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]