In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want accolades and glory, just enough to be remembered, The Horror Times recognizes their contributors to this great genre each month.
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DECEMBER 1
Brigit Forsyth
July 28, 1940 – December 1, 2023
Actress:
The Night Digger [1971]
Burny Bos
April 8, 1944 – December 1, 2023
Producer/Writer:
Gruesome School Trip [2005]
Charles Officer
October 28, 1975 – December 1, 2023
Actor:
American Psycho II: All American Girl [2002]
DECEMBER 2
Jun Urbano
June 8, 1939 – December 2, 2023
Actor:
ABCs of Death 2 [2014]
Concha Velasco
November 29, 1939 – December 2, 2023
Actress:
Malasaña 32 (2020)
DECEMBER 3
Myles Goodwyn
June 23, 1948 – December 3, 2023
Soundtrack/Writer:
Supernatural – Episode: Keep Calm and Carry On (2016) – Bad Boys
iZombie – Episode: Goon Struck (2018) – Roller
Ashraf Abdel Ghafour
June 22, 1942 – December 3, 2023
Actor:
The Madness of Youth [1975]
DECEMBER 4
Peter R. Adam
May 29, 1957 – December 4, 2023
Editor:
Mute Witness [1995]
An American Werewolf in Paris [1997]
The Piper [2023]
Queta Lavat
February 23, 1929 – December 4, 2023
Actress:
El hombre sin rostro – aka “The Man Without a Face” (1950)
Retorno a la juventud – aka “Return to Youth (1954)
El monje loco – aka “The Mad Monk” (1984)
Terror en los barrios – aka “Terror in the Neighborhoods” (1988)
DECEMBER 5
Norman Lear
July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023
Writer/Additional Dialogue:
Scared Stiff [1953]
Halloween Episode Clips of his various sitcoms:
Ralph Cirella
April 20, 1965 – December 5, 2023
Makeup Department:
Alien Space Avenger [1989]
Vojislav Govedarica
1940 – December 5, 2023
Actor:
Alligator II: The Mutation [1991]
The Evil Inside Me [1993]
Lawrence Steven Meyers
April 7, 1956 – December 5, 2023
Producer:
Return of the Living Dead III [1993]
An American Haunting [2005]
Sacrifice [2016]
DECEMBER 6
Jack Hogan
November 24, 1929 – December 6, 2023
Actor:
Target – Episode: The Last Stop (1958)
DECEMBER 7
Stan Rogow
November 30, 1948 – December 7, 2023
Executive Producer:
Valemont (2009) – TV Mini Series
Woke Up Dead (2009) – TV Mini Series
Itziar Castro
February 14, 1977- December 7, 2023
Actress:
[REC] 3: Genesis [2012]
Witching and Bitching [2013]
Eat My Shit [2015] – short
Killing God [2017]
RIP [2017] – short
Escape from Marwin [2018]
The Barcelona Vampiress [2020]
Habitat [2021] – short
DECEMBER 8
Ryan O’Neal
April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023
Actor:
The Waste Lands [2007]
Slumber Party Slaughter [2012]
Tony Tarantino
July 4, 1940 – December 8, 2023
Actor:
Gilded Cage
Yayu A.W. Unru
June 4, 1962 – December 8, 2023
Actor:
Midnight Show [2016]
Kafir: A Deal with the Devil [2018]
MatiAnak [2019]
The Queen of Black Magic [2019]
Deadly Love Poetry [2022]
Ivanna [2022]
The Last of Us – Episode: Infected [2023]
DECEMBER 9
Dærick Gröss Sr.
January 28, 1947 – December 9, 2023
Comic Book Illustrator:
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat #1-12 (1990-1991)
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire #2 (1991)
Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned #2 (1991)
The Vampire Companion #1-2 (1991)
Forbidden Planet #1-4 (1992)
Forbidden Planet: The Saga of the Krell #1 (1993)
Evil Ernie: The Resurrection #1 (1994)
Purgatori #1 (1998)
Purgatori vs Vampirella #1 (1998)
Lady Death: Last Rites #2 (2001)
Lady Death: Retribution #1 (1998)
Lady Death vs Vampirella #1 (2000)
Lady Death/Bedlam #1 (2002)
Jade: Redemption #2 (2002)
The Undead #1 (2002)
Anne Rice’s Tale of the Body Thief #1-4 (1999)
Self:
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth [1996]
DECEMBER 10
Shirley Anne Field
June 27, 1936 – December 10, 2023
Actress:
Horrors of the Black Museum [1959]
Peeping Tom [1960]
The Damned [1962]
House of the Living Dead [1974]
The Green Door [2005] – short
Mort Engelberg
August 20, 1937 – December 10, 2023
Producer:
Fright Night Part 1 [1988]
Remote Control [1988]
DECEMBER 11
Richard Kerr
December 14, 1944 – December 11, 2023
Composer/Soundtrack:
Beware My Brethren – aka “The Fiend” [1972]
Shûji Abe
August 7, 1949 – December 11, 2023
Producer:
Parasyte: Part 1 [2014]
Parasyte: Part 2 [2015]
Godzilla Minus One [2023]
Andre Braugher
July 1, 1962 – December 11, 2023
Actor:
Salem’s Lot [2004] – TV Mini-Series
The Mist [2007]
Kathy Chow
December 6, 1966 – December 11, 2023
Actress:
Holy Virgin vs. The Evil Dead [1991]
Insanity [1993]
Nude Fear [1998]
Sound from the Dark [2000]
Vampire Controller [2001]
Ken Kelsch
July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023
Cinematographer:
The Driller Killer [1979]
Spookies [1986]
Killer Dead [1992]
The Addiction [1995]
100 Feet [2008] – Actor
Return to Sleepaway Camp [2008]
House of Last Things [2013]
The Cask of Amontillado [2015] – short
Electrical Department:
The Last House on the Left [1972]
Actor:
Don’t Go in the House [1979] – first electrics
Camden Toy
May 31, 1955 – December 11, 2023
Actor:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1999-2003] – TV Series
Immortally Yours [2009]
Mansfield Path [2009] – short
Carnies [2010]
Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 [2011]
Sebastian [2011]
Big Bad Bugs [2012]
Feed Me [2013]
Disciples [2014]
A Blood Story [2015]
Bedeviled [2016]
Cautionary Tales [2019]
Into the Dark – Episode: Uncanny Annie [2019]
DECEMBER 12
Mario Valdemarin
December 30, 1926 – December 12, 2023
Actor:
Death on the Fourposter [1964]
DECEMBER 13
Zofia Merle
March 30, 1938 – December 13, 2023
Actress:
Pozarowisko (1969) – TV Movie
DECEMBER 14
Selma Archerd
February 26, 1925 – December 14, 2023
Actress:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Vampire (1974)
Fantasies (1982)
Daniela Costa
1981 – December 14, 2023
Actress:
Faraday (2013)
Ra. Sankaran
June 12, 1931 – December 14, 2023
Actor:
Pathimoonam Number Veedu (1990)
Jameen Kottai (1995)
DECEMBER 16
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
September 18, 1958 – December 16, 2023
Actor:
Body Puzzle [1992]
Lilith’s Hell [2017]
Kenpachirô Satsuma
May 27, 1947 – December 16, 2023
Actor:
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Japanese Hell [1999]
Blind Beast vs Dwarf [2001]
DECEMBER 17
James McCaffrey
March 27, 1958 – December 17, 2023
Actor:
Hide and Seek [2005]
Area 51 (2005) – video game
Alone in the Dark (2008) – video game
Alan Wake (2010) – video game
Alan Wake: The Signal (2010) – video game
Alan Wake: The Writer (2010) – video game
Camp Hell [2010]
Montauk [2011] – short
The Orphan Killer [2011]
A Cry from Within [2014]
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find [2019]
Control [2019] – video game
Control: The Foundation – video game
Control AWE (2020) – video game
Alan Wake II (2023) – video game
Luca De Castro
? – December 17, 2023
Actor:
Espelho de Carne – aka “Mirror of Flesh” (1985)
Ronaldo Valdez
November 27, 1947 – December 17, 2023
Actor:
Mad Doctor of Blood Island [1968]
Lilet [1971]
DECEMBER 18
Dan Greenburg
June 20, 1936 – December 18, 2023
Novel/Screenwriter/Producer:
The Guardian [1990]
DECEMBER 19
Turan Mehrzad
1930 – December 19, 2023
Actress:
The Bondwoman (1974)
DECEMBER 22
Ingrid Steeger
April 1, 1947 – December 22, 2023
Actress:
Gorilla Gang [1968]
Frank Cassenti
August 6, 1945 – December 22, 2023
Director:
The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: On the Orient, North (1988)
Sajid Khan
December 28, 1951 – December 22, 2023
Actor:
Dahshat – aka Terror (1981)
DECEMBER 23
Mike Nussbaum
December 29, 1923 – December 23, 2023
Actor:
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Men in Black (1997)
The X-Files – Episode: Demons (1997)
The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas – Episode: The 25th Hour (2002)
Richard Romanus
February 8, 1943 – December 23, 2023
Actor:
The Ghastly Ones [1968]
Pandemonium [1982]
Tales from the Darkside – Episode: Bigalow’s Last Smoke (1985)
DECEMBER 24
Kamar de los Reyes
November 8, 1967 – December 24, 2023
Actor:
The Cell [2000]
Sleepy Hollow [2017] – TV Series (13 episodes)
The Passage [2019] – TV Series (3 episodes)
Casey Kramer
December 28, 1956 – December 24, 2023
Actress:
The Wrath [2007]
Little Old Cat Lady from Rancho Cucamonga [2015] – Short
Monster Girls [2015] – TV Movie
Awaken the Shadowman [2017]
Blood of Drago [2019]
Darkness in Tenement 45 [2020]
David Leland
April 20, 1941 – December 24, 2023
Actor:
Scars of Dracula [1970]
DECEMBER 25
Richard Franklin
January 15, 1936 – December 25, 2023
Actor:
Chemical Wedding [2008]
Taketh [2017] – Short
DECEMBER 26
Tom Smothers
February 2, 1937 – December 26, 2023
Actor:
Pandemonium [1982]
The Great Bear Scare [1983] – TV Movie
Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: Proxy (1984)
Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: I Like It Here in Wilmington (1984)
DECEMBER 27
Lee Sun-kyun
March 2, 1975 – December 27, 2023
Actor:
R-Point [2004]
Project Silence [2023]
Sleep [2023]
Yuriy Arabov
October 25, 1954 – December 27, 2023
Writer:
Gospodin oformitel – aka Mister Designer (1987)
DECEMBER 28
Per Myrberg
July 11, 1933 – December 28, 2023
Actor:
Månguden (1988) – TV Movie
Herman Raucher
April 13, 1928 – December 28, 2023
Writer:
Matinee Theater – Episode: The Lonely Look (1957)
DECEMBER 29
John M. Burns
Comic Book Artist:
Edgar Allan Poe Stories – Sunday Citizen (1966)
Dracula – Vampires – Informania (2000)
Rossy Mendoza
June 6, 1943 – December 29, 2023
Actress:
Capulina contra los vampiros – aka Capulina vs. The Vampires (1971)
DECEMBER 30
Tom Wilkinson
February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023
Actor:
The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005]
Klee Benally
? – December 30, 2023
Executive Producer:
Legend of Weresheep (2009) – Short
Cindy Morgan
September 29, 1954 – December 30, 2023
Actress:
The Midnight Hour [1985] – TV Movie