MARCH 17
BORN ON MARCH 17
1986 – Olesya Rulin, appeared in “Vampire Chicks with Chainsaws” and “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.”
1976 – Brittany Daniel, appeared in “Club Dread” and “The Hamiltons [2006].”
1975 – Gina Holden, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Aliens vs Predators: Requiem,” “Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Sand Sharks,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” ”Avalanche Sharks” and starred in the TV series “Blood Ties.”
1973 – Ashley Lynn Caputo, appeared in “Death-Scort Service,” “Slasher Weekend,” “American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore,” “Amerikan Holokaust,” and “Joe Vampire.”
1964 – Rob Lowe, starred in “Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming,” “The Bad Seed [2018],” the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the 2004 TV mini-series version “Salem’s Lot.”
1957 – Laurene Landon, appeared in “Full Moon High,” “The Stuff,” “It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive,” “The Ambulance,” “Maniac Cop,” “Maniac Cop 2″ and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”
1955 – Gary Sinise, starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” “Mission to Mars,” “The Green Mile” and “The Forgotten.”
1954 – Lesley-Anne Down, appeared in “Countess Dracula,” “From Beyond the Grave” and “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1951 – Kurt Russell, starred in the films “Escape From New York,” “Escape from L.A.,” “Grindhouse,” “The Thing [1982],” “Bone Tomahawk,” and “Death Proof.”
1936 – Patty Maloney, actress in the TV Movies “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School,” and puppeteer for 5 episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”
1934 – Tom Pace, actor in “The Astro-Zombies,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1930 – Guy C. Verhille, costume designer for “Shanks,” “Bug” and “Snowbeast.”
1923 – Eiji Funakoshi, appeared in “Gamera” and “Gamera vs. Gurion.”
1900 – Alfred Newman, composer for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939],” composer/stock music for “The Lodger [1944]” and “The Gorilla.”
DIED ON MARCH 17
2023 – Lance Reddick, actor in “Remains,” “Monster Party,” “The Domestics,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story,” “Castlevania,” “Resident Evil” and “From Now.”
2023 – Hal Dresner, screenwriter for “Sssssss” and 3 episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2022 – Peter Bowles, actor in “Endless Night,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Stigma – TV Movie,” episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Antón García Abril, composer for “Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf,” “Tombs of the Blind Dead,” “Curse of the Devil,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “The Monk,” “Island of the Doomed” and many more.
2020 – Lyle Wesley Waggoner, appeared in “Love Me Deadly [1972],” Danger USA [1989],” Murder Weapon [1989]” and “Dream a Little Evil.”
2019 – Kenneth Bald, Comic Book Artist for “Dark Shadows [1996],” “Haunted Love #1,” and many others
2019 – Norman Hollyn, Editor for “Quicksilver Highway,” “Under Wraps,” and “Jack in the Box.”
2017 – Robert Day, director for “The Haunted Strangler,” “Corridors of Blood,” “First Man Into Space,” TV Movies “Ritual of Evil” and the “The Initiation of Sarah.”
2011 – Ferlin Husky, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House.”
2011 – Michael Gough, appeared in “Horror of Dracula,” “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “Konga,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “Black Zoo,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Skull,” “Sleepy Hollow [1999]” and many more.
2007 – Freddie Francis, directed the films “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Ghoul,” “The Evil Of Frankenstein,” “Tales from The Crypt [1972]” and more.
1993 – Skip Young, appeared in the 1957 version of “Earth vs. the Spider” and “Lobster Man from Mars”.
1992 – Jack Arnold, directed “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Island Earth,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Monster on Campus,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and Tarantula [1955].
1989 – Merritt Butrick, appeared in “Death Spa,” “From the Dead of Night” and “Fright Night Part 2”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 17
Mystery of the White Room [1939]
Blood Legacy [1971]
Blood and Lace [1971] – NYC premiere
Godzilla vs. Megalon [1973] – Japan
Flesh For Frankenstein [1974]
Leviathan [1989]
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh [1995]
The Exorcist [1973] – 2000 re-release
Final Destination [2000]
The Zodiac [2005] – USA limited
Alien Presence [2009]
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MARCH 18
BORN ON MARCH 18
1994 – Shay Hatten, producer/writer for an episode of the TV Series “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and screenwriter for “Army of the Dead.”
1989 – Lily Collins, appeared in “Priest” and “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
1981 – Paul Davis, directed “Patient Seven” and producer for the TV Series “Into the Dark.”
1980 – Sophia Myles, appeared in the films “From Hell,” “The Damned,” ”Dracula [2006],” “Blackwood,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution” and the TV Series “Moonlight.”
1959 – Luc Besson, producer for “Frontier[s]” and “The Secret.”
1950 – Brad Dourif, starred “The Exorcist III,” “Alien: Resurrection,” “Pulse,” “Halloween [2007],” “Graveyard Shift,” “Body Parts,” “Wildling,” “Child’s Play [1988],” “Urban Legend,” “The Control Group” and many others.
1950 – J.G. Hertzler, actor in “The Prophecy II” and “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
1945 – Robert Swann, appeared in “Girly,” “The Creeping Flesh” and the TV Movie “Daemon.”
1945 – Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “The Demolitionist,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Night Warning,” “The Offspring” and “Rockula.”
1939 – Corrado Farina, director/writer/actor for “Hanno cambiato faccia” and “Baby Yaga.”
1938 – Carl Gottlieb, wrote the screenplay for “Jaws”, “Jaws 2″, and “Jaws 3-D.”
1926 – 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.
1901 – Dan Dowling, uncredited actor in “The Seventh Victim” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1886 – Edward Everett Horton, appeared in “The Terror,” episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1885 – Robert Emmett O’Connor, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1876 – Frank Darien, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Mad Love,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Bluebeard.”
DIED ON MARCH 18
2023 – Gloria Dea, actress in “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
2022 – Seth Willenson, producer for “Beneath Loch Ness,” “Sabretooth – TV Movie,” “Mimesis” and “The Dark Below.”
2019 – John Carl Buechler, directed “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Troll,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Deep Freeze,” “The Eden Formula – TV Movie,” “Saurian – TV Movie,” and acted in many others.
2016 – Joe Santos, appeared in “A Knife for the Ladies” and an episode of the “Twilight Zone.”
2010 – Fess Parker, a bit part in the 1954 sci-fi classic “Them!.”
2009 – Natasha Richardson, portrayed Mary Shelly in the film “Gothic.”
2008 – Anthony Minghella, screenwriter for “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
2006 – André Szöts, directed “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
2002 – Denis Forest, appeared in the TV mini-series “Storm of the Century,” and episodes of the TV shows “The X-Files,” “War of The Worlds” and “Friday the 13th, the series.”
2000 – André Szöts, director of “Grizzly II: Revenge.”
1982 – Alan Badel, actor in “Three Cases of Murder” and “Children of the Damned.”
1970 – William Beaudine, directed “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” “The Ape Man,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 18
Frankenstein [1910]
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1920] – NYC premiere
The Flesh Eaters [1964]
Werewolf Woman [1976] – Italy
American Nightmare [1983]
Mother’s Boys [1994]
Bloodthirst: Legend of the Chupacabras [2003]
Rise of the Chupacabras [2003]
The Ring Two [2005]
The Deaths of Ian Stone [2008] – USA & Canada DVD premiere
Unearthed [2008] – USA [DVD premiere]
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave [2008]
Laid to Rest [2009]
Hellraiser: Revelations [2011] – Culver City, CA
Dark Feed [2013] – DVD Premiere
X [2022]
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MARCH 19
BORN ON MARCH 19
1990 – Dakota Pike, appeared in “Eat [2014].”
1976 – Erik Kristopher Myers, producer for “Butterfly Kisses” and editor for “8 Ball Clown.”
1976 – Rachel Blanchard, appeared in “Snakes on a Plane,” “The Rage: Carrie 2″ and the 1988 TV series “War of the Worlds.”
1964 – Jake Weber, starred in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Cell,” the TV series “American Gothic.”
1959 – Anthony Marinelli, composer for “Graveyard Shift,” “Memory,” “Sublime,” “Grizzly Park,” “Brothel,” “Altergeist” and “Solo Respira.”
1955 – Bruce Willis, starred in “The Sixth Sense,” “Split,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Grindhouse” and “Planet Terror.”
1955 – Jack Gill, stunts for “Demonoid,” “Just Before Dawn,” “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” “Highway to Hell,” “Trauma,” “The Puppet Masters,” “End of Days,” “The Cell, “The Reaping” and more.
1953 – Jon Crispin, appeared in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
1948 – Jim Gillespie, makeup artist for “The Curse of Dracula,” “The Attic,” “Mortuary,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “The Final Terror,” “Frankenstein [1984],” “Alligator II: The Mutation” and more.
1947 – Glenn Close, starred in “Mars Attacks!” “Fatal Attraction,” “Mary Reilly,” “The Girl with All the Gifts” and “The Stepford Wives [2004].”
1937 – André Szöts, directed “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1936 – Ursula Andress, appeared in “The 10th Victim” and “Slave of the Cannibal God”.
1932 – Gail Kobe, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits.”
1928 – Patrick McGoohan, starred in “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh”, “Scanners” and “The Phantom.”
1914 – Fred Clark, starred in “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb” and “Zotz.”
1909 – Louis Hayward, starred in “The Son of Dr. Jekyll” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1907 – Kent Smith, starred in “Cat people [1942],” “Curse of the Cat People” and TV series such as “The Outer limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1906 – Roy Roberts, actor in “House of Wax [1953],” episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Munsters” and “The Addams Family.”
1885 – Tod Slaughter, starred in “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “The Face at the Window” and “Horror Maniacs.”
DIED ON MARCH 19
2022 – Alan Hopgood, actor in “Road Games.”
2021 – Gary Leib, visual effects for “Love God.”
2021 – Carlos Rivkin, costume department for “The Raven [2012].”
2020 – Nazzareno Zamperla, stuntman for “Demons 2,” “The Spider Labyrinth” and “Cemetery Man.”
2019 – Clinton Greyn, appeared in an episode of “Department S.”
2009 – Harry Harris, directed episodes of the TV show “Lost in Space.”
2007 – Calvert DeForest, appeared in “My Demon Lover” and “Freaked.”
2001 – Norman Mitchel, actor in “Carry On Screaming!,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “Revenge of Billy the Kid” and Lighthouse.”
1998 – Taggart Casey, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “It Conquered the World.”
1992 – Cesare Danova, appeared in “Tentacles,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Chamber of Horrors” and more.
1989 – Charles Lamb, who has appeared in the films “Jack the Ripper,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Quatermass and the Pit.”
1986 – Jon Lormer, appeared in “Two on a Guillotine,” “The Boogens,” “Creepshow,” episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Thriller” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1979 – John Tate, actor in “Day of the Triffids.”
1985 – Anthony Nelson Keys, produced the Hammer films “Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Mummy” and “Curse of the Werewolf.”
1949 – Wheeler Oakman, actor in “Torture Ship” and “The Ape Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 19
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1921]
Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954]
Birds II: Land’s End [1994] – TV Movie
The Void [2001] – USA video premiere
Urban Nightmare [2003]
Dawn of the Dead [2004]
Repo Men [2010]
Book of Monsters [2018]
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MARCH 20
BORN ON MARCH 20
1995 – Samantha Weinstein, actress in “Carrie [2013],” “Haunter,” Swamred – TV Movie” and “Darknet – Episode: Darknet 3.”
1983 – Michael Cassidy, appeared in “Hypochondriac,” “Army of the Dead,” “Night of the Living Deb” and an episode of “Into the Dark.”
1979 – Bianca Lawson, also appeared in episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and in the films “Supergator,” “Big Monster on Campus” and “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Jane March, appeared in “Jack the Giant Killer,” “Stalker,” “Dark Realm – TV Series,” “Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula” and more.
1971 – Liam Waite, appeared in “Ghosts of Mars” and the TV Movie “Vampire Bats.”
1970 – Michael Rapaport, appeared in “Deep Blue Sea,” “Kiss of the Damned” and an episode of “Night Visions.”
1967 – Marc Warren, appeared in “Hellraiser: Deader,” “Dracula – TV Movie” and an episode of “Twisted Tales.”
1964 – Stephen Sommers, wrote and directed “The Mummy [1999],” “The Mummy Returns,” “Deep Rising,” “Old Thomas,” produced “Van Helsing,” and the series “The Mummy.”
1963 – David Thewlis, appeared in “The Omen [2006]” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996].”
1958 – Holly Hunter, appeared in the films “Copycat,” “Lost Souls” and “The Burning.”
1957 – Theresa Russell, appeared in “Tenebrae,” “The Grotesque” and “Earth vs. the Spider [2001]”.
1950 – William Hurt, starred in the films “Altered States” and “Frankenstein” TV mini-series.
1950 – Tom Towles, starred in “Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Night of the Living Dead [1990],” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1947 – Richard Dyszel, appeared in “The Alien Factor,” “Nightbeast,” “The Galaxy Invader,” “Cremains” and “Crawler.”
1942 – Michael Mundell, actor in “the Blood Beast Terror” and “Tam Lin.”
1935 – Ted Bessell, starred in “Scream, Pretty Peggy.”
1931 – Hal Linden, did the voice characterizations for the American versions of “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster” and “Destroy All Monsters.”
1927 – Luis Barboo, actor in “The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail,” “Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein,” “The Demons [1973],” “Female Vampire,” “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Satan’s Blood,” “The Night of the Werewolf” and more.
1922 – Jack Kruschen, appeared in “The Angry Red Planet,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders” as well as episodes of TV Series “Target,” “Darkroom” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1914 – Wendell Corey, appeared in “Rear Window,” “Women of the Prehistoric Planet” and “The Astro-Zombies.”
1913 – Judith Evelyn, appeared in “Rear Window” and “The Tingler.”
1908 – Michael Redgrave, appeared in the films “The Innocents,” “Dead of Night,” “Goodbye Gemini” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1973].”
1828 – Henrik Ibsen, used his story for an episode each of “Matinee Theatre” and ‘Vedro.”
DIED ON MARCH 20
2023 – Michael Reaves, screenwriter for several episodes of the TV Series “Monsters,” “Swamp Thing,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Teen Wolf” and the TV Movie “Full Eclipse.”
2022 – Barney Rosner, appeared in “The Private Eyes.”
2022 – Ralph Riach, actor in the TV Series “Fortitude.”
2021 – Robert Gard, appeared in the TV Movie “The Turn of the Screw: Britten.”
2021 – Mohamed Ismaïl, producer for the short “The Shadow.”
2020 – Kenny Rogers, did soundtracks for some of the episodes of “Supernatural,” “Stranger Things,” and “Nightwing.”
2020 – Dodie Warren, makeup artist for “Blood of the Iron Maiden,” script supervisor for “The Astro-Zombies” and “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils.”
2020 – Johnny Harris, composer for “Fragment of Fear,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “The Evil,” “Hotline” and “Not of This World.”
2013 – James Herbert, author who wrote such novels as “Haunted”, “Fluke”, “Deadly Eyes,” and “The Fog” [no relation to the movie from 1980], and one of his stories adapted into The Survivor [1981], among others.
2007 – John P. Ryan, starred in “It’s Alive” and “It Lives Again,” and appeared “The Class Of 1999.”
1992 – Georges Delerue, composer for “Fantômas” and “The Legend of Doom House – aka Malpertuis.”
1976 – Michael Goodliffe, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “To the Devil a Daughter” and “The Gorgon.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 20
Two Thousand Maniacs [1964]
The Final Conflict [1981]
Stripped to Kill [1987]
Basic Instinct [1992]
Body Puzzle [1992]
Shadows and Fog [1992]
Rumpelstiltskin [1996] – Japan
Wild Things [1998]
Silver Scream [2003]
Asylum [2008] – Germany
Lesbian Vampire Killers [2009]
Sewer Chewer [2010]
Spring [2014]
Exeter [2015] – Phoenix International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival
Depraved [2019]
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight [2020] – Poland (Netflix)
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MARCH 21
BORN ON MARCH 21
1985 – Elizabeth Piper S., actress in “Zombie Apocalypse,” “The Last Call,” “The Dark Offerings” and “Terrifier 2.”
1963 –Jill Schoelen, starred in “The Stepfather [1987],” “Curse II: The Bite,” “Cutting Class,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” “Popcorn” and “When a Stranger Calls Back.”
1962 – Matthew Broderick, who starred in “Godzilla [1998],” “The Stepford Wives [2004],” and the TV Series “Daybreak.”
1961 – Kassie Wesley DePaiva, known for starring in “Evil Dead II” and “We Are What We Are.”
1958 – Brad Hall, appeared in “Troll” and “The Guardian [1990].”
1958 – Gary Oldman, starred in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula [1992],” “The Unborn,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Mary” and more.
1946 –Timothy Dalton, starred in “The Doctor and the Devils,” “Possessed [2000]” and the TV Show “Penny Dreadful.”
1944 – Marie-Christine Barrault,
1927 – Harriet L. Stark, actress in “Slugs [1988].”
1911 – Charles H. Schram, Charles H. Schram, Make-up artist/special effects whose work included “The Thing with Two Heads” and the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
1902 – Dick Tyler Sr., sound department for “The Vampire Bat,” “Condemned to Live,” “The House of Secrets,” “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Beginning of the End.”
1893 – Frank D. Williams, visual effects for “King Kong [1933]” and “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1883 – Sam Hardy, actor in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON MARCH 21
2023 – Charles E. Bastien, storyboard artist for episodes of “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Freaky Stories” and production designer for the TV Series “Beetlejuice.”
2023 – Fred Florusse, actor in “Intensive Care.”
2023 – Peter Werner, director for episodes of “House of Frankenstein” and “Grimm.”
2023 – Jacques Haitkin, cinematographer for “Galaxy of Terror,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “My Demon Lover,” “To Die For,” “Shocker,” “Buried Alive,” “The Private Eyes ,” “Strays,” “The Glass Jar,” “Wishmaster,” “12 Days of Terror” and many more.
2022 – Lawrence Dane, actor in “The Clown Murders,” “Rituals,” “Happy Birthday To Me,” “Scanners,” “Of Unknown Origin,” “Bride of Chucky,” “Behind the Wall” and more.
2022 – Shinji Aoyama, director/writer/editor for “Embalming” and assistant director for “The Guard from Underground.”
2012 – Robert Fuest, director of “And Soon the Darkness,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “The Last Days of Man on Earth,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “Revenge of the Stepford Wives.”
2009 – John Franklyn-Robbins, appeared in “Asylum,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,″ “Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hyde” “The Woman in Black.”
2001 – Anthony Steele, appeared in “The Monster Club” and the TV series “Tales from The Darkside.”
2001 – Mildred Gusse, casting supervisor for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” “Locusts,” and casting director for 24 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1995 – Robert Urquhart, starred in “The Curse of Frankenstein.”
1994 – Macdonald Carey, appeared TV shows “The Outer Limits,” “Thriller” and the film “It’s Alive 3: Island of The Alive.”
1992 – John Ireland, appeared in “The Incubus,” “Sundown: The Vampire Retreat,” “I Saw What You Did,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders,” “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “The House of Seven Corpses” and more.
1985 – Michael Redgrave, appeared in the films “The Innocents,” “Dead of Night,” “Goodbye Gemini” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1973].”
1962 – Blackie Whiteford, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Narcotic” and the short “Midnight Blunders.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 21
Le Golem [1937]
Gorath [1962] – Japan
Die! Die! My Darling! aka Fanatic [1965]
Gamera vs. Monster X [1970]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla [1974] – Japan
The Medusa Touch [1978] – Italy
Chopping Mall [1986]
Dreamcatcher [2003]
Shutter [2008]
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MARCH 22
BORN ON MARCH 22
1988 – Tania Raymonde, appeared in “Chillerama”, “Death Valley – TV Series,” “Texas Chainsaw [2013],” “Deep Blue Sea 3,”
1980 – Kandyse McClure, appeared in the “Children of the Corn [2009],” “Mother’s Day [2010],” “Carrie [2002],” “Return to Cabin by the Lake,” and TV Series “Hemlock Grove,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Ghost Wars.”
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, starred in “American Psycho.”
1963 – Aleisa Shirley, appeared in “Sweet Sixteen” and an episode of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”
1960 – Neal Jimenez, writer for “Hideaway [1995].”
1955 – Lena Olin, appeared in the films “Queen of the Damned,” “The Ninth Gate” and “Darkness.”
1947 – Dyanik Zurakowska, actress in “The Vampires Night Orgy,” “The Hanging Woman,” “La llamada,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and “Cauldron of Blood.”
1938 – Michael Westmore provided makeup for films and TV shows such as “The Munsters,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Psycho III” and so many more.
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, composed scores for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors,” “The Wicker Man,” “Dark Water,” “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Cabin Fever” and more.
1931 – William Shatner, starred in “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “The Devil’s Rain,” “American Psycho 2,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Visiting Hours,” “Incubus,” “Impulse,” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1972] and more.
1931 – Patricia Norris, costumer for “The Stranger Within,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” costume designer for “Bad Dreams” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1927 – Karl Hardman, starred in “Night of the Living Dead” and “Santa Claws.”
1917 – Virginia Grey, appeared in “House of Horrors,” “Unknown Island” and “The Black Zoo.”
1912 – Karl Malden, starred in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
1904 – Walter Taylor, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1896 – Fern Emmett, appeared in “The Vampire Bat,” “The Monster and the Girl,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “Dead Men Walk,” “Captive Wild Woman” and “Pillow of Death.”
DIED ON MARCH 22
2023 – Madge Levinson, actress in “Puzzled [2010].”
2021 – Susana Canales, appeared in “Estudio 3 [1963–1965] – TV Series.”
2020 – Ernst Zorin, appeared in “12 Kilometers” and “Are We Not Cats.”
2007 – Bradley Lavelle, appeared in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II”.
1997 – John Hoesli, art department for “Lifeforce,” “The Cat and the Canary” and “The House That Vanished.”
1994 – Walter Lantz, created the opening animation for the film “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
1992 – Melissa Stribling, appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952],” “Horror of Dracula,” “Journey into Darkness”, “Crucible of Terror.”
1991 – Gloria Holden, starred in “Dracula’s Daughter.”
1986 – Olive Deering, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Tomorrow,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 22
The Spider Woman Strikes Back [1945]
Konga [1961] – Boston
The Visitor [1979]
Inseminoid [1981] – UK
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning [1985]
Bloodmoon [1990]
Diabolique [1996]
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV [2002] – Philadelphia
Blade II [2002]
Camp Massacre [2014]
Ouija Death Trap [2014]
Scare Me [2020]
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MARCH 23
BORN ON MARCH 23
1973 – Chad Ferrin, director/writer/producer for “Night Caller,” “The Deep Ones,” “Someone’s Knocking at the Door,” “The Ghouls,” “Parasites,” “Unspeakable,” editor for “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet,” and more.
1969 – Dav Kaufman, producer for “13 Hours in a Warehouse.”
1968 – Zak Penn, screenwriter for “Suspect Zero” and “Incident at Loch Ness.”
1966 – Marin Hinkle, starred in “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” and “Quarantine.”
1965 – Richard Grieco, appeared in “Attack of the Unknown,” “The Demolitionist,” “Samhain,” “The Gardener,” “Art of the Dead” and more.
1965 – Sarah Buxton, actress in “Primal Rage,” “Nightmare Beach,” as well as episodes of “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “Monsters.”
1963 – Larry Fessenden, appeared in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “The Innkeepers,” “We Are Still Here,” “The Strain – TV Series,” “Late Phases,” “Ritual,” “Jug Face,” “The Battery”, “You’re Next,” “Stake Land,” “Session 9,” “The Mind’s Eye” and more.
1963 – Lori Petty, appeared in “Route 666,” “Tank Girl” and the TV series’ “Brimstone”.
1962 – Jenny Wright, co-starred in “The Lawnmower Man,” “I, Madman” and “The Dark.”
1957 – Amanda Plummer, appeared in “The Prophecy” and “Mimic: Sentinel.”
1954 – Laurence Lemaire, script & continuity department for “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre.”
1953 – Roberta Leighton, actress in “Barracuda.”
1936 – Bruce Kessler, director of “Simon, King of the Witches,” “Cruise Into Terror,” “Deathmoon” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: Chopper [1975].”
1919 – Kenneth Tobey, starred in “The Thing From Another World” ” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Howling,” “Gremlins” and more.
1916 – Grant Richards, starred in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake.”
1914 – Nedrick Young, appeared in “Dead Men Walk” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1904 – Joan Crawford, starred “Trog,” “Strait-Jacket” and “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.”
1893 – Cedric Gibbons, art director for “Freaks,” “The Picture of Doran Gray,” “The Devil Doll,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Mark of the Vampire,” “Mad Love” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 23
2023 – Walter Cole – aka “Darcelle XV,” actress/self in the TV Special “Sinister Cinema [1987].”
2023 – Dafydd Hywel, appeared in “Gwaed ar y Ser – aka Blood on the Ser” and an episode of “Armchair Thriller.”
2021 – George Segal, appeared in “The Terminal Man,” and episodes of TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock House,” “Aaaah!!! Real Monsters” and “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.”
2021 – Anne Kerylen, appeared in “La brigade des maléfices – AKA “The Evil Brigade” – TV Series.
2020 – Niko Nitai, appeared in “Hellbound.”
2020 – Alfio Contini, cinematographer for “Flavia, the Heretic” and “Damned in Venice,”
2020 – David Collings, appeared in various TV Series including “Out of the Unknown,” Mystery and the Imagination” and “Devil Man.”
2020 – Lucia Bosè, appeared in “Nocturne 29,” “Something Creeping in the Dark,” “Arcana” and “The Legend of Blood Castle.”
2019 – Larry Cohen, director, producer, writer for “Q” “Full Moon High,” “The Ambulance,” “It Lives Again,” starred as himself in “King Cohen,” plus many other films not listed he was involved in.
2019 – Denise DuBarry Hay, appeared in “Monster in the Closet” and TV movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”
2019 – John ‘Frenchie’ Berger, weapons wrangler for “In the Mouth of Madness,” “Bone Daddy,” “Bride of Chucky,” “eXistenZ,” “American Psycho,” “Dracula 2000,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “Land of the Dead,” “Diary of the Dead” and more.
2014 – Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus of the metal band GWAR, appeared in “Digging up the Marrow,” “Hatchet III,” “GWAR: Gor-Gor” and more.
2002 – Richard Sylbert, production designer for “Rosemary’s Baby,” art director for 3 episodes of “Inner Sanctum” and 8 episodes of “Lights Out.”
1995 – Edmund Gibson, cinematographer for “Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things,” “Impulse,” “Barracuda” and “I Eat Your Skin.”
1987 – Keith Richards, appeared in the films “When Worlds Collide,” the serial “The Invisible Monster” and “The Snow Creature.”
1964 – Peter Lorre, appeared in “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Raven [1963],” “Mad Love,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “The Face Behind the Mask” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 23
The House That Vanished [1973]
Revenge in the House of Usher [1983] – Madrid
Anguish [1987] – Madrid
An Ordinary Killer [2003] – USA [East Lansing Film Festival]
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla [2004] – USA
Sorceress II: The Temptress [2004] – USA [DVD premiere]
The Hills Have Eyes II [2007]
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