FEBRUARY 11
BORN ON FEBRUARY 11
1992 – Taylor Lautner, appeared in the TV Series “Scream Queens.”
1992 – Georgia Groome, appeared in “The Cottage,” “The Disappeared,” “The Great Ghost Rescue” and “Double Date.”
1985 – Sarah Butler, appeared in “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine,” “All Light Will End,” “Flu Bird Horror” and “The Demented.”
1982 – Natalie Dormer, stars in “The Forest,” “Poe,” “Patient Zero” and the TV Series “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.”
1976 – Alexandra Neldel, starred in “Flashback.”
1969 – Jennifer Aniston, starred in “Leprechaun.”
1963 – David Reiner, actor in “Attack of the Virgin Mummies,” “The Darkroom,” “Backwoods,” “Circle of Eight” and “Night of the Templar.”
1962 – Diane Franklin, appeared in “Amityville II: The Possession”, and “TerrorVision.”
1961 – Carey Lowell, starred in “The Guardian [1990].”
1956 – Deena Freeman, actress in the TV Movie “Deadly Lessons.”
1947 – Wayne Crawford, actor in “Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things,” “God’s Bloody Acre,” “Barracuda,” “The Head Hunter,” “The Evil Below” and “Snake Island.”
1940 – Bobby “Boris” Pickett, The creator of the “Monster Mash.”
1930 – Flaminia Jandolo, voice Dubbing in “Black Sunday,” “The Long Hair of Death,” The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” “Werewolf Woman,” and “Suspiria [1977].”
1926 – Leslie Nielsen, starred in “Day of the Animals, “Prom Night [1980],” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” “Repossessed,” “Creepshow,” “Forbidden Planet,” episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Tomorrow,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Lights Out,” “Night Gallery” and more.
1925 – Kim Stanley, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Inner Sanctum” and “Night Gallery.”
1847 – Thomas A. Edison, inventor whose film company was the first to commit the story of “Frankenstein” to celluloid.
DIED ON FEBRUARY 11
2023 – Austin Majors, voice actor for “Dead Silence [2007].”
2023 – James Flynn, producer for “Dorothy Mills” and the TV Series “Penny Dreadful.”
2022 – Mel Keefer, art department for “Exorcist III,” animation department for “Groovie Goolies” and “The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show.”
2022 – Isabel Torres, actress in “Fotos.”
2020 – Joseph Vilsmaier, cinematographer for the German TV Series” Gespenstergeschichten.”
2010 – Caroline McWilliams, appeared in “The Aliens Are Coming.”
2006 – Peter Benchley, author – the man who terrified a generation of beach goers who penned the novels “Jaws,” “The Beast,” “The Deep” and Creature,” all of which were made into films.
2006 – Del Courtney, appeared in “The Hideous Sun Demon” and “It Came From Beneath The Sea”.
2004 – Hugh Cecil, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
2002 – Barry Foster, appeared in the films “Twisted Nerve” and “Frenzy.”
2000 – Roger Vadim, directed the film, “Spirits of the Dead.”
1997 – Don Porter, actor in “Night Monster,” “She-Wolf of London,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Ghosts of Buxley Hall” and an episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
1994 – Sorrell Booke, appeared in the films “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Devil Times Five.”
1992 – Ray Danton, appeared in “Psychic Killer,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Mystic Mountain Massacre,” episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1982 – Takashi Shimura, appeared in “Godzilla [1954],” “Godzilla Raids Again,” “The Mysterians,” “Mothra,” “Gorath,” “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” “Kwaidan,” “Frankenstein Conquers the World” and many more.
1977 – Carl Pierson, editor for “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man,” “Bluebird,” “She Devil” and “Hand of Death.”
1976 – Lee J. Cobb, appeared in “The Exorcist [1973]” and “Gorilla at Large.”
1969 – Michael Reeves, director of “Castle of the Living Dead,” “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers” and “Witchfinder General.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 11
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed [1969]
The Last Dinosaur [1977]
The Sentinel [1977]
My Bloody Valentine [1981]
Sphinx [1981]
House of the Dead 2 [2006]
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FEBRUARY 12
BORN ON FEBRUARY 12
1980 – Christina Ricci, starred in “Addams Family,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “After.Life,” “The Gathering,” “Bless the Child,” “Cursed,” the TV Series “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” and more.
1969 – Darren Aronofsky, director & writer for “Mother!” and “Pi.”
1968 – Josh Brolin, starred in the films “Mimic,” “The Hollow Man” and “Planet Terror,”.
1965 – Christine Elise, appeared in “Child’s Play 2″ and “Body Snatchers [1993].”
1959 – Sigrid Thornton, actress in “Scare Campaign,” “Dream Life – TV Movie” and an episode of “Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King.”
1955 – Fraser C. Heston, directed “Needful Things” and an episode of “Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater.”
1952 – Simon MacCorkindale, appeared in the TV series’ “Quatermass,” “Manimal” and the film “Jaws 3D.”
1950 – Michael Ironside, appeared in “Scanners,” “Visiting Hours,” “Starship Troopers”, “Terminator Salvation,” “The Harrowing [2017],” “Prom Night II,” “Lake Placid 3,””The Shaft,” “Knuckleball“ and many more.
1940 – David Seltzer, screenwriter for “The Omen [1976],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Final Conflict,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “The Prophecy,” “The Eighteenth Angel” and the TV Series “Damien.”
1940 – Richard Lynch, starred in “Bad Dreams,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” “Corpses Are Forever,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Mil Mascaras vs the Aztec Mummy.”
1940 – Ralph Bates, starred in the Hammer classics, “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula” and “The Horror of Frankenstein.”
1919 – Forrest Tucker, starred in “The Crawling Eye,” “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Cosmic Monsters.”
1915 – Ermelinda De Felice, actress in “So Sweet… So Perverse,” “Seven Blood-Stained Orchids,” “Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key” and “Torso.”
1899 – Edward L. Cahn, directed “It, the Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake” and “Invisible Invaders.”
1898 – Blue Washington, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and the short “Haunted Spooks.”
1898 – Wallace Ford, who appeared in “Freaks,” “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Ape Man.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 12
2022 – William Kraft, music department for “North by Northwest,” “The Cabinet of Caligari” and composer for “Psychic Killer.”
2022 – Ivan Reitman, director for “Ghostbusters,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Cannibal Girls,” producer for “Shivers,” “The House By the Lake,” “Rabid,” “Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins,” “The Uninvited [2009]” and more.
2022 – Beryl Vertue, producer for “The House in Nightmare Park” and the TV Series “Jekyll.”
2021 – Marcia Diamond, appeared in “The Reincarnate,” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile” and an episode of “My Babysitter’s a Vampire.”
2021 – Milford Graves, music department for “Lord Shango.”
2021 – Christopher Pennock, appeared in the TV Series “Dark Shadows,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” “The Night-Time Winds” and the TV Short “A Poem of Poe.”
2021 – Lynn Stalmaster, casting director for “Lady in a Cage,” “Audrey Rose,” Damien: Omen II,” “The Fury,” “Nightwing,” “Prophecy” and many more.
2020 – Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, did stunts for “They Live,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “976-Evil II,” “The Relic,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Phantoms,” “Friday the 13th [2009]” and more.
2004 – Ken Johnson, music editor for “The Funhouse [1981],” “Transylvania 5-5000,” “Waxwork,” “Grizzly,” “The Unholy,” “Island Claws” and more.
2000 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, who wrote the song “I Put a Spell on You,” as the opening for his stage act, he would often rise from a coffin.
2000 – Charles Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” gang and who gave us that wonderful holiday show “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.
1992 – Oliver Blake, actor in “House of Horrors,” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Giant from the Unknown.”
1970 – Guy Endore, novelist, and screenwriter in Hollywood. He wrote the seminal novel “The Werewolf of Paris” which was later adapted in the Hammer film “The Curse of the Werewolf.” He also wrote the screenplays for “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Raven,” “Mad Love” and “The Devil-Doll.”
1959 – Tobias Tally, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1952 – Enrique Jardiel Poncela, screenwriter for “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás – aka – Satan’s 5 Warnings.”
1948 – Leo F. Forbstein, musical director for “Night Nurse,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Hidden Hand” and “The Beast with Five Fingers.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 12
Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954] – DVD premiere
Reflection of Fear [1972]
The Hound of Baskervilles [1972] – TV Movie
The Stepford Wives [1975]
The Beast Within [1982] – Denver premiere
Dead Alive [1993]
The Temp [1993]
My Favorite Martian [1999]
Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker [2001] – Frightvision Convention
Messengers [2004]
The Wolfman [2010]
616: Paranormal Incident [2013] – DVD premiere
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FEBRUARY 13
BORN ON FEBRUARY 13
1991 – Jay Anstey, actress in “Hell Trip,” “Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell,” “Friend Request,” “Rakka – short,” episodes of the series “Blood Drive” and “Oats Studios.”
1981 – Gillian Leigh, actress in “Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain.”
1979 – Mena Suvarim, starred “Day of The Dead [2008],” “What Lies Below,” “The Rage: Carrie 2,” “Don’t Blink,” “Apparition,” episodes of the TV Series “South of Hell” and “American Horror Story [2011.”
1968 – Kelly Hu, has appeared in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Dark Shadows [2005],” “Devil’s Den,” “Farm House,” “Succubus: Hell-Bent” and the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries.”
1964 – Mark Patton, starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “Family Possessions,” and “Amityville Clownhouse.”
1961 – Henry Rollins, appeared in “Feast,” “The Devil’s Tomb,” “Suck,” “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Visions.”
1951 – David Naughton, starred in “An American Werewolf in London,” and appeared in “Body Bags,” “Big Bad Wolf,” “Steel and Lace,” “Ice Cream Man,” “A Crack in the Floor,” “Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur,” “The Sleeping Car,” “Amityville: A New Generation” and more.
1948 – Kitten Natividad, appeared in Fred Olen Ray’s “The Tomb” and “Zombie Ninja Gangbangers.”
1946 – Joe Estevez, appeared in “Soultaker,” “Werewolf,” “Blood Slaves of the Vampire Wolf,” “Silent Scream,” “Caesar & Otto’s Deadly Xmas,” “Hell Asylum” and many more.
1944 – Bo Svenson, appeared in the films “Curse II: The Bite,” “Beyond the Door III,” “Raising Jeffery Dahmer” and played the monster in the 1973 TV version of “Frankenstein.”
1944 – Jerry Springer, appeared in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! [2015].”
1942 – Carol Lynley, appeared in “Howling VI: The Freaks,” “The Shuttered Room” and the TV movie “The Night Stalker.”
1939 – Vittoria Febbi, voice dubbing (uncredited) for “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Suspiria [1977],” “Torso,” “Baron Blood,” “Dorian Gray,” “Castle of Blood,” “Beyond the Door,” “Nightmare City,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Phantom of Death,” “Nightmare City,” “City of the Dead” and many more.
1938 – Oliver Reed, starred in “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Burnt Offerings” and “The Brood.”
1933 – Kim Novak, appeared “Vertigo,” “Massacre at Blood Bath Drive-in,” “Tales That Witness Madness” “Satan’s Triangle”
1932 – Barbara Shelley, appeared in “Five Million Years to Earth,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Secret of Blood Island,” “The Gorgon,” “Village of the Damned,” “Blood of the Vampire” and many more.
1932 – Susan Oliver made appearances on the TV shows “Ghost Story” and “Freddy’s Nightmare.”
1929 – Lee Fierro, appeared in “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1928 – Gerald Fried, composer for “The Vampire,” “I Bury the Living,” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Cabinet of Caligari,” “The Baby,” “The Spell,” “Cruise Into Terror” and more.
1911 – Paul Stader, stunts “House of Wax [1953],” “Cruse Into Terror,” “The Swarm,” “The Island,” “The Monster Squad” and “Repossessed.”
1898 – Hazel Howell, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 13
2023 – Oliver Wood, cinematographer for “Bird Box,” “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” “Neon Maniacs,” “The Returning” and “Don’t Go in the House.”
2023 – Tom Luddy, actor in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978].”
2023 – Alain Goraguer, art department for the short “Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Gir.”
2022 – Lindsey Pearlman, actress in The Purge – Episode: Should I Stay or Should I Go.”
2021 – Masashige Narusawa, screenwriter for “Curse of Blood.”
2020 – Yoshisada Sakaguchi, dubbing for characters in “Shutter Island,” “The Nightmare Room,” “Goosebumps,” and “Christine [1990].”
2012 – Frank Braña, actor in “The House That Screamed,” “Creeping Death,” “Crypt of the Living Dead,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Pieces,” “Slugs,” “The Rift” and more.
1994 – Martin Balsam, who played “Detective Arbogast” in the original “Psycho”.
1980 – David Janssen starred in the TV movie “Moon of the Wolf,” as well as the films “Cult of the Cobra,” and “Marooned”.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 13
Scream & Scream Again [1970]
Sphere [1998]
Dead Birds [2004]
Devil’s Den [2006]
Friday the 13th [2009]
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FEBRUARY 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day
BORN ON FEBRUARY 14
1992 – Freddie Highmore, starred in the TV Series “Bates Motel.”
1980 – Mindy Robinson, appeared in “The Haunting of Whaley House,” “Killjoy Goes to Hell,” “V/H/S/2,″ “The Impaler,” “After School Massacre,” “A Blood Story” and more.
1978 – Danai Gurira, known for portraying “Michonne” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1976 – Erica Leerhsen, starred in “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.”
1971 – Noriko Sakai, starred in “Premonition [2004]” and “Ju-on: The Grudge 2.”
1970 – Simon Pegg, starred in “Shaun of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” “Grindhouse,” “Diary of the Dead,” “Slaughterhouse Rulez,” “A Fantastic Fear of Everything,” “The World’s End” and more.
1964 – Zach Galligan, starred in the films “Gremlins”, “Gremlins 2”, “Waxwork,” “Infested” and “Nightbeasts.”
1960 – Meg Tilly, starred in the films “Psycho II,” “One Dark Night” and Body Snatchers [1993].
1952 – Jim Hanson, produced the films “Witchcraft II: The Temptress,” “Doctor Hackenstein” and “Witchery.”
1949 – Don Scardino, appeared in “Squirm” and “He Knows You’re Alone.”
1946 – Gregory Hines, co-starred in the films “The Wolfen” and “Eve of Destruction.”
1946 – Tina Aumont, actress in “Necropolis,” “Arcana,” “Torso,” “Dinosaur from the Deep” and “Two Orphan Vampires.”
1942 – Andrew Robinson, starred in “Hellraiser,” “Child’s Play 3″ and “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings.”
1936 – Andrew Prine, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Simon, King of the Witches,” “Crypt of the Living Dead” and “Sutures,” and “Grizzly.”
1929 – Vic Morrow, appeared in the films “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “Humanoids from the Deep.”
1910 – Frances Dade, portrayed “Lucy” in the original 1931 version of “Dracula.”
1902 – Stuntman Ray “Crash” Corrigan, who played the title role of “The Ape,” “It, the Terror from Beyond Space” and appeared in “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1900 – Eddie Marr, appeared in “Indestructible Man,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “How to Make a Monster” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters.”
1888 – Larry Steers, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Hold That Ghost,” “The Strange Case of Doctor Rx,” “Weird Woman,” “King of the Wild” and “Murder in the Blue Room.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 14
2023 – Javed Khan Amrohi, appeared in “Haveli – aka The Mansion” and “Raat Ke Andhere Mein.”
2022 – Alfred Sole, director for “Alice, Sweet Alice,” “Pandemonium,” production manager for “Natural Selection – TV Movie,” “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies” and the TV Series “Moonlight.”
2020 – Lynn Cohen, starred in “The Vigil.”
2015 – Louis Jourdan, appeared in “Swamp Thing” and “Return of the Swamp Thing”, he also starred as “Dracula” in the great BBC version of “Count Dracula – TV Movie.”
2008 – Trevor Williams, production designer for “House of Dark Shadows,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” “Dracula [1974],” “The Changeling” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown,” “Kindred: The Embraced” and “The Immortal.”
2007 – Lee Patterson, who appeared in “Jack the Ripper [1959].”
1996 – Mark Venturini, appeared in “Mikey,” “The Return of the Living Dead” and “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”
1998 – Michael Anthony, starred in “The Night of the Strangler.”
1992 – Angelique Pettyjohn, appeared in “Biohazard,” “Mad Doctor of Blood Island” “The Phantom Planet” and more.
1983 – Wally Veevers, special effects for “Curse of the Demon,” “Die, Monster, Die!,” Lucifer Rising,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” visual effects for “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Keep” and more.
1971 – Seth Holt, director of “Scream of Fear”, “The Nanny”, “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb.”
1961 – Wallis Clark, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Lady and the Monster.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 14
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog [1927]
Dracula [1931]
The Mad Doctor [1941]
House on Haunted Hill [1959]
The Day Mars Invaded Earth [1963]
The Shuttered Room [1968]
TerrorVision [1986]
The Silence Of The Lambs [1991]
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil [1991]
One Hour Photo [2002] – Turkey
Skinned Deep [2004]
The Horror Seasons [2005]
The Ghosts of Crowley Hall [2008]
The Spiderwick Chronicles [2008]
Girl House [2014]
Freshwater [2016]
VFW (2019)
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FEBRUARY 15
BORN ON FEBRUARY 15
1988 – Jessica De Gouw, appeared in “Gretel & Hansel,” “The Rezort” and the TV Series “Dracula.”
1988 – Tara Holt, appeared in “Victim” and the TV Series “American Horror Story.”
1978 – Suzi Lorraine, actress in “The Tenement,” “Around Midnight,” “The Night They Returned,” “Chainsaw Sally,” “Acrimony” “Rise of the Ghosts,” “Knock Knock,” “Mad Doctor of Zombie Island,” “Fairview Falls,” “Paranormal Captivity,” “Serial Kaller,” “Model Hunger,” “Drakul” and many more.
1971 – Reneé O’Connor, appeared in the films “Darkman II: The Return of Durant” and “Boogeyman 2.”
1968 – Vivian Schilling, appeared in “Future Shock,” “Project Eliminator,” “Soultaker,” “Terror Eyes” and more.
1953 – Lynn Whitfield, actress in “Jaws: The Revenge,” “The Fright Night Flies – TV Movie,” “Fear Files” and “Tales from the Hood 3.”
1938 – Gina Romand, actress in “Dr. Satan,” “Grave Robbers,” “The Vengeance of the Vampire Women” and “Santo vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter.”
1931 – Claire Bloom, starred in “The Haunting [1963]” and “The Illustrated Man.”
1923 – Fritzi Jane Courtney, actress in “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1918 – Allan Arbus, actor in “Scream, Pretty Peggy” and “Damien: Omen II.”
1914 – Kevin McCarthy, starred in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” and also appeared in “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Piranha” and “The Howling.”
1899 – Gale Sondergaard, starred in “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Black Cat [1941]” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge.”
1882 – John Barrymore, starred in “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1920],” “Svengali,” “The Invisible Woman,” “The Mad Genius” and more.
DIED ON FEBRUARY 15
2023 – Raquel Welch, actress in “Bedazzled” and producer for “The Sorcerers.”
2023 – Shôzô Îzuka, voice actor for “Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis,” “Magnetic Rose,” “Resident Evil: Damnation” and the TV Series “Paranoia Agent.”
2023 – Dario Penne, voice dubbing for “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave,” “The Reincarnation of Isabe,” “Devil Fish,” “Paganini Horror,” “Vampire in Venice” and more.”
2022 – Dominique Marcas, actress in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956],” “Bloody Mallory” and “The Pharmacist.”
2022 – J. O’Rourke, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “True Blood.”
2022 – Juan Antonio Quintana, actor in “Hacia el silencio (Towards Silence).”
2021 – Steuart Bedford, music conductor in “The Turn of the Screw – TV Movie.”
2021 – Sandro Dori, appeared in “Darker Than Night.”
2021 – Andreas Teuber, appeared in “Doctor Faustus.”
2020 – Vatroslav Mimica, writer for “Muha.”
2012 – Elyse Knox, starred in “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
2012 – Lina Romay, actress in “Female Vampire,” “The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff,” “Lorna the Exorcist,” “Jack the Ripper [1976],” “Oasis of Zombies,” “Mansion of the Living Dead,” “Faceless,” “Incubus,” “Snakewoman” and many more.
2006 – Xavier Barquet, producer for “Drive In,” actor in “The Toxic Avenger,” “The Unholy [1988],” “I’m Dangerous Tonight” and “Night of the Beast.”
1990 – Jack Fletcher, appeared in “Elvira: Mistress of The Dark.”
1978 – Joseph Lenzi, associate producer for Damien: Omen II.”
1973 – Tim Holt, starred in “The Monster That Challenged the World.”
1951 – Larry Steers, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Hold That Ghost,” “The Strange Case of Doctor Rx,” “Weird Woman,” “King of the Wild” and “Murder in the Blue Room.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 15
Phantom Lady [1944] – Finland
Fog Island [1945]
Saturn 3 [1980]
The Wild Beasts [1984] – Italy
Deadly Species [2002]
Wendigo [2002]
House of the Dead [2003] – Italy
Hallowed [2005]
Chill [2007]
Diary of the Dead [2007] – Canada
The Hospital [2013] – San Francisco Independent Film Festival
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FEBRUARY 16
BORN ON FEBRUARY 16
1989 – Elizabeth Olsen, appeared in “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Silent House” and “Red Lights”.
1972 – Carl Cunningham, producer for “Craving,” “Macabre Mountain,” “Amityville Ripper” and additional crew for “Grizzly Park.”
1971 – Patrick Baxter, makeup/prosthetic effects for “Bone Daddy,” “Wolf Girl,” “House of the Dead,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “Land of the Dead,” “Saw II,” “Silent Hill,” “Skinwalkers,” “I Am Legend,” “Mandy” and many more.
1966 – Bryan C. Knight, assistant director for “House of the Dead,” “Alone in the Dark,” “BloodRayne,” “Slither,” “Seed,” “Whisper,” “BloodRayne: The Third Reich,” “The Final Storm” and more.
1961 – Eric Red, writer/director worked on “Body Parts,” “Bad Moon,” “The Hitcher,” “Near Dark,” “Undertow,” “100 Feet” and more.
1958 – Lisa Loring, who played the original “Wednesday Addams” in the “The Addams Family” and also appeared in the film “Blood Frenzy.”
1952 – Jonathan Stark, appeared in “Fright Night [1985]” and “House II: The Second Story.”
1950 – William Katt, starred in “Carrie [1976],” “House,” “House IV,” “Alien vs Hunter,” “Mirrors 2″ and “Paranormal Movie”.
1937 – Robert Silliphant, writer for “The Beach Girls and the Monster,” “The Creeping Terror” and “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Because Mixed-Up Zombies!!?”
1935 – Juan Piquer Simón, director//producer/writer for “Satan’s Blood,” “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Pieces,” “Slugs” and “The Rift.”
1930 – Ricou Browning, portrayed everyone’s favorite “Gillman,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” [in the underwater scenes].
1926 – John Schlesinger, director for “The Believers [1987],” “The Tale of Sweeney Todd – TV Movie” and “The Starfish.”
1916 – Alberto Sorrentino, appeared in “Torso.”
1901 – Chester Morris, appeared in the films “The Bat Whispers” and “The She Creature.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 16
2023 – Chuck Jackson, soundtrack for “Ready or Not – “Love Me Tender.”
2023 – Maon Kurosaki, appeared in “Blood-club Dolls 2” an episode of “High School of the Dead” as well as the music department in episodes of “Hellsing Ultimate” and “Strike the Blood.”
2023 – Gunvor Pontén, actress in “Psalm 21.”
2022 – Jack Smethurst, actor in “Night After Night After Night” and “Quatermass and the Pit – Episode: The Wild Hunt.”
2021 – Harry V. Bring, assistant director for “The New Kids” and producer for “The X-Files – TV Series.”
2020 – Jerzy Gruza, directed the TV short “Mistrz tanca.”
2020 – Kellye Nakahara, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Trevi Collection [1975].”
2020 – Frances Cuka, appeared in “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Afraid of the Dark,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror” and an episode of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror [1980].”
2019 – Bruno Ganz, appeared in “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” and “The House That Jack Built.”
2012 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
2011 – Len Lesser, appeared in “The Werewolf Reborn!” “Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Slither,” “Death Wish,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many others.
2010 – John Chandler, appeared in “Carnosaur 2,” “Phantasm 3″ and the TV movie “Moon of the Wolf”.
2010 – Jim Harmon, science fiction writer and west coast editor for the Marvel monster magazine “Monsters of the Movies,” he also wrote the screenplay for the film “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”
2005 – Nicole DeHuff, starred in “Suspect Zero.”
2000 – Sandra Shaw, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1988 – Geoffrey Haine, production manager for “Night of the Eagle,” “Unearthly Stranger,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1979 – Louise Allbritton, starred in “Son of Dracula” and 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1977 – Edwin Rochelle, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “Invisible Invaders” episodes of the TV Series “Thiller,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Season 1.”
1975 – Jesslyn Fax, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and 2 episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 16
The Canary Murder Case [1929]
The Shadow Returns [1946]
Five Million Miles to Earth [1967]
Hotel Fear [1978] – video premiere
Bloodlust: Subspecies III [1994] – Italy
Hotel Fear [1978] – Italy
Murdercycle [1999]
Blue Lake Massacre [2007]
Ghost Rider [2007]
Freeway Killer [2010]
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FEBRUARY 17
BORN ON FEBRUARY 17
1990 – Jason Ritter, actor in “Freddy vs. Jason,” “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Cover Up” and “The Labyrinth.”
1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, starred in “Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later,” “Knives Out” episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows [1991] and “The Outer Limits.”
1981 – Paris Hilton, appeared “House of Wax [2005]” and “Repo! The Genetic Opera.”
1974 – Jerry O’Connell, starred in “Scream 2,” “Room 6,″ “Wish Upon,” “Piranha 3D”, “Satanic,” “Mockingbird Lane,” “Scary Movie V,” and “Deep Murder.”
1971 – Denise Richards, appeared in “Scary Movie 3,” “The Toybox,” “Tammy and the T-Rex,” “Starship Troopers” and “Valentine.”
1970 – Dominic Purcell, appeared in “Blade: Trinity,” “The Gravedancers,” “Primeval”, “Blood Creek” and “The Ganzfeld Haunting”.
1965 – Jonathan Breck, who played “The Creeper” in “Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2.”
1965 – Michael Bay, produced “A Quiet Place,” “A Quiet Place Part II,” “The Purge,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Friday the 13th [2009],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” “The Purge – TV Series” and many more.
1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, starred in “The First Power,” “Bats,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series,” “Red Water” and “Sanitarium”.
1961 – Tuesday Knight, actress in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” “New Nightmare,” “The Amityville Moon,” “The Bloody Man” and more.
1954 – Don Coscarelli, wrote the screenplays for the “Phantasm” films including “Phantasm: Ravager,” “The Beastmaster” and “Bubba Ho-tep.”
1949 – Don Scardino, starred in “Squirm” and “He Knows You’re Alone.”
1936 – Jim Brown, actor in “The Devine Enforcer” and “Mars Attacks.”
1934 – Alan Bates, appeared in the films “Mister Frost” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”
1925 – Hal Holbrook, who has starred in the films “Rituals,” “The Fog,” “Creepshow” and “The Unholy.”
1925 – Ron Goodwin, composer for “Village of the Damned,” “The Day of the Triffids” and “Children of the Damned.”
1923 – Jun Fukuda, directed “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”
1907 – Buster Crabbe, appeared in Fred Olen Ray’s “The Alien Dead.”
1890 – Jack Dawn, make-up for the films “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 17
2023 – Gerald Fried, composer for “The Vampire,” “I Bury the Living,” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Cabinet of Caligari,” “The Baby,” “The Spell,” “Cruise Into Terror” and more.
2023 – George Miller, director for “Attack of the Sabertooth.”
2023 – Jerry Dodgion, soundtrack for “Hands of a Stranger – How’s Your Mother.”
2023 – Lee Whitlock, actor in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007].”
2023 – Patti Love, actress in “Terror [1978].”
2023 – Stella Stevens, actress in “Glass Trap,” “Blessed,” “The Mad Room,” “Cruise Into Terror,” “The Manitou,” “Wacko,” “Monster in the Closet,” “Mom,” “The Granny” and more.
2022 – Pradeep Kottayam, actor in “Adi Kapyare Kootamani” and “Aadupuliyattam.”
2021 – Françoise Cactus, actress in “Dawn of the Dorks” and worked on the soundtrack for “The Good Neighbor.”
2021 – Martha Stewart, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2020 – Sonja Ziemann, actress in “Spuk im Schloß.”
2020 – Jeannette Dubois, soundtrack for “Basic Instinct,” and “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”
2019 – Ethel Ennis, Soundtrack “Mad Monster Party?” and “Boltneck.”
2007 – Jay Jensen, appeared in the films “Mission Mars” and “Werewolves on Wheels”.
2005 – Dan O’Herlihy, appeared in “Invasion USA,” “The Cabinet of Caligari” and “Halloween III.”
2003 – Peter Schrum, appeared in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and “Demonic Toys,”.
1999 – Mary Nell Santacroce, actress in “The Private Eyes,” “Mutant” and “The Legend of Blood Mountain.”
1990 – Marc Clement, appeared in “Mutant” and “King Kong Lives”.
1986 – Paul Stewart, appeared in the TV Series “Inner Sanctum” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1984 – Lucille Benson, actress in “Private Parts [1972],” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Reflections of Murder,” “The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver” and Halloween II [1981].”
1980 – Ed Graves, art director for “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls,” production designer for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “Bad Ronald.”
1970 – Alfred Newman, composer for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939],” composer/stock music for “The Lodger [1944]” and “The Gorilla.”
1968 – Donald Wolfit, starred in “Blood of the Vampire,” “The Hands of Orlac” and the TV show “The Ghost Squad,”.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 17
Seven Footprints to Satan [1929]
Mystery of the Wax Museum [1933]
House on Haunted Hill [1959]
Jack the Ripper [1959]
The Cosmic Man [1959]
The Gorgon [1964]
Baron Blood [1972] – Germany
Alien Raiders [2009]
American Scary [2009]
Feast III: The Happy Finish [2009]
Screamers: The Hunting [2009]
The Midnight Meat Train [2009]
The Last Battleground [2010]
The Last Vampire on Earth [2013] – Grand Rapids, MI – premiere
Altar [2014]
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