FEBRUARY 18
BORN ON FEBRUARY 18
1985 – Sung-Hoon Park, appeared in “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” and 2 episodes of “Joseon Exorcist.”
1978 – Michael Howard, appeared in “60 Seconds 2 Die,” One Last Sunset Redux” and “Epiphany Road.”
1972 – Leigh Scott, producer for “Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter’s Cove,” “Dead Men Walking,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “Wolvesbayne,” “House of Bones – TV Movie,” “The Penny Dreadful Picture Show” and “Piranha Sharks.”
1968 – Molly Ringwald, starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the film “Office Killer.”
1962 – Julie Strain, appeared in “Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart,” “The Unnamable II” and “The Bare Wench Project.”
1957 – Vanna White, appeared in “Graduation Day” and the TV Movie “Midnight Offerings.”
1954 – John Travolta, starred in “Carrie [1976]” and “The Devil’s Rain”
1925 – George Kennedy, appeared in “Strait-Jacket,” “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte,” “Death Ship,” “Creepshow 2,″ “Demonwarp,” “The Terror Within” and many more.
1919 – Jack Palance, starred in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “Dracula [1974],” “Craze,” “Man in the Attic,” “Without Warning,” “Torture Garden,” and “Alone in the Dark.
1915 – Alfeo Bocchicchio, art director for “Cruise Into Terror,” “Scream Blacula Scream” and producer for “Ring of Terror.”
1908 – Angelo Rossitto, appeared in the “Freaks,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.
1899 – Mervyn Johns, actor in “Dead of Night,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Old Dark House” and “The Confessional.”
1879 – George Kirby, appeared in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “WereWolf of London” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 18
2022 – Leo Fong, actor in “Hidden Peaks.”
2022 – Boris Nevzorov, actor in “Witches of Yatrinskaya.”
2021 – Alan Curtis, appeared in “The Flesh and the Blood Show.”
2021 – Mark Morales aka Prince Markie Dee, actor/soundtrack for “Fat Boys: Are You Ready for Freddy.”
2020 – Ashraf Sinclair, actor in “The Real Pocong,” “Baby Occult: Baby Tumbal Baby Die and “Setan Munafik.”
2020 – Tapas Paul, appeared in “Nishi Trishna.”
2020 – Flavio Bucci, appeared in “Last Stop on the Night Train,” “Suspiria [1977]” and an episode of “Frankenstein’s Aunt [1987].”
2020 – Kishori Ballal, actress in “Aakramana” and “Naani.”
2019 – O’Neal Compton, appeared in “Diabolique [1996].”
2017 – Steve Christian, producer for “Deadly Instincts,” “Paranoid,” “The Hound of Baskervilles [2002],” “The Gathering,” “The Dark,” “Severance,” “The Cottage,” “Boy Eats Girl,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone” and more.
2014 – Malcolm Tierney, appeared in “Beware What You Wish For,” “New Chilling Tales: The Anthology” and an episode of “Out of the Unknown.”
2012 – Ric Waite, cinematographer for “Best Ribs in Town,” and the TV Movies “Dead of Night,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Triangle.”
2002 – Jack Lambert, appeared in several TV shows of “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,”.
2001 – Irving Lande, casting director for “Willard [1971],” “Ben,” “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.”
1983 – Nick Bolin, actor in “The Devil’s Daughter” and “Blackenstein.”
1956 – Max Barwyn, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 18
The Magnetic Monster [1953]
The Ghost [1963]
A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971] – Rome, Italy
Amityville: Dollhouse [1996]
Pitch Black [2000]
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp [2003]
Constantine [2005]
Dark Remains [2005] – Nevermore Film Festival
Demon Resurrection [2008]
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FEBRUARY 19
BORN ON FEBRUARY 19
1993 – Victoria Justice, appeared in “Fun Size”, “The Garden,” “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie” and “50 States of Fright – TV Series.”
1987 – Sam Reid, actor in “Inhuman Resources” and 7 episodes of “Interview with the Vampire.”
1985 – Arielle Kebbel, starred in “Vampires Suck,” “The Grudge 2″ and “The Uninvited” [2009].
1985 – Haylie Duff, actress in “Backwoods,” “The Lost Episode,” “Desecrated,” “The Sandman” as well as the TV Movies “Nightmare,” “Fear Island.”
1985 – Haylie Duff, appeared in “The Sandman,” “Backwoods – TV Movie,” “Fear Island – TV Movie,” “The Lost Episode,” “Nightmare,” “Desecrated” and more.
1975 – Andrew Strahorn, cinematographer for “Undead,” “Portal,” “House of Bones,” “Scream of the Banshee,” “Mask Maker,” “The Butterfly Room,” “Haunted High/Ghostquake,” “Ghost Shark,” “The Houses October Built,” “The Houses October Built 2,” “You Might Be the Killer” and more.
1967 – Benicio Del Toro, played the title role in the 2010 remake of “The Wolf Man” and appeared in an episode of Tales from the Crypt.”
1963 – Dwight Henry, actor in “Navy Seals vs. Zombies” and “Boo!”
1955 – Jeff Daniels, starred in “Arachnophobia” and “Chasing Sleep.”
1955 – Suzanne Savoy, actress in “Keeping Company,” “An Inappropriate Affect,” “Alien Nine,” “Alien from the Darkness,” “Dark Angel” and “The Cellar.”
1951 – Stephen Nichols, has appeared in “House” and “Witchboard.”
1950 – Johan Leysen, actor in “The Johnsons,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “Tattoo,” “Grimm [2003],” “Despite the Night” and “Noise.”
1947 – Bruce Fairbairn, actor in “Vampire Hookers.”
1944 – Donald Glut, directed “The Vampire Hunters Club,” wrote and directed “Dinosaur Valley Girls”, “Mummy’s Kiss and Tales of Frankenstein [2018].”
1924 – Lee Marvin, appeared in 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1915 – Fred Freiberger, screenwriter for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” and “Beginning of the End.”
1893 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, appeared in “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 19
2023 – Richard Belzer, actor in “Species II,” “Not of This Earth,” “The Puppet Masters,” as well as an episode each of “The X-Files” and “Monsters.”
2023 – Jansen Panettiere, appeared in “Del Play,” The Walking Dead – Episode: The Calm Before,” additional crew for “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “The Fog [2005” and “The Eye.”
2023 – Mayilsamy, actor in “Idiot,” “Aruvam,” “Strawberry” and more.
2022 – Gary Booker, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind.”
2022 – Xavier Marc, director for “El mutilador” and appeared in ‘The Bees.”
2020 – José Mojica Marins, director, writer, producer, actor – some of his films include “Awakening of the Beast,” At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul,” “Hellish Flesh,” “The Secret of the Mummy,” “The Killer Lasagna” and many more.
2020 – Bob Cobert, composer for TV Movie “The Night Stalker,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” “Burnt Offerings,” TV Series “Dark Shadows [1966-1971],” Soundtrack “Dark Shadows [2012]” and many more.
2020 – Nelly Beatriz Bonnet, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1960–] – A 9 Part Series” and “Masterworks of Terror [1959]”
2007 – Janet Blair, starred in the film “Burn, Witch Burn”.
2006 – James Hardiman, penned the novel “The House Where Evil Dwells”.
1990 – Michael Powell, directed the cult film “Peeping Tom” and “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
1956 – Tod Slaughter, who portrayed “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” in the 30’s and 40’s.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 19
Mark of the Devil [1970] – Germany
Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks [1974] – Italy
Army of Darkness [1992]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003]
Dead Things [2005]
Black Water [2007]
Catacombs [2007]
Attack of the Vegan Zombies! [2010]
Shutter Island [2010]
The Witch [2015] – Rome
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FEBRUARY 20
BORN ON FEBRUARY 20
1987 – Cortney Palm, appeared in “Hellevator Man,” “The Purge: Anarchy,” “Demon Legacy (aka Haunting at Foster Cabin),” “Zombeavers,” “Alien Rising,” “Silent Night,” “Sushi Girl,” “Seance: The Summoning,” “Lost Soul” and more.
1978 – Lauren Ambrose, starred in “Psycho Beach Party.”
1978 – Jay Hernandez, starred in “Hostel,” “Hostel 2″ and “Quarantine.”
1967 – Lili Taylor, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “The Addiction,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Leatherface,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series” and “The Conjuring” and “The Nun.”
1964 – Anthony Head, starred in the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Repo: A Genetic Opera,” and made an appearance in the film “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
1959 – Louis Lazzara, makeup department for “Galaxy of Terror,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Deadly Eyes,” “Mutant,” “Friday the 13th A New Beginning,” “Night Game,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Child,” “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later,” “End of Days” and more.
1951 – Edward Albert, starred in “The House Where Evil Dwells,” “Galaxy of Terror” and “Mimic II.”
1948 – Jennifer O’Neill, starred in “Scanners,” “Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes,” “Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Poltergeist: The Legacy.”
1945 – Brion James, starred in “The Horror Show,” “The Fifth Element” and “Scanner Cop.”
1926 – Richard Matheson, legendary writer of many films and TV shows such as “Pit and the Pendulum,” “I Am Legend,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “Duel,” “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and many more.
1926 – Whitney Blake, appeared in an episode of the TV Show “Thriller.”
1925 – Robert Altman, director for “Images” and 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1907 – Malcolm Atterbury, actor in “The Birds,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Blood of Dracula,” “How to Make a Monster” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1904 – Bramwell Fletcher, appeared in “The Mummy [1932]” and “The Undying Monster.”
1893 – Russel Crouse, producer/stage play for “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1885 – Roland West, directed “The Bat [1926],” “The Bat Whispers” and “The Monster.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 20
2022 – Lalith Anand, lyricist/soundtrack for “Kaashmora.”
2019 – Vinny Vella, appeared in “Season of the Hunted,” “New York Blood,” “Milwood,” and “Scars of a Predator.”
2015 – Patricia Norris, costumer for “The Stranger Within,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” costume designer for “Bad Dreams” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
2009 – Robert Quarry, starred in “Count Yorga, Vampire,” “The Return of Count Yorga,” “The Deathmaster,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Sugar Hill” and “Madhouse.”
2005 – Sandra Dee, starred in “The Dunwich Horror” and appeared in the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2001 – Rosemary DeCamp, starred in the original version of “13 Ghosts”.
1996 – Mariano Vidal Molina, actor in “The Black Vampire,” “Scream of the Demon Lover,” “The Corruption of Chris Miller,” “Curse of the Devil,” “Devil’s Possessed” and “Howl of the Devil.”
1992 – Dick York, starred in “Twilight Zone” episode “A Penny for Your Thoughts,” the “Thriller” episode “The Incredible Doktor Markesan” and in six episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1989 – Robert Dorning, appeared in “Die! Die! My Darling,” “Screamtime” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Emmerdale Farm.”
1936 – Max Schreck, best known for portraying the rat faced vampire “Nosferatu” in the horror classic.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 20
Freaks [1932]
Reptilicus [1961]
The Horror Hall of Fame [1974]
The Spell [1977] – TV Movie
Dead Mary [2007]
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FEBRUARY 21
BORN ON FEBRUARY 21
1989 – Scout-Taylor Compton, starred in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” & “Halloween II,” “Wicked Little Things”, “April Fool’s day [2008], ” “7500,” “Getaway,” “Penance Lane,” “Feral,” “Ghost House,” “247°F” and more.
1987 – Ashley Greene, starred in “The Apparition,” “Burying the Ex,” “Aftermath – TV Movie,” “Kristy,” “Summer’s Moon” and “Otis.”
1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1963 – William Baldwin, actor in “Flatliners [1990],” “Virus,” “Red Rover,” “Aftermath,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Candy Lane,” as well as episodes of “The Purge.”
1961 – Christopher Atkins, appeared in “Beaks: The Movie,” “Dracula Rising” and “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1958 – Kim Coates, appeared in “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Blood: A Butcher’s Tale,” “Skinwalkers,” “Silent Hill,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Amityville Curse” and many more.
1958 – Denise Dowse, actress in “Killer Rats,” “The Call,” “A Cloud So High” and an episode of “The X-Files.”
1953 – William Petersen, starred in the film “Manhunter” and the TV movie “The Beast.”
1950 – Larry Drake, starred in the TV movie “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “Darkman,” “Darkman II: The Return of Durant” and played the title role in “Dr. Giggles.”
1946 – Alan Rickman, starred in “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
1944 – David Wood, appeared in “Tales That Witness Madness” and an episode of “Out of the Unknown.”
1943 – Kitty Winn, actress in “The Exorcist,” “The Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “Mirrors” and the TV Movie “The House That Would Not Die.”
1931 – John Kelland, appeared in “The Beast in the Cellar,” “Nothing But the Night” and an episode of “Department S.”
1929 – Arturo Fernández, appeared in “Sound of Horror.”
1928 – Larry Pennell, actor in “Superstition,” “Ghost Chase,” “The Borrower,” “The Fear: Resurrection,” “Bubba Ho-Tep” and “The Passing.”
1925 – Mahlon Potts, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1898 – Ray Moyer, set decorator for “King Kong [1933],” “Rear Window” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”
1890 – Wheeler Oakman, actor in “Torture Ship” and “The Ape Man.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 21
2023 – Nadja Tiller, actress in “The Burning Court,” “Le Moine (The Monk)” and “The Dead Are Alive!”
2022 – Stewart Bevan, actor in “Burke & Hare,” “The Flesh and Blood Show,” “The Ghoul” and “House of Mortal Sin.”
2022 – Neil Balnaves, producer for the TV Movie “The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone.”
2022 – Yuen Chor, director/writer for “Feng Fu,” “Haunted Tales,” “Black Lizard,” appeared in “The First Vampire in China,” “The Seventh Curse,” “Return of the Evil Fox” and “Who Cares?”
2021 – Peter S. Davis, producer for “Cutting Class.”
2020 – Boris Leskin, appeared in “Vampire’s Kiss.”
2020 – Nicola Cuti, production designer for “Dark Dimensions” and Comic Book Script for issues of “Vampirella,” “Eerie,” “Creepy,” “Ghostly Haunts,” “Ghost Manor,” “Midnight Tales” and many more.
2019 – Sue Casey, appeared in “The Beach Girls and the Monster,” “Evilspeak,” and “Hysterical.”
2019 – Stanley Donen, directed “Saturn 3.”
2019 – Beverley Owen, played Marilyn Munster on the TV Series “The Munsters.”
2019 – Peter Halsten Tork, starred in “I Filmed Your Death.”
2008 – Ben Chapman, the actor was best known for playing “The Gill Man” on land in “Creature from the Black Lagoon”.
2003 – Julie Mitchum, appeared in the original “House on Haunted Hill [1959].”
2002 – Harold Pruett, appeared in the films “Embrace of The Vampire” and “Spellcaster”.
1993 – Harvey Kurtzman, wrote the screenplay for the movie “Mad Monster Party.”
1985 – Louis Hayward, starred in “The Son of Dr. Jekyll,” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1969 – Lewis Martin, appeared in “Diary of a Madman” and 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
1967 – Charles Beaumont, wrote for the TV series’ “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone,” and the screenplays for the films “Queen of Outer Space,” “The Haunted Palace” and “Masque of the Red Death”.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 21
Murders in the Rue Morgue [1932]
Voodoo Man [1944]
The Power [1968]
The Norliss Tapes [1973] – TV Movie
From Beyond the Grave [1974]
The Seduction [1982] – Japan
The Hitcher [1986]
Lost Highway [1997]
.com For Murder [2002]
The Curse of the Komodo [2004]
Fear House [2008] – Insomnifest Festival
Blood Punch [2013]
Haunted House on Sorority Row [2014] – London
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FEBRUARY 22
BORN ON FEBRUARY 22
1983 – Mimi Michaels, actress in “30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust,” “Backwoods,” “Shark Swarm,” “Boogeyman 3,” “Savage County,” “Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2” and an episode of “666 Park Avenue.”
1975 – Drew Barrymore, starred in the films “Altered States,” “Cat’s Eye,” “Doppleganger,” “Firestarter,” “Scream” and produced “Animal [2014]” and “Happy Camp.”
1969 – Thomas Jane, starred in “The Mist,” “Dreamcatcher” and “Deep Blue Sea.”
1968 – Jeri Ryan, starred in “Dracula 2000.”
1957 – Luca Bercovici, director of “The Granny,” “Rockula,” “Ghoulies,” producer for “Hotel of the Damned,” appeared in “Parasite,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Scanner Cop,” “Stag Night” and “Night Train.”
1947 – Maurizio De Angelis, composer for “Torso,” “Slave of the Cannibal God,” “Killer Fish,” “The House by the Edge of the Lake,” “Alien 2: On Earth,” “The Last Shark,” “A Blade in the Dark” and more.
1944 – Jonathan Demme, directed “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Beloved” and appeared in “The Incredible Melting Man.”
1936 – Elizabeth MacRae, actress in “The House of the Dead.”
1936 – Karin Dor, who appeared in “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “Assignment Terror”.
1909 – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, composer for “Queens of Evil,” “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “Goliath and the Vampires,” “Something Creeping in the Dark,” “Hypnosis” and “Gorgo.”
1899 – Dwight Frye, who played “Renfield” in “Dracula,” “Fritz” in “Frankenstein” and “Karl” in “Bride of Frankenstein,” as well as many other character film roles.
1893 – Phil Goldstone, producer for “The Drums of Jeopardy,” “White Zombie” and “The Vampire Bat.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 22
2023 – Boris Chunaev, actor in the TV Movie “Polnolunie.”
2022 – John Edward Szeles aka “The Amazing Jonathon”, appeared in “The Litch.”
2022 – Anna Karen, actress in “Flick” and “No Reasons.”
2022 – K.P.A.C. Lalitha, actress in “Vayanadan Thampan,” “The Ornate Lock,” “Chemistry” and “Dhrona 2010.”
2022 – Mark Lanegan, soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode: Heart” and “iZombie – Episode: Brainless in Seattle, Part 2.”
2021 – Pairoj Jaisingha, appeared in “Chaos at the Graveyard,” “Curse of the Sun” and “Headless Hero 2.”
2021 – Giancarlo Santi, production manager of “Necropolis.”
2019 – Clark James Gable, appeared in “Looking for Clarissa,” and “Heckle”
2019 – Kodi Ramakrishna, directed “Ammoru” and “Arundhati”
2019 – Morgan Woodword, appeared in TV Series “The X-Files [1993]” and “Millennium [1997].”
2005 – Simone Simon, starred in “Cat People” and “Curse of The Cat People”.
2002 – Chuck Jones, appeared in “Gremlins” and directed “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1995 – Ed Flanders, appeared in “The Exorcist III,” “Salem’s Lot – TV Movie” and “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.”
1994 – Barry Warren, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman” and “The Kiss of the Vampire.”
1991 – William Loose, music department for “Night of the Living Dead [1960],” “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “The Hideous Sun Demon,” “Peopletoys,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Death Game” and the short “Night of the Living Date.”
1988 – Ben Colman, cinematographer for “Haunts of the Very Rich,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray – TV Movie,” “The Black Sheep,” “Voodoo Island,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and more.
1987 – Andy Warhol, produced “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”
1977 – Edith Barrett, appeared in “The Ghost Ship [1943]” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 22
The Incredible Shrinking Man [1957]
Bride of Re-Animator [1989]
Queen of The Damned [2002]
Madhouse [2004]
Cube Zero [2004]
Way of the Vampire [2005]
The Evil One [2005]
The Wretched [2008] – Omaha Film Festival
Hydra [2009] – TV Movie – Philadelphia premiere
Reel Zombies [2009] – Nevermore Film Festival
Zone of the Dead [2009]
Stripperland [2011]
A Dark Place Inside [2014]
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FEBRUARY 23
BORN ON FEBRUARY 23
1994 – Dakota Fanning, starred in “Hide and Seek” and “War of the Worlds [2005].”
1971 – Harrison Zanuck, producer for “Tontine Massacre” and the TV Movie “Dead Lawyers.”
1970 – Darren Sean Enright, actor in “Cockneys vs Zombies,” “Cannibals and Carpet Fitters,” “Kill Keith” and producer for “Lord of Tears.”
1965 – Dean Choe, stunts for “Friday the 13th Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Deep Rising,” “Final Destination,” “Bones,” “House of the Dead,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Blade: Trinity,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Case 39,” “The Predator” and more.
1952 – Elaine Alexander, special effects in “Return of the Living Dead III,” “The Cellar,” and episode of “Monsters – TV Series,” as well as make-up for “An American Werewolf in London” and “Howling V: The Rebirth.”
1947 – Shakira Caine, actress in “Son of Dracula.”
1944 – Johnny Winter, musician who wrote the song “Frankenstein” which was the number song on May 23, 1973” – there are over 10-versions of this song, rare if ever formed the same way twice
1939 – Peter Fonda, starred in “Spirits of the Dead,” “Race with the Devil,” “Nadja,” “Dance of the Dwarfs,” “Spasms” and “Ghost Rider.”
1938 – Paul Morrissey, directed Andy Warhol’s “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”
1915 – Jon Hall, starred in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “Beach Girls and the Monster.” He directed “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
1904 – Terence Fisher, directed “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and many more.
1883 – Victor Fleming, directed the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
1869 – Rita Carlyle, appeared in “The Vampire Bat” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 23
2019 – Katherine Helmond, appeared in “Locusts” and “Lady in White”
2015 – Ben Woolf, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Haunting Charles Manson,” “Unlucky Charms,” and “Insidious.”
2014 – Gene Witham, make-up for “Baby Blues,” “The Cursed [2010],” “Side Sho,” “The Return of Swamp Thing” and “Grizzly,”
2009 – Laurence Payne, appeared in the films “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “Vampire Circus” and “The Trollenberg Terror” a.k.a. “The Crawling Eye”.
1993 – Phillip Terry, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters,” “The Leech Woman” and “The Monster and the Girl.”
1976 – Dick Stockton, casting assistant for “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 23
The Bride and the Beast [1958]
Diary of a Manman [1963]
From Beyond the Grave 1974] – UK
The Horror of It All [1983] – TV Movie
Spontaneous Combustion [1990]
Teenage Exorcist [1991]
Carnosaur 2 [1995]
Mary Reilly [1996]
The Number 23 [2007]
Organizm [2008]
Zombie Strippers [2008] – Glasgow Film Festival
Death House [2017]
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FEBRUARY 24
BORN ON FEBRUARY 24
1980 – Brian Renner, actor in “Storm of the Dead,” “End,” “Zombies and Assholes (short),” “Vivid” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1967 – Jeff Marchelletta, appeared in “Forgotten Evil – TV Movie,” “Hollywood Vampyr,” “Exorcism,” “Sinister Minster – TV Movie” and the TV Series “Mohawk.”
1966 – Billy Zane, appeared in “Ghosts of War,” “The Ganzfeld Haunting,” “Memory,” “Critters,” “Dead Calm,” “ZK: Elephant’s Graveyard,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “Vlad,” “BloodRayne,” “The Ghost of Goodnight Lane” and more.
1962 – Teri Weigel, appeared in “Innocent Blood,” “Predator 2,” “Night Visitor” and “Bloody Pom Poms.”
1951 – Helen Shaver, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “The Craft,” “Tremors II: Aftershocks,” “The Believers” and more.
1949 – Evelyn Guerrero, actress in “The Toolbox Murders” and “Alligator II: The Mutation.”
1945 – Barry Bostwick, appeared in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Project: Metalbeast,” “3 From Hell,” “Tales of Halloween” and more.
1945 – Billy Boyle, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1942 – Celia Milius, actress in “Rattlers,” “Vampire at Midnight” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1938 – James Farentino, appeared in the film “Dead & Buried.”
1934 – 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.
1933 – Leslie Carlson, actor in “Deranged,” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Videodrome,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Spreading Ground,” as well as episodes of “War of the Worlds,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Haven” and “Bag of Bones.”
1932 – John Vernon, actor in “The Uncanny,” “Curtains,” “Blue Monkey,’ “Killer Klowns from Outer Space,” “Area 51” and episodes of “Tales from the Crypt,” “War of the Worlds,” “The Unforseen,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and more.
1921 – Abe Vigoda, appeared in “The Stuff,” “The Devil’s Daughter – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows” and Monsters.”
1919 – Rozelle Gayle, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and an episode of “Darkroom.”
1918 – Edward Joseph, production supervisor for “The House in Nightmare Park.”
1917 – 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.”
1908 – Albert Harris, appeared in the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
1900 – Katherine Sparks, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1884 – Max Barwyn, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 24
2023 – Walter Mirisch, producer for “The Maze,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “The Undead” and “Dracula [1979].”
2023 – Maurizio Costanzo, screenwriter for “The House With Laughing Windows” and “Revenge of the Dead.”
2023 – Juraj Jakubisko, director/writer for the TV Series “Frankenstein’s Aunt.”
2022 – Sally Kellerman, actress in “Hands of a Stranger,” “A Reflection of Fear,” “Doppelganger,” “Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance” as well as episodes in “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Ray Bradbury Theater” and “Deadtime Stories.”
2022 – Henry Lincoln, screenwriter for “The Crimson Cult.”
2022 – Lev Mailer, voiceover for “The Seventh Sign” and “Ed and His Dead Mother.”
2021 – Mary Ann Hearn, actress in “Grizzly.”
2021 – Ronald Pickup, actor in “Dark Floors, “End of Term,” The Hound of Baskervilles – TV Movie,” “Jekyll and Hyde – TV Movie” and “Evilenko.”
2021 – Erik Myers, appeared in “Presidents Day [2016].”
2020 – Diana Serra Cary, appeared in “The Return of Chandu.”
2020 – Ben Cooper, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1961]” and “Matinee Theatre [1956/7].”
2019 – Paul Blackwell, appeared in “Cut,” “Like Minds,” and “100 Bloody Acres”
2019 – Patricia Garwood, appeared in an episode of “Mystery and Imagination: The Lost Stradivarius”
2014 – Harold Ramis, actor/writer/director appeared in “Ghostbusters,” “Ghostbusters II,”TV Series “Extreme Ghostbusters” and many more.
2007 – Bruce Bennett, who appeared in “The Man with Nine Lives”, “Before I Hang”, “The Spook Speaks”, “The Cosmic Man”, “The Alligator People”.
2006 – Don Knotts, appeared in the film “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken”.
2006 – Dennis Weaver, starred in the TV Movie “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
2002 – Mel Stewart, actor in “Dead Heat” and “Bride of Re-Animator.”
1998 – Milicent Patrick designed the look of the “Gill man” in “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
1967 – Franz Waxman, composer of music for such films as “The Bride of Frankenstein”, “The Invisible Ray”, “The Devil-Doll”, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 24
Necromancer [1988] – Italy
The Toxic Avenger Part II [1989] – DVD premiere
Frostbitten [2006]
VooDoo [2017]
Invitation [2003] – AFM premiere
Red Sands [2009] – Italy
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