JANUARY 7
BORN ON JANUARY 7
1988 – Haley Bennett, starred in “Kristy” and “The Haunting of Molly Hartley.”
1982 – Lauren Cohan, plays “Maggie” in “The Walking Dead” TV Series.
1980 – Tom Harper, director of “The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death.”
1976 – Tyron Leitso, actor in “House of the Dead,” “Seed” and “Masters of Horror – Episode: Valerie on the Stairs.”
1974 – Joshua Grannell, appeared in “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned,” “All About Evil” and “Canned Peaches.”
1971 – Jeremy Renner, starred in “28 Weeks Later,” “Dahmer” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
1970 – Doug E. Doug, actor in “Dr. Giggles” and “Eight Legged Freaks.”
1964 – Nicolas Cage, starred in “Color Out of Space,” “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Vampire’s Kiss,” “Ghost Rider,” “Season of the Witch,” “Pay the Ghost,” “Mom and Dad,” “Mandy,” “Renfield” and more.
1956 – David Caruso, appeared in “Without Warning” and “Session 9″.
1950 – Erin Gray appeared in “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday” and the TV movie “Ghouls.”
1949 – Steven Williams, has appeared in “House,” “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,” “It [2017],” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Fear Chamber,” and “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.
1946 – Gene Witham, appeared in “Grizzly,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Baby Blues,” “The Cursed” and “Side Sho.”
1943 – Rosemary McNamara, appeared in “The Premonition” and on the original “Dark Shadows” TV Series.
1939 – David Dalzell, camera operator for “Act of Vengeance” and appeared in “Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey.”
1929 – Terry Moore, starred in the original “Mighty Joe Young,” also appeared in the 1998 version of “Mighty Joe Young,” “A-Haunting We Will Go” and “Death Dimension.”
1928 – William Peter Blatty, wrote the novel, “The Exorcist” on which the film “The Exorcist” was based as well as the novel “Legion” on which the film “The Exorcist III” was based. He also directed “Exorcist III” and “The Ninth Configuration.”
1926 – Massimo Pupillo, directed “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Terror Comes from the Grave” and “La vendetta di Lady Morgan.”
1913 – Francis De Wolff, appeared in “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959],” “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll,” “Devil Doll,” “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” “The Black Torment” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1912 – Charles Addams, creator of “The Addams Family.”
1903 – Alan Napier, appeared in “The Mole People,” “The Uninvited [1944[” and “The Invisible Man Returns.”
DIED ON JANUARY 7
2022 – Dean Taylor, soundtrack for “Last Night in Soho.”
2022 – Russell Banks, writer for the short story “The Hidden Room – Episode: A Type of Love Story.”
2022 – Zinaid Memišević, appeared in “The X-Files – Episode: Wewired” and “The Outer Limits – Episode: Bodies of Evidence.”
2022 – Adam Rich, voice actor for “Goosebumps Audiobook – Deep Trouble.”
2021 – Michael Apted, directed the TV Movie “Haunted: Poor Girl” and producer for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”
2021 – Deezer D, appeared in “Bones.”
2021 – Marion Ramsey, actress in “Manifacts,” “Lavalantula,” “2 Lava 2 Lantula!” and the TV Series “3rd Eye.”
2020 – Silvio Horta, writer for “Urban Legend,” “Urban Legends: Final Cut” and “Horror Movie: The Movie.”
2020 – Harry Hains, appeared in “A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return,” “Hallucinogen” and an episode of “American Horror Story Episode: Devil’s Night.”
2018 – Don Sullivan, appeared in “The Giant Gia Monster,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas” and “Teenage Zombies.”
2015 – Rod Taylor, starred in “The Birds,” “Kaw,” “Mask of Murder,” and TV shows “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2013 – David R. Ellis, director of “Final Destination 2,″ “Snakes on a Plane,” “Asylum,” “The Final Destination,” “Shark Night 3D ” and was the Second Unit Director on “Warlock [1989].”
2009 –Ray Dennis Steckler, writer, producer, director of “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies,” and “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”
2002 – Avery Schreiber, starred in “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “The Silent Scream.”
1994 – Weston Drury Jr., casting director for “Nothing But the Night,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “The Beast in the Cellar” and “Carry on Screaming!”
1988 – Trevor Howard, who appeared “The Unholy,” “Craze,” “Persecution” and “The Night Visitor.”
1974 – Benjamin H. Kline, cinematographer for “The Giant Claw,” “King of the Wild,” “Before I Hang,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Show” and more.
1972 – Sam Kaufman, makeup artist for “King Kong [1933],” “The Monkey’s Paw” and appeared in “Suspense [1913].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 7
The Phantom Creeps [1939]
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968] – TV Movie
The Sentinel [1977]
Wacko [1982]
Xtro [1982]
The Thing Below [2004]
White Noise [2005]
Season of the Witch [2011]
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JANUARY 8
BORN ON JANUARY 8
1989 – Karan Soni, actor in “Corporate Animals,” “Office Uprising,” “Creep 2” and “Goosebumps.”
1987 – Freddie Stroma, appeared in “Extraterrestrial.”
1982 – Danny Herb, consulting producer for “The Oatmeal Man,” appeared in “Zombie Strippers!” and “Fear, Inc.”
1981 – Genevieve Padalecki, appeared in the TV Series “Stephen King’s Dead Zone” and “Supernatural”.
1980 – Rachel Nichols, appeared in “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Breach,” “P2,” “The Woods,” “Demigod,” “For Sale by Owner,” “Raze” and more.
1979 – Sarah Polley, starred in “Splice” and Dawn of the Dead [2004].
1969 – Ami Dolenz, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings,” “Witchboard II” and “Children of the Night”.
1951 – John McTiernan, directed “Predator,” “Nomads” and produced the TV Movie “Quicksilver Highway.”
1949 – Bonnie Ballard, art department/property master for “Friday the 13th Part III.”
1947 – David Bowie starred in “The Hunger,” and “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” and in addition supplied music to “Cat People [1982]” which if found on the actual soundtrack.
1942 – Yvette Mimieux, appeared in “The Time Machine”, “Snowbeast” and “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
1942 – Fauziyya Hassan, actress in “Reyvumun.”
1926 – Kerwin Matthews, starred in “Maniac” and “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.”
1926 – Soupy Sales, appeared in an episode of the TV Show “Monsters.”
1923 – Larry Storch, appeared “Without Warning,” “The Ghost Busters” TV series and “The Vampire” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1922 – K. Gordon Murray, producer for “The Vampire’s Coffin,” “Sampson [El Santo] vs. the Vampire Women” and “The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.”
1912 – José Ferrer, starred in “Covenant,” “The Being,” “Bloodtide,” “Bloody Birthday,” “The Swarm,” “The Sentinel [1977],” “Dracula’s Dog” and “Crash!”
1903 – Gene Roth, appeared in “Attack of the Giant Leeches [1959],” “The Spider,” “Tormented,” “Twice Told Tales,” “Tower of London,” “She Demons” and more.
1897 – Dennis Wheatley, screenwriter for “To the Devil a Daughter,” “The Devil Rides Out” and the TV Movie “The Haunted Airman.”
DIED ON JANUARY 8
2022 – Dorothy Tristan, actress in the TV Movie “Isn’t It Shocking?”
2022 – Marilyn Bergman, appeared in “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate.”
2022 – Robin Fernando, actor in “Bonikka.”
2021 – Ed Bruce, appeared in “Father’s Day [1988].”
2021 – Diana Millay, appeared in “Night of Dark Shadows” and the original “Dark Shadows” TV Series.”
2021 – Ivo Niederle, actor in “Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf.”
2020 – Buck Henry, appeared in an episode of “Tales from the Crypt Episode: Beauty Rest.”
2020 – Edward Byrne Breitenberger, appeared in “Wicked, Wicked” and an episode of “Thriller Episode: Where the Action Is.”
2011 – Juan Piquer Simón, director//producer/writer for “Satan’s Blood,” “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Pieces,” “Slugs” and “The Rift.”
2007 –Yvonne De Carlo, who brought “Lily Munster” to life in “The Munsters” and starred in “Mirror,” “American Gothic,” “Cellar Dweller,” “The Silent Scream,” “Satan’s Cheerleader,” and “Nocturna.”
2005 – Badja Djola, appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Millenium – Episode: Sense and Antisense.”
2003 – Ron Goodwin, composer for “Village of the Damned,” “The Day of the Triffids” and “Children of the Damned.”
2001 – Don Brodie, appeared in “The Phantom Creeps,” “Donovan’s Brain,” “The Return of Chandu,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Portrait in Terror” and “Blackenstein.”
1992 – Anthony Dawson, appeared in “Dial ‘M’ For Murder,” “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Ghoulies II,” “The Queen of Spades,” “The Snorkel” and “The Haunted Strangler.”
1990 – Terry-Thomas, appeared in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “The Hound of Baskervilles” and “The Vault of Horror.”
1988 – Norbert Schiller, appeared in “Young Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein [1958],” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Thing from Another World” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1963].”
1968 – Robert Bice, actor in “The Ghost and the Guest,” “The Snow Creature,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and an episode of “Jungle Jim.”
1946 – Frank Fanning, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “King Kong [1933],” “Air Hawks,” “SOS Coast Guard” and “The Phantom Speaks.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 8
Teenage Monster [1958]
Strait-Jacket [1964]
Return of the Living Dead Part II [1988] – premiere
Evil Toons [1992]
Leprechaun [1993]
Boogeyman 2 [2007]
Witchcraft 13: Blood of the Chosen [2008]
The Horror Vault 2 [2009]
Daybreakers [2009]
WebKam [2010]
The Car: Road to Revenge [2019] – internet
Wolfwood [2020]
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JANUARY 9
BORN ON JANUARY 9
1989 – Nina Dobrev, starred in the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries,” “Never Cry Werewolf,” “Flatliners [2017]” and “The Final Girls.”
1973 – Howard J. Ford, director of “The Lockdown Hauntings,” “Distant Shadow,” “The Dead” and “The Dead 2.”
1973 – Angela Bettis, starred in “May,” “Carrie [2002],” “Toolbox Murders,” “Wicked Lake,” “Scar” and more.
1967 – James T. Sale, composer for “Haunted [2002],” “Full Moon Fight Night – TV Series,” “Deathbed,” “Bleed,” “Birth Rite,” “Dr. Moreau’s House of Pain,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Frankenstein Theory,” Hotel Transylvania” and more.
1965 – Joely Richardson, appeared in “The Turning,” “Color Out of Space,” “Maggie,” “Loch Ness,” “Event Horizon,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Vampire Academy,” “The Sandman – TV Series” and more.
1956 – Kimberly Beck, is known for starring as “Trish” in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
1947 – David Allen Brooks, appeared in “The Kindred,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman,” “Scream for Help,” “A Stranger is Watching” and an episode of “She-Wolf of London.”
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.”
1931 – Paul Mantee, actor in “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou” and “Lurking Fear.”
1925 – Lee Van Cleef, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “It Conquered the World” and “Escape From New York.”
1917 – Herbert Lom, starred in “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “Count Dracula,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue [1971],” “Dorian Gray,” “Dark Places” and more.
1915 – Fernando Lamas, appeared in the 1960 version of “The Lost World.”
DIED ON JANUARY 9
2022 – Bob Saget, actor in “Full Moon High.”
2022 – Marc Wilkinson, composer for “The Return (short),” episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “The Blood on Satan’s Claw.”
2022 – Dwayne Hickman, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Youth Killer.”
2021 – John Lutz, author of “Single White Female” and “The Ex” both which were made into movies.
2021 – Ken Sedd, appeared in “Thriller – Episode: Look Back in Happiness.”
2020 – Lan O’Kun, writer for an episode of “The Twilight Zone Episode: The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door [1986].”
2020 – Carol Serling, appeared/consultant in “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” producer for 20 episodes of the Twilight Zone” and “Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics.”
2019 – Paolo Paoloni, appeared in “Inferno,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” TV Movie “The House of Clocks,” “Voices from Beyond” and “The Haunting of Helena.”
1998 – Mort Rabinowitz, production designer for “The Funhouse” and “Salem’s Lot – TV Mini-Series.”
1997 – Jesse White, co-starred in “The Bad Seed,” “Monster in The Closet,” “The Ghost in The Invisible Bikini” and “The Spirit is Willing”.
1992 – Steve Brodie, appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Frankenstein’s Island,” “Donovan’s Brain” as well as episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1978 – Noble Johnson, appeared in “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mummy [1932],” “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Ghost Breakers” and “The Mad Doctor of Market Street”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 9
Alien Terminator [1995]
Autopsy [2009]
Perkins’ 14 [2009]
The Unborn [2009]
Dead Snow [2009]
The Lock In [2014] – internet
Dark Summer [2015]
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JANUARY 10
BORN ON JANUARY 10
1989 – Zuria Vega, starred in “The Tenants” and “Darker Than Night.”
1985 – Alex Meraz, appeared in “Bone Tomahawk,” “Mine Games” and episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1980 – Taya Parker, appeared in “The Mangled” and “Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills.”
1978 – Greg Stanina, composer for “Forest Primeval,” “Psychopaths,” “Chainsaw Killer,” “Exploited,” “Channel 13,” “Jurassic Prey,” “Death Reel,” “Bigfoot Vs. Zombies,” “Amityville Exorcism,” “Land Shark,” “Bride of the Werewolf,” “Sharkenstein,” “Shark Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Virus Shark” and more.
1971 – Simon Schwarz, appeared in “Friday Night Horror,” “Teufelsnacht” and “Anatomy.”
1967 – Trini Alvarado, appeared in “The Chair,“ “The Frighteners” and the TV Series “Fringe.”
1961 – Mark Venturini, appeared in “Mikey,” “The Return of the Living Dead” and “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”
1959 – Sherman Augustus, appeared in “Thr3e,” “Virus [1999],” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Camp Fear” and episodes of “Stranger Things.”
1950 – Bonnie Hellman, appeared in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and worked in Casting Department for “Lake Placid vs. Anaconda.”
1949 – Teresa Graves, starred in “Vampira” a.k.a. “Old Dracula.”
1948 – Beatrice Colen, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1944 – William Sanderson, appeared on the HBO series “True Blood,” “Blade Runner,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance,” “Man’s Best Friend,” “Skeeter” and “Beyond the Wall of Sleep.”
1942 – Walter Hill, producer/director/writer whose credits include “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien Covenant,” and its sequels as well as the TV series “Tales From the Crypt.”
1930 – Elaine Devry, actress in “Diary of a Madman” and “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.”
1927 – Lee Philips, directed the TV Movies “The Spell,” “The Stranger Within,” appeared in “Violent Midnight,” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “One Step Beyond.”
1919 – Amzie Strickland, appeared in “Hold That Ghost,” “Curse of the Undead,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre,” “The Twilight Zone” and “One Step Beyond.”
1908 – Bernard Lee, actor in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and “The Brain.”
1883 – Francis X. Bushman, starred in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.”
1881 – Harry Redmond Sr., special effects for “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Son of Kong.”
DIED ON JANUARY 10
2022 – Dennis Budimir, musician/guitar for “Jaws 2” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
2022 – Nicholas Donnelly, actor in “Venom [1981],” “Don’t Open Till Christmas” and “Lifeforce.”
2022 – Joyce Eliason, screenwriter for the TV Movie “To Save a Child.”
2022 – Gary Waldhorn, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”
2022 – Peter Pereira, special effects for “Saaya” and “Suryavanshi.”
2021 – Julie Strain, actress in “Love Bites,” “Psycho Cop Returns,” “Sorceress,” “Ride with the Devil,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “How to Make a Monster,” “Birth Rite,” Zombiegeddon” and many more.
2020 – Neda Arnerić, appeared in “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Dark Echoes” and “Full Moon Over Belgrade.”
2019 – Ron Smith – Comic Book Penciler/ Inker – “666: Mark of the Beast #11, #18.”
2018 – William Whitton, appeared in “Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural” and “The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals.”
2015 – George Dickerson, actor in “Psycho II” and “Terrifying Tales.”
2010 – Juliet Anderson, starred in “The Beast That Killed Women” and “Tattoo Vampire.”
2008 – Maili Nurmi a.k.a. “Vampira” co-starred in the infamous “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
2007 – Carlo Ponti, producer for “Oasis of Fear,” “Torso,” “Flesh for Frankenstein,” “Blood for Dracula” and “Killer Fish.”
2005 – Bunty Webb, actress in “Deadline,” “Deadly Eyes,” “Curtains,” “American Nightmare” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2000 – John Newland, director for “Crawlspace,” “The Legend of Hillbilly John,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Thriller” and One Step Beyond.”
1995 – Roy Ashton, a British makeup artist for “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Mummy [1959],” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll,” “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “The Ghoul,” “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “The Evil of Frankenstein” and many more.
1983 – Ewan Roberts, actor in “Curse of the Demon,” “The Day of the Triffids” and an episode of “One Step Beyond.”
1981 – Richard Boone, starred in “I Bury the Living.”
1961 – Dashiell Hammett, writer for an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 10
The Ghost Goes West [1935]
Twisted Illusions [1985]
Black Moon Rising [1986]
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle [1992]
The Relic [1997]
Meat Clever Love [2008]
Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 [2013]
After School Massacre [2014]
The Assent [2019]
The Curse of Halloween Jack [2019]
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JANUARY 11
BORN ON JANUARY 11
1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, director of “Spiral,” “Death of Me,” “Saw II,” “Saw III,” “Saw IV,” “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” “Mother’s Day,” “11-11-11,″ “The Devil’s Carnival,” “The Barrens,” Tales of Halloween,” “Slay Belles,” “St. Agatha” and more.
1972 – Amanda Peet, starred in “Identity,” and “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”
1969 – Kyle Richards, starred in “Eaten Alive,” “The Car,” “Halloween [1978],” “The Watcher in the Woods” and “Curfew.”
1966 – Bill Terezakis, special makeup effects for “Friday the 13th Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Deep Rising,” “Cabin By the Lake,” “Children of the Corn: Revelation,” “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Bones,” “House of the Dead,” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “White Noise,” “They Wait,” “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Ditched” and more.
1963 – Jason Connery, appeared in “Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell,” “Brotherhood of Blood,” and “Alone in the Dark II”.
1963 – Renato Cestiè, appeared in “A Bay of Blood” and “Torso.”
1945 – Eileen Dietz, appeared in “The Exorcist,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Exorcism,” “Creepshow III,” “Itsy Bitsy,” “Clownado,” “Axe to Grind,” “100 Acres of Hell,” “Possession Diaries” and more.
1939 – Michael J. Lewis, composer for “Theatre of Blood,” “The Legacy,” “The Unseen” and the TV Movie “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
1937 – Felix Silla, starred as “Cousin Itt” on the TV Series “The Addams Family,” “She Freak,” “Sssssss,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Manitou,” “The Brood” and more.
1934 – Mitchell Ryan, actor in “A Reflection of Fear,” “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” episodes of the TV Series “Way Out” and Dark Shadows.”
1930 – Rod Taylor, starred in the films “The Birds,” “Mask of Murder” and “Kaw.”
1928 – Mitchell Ryan, played the original “Burke Devlin” in “Dark Shadows.”
1923 – Jerome Bixby, who penned screenplays for “Curse of the Faceless Man” and “It the Terror from Beyond Space”.
1921 – Kathleen Byron, appeared in “Craze” “Burn, Witch, Burn,” “Nothing but the Night,” and “Twins of Evil.”
1912 – Vincent Barbi, actor in “The Blob {1958],” “The Astro-Zombies,” “The Corpse Grinders,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils” and “The Aftermath.”
1911 – George Benson, actor in “Vampire Over London,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and more.
1886 – George Zucco, starred in the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Mummy’s Hand,” “House of Frankenstein” and many more.
DIED ON JANUARY 11
2022 – Piers Haggard, director for “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” and “Venom [1981].”
2022 – Ben Masters, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: Demon in Lace.”
2022 – Carole Cook, appeared in “Darkroom – Episode: The Partnership.”
2022 – Richard Folmer, actor in “The Man Next Door” and the short “Nobody But Her.”
2022 – Rosa Lee Hawkins, soundtrack for “The Skeleton Key.”
2022 – Rekha Kamat, actress in “Bhoot – aka Ghost.”
2021 – Tord Peterson, appeared in “Dirty Fingers” and the TV Movie “Månguden.”
2021 – Stacy Title, director for “Hood of Horror” and “The Bye Bye Man.”
2020 – Norma Michaels, actress in “The Zodiac Killer.”
2020 – Stanley Benjamin Kirsch, actor in “Shallow Ground” and “Saw Rebirth.”
2019 – Fernando Luján, actor in “Even the Wind is Afraid,” “Outside the Law” and “The Ghost Town.”
2016 – Stanley Mann, writer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Damien: Omen II,” “Theatre of Blood,” producer for “Class of 1999” and “Tam Lin.”
2009 – Jean Clark, sound department for “The Love Butcher,” “Eaten Alive,” “Jennifer [1978],” “Without Warning,” “The Forest,” “They’re Playing With Fire,” “Schoolgirls In Chains” and “Apprentice to Murder.”
2007 – Tudor Gates, writer for “Man with Two Faces,” “Danger: Diabolik,” “The Vampire Lovers,” “Lust for a Vampire,” “Twins of Evil” and “Fright”.
1978 – Michael Bates, appeared in “Frenzy,” and the TV Movie “The Stone Tape.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JAUNUARY 11
Lifeboat [1944]
Berserk! [1967]
The Godsend [1980]
Warlock [1989]
Tower of Blood [2005]
Monster from Bikini Beach [2008]
Extremity [2018]
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JANUARY 12
BORN ON JANUARY 12
1987 – Naya Rivera, appeared in “At the Devil’s Door” and “Frankenhood.”
1983 – Sara Fletcher, actress in “1313: Nightmare Mansion,” “Super Shark,” “Hansel & Gretel,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Do Not Watch” and more.
1980 – Vanessa Johansson, appeared in “Shark in Venice,” “The Objective,” “Day of the Dead [2008]” and “Shakvengers.”
1968 – Farrah Forke, actress in “Brain Twisters.”
1965 – Rob Zombie, musician and filmmaker, wrote and directed “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Halloween II [2009],” “The Lords of Salem”, “31,” and the animated film “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1960 – Oliver Platt, starred in “Lake Placid,” “Flatliners” and “The Temp”.
1955 – Kirstie Alley, appeared in “The Salem Witch Trails,” “Blind Date,” “Village of the Damned [1995],” and episodes of the TV Series “Scream Queens” and “Deadly Nightmares.”
1947 – Stanko Molnar, appeared in “Macabre,” “A Blade in the Dark” and an episode of “Sabbath.”
1934 – Bob Dishy, appeared in “My Boyfriend’s Back” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
1930 – Herb Robins, actor in “The Brainsucker,” “The Funhouse,” “The Worm Eaters,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “Sinthia: The Devil’s Doll” and “The Thrill Killers.”
1910 – Patsy Kelly, actress in “The Gorilla,” “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini” and Rosemary’s Baby.”
1907 – Ben Nye, make-up artist worked on “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “The Fly [1958],” “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”
1878 – Jack Pratt, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JANUARY 12
2022 – Brian Tufano, cinematographer for, Out of the Unknown – Episode: Get Off My Cloud,” “Supernatural – Episode: Mr. Nightingale” and “Dreamscape.”
2022 – Sulambek Mamilov, director for “Day of Wrath.”
2021 – Denis Karasyov, actor in “Mute Witness.”
2020 – Jayalath Manoratne, appeared in “Zoom.”
2020 – Tony Garnett, producer for “The Sweet Body of Deborah.”
2020 – William “Bill” Bogert, actor in “The Sentinel.”
2019 – Batton Lash, Comic Writer – some include “Eerie Archives Vol 10,” “Satan’s Six #1, “Vampirella Comics Magazine #9,” “Supernatural Law #1 & #24-45.”
2019 – Etsuko Ichihara, actress in “Village of Eight Gravestones.”
2016 – Meg Mundy, appeared in TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
2011 – Paul Picerni, character actor who appeared in many films and TV shows including “House of Wax [1953],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Fearmaker,” TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1991 – Keye Luke, actor in “Gremlins,” “Mad Love,” “Godzilla Rises Again,” “The Cat Creature,” “Dead Heat” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1976 – Agatha Christie, “The Queen of Crime,” mystery writer
1969 – Charles Irwin, appeared in “Kingo” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 12
Island of Lost Souls [1932]
The Invisible Man Returns [1940]
Mark of the Gorilla [1950]
Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1966]
Plague of the Zombies [1966]
The House That Screamed [1969]
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III [1990]
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace [1996]
One Blood Planet [2001]
Primeval [2007]
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JANUARY 13
BORN ON JANUARY 13
1989 – Beau Mirchoff, starred in “Flatliners [2017],” “The Grudge 3″ and “Scary Movie 4.”
1983 – Julian Morris, actor in “Cry Wolf,” “Donkey Punch,” “Sorority Row” and “Something Wicked.”
1976 – Michael Peña, appeared in “The Vatican Tapes,” “Love Object” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [2003].”
1972 – Nicole Eggert, appeared in “The Outer Limits” TV Series, “The Demolitionist” and “The Haunting of Morella.”
1968 – Traci Bingham, appeared “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”
1967 – Kimberly Seilhamer, director, writer, producer, actor in “Jack the Reaper.”
1966 – Patrick Dempsey, appeared in “Scream 3″.
1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, appeared in “The Relic” and “The Messengers.”
1956 – Dwight H. Little, writer/director of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” TV Series “Sleepy Hollow,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” TV Series “The X-Files,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and many others.
1950 – John McNaughton, writer/director known for “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “The Borrower,” TV Series “Masters of Horror,” “The Harvest” and more.
1943 – Richard Moll, appeared in the films “Evilspeak,” “Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn,” “House,” “Scary Movie 2” and more.
1938 – Billy Gray, as a child, appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and as an adult “Werewolves On Wheels” and “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
1938 – William B. Davis, appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “It: TV Mini-Series,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “The Thaw” and many more.
1936 – Henry Richardson, editor for “The Crawling Eye,” “Countess Dracula,” “Tower of Evil,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Curtains.”
1931 – Ian Hendry, actor in “Children of the Damned,” “Repulsion,” “Tales from the Crypt [1972],” “Theatre of Blood,” “Damien: Omen II” and more.
1930 – Michel Hugo, cinematographer for “The Night Stalker,” “Bug,” “The Manitou,” “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Pandemonium” and the TV Movie “High Desert Kill.”
1928 – Gregory Walcott starred in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “House II: The Second Story” and appeared in “Ed Wood.”
1919 – Robert Stack, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence” and an episode of “Lights Out.”
1918 – Bud Westmore among his many credits “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “This Island Earth.”
1918 – Herbert L. Strock, directed “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “The Crawling Hand.”
1914 – Lee Katz, assistant director for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and writer for “The Return of Doctor X.”
1912 – Paul Birch, starred in “Not of This Earth,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Beast with a Million Eyes.”
1907 – Jeff Morrow, appeared in the “The Twilight Zone,” “The Giant Claw,” “Kronos,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “This Island Earth” and others.
DIED ON JANUARY 13
2022 – Fred Parris, composer for “Dead Ringers [1988] – song “In the Still of the Night.”
2021 – Tim Bogert, worked on the soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode: Fallen Idols.”
2020 – Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, appeared in “El corazón de la noche.”
2012 – Morgan Jones, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Not of This Earth,” “Forbidden Planet,” episodes of “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone [1961].”
2009 – Patrick McGoohan starred in the film “Scanners.”
2001 – Amando de Ossorio, writer/director of “The Blind Dead 3,” “Malenka” “Tombs of the Blind Dead” and “Return of the Blind Dead,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “The Loreley’s Grasp” and “Night of the Seagulls”.
1989 – Joe Spinell, who played the title role in the film “Maniac” and appeared in “The Last Horror Film” and “The Undertaker.”
1976 – Margaret Leighton, appeared in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “From Beyond the Grave” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1946 – Etta McDaniel, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The invisible Ray” and “Son of Dracula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 13
Son of Frankenstein [1939]
Paranoiac [1963]
Two on a Guillotine [1965]
The Satanic Rites of Dracula [1973]
Sweet Sixteen [1983] – Greenwood, SC
Pumpkinhead [1988]
DeepStar Six [1989]
Intruder [1989]
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1989]
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight [1995]
Dr. Moreau’s House of Pain [2004] – video
Vampire Sisters [2004]
Mortuary [2005]
Circus of the Dead [2014]
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