DECEMBER 1

BORN ON DECEMBER 1

1967 – Nestor Carbonell, appeared in “Director’s Cut,” “Killer Movie” and “Bates Motel – TV Series.”

1958 – Charlene Tilton, appeared in “Doctor Spine,” “Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck,” “Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories – TV Mini-Series documentary,” “The Silence of the Hams,” “The Fall of the House of Usher” and more.

1953 – Ágata Lys, appeared in “Knife of Ice,” “The Frenchman’s Garden” and “Trauma [1978].”

1951 – Treat Williams, starred in “Dead Heat,” “Deep Rising,” “Mask Maker,” “The Hideout,” “Venomous” and “The Phantom.”

1929 – David Doyle, actor in “The Comeback,” the TV Movie “The Stranger Within” and an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

1926 – Robert Symonds, actor in “The Exorcist,” “Demon, Demon,” “Superstition,” “Crimewave,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud,” episodes of “The Wide World of Mystery” and Freddy’s Nightmares.”

1922 – Paul Picerni, character actor who appeared in many films and TV shows including “House of Wax [1953],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Fearmaker,” TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1890 – Etta McDaniel, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The invisible Ray” and “Son of Dracula.”

DIED ON DECEMBER 1

2022 – Mort Zarcoff, associate producer for the TV Movie “She Waits.”

2021 – Jo Decaluwe, actor in “Memento Mori.”

2021 – Alvin Lucier, composer for the horror short “The Registry.”

2019 – Shelley Morrison, appeared in “Castle of Evil,” “Devil Times Five” an episode of “The Outer Limits: Tourist Attraction.”

2019 – Siu-Tin Lai, soundtrack for “Journey to the West” and worked in the music department for “New Mr. Vampire.”

2011 – Bill McKinney, appeared in “2001 Maniacs,” “Hellborn,” “The Green Mile,” “It Came from Outer Space II,” “She Freak” and “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence – TV Movie.”

2008 – Paul Benedict, appeared in the films “The Addams Family,” “The Devil’s Advocate” and the 1993 version of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.”

2006 – Sid Raymond, appeared in “Fright” and “The Funhouse”.

2005 – Jack Colvin appeared in “Embryo,” “The Terminal Man,” “The Spell” and “Child’s Play [1988].”

2003 – Carl Schenkel, director for “Bay Cove,” “The Surgeon,” “Dracula Blows His Cool” and 4 episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”

1999 – Marilyn Harris, known for portraying “Little Maria” in “Frankenstein [1931].”

1990 – Robert Gordon, directed “It Came From Beneath The Sea” and “The Black Zoo”.

1947 – Aleister Crowley, was an English occultist an appeared in “The Mysteries of Myra.”

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 1

The Ghost Walks [1934]
House of Frankenstein [1944]
Murder in the Blue Room [1944]

Corridors of Blood [1958] – UK (limited)

Zontar: The Thing from Venus [1967] – TV Movie

Crimson Cult [1968]

Die Sister Die! [1978]

Death House [1988]

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers [1988]

Primal Rage [1988] – Italy

Witcher [1988]

Rush Week [1989] – video premiere

Heartstopper [1991] – Netherlands
Body Melt [1993] – BFI London Film Festival

Terror Firmer [1999] – New York City
I Dream of Dracula [2003]
Turistas [2006]
Gun Town [2009]

Inoperable [2017]

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DECEMBER 2

BORN ON DECEMBER 2

1972 – BC Fourteen, writer/producer/director of “Bigfoot vs the Illuminati,” “Werewolf Rising”, “Do Not Disturb,” “Fangoria: Blood Drive II” and more.

1968 – Lucy Liu, starred in “Rise: Blood Hunter” and appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series.”

1955 – Dennis Christopher, starred in “Fade to Black,” “Blood and Lace” and “Stephen King’s IT.”

1944 – Cathy Lee Crosby, starred in “The Dark” and appeared in the “Helen of Troy” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

1943 – Arch Hall Jr., starred in “The Sadist” and “The Last American Horror Show.”

1943 – Pierangelo Civera, voice dubbing for “The Conspiracy of Torture,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and appeared in “Nightmare City.”

1938 – Robert Birnbaum, associate producer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and unit production manager for the TV Mini Series “The Shining.”

1933 – Maurice Poli, actor in “Five Dolls for an August Moon,” “Baron Blood,” “Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals,” “Touch of Death,” “The Murder Secret,” “Massacre,” “Hansel e Gretel,” “Frankenstein 2000” and “Cruel.”

1924 – Jonathan Frid, starred in “Dark Shadows” appeared in “The Devil’s Daughter” and “Seizure.”

1924 – Jimmy Sangster, Hammer screenplay writer whose scripts included “Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” The Brides of Dracula,” “The Crawling Eye,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and many more.

1917 – Ezra Stone, director for some of the episodes of “The Munsters.”

1894 – Warren William, starred in the 1941 version of “The Wolf Man.”

1875 – Frank Reicher, actor in “King Kong [1933],” “Before Dawn,” “Son of Kong,” “The Invisible Ray,” “The Devil-Doll,” “Dr. Cyclops,” “Night Monster,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “House of Frankenstein” and more.

DIED ON DECEMBER 2

2022 – Al Strobel, actor in the TV Movie “Child of Darkness, Child of Light.”

2022 – Gary Friedkin, actor in “Hard Rock Zombies” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading.”

2022 – Jo Carroll Pierce, soundtrack/writer for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation – “Ruby.”

2022 – Louis Negin, actor in “Rabid [1977],” “Deadline [1980],” “Love & Murder,” “Pontypool” and 15 episodes of the TV Series “Mona the Vampire.”

2021 – Antony Sher, actor in “The Wolfman [2010]”

2020 – Warren Berlinger, appeared in 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”

2020 – Richard Corben, comic book artist for “Creepy Comics #19 & #24.”

2020 – Rafer Johnson, appeared in “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: The Cadaver [1963].”

2020 – Kenneth V. Jones, composer for “The Tomb of Ligeia,” “Tower of Evil,” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo,” “The Projected Man” and “The Brain.”

2020 – Hugh Keays-Byrne, appeared in “The Death Train.”

2020 – Boris Plotnikov, appeared in “Savage Hunt of King Stakh” and “Progulka po eshafotu.”

2019 – Dorothy Catherine Fontana, writer for TV episodes of “War of the Worlds: The Meek Shall Inherit,” and “Circle of Fear: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.”

2019 – John Richard Easton, appeared in “Bruges-La-Morte” and an episode of “The Unforeseen: Early One Morning.”

2015 – Will MacMillan, actor in “The Crazies,” “Christmas Evil,” “Cards of Death,” “Dark Romances Vol. 1” and an episode of the TV Series “Werewolf.”

2006 – Don Dohler, writer/director/producer for “The Alien Factor,” “Nightbeast,” “Stakes” and “Fiend.”

2004 – Larry Buchanan, wrote, directed and produced “The Eye Creatures,” “Zontar: The Thing from Venus” and “In The Year 2889”.

1990 – Robert Cummings, starred in “Flesh & Fantasy,” “Dial M for Murder” and the “King Nine Will Not Return” episode of “The Twilight Zone”.

1982 – Marty Feldman, played “Igor” in “Young Frankenstein”.

1953 – George Kirby, appeared in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “WereWolf of London” and “Dracula’s Daughter”.

FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 2

The Return of Dr. X [1939]
The Awful Dr. Orloff [1964]
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock [1964]

Scalps [1983]

Watchers [1988]

Game Over [1989]

The Descent: Part 2 [2009]

Rabies [2010] – Israel

Pet [2016]

Siren [2016]

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