DECEMBER 3
BORN ON DECEMBER 3
1985 – Amanda Seyfried, starred in “Things Heard & Seen,” “You Should Have Left,” “Solstice,” “Red Riding Hood” and “Jennifer’s Body.”
1980 – Jenna Dewan Tatum, appeared in “Witches of East End – TV Series,” “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “The Grudge 2,” “Tamara” and “Dark Shadows – TV Movie.”
1973 – Holly Marie Combs, starred in “Charmed – TV Series” “Tenement,” “The Craft” and “Dr. Giggles.”
1968 – Brendan Fraser, starred in “The Mummy [1999],” “The Mummy Returns,” “The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” and “Gods and Monsters.”
1960 – Julianne Moore, starred in “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Hannibal,” “Carrie [2013],” “Psycho [1998],” “6 Souls,” “The Forgotten,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2” and the TV Series “Lisey’s Story.”
1960 – Daryl Hannah, starred in “The Fury,” “Blade Runner” and the HBO remake of “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman.”
1953 – Ágata Lys, appeared in “Knife of Ice,” “The Frenchman’s Garden” and “Trauma [1978].”
1955 – Steven Culp, appeared in “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,” “From Within” and the TV remake of “How To Make a Monster.”
1955 – Melody Anderson, starred in “Dead & Buried” and the TV series “Manimal.”
1952 – Ted Newsom, wrote, produced & directed “100 Years of Horror” TV series as well as the films “Time Trancers” and “Attack of the B Movie Monster.”
1951 – Eugene Clark, portrayed “Big Daddy” in George A. Romero’s “Land of the Dead” and also appeared in “Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming,” “Millennium,” “Thrillkill” and more.
1949 – Heather Menzies, starred in the films “Sssssss” and “Piranha.”
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, appeared in the film “Trick or Treat,” as “Reverend Aaron Gilstrom.”
1941 – Elliott Marks, worked in the camera department in “King Kong [1976],” “Dead & Buried,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Grave of the Vampire” and the TV Movie “Body Bags.”
1939 – Don Calfa, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead,” “Necronomicon” and “Corpses Are Forever”.
1925 – Ferlin Husky, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House.”
1915 – Robert Forward, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders.”
1911 – Nino Rota, composer for “Spirits of the Dead,” and worked on the soundtrack for “Let Me In.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 3
2022 – Gina Romand, actress in “Dr. Satan,” “Grave Robbers,” “The Vengeance of the Vampire Women” and “Santo vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter.”
2022 – Kochu Preman, actor in “Indriyam,” “In Ghost House Inn,” “Oru Murai Vanthu Paarthaya,” “Ghost Villa,” “British Bungalow” and “The Priest.”
2021 – Jôji Yanami, appeared in the TV Movie “Monster of Frankenstein” and the TV Series “Akumaizâ Syria.”
2020 – André Gagnon, composer for “Phobia.”
2019 – Donald Tosh, writer/script for 4 episodes of “Sherlock Holmes [1968].”
2009 – Richard Todd, appeared in “House of the Long Shadows,” “Bloodbath,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “Asylum,” “Stage Fright” and many more.
2003 – David Hemmings, produced “Turkey Shoot,” “Strange Behavior,” directed “The Survivor” and appeared in “Deep Red,” the TV Movie “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and many more.
2002 – Glenn Quinn, appeared in “Campfire Tales” and “Dr. Giggles.”
2000 – Jun Fukuda, directed “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”
1999 – Madeline Kahn, starred in “Young Frankenstein” and “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother.”
1943 – Maria Ouspenskaya, best known for her role as “Maleva” the gypsy woman in the films “The Wolf Man” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, author and creator of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 3
London After Midnight [1927]
Horror Express [1972]
Girls Nite Out [1982]
Office Killer [1997]
Witchbabe: Erotic Witch Project 3 [2001]
All Hallows’ Eve [2007]
30 Days to Die [2009]
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DECEMBER 4
BORN ON DECEMBER 4
1973 – Tyra Banks, appeared in “Halloween: Resurrection.”
1967 – Antonia Dorian, actress in “Ghoulies IV,” “Sorceress,” “The Wasp Woman [1995],” “Vampirella,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “Vampire in Vegas” “Age of Dinosaurs” and more.
1965 – Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish writer/director whose films include “Witching and Bitching,” “Dance with the Devil,” “Day of the Beast” and “Acción mutante.”
1964 – Marisa Tomei, appeared in “The First Purge,” “Danika” and “The Toxic Avenger.”
1964 – Tony Todd, starred in “Night of the Living Dead [1990],” “The Crow,” “Murder Set Pieces,” “Hatchet, “Candy Corn,” “Dark Reel,” “Victor Crowley,” “Candyman [1992]” and many more.
2023 – Gary Rossington, founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, soundtrack for “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Halloween II [2009].”
1951 – Mick Garris, directed “Sleepwalkers,” the TV mini-series “The Stand” and “The Shining.” He also created the show “Masters of Horror.”
1951 – Patricia Wettig, starred in the TV mini-series “The Langoliers.”
1949 – Jeff Bridges, starred in “King Kong [1976],” “Tideland,” “The Vanishing” and “Starman.”
1949 – Pamela Stephenson, appeared in “The Comeback,” “Bloodbath at the House of Death” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: The Man from the South.”
1937 – David Bailie, actor in “Son of Dracula [1973],” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The House That Jack Built” and “In the Trap.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 4
2022 – Karl Merkatz, appeared in the short “Vanitas [2013].”
2021 – Martha De Laurentiis, producer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Cat’s Eye,” “Silver Bullet,” “maximum Overdrive,” “Red Dragon,” “Hannibal Rising” and the TV Series “Hannibal.”
2021 – Sarath Chandrasiri, actor in “Maya 3D” and “Nihanda Sewanali.”
2021 – Shivaram, actor in “Thulasidala,” “Samyuktha” and “Aapthamitra.”
2020 – David Lander, appeared in “Pandemonium,” “Steel and Lace,” as well as episodes of “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “Monsters.”
2019 – Azucena Hernández Iglesias, actress in “The Beasts’ Carnival,” “The National Mummy” and “Night of the Werewolf.”
2019 – Leonard J. Goldberg, produced the TV Movies “The House Possessed,” “Death at Love House,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “A Cold Night’s Death” and “Home for the Holidays.”
2019 – Javier Aguirre Fernández, director/writer for “Count Dracula’s Great Love” and “Hunchback of the Morgue.”
2019 – Manuel Tejada, appeared in “The Last Circus,” “Commonwealth” and episodes of the TV Series “Stories from the Other Side” and “Stories Not to Sleep.”
2015 – Robert Loggia, character actor extraordinaire appeared in such films and TV shows as “Independence Day,” “The Six Million Dollar Man -TV Series,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Believers,” “Psycho II,” and many more.
2008 – Forrest J. Ackerman, influenced so many in the horror genre and some of his films over the years included “Dracula vs Frankenstein,” “Queen of Blood” and “The Howling.”
Take a look at the Ackerman Mansion below:
2007 – Melvin Shapiro, editor for “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and associate producer for “Student Bodies.”
2005 – Gregg Hoffman, produced the “Saw” films, “Dead Silence [2007],” “Jigsaw” and “Catacombs.”
2004 – Carl Esmond, actor in “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “The Catman of Paris” and an episode of the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
1987 – Rouben Mamoulian, directed the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 4
Guru, the Mad Monk [1970] – New York City
The Body Beneath [1970] – New York City
Pin [1988] – New York City
Psycho [1998]
It Came from Yesterday [2011]
Werewolf Tales [2003]
Godzilla: Final Wars [2004]
Werewolf: The Devil’s Hound [2007]
Silent Night [2012] – Blu-ray/DVD premiere
12/12/12 [2012]
Charlie’s Farm [2014] – Australia
Krampus [2015]
All the Creatures Were Stirring [2018] – DVD premiere
Slay Belles [2018]
You Might Be the Killer [2018]
Psycho-Therapy [2019]
Castle Freak [2020]
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DECEMBER 5
BORN ON DECEMBER 5
1989 – Najarra Townsend, starred in “The Stylist,” “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” “Portal,” “Contracted,” “Contracted: Phase II” and more.
1980 – Amara Zaragoza, appeared in “Bloodwork”, “Alyce Kills”, “Supernatural – TV Series” and “Hatchet.”
1977 – Kris Black, producer & appeared in “Verotika,” “The House that Jack Built,” “Blood Effects” and more.
1976 – Amy Acker, appeared in “The Cabin in the Woods” as well as the TV Series “Supernatural” and “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.”
1968 – Lisa Marie, appeared in “Ed Wood,” “Mars Attacks!,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Lords of Salem,” “Tales of Halloween,” “We Are Still Here” and “Silent Night.”
1947 – Kim Simmonds – member of Savoy Brown, soundtrack/writer for “The Vagrant [1992] – Kings of Boogie.”
1946 – Tom Ferguson, appeared in “Dark Universe,” “Jack-O” and “Biohazard: The Aliens Force.”
1911 – William Devlin, appeared in “Blood of the Vampire” and “The Shuttered Room.”
1906 – Otto Preminger, Producer/director for “Bunny Lake is Missing” and also appeared on “The Twilight Zone.”
1902 – Jack Kenney, appeared in “Invisible Invaders,” “Frankenstein 1970,” “The Mad Magician” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1890 – Fritz Lang, directed “Metropolis,” the 1931 version of “M” and “Siegfried.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 5
2022 – Kirstie Alley, actress in “Blind Date [1984],” “Village of the Damned [1995]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker” and “Scream Queens.”
2022 – Jess Barr, composer for the short “The Dream Goblin.”
2022 – Terrence O’Hara, director for “Darkroom,” “Double Vision,” as well as episodes of “Brimstone,” “Miracles” and “Grimm.”
2021 – Scott Page-Pagter, script department/voice director for the TV Series “Ju-on: Origins” and sound department for “King Cobra.”
2021 – Vincenzo Restuccia, music department/drums for “A Quiet Place in the Country” and “A Bay of Blood.”
2021 – Yvette Thuot, actress in “The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne – Episode: The Golem.”
2020 – Dolf de Vries, actor in “Intensive Care.”
2019 – Robert Hudson Walker Jr., acted in “Olivia,” “The Devonsville Terror,” “Evil Town,” “The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe,” “Hex,” “Beware! The Blob” and an episode of “The Unforeseen: The Late Departed.”
2008 – Nina Foch, appeared in “Alien Nation: Dark Horizon,” “Nomads,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Cry of the Werewolf” and “The Return of the Vampire.”
2008 – Beverly Garland, starred in “Twice-Told Tales,” “The Alligator People,” “Not of This Earth,” “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon,” “Swamp Women,” “It Conquered the World,” “The Neanderthal Man” and more.
1998 – Jean Fenwick, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Return of the Vampire” and an episode of “One Step Beyond.”
1986 – Rozelle Gayle, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and an episode of “Darkroom.”
1983 – Robert Aldrich, directed “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte,” “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” and “Twilight’s Last Gleaming.”
1981 – Charles Barton, directed “Abbott & Costello Meets Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff” and episodes of the TV series “The Munsters.”
1968 – Fred Clark, appeared in the films “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb” and episodes of the TV Series “The Addams Family.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 5
Man Beast [1956]
The St. Francisville Experiment [2000]
The Bloodstained Bride [2006]
The Children [2008]
Kill Me Now [2012]
Black Christmas: The Night Billy Came Home [2016]
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DECEMBER 6
BORN ON DECEMBER 6
1979 – Tommy Wirkola, writer/director of “The Trip,” “Dead Snow,” “Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead,” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
1979 – Simone Hanselmann, starred in “Flashback” and the TV Movie “Shark Attack in the Mediterranean.”
1975 – Noel Clarke, appeared in “Storage 24,” “Centurion,” “Heartless” and “Doghouse.”
1973 – Michael Coleman, appeared in “Blood Ties,” “Blood: A Butcher’s Tale,” “Alien Incursion,” “Darkest Hour” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Supernatural” and “Millennium.”
1962 – Janine Turner, appeared in “Monkey Shines” and “The Ambulance.”
1953 – Tom Hulce, appeared in “Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Black Rainbow,” and an episode of “The Hidden Room.”
1953 – Kin Shriner, appeared in “Manhunter,” “The Chair” and the TV remake of “A Bucket of Blood.”
1948 – JoBeth Williams, starred in “Poltergeist I & II,” “Within,” and “Endangered Species.”
1943 – Yuriko Hoshi, appeared in “Godzilla vs. the Thing,” “Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster” and “Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.”
1928 – Bobby Van, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
1928 – Lance Fuller, actor in “This Island Earth,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The She-Creature,” “Voodoo Woman,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream!,” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1924 – Wally Cox, appeared in the TV movie “The Night Strangler” and appeared in such TV shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Lost in Space” and “The Night Gallery.”
1905 – George Blair, directed “The Hypnotic Eye” and “Spook Chasers.”
1900 – Agnes Moorehead, appeared on “The Twilight Zone” episode “The Invaders,” and in the films “The Bat,” “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 6
2021 – David McKail, actor in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007].”
2020 – Monu Mukherjee, appeared in “Kuheli” and “Chayamoy.”
1993 – Don Ameche, starred in the films “Dante’s Inferno,” “Cocoon” and “Cocoon: The Return.”
1989 – Frances Bavier, appeared in “The Bad Seed” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 6
Faust [1926]
Eye of the Devil [1967] – New York City
The Wicker Man [1973] – UK
The Witch’s Sabbath [2005] – USA DVD premiere
ThanksKilling [2008] – Sacramento Horror Film Festival
Apartment 1303 3D [2012] – Russia
Good Tidings [2016]
Daniel Isn’t Real [2019]
I See You [2019]
Killer Therapy [2019] – Culver City Film Festival
Everybody Gets Stabbed [2020]
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DECEMBER 7
BORN ON DECEMBER 7
1989 – Nicholas Hoult, starred in “Warm Bodies.”
1988 – Emily Browning, appeared in “Ghost Ship [2002],” “Magic Magic,” “Darkness Falls” and “The Uninvited [2009].”
1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, appeared in “The Devil’s Hand,” “Quarantine,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and more.
1979 – Ayako Fujitani, starred in “Gamera, Guardian of the Universe,” “Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion” and “Gamera 3: The Awakening of Isis.
1978 – Shiri Appleby, starred “Fear Itself [TV Series],” “The Devil’s Candy,” “The Thirteenth Floor”, “Curse II: The Bite”, “Freddy’s Nightmares [TV Series]” and more.
1976 – Mark Duplass, actor/writer/producer appeared in “The Lazarus Effect,” “Creep 1 & 2,” “Manson Family Vacation,” “Bad Milo,” “The Innkeepers,” “Black Rock” and many others.
1967 – Danny Hassel, co-starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.”
1966 – C. Thomas Howell, starred in “Beast Mode,” “War of the Worlds [2005],” “War of the Worlds 2,” “The Hitcher 2,” “Camel Spiders,” “Hoboken Hollow,” “The Shadow People” and many more.
1964 – Patrick Fabian, appeared in “The Last Exorcism,” “Helter Skelter,” “Eat Brains Love” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Millennium” and “FreakyLinks.”
1955 – Priscilla Barnes, starred in “Tintorera,” “Stepfather III,” “The Devil’s Reject’s” and “Trailer Park of Terror.”
1949 – Tom Waits, who portrayed “Renfield” in the 1992 version of “Dracula” and also appeared in “Wolfen.” His music has also been used in numerous movie soundtracks including “Hellboy” and “Project Valyrie.”
The following is his music Jitterbug Boy from Wolfen:
1945 – W. D. Richter, screenwriter for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Dracula [1979],” and “Needful Things.”
1936 – Annette Stroyberg, starred in “Blood and Roses.”
1933 – Al Sutton, director/producer/writer for the short “The Most Dangerous Animal.”
1932 – Ellen Burstyn, starred in “The Exorcist” “The Exorcist: Believer,” “The Calling” and “The Wicker Man [2006].”
1923 – Ted Knight, appeared at the end of the film “Psycho” as one of the officers guarding Norman Bates and also did voice over work on many cartoon series including “Scooby Doo.”
1921 – José Guardiola, voice dubbing for “Edge of the Axe,” “Pieces,” “Beatriz,” “The Mummy’s Revenge,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Horror Express,” “Horror Rises From the Tomb,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and more.
1915 – Eli Wallach, starred in “The Sentinel,” “The Deep” and the TV movie “The Chill Factor.”
1910 – Rod Cameron, appeared in “The Monster and the Girl,” “The Electronic Monster” and “Psychic Killer.”
1909 – Arch Oboler, wrote, directed, and produced “The Twonky,” “Five” and “The Bubble.” He was also writer/director/host/producer of NBC Radio’s “Lights Out.”
1901 – Jack Dietz, produced “The Black Scorpion,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “Return of the Ape Man.”
1879 – Rudolf Friml, music department for “The Return of Chandu” and soundtrack/composer for “Mars Attacks (Indian Love Call).”
1874 – Harry Stubbs, appeared in “The Wolf Man,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” and “The Mummy’s Hand.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 7
2022 – Jan Nowicki, actor in “The Third Part of the Night,” “The Hourglass Sanitorium” and “Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes.”
2022 – Jacques Ciron, actor in the TV Movie “Experiment in Evi.”
2020 – Masao Komatsu, actor in the TV Movie “Monster of Frankenstein.”
2020 – Phyllis Eisenstein, writer for “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door.”
2014 – Ken Weatherwax, portrayed “Pugsley Addams” in “The Addams Family [TV Series]” and “Halloween with the New Addams Family.”
1995 – Peter Forbes-Robertson, actor in “The Woman Eater,” “Island of Terror,” “Night After Night After Night” and “The House That Vanished.”
1991 – Herb Jaffe, produced the films “Fright Night II,” “The Demon Seed” and “Motel Hell.”
1990 – Joan Bennett, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” on the daytime horror soap opera “Dark Shadows.” She also appeared in “Suspiria [1977],” “House of Dark Shadows” and the TV movie, “This House Possessed.”
1988 – Christopher Connelly, appeared in the film “Manhattan Baby.”
1975 – Thornton Wilder, writer for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt.”
1958 – Greg Pelchat, art department for “Videodrome,” “Curtains,” “Body Parts,” “Jason X” and “Pay the Ghost.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 7
The Ghost Breaker [1914]
House of Dracula [1945]
Tarantula [1955]
Village of the Damned [1960]
Varan the Unbelievable [1962]
Schizo [1976]
The Initiation [1984]
The Murders in the Rue Morgue [1986] – TV Movie
The Last Horror Movie [2004] – USA DVD premiere
Demons at the Door [2004]
Dracula 3000 [2004] – USA DVD premiere
Hallowed [2005]
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DECEMBER 8
BORN ON DECEMBER 8
1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, starred in “Down a Dark Hall,” “The Reaping” and episodes of the TV Series “The Expecting.”
1978 – Ian Somerhalder, starred in “The Vampire Diaries [TV Series].”
1968 – Brock Simpson, appeared in “Prom Night I, II, III & IV.”
1966 – Tyler Mane, appeared in “Compound Fracture,” “Victor Crowley,” “Rob Zombie’s Halloween I & II”, and more.
1964 – Teri Hatcher, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt [TV Series].”
1962 – Bill Basso, special effects for “Tremors,” “Bride of Re-Animator,” “Jurassic Park,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “The Relic,” “Lake Placid,” “Lost Souls” and more.
1953 – Kim Basinger, starred in “Bless the Child.”
1950 – Rick Baker, multiple Oscar winning Make-up and effects artist with some of his credits including “The Howling,” “The Ring,” “The Exorcist,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “The Frighteners,” “King Kong [1976],” “The Wolfman [2010]” and many more.
1947 – David Schmoeller, writer/director of “Tourist Trap,” “Crawlspace,” “Catacombs,” “Puppet Master,” “The Arrival,” “Netherworld” and more.
1947 – Belinda Balaski, appeared in “Death Scream”, “Piranha,” “The Howling,” “Gremlins,” “Matinee” and more.
1943 – Mary Woronov, starred in “Silent Night, Bloody Night,” “Night of the Comet,” “The Devil’s Reject’s” and “The House of the Devil.”
1940 – Jim Doerr, actor in “Savage Weekend” and the short “Umney’s Last Case.”
1936 – David Carridine, starred in “Q” and “Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat.”
1935 – Michael Kahn, editor for “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Arachnophobia” and “The Devil’s Rain.”
1934 – Shunji Fujimura, appeared in “Ghost Shout” and episodes of the TV Series “Black Butler” and “Kaiki daikazoku.”
1930 – Maximilian Schell, appeared in “Vampires,” and played in the 1983 TV version of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
1911 – Lee J. Cobb, played in the film “The Exorcist” and appeared in “Gorilla at Large.”
1896 – Bryan Foy, producer for “Night of Terror,” “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “The Undying Monster,” “House of Wax [1953],” “The Mad Magician” and director for “The Gorilla.”
1888 – Paul Cavanagh, who played in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 8
2022 – Helen Slayton-Hughes, actress in “The Invisible Mother” and ‘The Curse of Bridge Hollow.”
2022 – Albert Brenner, “production designer for “The Other [1972]” and “The Monster Squad.”
2022 – Richard Miller, visual effects for “Death Becomes Her,” “Spawn” and “Sleepy Hollow.”
2022 – Lidia Elsa Satragno – aka “Pinky”, actress in “El demonio en la sangre – aka “Demon in the Blood.”
2021 – Sylwester Checinski , director for 2 episodes of “Theatre Macabre.”
2019 – Caroll Edwin Spinney, appeared in an episode of “Supernatural: Inside Man.”
2019 – René Murat Auberjonois, appeared in “Images,” “King Kong [1976],” “My Best Friend is a Vampire” and several TV episodes of “Night Gallery,” “Eerie, Indiana,” “The Outer Limits,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy” and more.
1955 – Gloria Charles, actress in “Friday the 13th: Part 3” as well the voice in Friday the 13th The Game.”
2013 – Don Mitchell, starred in “Scream Blacula Scream.”
2008 – Robert Prosky, appeared in the films “Christine,” “Gremlins 2” and “The Keep”.
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, was the guitarist for the metal band Pantera.
1993 – Carlotta Monti, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1983 – Slim Pickens, appeared in “The Howling”.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 8
The Strange Door [1951] – New York City
The Hell of Frankenstein [1960] – Mexico
Curse of the Crimson Altar [1968]
Godzilla’s Revenge [1971]
The Hound of Baskervilles [1988] – TV Movie
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm [1998] – USA – video premiere
Buttcrack [1998]
Blade: Trinity [2004]
Home Movie [2008]
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DECEMBER 9
BORN ON DECEMBER
1989 – Elle Evans, starred in “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” and “The Love Witch.”
1974 – Jacqueline Lovell, appeared in “Head of the Family,” “Hideous!,” “The Exotic House of Wax,” “The Killer Eye” and more.
1965 – Brad Savage, appeared in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot”.
1960 – Todd Allen, appeared “Witchboard,” “Witchboard 2,” “Pinocchio’s Revenge” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Freddy’s Nightmares”
1959 – Blair Tefkin, actress in “Fright Night Part 2” and soundtrack for “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.”
1955 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, starred in “Ringu” and “Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû Soukougeki.”
1945 – Michael Nouri starred in the TV series “Cliffhangers: The Curse of Dracula,” and the film “The Hidden”.
1941 – Beau Bridges, actor in “The Uninvited [1996],” “Sightings: Heartland Ghost – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Amazing Stories.”
1935 – Irma Serrano, actress in “Santo vs. the Zombies” and “Lovers of the Lord of the Night.”
1933 – Morton Downey Jr., appeared in “Predator 2,” “Television Terror,” an episode of “Tales from the Crypt” and the “A Face for Radio” episode of “Monsters.”
1930 – Buck Henry, whose screenplays include episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1929 – John Cassavetes, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Fury.”
1928 – Dick Van Patten, appeared in “Westworld” and “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1919 – Jane Ficker, script supervisor for “Diary of a Madman” and the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
1916 – Kirk Douglas, starred in “Saturn 3,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1973],” “The Chosen,” “The Final Countdown” and “The Fury.”
1911 – Broderick Crawford, appeared in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “The Vulture” and the TV movie, “The Phantom of Hollywood.”
1902 – Margaret Hamilton, starred in “The Invisible Woman,” “13 Ghosts,” “The Night Strangler,” 3 episodes of “The Addams Family” and more.
1897 – Hermione Gingold appeared in “Munster, Go Home.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 9
2022 – Franco Gaudenzi, producer for “Robowar,” “Zombie 3,” “After Death,” “Alien from the Deep,” “Terminator II,” “Night Killer” and art director for “Beyond the Darkness.”
2022 – Pedro Miguel Arce, actor in “Land of the Dead,” “Please Kill Mr. Know It All,” “A Wakefield Project” as well as episodes of “The Strain,” “Slasher” and “In the Dark.”
2021 – Carmen Salinas, actress in “Scent of Death” and “Descendants.”
2021 – Themsie Times, actress in 2 episodes of “Dead Places.”
2021 – Cara Williams, actress in episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2020 – Jason Slater, worked on the soundtrack for “Valentine.”
2019 – Zoran Rankić, appeared in the TV Movie “Zakletva.”
2019 – Miko Palanca, appeared in “Shake Rattle and Roll 8.”
2009 – Gene Barry, starred in “The War of the Worlds [1953].”
2006 – Russell Wade, appeared in the “The Body Snatcher [w/Karloff & Lugosi] and “The Ghost Ship” [1943].
2004 – Patrick Wright, appeared in “Maniac Cop,” “Frightmare,” “Graduation Day,” “Devil’s Ecstasy,” “Track of the Moon Beast,” “The Night of the Strangler” and more.
1995 – Vivian Blaine, appeared in the films “The Dark” and “Parasite”.
1992 – Vincent Gardenia, starred in the 1986 musical version of “Little Shop of Horrors”.
1980 – Lyle B. Reifsnider, set decorator for “House of Wax [1953]” and “Devil’s Partner.”
1944 – Laird Cregar, starred as Jack the Ripper in the film “The Lodger”.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 9
The Witches [1966]
The Creatures [1969]
Dorian Gray [1970]
Christine [1983]
976-EVIL [1988] – London
Dark Waters [2003]
Beyond the Gates [2016]
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