MARCH 24
BORN ON MARCH 24
1977 – Jessica Chastain, has appeared in “It Chapter Two,” “Dark Shadows – TV Movie,” “Mama,” “Touch of Evil.” and “Crimson Peak.”
1974 – Alyson Hannigan, appeared in “You Might be the Killer.”
1970 – Lara Flynn Boyle, who appeared in “Poltergeist III,” “Hansel & Gretel Get Baked” and the TV Movie “The House Next Door.”
1955 – Kim Johnston Ulrich, appeared in “Werewolf – TV Series,” “Spellcaster,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Rumpelstiltskin” and “Supernatural – TV Series.”
1954 – Robert Carradine, appeared in “Ghosts of Mars,” “Orca,” “Lycanthrope,” “Body Bags,” “The Tommyknockers,” “Escape From L.A,” “Tooth and Nail” And more.
1949 – Tabitha King, appeared in “Maximum Overdrive” and writer for an episode of the TV Series “Kingdom Hospital.”
1944 – R. Lee Ermey, appeared in “Willard [2003],” “The Frighteners,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003],” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” “Body Snatchers,” “Hexed” and more.
1940 – Joseph Del Nostro Jr., appeared in “Diary of a Madman.”
1938 – Tom Kempinski, actor in The Damned [1962].”
1933 – William Smith, appeared in “Crowhaven Farm,” “The Boneyard Collection,” “Zombiegeddon,” “Body Shop,” “The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula,” “Interview with a Zombie,” “Uncle Sam,” “Feast,” “Maniac Cop” and many more.
1930 – Steve McQueen, starred in the original version of “The Blob.”
1923 – Murray Hamilton, appeared in “Jaws,” “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and “Too Scared to Scream.”
1920 – Gordon Kirschbaum, construction coordinator for the TV Movies “Satan’s School for Girls,” “Cruise Into Terror” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
1904 – Martin Kosleck, appeared in “The Flesh Eaters,” “She-Wolf of London” and “House of Horrors.”
1895 – Syd Saylor, appeared in “Murders in the Zoo,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The House of Secrets,” “The Black Doll,” “House of Horrors,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man” and “The Crawling Hand.”
DIED ON MARCH 24
2022 – Abhishek Chatterjee, actor in “Rajmohol” and “Bhoy.”
2021 – Jessica Walter, actress in “Ghost in the Machine,” “Temptress” “Home for the Holidays – TV Movie,” “Vampire [1979] – TV Movie” and more.
2021 – Craig muMs Grant, appeared in “Dark Water” and the short “Rhyme Animal.”
2020 – Juan Padrón, appeared in “Vampires in Havana!”
2020 – Stuart Gordon, directed “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “Dolls,” produced “Progeny,” writer for “The Dentist,” “Body Snatchers [1993],” appeared in “Tales of Halloween “Chasity Bites” and directed, produced, and wrote many more.
2020 – William Dufris, appeared in “Judge,” “X [1996]” and episodes of “Genocyber.”
2019 – Noah Keen, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1961]”
2019 – Julie Lockwood, appeared in an episode of “Out of the Unknown [1969]”
2019 – Joseph Pilato, acted in “The Chair [2016],” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Day of the Dead [1985],” “The Ghouls [2003],” “Bloodbath [2009]” and many more.
2010 – Robert Culp, appeared in the TV movies “Santa’s Slay” “The Chill Factor” and the film “Silent Night, Deadly Night 3.”
2008 – Richard Widmark, actor in “To the Devil a Daughter,” “The Swarm” and the TV Movie “Blackout.”
2004 – Richard Leech, appeared in “Curse of the Devil.”
2003 – Philip Yordan, screenwriter for “Cataclysm,” “Night Train to Terror,” “Bloody Wednesday,” “The Unholy” and “Marilyn Alive Behind Bars.”
1984 – Sam Jaffe, appeared in “The Dunwich Horror,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and the TV pilot for “Night Gallery.”
1960 – Kathryn Stuberg, additional crew/wax figures for “House of Wax [1953].”
1941 – Otis Garrett, editor for “Behind the Mask” and “The Vampire Bat.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 24
The Human Monster [1940] – filmed in 1939 as The Dark Eyes of London
Eating Raoul [1982]
Cutting Class [1989]
Dolores Claiborne [1995]
A Chronicle of Corpses [2000]
Stay Alive [2006]
Perkins’ 14 [2009]
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MARCH 25
BORN ON MARCH 25
1989 – Aly Michalka, appeared in the TV Series “iZombie.”
1984 – Katharine McPhee, starred in “Shark Night 3D.”
1975 – Christoph H. Nuehlen, behind the scenes producer for “House of the Dead.”
1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, appeared in “Mars Attacks!”
1948 – Bonnie Bedelia, starred in “Needful Things” and TV mini-series, “Salem’s Lot [1979].”
1942 – Richard O’Brien, writer/composer, and star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” He also appeared in “Shock Treatment” and “Elvira’s Haunted Hills.”
1938 – Hoyt Axton, starred in “Gremlins,” “Buried Alive [1990],” “King Cobra,” “Retribution,” and his music was on the soundtrack for “Zombieland: Double Tap.”
1922 – Lou Morheim, producer for the TV Movies “The Unknown,” “Scream, Pretty Peggy,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and writer for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
1922 – Bruno VeSota, starred in “Attack of the Mayan Mummy” and “The Devil’s Hand.”
1920 – Patrick Troughton, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1962]” “The Gorgon,” “Scars of Dracula,” “Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell” and “The Omen.”
1919 – Robert B. Hauser, director of photography for “Willard [1971],” the TV Movies “The Night Strangler,” “All the Kind Strangers,” “No Place to Hide” and “Someone’s Watching Me!”
DIED ON MARCH 25
2023 – Christopher Gunning, composer for “Goodbye Gemini,” “Hands of the Ripper,” “The Day of the Triffids: and 3 episodes of the TV Series “Dramarama.”
2023 – Javier López – aka “Chabelo”, actor in “Autopsia de un fantasma – aka Autopsy of a Ghost” and “Chabelo and Pepito vs. The Monsters.”
2023 – Leo D Sullivan, animator for “Scooby’s Laff-A-Lympics” and “Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.”
2022 – Ahmed Halawa, actor in “Before Forty” and “Ahmed Noterdame.”
2022 – Tse Yuet Mei, actress in “Devil’s Vendetta.”
2022 – Taylor Hawkins (drummer for the Foo Fighters), producer/actor/soundtrack for “Studio 666.”
2021 – Robert Rodan, appeared in the TV Series “Dark Shadows” as Adam.
2020 – Detto Mariano, composer for “Miami Golem.”
2020 – Mark Blum, appeared in the video game “Alan Wake.”
1998 – Daniel Massey, appeared in “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Shadows of Fear – TV Series” and more.
1990 – Irving W. Sindler, property master for “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,” “Diary of a Madman” and “Twice-Told Tales.”
1990 – Karl Brown, screenwriter for “The Man They Could Not Hang,” “The Man with Nine Lives,” “Before I Hang,” “The Ape Man (story) [1945].”
1989 – Reginald Le Borg, directed “The Black Sleep,” “The Mummy’s Ghost” and “Voodoo Island”.
1970 – Milton Shockley, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1969 – Alan Mowbray, appeared in “The Phantom of 42nd Street,” “Terror by Night” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.”
1956 – Robert Newton, appeared in “The Hidden Room,” “Haunted Honeymoon” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 25
The Indestructible Man [1956]
World Without End [1956]
The X from Outer Space [1967] – Japan
Destroyer [1988]
Hack-O-Lantern [1988]
Destroyer [1989]
Cemetery Man [1994] – Limited
Cheerleader Massacre [2003] – Italy
Mortuary [2005]
April Fool’s Day [2008]
Shrooms [2008] – USA DVD premiere
Wonder Valley [2017] – Video
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MARCH 26
BORN ON MARCH 26
1991 – Brittney Wilson, has appeared in “Scar,” “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour – TV Series,” “Bates Motel – TV Series,” “Scarecrow” and “Way of the Wicked.”
1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, appeared in “The Telling” and “Deadly Weekend.”
1982 – Joe Anderson starred in “The Reckoning,” “The Ruins,” “Creep” “The Crazies [2010]” and a few TV Series “Hannibal,” “The River” and “Afterlife.”
1978 – Travis Wood, actor in “The Slaughter,” “Mousetrap (short)” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1976 – Amy Smart, starred in the films “Starship Troopers,” “Hangman,” “Strangeland,” “The Visitant,” “Campfire Tales,” “Patient Seven,” “The Keeping Hours, “Flight 7500” and “Mirrors.”
1961 – Billy Warlock, appeared in “Halloween II [1981],” “Society,” “Steel Sharks” and “The Thing Below.”
1956 – Gary Hudson, actor in “Cameron’s Closet,” “Night’s Angel,” “Scanner Cop,” “The Force,” “Bless the Child,” “Sea Beast,” “Necessary Evil,” “I Downloaded a Ghost,” “The Stepdaughter” and “Resident Evil: Extinction.”
1952 – Carol Watson, screenwriter for “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Friday the 13th The Final Chapter (based on characters created by).”
1934 – Alan Arkin, starred in “Edward Scissorhands” and “Full Moon Hight.”
1931 – Leonard Nimoy, appeared in “Them!” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “The Brain Eaters” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
1930 – John Tomerlin, writer for the TV Movie “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
1925 – Barry Letts, produced & directed many British TV series including “The Invisible Man,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” mini-series.
1919 – Strother Martin, appeared in “Sssssss,” “The Brotherhood of Satan” and “The Magnetic Monster.”
1917 – Ed Peck, appeared in TV Series including “The Munsters,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
DIED ON MARCH 26
2023 – Tai-Kit Mak, director for “Abracadabra,” “Wicked City” and appeared in “Pretty Ghost.”
2023 – Jacques Collard, appeared in “Le secret de la chambre noire – aka The Secret of the Darkroom.”
2023 – Ivano Marescotti, actor in “Hannibal [2001]” and the TV Series “Il bosco – aka The Forest.”
2023 – Piotr Wysocki, actor in “The Song of the Triumphant Love” and “Alchemik – aka Alchemist.”
2022 – Jeff Carson, music department for “The Exorcist III,” “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” “The Omen [2006],” “Final Destination 5,” “The Call” and “Lake of Death.”
2022 – Jun-seok Bang, composer for “Bloody Beach” and music department for “R-Point.”
2022 – Gianni Cavina, actor in “Thomas and the Bewitched,” “The House With Laughing Windows” and “Il signor Diavolo.”
2020 – Hamish Wilson, appeared in “The Elementa” and “The Wicker Tree.”
2020 – Sethuraman, actor in “50/50.” “Vampire Journals,” “Blessed” and the TV Movie “Mammoth.”
2020 – Menggie Cobarrubias, appeared in “The Wedding Curse,” Scaregivers,” “Chain Mail,” “Eerie” and more.
2020 – Constantin Draganescu, appeared in “Dark Angel: The Ascent,” Mammoth – TV Movie,” “Blessed” and “Vampire Journals.”
2019 – Bronco McLoughlin, did Stunts in “Creatures the World Forgot,” “The Wicker Man [1973],” “Hellbound: Hellraiser II,” “Nightbreed,” and “The Tale of Sweeney Todd [TV Movie].”
2002 – Louis M. Heyward, produced “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again” and “Cry of the Banshee”.
1987 -Walter Abel, appeared in “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and “The Human Duplicators.”
1982 – Sam Kydd, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles” and “Island of Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 26
The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine [1974] – Atlanta Film Festival (premiere)
Hear No Evil [1993]
Unseen Evil [2001]
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed [2004]
Scream of the Banshee [2011]
Zoombies 2 [2019]
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MARCH 27
BORN ON MARCH 27
1971 – Nathan Fillion, appeared in “Dracula 2000,″ “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “Slither,” “White Noise 2: The Light” and more.
1969 – Pauley Perrette, appeared in “Satan Hates You” and ‘The Ring.”
1967 – Talisa Soto, starred in “Vampirella” and appeared in “Island of the Dead.”
1963 –Quentin Tarantino, wrote and produced the film “From Dusk Till Dawn,” and its sequels, produced “Hostel,” “Planet Terror”, did a voice over in Romero’s “Diary Of The Dead” and many others.
1958 – James McCaffrey, actor in “Hide and Seek” “Camp Hell,” “The Orphan Killer,” “A Cry from Within,” “A Good Woman Is Hard to Find” as well as voiced many video games.
1957 – Caroline Williams, appeared in “Ten Minutes to Midnight,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Leprechaun 3,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3,″ “Stepfather II,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Tales of Poe,” “Hanukkah” and more.
1947 – Serena Verdirosi, voice dubbing for “Spirits of the Dead,” “Web of the Spider,” “Torso,” “The Nun and the Devil,” “Eyeball,” “Last Stop on the Night Train,” “Play Motel,” “City of the Living Dead,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “Manhattan Baby,” “Zombie 3” and more.
1945 – Penny Perry, casting director for “The Final Terror,” “The Monster Squad,” “The Relic,” “Sanctimony,” “Backwoods,” “Behemoth,” “Embrace of the Vampire,” “Ghost Storm” and more.
1942 – Michael York, starred in “The Island of Dr. Moreau”.
1936 – Jerry Lacy, played “Tony Peterson” and “The Reverend Trask” on the soap opera “Dark Shadows.”
1935 – Julian Glover, appeared in “5 Million Miles to Earth,” and “Theatre of Death.”
1934 – Jody Fair, appeared in “The Brain Eaters,” “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
1914 – Richard Denning, appeared in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Day The World Ended.”
1910 – Tom Howard, visual/special effects for “The Haunting [1963],” “Children of the Damned,” “The Gamma People,” “Village of the Damned,” “Gorgo” and “The Legend of Hell House.”
1908 – James Kitchen, editor for “House of Wax [1953].”
1884 – James Cruze, played the title role in the 1912 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
DIED ON MARCH 27
2023 – Peggy Scott Adams, soundtrack for “The Walking Dead: World Beyond – Episode: The Tyger and the Lamb – ‘Magic Fingers’
2023 – Vikraman Nair, actor in “Virus [2019].”
2022 – Lars Bloch, actor in “Djanjo Kill…If you Live, Shoot!,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Emanuelle In America,” “Fracchia vs. Dracula” and “Seagull Island – Episode: Episode #1.4.”
2021 – Nagayya, appeared in “Bhaagamathie.”
2006 – Julian Burton, appeared in “A Bucket of Blood” [1959], and episodes of the TV series’ “Thriller” and “The Outer Limits.”
2006 – Dan Curtis, produced “Dark Shadows” and produced and wrote “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy Of Terror,” “The Night Stalker” and “The Norliss Tapes.”
2002 – Dudley Moore, appeared in “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
2002 – Glen Robinson, special effects for “King Kong [1976],” “Amityville II: The Possession,” “Demon Seed” and “Island Claws.”
1999 – Hiroyuki Okita, appeared in “Gamera 2: Assault of Legion” and “Ultraman Tiga.”
1995 – Paul Brinegar, actor in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954],” “The Vampire [1957],” “How to Make a Monster,” “The Creature Wasn’t Nice” and “Annihilator.”
1991 – Ralph Bates, starred in “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Horror of Frankenstein” and “Taste the Blood of Dracula.”
1991 – Aldo Ray, appeared in “Psychic Killer,” “The Lucifer Complex” and “Bog.
1989 – Jack Starrett, director/actor for “Race with the Devil,” appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge,” “Nightwish” and “Family Reunion.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 27
Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954]
The Gruesome Twosome [1967] re-release
Something Weird [1967] re-release
Sisters [1973]
Eyes of a Stranger [1981]
Ghost Fever [1987]
Leviathan [1989]
Bell Witch Haunting [2004]
Blood Gnome [2004]
Curse of La Llorona [2007]
Shutter [2007] – filmed in Thailand in 2004
Zombies Gone Wild [2007]
The Haunting in Connecticut [2009]
Dead Rising: Watchtower [2015]
I Dared You! Truth or Dare Part 5 [2017]
Hell’s Kitty [2018]
I Dared You! Truth or Dare Part 5 [2017]
Vivarium [2019]
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MARCH 28
BORN ON MARCH 28
1986 – Lady Gaga, starred in the TV Series “American Horror Story” and did the soundtrack for “Broken Hearts.”
1981 – Julia Stiles, starred in “Out of the Dark” and “The Omen [2006].”
1972 – Nick Frost, actor in “Shaun of the Dead,” “Grindhouse,” “Monster Family,” “Slaughterhouse Rulez,” “Krazy House,” “Get Away,” and the TV Show “Truth Seekers.”
1970 – Vince Vaughn, appeared in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park II,” as well as starring in “Freaky,” “Psycho [1998]” and “The Cell.”
1968 – Max Perlich, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Tar,” “Night of the Templar,” “Sometimes They Come Back… for More,” “Dinorcoc,” “Terrified,” “Seven Mummies” and more.
1959 – Stephanie Dunnam, actress in “Silent Rage,” “Play Dead,” “Whistler’s Mother,” episodes of the TV Series “Preacher” and “Salem.”
1955 – Reba McEntire, starred in “Tremors.”
1951 – Pete Kozachik, visual effects for “Dreamscape,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Corpse Bride” and additional photography for “Mad God.”
1948 – Dianne Wiest, starred in “The Lost Boys” and “Edward Scissorhands.”
1947 – Gerald B. Wolfe, sound mixer for “Massacre at Central High,” “Ghosts That Still Walk,” “Evil Town,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Terror Squad,” “The Covenant,” “Satan’s Princess,” “Sea of Fear,” “Blood River,” “One-Eyed Monster,” “The Offerings,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Stay Out Alive” and more.
1946 – Sheila Ruskin, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1945 – Richard Backus, starred in “Deathdream.”
1945 – Robert Easter, screenwriter for “The Toolbox Murders.”
1937 – Luciano De Ambrosis, voice dubbing for “Scream of the Demon Lover,” The Hanging Woman,” “The House of Exorcism,” “The Psychic,” “The Great Alligator,” “Play Motel,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “City of the Living Dead,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Two Evil Eyes,” “The Ring” and more.
1937 – Lincoln Mayorga, music department/piano for “Prophecy [1979]” and soundtrack for “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”
1928 – Skip Martin, actor in “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Vampire Circus,” “Son of Dracula” and “Horror Hospital.”
1925 – Morris Perry, appeared in “Nothing but the Night,” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1982] – TV Series,” “Born of Fire” and “The Dark Side of the Sun – Episode: Harvest of Fear.”
1920 – Aiace Parolin, cinematographer for “Hanno cambiato faccia” and “Baba Yaga.”
1912 – Frank Lovejoy, actor in “House of Wax [1953].”
DIED ON MARCH 28
2023 – Paul O’Grady, actor in “Chimera – Episode #1.2.”
2022 – Marvin J. Chomsky, director of the TV Movie “Doctor Franken.”
2022 – Raquel Pankowsky, actress in “Amityville 3-D.”
2022 – Ahdy Sadek, actor in “A Cry from Beyond.”
2022 – Barrie Youngfellow, actress in “Nightmare in Blood” and the TV Movie “Vampire [1979].”
2021 – Malcolm Cecil, sound department for “Army of Darkness.”
2021 – Kai Chi Liu, appeared in “The Demon Within.”
2020 – Elvia Andreoli, starred in “Prisoners of Terror.”
2020 – Barbara Rütting, appeared in “Doctor Without Scruples” and “The Squeaker.”
2020 – John Kevin Callahan, appeared in “Bone Eater,” “Dinocroc vs. Supergator” and “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre.”
2019 – Maury Laws, Soundtrack for “Boltneck,” and Composed Music for “Mad Monster Party?”
2005 – Robert Slatzer, wrote and directed “Bigfoot”.
1999 – Gil Perkins, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Teenage Monster.”
1987 – Patrick Troughton, appeared in the 1962 Hammer version of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Gorgon,” “Scars of Dracula,” “Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell” and “The Omen.”
1976 – Richard Arlen, starred in “The Island of Lost Souls,” “The Lady and the Monster,” “The Crawling Hand.”
1953 – Jim Thorpe, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Vampire’s Ghost.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 28
Horror Island [1941]
Man Made Monster [1941]
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959]
Dead Eyes of London [1961]
The Manster [1962]
The Birds [1963] – NYC
The House in Nightmare Park [1973] – UK
Madhouse [1974]
Phantasm [1979]
Don’t Go in the House [1979]
The Changeling [1980]
Zombie Holocaust [1980] – Italy
April Fool’s Day [1986]
Leprechaun in the Hood [2000]
Deadly Stingers [2003]
Mega Scorpions [2003] – Frightvision Horror Film Festival
Hillside Cannibals [2006]
American Zombie [2008]
Girls Gone Dead [2012]
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MARCH 29
BORN ON MARCH 29
1992 – Chris Massoglia, appeared in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “The Hole” and was a presenter at the “Scream Awards 2009.”
1982 – Chad Rook, actor in “Killer Bash – TV Movie,” “The Brotherhood IV: The Complex,” “Sleepover Nightmare,” “Texas Road,” “Hell Mary,” “Extremity,” “We Came from the Sea – short” and “Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City.”
1968 – Lucy Lawless, starred in “The Spine of Night,” “Boogeyman [2005],” “The Changeover,” “Vampire Bats – TV Movie,” “Locusts – TV Movie,” “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series” and “Salem – TV Series.”
1960 – Marina Sirtis, actress in “Spectres,” “Grudge 3,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time,” “Blind Date,” “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “Little Dead Rotting Hood,” “Finders Keepers” and “Vampire Riderz.”
1958 – Victor Salva, wrote and directed “Clownhouse,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Jeepers Creepers II,” “Dark House,” “The Nature of the Beast” and “Rosewood Lane.”
1955 – Brendan Gleeson, starred in “Lake Placid,” “Stonehearst Asylum,” “The Village,” and “28 Days Later”.
1948 – Bud Cort, appeared in “Invader’s from Mars [1986],” “Son of the Blob,” “Brain Dead,” “Number 23″ and the TV movie “Bates Motel.”
1947 – Robert Gordon, soundtrack for “Beetlejuice” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1942 – Scott Wilson, actor in “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,” “The Exorcist III,” “The Host,” “For Sale by Owner,” “Mother [1995],” “The Ninth Configuration,” and the TV Series The Walking Dead.”
1927 – Chris Warfield, appeared in “Dairy of a Madman” and an episode of “The Outer Limits.”
1924 – Jackie Vernon, appeared in “The Microwave Massacre.”
1920 – Albert Fennell, producer for “Peeping Tom,” “The Innocents,” “Night of the Eagle,” “Unearthly Stranger,” “And Soon the Darkness,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “The Legend of Hell House” and “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.”
1905 – Griffin Jay, screenwriter for “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “Captive Wild Woman,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Cry of the Werewolf” and “Devil Bat’s Daughter.”
1905 – Otis Garrett, editor for “Behind the Mask” and “The Vampire Bat.”
1902 – Onslow Stevens, starred in “House of Dracula,” “The Monster and the Girl” and “Them!”
1887 – Cecil Holland, makeup artist for “Go and Get It,” “The Lost World [1925]” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
DIED ON MARCH 29
2022 – Paul Herman, actor in “Terrified.”
2019 – Shane Rimmer, appeared in “The Hunger,” “Dark Shadows [2012]” and episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”
2012 – Luke Askew, appeared in “The Beast Within”, “Frailty”.
2007 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in the films “The Beast Must Die,” “Predator 2″.
2006 – Henry Farrell penned the novels “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,” “How Awful About Allan,” and the screenplay for the film “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte”.
2005 – William F. Calvert, set decorator for “The Spider,” “Night of the Lepus” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2004 – Charles Grenzbach, sound department for “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Deadly Blessing,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “Grizzly,” “Lady in White,” “Crawlspace,” “The Strangler” and more.
1997 – Ellen Pollock, actress in “Horror Hospital [1973].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 29
House of Horrors [1946]
Revenge of the Creature [1955]
Gorgo [1961]
Long Weekend [1978]
Don’t Answer the Phone [1980] – limited
Blood Rage [1987]
The Unborn [1991]
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute [1994] – USA video premiere
The Ghosts of Angela Webb [2005]
Black Sheep [2006]
13 Eerie [2013] – Mauvais Genre Film Festival
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MARCH 30
BORN ON MARCH 30
1990 – Cassie Scerbo, appeared in “Sharknado,” “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No!” “Sharknado: Global Swarming,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About time,” “Agoraphobia,” “Bering Sea Beast,” “Truth or Dare [2017] and was part of a song on the soundtrack for “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time:
1984 – Helena Mattsson, appeared in “Drowning Ghost,” “Species: The Awakening” and the TV Series “666 Park Avenue.”
1977 – Rebecca Love, starred in “The Hills Have Thighs,” “Cleavagefield”, “Bewitched Housewives”, “Ghost in a Teeny Bikini,” “The Witches of Breastwick 2” and “Camp Cuddly Pines: Powertool Massacre.”
1968 – Donna D’Errico, appeared in “Candyman: Day of the Dead.”
1965 – Juliet Landau, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders,” “Repossessed,” “A Place Among the Dead,” “Hack!” and “Ed Wood”.
1964 – Ian Ziering, over work for many cartoon series such as “Godzilla,” and starred in all 5 of the “Sharknado” films and the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”
1963 – Susannah Hoffmann, actress in “The Brain,” “Pay the Ghost” as well as episodes of “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Goosebumps,” “The Outer Limits” and “Slasher.”
1958 – Maurice LaMarche, voice actor for episodes of “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated,” “The Mummy,” “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman,” “Gravedale High” and more.
1957 – Paul Reiser, appeared “Aliens,” “Life After Beth,” “The Darkness,” “The Tower” and the TV Series “Stranger Things.”
1950 – Robbie Coltrane, starred in “From Hell,” “Van Helsing” and “Van Helsing: The London Assignment.”
1938 – Zofia Merle, actress in the TV Movie “Pozarowisko (1969.”
1933 – Frank Novak, costume designer for the TV Movies “Deathmoon,” “Deadly Encounter” and “Are You Alone In the House?”
1930 – John Astin, who played “Gomez” on the “Addams Family” TV series, starred in “The Frighteners,” “The Return of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1930 – Rolf Harris, soundtrack/songwriter for “Wolf Creek 2 [2013].”
1922 – Turhan Bey, appeared “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “Captive Wild Woman.”
1919 – Will Hare, appeared in “Eyes of Fire,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
DIED ON MARCH 30
2023 – Johan Leysen, actor in “The Johnsons,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “Tattoo,” “Grimm [2003],” “Despite the Night” and “Noise.”
2023 – Laura Gómez-Lacueva, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Zone.”
2023 – Elemér Ragályi, cinematographer for “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Dracula – Episode #1.1” and “Dracula – Episode #1.2.”
2023 – Steve Skeates, comic book writer for “The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves #2-13 (1967-1969).”
2021 – Evelyn Sakash, production manager for 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Langloliers.”
2020 – William Harrison Withers Jr., did the soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Bound in Flesh.”
2015 – Robert Z’Dar, starred in “Maniac Cop,” “Grotesque,” “Hellhole,” “The Night Stalker,” “A Blood Story,” “Soultaker,” “The Rockville Slayer” and more.
2014 – Kate O’Mara, Hammer films scream queen who appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “The Vampire Lovers.”
1995 – William Randall, sound mixer for “The Terminal Man,” “Race With the Devil,” “The Possessed [1977],” “Deathmoon,” “Summer of Fear,” “Blood Beach,” “Dead & Buried,” “Class Reunion” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
1986 – James Cagney, who portrayed Lon Chaney Sr. in the film “Man of a Thousand Faces”.
1963 – Walter Daniels, assistant director for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and production manager for “The Thing from Another World.”
1954 – Griffin Jay, screenwriter for “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “Captive Wild Woman,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Cry of the Werewolf” and “Devil Bat’s Daughter.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 30
House of Mystery [1934]
Bloodbath at the House of Death [1984] – Detroit – premiere
Beetlejuice [1988]
Transylvania Twist [1989] – NYC
Santa Sangre [1990] – Los Angeles
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss [1990] – Toronto
Cronos [1993] – USA limited
Progeny [1999]
Lord of the Vampires [2002]
Zombie Nation [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Screaming Dead [2004]
Zodiac Killer [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Ghostly Revenge [2007]
Into the Woods [2008]
Zombeavers [2014]
Witness Infection [2021]
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MARCH 31
BORN ON MARCH 31
1985 – Jessica Szohr, appeared in “House at the End of the Drive,” “Somebody Help Me,” “Love Bite” and “Piranha 3D.”
1983 – Melissa Ordway, appeared in “Odd Thomas” and “Escapee.”
1975 – Adam Green, directed “Hatchet,” “Hatchet 2,″ “Frozen [2010],” “Victor Crowley,” “Holliston – TV Series,” “Horrified – TV Series,” “Chillerama” and “Digging Up The Marrow.”
1950 – Gianluca Favilla, actor in “Submission of a Woman.”
1943 – Christopher Walken, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Prophecy” and its sequels, “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “The Sentinel,” “The Addiction” and more.
1929 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.
1924 – Kathleen O’Malley, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Munsters.”
1922 – Patrick Magee, starred in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “Dementia 13,” “The Monster Club,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “Monster of Terror” and more.
1918 – Ted Post, director of the TV Movie “Five Desperate Women,”” “The Baby,” “Nightkill,” “episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1901 – Ralph Littlefield, appeared in “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man” and “Voodoo Man.”
1809 – Nikolay Gogol, writer/story for “Black Sunday,” “A Holy Place,” “Viy,” “Vedma,” “Fern Flower” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 31
2022 – Patrick Demarchelier, camera department for “The Believers.”
2021 – Cleve Hall, special effects for “Nightmare,” “Ghoulies,” “TerrorVision,” “Troll,” make-up department for “Nightmare Sisters,” “Book of Fire,” “MMI Crew for “Re-Animator” and many more.
2020 – Julie Bennett, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2020 – Andrew Jack, dialogue coach for “A Demon in My View,” “Paranoid,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “The Wolfman [2010]” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
2020 – Vincent Marzello, appeared in “The Witches” and episodes of the TV Series “Devil Man – Volume 1: The Birth.”
2017 – Radley Metzger, director/writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” sound department/editor for “The Flesh Eaters” and editor for “The Beach Girls and the Monster.”
2007 – Thomas Moore, produced “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [1976]” and “Mark of the Witch [1970].”
2003 – Anne Gwynne, appeared in the Universal classics “Black Friday,” “The Black Cat [1941]” [a.k.a. “The Black Cat Murders”] and “House of Frankenstein.”
1988 – Pierangelo Civera, voice dubbing for “The Conspiracy of Torture,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and appeared in “Nightmare City.”
1973 – George Woodbridge, appeared in “Tower of Terror,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Jack the Ripper [1959],” “The Mummy [1959].” “The Flesh and the Fiends,” “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Reptile”, and many more.
1951 – Ralph Forbes, appeared in the 1939 versions of “The Tower of London,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.
1952 – Roland West, starred in “The Monster,” “The Bat” and “The Bat Whispers.”
1855 – Charlotte Brontë, writer for “I Walked with a Zombie” and 1 episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 31
Murders in the Zoo [1933]
Hound of the Baskervilles [1939]
The Ambulance [1990]
Dog Soldiers [2002]
Slither [2006]
Autopsy [2008] – USA DVD premiere
Satanic Panic [2019]
Malum [2023] – Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival
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