OCTOBER 29

BORN ON OCTOBER 29

1993 – India Eisley, appeared in “Underworld: Awakening,” “Look Away,” “Clinical,” “The Curse of Sleeping Beauty” and “Headspace.”

1988 – Cherilyn Wilson, appeared in “Chain Letter,” “Parasomnia,” “Zombie Roadkill” and the series “Love Vampires.”

1985 – Janet Montgomery, appeared in “Salem – TV Series,” “Gothica,” “Dead Cert,” “Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead” and “The Hills Run Red.”

1982 – Chelan Simmons, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Stephen King’s It,” “See No Evil 2” and “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.”

1980 – Ben Foster, starred in “30 Days of Night” and “Pandorum.”

1979 – Andrew Lee Potts, starred in the British series “Primeval” and the films “1408,” “Return to the House on Haunted Hill” and Red Mist.”

1977 – Brendan Fehr, appeared in “Final Destination,” “The Forsaken,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “13 Eerie” and “Silent Night.”

1972 – Gabrielle Union, starred in the short-lived remake 2005 of the TV series, “The Night Stalker.”

1971 – Winona Ryder, starred in the 1992 version of “Dracula,” “Lost Souls” and “Alien: Resurrection”.

1948 – Jag Mundhra, director/writer for “Open House” and director/story for “Hack-O-Lantern.”

1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, starred in “Jaws,” “The Sentinel,” and “Piranha 3D.”

1928 – Jack Donner, appeared in “Hand of Death,” “Retro Puppet Master,” “Demon Under Glass,” “Plot 7,” “Brotherhood of Blood,” “Farm House,” “Night of Templar,” the pilot episode of “Fear the Walking Dead” and many more films.

1925 – Ben Chapman, best known for portraying “The Gill Man” in the above water scenes of “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”

1921 – Mitch Mitchell, actor in the TV Movie “Deathmoon [1978].”

1904 – Perc Westmore, makeup artist for “The Lost World,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Gorilla,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” 69 episodes of “The Munsters” and more.

1899 – Akim Tamiroff, appeared “The Vulture,” and “The Black Sleep.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 29

2021 – Rossano Rubicondi, actor in “The Eighteenth Angel.”

2006 – Nigel Kneale, writer for many Hammer films, “Five Million Years to Earth,” “The Witches,” “The Abominable Snowman” and “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.”

2005 – Lloyd Bochner, appeared in “Legend of the Mummy,” “Mazes and Monsters,” “Darkroom – TV Series,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “The Dunwich Horror” and many more.

1997 – Anton LaVey, founder of the church of Satan and was technical adviser for the films “The Devil’s Rain” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 29

Return of the Evil Dead [1973] – Spain
Q [1982]
Trick or Treats [1982]
Return of the Living Dead 3 [1993] – limited

The Nightmare Before Christmas [1993]
Necronomicon [1994] – video premiere
Terror Firmer [1999] – Los Angeles
House on Haunted Hill [1999]
Saw [2004]
Frankenstein’s Bloody Nightmare [2006] – Atlanta Horror Fest
The Zombie Diaries [2006] – UK
Saw 3D: The Final Chapter [2010]

Terrifier [2011] – Terror Film Festival (short)

Zombie Apocalypse [2011] – TV Movie

All Hallows’ Eve [2013] – DVD premiere

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OCTOBER 30

BORN ON OCTOBER 30

1981 – Fiona Dourif, appeared om “Fear Clinic,” “Cult of Chucky,” “Curse of Chucky” episodes of the TV Series “True Blood,” “The Purge,” “The Stand” and more.

1980 – Sarah Carter, appeared in “Skinwalkers,” “Red Mist,” “Final Destination 2,” “Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell” and “Falling Skies – TV Series.”

1975 – Maria Thayer, starred in “Night of the Living Deb” and an episode of the TV Series “Ghosted.”

1975 – Steve Kazee, appeared in the TV Movie “The Haunted” and an episode of “The Walking Dead.”

1968 – Jack Plotnick, appeared in “Patient Seven,” “Surbarban Gothic,” “You’re Killing Me,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Supernatural” and “Z Nation.”

1965 – Dominique Jennings, appeared in “Se7en.”

1953 – Charles Martin Smith, appeared in “Trick or Treat” and the TV movie “The Beast.”

1945 – Henry Winkler, who played “Principal Arthur Himbry” in the film “Scream.”

1938 – Ed Lauter, appeared in “King Kong [1976],” “Cujo,” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014]” as well as episodes of TV Series including “Golden Years,” “Monsters” and “Millennium.”

1932 – Louis Malle, director and writer for “Black Moon” and “Spirits of the Dead.”

1926 – William Campbell, starred in “Dementia 13,” “Track of the Vampire” and “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.”

1915 – Jane Randolph, appeared in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Cat People” and “Curse of the Cat People.”

1911 – Ruth Hussey, starred “The Uninvited.”

1910 – Joan Banks, appeared in 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 30

2021 – Yusuf Hussain, actor in “Raaz,” “Darna Mana Hai,” “Fired” and the TV Series “Typewriter.”

2021 – Miroslav Středa, actor in “Ferat Vampire.”

2020 – Ricardo Blume, appeared in “All of Them Witches.”

2019 – Bernard Slade Newbound, writer for “Matinee Theatre – Episode: The Long, Long Laugh [1958].”

2014 – Renée Asherson, appeared in “The Others,” “Theatre of Blood,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” and many more.

2009 – Clark Howat, appeared in “Earth vs. The Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” episodes of “Target” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

2007 – Robert Goulet, appeared in the film “Beetlejuice.”

1995 – Paul Ferris, composer for “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Persecution.”

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 30

Bowery at Midnight [1942]
The 39 Steps 1959 – Netherlands
Maniac [1963]

The Old Dark House [1963] – premiere

Twice Told Tales [1963]
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell [1974] – New York City
Halloween II [1981]
Saturday the 14th [1981]
Looker [1981]
Deranged [1987]
Vampires [1998]
Route 666 [2001]
Dead/Undead [2002] – USA premiere
Klownz [2003]
Vampire Bats [2005]

The Blood Shed [2007]

The Coffin [2008] – Singapore
Best Ribs In Town [2009]
Evil Weed [2009]
In the Closet [2009]
The Occultist [2009]

Mischief Night [2013]

Freaks of Nature [2015]

Killjoy’s Psycho Circus [2016]
Come Play [2020]

His House [2020]

Spell [2020]

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October 31 – HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

BORN ON OCTOBER 31

1982 – Justin Chatwin, starred in “The Invisible,” “War of the Worlds [2005],” as well as episodes of “Night Visions” and “Glory Days.”

1980 – Samaire Armstrong, appeared in “Rise,” “5 Souls,” “Stay Alive” and “Dark Wolf.”

1979 – Erica Cerra, appeared in “Blade: Trinity,” “Shark Killer,” “Adam and Evil,” “Rise of the Damned” and episodes of the tv series “Supernatural.”

1976 – Piper Perabo, starred “The Cave,” “Carriers” and episodes of the TV series “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.”

1963 – Dermot Mulroney, starred in “Copycat” and “Zodiac.”

1961 –Peter Jackson, writer/director/producer whose credits include “Bad Taste,” “Dead Alive,” “The Frighteners,” “King Kong [2005],” “District 9” and more.

1950 – Joan Weidman, production manager for “Berserker,” “Cheerleader Camp,” “Night Life” and “Slaughter of the Innocents.”

1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, appeared in “Ghostbusters II.”

1945 – Gregory Jein, visual effects/models for “Laserblast,” “The Day Time Ended,” “Virus” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

1942 – David Ogden Stiers, appeared in “Magic [1978],” TV Movie “The Bad Seed [1985],” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Ray Bradbury Theater,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy” and “The Outer Limits.”

1941 – Sally Kirkland, starred in the TV Movie “The Haunted” and appeared in “The Incredible Shrinking Woman” and “Two Evil Eyes.”

1936 – James Mathers, actor in “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” “Flight 7500,” “Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death” and “Kiss the Abyss.”

1936 – Michael Landon, started his career in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.”

1926 – Mikel Angel, appeared in “Werewolves on Wheels,” “Inside Amy,” “Grotesque” and “Evil Spirits.”

1925 – Lee Grant, appeared in “The Omen II,” “Marooned” and “Visiting Hours.”

1923 – Jack Hunsaker, supervising music editor for “The Devil’s Daughter.”

1902 – Eduard Franz, actor in “The Thing from Another World,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “Beauty and the Beast [1962]” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

DIED ON OCTOBER 31

2022 – Andrew Prine, actor in “The Lords of Salem,” “Sutures,” “Glass Trap,” “Amityville II: The Possession,” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Grizzly,” “Terror Circus,” “Crypt of the Living” and more.”

2021 – Dean Shek, producer for “Life After Life,” “Happy Ghost II,” actor in “The Bedevilled,” “The Seven Coffins,” “To Hell with the Devil” and more.”

2020 – Sir Sean Connery, starred in “Marnie,” “Outland” and more.

2020 – Charles Gordon, producer for “Night of the Creeps,” “Leviathan” and the TV Movie “Things That Go Bump.”

2019 – Florence Giorgetti, appeared in “Knife + Heart.”

2011 – Gilbert Cates, directed “The Twilight Zone – Episode: Teacher’s Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour.”

2004 – Don Briscoe, played werewolf “Chris Jennings” on the soap opera “Dark Shadows,” also appeared in the feature film “House of Dark Shadows.”

1997 – Rosalind Cash, appeared in “The Omega Man,” “Tales from the Hood” and “Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde.”

1996 – Arthur Peterson, appeared in “The Spell – TV Movie” and episodes of the TV Series “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”

1993 – Federico Fellini, director & writer for “Sprits of the Dead.”

1988 – John Houseman, appeared in the films “Ghost Story” and “The Fog.”

1977 – Joan Tetzel, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “Thriller.”

1971 – Victor Greene, associate art director for “The Return of the Vampire [1943].”

1963 – Henry Daniell, starred in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “The Body Snatcher” and in one of the best episodes of the TV series “Thriller” entitled “The Grim Reaper.”

FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 31

The Invisible Man [1933] – Greeley, CO

The Case of the Black Cat [1936]
The Son of Dr. Jekyll [1951]
The Vampire and the Ballerina [1962]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane [1962]
Tales That Witness Madness [1973]
Phantom of the Paradise [1974] – Spain
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell [1978] – TV Movie

Summer of Fear [1978]

A Polish Vampire in Burbank [1983] – Los Angeles (premiere)

Day of the Reaper [1984]

The Tomb [1986]
Doctor Strain the Body Snatcher [1991]

Army of Darkness [1992]

Ghostwatch [1992] – TV Movie

Fatal Frames [1996]

Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2002]
The Revolting Dead [2003]
The Jersey Devil [2005]
Crazy Eights [2006]
Evil Bong [2006]
Vampira the Movie [2006]
The Haunting of Molly Hartley [2008]

Splinter [2008] – limited

Hell House [2009]
Demon Haunt [2009]

Inferno of the Dead [2009] – short – Canada
The Gate of Fallen Angels [2009]
Reality Horror Night [2009]

Maleficarum [2011]

Dracula: The Impaler [2013] – internet

All Through the House [2015]

Wonder Valley [2015]

Dreaming Purple Neon [2016]

In Search of Darkness [2019] – Blu-ray/DVD premiere

The Haunted Couple [2020] – UK – short

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