MARCH 1

BORN ON MARCH 1

1986 – Greg Edwards, production assistant for “Insanitarium,” “The Uninvited [2008]” and “Zombie Strippers!”

1981 – Zach Cregger, director/writer of “Barbarian.”

1978 – Jensen Ackles, starred in the films “My Bloody Valentine [2009],” “Devour” and the TV series “Supernatural.”

1974 – Marcus Proctor, appeared in “The Museum (short),” “Zombie Ed,” “Feed Me,” “Hackin’ Jack vs. the Chainsaw Chick 3D” and “Zombie Strippers!”

1973 – Jack Davenport, appeared in “Tale of the Mummy,” “The Bunker,” “The Wyvern Mystery” and episodes of the TV Series “Ultraviolet.”

1971 – Cara Buono, appeared in “Cthulhu,” “Let Me In” and episodes of “Stranger Things.

1969 – Javier Bardem, appeared in “Perdita Durango” and “Mother!”

1966 – Zack Snyder, directed “Army of the Dead” and “Dawn of the Dead [2004].”

1956 – Timothy Daly, appeared in “Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hyde,” “Spellbinder,” “The Skeptic” and the TV movie “Storm of the Century.”

1954 – Catherine Bach, starred in “Criminal Act” and “Book of Fire.”

1954 –Ron Howard, produced “The ‘Burbs,” starred in the TV Movie “Locusts” and appeared in the “Twilight Zone” episode “Walking Distance.”

1954 – Peter Spellos, actor in “Sorority House Massacre II,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “Possessed By the Night,” “Night Shade,” “Thirteen Erotic Ghosts,” “Glass Trap” and more.

1952 – Victoria Johnson, appeared in “Grizzly.”

1947 – Bennah Burton-Burtt, crew/assistant for “Tourist Trap,” “Parasite,” “Ghoulies,” “Troll,” “Crawlspace,” “From Beyond,” “Ghoulies II,” “Puppet Master II,” “Subspecies,” “Demonic Toys,” “Hell Asylum,” “Killjoy,” “Demonicus,” “Prison of the Dead,” “The Creeps,” “Decadent Evil” and more.

1945 – Dirk Benedict, starred in the film “Sssssss” and “Demon Keeper.”

1942 – Dennis Lipscomb, starred in “Eyes of Fire,” “The First Power,” “Retribution” and “The Force.”

1942 – Lóránt Horváth, production manager for “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”

1939 – Roberto Bisacco, appeared in “Torso.”

1934 – Joan Hackett, appeared in the TV Movies “The Terminal Man,” “Lights Out,” “Dead of Night,” “The Possessed” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

2023 – Harry Belafonte, soundtrack for “Beetlejuice.”

1922 – William M. Gaines, publisher of the EC line of comics which included “Tales from the Crypt” and “Vault of Horror.”

1918 – Roger Delgado, appeared in “The Mummy’s Shroud” and “Terror of the Tongs”.

1910 – David Niven, starred in “Old Dracula” and “Eye of the Devil.”

1885 – Lionel Atwill, appeared in “The Hound of Baskervilles [1939],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Dr. X,” “Mark of the Vampire,” “House of Dracula,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “Son of Frankenstein” and more.

1885 – William Solder, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”

DIED ON MARCH 1

2023 – Irma Serrano, actress in “Santo vs. the Zombies” and “Lovers of the Lord of the Night.”

2023 – Ted Donaldson, appeared in 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”

2022 – Conrad Janis, actor in “Addams Family Reunion,” “Maneater,” “Bad Blood” and an episode of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”

2022 – Kendrew Lascelles, appeared in “The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: Death Is a Bad Trip.”

2021 – Ejaz Durrani, appeared in “Deewana.”

2021 – Jahmil French, appeared in the horror Short “Detention” and the TV Movie “The Night Before Halloween.”

2021 – Michael Gudinski, producer for “Cut [2000],” “Wolf Creek,” “Storm Warning,” “Boys in the Trees,” “Killing Ground” and the TV Series “The Gloaming.”

2021 – Enrique San Francisco, appeared in “The Crimes of Petiot.”

2019 – Phaedon (Faidon) Georgitsis, appeared in “He and She.”

2015 – Daniel von Bargen, appeared in “The Faculty,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “Lord of Illusions,” “The Silence of the Lambs” and more.

2007 – Eddie Firestone, appeared in the film “Invisible Strangler” and numerous TV shows such as “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

2006 – Peter Sykes, director for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The House in Nightmare Park” and “To the Devil a Daughter.”

1984 – Jackie Coogan, best known for his role as “Uncle Fester” on the TV series “The Addams Family” and also appeared in “The Prey [1983],” “Mesa of Lost Women,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hype” and more.

1984 – Roland Culver, actor in “Dead of Night [1945],” “Fragment of Fear,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “The Uncanny” and 2 episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected.”

1983 – Steve Carruthers, had uncredited rolls in “She Devil,” “House of Wax [1953],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “Them!,” TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

1980 – Catherine Finn, actress in “The Deadly Bees,” “Torture Garden,” “Journey Into Darkness” and “The Creeping Flesh.”

1962 – Roscoe Ates, appeared in “Freaks,” “King Kong” and “Inner Sanctum.”

1943 – Tim Souster, composer for “Slugs” and the TV Mini-Series “The Green Man.”

1937 – DeWitt Jennings, actor in “Seven Footprints to Satan,” “The Bat Whispers” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 1

Murders in the Zoo [1933] – USA [premier]

The Walking Dead [1936]
Voodoo Woman [1957]

The Baby [1973]
Laserblast [1978]
Revenge of Bigfoot [1979]
The Demon [1979] – video premier

Crypt of the Living Dead [1973]

The Baby [1973] – San Antonio

Blood for Dracula [1974]

Oasis of the Zombies [1982] – Spain

Haunting Fear [1990]

Xtro II: The Second Encounter [1991]

Skeleton Man [2004] – TV Movie – Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain [2003]

Deadly Culture [2007]
Zombie Town: The Movie [2009]

The Afflicted [2011]

Sanitarium [2013] – Miami International Film Festival

Zoombies [2016]

Retrieval Service [2017]

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MARCH 2

BORN ON MARCH 2

1980 – Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, starred in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “The ABCs of Death” and “Chernobyl Diaries.”

1975 – Lee Sun-kyun, actor in “R-Point,” “Project Silence” and “Sleep.”

1974 – Lorenzo Senatore, camera operator for “Silent Warnings,” “Deep Shock,” “Dark Waters,” “Boa vs. Python,” “Return to House on Haunted Hill,” “Arachonoquake,” “Lake Placid 2,” “Asylum” and more.

1968 – Daniel Craig, starred in “Knives Out,” “Glass Onion” as well as appearing in episodes of various TV Series including “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Hunger” and “Shockers.”

1964 – Karl Zinny, appeared in “Demons [1985],” “Delirium,” “Opera” and an episode of “Brivido giallo.”

1964 – Philip Granger, actor in “Bad Dreams,” “To Die For,” “Untold,” “The Barber,” “Deadly Visions,” “Nightmare at the End of the Hall,” “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” “Toxin,” “Comforting Skin” and more.

1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, starred in the films “Vampires: Los Muertos,” “Cry Wolf” and did the soundtrack for the pilot of the TV Show “Scream Queens.”

1955 – William Hope, appeared in “Aliens,” “Scanners,” “Hellbound: Hellraiser II,” “Autopsy,” “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Spiders,” “Slumber,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2022]” as well as voiced video games.

1951 – Cassie Yates, appeared in The Evil” and the TV movie “The Haunted.”

1944 – Katherine Crawford, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1943 – Peter Straub, author of the novels “Ghost Story,” “Julia,” “The Talisman” and its sequel “The Blackhouse,” the former two both co-written with Stephen King.

1941 – Jon Finch, starred in “Vampire Lovers,” “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “Frenzy.”

1937 – Héctor Bidonde, actor in “The Appeared [2007].”

1937 – BarBara Luna, appeared in “The Outer Limits – Episode: It Crawled Out of the Woodwork.”

1886 –Willis H. O’Brien did the special and visual effects for “The Lost World – both [1925] and [1960] versions, “King Kong [1933],” “Mighty Joe Young [1949]” and “The Giant Behemoth.”

1882 – Wallis Clark, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Lady and the Monster.”

DIED ON MARCH 2

2022 – Alan Ladd Jr., producer for “Tam Lin,” “The Nightcomers,” additional crew for “Death Line,” “Race with the Devil, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “The Omen [1976],” “Suspiria [1977],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Fury,” “Magic,” “Alien,” “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Dead of Winter,” “Poltergeist III” and “The Vagrant.”

2022 – Johnny Brown, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “Monster Squad.”

2021 – Gil Rogers, appeared in “The Children” and “Luther the Geek.”

2010 – John Clifford, wrote the screenplay for the original “Carnival of Souls”.

2004 – Mercedes McCambridge, provided the voice of the demon “Pazuzu” in “The Exorcist.”

2003 – Fred Freiberger, screenwriter for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” and “Beginning of the End.”

2003 – Malcolm Williamson, composer for “The Brides of Dracula,” “Crescendo,” “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “Nothing But the Night.”

2001 – Peggy Converse, co-starred in “The Thing That Couldn’t Die”.

1992 – Sandy Dennis, co-starred in “God Told Me To,” “976-Evil” and the TV movie “Something Evil.”

1987 – Randolph Scott, appeared in “Island of Lost Souls” and “Murders in the Zoo.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 2

Dante’s Inferno [1911]

King Kong [1933] – NYC – premiere

Lost Horizon [1937] – San Francisco  – premiere

Blood Bath [1966]

Queen of Blood [1966]
The Vampire 1968

Wizards 1977
Repo Man 1984
Ghoulies 1985
Basket Case 2 [1990] – NYC

Dance with A Vampire [2006]
Zodiac [2007]
Blood Red Moon [2010]

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