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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JANUARY 1
David J. Skal
June 21, 1952 – January 1, 2024
Author:
Dark Carnival (1995)
Something in the Blood (2016)
V Is for Vampire (1996)
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (2001)
Vampires: Encounters With The Undead (2001)
Hollywood Gothic (2004)
Romancing the Vampire : From Past to Present (2009)
Fright Favorites (2020)
and many more….
Director/Producer/Writer:
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of ‘The Wolf Man’ [1999]
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed [1999]
She’s Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein [1999]
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster [2002]
Mickey Cottrell
November 4, 1944 – January 1, 2024
Actor:
Terrified [1995]
Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire (1995) – Video Game
Hellraiser: Bloodline [1996]
Home the Horror Story [2000]
The Burkittsville 7 [2000] – TV Movie
Publicist:
Deal Calm [1989]
James Herbert Brennan (J.H. Brennan)
July 5, 1940 – January 1, 2024
Author:
Horror Classic Gamebooks
The Curse of Frankenstein (1986)
Dracula’s Castle (1986)
René Verzier
1934 – January 1, 2024
Cinematographer:
The Possession of Virginia [1972]
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane [1976]
Rabid [1977]
Rituals [1977]
Death Ship [1980]
Deadly Eyes [1982]
Visiting Hours [1982]
Of Unknown Origin [1983]
The Vindicator [1986]
JANUARY 2
Peter Berkos
August 15, 1922 – January 2, 2024
Sound Editor/Effects:
The Creature Walks Among Us [1956]
Nightmares [1983]
Harry Johnson
December 27, 1942 – January 2, 2024
Actor:
Bad Dreams [1988]
Warlock [1989]
ADR Voice:
Bird Box [2018]
JANUARY 3
Germana Dominici
December 1, 1946 – January 3, 2024
Actress:
Black Sunday [1960]
Voice Dubbing:
Baron Blood [1972]
Five Women for the Killer [1974]
The Hand That Feeds the Dead [1974]
Eyeball [1975]
Strip Nude for Your Killer [1975]
Dog Lay Afternoon [1976]
Werewolf Woman [1976]
Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes [1977]
Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals [1977]
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World [1978]
Play Motel [1979]
The Black Cat [1981]
The New York Ripper [1982]
The Scorpion with Two Tails [1982]
JANUARY 4
Christian Oliver
March 3, 1972 – January 4, 2024
Producer:
The Outer Wild [2018]
Wrong Turn [2021]
Actor:
Ninja Apocalypse [2014]
C.L.A.W. [2018] – Short
Animal Among Us [2019] – Producer
I Am Fear [2020]
Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction [1997] – 2 episodes
Georgina Hale
August 4, 1943 – January 4, 2024
Actress:
Hammer House of Horror – Episode: The Mark of Satan [1980]
The Watcher in the Woods [1980]
Beyond Bedlam [1994]
Emmerdale Farm [2006] – 4 episodes
Cockneys vs Zombies [2012]
Glynis Johns
October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024
Actress:
The Cabinet of Caligari [1962]
The Vault of Horror [1973]
Three Dangerous Ladies [1977]
Mrs. Amworth [1978] – Short
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School [1988]
David Soul
August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024
Actor:
Circle of Fear – Episode: The Phantom of Herald Square [1973]
Salem’s Lot [1979] – TV Mini Series
The Hitchhiker – Episode: Renaissance [1989]
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive [1992] – TV Movie
Tracy Tormé
April 12, 1959 – January 4, 2024
Writer:
Spellbinder [1988]
Intruders [1992] – 2 episodes
The Outer Limits [1998-2002] – 3 episodes
JANUARY 5
Pat McNamara
July 22, 1933 – January 5, 2024
Actor:
Dark Shadows [1966] – 2 episodes
The Silence of the Lambs [1991]
JANUARY 6
Sarah Rice
March 5, 1955 – January 6, 2024
Actress:
Sweeney Todd [1979] (original Johanna) – Broadway
Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Phantom of the Opera – Montreal
JANUARY 8
Gianfranco Reverberi
December 12, 1934 – January 8, 2024
Soundtrack:
Captivity [2007]
Composer:
A Black Veil for Lisa [1968]
Delirium [1972]
The Reincarnation of Isabel [1973]
Guy Bonnet
August 8, 1945 – January 8, 2024
Composer:
Seven Women for Satan [1976]
Adan Canto
December 5, 1981 – January 8, 2024
The Following [2013] – 10 episodes
The Devil Below [2021]
JANUARY 9
James Kottak – Drummer for Scorpions
December 26, 1962 – January 9, 2024
Soundtrack:
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse [2015] – “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
JANUARY 10
Conrad E. Palmisano
May 1, 1948 – January 10, 2023
Stunts:
Werewolves on Wheels [1971]
Ants! [1977]
The Incredible Melting Man [1977]
Jennifer [1978]
Piranha [1978]
The Amityville Horror [1979]
Alligator [1980]
Fade to Black [1980]
The Howling [1981]
Christine [1983]
Jason Goes to Hell [1993]
Second Unit Director:
Red Dragon [2002]
Disturbia [2007]
Tisa Farrow
July 22, 1951 – January 10, 2024
Actress:
The Initiation of Sarah [1978] – TV Movie
Zombie [1979]
The Grim Reaper [1980]
Peter Crombie
June 26, 1952 – January 10, 2024
Actor:
The Blob [1988]
Se7en [1995]
House of Frankenstein [1997] – 2 Episodes
Janusz Majewski
August 5, 1931 – January 10, 2024
Director:
Boarded Window [1971] – TV Movie – Writer
Markheim [1972] – TV Short – Writer
Theatre Macabre – 3 episodes
The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether [1972] – TV Movie – Writer
JANUARY 11
Lynne Marta
October 30, 1945 – January 11, 2024
Actress:
Help Me… I’m Possessed [1974]
Blood Beach [1980]
The First Power [1990]
April Ferry
October 31, 1932 – January 11, 2024
Costume Designer:
Poltergeist II: The Other Side [1986]
Child’s Play [1988]
Leviathan [1989]
Wardrobe Consultant:
Hemlock Grove – Episode: Jellyfish in the sky [2013]
Michael I. Levy
? – January 11, 2024
Producer:
The Vindicator [1986]
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! [1988]
JANUARY 13
Joyce Randolph
October 21, 1924 – January 13, 2024
Actress:
The Honeymooners – Episode: Halloween Party
JANUARY 14
Elisabeth Trissenaar
April 13, 1944 – January 14, 2024
Actress:
No Sky Limit with Africa [2004] – TV Movie
Mo Henry
1956 – January 14, 2024
Editorial Department/Negative Cutter:
Jaws [1975]
Dracula: Dead and Loving It [1995]
From Dusk Till Dawn [1996]
Anaconda [1997]
I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer [1998]
The Faculty [1998]
The Devil’s Advocate [1997]
Wild Things [1998]
Deep Blue Sea [1999]
Idle Hands [1999]
The Sixth Sense [1999]
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 [2000]
Hollow Man [2000]
.com for Murder [2002]
Below [2002]
Eight Legged Freaks [2002]
Ghost Ship [2002]
Queen of the Damned [2002]
Anima [2003] – Short
Dreamcatcher [2003]
Freddy vs. Jason [2003]
Gothika [2003]
Exorcist: The Beginning [2004]
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed [2004]
A Sound of Thunder [2005]
Constantine [2005]
House of Wax [2005]
The Amityville Horror [2005]
Wolf Creek [2005]
Bug [2006]
Lady in the Water [2006]
Pulse [2006]
Ghost Rider [2007]
I Am Legend [2007]
The Reaping [2007]
Zombieland [2009]
6 Souls [2010]
Let Me In [2010]
The Crazies [2010]
Red Riding Hood [2011]
Escape from Tomorrow [2013]
JANUARY 15
Charmian Eyre
February 22, 1927 – January 15, 2024
Actress:
Corridors of Blood [1958]
Dana Ghia
July 13, 1932 – January 15, 2024
Actress:
Smile Before Death [1972]
Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes [1973]
Together Forever [1975]
Nine Guests for a Crime [1977]
JANUARY 16
Laurie Johnson
February 7, 1927 – January 16, 2024
Composer:
And Soon the Darkness [1970]
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter [1974]
The Wide World of Mystery [1973-1975] – 2 episodes
Thriller [1973-1976] – 41 episodes
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive [1987]
David Gail
February 27, 1965 – January 16, 2024
Actor:
Full Eclipse [1993] – TV Movie
The Belly of the Beast [2008]
José Lifante
June 3, 1943 – January 16, 2024
Actor:
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974]
Night of the Walking Dead [1975]
The Killer of Dolls [1975]
Beatriz [1976]
Devil’s Kiss [1976]
Scarab [1983]
Beaks: The Movie [1987]
Dagon [2001]
Living and Dead [2011] – Short
Vampire Horror Tales [2020]
Torsten Wahlund
February 10, 1938 – February 16. 2024
Actor:
Blood Tracks [1985]
JANUARY 17
Benedict Fitzgerald
March 9, 1949 – January 17, 2024
Producer:
Evil [2019] – 7 episodes
Nancy Green-Keyes
? – January 17, 2024
Casting Director:
Freddy vs. Jason [2003]
Serge Laprade
January 13, 1941 – January 17, 2024
Actor:
Cul-de-Sac [2008]
JANUARY 18
Slim Pezin
October 25, 1945 – January 18, 2024
Music Department:
Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre (2001)
JANUARY 19
Héctor Bidonde
March 2, 1937 – January 19, 2024
Actor:
The Appeared [2007]
JANUARY 20
David Emge
September 9, 1946 – January 20, 2024
Actor:
Dawn of the Dead [1978]
Basket Case 2 [1990]
Hellmaster [1992]
Ann Edwards
August 20, 1927 – January 20, 2024
Script and Continuity Department:
Crucible of Horror [1971]
Crucible of Terror [1971]
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1978]
The Keep [1983]
Scream for Help [1984]
Haunted [1995]
JANUARY 22
Gary Graham
June 6, 1950 – January 22, 2024
Actor:
No Place to Hide [1981] – TV Movie
The Presence [1992] – TV Movie
Necronomicon: Book of Dead [1993]
Universal Dead [2010] – 3 episodes
Demon Protocol [2018]
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn [2022]
Eleanor Fazan
May 29, 1930 – January 22, 2024
Choreographer:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1973]
JANUARY 23
Margaret Riley
December 9, 1965 – January 23, 2024
Producer:
Haunted – Episode: Pilot [2002]
Ratched [2020] – 8 episodes
JANUARY 24
Rod Holcomb
May 28, 1943 – January 24, 2024
Director:
Midnight Offerings [1981] – TV Movie
Scene of the Crime – Episode: Pilot [1984]
Stillwatch [1987]
Invasion – Episode: Fish Story [2005]
Moonlight – Episode: Unaired Pilot [2007]
Moonlight – Episode: No Such Thing As Vampires [2007]
Producer:
Moonlight [2007-2008] – TV Series – 12 episodes
JANUARY 25
Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward
August 21, 1938 – January 25, 2024
Actor:
Deliverance [1972]
JANUARY 26
Conrad Chase
June 9, 1965 – January 26, 2024
Stunts:
The Lost [2009] – TV Movie
JANUARY 27
Enrique Liporace
June 10, 1941 – January 27, 2024
Actor:
Drácula [1999] – TV Mini Series
Death Knows Your Name [2007]
Dying God [2008]
JANUARY 29
Jandira Martini
July 10, 1945 – January 29, 2024
Actress:
The Phantom of the Opera [1991] – TV Mini Series
JANUARY 30
Chita Rivera
January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024
Actress:
The Outer Limits – Episode: The Bellero Shield [1964]
Hinton Battle
November 29, 1956 – January 30, 2024
Actor:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – episode: Once More, with Feeling [2001]
JANUARY 31
Rick Boland
1954 – January 31, 2024
Actor:
Behind the Wall [2007]