MARCH 10
BORN ON MARCH 10
1984 – Olivia Wilde, starred in “The Craft: Legacy,” “Turistas” and “The Lazarus Effect.”
1979 – Dallas Richard Hallam, writer for “Entrance,” “The Pact II,” “Southbound,” art department for “Driftwood” and “The Haunting of Molly Hartley.”
1978 – Tara Cardinal, appeared in “Bloodstruck,” “Bite Nite,” “Apocalypse Z,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “Wrath of the Crows,” “The Profane Exhibit” and more.
1977 – Bree Turner, starred in “Masters of Horror – TV Series” and “Jekyll + Hyde [2006].”
1958 – Sharon Stone, starred in “Scissors,” “Diabolique,” “Basic Instinct” “Deadly Blessing” and “Sphere.”
1957 – Shannon Tweed, appeared in “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death” and “Possessed by the Night.”
1951 – Brad Fiedel, composer for “Night School,” “Just Before Dawn,” “Eyes of Fire,” “Fright Night [1985],” “Fright Night Part 2,” “The Terminator,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and more.
1943 – Angelique Pettyjohn, appeared in “The Mad Doctor of Blood Island,” “The Touch of her Flesh,” “The Curse of her Flesh” and “Biohazard.”
1937 – Chuck Morrell, producer/actor for “Grotesque.”
1922 – Jerry Warren, producer for “Frankenstein Island,” “Man Beast,” “Teenage Zombies,” “Creature of the Walking Dead,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf,” “Attack of the Mayan Mummy” and “Curse of the Stone Hand.”
1891 – Sam Jaffe, starred in “Ghost Story,” “The Dunwich Horror” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1884 – Stuart Holmes, appeared in “The Man Who Laughs,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Lodger [1944],” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945],” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The She-Creature,” “Diary of a Madman” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 10
2023 – Jerry Samuels AKA “Napoleon XIV,” Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Trapped Inside (2016) – “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”
2022 – Sorapong Chatree, actor in “Headless Ghost,” “Kraithong,” “Kraithong 2,” “The Magic Man,” “Mnusy hmapa – aka Haunted Fox,” “Arpat – aka Karma” and “Inspector Vedas.?
2021 – Marco Sciaccaluga, appeared in “Terror Take Away.”
2014 – Don Ingalls, writer for the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
2010 – Bill Wistrom, sound editor for “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “I, Madman,” the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within,” “This House Possessed” and “Child of Rage.”
2010 – Corey Haim, starred in “The Lost Boys,” “The Lost Boys: Tribe” and “Silver Bullet”.
2006 – Judson Morgan, actor in the TV Movie “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.”
2003 – Jack Creley, appeared in “Reincarnate,” “Videodrome” and the TV series “Friday the 13th”.
1986 – Ray Milland, starred in “The Uninvited,” “X-The Man with X-Ray Eyes,” “Frogs” and “The Thing with Two Heads”.
1973 – Robert Siodmak, directed “Son of Dracula” and “The Spiral Staircase”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 10
Frogs [1972]
Silent Running [1972]
Exorcismo [1975]
The Fury [1978] – Italy
The Church [1989]
The Ninth Gate [1999]
The Hills Have Eyes [2006]
Undead or Alive: A Zombedy [2007]
Terror in the Pharaoh’s Tomb [2007]
Extra Ordinary [2019]
Housebound [2014]
Tone-Deaf [2019] – South by Southwest Film Festival
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MARCH 11
BORN ON MARCH 11
1989 – Anton Yelchin, starred in “Terminator Salvation” and “Fright Night [2011].”
1982 – Lindsey McKeon, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Indigenous,” “Shredder” and more.
1982 – Thora Birch, appeared in “Train,” “Kindred Spirits,” “Deadline,” “Dark Corners,” “Night Visions – TV Series,” “Walking Dead – TV Series” and more.
1981 – David Anders, appeared in the TV movie “Children of the Corn [2009],” “Left in Darkness,” “The Source,” TV Series “The Vampire Diaries” and “iZombie.”
1969 – Terrence Howard, appeared in “Skeletons in the Closet” and 5 episodes of “Wayward Pines.”
1968 – Lisa Loeb, appeared in “Fright Night [2011],” “House on Haunted Hill,” “Black Circle Boys,” “Tabloid,” “Serial Killing 4 Dummys” and soundtrack for “After Midnight.”
1962 – Barbara Alyn Woods, appeared in “I Download a Ghost,” “Ghoulies IV,” “The Terror Within II” and “Repossessed.”
1961 – Elias Koteas, appeared in “The Prophecy,” “Fallen,” “Lost Souls,” “Skinwalkers,” “The Haunting in Connecticut,” “Let Me In” and more.
1959 – Nina Hartley, appeared in “Dude Bro Party Massacre III,” “Hell’s Kitty” and “Mummy Dearest.”
1956 – Rob Paulsen, appeared in “Eyes on Fire,” “Warlock,” “Elvira’s Haunted Hills” voices for “Scooby-Doo Movies and many more.”
1935 – Nancy Kovack, appeared in “Diary of a Madman” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1932 – Valerie French, appeared in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”.
1927 – Albert Salmi, actor in “Empire of the Ants,” “Burned at the Stake,” “Superstition,” episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery” and “the Wide World of Mystery.”
1925 – Roger Gimbel, producer for the TV Movies “Gargoyles,” “Deathmoon,” “Deadly Encounter,” “Blackout” and “Apology.”
1917 – Earl Bellamy, directed TV shows “The Munsters,” and “V.”
1916 – Ferdy Mayne, starred in “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” “The Vampire Lovers” and “Frightmare.”
DIED ON MARCH 11
2023 – Ignacio López Tarso, actor in “Pedro Páramo” and La puerta y la mujer del carnicero – aka The Door and the Woman of the Butcher.”
2021 – Isidore Mankofsky, cinematographer for “Carrie [1976],” “Werewolves on Wheels,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Homebodies” and “Evil Town.”
2021 – Peter Patzak, director/writer for “Parapsycho – Spektrum der Angst.”
2021 – Norman J. Warren, directed “Satan’s Slave,” “Prey,” “Terror,” “Inseminoid,” “Bloody New Year” and the short “Turn Your Bloody Phone Off: The Second Batch.”
2020 – Jack Walley, appeared in “30 Days of Night.”
2016 – Nicole Maurey, actress in “The Day of the Triffids.”
2011 – William Beckley, appeared in the TV Movies “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Daughter of the Mind,” as well as episodes of TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Night Gallery” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2005 – Bill Cameron, co-starred in “Blue Sunshine”.
2001 – Lillyan McBride, appeared in “Blood Orgy of the She Devils.”
2000 – Richard Collier, appeared in “Pet Sematary” and “Christine.”
1996 – Vince Edwards, appeared in “The Fear,” “Son of Darkness: To Die for II,” “Cellar Dwellar,” “Return To Horror High,” and the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside.”
1964 – William Wagner, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1956 – Dick Rush, appeared in “Murder by the Clock,” “The Thirteenth Guest,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Secret of the Blue Room” and “Black Magic.”
1955 – 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.”
1931 – F.W. Murnau, directed “Satanas,” “The Head of Janus,” “Nosferatu [1922],” “The Haunted Castle” and “Faust [1926]”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 11
Atragon [1963]
THX 1138 [1971]
Phantom of Death [1988] – Italy
Outpost [2008]
The Resident [2011]
Red Riding Hood [2011]
Battle Los Angeles [2011]
Rewind This! [2013] – South by Southwest Film Festival
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MARCH 12
BORN ON MARCH 12
1976 – Xaver Hutter, starred in “Flashback.”
1970 – Troy Winbush, actor in “A Light in the Darkness,” “Backwoods,” as well as episodes of “Golden Years [1991],” “Tremors [2013]” and “American Horror Story [2018].”
1968 – Aaron Eckhart, actor in ”The Wicker Man [2006],” “Incarnate,” Suspect Zero,” “Slaughter of the Innocents” and “I, Frankenstein.”
1960 – Jason Beghe, appeared in “One Missed Call” “The X Files [1998]”, “The X-Files – TV Series,” ”Monkey Shines” and more.
1963 – Jake Weber, actor in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Cell,” “Chained,” “The Beach House,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Wendigo,” “American Gothic – TV Series” and more.
1953 –Ron Jeremy, appeared in “Jersey Shore Massacre,” “Haunted Trailer,” “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Bloody Bible Camp,” “Terror Firmer,” “VooDoo,” “Girls Gone Dead,” “Chillerama,” “Zombiegeddon” and many more.
1952 – Rich Koz, known for his alter ego “Svengoolie” the Chicago Horror Host since 1978.
1951 – Caren Kaye, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings,” “Monster Squad” and “Satan’s Princess.”
1946 – Dean Cundey, cinematographer for “Jurassic Park,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” “The Thing [1982]” “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween [1978],” “Escape From New York,” “Psycho II,” “The Fog” and many more.
1946 – Frank Welker, voice over of “Fred” in “Scooby Doo” and “Scooby” himself.
1944 – Ariel Levy, assistant director for “Scream and Scream Again,” “Cry of the Banshee,” “Countess Dracula,” “Hands of the Ripper” and “Nothing But the Night.”
1933 – Donald Webster, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and an episode of “Out of This World.”
1928 – Robert Paynter, director of photography for “The Nightcomers,” “The Final Conflict,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “Curtains,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Scream for Help” and “Little Shop of Horrors.
1925 – Georges Delerue, composer for “The Legend of Doom House.”
1921 – William Bagdad, actor in “She Freak,” “The Astro-Zombies” and “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils.”
1905 – Takashi Shimura, appeared in “Godzilla,” “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” “Godzilla Raids Again,” “Mothra,” “Gorath” and more.
1904 – Walter Taylor,
DIED ON MARCH 12
2022 – Robert Vincent O’Neil, director for “Blood Mania,” “The Psycho Lover,” producer for “The Sadistic Hypnotist,” writer for “What Waits Below,” set director for “Isle of the Snake People” and production manager for “Count Yorga, Vampire.”
2022 – Biagio Proietti, writer for “The Killer Reserved Nine Seats,” “The Black Cat [1981]” and director for “Alien 2: On Earth.”
2022 – Pete St. John, soundtrack for “Extra Ordinary.”
2021 – Dara Calenic, appeared in “Love and Rage.”
2007 – Arnold Drake, wrote and produced the film “The Flesh Eaters.”
2006 – Jim Doerr, actor in “Savage Weekend” and the short “Umney’s Last Case.”
2005 – Jack Silk, stuntman on “Psychomania” and “The Devil’s Bride.”
2001 – Roswell A. Hoffman, visual effects for “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “This Island Earth,” “The Birds” “It Came from Outer Space” and more.
2001 –Morton Downey Jr., appeared in episodes of “Monsters,” “Tales from The Crypt,” and the film “Predator 2.”
2001 – Sir Lancelot, appeared in “I Walked with a Zombie,” “Curse of The Cat People” and “Zombies on Broadway”.
1989 – Maurice Evans, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1980 – Jay Anson, penned the novel, “The Amityville Horror” which was made into a movie in 1979.
1968 – Yoshio Kosugi, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster” and “Godzilla vs. the Thing.”
1957 – Josephine Hull, starred in “Arsenic and Old Lace” and appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out.”
1956 – William Ruhl, appeared in “Black Friday [1940],” “Hold That Ghost,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Ape Man,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “The Brute Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 12
The Andromeda Strain [1971]
Godzilla vs. Gigan [1972] – Japan
Parasite [1982]
Superstition [1982]
The Slumber Party Massacre [1982]
Evil Dead II [1987] – UK
Demonic Toys [1992] – video premiere
The Rage: Carrie 2 [1999]
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies [1999] – USA TV premiere
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra [2001] – USA limited
Secret Window [2004]
Suicide Girls Must Die [2010]
Unaware [2010]
The Innkeepers [2011]
Evidence [2012] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Big Ass Spider! [2013] – South by Southwest Film Festival
The Ranger [2018] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Snatchers [2019]
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MARCH 13
BORN ON MARCH 13
2003 – Carrie Munro, actress in “The Pope’s Exorcist.”
1985 – Emile Hirsch, appeared in “The Autopsy of Jane Doe,” “Kindred: The Embraced – TV Series,” “Gargantua” and “The Darkest Hour.”
1974 – Shane Taylor, actor in “Devil’s Playground,” “Aura” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Day of the Triffids.”
1953 –Deborah Raffin, appeared in “God Told Me To,” “The Sentinel,” “Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense – TV Series” and “Scanners II: The New Order.”
1950 – William H. Macy, appeared in “Psycho [1998],” “Jurassic Park III”, “Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King – TV Mini-Series.”
1947 – Gregg Philbin – rock bassist of REO Speedwagon, soundtrack for “The Cabin in the Woods [2011].”
1941 – Ramiro Oliveros, actor in “The Swamp of the Ravens,” “Cross of the Devil,” “Rape,” “Cannibals in the Streets” and “Dark Tower.”
1936 – José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe, actor/writer/director of “At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul,” “This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse,” “Awakening of the Beast” and more.
1913 – Tessie O’Shea, actress in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1908 – Paul Stewart, appeared in some episodes of TV Series including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Lights Out” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1907 – Frank Wilcox, appeared in “The Beginning or the End”, “Invaders from Mars”, “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Addams Family – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 13
2023 – Jim Gordon, songwriter for “What We Do in the Shadows – Episode Freddie – Layla.”
2023 – Mario Masini, cinematographer for “The Perfume of the Lady in Black” and “Org.”
2023 – Pradeep Uppoor, producer for the TV Series “Aahat” and “Raat Hone Ko Hai – aka It’s Going To Be Night.”
2023 – Simon Emmerson, songwriter for “Stigmata [1999] – Release.”
2022 – William Hurt, starred in “Altered States,” “The Village,” “Hellgate,” TV Series “Frankenstein – Part 1 & 2” and Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King – Episode: Battleground.”
2019 – Victoria Johnson, appeared in “Grizzly.”
2006 – Jim Doerr, actor in “Savage Weekend” and the short “Umney’s Last Case.”
2005 – Jason Evers, appeared in “Basket Case 2,” “Claws,” “The Illustrated Man,” “Barracuda,” “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” and more.
1996 – Lucio Fulci, known for “The Psychic”, “Zombie [1979],” “City of the Living Dead,” “The Beyond”, “The House by the Cemetery,” “The New York Ripper,” “Manhattan Baby,” “Aenigma,” “The Wax Mask,” and many more.
1976 – Jack Lambert, appeared in “The Spider [1939],” “X: The Unknown,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “They Came from Beyond Space,”
1941 – Stuart Walker, directed “Mystery of Edwin Drood” and “Werewolf of London.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 13
The Ghost of Frankenstein [1942]
Forbidden Planet [1956] – Spain
This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse [1967]
The Funhouse [1981]
Witchboard [1986]
Evil Dead II [1987]
Highway to Hell [1991]
The Howling [1981]
Snakehead Terror [2004] – TV Movie
The Last House on the Left [2009]
The Invitation [2015]
The Hunt [2020]
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MARCH 14
BORN ON MARCH 14
1988 – Sasha Grey, appeared in “Would You Rather” and “Smash Cut.”
1986 – Jamie Bell, appeared in “Deathwatch” and “King Kong [2005]”
1980 – Mercedes McNab, appeared in “Hatchet,” “Hatchet II,” “Dark Reel,” “XII,” TV Movies “Thirst,” “Vipers” and more.
1976 – Daniel Gillies, appeared in “Captivity,” “Evil Remains,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “The Originals – TV Series” and “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series.”
1969 – Laila Robins, actress in “Valeria – short,” “Island Zero” and 15 episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1965 – Kevin Williamson, writer and producer of “Scream,” “Scream 2,″ “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,″ “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Faculty.” “Cursed,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Following – TV Series” and more.
1964 – Robert Allen Mukes, actor in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Monster Night,” “Backwoods,” “The Last Vial,” “Slumber Party Slaughter,” “Bone Tomahawk,” “Last American Horror Show,” “Valentine Dayz,” “Death Park: The End,” “Appetite for Sin,” “Locked In,” “Macabre Mountain, The Epidemic” and more.
1959 – Laila Robins, appeared in “Island Zero,” “Valeria (short),” episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead” and “American Horror Stories.”
1948 – Billy Crystal, appeared in the “Darkroom – episode Make-Up.”
1942 – Rita Tushingham, actress in “Black Journal,” “A Judgement in Stone,” “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Owners,” “Last Night in Soho,” episodes of the TV Series “Bedlam,” “In the Flesh” and “Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories.”
1933 – Michael Caine, starred in “Dressed to Kill,” “The Swarm,” “The Island,” “The Hand,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “Jekyll & Hyde – TV Movie” and more.
1927 – Philippe Lemaire, actor in “Spirits of the Dead” and “The Blood Rose.”
1925 – Eddie Knight, makeup artist for “The Devil Rides Out,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Nothing But the Night,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” and more.
1923 – Richard Albain, sound effects for “13 Ghosts [1960],” “Strait-Jacket,” “Shanks,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Cruise Into Terror,” “A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 14
2023 – Bobby Caldwell, composer for “Bug Buster” and songwriter for “Fright Night [1985] – Give It Up.”
2022 – Akira Takarada, actor in “Godzilla [1954],” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters! [1956],” “Half Human [1955],” “Mothra vs. Godzilla [1964],” “Ebirah, Horror of the Deep,” “King Kong Escapes” and more Godzilla movies.”
2021 – Henry Darrow, appeared in “Curse of the Undead,” “The Dream of Hamish Mose,” “Exit Dying,” “Halloween with the New Addams Family – TV Movie,” “Tequila Body Shote” and more.
2020 – Dave Mounfield, appeared in “Caught.”
2010 – Peter Graves, starred in “Attack of the Killer B-Movies,” “It Conquered the World,” “Beginning of the End,” “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Killers from Space,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999] and many more.
1996 – Larry Reynolds, actor in “Virus,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Killer Workout,” episodes of “War of the Worlds” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1951 – Val Lewton, producer of “Cat People,” “I Walked with A Zombie,” “The Leopard Man,” “The Seventh Victim,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Isle of the Dead” and “Bedlam.”
1948 – Vernon L. Walker, special effects for “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939],” “You’ll Find Out,” “Cat People,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “Notorious,” “Bedlam,” “Suspicion,” cinematographer for “King Kong [1933]” and “Son of Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 14
The Bat [1926] – NYC
The Walking Dead [1936]
The Lady and the Monster [1944] – Italy
The Cremator [1969]
The Devil’s Wedding Night [1973]
Rawhead Rex [1986]
Doomsday [2008]
The Cottage [2008]
Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing [2021] – South by Southwest Film Festival
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MARCH 15
BORN ON MARCH 15
1985 – Kellan Lutz, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “Ghosts of Goldfield,” “The Forgotten Ones,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “7 Guardians of the Tomb.”
1979 – Pollyanna McIntosh, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Tales of Halloween,” “The Blood Lands,” “Let Us Prey,” “The Woman,” “Offspring” and more.
1963 – Greg Nicotero, executive producer and head of makeup FX for “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” and also directed “Creepshow – TV Series.”
1959 – Renny Harlin, director/writer/producer of “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “The Covenant,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “Deep Blue Sea.”
1957 – Park Overall, actress in “The Vanishing.”
1957 – Sergio Stivaletti, Italian makeup FX for “Phenomena,” “Demons [1985],” “Cemetery Man,” “Demons 2,″ “Opera,” “The Church” and many more.
1955 –Dee Snider, writer/producer/composer, and star of the film “Strangeland.”
1954 – Craig Wasson, starred in “Ghost Story,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors” and “Body Double.”
1950 – Harry Bromley Davenport, director of “Xtro,” “Xtro II: the Second Encounter,” “Xtro 3: Watch the Skies,” appeared in “Zombie Infection,” “Tumors 2,” “Andrey Iskanov’s Breaking Uroboros” and “Freak in the Basement.”
1945 – Robert Lewis Bush, costumer department for “They Live,” “Body Bags – TV Movie,” “In the Mount of Madness,” “Ghosts of Mars” and 6 episodes of the TV Series “The Nightmare Room.”
1943 –David Cronenberg, directed “Rabid,” “The Dead Zone,” “Videodrome,” “Shivers,” “Dead Ringers,” “Scanners,” “The Fly [1986]” and more.
1934 – Roger Marshall, screenwriter for “Theatre of Death,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!” and an episode of the TV Series “Shadows.”
1926 – Mort Rabinowitz, production designer for “The Funhouse” and “Salem’s Lot – TV Mini-Series.”
1921 – Joseph W. Sarno, director of “Sin You Sinners (uncredited),” “The Devil’s Plaything” and “Helgeran.”
1919 – Lawrence Tierney, appeared in the films “The Ghost Ship [1943],” “The Prowler” and “Silver Bullet”.
DIED ON MARCH 15
2023 – Sameer Kakkar, appeared in “Mahal – aka The Mansion” and “The Zee Horror Show – Episode: Dastak.”
2022 – Arturo Bonín, actor in “Grey Fire” and “On the 3rd Day.”
2022 – Anneli Sauli, actress in “Dead Eyes of London” and “The Terror of Doctor Mabuse.”
2021 – Yaphet Kotto, appeared in “Alien,” “Tomorrow’s a Killer,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “The Puppet Masters” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2020 – Roy Hudd, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968]” and “Jack, the Last Victim [2005].”
2009 – Ron Silver, who co-starred in the films “Silent Rage” and “The Entity”.
2007 – Alice Backes, starred in TV series “The Munsters,” “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2007 – Stuart Roseneberg, directed “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2004 – Chuck Niles, appeared in “Invisible Invaders,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Nightmare Circus”.
2004 – Philippe Lemaire, actor in “Spirits of the Dead” and “The Blood Rose.”
2001 – Ann Sothern, actress in “The Manitou,” “The Killing Kind,” “Lady in a Cage” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1995 – Lenita Lane, actress in “Murder by the Clock,” “The Mad Magician” and “The Bat [1959].”
1984 – Kay Harding, appeared in “The Mummy’s Curse,” “Ghost Catchers,” “The Scarlet Claw” and “Weird Woman.”
1969 – Francisco Reiguera, appeared in “The Brainiac,” “Mysteries of Black Magic,” “The Mark of Satan” and the TV Series “The Mummies of Guanajuato.”
1969 – Miles Malleson, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dead of Night,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “The Queen of Spades,” ”The Brain” and “Thark.”
1964 – Paul Cavanagh, who played in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”
1937 – H.P. Lovecraft, many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 15
Plan 9 from Outer Space [1957]
Terror of the Tongs [1961]
Frankenstein Created Woman [1967] – Vancouver, British Columbia
Gamera vs Gyaos [1967]
Terror of Mechagodzilla [1975]
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death [1989]
Robot Carnival [1991] – NYC & San Francisco
Resident Evil [2002]
Dead Birds [2005] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Reeker [2005]
Wolfsbayne [2005]
Bitten [2008] – USA – TV premiere
Only Go There at Night [2008] – USA – DVD premiere
Collar [2014] – Chicago
Spirit in the Woods [2014] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Terrifier [2016]
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MARCH 16
BORN ON MARCH 16
1990 – Justin Hoffmeister, actor in “Rosewood Lane,” “Thirteen,” “Taught in Cold Blood,” “Flight 666,” “Tales of Frankenstein” and an episode of “My Haunted House.”
1986 – Alexandra Daddario, appeared in “Bereavement,” “Texas Chainsaw [2013],” “We Summon the Darkness,” “Burying the Ex,” “The Attic” “American Horror Story – TV Series” and more.
1981 – Joe Egender starred in the films “April Fool’s Day [2008],” “Hunger [2009],” “The Frankenstein Theory,” “Mercy,” “The Diabolical” and “The Hamiltons.”
1975 – Sienna Guillory, starred in “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “Don’t Hang Up,” episodes of the TV Series “Fortitude,” ”The Wicked Within” and more.
1971 – Alan Tudyk, appeared in “V – TV Series,” “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet.”
1964 – Gore Verbinski, directed “The Ring,” “A Cure for Wellness” and “Terrifying Tales.”
1961 – Todd McFarlane, comic artist and owner of McFarlane toys including the TV Series “Monsterama [2004-2005].”
1952 – Irwin Keyes, appeared in “The Exterminator,” “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “Disturbed,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Asylum,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Horror High,” “Dahmer vs. Gacy” and more.
1950 – Kate Nelligan, appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Wolf” and “Fatal Instinct”.
1949 – Erik Estrada, appeared in “Chupacabra vs. the Alamo,” “King Cobra,” “Alien Seed,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker [TV Series]” and more.
1949 – Joseph Pilato, starred in “Day of the Dead [1985],” “Wishmaster,” “The Ghouls” and “Alienator.”
1938 – Elizabeth MacLennan, actress in “Hands of the Ripper” and “The House in Nightmare Park.”
1930 – Masaya Takahashi, appeared in “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell” and “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Giant Monsters’ General Offensive.”
1926 – Jerry Lewis, starred in “Scared Stiff.”
1920 – Leo McKern, starred in “X-The Unknown,” “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” and “Damien: The Omen II.”
1916 – Mercedes McCambridge, provided the voice of the demon “Pazuzu” in the film “The Exorcist.”
1909 – Norman Stuart, appeared in the movie “Arnold.”
1893 – Lu Juergens, appeared in “The Hound of Baskerville – Part 6: The House Without Windows.”
DIED ON MARCH 16
2023 – Sharon Acker, appeared in “Happy Birthday to Me” and “The Unforeseen – Episode: Shelter for the Night.”
2023 – Peter Hardy, actor in “The Ripper [1997].”
2022 – Bobby Weinstein, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005].”
2022 – Walter Coblenz, producer of “Strange Invaders.”
2022 – Włodzimierz Nowak, actor in “The Hourglass Sanatorium.”
2022 – Evgeniy Sytyy, actor in “Gogol. Viy” and “Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion – Episode: 7505:800.”
2021 – Minako Shiba, animation department for “Darkside Blues” and the TV Series “Red Garden.”
2020 – Stuart Maxwell Whitman, appeared in “Sandman,” “Deadly Intruder,” “Vultures,” “The Monster Club,” “Demonoid,” “Eaten Alive,” “The Cat Creature,” “Night of the Lepus” and many more.
2019 – Larry DiTillio, Writer for various episodes of “Deadly Nightmares” and “The Hidden Room.”
2019 – Richard Erdman, appeared in episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Matinee Theatre,” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2019 – Tom Hatten, appeared in “I Saw What You Did,” and episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.”
2007 – Cletus Anderson, production designer and special effects for “Creepshow,” “Day of The Dead,” and “Night of the Living Dead [1990].”
2015 – Norm Gray, assistant director for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” and “No Place to Hide.”
2013 – Paul Cook, actor in “Damien: Omen II.”
2005 – Anthony George, played “Burke Devlin” and “Jeremiah Collins” in “Dark Shadows”.
2000 – Lothrop B. Worth, cinematographer for “Gog,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and 3-D consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1984 – Shug Fisher, appeared in “The Ghost of Cypress Swamp”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series” and “The Giant Gila Monster.”
1968 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Return of the Vampire,” “Cry of the Werewolf,” “The Soul of a Monster,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Giant Claw,” “20 Million Miles to Earth” and more.
1956 – Charles Lang, sound department for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Mysterious Doctor.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 16
The Monster [1925]
The House of Fear [1945]
The Crazies [1973]
The Vault of Horror [1973] – NYC
Theater of Blood [1973] – Toronto
Tourist Trap [1979]
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money [1999]
Ravenous [1999] – USA premiere
Dead & Breakfast [2004]
Fido [2006]
Dead Silence [2007]
S.A.R.S [2010]
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [2006] – USA limited
Vampire Killers [2009]
Infliction [2014] – Germany: Weekend of Fear
Nest of Vampires [2021] – Canada – internet
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