DECEMBER 17
BORN ON DECEMBER 17
1986 – Vanessa Zima, appeared in “The Absent.”
1986 – Emma Bell, who played “Amy” on the AMC series “The Walking Dead.” She also appeared in the films “Hatchet II,” “Why?” and “Final Destination 5.”
1984 – Shannon Woodward, appeared in “The Veil,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Shortcut” and an episode of the TV Series “Etheria.”
1978 – Douglas Tait, actor in “Annabelle Comes Home,” “Wild Boar,” “Attack of the Unknown,” “Hellboy [2019],” “Tales of Frankenstein,” “Unfriended: Dark Web,” “Havenhurst,” “Bloodlines,” “Jack the Reaper,” “Stitch,” “Dead South” and more.
1977 – Katheryn Winnick, appeared in “The Gates – TV Series,” “Amusement,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “The Dark Tower,” “Choose” and “Satan’s Little Helper.”
1975 – Milla Jovovich, starred in “The Fifth Element,” “Resident Evil,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” and “Resident Evil: Retribution”.
1974 – Sarah Paulson, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “American Gothic – TV Series,” “Bug [2002],” “Bird Box” and “Run.”
1970 – Sean Patrick Thomas appeared in “Halloween Resurrection,” “Dracula 2000” and “The Burrowers.”
1969 – Laurie Holden, starred as “Andrea” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.” She also appeared in “The Mist,” “Silent Hill,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series” and more.
1956 – Peter Farrelly, producer for the short “The Black Ghiandola.”
1953 – Bill Pullman, starred in “The Grudge,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Scary Movie 4” and “Independence Day.”
1953 – Barry Livingston, appeared in “Tremors 3: Back to Perfection” and “Maniac 3: Badge of Silence.”
1954 – Ernie Hudson, starred in “Ghostbusters [1984] and Ghostbusters II,” “Leviathan,” “The Crow” and “Hood of Horror.”
1946 – Eugene Levy, appeared in “Cannibal Girls” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: Skeleton.”
1943 – Christopher Cazenove, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt,” “Fox Mystery Theater,” “Hammer House of Horror” and “Thriller.”
1934 – Peter Schrum, appeared in “Trancers,” “Terminator 2″ and Demonic Toys.”
1933 – Marilyn Eastman, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”
1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, appeared in “The X-Files [1998].”
1927 – Richard Long, played “Lance Schroeder” in the original “House on Haunted Hill.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 17
2022 – Mike Hodges, writer for “Damien: Omen II,” director for “The Terminal Man,” “Black Rainbow,” as well as episodes of “The Frighteners” and “The Hitchhiker.”
2021 – Sung-Young Chen, actor in “Hello Dracula.”
2021 – Burt Prelutsky, actor in “Sssssss.”
2020 – David Ashford, appeared in “Quatermass – Episode: What Lies Beneath.”
2020 – Freddie Santos, producer for “Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings.”
2020 – Jeremy Bulloch, appeared in “The Final Conflict” and “Thriller – Episode: Only a Scream Away.”
2019 – Shreeram Lagoo, appeared in “Gehrayee,” “Chehre Pe Chehra” and “Nache Nagin Gali Gali.”
2009 – Dan O’Bannon, writing credits include the screenplays for “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien: Covenant,” “Lifeforce,” “Screamers,” “Dead & Buried,” “Return of the Living Dead” [which he also directed] and “Total Recall.”
2002 – James Hazeldine, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Unease,” “The Omega Factor,” “Armchair Thriller” and “Worlds Beyond.”
1999 – Warren Ball, starred in “The Corpse Grinders,”.
1992 – Dana Andrews, starred in the films “Curse of the Demon” and “The Frozen Dead.”
1988 – Jerry Hopper, director whose credits include the TV series’ “The Addams Family.”
1972 – Floyd Shackelford, appeared in “King of the Wild,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Vampire’s Ghost” and an episode of the TV Series “Jungle Jim.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 17
Calling Dr. Death [1943]
The Tell-Tale Heart [1953]
Monster on the Campus [1958]
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster [1966]
Four Flies on Grey Velvet [1971]
King Kong [1976]
Homewrecker [1992] – TV Movie
Sweet Dreams [2019]
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DECEMBER 18
BORN ON DECEMBER 18
1978 – Katie Holmes, starred in “Brahms: The Boy II,” “The Gift,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, “Disturbing Behavior” and “Teaching Mrs. Tingle.”
1976 – Erin Simms, appeared in “The Possession,” “The Howling: Reborn,” “Fringe – TV Series” and “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series.”
1970 – Rob Van Dam, appeared in “3-Headed Shark Attack” and an episode of the TV Series “The X-Files.”
1968 – Casper Van Dien, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Dracula 3000,” “Starship Troopers,” “Alpha Wolf,” and “Darkness Reigns.”
1963 – Brad Pitt starred in “Interview with a Vampire,” “12 Monkeys”, “Se7en,” “Cutting Class” and “World War Z.”
1958 – Geordie Walker, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Covenant [2006] – The Death and Resurrection Show.”
1955 – Ray Liotta, starred in the films “Hannibal,” and “Identity.”
1953 – Jeff Kober, is a wonderful character actor who has appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Hills Have Eyes II,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Kindred: The Embraced -TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The First Power,” “Alien Nation” and many more.
1946 – Steven Spielberg, directed “Jaws,” “Duel”, “Jurassic Park,” “Something Evil – TV Movie” and also producer for “Poltergeist [1982],” “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Arachnophobia,” “The Whispers” and many more.
1938 – Wes Dawn, makeup artist for “Night of the Lepus,” “Carrie [1976],” TV Movies “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Midnight Hour.”
1934 – Jim Parker, composer for Tales of the Unexpected – Episode “Stranger In Town” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode “The Colonel’s Lady.”
1925 – Peggy Cummins, starred in “Curse of the Demon.”
1922 – Marshall Grauer, appeared in “Zaat.”
1917 – Ossie Davis, who played “Portifoy” in the TV movie “Night Gallery” and also appeared in the TV mini-series ‘The Stand” and the film “Bubba Ho-Tep.”
1899 – Rex Wimpy, second camera operator for “Psycho [1960]” and special effects for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1894 – Bobby Barber, appeared in “Supernatural [1933],” “The Monster and the Girl,” “Hold That Ghost,” “The Frozen Ghost,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
1885 – Sam Kaufman, makeup artist for “King Kong [1933],” “The Monkey’s Paw” and appeared in “Suspense [1913].”
DIED ON DECEMBER 18
2020 – Peter Lamont, art department for “Burn, Witch Burn,” “Unearthly Stranger” and Production Designer for ” Aliens.”
2019 – Claudine Auger, appeared in “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “A Bay of Blood” and “The Bermuda Triangle.”
2010 – Romano Scandariato, assistant director for “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer,” “Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade” and “Zombie Holocaust.”
2009 – Chas Balun, horror fan and writer for Fangoria magazine; also published the magazine “Deep Red.”
2006 – Joseph Barbera, writer/producer for “Scooby-Soo” movies as well as soundtrack for the movies “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “The Curse of La Llorona.”
2002 – Edward Norris, appeared in “The Gorilla.”
1986 – George Amy, editor for “The Gorilla,” “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1986 – Sidney Clifford, set decorator for “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Mad Room.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 18
The Devil Rides Out [1968]
Nightkill [1980]
Ghost Story [1981]
Alligator II: The Mutation [1991]
Hatchet [2006]
AVH: Alien vs Hunter [2007]
Infection [2007]
The New Daughter [2009]
Sint [2010]
Monster Party [2018] – DVD premiere
Secret Santa [2018]
The Farm [2018] – Brazil (DVD premiere)
Yummy [2019] – Belgium
Hunter Hunter [2020] – Canada
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DECEMBER 19
BORN ON DECEMBER 19
1990 – Casey Hartnett, actress in “Dr. Liebenstein” and “Terrifier 2.”
1983 – A.J. Lamas, actor in “Séance.”
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, starred in “Relic,” ”Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Life,” “Zodiac” and “Nightcrawler.”
1977 – Irina Voronina, appeared in “Piranha 3DD,” “Hood of Horror” and “Ring of Darkness.”
1972 – Alyssa Milano, appeared in “The Canterville Ghost,” “Embrace of the Vampire” an episode of “The Outer Limits” and more.
1969 – Kristy Swanson, starred in “Deadly Friend,” “Flowers in the Attic [1987],” “Killer Under the Bed,” “Mimesis Nosferatu,” “Swamp Shark,” “Highway to Hell” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
1963 – Paul Rhys appeared in “From Hell,” “The Haunting of Helen Walker” and “Hellraiser: Deader.”
1963 – Jennifer Beals, appeared in “Vampire’s Kiss,” “The Grudge 2,” “The Prophecy II” and episodes of the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”
1960 – Mike Lookinland, assistant camera man on “Halloween 4,” “Halloween 5” and the TV mini-series “The Stand, ” in which he had a small role.
1957 – John Gulager, director of “Feast,” “Feast II: Sloppy Seconds,” “Feast III: The Happy Finish,” “Piranha 3DD” and “Zombie Night.”
1956 – Tom West, key grip for “Demented,” “Terror on Tour,” “Home Sweet Home,” “Chopping Mall,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “Witchboard,” “Amityville Horror: Evil Escapes,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “End of Days.”
1949 – Marlene Clark, actress in “Lord Shango,” “Black Mamba,” “The Beast Must Die,” “Ganga & Hess,” “Beware! The Blob” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1949 – Nancy Keyes, appeared in “Assault on Precinct 13,” “The Fog,” “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II 1981],” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” and more.
1928 – Anne Evelyn Bunting – aka “Eve Bunting”, author for “Scary, Scary Halloween (1986),” “The Ghost Children (1989)” and “The Presence: A Ghost Story (2003).”
1924 – Edmund Purdom, actor in “Don’t Open Till Christmas,” “Absurd,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks,” “The Devil’s Lover,” “Pieces,” “Together Forever,” “Fracchia vs. Dracula” and “The Rift.”
1923 – Gordon Jackson, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “Spectre,” as well as episodes of “Supernatural [1977]” and “Mystery and Imagination.”
1918 – Lee Rich, producer for “Innocent Blood,” TV Movies “Bad Ronald,” “The Stranger Within,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “Dying Room Only.”
1917 – Paul Brinegar, actor in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954],” “The Vampire [1957],” “How to Make a Monster,” “The Creature Wasn’t Nice” and “Annihilator.”
1916 – Roy Ward Baker, directed “The Monster Club,” “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!” “The Vault of Horror,” “Asylum,” “Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The Vampire Lovers,” and “Five Million Years to Earth.”
1902 – Ralph Richardson, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt [1972],” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?” “The Ghoul [1933]” and the TV movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1897 – Jimmy Dime, appeared in “Chandu the Magician,” “Island of Lost Souls,” “King Kong [1933],” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle” and “The Deadly Mantis.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 19
2022 – Sonya Eddy, actress in “Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood,” “The Hive,” “I Live Alone,” “Satanic Hispanics” and “V/H/S/99.”
2022 – Andrei Svislotski, director for “Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest” and 19 episodes of the TV Series “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1994-1997].”
2021 – Sally Ann Howes, actress in “Dead of Night,” “Death Ship” and the TV Movie “The Hound of Baskervilles [1972].”
2020 – David Giler, producer for “Alien,” “Alien 3,” “Alien Resurrection,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “Alien Covenant,” “Bordello of Blood,” “Ritual,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” and many more.
2020 – Rosalind Knight, actress in “Afraid of the Dark” and “Demons Never Die.”
2020 – Hermina Pipinic, appeared in “Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy.”
2020 – Eileen Pollock, appeared in “Psychosis” and “50 Kisses.”
2005 – Yu Fujiki, starred in “King Kong vs Godzilla,” “War of the Gargantuas,” “Godzilla vs The Thing [a.k.a. Mothra]” and “Yog, Monster from Space”.
2003 – Les Tremayne, whose numerous films included “Attack of the B-Movie Monster,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas,” “War of The Worlds,” and “The Monolith Monsters”. He also appeared as the narrator of the American version of “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
2003 – Hope Lange, best known for playing “Mrs. Muir” on the 1968 TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” as well as appeared in “Nightmare On Elm Street” and “Crowhaven Farm.”
1999 – Cyprian R. Dube, actor in “Jaws,” “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1999 – Desmond Llewelyn, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1991 – Paul Maxwell, actor in “Blood of Dracula,” “How to Make a Monster,” “The Haunting [1963],” “It! [1967],” “Aliens” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1978 – Duncan Lamont, films included “Evil of Frankenstein,” “Quatermass and the Pit,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Frankenstein Created Woman.”
1977 – Jacques Torneur, directed “Curse of the Demon,” “Cat People” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
1953 – Lew Harvey, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 19
The Feathered Serpent [1948]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956]
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero [1965]
King Kong Lives [1986]
Opera [1987]
Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
Cannibal Cult [1999]
Altered [2006]
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DECEMBER 20
BORN ON DECEMBER 20
1970 – Nicole de Boer, starred in the TV series “Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil,” as well as TV episodes of “Forever Knight,” “Beyond Reality” and “The Outer Limits.”
1968 – Eduardo Sánchez, writer/producer/director of such films as “The Blair Witch Project,” “Altered,” “Lovely Molly,” “V/H/S/2,” “Exists,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series [TV Series]” and more.
1963 – Jörg Buttgereit, writer/director of “Nekromantik,” “Nekromantik 2,” “Der Todesking: The Death King,” “Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer,” “Green Frankenstein” and more.
1952 – Jenny Agutter, starred in “An American Werewolf in London” and “Child’s Play 2.”
1949 – Claudia Jennings, appeared in ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth” and “Sisters of Death.”
1945 – Peter Criss, drummer for the rock group “Kiss,” starred in “The Phantom of the Park” and also appeared on the “Paul Lynde Halloween Special” in 1976.
1943 – Jacqueline Pearce, starred in the Hammer films “The Reptile” and “Plague of the Zombies.”
1935 – Bill Wistrom, sound editor for “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “I, Madman,” the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within,” “This House Possessed” and “Child of Rage.”
1934 – Harvey Flaxman, writer, producer, actor in “Grizzly.”
1925 – Nicole Maurey, actress in “The Day of the Triffids.”
1912 – Ernest Morrison, appeared in “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Ape Man” and the short “Haunted Spooks.”
1905 – Albert Dekker, played the title role in the film “Dr. Cyclops” and appeared in the original “Gamera” film.
DIED ON DECEMBER 20
2020 – Inés Moreno, actress in “Masterworks of Terror.”
2020 – Ned Wynn, screenwriter for the TV Movie “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
2009 – Brittany Murphy starred in “Deadline” and “The Prophecy II.”
2001 – Foster Brooks, appeared in episodes of “The Munsters”.
1999 – James Wainwright, appeared in the TV movie, “Killdozer.”
1992 – Peter Brocco, appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein [1958],” “Dark Intruder,” “What’s the Matter with Hellen?,” “The Killing Kind,” “Homebodies,” “The Twilight Zone: The Movie” and more.
1973 – Bobby Darin, his music used in “The X-Files,” “Krueger: Tales from Elm Street,” and also appeared in the “Dead Weight” episode of “The Night Gallery.” Here’s a clip of his music that was used in “Bates Motel: There’s No Place Like Home.”
1948 – C. Aubrey Smith, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “The Monkey’s Paw.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 20
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster [1964]
Hiroku Kaibyoden [1969]
Black Christmas [1974]
Enemy Mine [1985]
The Banker [1989] – video premiere
Monster High [1989]
Scream [1996]
Creep [2004]
Santa’s Slay [2005]
Monsterland [2008]
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DECEMBER 21
BORN ON DECEMBER 21
1984 – Jackson Rathbone, starred in “Do Not Reply,” “Hurt,” “Pray for Morning,” “Dread” and “City of Dead Men.”
1982 – Tom Payne, appeared in “The Task” and starred in the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1972 – John Erick Dowdle, directed “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” “As Above, So Below,” “Devil [2010]” and “Quarantine.”
1966 – Kiefer Sutherland, starred in “The Lost Boys,” “Flatliners,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” “Dark City” and “Mirrors.”
1964 – Fabiana Udenio, appeared in “RoboCop 2,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series” and “Bride of Re-Animator”.
1962 – James Jones, appeared in “Head of the Family” and “Dark Honeymoon.”
1957 – Tsutomu Kitagawa who played “Kingugidora” in “Mothra 3” and “Gojira” in “Godzilla 2000,” “Godzilla vs. Megaguiru,” “Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla 2002” and “Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.”
1948 – Barry Gordon, appeared in “The Spirit is Willing,” “Hands of a Stranger,” “Warp Speed” as well as several episodes of TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Thriller,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and more.
1948 – Raymond Singer, appeared in “Child’s Play 2,” “The Entity” and an episode of “Monster Squad.”
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, starred in the films “Jurassic Park,” “Deep Blue Sea,” and “Snakes on A Plane,” “1408,” “Spiral,” “The Exorcist III” and more.
1944 – Ulli Lommel, writer/director of “Zombie Nation,” “Bloodsuckers,” “Boogeyman II” and more.
1943 – Jared Martin, appeared in “The Sea Serpent” and the TV series “War of the Worlds.”
1943 – Jack Nance, starred in “Eraserhead,” “Ghoulies” and “The Blob [1988].”
1937 – Jane Fonda, starred in “Spirits of the Dead”.
1928 – Ed Nelson, starred in “Night of the Blood Beast,” “The Brain Eaters” and “The Boneyard.”
1927 – Michael Carreras, Hammer producer/director films include “Curse of The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Curse of Frankenstein” and “Horror of Dracula.”
1912 – George Fowler, producer for “Doctor Blood’s Coffin,” “The Snake Woman,” production manager for “The Brain,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Die! Die! My Darling!,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Reptile,” “The Legend of Spider Forest” and “Virgin Witch.”
1908 –Arch Hall Sr., producer/actor whose films include “The Thrill Killers,” “The Sadist” and “Eegah.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 21
2022 – Diane McBain, actress in “Wicked, Wicked,” “The Deathbed Virgin,” “Donne Pass: The Road to Survival,” “Puppet Master” and an episode of The Wide World of Mystery.”
2022 – Tony Barry, actor in “The Haunting of Hewie Dowker – TV Movie,” “Jack Be Nimble” and “Gone [2006].”
2021 – Jaime Comas Gil, screenwriter for “Savannah: Carnal Violence” and “Panic.”
2019 – Ramachandra Babu, cinematographer for “Pirate’s Blood.”
2009 – Marianne Stone, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “Corridors of Blood,” “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Devils of Darkness,” “Berserk,” “Countess Dracula,” “Who Slew Auntie Roo?” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Vault of Horror” and more.
2005 – Myron Healey, starred in “Claws,” “The Incredible Melting Man” and “Varan, The Unbelievable.”
1987 – Simmy Bow, actor in “Mansion of the Doomed,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “End of the World,” “Laserblast,” “Alligator,” “Vamp” and “Beetlejuice.”
1983 – Rod Cameron, appeared in “The Monster and the Girl,” “The Electronic Monster” and “Psychic Killer.”
1975 – Rowland V. Lee, directed “The Return of Fu Manchu,” “Son of Frankenstein” and “Tower of London.”
1974, Richard Long, starred in “House on Haunted Hill [1959]” “Cult of the Cobra” and “The Stranger.”
1962 – Syd Saylor, appeared in “Murders in the Zoo,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The House of Secrets,” “The Black Doll,” “House of Horrors,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man” and “The Crawling Hand.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 21
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978] – Minneapolis (premiere)
Don’t Open Till Christmas [1984]
Haunted House [2004]
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007]
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus [2010]
Hinsdale House [2019]
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DECEMBER 22
BORN ON DECEMBER 22
1982 – Brooke Nevin, appeared in “Infestation,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – TV Series,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series” and “Goosebumps – TV Series.”
1974 – Heather Donahue appeared in “The Blair Witch Project,” the TV series “Taken,” “The Morgue” and in a 1995 “Outer Limits” episode entitled “Claire.”
1973 – Edward J. Kay, musical director for “The Ape,” “King of the Zombies,” “Bowery at Midnight,” “The Ape Man,” “Ghosts on the Loose,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Voodoo Man,” “Spook Busters” and more.
1968 – Dina Meyer, who played “Detective Allison Kerry” in the “Saw” films, also appeared in the 2010 remake of “Piranha.”
1962 – Ralph Fiennes, starred in “Red Dragon.”
1937 – David Case, writer for “And Now the Screaming Starts” and the TV Movie “Scream of the Wolf.”
1936 – Hector Elizondo, appeared in the TV movie, “The Dain Curse” and the film “Leviathan.”
1927 – Peggy Castle, starred in “Beginning of the End” and “Back from the Dead.”
1922 – Barbara Billingsley, appeared in “Invaders From Mars” and the TV Movie “Bay Coven.”
1922 – Ruth Roman, appeared in “Deathdream,” “Day of the Animals” and “A Knife for the Ladies.”
1917 – Freddie Francis, directed “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Ghoul [1975],” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.” “Trog,” “Evil of Frankenstein” and “Craze [1974].”
1915 – Gibson Holley, art director for the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
1914 – Rex Sevenoaks, actor in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 22
2022 – Thom Bell, soundtrack for 2 episodes of “Them [2021]” and Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Last Call [2016] – song “You Make Me Feel Brand New.”
2022 – Ronan Vibert, actor in “Rowing with the Wind,” “Tale of the Mummy,” “Shadow of the Vampire,” “The Last Seven,” “Dracula Untold” and more.
2022 – Irena Greifová, costume designer for “Morgiana,” “Beauty and the Beast [1978]” and “The Ninth Heart.”
2020 – Claude Brasseur, appeared in “Eyes Without a Face.”
2020 – Tuck Tucker,” worked in the art department for 3 episodes of the TV Series “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
2019 – Tony Britton, appeared in “Night Watch.”
2014 – Richard Graydon, stunts for “Don’t Look Now.”
2009 – Michael Currie, appeared in “Dead & Buried,” “Halloween III” and also played “Sheriff Jonas Carter” on the original “Dark Shadows.”
2007 – John De Troia, transportation department/driver for “Candyman: Day of the Dead,” “Exorcism [2003]” and stunt driver for “Laserblast.”
2003 – Patrick Crean, actor in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
2002 – Kenneth Tobey, starred in “The Thing From Another World,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” “The Vampire,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “The Naked Monster.”
2001 – 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.”
1992 – Harry Bluestone, composer for “The Killer Shrews,” musician/violin for “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “The Sentinel,” “Empire of the Ants,” “The Swarm,” “The Prophecy,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Friday the 13th: Part 3,” “Cujo,” “Gremlins,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and more.
1992 – Bolaji Badejo, played the Alien creature in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” film.
1988 – Fred Slark, unit production manager for “Devil Doll,” “Voodoo Blood Death,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “Deathmoon.”
1986 – Harvey Stephens, actor in “The House of Fear,” “The Bat [1959],” “Diary of a Madman” and 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
1983 – Charles Lloyd Pack, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “The Reptile,” “Corridors of Blood,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Curse of the Demon” and many more.
1979 – Darryl F. Zanuck, producer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “Doctor X” and “The Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 22
The Mummy [1932]
Son of Kong [1933]
The Mummy’s Curse [1944]
Daughter of Horror [1955]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]
Dracula Dead and Loving It [1995]
Dracula 2000 [2000]
Paranormal Entity [2009]
Shattered Lives [2009]
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DECEMBER 23
BORN ON DECEMBER 23
1978 – Estella Warren, appeared in “Evil Remains.”
1971 – Corey Haim, starred in “Silver Bullet,” “The Lost Boys,” “Lost Boys: The Tribe” and “Watchers.”
1969 – Noel Thurman, actress in “The Beast of Bray Road,” “Dracula’s Curse,” “Piranha Sharks,” “Rabid Love,” “Supercroc” and “Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers.”
1938 – Lister Shaw, actor in “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils [1973].”
1936 – Frederic Forrest, starred in “It Lives Again,” the TV movie “The Deliberate Stranger” and Dario Argento’s “Trauma.”
1934 – Horst Grandt, property master for “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and the TV Movies “Dying Room Only” and “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1923 – Victor Izay, actor in “Blood Song,” “The Single Girls,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “Premonition [1972]” and “The Astro-Zombies.”
1911 – Fuyuki Murakami, appeared in the original 1954 version of “Gojira,” a.k.a. “Godzilla,” “Radon” and “Monster Zero.”
1911 – James Gregory, appeared in several TV Series including “The Twilight Zone” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Night Gallery,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1892 – John Northpole, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON DECEMBER 23
2022 – Rajeeta Kochhar, actress in the TV Series “Aahat,” “X-Zone,” “Anhonee,” “Raat Hone to Hai” and “Ssshhhh… Phir Koi Hai.”
2022 – Kaikala Satyanarayana, actor in “Arundhati.”
2020 – Ed Krieger, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead,” Alien Nation, “Child’s Play 2” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2019 – David Foster, producer for “The Legacy [1978],” “The Thing [1982],” “The Fog [2005],” “The Thing [2011] and more.
2000 – Billy Barty, appeared in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” [he was the tiny baby in the jar].
1998 – David Manners, portrayed “Jonathan Harker” in the original 1931 version of “Dracula” and appeared in the films “The Black Cat” and the original “Mummy.”
1995 – Patric Knowles, appeared in “The Wolf Man,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1993 – James Ellison, actor in “The Undying Monster” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
1979 – Ernest B. Schoedsack, director of “King Kong,” “Son of Kong,” “Mighty Joe Young” and “Dr. Cyclops.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 23
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1954]
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad [1958]
Scars of Dracula [1970]
Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]
The Bone Snatcher [2003] – DVD premiere
Cadaver Bay [2003]
Pulse 3 [2008]
Solomon Kane [2009]
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