NOVEMBER 26

BORN ON NOVEMBER 26

1976 – Joshua Park, actor in “Bog Creatures,” “Blood Relic” and “Fort Doom.”

1973 – Peter Facinelli, who appeared in “Countdown,” “Supernova,” “The Damned,” “Hollow Man II” and producer for “Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word.”

1973 – Kristin Bauer, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Eli Roth’s History of Horror,” “The Boy Behind the Door” and “Sacred Lies – TV Series.”

1970 – Lorissa McComas, appeared in “Piranha [1995],” “Vamps,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “Raptor” and more.

1944 – Anke Syring, actress in “The Devil’s Plaything.”

1944 – Michael Gregory, appeared in “Lawnmower Man,” “Nomads,” “Ghosts,” “Sublime,” “Fangs,” episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and more.

1943 – Jerry Jameson, directed “The Bat People” and the TV Movie “Hotline.”

1942 – Marianne McAndrew, starred in “The Bat People.”

1939 – Mark Margolis, appeared in “End of Days,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1991],” “Christmas Evil,” “Headspace,” episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story,” “Constantine” and more.

1933 – Robert Goulet, appeared in “Beetlejuice.”

1933 – Stanley A. Long, director/producer for “Screamtime,” director of photography for “The Sorcerers” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”

1929 – Betta St. John, starred in “Horror Hotel” and “Corridors of Blood.”

1939 – Tina Turner, appeared in “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985].”

1913 – Grace Lenard, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”

1909 – Frances Dee, starred in “I Walked with a Zombie.”

1888 – Robert Strange, appeared in the film “Mad Monster,” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 26

2022 – Albert Pyun, director for “Death Heads: Brain Drain,” “Left for Dead,” “Cool Air,” “Infection,” “Urban Massacre,” “Vicious Lips” and more.

2022 – Vikram Gokhale, actor in “Karishma Kali Kaa,” “Hum Kaun Hai? – aka Who Are You?” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa – aka The Maze.”

2021 – Stephen Sondheim, music/lyrics/soundtrack for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982],” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007.”

2021 – Óscar Catacora, screenwriter for “Bloody Adventure.”

2021 – Balbinder Dhami, starred in the TV Series “The Zee Horror Show.”

2020 – Daria Nicolodi, actress in “Deep Red,” Suspiria [1977],” “Inferno,” “Tenebrae,” “Phenomena,” “Delirium,” “Paganini Horror,” “The Sect,” “All the Colors of Giallo” and more.

2019 – Vittorio Congia, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tails.”

2006 – Renee Harmon, starred in the films “Frozen Scream” and Night of Terror”.

1992 – Philip Leakey, makeup artist who worked on many Hammer Films including “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “X: The Unknown,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and many more.

1980 – Rachel Roberts, appeared in “When a Stranger Calls,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Reckoning” and more.

1976 – Marcel Delgado, worked on many of the miniatures used on such films as King Kong [1933], “Mighty Joe Young,” “Son of Kong” and the 1925 silent classic, “Lost World,”.

1958 – Pat Harmon, appeared in “The Last Warning,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931],” “King Kong [1933]” and “Night of Terror.”

1957 – Billy Bevan, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jyde [1941],” “I Married a Witch,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Lodger [1944],” “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 26

Dreamaniac [1986] – video premiere

Alien: Resurrection [1997]

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon [2002] – video premiere
The Haunted Mansion [2003]

Bleed with Me [2020] – Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival

Devil’s Triangle [2021]

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NOVEMBER 27

BORN ON NOVEMBER 27

1983 – Sabine Crossen, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Six Hot Chicks in a Warehouse.”

1975 – Brice Kennedy, appeared in “Splatter Beach,” “Black Mass,” “Razorteeth,” “NightThirst,” “Peter Rottentail,” “Blood Red Planet” and “Hellgate: The House That Screamed 2.”

1963 – Fisher Stevens, appeared in the film “The Burning.”

1954 – Kimmy Roberstson, appeared in the films “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and “Leprechaun 2.”

1953 – Deborah Winters, appeared in “The Outing,” “Blue Sunshine” and the TV Movie “Tarantulas: The Dead Cargo.”

1949 – Gerrit Graham, starred in “Phantom of the Paradise,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Child’s Play 2.”

1945 – Barbara Anderson, appeared in the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”

1940 – Ron Kurz, writer/characters for “Friday the 13th,” Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Eyes of a Stranger,” “Friday the 13th: Mother’s Day,” the shorts “Michael vs. Jason,” “An Unfortunate Friday the 13th,” “The Curse of Camp Blood,” “Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil” and more.

1937 – Stewart Moss, starred in “The Bat People” and “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls.”

1930 – John Dullaghan, starred in “Garden of the Dead,” “Terror at Orgy Castle” and “Sex and the Single Vampire.”

1927 – Peter Lilienthal, director/writer for the TV Movie “Horror [1969].”

1925 – Marshall Thompson, starred in “Fiend Without a Face” and “It the Terror from Beyond Space”.

DIED ON NOVEMBER 27

2021 – Eddie Mekka, soundtrack for “Evils of the Night.”

2020 – Parviz Poorhosseini, appeared in “The Spell” and “Leila’s Dream.”

2020 – Dave Prowse, appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Vampire Circus,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” as well as the TV Movies “Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror” and “The 100 Greatest Scary Moments.”

2019 – Godfrey Gao, appeared in “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”

2019 – Bala Singh, appeared in “Bhoot Bangla.”

2018 – Nicolas Roeg, director for “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Witches [1990],” “Don’t Look Now,” cinematographer for “Masque of the Red Death” and “Dr. Crippen.”

2011 – Ken Russell, director of “The Lair of the White Worm,” “Gothic,” “Altered States,” “The Devils” and more.

2010 – Irvin Kershner, directed “Eyes of Laura Mars,” “Never Say Never Again” and “Robocop 2.”

2002 – Billie Bird, appeared in “Werewolf – Episode: Amazing Grace.”

1988 – John Carradine, actor in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “The Howling,” “The Sentinel” and many more.

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 27

Night Monster [1942]

The Living Ghost [1942]
The Undying Monster [1942]
Daikaijû Gamera [1965]

Viy [1967]

Illusion of Blood [1968]

Frankenstein Island [1981] – Kokomo, Indiana

Just Before Dawn [1981]

Dollman [1991] – video premiere
The Crucible [1996]
They [2002]
Species III [2004]
Shapeshifter [2005]
Bled White [2009] – Tabloid Witch Awards
Life Blood [2009] – Germany

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NOVEMBER 28

BORN ON NOVEMBER 28

1986 – Johnny Simmons, appeared in “Jennifer’s Body,” “My Ambition” and “Boogeyman 2.”

1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, starred in the “Death Proof,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Black Christmas [2006],” “Final Destination 3,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” “The Thing [2011]” and more.

1976 – Ryan Kwanten, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Dead Silence,” “Flight 7500,” “Sacred Lies – TV Series” and “Them – TV Series.”

1975 – Sunny Mabrey, starred in the films “Species III” and “Snakes on a Plane.”

1969 – Todd A. Robinson, actor in “Crimps,” “Exorcist: The Fallen,” “All Hell Breaks Loose” and “Big Legend.”

1958 – Thom Mathews, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Nemesis” and “Heatseeker.”

1950 – Ed Harris, starred in “The Abyss,” “Needful Things” and “Creepshow.”

1949 – Alexander Godunov, appeared in “The Runestone” and “Waxwork II: Lost in Time.”

1946 – Joe Dante, director of “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2,” “Piranha [1978],” “The Howling,” “Burying the Ex” and “Matinee.”

1939 – Patrick Wright, appeared in “Maniac Cop,” “Frightmare,” “Graduation Day,” “Devil’s Ecstasy,” “Track of the Moon Beast,” “The Night of the Strangler” and more.

1932 – Ethel Ennis, sang the title song “Mad Monster Party.” She also sang the “Monster Party Song” in the film “Boltneck.”

1927 – Chuck Mitchell, actor in “The Hearse,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Ghost Chase” and “Don’t Answer the Phone!”

1923 – James Karen, appeared in “The Unborn,” “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Poltergeist” and many more.

1917 – Ramón Gay, starred in Mexican horror classics “The Aztec Mummy,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Curse of the Doll People.”

1910 – Russell Napier, actor in “It! [1967], “The Blood Beast Terror” and an episode of “Target.”

1885 – John Willard, writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Cat Creeps” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 28

2022 – Clarence Gilyard Jr., actor in “Little Monsters [2012].”

2021 – Kichiemon Nakamura, actor in “Black Cat [1968].”

2020 – David Prowse, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “Vampire Circus.”

2019 – Jan Nygren, appeared in “Mask of Murder.”

2011 – Dan Meaden, actor in “House of Mystery,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Dracula [1979].”

2010 – Leslie Nielsen, starred in “Scary Movie 3-4,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” “Repossessed,” “Creepshow,” “Prom Night,” “Day of the Animals,” “Night Gallery – TV Series” and more.

2009 – Tony Kendal, appeared in “The Whip and the Body,” “Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead” and “When the Screaming Stops”.

2008 – Bill Finnegan, executive producer for the film “Night of the Creeps” and the TV series “She Wolf of London”.

2007 – Jeanne Bates, actress in “The Soul of a Monster,” “Back from the Dead,” “The Strangler,” “Eraserhead,” “Mom [1990],” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation” and more.

1993 – June Gittelson, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mark of the Vampire” and “The Raven [1935].”

1991 – Gianpaolo Saccarola, appeared in “Midnight Killer,” “Tenebrae,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “The Beyond” and more.

1990 – Tamara De Treaux, appeared in “Ghoulies,” “Rockula” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”

1983 – Christopher George, actor in “City of the Living Dead,” “Grizzly,” “Graduation Day,” “Mortuary,” “Day of the Animals,” “Pieces,” “Gates of Hell” and more.

1978 – André Morell, starred in “Quaternmass and the Pit,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Plague of the Zombies” and “The Giant Behemoth.”

1974 – Gay Sheridan, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”

1967 – Arthur Hammond, assistant director for “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man” and “Crazy Knights.”

1950 – Russ Powell, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “King Kong [1933],” “Mad Love [1935]” and “Son of Frankenstein [1939].”

1859 – Washington Irving, wrote the short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” which was turned into a movie in 1999.

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 28

Bloody Pit of Horror [1965] – Italy

Home for the Holidays [1972] – TV Movie

Deadtime Stories [1986]
Psycho Cop [1989] – video premiere

Theatre of the Dead [2013] – Canberra, Australia (premiere)

Save Yourself [2015]

Mercy Christmas [2017]

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NOVEMBER 29

BORN ON NOVEMBER 29

1978 – Lauren German, appeared in “The Divide,” “Hostel: Part II,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Dead Above Ground.”

1976 – Anna Faris, starred as “Cindy” in the “Scary Movie” as well as appearing in “May” and “Lovers Lane.”

1961 – Kim Delaney, starred in “Metalbeast,” and “Body Parts.”

1961 – Tom Sizemore, actor in “The Relic,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Bottom Feeder,” “Paranormal Movie [2013],” “The Intruders,” “Halloweed,” “Black Wake,” “The Litch,” “Amber Road,” “Hell Girl,” “Impuratus,” “Night of the Tommyknockers” and many more.”

1952 – Jeff Fahey, starred in “Psycho III,” “Body Parts” and “The Lawnmower Man,” and also appeared in “Planet Terror” and “Grindhouse.”

1943 – Peter Elbling, appeared in “Once Bitten,” “Phantom of the Paradise” and “Demon Seed.”

1935 – Diane Ladd, appeared in “Carnosaur,” “Mother,” “Embryo,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and the TV Series “Kingdom Hospital.”

1916 – Fran Ryan, actress in “Eyes of Fire,” “Nick Knight – TV Movie,” “Lucky Stiff,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”

1915 – James Nolan, actor in “The Brute Man,” “The Toolbox Murders” and the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”

1910 – Fumiko Honma, starred in “Varan, the Unbelievable” and “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 29

2022 – Brad William Henke, actor in “Love Object,” “The Zodiac,” “Altered,” “Split,” “Wounds” and the TV Series “The Stand.”

2022 – Derek Granger, produced the TV Movies “Haunted: The Ferryman” and “Haunted: Poor Girl.”

2021 – David Gulpilil, actor in “Dark Age” and the TV Series “Cargo.”

2021 – Tommy Lane, actor in “Ganja & Hess” and “Island Claws.”

2019 – Makio Inoue, starred in “Akumaizâ surî.”

2004 – John Drew Barrymore, appeared in the films “The Clones” and “War of the Zombies.”

2004 – Jack De Shields, production designer for “Pandemonium” and art director for the TV Movie “This House Possessed.”

2003 – Norman Burton, appeared in “Deep Space,” “Hand of Death,” “Mausoleum,” “Fade to Black,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “The Terminal Man,” “Simon, King of the Witches,” and many more.

1992 – Robert Shayne, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” “Teenage Caveman” and “The Giant Claw.”

1991 – Ralph Bellamy, starred in “The Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”

1986 – Cary Grant, starred in “North by Northwest,” “Notorious,” “Suspicion,” “Arsenic and Old Lace” and more.

1981 – Natalie Wood, starred in the films “Brainstorm” and “Meteor.”

1976 – Godfrey Cambridge, starred in “Beware the Blob.”

1965 – Lu Juergens, appeared in “The Hound of Baskerville – Part 6: The House Without Windows.”

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 29

The Black Sheep [1956]

The Man and the Beast [1973]

Someone’s Watching Me! [1978] – TV Movie

Transmutations aka Underworld [1985] – London
Head of the Family [1996] – video premiere

Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] – Hollywood
The Mangler Reborn [2005]

Nightmare Cinema [2018] – NYC Horror Film Festival

The Man in the Trunk [2019]

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NOVEMBER 30

BORN ON NOVEMBER 30

1985 – Kaley Cuoco, actress in “The Hollow,” “The Nightmare Room – TV Series,” “Killer Movie” and “Killer Movie: Director’s Cut.”

1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, starred in “House of Wax [2005],” “Captivity” and the TV Series “Are You Afraid of the Dark.”

1979 – David Howard Thornton, starred in “Terrifier,” “Terrifier 2,” “The Mean One” and “The Dark Offerings.”

1978 – Robert Kirkman, one of the creators of “The Walking Dead” comics which the series is based on, also created “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series” and “Outcast – TV Series.”

1976 – Peter Sullivan, producer/writer for “The Sandman,” “The Crooked Man,” “Finders Keepers,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Killer Mountain,” “Cucuy: The Boogeyman” and more.

1952 – Henry Selick, stop-motion animator and director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

1952 – Mandy Patinkin, appeared in “Alien Nation”.

1951 – June Chadwick, actress in “Forbidden World,” “The Last Horror Film,” “The Comeback,” “The Head Hunter,” “The Evil Below,” “Return of the Family Man” and “Distortions.”

1937 – Eduard Artemyev, composer for the TV Movie “Burial of the Rats.”

1937 – Ridley Scott, producer/director whose film credits include “Prometheus,” “Alien,” “Alien: Covenant,”  “Blade Runner,” “Hannibal’ and the TV remake of “The Andromeda Strain” and many more.

1933 – Warren Munson, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes,” “Ed and His Dead Mother,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “Raging Angels.”

1928 – Rex Reason, starred in “The Creature Walks Among Us” and “This Island Earth.”

1927 – Richard Crenna, starred in the films “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “The Evil.”

1927 – Robert Guillaume, starred in “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”

1916 – Michael Gywnn, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Revenge,” “Scars of Dracula” and the original “Village of the Damned.”

DIED ON NOVEMBER 30

2022 – Christine McVie – Member of Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Twenty-Sided, Die – song (Don’t Stop}.”

2021 – Marie-Claire Blais, screenwriter for “The Beautiful Beast.”

2020 – Betty Bobbitt, actress in Salem’s Lot [2004].”

2020 – Anne Sylvestre, appeared in “Swamp!”

2019 – María Concepción Hidalgo, appeared in “The Monk,” and “Mistress of Suspense – Episode: The Cat Brought It In.”

2013 – Paul Walker, appeared in “Joy Ride” and “Monster in the Closet.”

2009 – Jacinto Molina Alvarez, a.k.a. the great Paul Naschy, appeared in “Nights of the Werewolf” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “The Werewolf vs the Vampire Women,” “Doctor Jekyll & The Werewolf” and “Tomb of the Werewolf.”

2006 – Jackie Blaisdell, worked on the films “Earth vs the Spider” and Attack of the Puppet People.”

2005 – Herbert L. Strock, directed “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “How to Make a Monster” to name a few.

2003 – Earl Bellamy, directed episodes of “The Munsters,” and the film “Munsters, Go Home!”

1981 – Robert H. Harris, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” TV Movie “How Awful About Allen,” episodes of TV Series “Suspense,” “Tales of Tomorrow,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Thriller” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1979 – Allen Vincent, screenwriter for “The Face Behind the Mask” and appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”

1973 – Mary Adams, actress in “Blood of Dracula,” “Diary of a Madman,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1957 – Fred F. Sears, directed “The Giant Claw,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “The Werewolf.”

FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 30

The Man Who Could Cheat Death [1959] – UK
The Undertaker and His Pals [1966]
Misery [1990]

Blood Riders: The Devil Rides with Us [2013] – Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (premiere)

Sick: Survive the Night [2012] – Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival

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