis Negin, actor in “Rabid [1977],” “Deadline [1980],” “Love & Murder,” “Pontypool” and 15 episodes of the TV Series “Mona the Vampire.”
1927 – Joyce Brothers, appeared in “Embryo.”
1922 – Arnold L. Miller, producer for “The Sorcerers,” “The Blood Beast Terror” and “Witchfinder General.”
1920 – Rita Corday, appeared in “The Body Snatcher” with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and “The Black Castle” with Karloff and Lon Chaney.
1918 – Anton Diffring, starred in “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” as “Baron Frankenstein” in the Hammer/Universal pilot of “Tales of Frankenstein” and “Circus of Horrors.”
1909 – Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. She made brief appearances in the 1931 “Dracula” and the original “Phantom of the Opera.”
1882 – Bela Lugosi was the quintessential “Dracula” appeared in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “White Zombie,” “The Phantom Creeps,” “The Black Cat,” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Raven,” “The Son of Frankenstein,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man” and many more.
DIED ON OCTOBER 20
2022 – Ron Masak, actor in “Lasterblast,” “The Stoneman,” “The Aliens Are Coming – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2022 – Al Sutton, director/producer/writer for the short “The Most Dangerous Animal.”
2021 – Sean Gallimore, actor in “Vampire Hunter,” “Predator Island,” “Remains: Road to Reno – short” and the TV Movie “Dark Haul.”
2021 – Michael Laughlin, director/writer for “Strange Behavior” and “Strange Invaders.”
2021 – Nick Dimitri, actor in “The Norliss Tapes,” stunts for “The Night Stalker,” “Grave of the Vampire,” “The Night Stangler,” “The Sword and the Sorcerer” and “Fright Night [1985].”
2021 – Viktor Yevgrafov, appeared in “Dominus.”
2020 – Xavier Boulanger, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Black Spot.”
2020 – Gerrit Schoonhoven, appeared in “The Mangler.”
2014 – Ox Baker, was a professional wrestler who appeared in John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York” as well as “Blood Circus” and “Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear.”
2010 – Robert Paynter, director of photography for “The Nightcomers,” “The Final Conflict,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “Curtains,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Scream for Help” and “Little Shop of Horrors.
2003 – Jack Elam, appeared in “Night of the Grizzly,” “A Knife for the Ladies” and “Creature from Black Lake.”
1995 – Christopher Stone, starred in “The Howling” and “Cujo” and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ‘Space Vampire’”
1994 – Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, starred in “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave,” “Caltiki the Immortal Monster” and as “Ben Cortman” in the movie “The Last Man on Earth.”
1990 – Freda Jackson, starred in “The Brides of Dracula,” “Die, Monster Die” and “The Valley of Gwangi.”
1990 – Joel McCrea, starred in “The Most Dangerous Game.”
1980 – Riza Royce, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat [1959],” “Hollywood Horror House” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “One Step Beyond.”
1970 – Patrick Wymark, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” and “The Conqueror Worm.”
1959 – Werner Krauss, starred in the 1920 film “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
1955 – Frank Darien, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Mad Love,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Bluebeard.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 20
The Old Dark House [1932]
Son of Dracula [1943] – Mexico
Night Monster [1942]
The Undying Monster [1942]
The Climax [1944]
Village of the Giants [1965]
Attack of the Eye Creatures [1967] – TV Movie
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974] – Spain
Hollow Gate [1988] – video premiere
El Chupacabra [2003]
The Ghouls [2003] – New York City Horror Film Festival
Dark Ride [2006]
Boogeyman 2 [2007] – Screamfest Film Festival
Deadwood Park [2007] – Freak Show Horror Film Festival
Decadent Evil [2008] – UK
Gravestoned [2009] – limited
Bonehill Road [2017]
I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday [2017]
Killer High [2018] – TV Movie
Redwood Massacre: Annihilation [2020]
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OCTOBER 21
BORN ON OCTOBER 21
1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, appeared in “The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series,” “The Legend of Gator Face” and “Goosebumps – TV Series.”
1978 – Michael McMillian, appeared in “True Blood” and “The Hills Have Eyes II.”
1973 – Sasha Roiz, appeared in “Land of the Dead” and “Assault on Precinct 13.”
1959 – Ken Watanabe, appeared in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”.
1956 – Carrie Fisher, appeared in “Sorority Row” and “Scream 3.”
1955 – Darius Khondji, cinematographer for “Alien: Resurrection,” “The Ruins” and the TV Series “Lisey’s Story.”
1945 – Everett McGill, starred in “The People Under the Stairs,” “Silver Bullet” and “Dune.”
1936 – Jack Taylor, actor in “Succubus,” “Count Dracula,” “Nightmares Come at Night,” “The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “The Mummy’s Revenge,” “Exorcism,” “Pieces,” “Rest in Pieces,” “Wax” and more.
1933 – Georgia Brown, actress in “Nothing But the Night,” “Tales That Witness Madness” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Gravedale High” and “Sherlock Holmes.”
1920 – Hy Averback, director of “Chamber of Horrors.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 21
2021 – Martha Henry, appeared in Poltergeist: The Legacy – Episode: Ransom.”
2021 – Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer for “Divination – short,” “Darlin’” and “The Mad Hatter.”
2021 – Žarko Potočnjak, appeared in “The Rat Savior” and “Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy.”
2019 – Josip Elic, appeared in episodes of “The Twilight Zone – Episode: One More Pallbearer” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Obsolete Man.”
2019 – Jerome Fogel, appeared in the TV Movie “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
2001 – David Lowell Rich, director for “Eye of the Cat,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” episodes of the TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1996 – Harry Thomas, make-up artist who worked on “Night of the Blood Beast” and “Frankenstein’s Daughter.”
1995 – Abel Salazar, starred in “The Brainiac,” “The Vampire’s Coffin” and “Man and the Monster.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 21
A Bucket of Blood [1959]
Bigfoot [1970]
The Grim Reaper [1980]
Boardinghouse [1982]
Eyes of Fire [1983]
The Dead Zone [1983]
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers [1988]
The Lair of the White Worm [1988]
Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies [1992]
The Puppet Masters [1994]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation [1995]
Hallow’s End [2003]
Doom [2005]
Trailer Park of Terror [2008]
Father’s Day [2011] – Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Hollows Grove [2014]
Terror Train [2022]
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