JANUARY 14
BORN ON JANUARY 14
1988 – Kacey Clarke, appeared in “World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen,” “I Spit on Your Grave 2,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Lake Placid 3” and more.
1976 – Ward Horton, actor in “Annabelle” and “Annabelle: Creation.”
1975 – Jordan Ladd, appeared in “Embrace of the Vampire,” “Cabin Fever,” “Club Dread,” “Madhouse,” “Death Proof,” “Hostel: Part II,” “Satanic Panic,” “Grace” and more.
1975 – Taylor Hayes, actress in “Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain.”
1974 – Kevin Durand starred in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” “Resident Evil: Retribution,” TV Series “The Strain” and “Dark Was the Night.”
1973 – Kristina Copeland, actress in “11:11,” “Savage Island” and “Alien Incursion.”
1969 – Jason Bateman, appeared in “Bates Motel – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [2003].”
1968 – LL Cool J, appeared in “Deep Blue Sea,” “Halloween H2O,” and “Mindhunters.”
1945 – Vonetta McGee, starred in “Blacula” and the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes.”
1941 – Faye Dunaway, starred in the film “The Eyes of Laura Mars.”
1911 – Daniel James, writer for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Giang Behemoth” and “Gorgo.”
1906 – William Bendix, appeared “Lifeboat [1944]” and an episode of “Lights Out.”
1938 – Jack Jones, appeared in “The Comeback” and 3 episodes of “Over the Garden Wall.”
1896 – Hans J. Salter, composer for “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Wolf Man [1941],” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” ”20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Hold That Ghost,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “House of Frankenstein” and many more.
1892 – Hal Roach, producer (uncredited) for the short “Haunted Spooks.”
DIED ON JANUARY 14
2022 – Wally Campo, actor in “The Strangler,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Little Shop of Horrors [1960]” and “Beast from Haunted Cave.”
2022 – Dallas Frazier, soundtrack for “Skinned Alive and “B.C. Butcher.”
2022 – Ron Goulart, screenwriter for episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside” and “Monsters.”
2022 – Carmen de la Maza, appeared in “Crosswords – Episode: Till Death Do Us Part.”
2022 – Carol Speed, actress in “Abby” and “Bummer.”
2021 – Elijah Moshinsky, director for the TV Movie “The Turn of the Screw: Britten” and the TV Series “The Green Man.”
2021 – Peter Mark Richman, appeared in “Dark Intruder,” “Judgement Day,” “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2020 – Jack Kehoe, appeared in “Servants of Twilight” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty.”
2020 – Recep Aktug, appeared in Araf 2”
2019 – Robby Tumewu, appeared in “Blood Trace.”
2019 – Mark Arnold Urman, Unit Publicist for “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.”
2014 – Ray Lawlor, appeared in “The Mask [1961]” and “Cannibal Girls.”
2010 – Mark Jones, appeared in “The Girl from Starship Venus,” “Don’t Open Till Christmas” as well as episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “The Protectors.”
2009 – Ricardo Montalban, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2007 – Tudor Gates, screenwriter for the films “Twins of Evil,” “Lust for A Vampire,” “Fright,” and “The Vampire Lovers.”
2006 – Shelley Winters, appeared in “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2004 – Uta Hagen, co-starred in the film “The Other” and appeared in the series “The Twilight Zone.”
2004 – Ron O’ Neal, appeared in “When A Stranger Calls,” “Death House” and “Puppet Master 5.”
1986 – Donna Reed, actress in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945]” and the TV Movie “Deadly Lessons.”
1978 – Marie Blake, was best known for portraying “Grandmama Addams” in “The Addams Family tv series and was also in “She Devil.”
1961 – Ernest Thesiger, appeared in, The Old Dark House,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” and “The Ghoul.”
1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1957 – Humphrey Bogart, starred in the film “The Return of Dr. X.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 14
House on Haunted Hill [1959] – San Francisco (premiere)
The Dunwich Horror [1970]
Satan’s Triangle [1975] – TV Movie
Scanners [1981]
Body Snatchers [1993]
Supernova [2000]
The Lodger [2009]
Digging to Death [2021] – Finland
Scream [2022]
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JANUARY 15
BORN ON JANUARY 15
1982 – Jana Kaderabkova, appeared in “Hostel” and “Hostel Dissected.”
1977 – Radoslav Parvanov, stunt performer for “Skeleton Man,” “Raging Sharks,” “Mansquito,” “Hammerhead,” “Stag Night,” “Shark in Venice,” “Against the Dark,” “Spiders,” “Code Red,” “Dracula Untold,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2022],” “Dampyr” and many more.
1968 – Chad Lowe, appeared in the films “The Others” and “Highway to Hell.”
1957 – Mario Van Peebles, starred in the films “Jaws: The Revenge,” and “Full Eclipse”.
1955 – Nels Van Patten, actor in “Grotesque” and “Camp Fear.”
1947 – Andrea Martin, appeared in both the original 1974 “Black Christmas” and the 2006 remake.
1932 – Joe Dorsey, appeared in “Pet Sematary II,” “Grizzly,” “The Visitor” and “The Manitou.”
1930 – William Beckley, appeared in the TV Movies “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Daughter of the Mind,” as well as episodes of TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Night Gallery” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1922 – Thelma Carpenter, actress in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1919 – Tod Griffin, appeared in the films “She Devil” and “She Demons.”
1912 – Kenyon Hopkins, worked in the music department for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and composed Nightmare!! on MGM Records.
1909 – Cyprian R. Dube, actor in “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1905 – Torin Thatcher, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968]” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “One Step Beyond.”
1892 – William Beaudine, directed “The Ape Man,” “Ghosts on the Loose,” “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
1879 – Ernest Thesiger, starred in “The Old Dark House,” “The Ghoul” and “The Bride of Frankenstein.”
1875 – Claude King, appeared in “London After Midnight,” “Behind the Mask,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON JANUARY 15
2022 – Andrew Jones, director for “The Amityville Asylum,” “Valley of the Witch,” “Robert,” “The Revenge of Robert the Doll,” “The Legend of Halloween Jack,” “The Last House on Cemetery Lane,” “Jurassic Predator,” “The Jonestown Haunting,” “The Haunting of Margam Castle” and many more.
2022 – Jon Lind, worked on soundtrack for the TV Movie “Don’t Look Under the Bed” and sound department for “Truth or Dare [1986].”
2022 – Jean-Claude Lord, director for “Visiting Hours” and the TV Movie “Secrets of the Summer House.”
2022 – Joe Dunne, stuntman in “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “Twins of Evil,” “Dominique,” “The Hidden II,” “Doom [2005]” and an episode of “Kindred: The Embraced.”
2022 – Michael Jackson, appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and an episode of “The Munsters.”
2021 – Dale Baer, did the visual effects for “Species.”
2020 – Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, appeared in “The Murder Farm.”
2019 – Thelma Tixou, appeared in “Santa Sangre.”
2019 – Carol Channing, Voice Actress in several episodes of “The Addams Family” animated series as Grandmama
2019 – William G. Anagnos, actor in “A Stranger is Watching,” Stuntman, “Wolfen,” “The Ambulance,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Body Snatchers,” “Lost Souls,” “The Forgotten” and “Anamorph.”
2011 – Susannah York, starred in “Images,” “The Shout,” “The Awakening,” “Visitors,” “Daemon – TV Movie,” “Tomorrow’s Killer” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
2009 – Chuck Gaspar, did special effects for “Virus,” “The Birds,” “Anaconda,” “Altered States,” “Exorcist II,” “Ghostbusters [1984] and Ghostbusters II”.
2000 – Fran Ryan, actress in “Eyes of Fire,” “Nick Knight,” “Lucky Stiff,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “Amazing Stories.”
1996 – Les Baxter, composed scores for “Black Sunday,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Black Sabbath,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1961],” “Dementia 13,” “The Raven” and more.
1990 – Gordon Jackson, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “Spectre,” as well as episodes of “Supernatural [1977]” and “Mystery and Imagination.”
1939 – Susannah York, starred in “Images,” “The Shout,” “The Awakening,” “Visitors,” “Daemon – TV Movie,” “Tomorrow’s Killer” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 15
The Fatal Hour [1940]
London Blackout Murders [1943]
Return of The Living Dead Part II [1988]
In Dreams [1999]
Virus [1999]
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter [2001]
Rats [aka Killer Rats] [2003]
Mean Creek [2004]
Vampire Blvd [2004]
Asylum [2007]
Butcher House [2007] – filmed in 2006
Ghost Hunters: Point of Contact [2006]
Army of the Dead [2008]
The Attic [2007]
Detention [2010]
Porkchop [2010]
The Book of Eli [2010]
Porkchop [2010]
Intruders [2015]
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JANUARY 16
BORN ON JANUARY 16
1982 – Diana García, actress in “SX_Tape.”
1979 – Aaliyah, singer-turned actress starred in “Queen of the Damned”.
1956 – Anders Hove, best known for playing the vampire “Radu” in “Subspecies 1-4.” He also appeared in “Critters 4” and “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series.”
1950 – Caroline Munro, appeared in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Dracula A.D. 1972″ and “Flesh for the Beast.”
1948 – John Carpenter, director, writer, producer, composer “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II [1981],” “The Thing [1982],” “The Fog [1980],” “Escape From New York,” “Christine,” “Prince of Darkness,” “Ghost of Mars,” “Vampires,” and many more.
1938 – Michael Pataki, appeared in “The Andromeda Strain,” “The Return of Count Yorga,” “Grave of the Vampire,” “The Bat People,” “Graduation Day,” “The Invisible Man – TV Series,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Dead & Buried,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and many more.
1927 – Peter Forbes-Robertson, actor in “The Woman Eater,” “Island of Terror,” “Night After Night After Night” and “The House That Vanished.”
1920 – Steve Conte, appeared in “The Kindred,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Invasion of the Animal People,” “Teenage Zombies,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Attack of the Mayan Mummy.”
1918 – Stirling Siliphant, produced the TV movie “Salem’s Lot” and wrote screenplays for “The Village of the Damned” and “The Swarm.”
1903 – 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.
1901 – Marcel Delgado, did the visual effects for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and “War of the Worlds.”
1896 – Ruth Rose, writer for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong [1933]” and “King Kong [1976].”
1890 – Karl Freund, directed the original “Mummy” and cinematographer of “The Golem,” “Metropolis,” the 1920 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Dracula.”
DIED ON JANUARY 16
2022 – Gina Lollobrigida, actress in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956].”
2021 – Charlotte Cornwell, actress in “The Contraption,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Dead Space: Aftermath” and an episode of the TV Series “The Man Outside.”
2021 – Jim MacGeorge, appeared in “Teenagers from Outer Space.”
2021 – Farida Pasha, appeared in “Black Magic Wizard,” “The Witch’s Daughter” and “The Secret: Suster Ngesot Urban Legend.”
2020 – Alan Pattillo, editor for “Beware My Brethren” and “Chimera – Episode: Episode #1.1.”
2018 – Madalena Iglésias, appeared in “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás aka “Satan’s 5 Warnings.”
2014 – Harvey Bernhard, producer for “The Omen [1976],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Final Conflict,” “The Beast Within,” “The Lost Boys” and “Omen IV: The Awakening.”
2014 – Russell Johnson, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “It Came from Outer Space” and more.
2007 – Ron Carey, appeared in “High Anxiety.”
1993 – Glenn Corbet, starred in “Homicidal” and appeared in some of the “Night Gallery TV episodes.”
1989 – Trey Wilson, actor in “Vampire Hookers.”
1981 – Bernard Lee, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Brain,” and “Journey to Midnight.”
1979 – Ted Cassidy, played “Lurch” on “The Addams Family” TV series.
1940 – Earl Dwire, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Rogues’ Tavern.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 16
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1912]
The Face Behind the Mask [1941]
The Night Strangler [1973] – TV Movie
Scream of the Wolf [1974] – TV Movie
Snuff [1975]
Fear No Evil [1981]
Night of the Scarecrow [1995]
Cube [1997]
Fallen [1998]
CanniBallistic! [2002]
Insomnia [2002]
Sweet Insanity [2006]
Die You Zombie Bastards! [2005]
Grim Reaper [2007]
Cloverfield [2008] – Hollywood (premiere)
Grace [2009] – Sundance Film Festival
My Bloody Valentine [2009] – Ireland
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JANUARY 17
BORN ON JANUARY 17
1984 – Sophie Dee – aka “Kirsty Hill,” appeared in “A Haunted House 2,” “Theatre of the Deranged II,” “Director’s Cut,” “Bethany,” “Deadly Reunion,” “Restoration” and more.
1979 – Lowell Dean, directed “Wolfcop,” “Another WolfCop” and “13 Eerie.”
1977 – Leigh Whannel, created the “Saw” franchise and wrote the screenplays for the “Insidious” movies “Dead Silence,” “Cooties” and “The Invisible Man [2020].”
1975 – Freddy Rodriguez, starred in “Planet Terror” and “Lady in the Water”.
1971 – Kid Rock, soundtrack for “Strangeland” and “The Forsaken (Who’s Your Uncle) [2001].”
1950 – Cristina Galbó, appeared in “What Have You Done to Solange?,” “Sobrenatural,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” and “The House That Screamed.”
1962 – Jim Carrey, starred in “Once Bitten,” “The Bad Batch” and “The Number 23.”
1942 – Nancy Parsons, starred in “Motel Hell.”
1936 – Gonzalo Gonzalo, production designer for “Satan’s Blood” and “The Rift.”
1925 – Patricia Owens, appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” “The Fly [1958].”
1925 – Francisco de Castro, producer of “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás aka “Satan’s 5 Warnings.”
1922 – Betty White, starred in “Lake Placid” and “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Episode: Who Killed Who?/Tween Wolf.”
1904 – Patsy Ruth Miller, starred in the 1923 silent version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
1897 – Dick Stockton, casting assistant for “King Kong [1933].”
1867 – Carl Laemmle, the “Father” of Universal Pictures and was the producer for “Frankenstein,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Man,” “Dracula,” “The Mummy,” “Dracula’s Daughter” and many more.
DIED ON JULY 17
2022 – Van Conner, Bassist for Screaming Trees Rock Band, soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode “Heart” – song “Look at You.”
2022 – Edward R. Pressman, producer for “The Moth Diaries,’ “Sisters,” “Love Object,” “American Psycho,” “The Crow,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Wendigo,” “Phantom of Paradise,” “The Hand,” “Crimewave” and more.
2022 – Yvette Mimieux, actress in the TV Movies “Black Noon,” “Snowbeast” and “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
2022 – Rasheed Naz, actor in “Pari.”
2022 – Michel Subor, actor in “Sadistic Hallucinations.”
2020 – Ade Irawan, appeared in “Nyi blorong,” “Perkawinan nyi blorong,” Titisan Dewi Ular” and “Suster N.”
2020 – Derek James Fowlds, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Horror on Snape Island” and “Thriller – Episode: Murder Is a One-Act Play.”
2020 – Ibrahim Farah, appeared in “Kafr Delhab.”
2019 – Daniel Charles Striepeke, actor in “Ed Gein” Make Up Department “The Burbs,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Embryo,” “Sssssss,” “The Mephisto Waltz,” and “Picture Mommy Dead”
2019 – Barbara Claman, actress “Demon Possessed” Casting Director “The Changeling [1980],” “The Entity,” “Crimewave,” and “Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive [TV Movie]” and “Cry for Strangers – TV Movie.”
2019 – Windsor Davies, actor in “Endless Night” and “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed”
2017 – Joel Schiller, art director for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
2009 – Susanna Foster, co-starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of the Opera” and in “The Climax” with Boris Karloff.
2009 – Arthur Weisberg, producer for “The Driller Killer” and “Drive In Massacre.”
2008 – Edward D. Hoch, screenwriter for episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Night Gallery,”.
2005 – Virginia Mayo, appeared in “Castle of Evil” “Evil Spirits,” “Haunted,” “The Man Next Door” and the TV series “Night Gallery,”.
2005 – Basil Hoskins, appeared in the film “Edge of Sanity”.
2003 – Richard Crenna, starred in “Devil Dog: The Hound From Hell,” “Leviathan,” “Death Ship,” “The Case of the Hillside Stranglers” and “Wait Until Dark.”
1996 – Harry Robertson, composer for “Journey to Midnight,” “The Oblong Box,” “The Vampire Lovers,” “Countess Dracula,” “Fright,” “Twins of Evil,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Legend of the Werewolf” and “The Ghoul.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 17
Lust for a Vampire [1971]
The Reincarnation of Isabel [1973] – Italy
Nosferatu: The Vampyre [1979] – France
Troll [1986]
A Gnome Named Gnorm [1990]
Graveyard Alive [2003]
Camp Slaughter [2004]
Haute Tension [2003]
Camp Slaughter [2004] – Sweden
The Haunting of Marsten Manor [2007]
The Babadook [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
Snow Falls [2023]
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JANUARY 18
BORN ON JANUARY 18
1976 – Derek Richardson, appeared in “Hostel,” “Reeker,” episodes of “American Horror Story” and “Fear the Walking Dead.”
1969 – Dave Bautista, appeared in “Army of the Dead” as well as episodes of TV Shows “Room 104” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
1961 – Jeff Yagher, special effects for “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “Hellraiser: Deader,” actor in episodes of the TV Series “Millennium,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1956 – Sharon Mitchell, actress in “Daughters of Discipline,” “Maniac,” “The Taming of Rebecca,” “Blue Voodoo,” “Class of Nuke ‘Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown” and “Feast.”
1937 – Dick Durock, actor and stuntman known for playing “Swamp Thing” in “Swamp Thing,” “The Return of Swamp Thing” and “Swamp Thing – TV Series.”
1936 – Cirio H. Santiago, produced/directed “The Vampire People,” “Vampire Hookers,” “She Devils in Chains” and “Demon of Paradise”.
1930 – Alvin Greenman, script supervisor for “Dead & Buried” and appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
1928 – Roy Whybrow, special effects for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Nobody Ordered Love,” “The Legend of Hell House” and “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1918 – Richard LaSalle, composer for “Hands of a Stranger,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Twice Told Tales,” “Piranha,” “The Thirsty Dead,” “The Deathbed Virgin,” “Superbeast” and 13 episodes of the TV Series “Monster Squad.”
1915 – M.J. Bogdanowicz, 3D camera technician for “Friday the 13th Part III” and cameral consultant for “Jaws 3-D.”
1908 – Jack Whitman, director of photography for “Deathmoon.”
1908 – Lilian Bond, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “The Old Dark House.”
1904 – Cary Grant, starred in “North By Northwest,” “Notorious,” “To Catch a Thief,” “Suspicion” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1892 – Oliver Hardy, starred in the film “A-Haunting We Will Go,” “The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case” and “The Live Ghost.”
1884 – Anton Grot, art director for “Mystery of the Wax Museum, “Mildred Pierce,” “Doctor X,” “The Mad Genius” and “Svengali.”
1884 – Harrison Greene, appeared in “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Life Returns,” “Shadow of Chinatown” and “The Devil Commands.”
DIED ON JANUARY 18
2022 – David Crosby, from Crosby, Stills & Nash, soundtrack for “Body Bags – TV Movie – “Almost Cut My Hair” and “he Simpsons: Episode: Treehouse of Horror XIII – “Love the One You’re With”
2022 – Sandra Seacat, actress in “Face [2007].”
2022 – Donn Cambern, editor for “Ghostbusters II,” music editor for 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.”
2022 – Don Pepot, actor in “Shake Rattle & Roll V” and “Takbo … Talon … Tili!!!”
2022 – Stephen Churchett, actor in “The Great Ghost Rescue” and the TV Series “The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells.”
2022 – Stephen Aintree, appeared in “Twisted Showcase – Episode: What Time Catches Up.”
2021 – Jean-Pierre Bacri, appeared in “Death on a Rainy Sunday,” Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy” and “Chillers – Episode: Old Folks at Home.”
2021 – Perry Botkin Jr., worked on the soundtrack for “Dance of the Dwarfs,” “Plan 9” and “Silent Night, Deadly Night.”
2021 – Josep M. Mestres, composer for “Nocturne 19.”
2021 – Eric Allwright, makeup artist for “Night Watch,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “To the Devil a Daughter,” “Dracula [1979]” and “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
2009 – Kathleen Byron, appeared in “Craze” “Burn, Witch, Burn,” “Nothing but the Night,” and “Twins of Evil.”
2009 – John Dullaghan, appeared in “Terror at Orgy Castle,” “Garden of the Dead” and “Sex and the Single Vampire.”
2008 – Lois Nettleton, appeared in “Deadly Blessing,” and many TV shows including “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery” and “The Munsters Today.”
2000 – Frances Drake who appeared in “The Invisible Ray,” and “Mad Love.”
1998 – Joan Banks, appeared in 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 18
Spider Baby [1967]
The Island of the Fishmen [1979] – Italy
Blood Simple [1984]
Eve of Destruction [1991]
The Terror Within II [1991]
From Dusk to Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter [1999]
The Killer Eye [1999] – video premiere
Teeth [2007]
Cloverfield [2008]
Gutterballs [2008] – Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors
Monster [2008]
Bikini Frankenstein [2010]
Return to Yucca Flats: Desert Man-Beast [2010]
Mama [2013]
We Are What We Are [2013] – Sundance Film Festival
Cooties [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
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JANUARY 19
BORN ON JANUARY 19
1992 – Logan Lerman, appeared in the films “The Butterfly Effect,” “The Number 23″.
1984 – Mickey Sumner, starred in “Caught.”
1974 – Natassia Malthe, played “Rayne” in “BloodRayne: Deliverance” and “BloodRayne: The Third Reich. She also appeared in “Alone in the Dark 2″ and “Skinwalkers.”
1971 – Shawn Wayans, screenwriter for the “Scary Movies.”
1961 – William Ragsdale, starred in “Fright Night,” “Fright Night 2,” “Frankenstein: The College Years” and “The Reaping.”
1953 – Linda Hayden, actress known for “Old Drac,” “Madhouse,” “Night Watch,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” and more.
1944 – Shelley Fabares, appeared in “The Bad Seed,” episodes of “The Twilight Zone [1964]” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1935 – Tippi Hedren, starred in “The Birds,” also appeared in “The Birds II: Land’s End,” and in the TV show “Tales from The Darkside,”.
1934 – John Richardson, appeared in “Black Sunday,” “Frankenstein ’80,” “Torso,” “Murder Syndrome” and “The Church.”
1927 – Lisa Lu, actress in “Demon Seed [1977]” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1926 – Norm Gray, assistant director for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” and “No Place to Hide.”
1925 – Anthony Eisley, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters,” “The Wasp Woman” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”
1934 – Lucille Saint-Peter, actress in “Brain Damage.”
1887 – Alexander Woollcott, writer for an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the macabre, most famous poem, “The Raven,” credited with initiating the modern detective story, developing the Gothic horror story. His stories were heavily adapted in numerous movies, most notably Roger Corman’s Poe Cycle (1960-1964) which included The Masque of the Red Death [1964].
DIED ON JANUARY 19
2022 – Ginger Stanley, stunts for “Creature from the Black Lagoon” and “Revenge of the Creature.”
2022 – Antonina Girycz, actress in “Mistrz tanca – aka Master of the Dance.”
2022 – Hardy Krüger, actor in “What the Pepper Saw.”
2022 – Gaspard Ulliel, actor in “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf.”
2021 – John Russell, appeared in “Will to Die” and “Six Tickets to Hell.”
2021 – Kellam de Forest, additional crew/researcher for “The Stepfather [1987].”
2017 – Miguel Ferrer, appeared in “DeepStar Six,” “The Guardian [1990],” “The Night Flier,” “Hard Ride to Hell,” as well as several TV Series including “Tales from the Crypt,” “Twin Peaks,” “Night Visons,” “The Stand” and more.
2014 – Gordon Hessler, directed “Tales of the Haunted,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – TV Series,” “Cry of the Banshee,” “Scream and Scream Again,” “Murders on the Rue Morgue,” “The Oblong Box” and more.
2008 – Suzanne Pleshette, starred in “The Power,” “The Birds,” and episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2006 – Wilson Pickett, singer whose songs were used in such films as “Fright Night Part 2″ and “Tales from The Crypt: Demon Knight.”
2006 – Tony Franciosa, starred in “Web of the Spider,” “Tenebrae,” “Julie Darling,” and “Death House” [a.k.a. “Zombie Death House].
2005 – Cal Bolder, appeared in “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter”.
2000 – Victor Brooks, actor in “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Brain,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Witchcraft,” “Devils of Darkness,” “Burke & Hare” and more.
1992 – Glenn Langan, starred in “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “War of the Colossal Beast,” “The Return of Doctor X,” and “Women of the Prehistoric Planet.”
1965 – 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.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 19
The Lodger [1944]
The Man in Half Moon Street [1945]
The Face of Marble [1946]
Strait-Jacket [1964]
Brain Dead [1990]
Tremors [1990]
Mutant Species [1994]
From Dusk Till Dawn [1996]
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla [1994]
Godzilla vs. Destroyah [1995]
Saw [2004] – Sundance Film Festival
Teeth [2007] – Sundance Film Festival
The Hitcher [2007]
Twilight Vamps [2010]
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
The Voices [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
What We Do in the Shadows [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
Kill Game [2018]
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JANUARY 20
BORN ON JANUARY 20
1991 – Ciara Hanna, appeared in “Hank,” “The Call,” “Devil’s Revenge,” “Pernicious” and “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys – TV Movie.”
1981 – Crystal Lowe, starred in “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” Black Christmas [2006], “Final Destination 3,” “Old Flames Never Die,” “Children of the Corn: Revelation” and “A Little Bit Zombie.”
1970 – Skeet Ulrich, starred in “Scream,” “The Craft,” “Escape Room [2017]” and the TV series “Miracles.”
1968 – Chris Miller, appeared in “The Cellar,” animation department for “The Addams Family [2019], producer for the video games “F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon” and “Aliens vs. Predator.
1964 – Eric Bross, director of “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut” and “Vampire Bats – TV Movie.”
1958 – Lorenzo Lamas, actor in “Bleach,” “The Dinosaur Experiment,” “Backstabber,” “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus,” “Raptor Island,” “Deep Evil,” “Dark Waters,” “Thralls” and more.
1957 – Elizabeth Stack, actress in “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1956 – Keith Knight, actor in “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Of Unknown Origin,” “Love & Murder,” “Whispers,” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “War of the Worlds,” “Beetlejuice,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeeper,” “Monster Force” and “Freaky Stories.”
1944 – Chuck Domanico, music department/musician brass for “The Sentinel,” “The Car,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Poltergeist,” “Gremlins,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Lake Placid,” “Final Destination” and “Jeepers Creepers.”
1934 – Tom Baker, appeared in the films “The Freakmaker,” “The Vault of Horror” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1929 – Arte Johnson, starred as “Renfield” in the film “Love at First Bite.”
1926 – Patricia Neal, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
1920 – Federico Fellini, director/writer of “Spirits of the Dead.”
1900 – Colin Clive, played the monster’s maker, “Dr. Frankenstein” in the films “Frankenstein,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and starred in “Mad Love”.
1895 – Roscoe Ates, appeared in “Freaks,” “King Kong” and “Inner Sanctum.”
DIED ON JANUARY 20
2022 – Meat Loaf, appeared in “Wishcraft,” “Bloodrayne,” “Urban Decay,” “Burning Bright,” “Stage Fright” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Here’s one of the songs from the soundtrack:
2022 – Arun Verma, actor in “Who’s There?”
2022 – Camillo Milli, actor in “Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba.”
2022 – Tim Barlow, actor in “Cockneys vs. Zombies,” “Lie Still,” “The Ugly,” “Mary Reilly,” “The Omega Factor – Episode: Night Games” and the short “Green.”
2022 – Jirí Macháne, cinematographer for “Beauty and the Beast [1978],” “The Ninth Heart,” “The Flames of Royal Love” and “T.M.A.”
2021 – Mira Furlan, appeared in “Night Stalker – Episode: Timeless.”
2020 – Joe Shishido, appeared in “Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis.”
2019 – Andrew G. Vajna – Producer “Terminator Salvation,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “DeepStar Six,” “Angel Heart,” “Superstition,” and “The Changeling [1980].”
2014 – Victor Izay, actor in “Blood Song,” “The Single Girls,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “Premonition [1972]” and “The Astro-Zombies.”
2008 – Kevin Stoney, appeared in “The Shadow of the Cat,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
2007 – Alfredo Ripstein Jr, produced “Swamp of Lost Souls,” “Black Pit of Dr M,” “Creature of the Walking Dead” and “The Living Coffin”.
2003 – Anthony Eisley, appeared in “The Wasp Woman,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “The Witchmaker,” “Deep Space,” “Monstroid,” “Evil Spirits.”
1994 – Hal Lierley, makeup artist for “Return of the Fly,” “Picture Mommy Dead” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1993 – Audrey Hepburn, starred in the film “Wait Until Dark”.
1984 – Johnny Weissmuller, starred in the TV Series “Jungle Jim.”
1960 –Eddie Parker, starred in “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 20
The Vampire Bat [1933] – New York City
Reptilicus [1961]
The Tomb of Ligeia [1964]
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken [1966]
The Power [1984]
Robot Holocaust [1986]
The Terror Within [1989]
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County [1998] – TV Movie
The Prophecy II [1998]
Underworld: Evolution [2006]
Amusement [2008] – DVD premiere
Boogeyman 3 [2008]
Vacancy 2: The First Cut [2008]
Underworld: Awakening [2012]
Hell Baby [2013] – Sundance Film Festival
Clown Kill [2014] – Horror on the Sea Film Festival
Split [2016]
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