JANUARY 21
BORN ON JANUARY 21
1981 – Izabella Miko, starred in “The Forsaken,” and “The House of Usher [2006].”
1971 – Luigia Zucaro, appeared “Dawn of the Dead [2004].”
1964 – Eric Bross, director for “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut” and “Vampire Bats.”
1960 – Barbie Wilde, in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.”
1958 – Michael Wincott, actor in “Curtains,” “The Crow,” “Alien: Resurrection” and “Nope.”
1956 – Geena Davis, starred in “Beetlejuice,” “The Fly [1986],” and “Transylvania 6-5000.”
1948 – Trey Wilson, actor in “Vampire Hookers.”
1939 – Wolfman Jack, appeared in “Motel Hell.”
1935 – Marguerite McNeil, actress in “My Bloody Valentine.”
1930 – Lois Gibson, wrote the screenplay for “Crypt of the Living Dead.”
1929 – Denis Sanders, director for “Invasion of the Bee Girls.”
1929 – Radley Metzger, director/writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” sound department/editor for “The Flesh Eaters” and editor for “The Beach Girls and the Monster.”
1925 – Charles Aidman, narrator for the 1980’s version of “The Twilight Zone,” also appeared in the films “Alien Zone” and “Innerspace.”
1922 – Telly Savalas, starred in “Horror Express” and “Lisa and the Devil”.
1915 – Alan Hewitt, appeared in an episode each of the TV Shows “Matinee Theatre” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1896 – J. Carrol Naish, appeared in “The Monster Maker”, “House of Frankenstein”, “The Beast with Five Fingers”, “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.
DIED ON JANUARY 21
2022 – Errikos Andreou, director for “He and She.”
2022 – Na Chul, appeared in 10 episodes of the TV Series “Happiness.”
2022 – Mace Neufeld, producer for “The Omen [1976],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Funhouse,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “Bless the Child,” “The Curse of ‘The Omen’” and “Cursed Films – Episode: The Omen.”
2022 – Louie Anderson, appeared in “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Episode: Dumb-Dumbs and Dragons/Fear and Loathing in Endsville.”
2022 – Arnis Līcītis, actor in “The Power of Fear.”
2021 – Anthony Dawes, appeared in several TV Series including “Out of the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Nathalie Delon, actress in “The Monk [1972],” “A Whisper in the Dark” and “Eyes Behind the Stars.”
2021 – Rémy Julienne, stuntman in “A Sound of Thunder.”
2019 – Kaye Ballard, actress in “Pandemonium”
2019 – Merwin Goldsmith, actor in “Unholy.”
2009 – Charles H. Schneer, produced “Earth vs the Flying Saucer,” “Valley of Gwangi,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and “20 Million Miles To Earth.”
2008 – May Wale Brown, script supervisor for “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “Cruise Into Terror” and “Thriller – Episode: The Twisted Image.”
2005 – Steve Susskind, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part III,” “House,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series.”
2001 –Sandy Baron, appeared in “Leprechaun 2,” the TV movie “The Munster’s Scary Little Christmas,” playing “Grampa and “Vamp.”
1999 – Susan Strasberg, appeared in “The Manitou,” “Bloody Birthday,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Scream of Fear,” “So Evil, My Sister,” “The Returning,” and the 1973 TV movie “Frankenstein.”
1984 – Walter Scott Herndon, art director for “Blacula” and production designer for “The Manitou.”
1978 – William Girdler, director of “Asylum of Satan,” “Three on a Meathook,” “Abby,” “Grizzly”, “Day of the Animals” and “The Manitou.”
1968 – Frances Dade, starred in “Dracula [1931].”
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, director/producer for “The Ghost Breaker.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 21
The Vampire Bat [1933]
The Spider Woman [1943]
Something Evil [1972] – TV Movie
The House on Sorority Row [1983]
Gods and Monsters [1998]
Virus [1999]
American Psycho [2000]
The Convent [2000]
Wishcraft [2002]
The Black Water Vampire [2014] – DVD (premiere)
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JANUARY 22
BORN ON JANUARY 22
1981 – Willa Ford, appeared in “Submerged,” “The Nurse” and “Friday the 13th [2009].”
1981 – Beverley Mitchell, appeared in “Blood Pageant,” “The Lost Episode,” “Saw II” “and “Toxin.”
1975 – Balthazar Getty, appeared in “Feast” and “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds.”
1959 – Linda Blair, starred in “The Exorcist,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “Hell Night,” “Repossessed” a cameo role in “Scream [1996].” and more.
1956 – Michael Kopsa, appeared in “Carrie [2002],” “The Barber,” “Deep Evil,“ “Hollow Man II,” “Ba’al,” “Vipers,” “Apollo 18,” and several episodes of TV Series.
1954 – Barbara Kerwin, costumer designer for “House of Terror,” “The Last Victim,” “Barracuda,” “The Evictors” and “Project: Metalbeast.”
1953 – Anne Gaybis, actress in “Beyond Evil,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Hysterical,” “The Lost Empire,” “Red Room” and “Death Dancers.”
1938 – Brook Williams, appeared in “The Medusa Touch” and “The Plague of the Zombies.”
1937 – Carlos Aured, directed a few of Paul Naschy’s films including “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “Curse of the Devil,” “The Mummy’s Revenge” and “House of Psychotic Women”.
1934 – Bill Bixby, appeared in episodes of “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1932 – Piper Laurie, appeared in “Bad Blood,” “Possessed,” “Trauma,” “Ruby,” “The Faculty,” and “Carrie [1976].”
1924 – William Thourlby, appeared in “Castle of Evil” and “The Creeping Terror.”
1918 – Clark Howat, appeared in “Earth vs. The Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” episodes of “Target” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1909 – Ann Sothern, actress in “The Manitou,” “The Killing Kind,” “Lady in a Cage” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1906 – Robert E. Howard, writer for “Solomon Kane” and “Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.”
1903 – Tom Quinn, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Man They Could Not Hang” and “Man Made Monster.”
1893 – Conrad Veidt, starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari,” “Der Januskopf” and “The Hands of Orlac.”
1893 – Monte Vandergrift, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mad Love” and “The Phantom Creeps.”
1875 – D.W. Griffith, director/producer/writer of “One Exciting Night” and “The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill.”
DIED ON JANUARY 22
2022 – Don Wilson, soundtrack/writer for “Love Bites,” “Cabaret of the Dead“ and “Daughters of Darkness.”
2022 – Agustí Villaronga, director/writer for “In a Glass Cage,” “99.9,” appeared in “Presence of Mind” and “The Uninvited Guest.”
2022 – Hossein Shahabi, writer for “Ghost [1998]”
2022 – Thomas Hellberg, appeared in “Chock – Episode: Det ringer.”
2022 – Kathryn Kates, actress in “Teenage Exorcist,” “Asylum [1997], “The Nurse [1997]” and the short “Open Call.”
2022 – Patrick Shai, actor in “The Bone Snatcher.”
2021 – Ron Campbell, art department for “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1994–1997] – TV Series.”
2021 – José Ángel García, appeared in “Feral” and “La telaraña – Episode: Una dama para dos.”
2020 – John Karlen, appeared in “House of Dark Shadows,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” Daughters of Darkness,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Trilogy of Terror” and many more.
2019 – James Frawley, directed 2 episodes of “American Gothic” and appeared in 2 episodes of “The Outer Limits”
2019 – Dean Copkov, Actor/Stunts in “Wolves,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and the TV Movie “Bugs.”
2010 – Jean Simmons, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” in the 1990 revival of the “Dark Shadows” and films “Dominique” and “The Inheritance.”
2007 – Liz Renay, appeared in “The Corpse Grinders 2,” “Mark Of The Astro Zombies” and “Blackenstein.”
2003 – Audrey Metcalf, appeared in “The Blob [1958].”
1966 – Herbert Marshall, starred in “Gog,” “The Fly [1958]” and the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 22
The Comedy of Terrors [1963]
Pyro… The Thing Without a Face [1964]
Hardy Boys: The House on Possessed Hill [1978]
A Stranger Is Watching [1982]
Burned at the Stake [1982] – El Paso, TX
Summer of 84 [2018] – Sundance Film Festival
There’s Nothing Out There [1991]
Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2001]
Venomous [2001]
Donkey Punch [2008] – Sundance Film Festival
Legion [2010]
Char Man [2019] – Amazon Prime
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JANUARY 23
BORN ON JANUARY 23
1975 – Tito Ortiz, actor in “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” “Boo 2: A Madea Halloween,” “Bleach” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1974 – Tiffani Thiessen, appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth” and the TV Movie “Buried Secrets.”
1972 – Victor Bojinov, assistant director for “Shark Hunter,” “Python 2,” “Antibody,” “Deep Shock” and “Cyclops.”
1963 – Gail O’Grady, appeared in “Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2” and the TV Series “Werewolf.”
1944 – Rutger Hauer, appeared in “Bladerunner,” “The Hitcher,” “Ladyhawke” and the 2004 TV mini-series “Salem’s Lot.”
1943 – Gil Gerard, appeared in “Bone Eater,” “Reptisaurus,” “Ghost Town,” “Dire Wolf,” “Blood Fare” and more.
DIED ON JANUARY 23
2022 – Eugenio Martín, writer for “Hypnosis,” “The Carpet of Horror,” “It Happened at Nightmare Inn” and “Sobrenatural.”
2022 – Everett Quinton, producer/writer/actor for the short “Museum of Wax [1987].”
2022 – German Klimov, writer for “Semya vurdalakov – aka The Vampire Family.”
2022 – Spencer Chapman, production manager for 4 episodes of the TV Series Tales of the Unexpected.”
2022 – Rolf Zehetbauer, art director for “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism.”
2021 – Trisha Noble, appeared in “Private Eyes,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Out of the Unknown.”
2021 – Tony Ferrer, appeared in “The Vengeance of Fu Manchu.”
2021 – Alberto Grimaldi, producer for “A Quiet Place in the Country,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” and “Burnt Offerings.”
2021 – Hal Holbrook, actor in “Rituals,” “The Fog [1980],” “Creepshow,” “Girls Nite Out,” “The Unholy [1988]” and appeared in “The Outer Limits – Episode: Final Appeal.”
2020 – Marsha Kramer, appeared in “Red Riding Hood [2011].”
2020 – Robert Francis Harper, appeared in “Creepshow [1982]” and the TV Movie “Nick Knight.”
2019 – François Protat – cinematographer for “Madame Bolduc,” “Brainscan,” “The Kiss,” “Till Death Do Us Part,” and some episodes of “The Hunger” and “Deadly Nightmares.”
2019 – Caio Junqueira – actor in “Gêmeas [1999] {aka: The Twins}.”
2018 – Lari White, appeared in “The Unholy [1988].”
2012 – Steve Adams, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Dead Silence,” “Stephen King’s Dead Zone – TV Series,” “The Hive,” and more.
2007 – Steve Mitchell, appeared in several TV series including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” as well as the film “So Evil, My Sister.”
2006 – Joseph M. Newman, directed “This Island Earth” and episodes of the TV series’ “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone”.
1999 – Joe D’Amato, director of “Frankenstein 2000,” “Cannibal Love,” “Absurd,” “Caligula: The Untold Story,” “Beyond Darkness,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and more.
1992 – Ian Wolfe, appeared in countless films and TV shows including “The Terminal Man,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Mad Love,” “The Raven [1935]” and many more.
1991 – Charles Kissinger, appeared in “Grizzly,” “Abby,” “The Manitou,” “Three on a Meathook,” “Asylum of Satan” and hosted the TV Show “Fright Night” as The Fearmonger.
1943 – Alexander Woollcott, writer for the TV Show “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “Into Thin Air.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 23
Killers from Space [1954]
Mill of the Stone Women [1960]
Bloodthirsty Butchers [1970]
Torture Dungeon [1970]
Blood Beach [1980]
The Stepfather [1987]
Phantoms [1998]
Psycho Beach Party [2000]
Wendigo [2001]
Nightstalker [2002]
Zombie Honeymoon [2004]
The Curse of the Black Dahlia [2007]
The Lodger [2009]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [2009]
Resolution [2012]
Jug Face [2013] – Slamdance Film Festival
The Devil’s Well [2018]
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JANUARY 24
BORN ON JANUARY 24
1986 – Mischa Barton, appeared in “Spree,” “Ouija House,” “The Toybox,” “The Basement,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Walled In,” “Apartment 1303 3D,” “A Resurrection,” and “Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard.”
1984 – Ashley C. Williams, appeared in “The Human Centipede – First Sequence,” “Paranormal Movie,” “Hallows’ Eve,” “Julia” and “The Church.”
1984 – Justin Baldoni, actor in “The Forgotten Ones” and the TV Movie “Spring Break Shark Attack.”
1975 – Ian Duncan, actor in “Creep,” “Blood River,” “Next Stop Murder,” “Luster,” “SX_Tape,” “The Remains” and “Night of the Animated Dead.”
1970 – Matthew Lillard, starred in “Scream,” Thir13en Ghosts [2001] and “Scooby Doo.”
1959 – Nastassja Kinski, appeared in “To the Devil a Daughter,” Cat People [1982] and “.com For Murder.”
1948 – Michael Des Barres, appeared in “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “Nightflyers,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series,” “Ghoulies” and more.
1943 –Sharon Tate, appeared in “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”
1933 – Perla Walter, actress in “Friday the 13th Part 3” and the TV Movie “Chiller.”
1933 – Nico Fidenco, composer for “Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals,” “Emmanuelle in America,” “Zombie Holocaust – aka “Doctor Butcher, M.D.” and “Porno Holocaust.”
1928 – Walter Brandi, starred in “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Terror-Creatures from the Grave,” “The Vampire and the Ballerina,” “Curse of the Blood Ghouls” and more.
1917 –Ernest Borgnine, starred in the films “Willard,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “Escape From New York.”
DIED ON JANUARY 24
2022 – Lance Kerwin, actor in “Outbreak,” “Salem’s Lot – Episodes: Part 1 & 2” and “The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer.”
2022 – Vachik Mangassarian, actor in the TV Movie “The Midnight Hour.”
2021 – Sonny Fox, producer for “Mysterious Two.”
2021 – Bruce Kirby, appeared in “Lady in White” and “Night Gallery – Episode: Pilot.”
2021 – Jeanette Maus, appeared in “Frayed” and the video game “Resident Evil Village.”
2020 – Sean Reinert, drummer on Death’s “Human” album.
2012 – James Farentino, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery,” as well as the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.” “Violent Midnight,” “The Possessed” and “Dead & Buried.”
2011 – Dyanik Zurakowska, actress in “The Vampires Night Orgy,” “The Hanging Woman,” “La llamada,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and “Cauldron of Blood.”
1999 – Werner Jacobs, director of “Psycho-Circus.”
1990 – Madge Bellamy, starred in “White Zombie.”
1982 – Herbert Plews, property master for “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1980 – Lil Dagover, starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”
1973 – J. Carrol Naish, starred in the films “House of Frankenstein,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “Calling Dr Death,” “Dr Renault’s Secret,” “Strange Confession,” “The Monster Maker” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 24
The Bat People [1974] – Ashville, NC
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra [2001]
Darkness Falls [2003]
Horror in The Wind [2008]
Frozen [2010] – Sundance Film Festival
Color Out of Space [2019]
Scare Me [2020] – Sundance Film Festival
The Turning [2020]
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JANUARY 2
BORN ON JANUARY 25
1979 – Christine Lakin, appeared in “The Frankenstein Theory,” ‘Boltneck,” “Red Canyon,” “Blue Demon” and “Dark Mirror.”
1975 – Ryan Culver, appeared in “Evil in the Bayou” and “Grizzly Park.”
1975 – Mia Kirshner, appeared in “War of the Worlds – TV Series,” “Dracula: The Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series,” “Party Monster,” “The Barrens,” “388 Arletta Avenue,” “They Come Back,” “The Black Dahlia” and “30 Days of Night: Dark Days”.
1963 – Don Mancini, writer/director of “Cellar Dweller,” “Child’s Play,” “Child’s Play 2,″ “Child’s Play 3,″ “Bride of Chucky,” “Seed of Chucky,” “Curse of Chucky” and the Child’s Play remake.
1944 – Leigh Taylor-Young, appeared in “Soylent Green,” “Aliens from Spaceship Earth,” “Looker” and “Addams Family Reunion.”
1943 – Tobe Hooper, director of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974],” “Poltergeist [1982],” ”Lifeforce,” “Funhouse” the TV movie “Salem’s Lot,” “Eaten Alive,” “The Mangler,” “Toolbox Murders,” “Crocodile” and more.
1938 – Ray Dennis Steckler, director of The Horny Vampire” and “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?”
1937 – Gregory Sierra, appeared in “Vampires” and episodes of several TV Series including “Something Is Out There,” “The Ray Bradbury Theater,” “Beyond Belief” and “The X-Files.”
1927 – Gregg Palmer, appeared in “From Hell It Came,” “The Zombies of Mora Tau” and “The Creature Walks Among Us.”
1926 – Ted White, actor in “Demonoid,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “The Hidden,” “Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th,”” stunts in “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “King Kong [1976]” and “The Manitou.”
1918 – King Donovan, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “The Magnetic Monster.”
1916 – Albert Glasser, composer who scored the films “The Cyclops,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Tormented,” “Beginning of the End” and more.
1907 – Carlotta Monti, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1905 – Walter Daniels, assistant director for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and production manager for “The Thing from Another World.”
1903 – Floyd Lee, assistant camera operator for “Doctor X” and “Mystery at the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JANUARY 25
2022 – Cindy Williams, actress in “The Creature Wasn’t Nice,” “The Killing Kind” and “Beware! The Blob.”
2022 – Joicie Appell, actress in “Albino Farm,” Nailbiter” and the short “It’s Hell Getting Old.”
2022 – Barry Cryer, actor in “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
2022 – Claudio Da Passano, appeared in “Necronomicón” and the TV Series “The Bronze Garden.”
2021 – Tseng Chang, appeared in “Kung Fu Vampires,” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000] – TV Movie,” “Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical,” “They Wait” and “The Unseen.”
2020 – Monique van Vooren, appeared in “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Greystone Park.”
2020 – Alan Harris, appeared in “Hellraiser,” “Nightbreed,” “Stand-In,” “Craze,” “The Chosen” and “The Shining.”
2017 – Giuliano Varesco, appeared in “Doc. 33.”
2017 – Jack Mendelsohn, writer for the animated TV Series “Groovie Goolies.”
2017 – Kevin Geer, actor in “100 Feet” and an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”
2017 – Mary Tyler Moore, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Thriller.”
2017 – Shunji Fujimura, appeared in “Ghost Shout” and episodes of the TV Series “Black Butler” and “Kaiki daikazoku.”
2015 – 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.”
2009 – Arthur A. Jacobs, produced “Giant from the Unknown,” “The Beast and the Vixens” and “She Demons”.
2008 – Christopher Allport, actor in “Jack Frost [1997],” “Dead & Buried,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Kindred: The Embraced,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Snowman,” “Savage Weekend” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
2003 – Fred Wood, appeared in “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Theater of Death,” “The Crimson Cult,” “Countess Dracula,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Wicker Man [1973],” “The Monster Club” and many more.
1995 – John Smith, appeared in “Will to Die.”
1995 – William Sylvester, actor in “Gorgo,” “Devil Doll,” “Devils of Darkness,” “Beast of Morocco” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1991 – Lilian Bond, appeared in the original version of “The Old Dark House,” “Man in the Attic” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
1977 – Edward Small, producer for “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “Tower of London,” “Diary of a Madman” and production manager for “The Gorilla.”
1970 – Eiji Tsuburaya, who was the Toho effects genius, created their famous logo and did the incredible effects for numerous films starting with the original “Godzilla” in 1954, right up to “Godzilla’s Revenge”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 25
Nabonga [1944]
The Raven [1963]
Flesh Eaters from Outer Space [1989]
Two Evil Eyes [1990]
Ju-on: The Grudge [2002]
The Mothman Prophecies [2002]
G String Vampire [2005]
Dead Ant [2017]
The Lodge [2019] – Sundance Film Festival
Relic [2020] – Sundance Film Festival
Uncle Peckerhead [2020] – Panic Fest (premiere)
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JANUARY 26
BORN ON JANUARY 26
1981 – Colin O’Donoghue, appeared in “The Rite” and “Storage 24″.
1964 – Cathy Podewell, starred in “Night of the Demons [1988].”
1941 – Scott Glenn, appeared in “The Keep,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Slaughter of the Innocents,” “Sucker Punch” and more.
1928 – Roger Vadim, directed “Spirits of the Dead,” “Blood and Roses” and an episode of “The Hitchhiker – Dead Man’s Curve.”
1923 – Anne Jeffreys, actress in “Zombies on Broadway.”
1922 –Page Cavanaugh, whose band “The Page Cavanaugh Trio” performed in “Frankenstein’s Daughter.”
1915 – William Hopper who appeared in “20 Million Miles to Earth” and “The Deadly Mantis.”
1906 – Russell Saunders, assistant director for “The Walking Dead [1936],” “Them!,” production manager for “Chosen Survivors,” “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1891 – Frank Mills, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939[,” “You’ll Find Out,” “Woman Who Came Back,” “The Black Castle,” “The Little Shop of Horrors [1960]” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
DIED ON JANUARY 26
2022 – Peter McCann, soundtrack for, Dawn of the Dead [2004] – Right Time of the Night.”
2022 – Moses J. Moseley, actor in “Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories,” “Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies,” “Doll Murder” and 6 episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
2022 – Morgan Stevens, appeared in “Scene of the Crime – Episode: A Vote for Murder/The Medium is the Murder.”
2022 – Kenneth Wannberg, music editor for “The Mephisto Waltz,” “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Muppet Masters,” composer for “Of Unknown Origin.”
2021 – Hana Maciuchová, appeared in “Valerie and Her Week of Wonders” and “Hrabé Drakula.”
2021 – Peter Vere-Jones, appeared in “Bad Taste” and “Dead Alive.”
2016 – Abe Vigoda, appeared in the TV Series “Monsters,” “Tales from The Darkside” and many more.
2012 – Ian Abercrombie, appeared in “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1972],” “Young Frankenstein,” “Blood Beach,” “Catacombs,” “Warlock,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” “Army of Darkness” and many more.
1992 –José Ferrer, starred in “Covenant,” “The Being,” “Bloodtide,” “Bloody Birthday,” “The Swarm,” “The Sentinel,” “Dracula’s Dog,” and “Crash!”
1978 – Leo Glenn, appeared in “The Bloody Judge,” “Frightmare [1974],” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – TV Movie” and “Psycho-Circus.”
1938 – Matthew Betz, actor in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 26
The Kiss of the Vampire [1963]
Mark of the Devil Part II [1973]
Plague [1979]
Food of the Gods II [1989]
Screamers [1995]
Shadow of the Vampire [2001]
A Plague So Pleasant [2013] – premiere
Frankenstein’s Army [2013] – International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
Girls Just Wanna Have Blood [2019] – New Jersey Film Festival
Sadistic Intentions [2019]
Theresa & Alison [2019] – Reels of the Dead Film Festival
His House [2020] – Sundance Film Festival
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JANUARY 27
BORN ON JANUARY 27
1984 – Elizabeth Domin, appeared in the films “Skeleton Key” and “Cry Wolf.”
1984 – Georgi Manchev, stunts for “Wicked Little Things,” “Mega Snake,” “Day of the Dead,” “Shark in Venice,” “Prowl,” “Spiders,” “The Car: Road to Revenge,” “Hellboy [2019]” and more.
1964 – Bridget Fonda, appeared in “Frankenstein Unbound,” “Army of Darkness” and “Lake Placid.”
1953 – John Bloom – aka “Joe Bob Briggs,” appeared “The Stand,” “Evil Ever After,” “Scare Package” episodes of the series “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” and more.
1940 – James Cromwell, appeared in “Species II,” “Salem’s Lot – TV Series” and “American Horror Story [2012] – TV Series.”
1939 – Carol Saraceno, writer for the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1936 – Troy Donahue, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters,” “Monster on Campus” and “Dr. Alien.”
1921 – Donna Reed, actress in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945]” and the TV Movie “Deadly Lessons.”
1917 – Marc Daniels, director of 2 episodes of the TV Series “Way Out.”
1913 – Michael Ripper, appeared in “Scars of Dracula,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “The Reptile,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Curse of the Werewolf” and many more.
1896 – Milton Kibbee, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The House of Fear,” “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Body Snatcher” and more.
DIED ON JANUARY 27
2022 – Gianna Piaz, actress in “Atom Age Vampire.”
2022 – Sylvia Syms, actress in “Asylum.”
2022 – Arturo Arribas, actor in “You Shouldn’t Be Here.”
2022 – Karl Spiehs, producer for “Dracula Blows His Cool,” “Contamination” and “Devil Hunter.”
2021 – Cloris Leachman, starred in “Dying Room Only,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Demon Murder Case,” “Fade to Black,” “Haunts of the Very Rich,” “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “Scary Movie 4,” “Lake Placid 2” and “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.”
2021 – Goddess Bunny, appeared as herself in “Hollyweird.”
2020 – Norbert George Moutier, directed “Mad Mutilator,” “Trepanator,” “Dinosaur from the Deep” and “Le syndrome d’Edgar Poe.”
2019 – Erica Yohn, actress in “Rough Draft,” “Good Against Evil,” and “Song of the Succubus”
2018 – Cliff Wenger, special effects for “The Devil’s Rain,” “Burnt Offerings,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” as well as TV Movies “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “Dead of Night” and more.
2010 – Martin Grace, stunt supervisor for “Horror Hospital” and “Afraid of the Dark.”
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein, starred in “Poltergeist [1982],” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Poltergeist III,” “Anguish,” “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,” episodes of the series “Scariest Places on Earth” and more.
2009 – John Updike, novelist who wrote the book “The Witches of Eastwick” on which the film was based.
2006 – Anthony Franciosa, starred in the film “Tenebre.”
2005 – Paul A. Partain, starred in “Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974]” and also appeared in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation” and “Race with The Devil”.
1995 – Robert Totten, director for the TV Movie “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle.”
1994 – Claude Akins, appeared in the films “The Curse,” and the TV movie “The Night Stalker.”
1994 – Telly Savalas, actor in “Horror Express,” “Lisa and the Devil,” “Faceless,” episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “The Twilight Zone [1963].”
1978 – Oskar Homolka, appeared in “Mr. Sardonicus,” “The Invisible Woman” and the 1968 TV version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
1965 – Hazel Howell, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1961 – Jack Kenney, appeared in “Invisible Invaders,” “Frankenstein 1970,” “The Mad Magician” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1946 – Esdras Hartley, art director for “The Return of Doctor X.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 27
Seven Footprints to Satan [1929]
Beast of Blood [1970]
Curse of the Vampires [1971]
Soul Survivor [1984] – Albuquerque, NM
Parents [1989]
The Crucifer [2005]
Dominion [2006]
Blood Monkey [2007]
The Grey [2011]
Sadistic Intentions [2019]
Velvet Buzzsaw [2019] – Sundance Film Festival
His House [2020] – Sundance Film Festival
Unwelcome [2023] – internet
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