MARCH 3
BORN ON MARCH 3
1987 – Kennedy Summers, appeared in “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich.”
1982 – Jessica Biel, starred “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003],” “The Illusionist,” “Blade: Trinity” and “The Tall Man.”
1982 – Mercedes Mason, appeared in the TV Series “Fear the Walking Dead,” “666 Park Avenue” and movies “Quarantine 2: Terminal” and “Red Sands.”
1980 – Katherine Waterston, starred in “Alien: Covenant” and “The Innkeepers.”
1973 – Matthew Narsden, appeared in “Tamara” and “Resident Evil: Extinction.”
1970 – Julie Bowen, appeared in “An American Werewolf in Paris” and did the voice in an episode of “Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated.”
1966 – Hope Marie Carlton, appeared in “The Stand – TV Mini-Series,” “Ghoulies Go to College,” “Slumber Party Massacre III,” “Savage Beach,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” “Slaughterhouse Rock” and more.
1965 – Eric DaRe, starred in “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,” “Ted Bundy,” “Critters 4,” “The Blob [1988],” “Zombie High,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!” and more.
1964 – Laura Harring, co-starred in the 2003 remake of “Willard.”
1955 – Gloria Charles, actress in “Friday the 13th: Part 3” as well the voice in Friday the 13th The Game.”
1953 – Jeffrey M. Hayes, producer for “The Fury Within,” “Heat Stroke,” “Chasing the Devil,” The Happytime Murders,” the TV Movies “Cruise Into Terror,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor,” “The Fury Within,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000],” “Curse of the Talisman,” “Salem’s Lot” and more.
1939 – Robert Shaye, Founder/CEO/producer for New Line Cinema which made the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films.
1932 – Richard Liberty, starred in “Day of the Dead” as well as appeared in “The Crazies [1973]” and “The Final Countdown.”
1931 – 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.”
1920 – James Doohan, actor in “Bug Buster,” “Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Tomorrow,” “The Outer Limits,” and “The Unforseen.”
1911 – Beatrice Gray, appeared in “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff.”
1900 – Ruby Dandridge, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Black Moon” and an episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
1888 – Olaf Hytten, appeared in “The House of Secrets,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Lodger,” “House of Frankenstein,” “She-Wolf of London,” “The Son of Dr. Jekyll” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge.”
DIED ON MARCH 3
2023 – Tom Sizemore, actor in “The Relic,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Bottom Feeder,” “Paranormal Movie [2013],” “The Intruders,” “Halloweed,” “Black Wake,” “The Litch,” “Amber Road,” “Hell Girl,” “Impuratus,” “Night of the Tommyknockers” and many more.”
2023 – Christopher Fowler, writer for the shorts “Left Hand Drive” and “On Edge.”
2023 – Sara Lane, actress in “I Saw What You Did” and “Schoolgirls in Chains.”
2023 – Anna Wunderlich, production designer for “Demon [2015]” and “Werewolf [2018].”
2022 – Bill Williams, casting director for “Cannibal Holocaust,” “The Prowler,” “Slugs,” “Superstition 2” and “There’s Nothing Out There.”
2022 – Tim Considine, actor in the TV Movie “Frankenfish.”
2022 – Angela Crow, actress in “X the Unknown,” “The Shadow of the Cat” and Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Episode: The Black Cat.”
2021 – William P. Cartlidge, assistant director for “Dr. Crippen,” “The Evil of Frankenstein,” “The Reptile,” “Fragment of Fear,” “Phase IV” and producer for “Haunted [1995].”
2021 – Nicola Pagett, appeared in the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story” and the short “The Cottage.”
2020 – Nicholas Tucci, appeared in “You’re Next,” “Most Beautiful Island,” “The House on Pumpkin Drive,” “Ten Minutes to Midnight,” “Come Home” and more.
2020 – James Patrick Otis, actor in “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2,” “Inhabited,” the TV Movie “Nite Tales: The Movie” and an episode of “Supernatural.”
2020 – Roscoe Conklin Born, appeared in “End of the World.”
2020 – Božidar Alić, appeared in “Infection” and an episode of “Tales of Mystery and Imagination Episode: Berenice.”
2018 – David Ogden Stiers, appeared in “Magic [1978],” TV Movie “The Bad Seed [1985],” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Ray Bradbury Theater,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy” and “The Outer Limits.”
He was famous for playing Charles Winchester III on M*A*S*H* – check out a clip from this Halloween episode:
2012 – Leonardo Cimino, appeared in “The Hunger – TV Series,” “The Seventh Sign,” “Amityville II: The Possession,” but will be remembered as the “scary German guy” in “The Monster Squad.”
2007 – Phil Chong, stuntman in “Candyman [1992],” “Blade,” “The Live,” “Predator 2,” “Waxwork,” “Hysterical” and more.
2003 – Horst Buchholz, appeared in the TV Movies “Dead of Night” and “The Savage Bees.”
2001 – Louis Edmonds, who played “Roger Collins” on the original “Dark Shadows”.
1999 – Lee Philips, directed the TV Movies “The Spell,” “The Stranger Within,” appeared in “Violent Midnight,” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “One Step Beyond.”
1975 – Therese Giehse, appeared in “Black Moon.”
1966 – William Frawley, appeared in the film “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
1966 – William Wilkerson, appeared in “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla” and “Dr. Cyclops.”
1959 – Lou Costello, met such monsters as, “The Mummy,” “The Invisible Man,” “Frankenstein,” “The Wolf Man,” “Dracula,” “The Killer Boris Karloff,” “Hold That Ghost,” and many others..
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 3
The Mysterious Doctor [1943]
Curse of the Cat People [1944] – video premiere
The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945]
The Giant Behemoth [1959]
The Human Duplicators [1965]
Fear No Evil [1969] – TV Movie
The Toolbox Murders [1978]
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive [1992] – TV Movie
Shrieker [1998] – Cinquest Film & VR Festival
Hideaway [1995]
The Mangler [1995]
Audition [1999]
Hi-Death [2018]
Seeds [2018]
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MARCH 4
BORN ON MARCH 4
1988 – Joshua Bowman, appeared in “Night Wolf” and “Prowl.”
1986 – Margo Harshman, appeared in “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “Simon Says,” “Toxin,” “From Within” and “Sorority Row”.
1976 – Craig Welzbacher, appeared in episodes of TV Series “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Purge.”
1973 – Len Wiseman, writer, producer, or director of “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Underworld: Awakening” and the TV Series “Sleepy Hollow.”
1969 – Chaz Bono, appeared in “3 From Hell,” “Reborn” and episodes of “American Horror Story [2011].”
1965 – Paul W.S. Anderson, wrote, directed and /or produced the films “Pandorum,” “Resident Evil,” “Event Horizon,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Resident Evil: Retribution” and “Alien vs Predator.”
1963 –Daniel Roebuck, produced/directed and starred in “Halloween…The Happy Haunting of America,” appeared in “Final Destination,” “Bubba Ho-tep,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Halloween II [2009]” and provided the voice of “Morris Green” in Zombie’s animated film “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1957 – Mykelti Williamson, appeared in “Final Destination,” “The Purge: Election Year,” “Don’t Let Go,” “Species II,” “Thriller,” “The First Power” and “Hollows Grove.”
1954 – Catherine O’Hara, starred in “Beetlejuice” and did the voice of “Sally” in the film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” the voice of “the mom” in “Monster House.”
1953 – Kay Lenz, appeared in “The Initiation of Sarah,” “House” and “Headhunter”.
1947 – Gunnar Hansen, played the original “Leatherface” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974]” also appeared in “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers,” “Chainsaw Sally,” “Murder-Set Pieces,” “Death House,” “Brutal Massacre: A Comedy” and more.
1940 – Dwayne McLean, stunts for “Prom Night [1980],” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “American Nightmare,” “The Fly [1986],” “Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II,” “Prom Night III: The Last Kiss,” “Body Parts,” “Urban Legend,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “Silent Hill,” “Survival of the Dead” and many more.
1939 – Paula Prentiss, appeared “The Stepford Wives [1975],” “Saturday the 14th,” and in the pilot for the proposed TV series, “Mr. and Mrs. Dracula.”
1935 – Américo Coimbra, appeared in “Succubus” and “The 5 Warnings of Satan.”
1934 – Anne Haney, appeared in “Psycho [1998],” “Impulse,” “The Bad Seed [1985]” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
1927 – Thayer David, who played the role of “Ben Stokes” on the daytime soap opera “Dark Shadows.” He also appeared in the films “The Werewolf of Washington.”
1922 – Martha O’Driscoll, appeared in the films “Ghost Chasers” and “House of Dracula.”
1916 – William Alland, produced the films “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Deadly Mantis,” “The Black Castle” and “Tarantula” and more.
1914 – Robert Bice, actor in “The Ghost and the Guest,” “The Snow Creature,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and an episode of “Jungle Jim.”
1907 – Edgar Barrier, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Giant Claw.”
1899 – Victor A. Gangelin, set decorator for “The Mummy’s Curse,” “The Magnetic Monster,” “Gog” and “Diary of a Madman.”
1884 – Lee Shumway, actor in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Face Behind the Mask.”
DIED ON MARCH 4
2023 – Sueli Costa, soundtrack for “Edge of Desire – TV Series – “Altos e Baixos” – song.”
2022 – Mitchell Ryan, actor in “A Reflection of Fear,” “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” episodes of the TV Series “Way Out” and Dark Shadows.”
2021 – Tony Hendra, writer for “Mama Dracula.”
2019 – Luke Perry, appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The Final Storm,” “Silent Venom,” “The Night of the Headless Horseman – TV Movie” and an episode of “Night Visions.”
2015 – Jill Carpenter, makeup artist for “The Skull,” “The Deadly Bees,” “Theatre of Death,” “Vampire Circus,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Son of Dracula” and “The Watcher in the Woods.”
2012 – Joan Taylor, starred in “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “20 Million Miles to Earth”.
2009 – Steve Hutsko, who played the camera man to reporter “Chilly Billy” Cardille “Night of the Living Dead [1968].”
2008 – Robert Bruning, producer for the TV Movies “13 Gantry Row,” “The Night Nurse” and “The Death Train.”
2007 – Cynthia Brannon, who did the stunts in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984]” and “The Terminator [1984].”
1999 – Del Close, appeared “The Blob [1988]” “Beware! The Blob” and “Mommy’s Day.”
1994 – John Candy, appeared in “Little Shop of Horrors” and “The Clown Murders.”
1981 – Torin Thatcher, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968]” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “One Step Beyond.”
1852 – Nikolay Gogol, writer/story for “Black Sunday,” “A Holy Place,” “Viy,” “Vedma,” “Fern Flower” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 4
Nosferatu [1922] – Germany
From Beyond the Grave [1974] – NYC
To the Devil a Daughter [1976] – UK
The New York Ripper [1982]
Curtains [1983]
Prison [1987] – NYC
Pulse [1988]
That Little Monster [1994]
The Bog Creatures [2003]
Ringu 2003
Night of the Chupacabra [2005]
Terrible Things [2010]
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MARCH 5
BORN ON MARCH 5
1982 – Tania Saulnier, actress in “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Slither,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series” and the TV Movie “The Darklings.”
1979 – Riki Lindhome, appeared in “The Wolf of Snow Hollow,” “Black Christmas [2019],” “Knives Out,” “Hell Baby,” “Fun Size,” “The Last House on the Left [2009],” “Pulse”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series]” and more.
1974 – Eva Mendes, starred in “The Spirit,” “Ghost Rider” and “Urban Legends: Final Cut.”
1969 – David Palffy, appeared in “House of the Dead,” “Bloodsuckers,” “Caved In,” as well as episodes of “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Millenium,” “The New Addams Family,” “The Crow: Stairway to Heaven” and “Blade: The Series.”
1969 – Paul Blackthorne, appeared in the TV Series “The River,” “Warehouse 13,” “The Gates” and more.
1969 – Rolfe Kanefsky, writer and director of “There’s Nothing Out There,” “Dead Scared,” “Corpses” and “Nightmare Man.”
1968 – John Fawcett, writer and director of “Bitten – TV Series,” “Lost Girl – TV Series,” “The Secret Circle – TV Series,” “Blade: The Series,” “Miracles – TV Series,” “The Dark” and “Ginger Snaps.”
1939 – Samantha Eggar, appeared in “The Uncanny,” “The Brood, “Demoniod,” and “The Astronaut’s Wife.”
1938 – James Wainwright, appeared in the TV movies, “Killdozer” and the TV series “Beyond Westworld.”
1938 – Fred Williamson, appeared in “From Dusk Til Dawn,” “VFW,” “Revamped,” “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror” and more.
1936 – Dean Stockwell, starred in “The Dunwich Horror,” “The Werewolf of Washington,” the TV movie “The Langoliers” and “Quantum Leap – Episode: Blood Moon.”
1936 – Dawn Richard, appeared in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.”
1934 – James B. Sikking, appeared in the films “The Strangler” and “The Terminal Man”.
1927 – Jack Cassidy, who played the title role in the TV movie “The Phantom of Hollywood.”
1924 – Harvey Bernhard, producer for “The Omen [1976],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Final Conflict,” “The Beast Within,” “The Lost Boys” and “Omen IV: The Awakening.”
1920 – Luis Induni, actor in “The Horrible Sexy Vampire,” “Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “Night of the Howling Beast,” “Exorcism,” “The House by the Edge of the Lake” and more.
1920 – Victor Guarnier, sound effects editor for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within” and “Bad Ronald.”
1910 – Mildred Gusse, casting supervisor for TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” “Locusts,” and casting director for 24 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1894 – Henry Daniell, starred in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake” and “The Body Snatcher.”
DIED ON MARCH 5
2023 – Gary Rossington, founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, soundtrack for “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Halloween II [2009].”
2023 – Bob Goody, appeared in “Gentlemen Don’t Eat Poets,” “Lighthouse [1999],” “The Great Ghost Rescue” and was a mime artist in “Lifeforce.”
2023 – Qavi Khan, actor in “Pari.”
2022 – Lynda Baron, actress in “Hands of the Ripper.”
2022 – Luz Fernandez, actress in “Feng Shui,” “Sundo” and “T2.”
2021 – David Bailie, appeared in “Son of Dracula,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The House that Jack Built” and “In the Trap.”
2019 – Susan Harrison, appeared in an episode of “Matinee Theatre” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2019 – Abraham Stavans, appeared in “House of Madness,” and “Morgana.”
2010 – Charles B. Pierce, directed “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”
2008 – Steve Oliver, appeared in “The Bloody Slaying of Sarah Ridelander,” “Werewolves on Wheels” and “Motorpsycho!”
2007 – Denny Harris, writer/director of “Silent Scream.”
2004 – Walt Gorney, played “Crazy Ralph” in “Friday the 13th [1980]” and “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981].” Also, narrator for the opening of “Friday the 13th: Part VIII,” and co-starred in “Day of the Animals” and “King Kong [1976].”
1999 – Richard Kiley, appeared in the pilot of the TV series “Night Gallery” segment entitled “Escape Route.”
1998 – Donald Woods, appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Dimension 5″ and the “13 Ghosts [1960].”
1996 – Whit Bissell, starred in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” and “Monster on Campus.”
1991 – Ian McLellan Hunter, writer for “The Amazing Mr. X” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1985 – Thomas Little, set decorator for “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1939],” “The Gorilla,” “Whispering Ghosts,” “The Undying Monsters,” “The Lodger” and more.
1984 – Henry Wilcoxon, appeared in “Sweet Sixteen.”
1957 – William Cameron Menzies, director of “Things to Come,” “Invaders from Mars” and “The Maze [1953].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 5
The Ghost Train [1941]
The Ape Man [1943]
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man [1943]
Creature From the Black Lagoon [1954]
Cthulhu Mansion [1992 ] – USA video premier
Severed [2002]
Mansquito [2005]
The Hitchhiker [2007]
The Scream [2009]
Red State [2011] – NYC
30 Miles from Nowhere [2018]
Discarnate [2018]
The Night Sitter [2018] – Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
Dreamcatcher [2021]
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MARCH 6
BORN ON MARCH 6
2001 – Aryana Engineer, co-starred in “The Orphan.”
1995 – Rosie Day, appeared in “Down a Dark Hall,” “The Covenant,” “Baby,” “Peripheral,” “Howl” and “The Seasoning House.”
1981 – Ellen Muth, starred in “Dolores Claiborne” and the TV series “Dead Like Me.”
1974 – Sebastian Siegel, actor in “The Funhouse Massacre” and “The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.”
1970 – Shane Brolly, starred in “Underworld,” “Underworld Evolution” and “Room 6.”
1969 – Randy R. Fabert, writer/producer/actor/makeup FX artist “Blood Ties: The Legend of Hammerhead” and “Autumn Moon”.
1967 – Connie Britton, appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “American Horror Story – TV Series.”
1967 – Shuler Hensley, actor in “Van Helsing,” “Odd Thomas,” “Cruiser” and 5 episodes of the TV Series “Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter.”
1962 – Jonathan Scott-Taylor, played the title role of “Damien: The Omen II.”
1959 – Tom Arnold, made appearances in the films “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” and “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.”
1958 – Richard Schenkman, writer/producer/director of such films as “Mischief Night,” “Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies,” “The Man from Earth” and more.
1957 – Eddie Deezen, actor in “Laserblast,” “A Polish Vampire in Burbank,” “Critters 2: The Main Course,” “Teenage Exorcist” as well as episodes of “Monsters” and “Aaaah!!! Real Monsters.”
1953 – Suzy Mandel, appeared in “The Private Eyes,” “The Playbirds,” producer for “Love Bites” and “Dead Men Don’t Die.”
1947 – Rob Reiner, directed “Misery.”
1946 – Martin Kove, appeared in “Last House on the Left [1972],” “VFW,” “Joker’s Wild,” “Bloodtide” and more.
1941 – George P. Wilbur, stunts for “Blacula,” “Grizzly,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Firestarter [1984],” “Re-Animator,” “Dead Heat,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” “The Exorcist III,” “Repossessed,” “Dr. Giggles,” “Cheap Thrills” and many more.
1940 – Joanna Miles, appeared in “Bug,” “The Orphan [1979],” and the mini-series “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.”
1931 – John Smith, appeared in “Will to Die.”
1930 – Allison Hayes, starred in the films “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman,” “The Hypnotic Eye” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1929 – B. Jonathan Ringkamp, screenwriter for “The Clairvoyant.”
1928 – William F. Nolan, wrote the novel “Logan’s Run” and the screenplays for the TV movies “The Norliss Tapes,” “Trilogy of Terror” and “Bridge Across Time.”
1923 – Ed McMahon. narrator for the film “Daughter of Horror” and appeared in “Full Moon High.”
1917 – Frankie Howerd, actor in “The House in Nightmare Park.”
1916 – Virginia Gregg, appeared in “The Amazing Mr. X,” “Psycho (voice) [1960],” “The Kiss of the Vampire (US TV Version),” “Two on a Guillotine,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Psycho II,” “Psycho III” and more.
1906 – Lou Costello who was one half of the famed comedy team of Abbott and Costello. Their many films include “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff”, “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “Hold That Ghost” and many more.
1903 – Kenneth Peach, cinematographer for ““King Kong [1933],” “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and episodes of the TV Series “Thriller” and “The Outer Limits.”
1898 – Therese Giehse, appeared in “Black Moon.”
DIED ON MARCH 6
2021 – Boris Komnenić, appeared in “T.T. Syndrome.”
2021 – David Bailie, actor in “Son of Dracula [1973],” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The House That Jack Built” and “In the Trap.”
2021 – Nikki Van der Zyl, actress in “Frankenstein Created Woman” and “Scars of Dracula.”
2016 – Greg Pelchat, art department for “Videodrome,” “Curtains,” “Body Parts,” “Jason X” and “Pay the Ghost.”
2010 – Carol Marsh, played “Lucy” in “Horror of Dracula.”
2007 – Roger Watkins, director/writer/editor for “Shadows of the Mind” and “The Last House on Dead End Street.”
2006 – Margaret Muse, appeared in the TV movie “Something Evil” and on such shows as “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Night Gallery”.
2005 – Sandy Ward, appeared in “The Velvet Vampire,” “Terminal Island” and “Cujo”.
2005 – Russ Marin, who appeared in films such as “The Dark,” “Body Double” and “Chiller”.
2004 – Frances Dee, starred in “I Walked with a Zombie.”
2004 – Helene Winston, appeared in the films “The Witchmaker” and “The Brotherhood of Satan”.
2003 – Harold Ayer, appeared in “Night of the Demons,” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Twilight Zone”.
2000 – John Colicos, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Changeling,” “Phobia,” “Creepshow” and “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series.”
1989 – Harry Andrews, appeared in “Theater of Blood”.
1970 – William Hopper, starred in “The Deadly Mantis,” “20 Million Miles To Earth” and “The Bad Seed”.
1967 – Nelson Eddy, appeared in the 1943 version of “Phantom of the Opera”.
1964 – Edward Van Sloan, starred in the original versions of “Dracula,” “Frankenstein” and “The Mummy.”
1951 – Ivor Novello, who starred in the 1927 and 1932 versions of “The Lodger.”
1935 – Louise Emmons, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “The Unknown,” “The Man Who Laughs,” “West of Zanzibar,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Return of Chandu” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 6
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1913]
Metropolis 1927 [NYC premiere]
The Lost City [1935]
Diary of a Madman [1963]
Rasputin: The Mad Monk [1966] – UK
The Reptile [1966] – UK
Skullduggery [1970]
Deranged [1974]
The Devil and Max Devlin [1981]
The Demon Murder Case [1983] – TV Movie
Angel Heart [1987]
The Lawnmower Man [1992]
Dreamcatcher [2003] – ShoWest premiere
The Hazing [2004] – Florida Film Festival
Spectres [2004]
Decoys 2: Alien Seduction [2007]
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield [2007]
Pontypool [2008] – Toronto
The Dark Red [2018]
Extra Ordinary [2019]
Swallow [2019] – San Francisco
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MARCH 7
BORN ON MARCH 7
1983 – Raquel Alessi, appeared in “Ghost Rider” and “Uncle Sam.”
1978 – Sousila Pillay, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection,” “Dead of Nite,” costume department for “Solders of the Damned” and producer for the short “Done In.”
1971 – Rachel Weisz, starred in the 1999 version of “The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns,” “Constantine” and “Death Machine.”
1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, starred in “Skeleton Key,” “Orphan” “The Lie” and “The Cell.”
1956 – Bryan Cranston, starring in “Total Recall,” “Contagion,” “Fallen,” “Dead Space,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Stand – TV Series” and more.
1947 – Richard Lawson, appeared in “Sugar Hill,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Audrey Rose” and “Poltergeist.”
1945 – John Heard, appeared in “Cat People [1982],” “C.H.U.D.,” “The Seventh Sign,” “Sharknado,” “Living Among Us,” “TV Movie “Locusts,” episodes of “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles” and “Tales from the Darkside [1985].”
1942 – Phil Parmet, cinematographer for “Halloween [2007],” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Grindhouse,” “Abduction,” “Werewolf Women of the S.S.” “The Burrowers” and “The Possession of Michael King”
1927 – James Broderick, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Great Ghost Tales,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1927 – Jean Badal, cinematographer for “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1895 – Jack Perry, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle” and “Cult of the Cobra.”
1873 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Black Moon,” “King of the Zombies” and “Revenge of the Zombies.”
DIED ON MARCH 7
2023 – Grant Bridger, director/producer for “The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: The Anthem Sprinters.”
2022 – Sir Jeremy Child, actor in “Doomwatch.”
2021 – Lars-Göran Petrov – aka L-G Petrov, performed on the soundtrack for “Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie” as part of Entombed.
2021 – Sanja Ilić, composer for “Dark Echoes.”
2020 – Earl Pomerantz, writer for 2 episodes of the TV series “Amazing Stories” and acted in “Cannibal Girls.”
2005 – Debra Hill, known for Halloween [1978].
2004 – Paul Winfield, starred in “The Terminator [1984]” and appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “White Dog,” “Dead of Night” and the TV Movie “The Horror at 37,000 Feet.”
2000 – Charles Gray, appeared in “The Devil’s Bride,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “The Beast Must Die”.
1999 – Stanley Kubrick, directed “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Shining [1980].”
1998 – Jack Perkins, actor in “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “Killer Bees – TV Movie,” “Nightmare Honeymoon,” “Ruby [1977}, episodes of “The Munsters,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1992 – Olga Dickie, appeared “The House on Marsh Road,” “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and “Horror of Dracula.”
1988 – Divine, appeared in “Multiple Maniacs,” “Out of the Dark” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside [1987].”
1954 – Jack Wise, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 7
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1908]
The Mask of Diijon [1946]
Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man [1951]
The Premature Burial [1962] – Chicago
Deep Red [1975] – Italy
Deadly Lessons [1983] – TV Movie
Nomads [1986]
The Grotesque [1997]
Monster Island [2004] – TV Movie – South by Southwest Film Festival
Otis [2008]
Exists [2014]
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MARCH 8
BORN ON MARCH 8
1992 – Charlotte Ray Rosenberg,
1984 – Nora-Jane Noone, starred in “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Afterlife – TV Series,” “Doomsday,” “Beyond the Rave,” “Legend of the Bog,” “The Day of the Triffids – TV Mini-Series” and more.
1981- Steven C. Miller, directed “Silent Night,” “Under the Bed,” “Granny,” “Automation Transfusion” and “Scream of the Banshee” and also appeared in “War of the Worlds [2005]” and “The Beast of Bray Road.”
1978 – Nick Zano, actor in “Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead” and “The Final Destination.”
1977 – Bradd Fillmann, production designer for “Midnight Movie,” “The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi,” “SX_Tape,” “Frankenstein [2015],” “The Unwilling,” “The Monster Project” and property master for “Mostly Ghostly.”
1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Scooby Doo [2002]” and “Scooby Doo 2 [2004].”
1959 – Aidan Quinn, appeared in “Haunted,” “The Eclipse” and “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”.
1956 – John Kapelos, appeared in “The Relic,” “The Craft,” “Shallow Ground,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series” and more.
1954 – Jay Arlen Jones, actor in “Night of the Creeps,” “Satan’s Princess” and “Eight Legged Freaks.”
1952 – Sandy King, produced “They Live,” “Body Bags,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” “Village of the Damned”, “Vampires,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Vampires: Los Muertos” and more.
1947 – Silvia Tortosa, actress in “Horror Express,” “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “The Frenchman’s Garden” and “Stevie – TV Movie.”
1940 – Susan Clark, appeared in the TV Movies “Trapped” and “Toe Tags.”
1938 – George Innes, appeared in “Scars of Dracula” as well as episodes of TV Series including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Frighteners,” “Thiller,” “Shadows” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
1919 – John Hoesli, art department for “Lifeforce,” “The Cat and the Canary” and “The House That Vanished.”
1918 – Alan Hale Jr, appeared in “The Crawling Hand,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Terror Night.” and a few episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
1888 – Tobias Tally, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON MARCH 8
2023 – Bert I. Gordom, producer/director/special effects films credits include “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the Puppet People” and “The Spider.”
2023 – Topol, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: Mr. Know-All.”
2023 – Geetha Nair, actress in “Indriyam” and “Pakalpooram.”
2022 – Ron Miles, composer for “Night Vision.”
2022 – Ron Pember, actor in “The Invisible Man [1984] – TV Series,” “Death Line” and “The Crimson Cult.”
2021 – Risto Aaltonen, appeared in “Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers.”
2021 – Trevor Peacock, appeared in the TV Movie “Titus Andronicus.”
2020 – Max von Sydow, actor in “The Exorcist,” “Dreamscape,” “Needful Things,” “The Wolfman [2010]” and more.
2019 – George Morfogen, appeared in “V – episode Part 1 & 2,” and “V: The Final Battle Part 3.”
2018 – Frank Ray Perilli, screenwriter for “Alligator,” “Laserblast,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Mansion of the Doomed,” “The Best of Sex and Violence” and “End of the World.”
2006 – Rhoda Williams, appeared in “Spacemaster X-7″ and provided the voice of “Tina,” in the “Little Girl Lost” episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2004 – Robert Pastorelli, appeared in the TV Movie “Modern Vampires” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2004 – Robin Hunter, co-starred in “Vampire Circus” and “Phantom of The Opera [1989].
2003 – Karen Morley, appeared in “The Phantom of Crestwood,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “The Unknown”.
2002 – Ted Coodley, makeup artist for “The Black Sheep,” “Voodoo Island,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Raven [1963],” “Diary of a Madman,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “A Taste of Evil,” “Death at Love House” and many more.
2001 – Edward Winter, appeared in “The Boston Strangler.”
1987 – Andrew Meyer, director/producer/writer for “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1985 – Edward Andrews, appeared “Gremlins,” “Monster Squad – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Thriller – TV Series” and more.
1982 – Walter Plunkett, costume designer for “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong [1933]” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939].”
1977 – Henry Hull, starred in “Werewolf of London,” and “Master of the World.”
1975 – Larry Vincent, best known as “Seymour” a horror host in Los Angeles during the 1970’s and also appeared in “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls,” “Monster Rally – TV Series,” “The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant,” “Fright Night – TV Series” and “The Witchmaker.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 8
The Ghost Goes Wild [1947]
The Last Man on Earth [1964]
Mad Monster Party [1967]
Hellraiser: Bloodline [1996]
The Time Machine [2002]
The Ghouls [2003]
Black Devil Doll [2007] – USA
Ogre [2008] – TV Movie
Evil Dead [2013] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Creep [2014]
Killer Mermaid [2014]
Starry Eyes [2014]
Ghost Tale [2021] – South by Southwest Film Festival
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MARCH 9
BORN ON MARCH 9
1986 – Brittany Snow, starred in “X,” “Hangman,” “Would You Rather” and “Prom Night [2008].”
1983 – Bobby Campo, actor in “Vampire Bats – TV Movie,” “The Final Destination,” “Starve,” “Saltwater – TV Movie,” “Nightmare Shark” episodes of “Being Human” and “Scream: The TV Series.”
1973 – Rona Hartner, actress in “Trancers 4: Jack of Swords” and “Hot Hell.”
1972 – Kerr Smith, starred in “My Bloody Valentine [2009],” “Final Destination” and “The Forsaken.”
1960 – Finn Carter, starred in “Tremors” and also appeared in “Monsters – TV Series” and “The Outer Limits – TV Series.”
1943 – Trish Van Devere, appeared in the films “The Changeling” and “The Hearse.”
1942 – Rosemarie Gil, actress in “Night of the Cobra Woman,” “Shake, Rattle & Roll,” “Shaker, Rattle & Roll III,’ “Dear Diary,” “Black Mamba,” “Devil Woman” and more.
1940 – Raul Julia, played the role of “Gomez Addams” in the films “Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values,” as well as starring in “Frankenstein Unbound.”
1932 – Jeff Alexander, actor in “The Black Cat [1966],” “Zontar: The Thing from Venus – TV Movie,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature,” “Horror High” and “The House of Seven Corpses.”
1902 – Will Geer, appeared in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” and “The Mafu Cage.”
DIED ON MARCH 9
2023 – Pearry Reginald Teo, director/producer/writer for “The Assent,” “The Curse of the Sleeping Beauty,” “Ghosthunters [2016,” “Necromentia,” “The Evil Inside” and more.
2023 – Robert Blake, appeared in “One Step Beyond – Episode: Gypsy.”
2023 – Satish Kaushik, director/producer for “Gang of Ghosts” and appeared in “Aagaah: The Warning.”
2022 – Richard A. Podolor, soundtrack for “Horror House on Highway Five,” “Driftwood,” “Grindhouse” and composer for “Bigfoot.”
2022 – John Korty, director for the TV Movie “Children of the Mist.”
2022 – Hilman Hariwijaya, producer/writer for “The Wall.”
2022 – Jimmy Lydon, actor in “The Hypnotic Eye” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2021 – Isela Vega, appeared in “Fear Chamber,” “Diabolical Pact,” “Madame Death,” “Secret of Death,” “Lovers of the Lord of the Night,” “The Bloody Monks” and “Island of the Dalls.”
2021 – Cliff Simon, voice actor in the video game “The Order: 1886.”
2021 – Jeffrey M. Hayes, producer for “The Fury Within,” “Heat Stroke,” “Chasing the Devil,” The Happytime Murders,” the TV Movies “Cruise Into Terror,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor,” “The Fury Within,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000],” “Curse of the Talisman,” “Salem’s Lot” and more.
2020 – Gary Brian Kibbe, camera department for “Halloween II [1981],” “Alien³,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” and cinematographer for “Prince of Darkness [1987],” “They Live,” “Village of the Damned,” “Vampires,” “Ghosts of Mars” and many more.
2019 – Jed Allan, appeared in “The Photographer.”
2019 – Jonathan Aguilar Garcia AKA: Chokoleit, appeared in “Bahay ni Lola 2,” “Echorsis,” and “DOTGA: Da One That Ghost Away.”
2006 – Barney McFadden, co-starred in “Salem’s Lot [1979]” and “Crazed.”
1997 – Terry Nation, wrote the screenplays for “The House in Nightmare Park,” and “And Soon Darkness.”
1969 – Richard Crane, appeared in “House of the Damned,” “The Alligator People,” “The Neanderthal Man,” “The Flying Serpent” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 9
The Human Monster [1939] – USA premiere
The Man from Planet X [1951]
Tales from The Crypt [1972]
Horror of the Wolf [1973]
Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot [1976] – USA
Starcrash 1978
Children of The Corn [1984]
Hell Hunters [1987]
The Last Broadcast [1998] – USA premiere
‘Til Death Do Us Part [2002]
Grave Tales [2004] – NY International Independent Film and Video Festival
Dance of the Dead [2008] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Nine Dead [2010]
At the Devil’s Door [2014] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Night of the Wolf [2014] – South by Southwest Film Festival
The Strangers: Prey at Night [2018]
Porno [2019] – South by Southwest Film Festival
The Canyonlands [2021]
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