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