MAY 1

BORN ON MAY 1

1990 – Caitlin Stasey, actress in “Smile,” “I, Frankenstein,” “Laura Hasn’t Slept – short,” “Kindred Spirits,” All I Need,” “Fear, Inc,” “I, Frankenstein” and “All Cheerleaders Die.”

1980 – Ana Claudia Talancón, actress in “One Missed Call [2008].”

1986 – Chris Coy, appeared in “Deliver Us from Evil,” “Hostel: Part III,” “SX_Tape,” “Kristy,” “Discarnate,” “Rogue River” and “The Culling.”

1982 – Jamie Dornan, starred in “A Haunting in Venice,” “Synchronic” and “Beyond the Rave.”

1980 – Ana Claudia Talancón, starred in “One Missed Call.”

1972 – Bailey Chase, actor in “Killer Rats,” “Summoned – TV Movie” and the short “Kadence.”

1972 – Julie Benz, starred on the TV series “Supernatural,” “Saw V,” “Havenhurst,” “Locusts: The 8th Plague,” “Satan’s School for Girls [2000],” “Circle,” “Nocturne,” “Two Evil Eyes” and more.

1957 – Gala Autumn, costumer for “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Interview with the Vampire” and “Anaconda.”

1937 – Robert Garland, writer for “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

1933 – Gerald Feil, cinematographer for “He Knows Your Alone,” “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Silent Madness.”

1922 – Louis Nye, played “Zombo” on The Munsters episode of the same name and in the film “Full Moon High [1981].”

1919 – Dan O’Herlihy, appeared in “Halloween III,” “Robocop” and “Cabinet of Caligari.”

1904 – Phillip Scheer, makeup artist for “Revolt of the Zombies,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula,”” Attack of the Puppet People,” “How to Make a Monster” and more.

1896 – Ray Rennahan, cinematographer/photography for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” episodes of “Thriller,” “The Munsters” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

DIED ON MAY 1

2023 – Gordon Lightfoot, soundtrack for “Gremlins 2: The New Batch (If You Could Read My Mind),” “The Addams Family 2 (The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald) and “Knives Out (Sundown).”

2023 – Moustafa Darwish, appeared in “Qalb Aswad” and the short “Transluminescence.”

2022 – Jerry verDorn, appeared in the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.”

2021 – Olympia Dukakis, starred in “Sisters” and “Mother [1995].”

2021 – Marc Dudicourt, appeared in “Don’t Deliver Us from Evil.”

2021 – Tom Hickey, appeared in “Gothic [1986].”

2021 – Willy Kurant, cinematographer for “The Incredible Melting Man,” “The Sitter – short” and “Mama Dracula.”

2021 – John Paul Leon, comic book artist for “Hellblazer #229,” “American Vampire – Anthology #1” and “Robocop – with John Arcudi in Dark Horse Comics #1-3.”

2020 – Francis Megahy, director and writer for “Hammer House of Horror – Episode: Carpathian Eagle [1980].”

2020 – Silvia Legrand, actress in “iRobot! [1970] – TV Series.”

2020 – Else Blangsted, appeared in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Dance of the Dwarfs” and “Meet the Hollowheads.”

2019 – Simon Cain, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968].”

2010 – Alan Boast, camera operator for “Horror House,” “The House That Vanished” and “Symptoms.”

2000 – Red Turner, art department/props for “House of Wax [1953].”

1996 – Chris Warfield, appeared in “Dairy of a Madman” and an episode of “The Outer Limits.”

1996 – Luana Patten, appeared in “Grotesque [1988].”

1990 – Neil T. Maffeo, producer for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within,” “The Intruder Within” and production manager for “The Night Stalker.”

1983 – Joseph Ruttenberg, cinematographer for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”

1971 – Glenda Farrell, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” episodes of “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Matinee Theatre.”

1954 – Tom Tyler, portrayed “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 1

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1920] – video premiere

Zombies on Broadway [1945]
The Curse of the Werewolf [1961] – UK

Hillbillys in a Haunted House [1967]

The Witchmaker [1969]

Horror Hospital [1973]

The Last House on Dead End Street [1973]

Dark Places [1972]

Season of the Witch [1972]

The Possessed [1977] – TV Movie
Graduation Day [1981]

Death Spa [1988] – Cannes Film Festival

Blood Rage [1987]
Creepshow 2 [1987]
Psychos in Love [1987]

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1989] – Limited

Zombie Brigade [1989]

Shrunken Heads [1994]
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. [1996]
Cherry Falls [1999]

The Monster Man [2001]
Vampire Survivor [2002]

The Skeptic [2009] – USA limited
The Jailhouse [2009]
Untitled Horror Comedy [2009]
All About Evil [2010] – San Francisco International Film Festival

The Hideout [2014]

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MAY 2

BORN ON MAY 2

1981 – Alicia Ziegler, appeared in “Hide and Go Seek,” “Rise of the Dinosaurs,” “Wolf Town,” and “Lake Placid 2. ″

1981 – Robert Buckley, starred in “iZombie – TV Series,” “Killer Movie: Director’s Cut,” “When a Killer Calls,” “Petrified” and an episode of the TV Series “666: Park Avenue.”

1965 – Ari Lehman, actor in “Friday the 13th [1980],” “The Barn,” “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” “The Demented,” “The Black Book,” and more.

1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, starred in 1981’s “The Funhouse.”

1958 – Yasushi Akimoto, wrote the novel “One Missed Call” which was made into a movie in 2003 & 2008, original story for the TV Mini-Series “Sailor Zombies” and “Crow’s Blood.”

1954 – Donald Farmer, director/producer “Shark Exorcist,” “Grindsploitation,” “Cannibal Hookers,” “Dorm of the Dead,” “Hi-8: Horror Independent,” “Cannibal Cop” and many more.

1951 – Pat Cardi, appeared in “Let’s Kill Uncle” and “Horror High.”

1941 – Paul Ferris, composer for “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Persecution.”

1938 – Camelia Zorlescu, actress in “Bloodlust: Subspecies III” and “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm.”

1935 – Lance LeGault, appeared in “Werewolf – TV Series,” “Coma,” “Nightmare Beach” and many more.

1925 – John Neville, appeared in “Urban Legend,” “The Unearthly Stranger,” several episodes of “The X-Files -TV Series” and films.

1925 – Theodore Bikel, appeared in the films “I Bury the Living,” “Dark Tower,” and episodes of both “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Twilight Zone.

1902 – Everett Alton Brown, sound department for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Hidden Hand.”

1894 – 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].”

1887 – Walter Percival, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”

1878 – Otto Hoffman, appeared in “The Haunted Bedroom,” “The Terror,” “King of the Wild,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Night of Terror,” “Mad Love,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”

DIED ON MAY 2

2023 – Barbara Bryne, actress in “Two Evil Eyes [1990].”

2021 – Joel Chadabe, composer for the short “The Dead Tree Hotel.”

2019 – Christopher Reccardi, art department for “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto” and a writer for episode “Which Came First?/Substitute Teacher in “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy series.”

2015 – Norman Thaddeus Vane, director/writer for “The Black Room,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Midnight [1988]” and “You’re So Dead.”

2002 – Ron Soble, appeared in “The Beast Within.”

1999 – Oliver Reed, starred in “Burnt Offerings,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and “The Brood.”

1995 – Michael Hordern, actor in “The Possession of Joel Delaney,” “Demons of the Mind,” “Theatre of Blood” and more.

1982 – Hugh Marlowe, appeared in “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” and “Castle of Evil.”

1972 – Bruce Cabot, who saved Fay Wray from the clutches of “King Kong.”

1957 – Doran Cox, assistant director for “Thirteen Women,” “King Kong [1933],” “Cat People” and “Bedlam.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 2

The Black Cat [1941]
The Curse of Frankenstein [1957] – London premieres
The Beast of Yucca Flats [1961]
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell [1974] – London premiere

Mad Max [1980] – Los Angeles, CA
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh [1991] – USA video premiere
Hampshire [2009] – USA Sunscreen Film Festival

The Turnpike Killer [2009]

The Purge [2013] – Stanley Film Festival

Wrath of Crows [2013]

Circus of the Dead [2014]

Animalistic [2015] – Japan (DVD premiere)

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MAY 3

BORN ON MAY 3

1994 – Jessica Sula, actress in “Split,” “Malum” episodes of “Eye Candy” and “Scream: The TV Series.”

1975 – Christina Hendricks, appeared in “The Neon Demon” and “The Strangers: Prey at Night.”

1972 – Kristin Lehman, appeared in several TV Series “Forever Knight,” “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal,” “The Outer Limits,” “The X-Files,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” as well as films “Hemoglobin” and “Toe Tags.”

1971 – Bobby Cannavale who appeared in the films “Snakes on a Plane,” “The Night Listener” and “100 Feet.”

1968 – Debora Caprioglio, appeared in an episode of the TV Mini Series “Sabbath.”

1960 – Amy Steel starred in “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981],″  “April Fool’s Day [1986]” and “Tales of Poe.”

1958 – Robert Cuccioli, appeared in the short “Sophie Gets Ahead.”

1952 – Toni Naples, appeared in “Chopping Mall,” “Deathstalker II,” “Transylvania Twist” “Sorority House Massacre II,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Sorceress” and several more.

1948 – Chris Mulkey, who played “Hank Jennings” on the TV series “Twin Peaks.” He also appeared in the films “The Hidden,” “The Purge,” “Dreamscape,” “Wolves at the Door,” “Ouija House,” “Cloverfield,” “Jack’s Back” and more.

1938 – Jerry Samuels AKA “Napoleon XIV,” Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Trapped Inside (2016) – “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”

DIED ON MAY 3

2023 – John Edmunds, actor in “Lifeforce [1985].”

2023 – Manobala, actor in “465 [2017],” “Zombie [2019]” and “Ghostly [2023].”

2022 – Lino Capolicchio, actor in “The House with Laughing Windows” and “Il signor Diavolo – aka Mr. Devil.”

2022 – Wilson Karunaratne, actor in “Bonikka.”

2022 – Andra Martin, actress in “The Thing That Couldn’t Die.”

2022 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, actor in “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris,” “Gehara: The Dark & Long Hair Monster,” “Chain,” “Black Film,” “Bye Bye Vamp” and more.”

2022 – Mieke Wijaya, actress in “Beranak Dalam Kubur – aka Birth in the Tomb” and “Srigala – aka Wolves.”

2022 – Howie Pyro, special thanks for “The Culling.”

2021 – Lloyd Price, soundtrack for “Basket Case 3.”

2020 – John Ericson, actor in “The Ghosts of Buxley Hall,” “The House of the Dead” and “Crash!”

2014 – Leslie Carlson, actor in “Deranged,” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Videodrome,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Spreading Ground,” as well as episodes of “War of the Worlds,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Haven” and “Bag of Bones.”

2004 – Anthony Ainley, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “In the Devil’s Garden” and “Naked Evil”

2003 – Suzy Parker, appeared in “Chambers of Horror” and the TV series’ “Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery”.

1986 – Robert Alda, appearances included “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “The Devil’s Hand,” and “House of Exorcism.”

1986 – Irving Block who did special effects work on the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Atomic Submarine” and “Kronos.”

1972 – Bruce Cabot, who played “Jack Driscoll” in the original “King Kong”.

1969 – Karl Freund who was the Cinematographer for “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1920],” directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Bela Lugosi and Conrad Viedt, “The Golem,” and “Metropolis,” and the 1931 version of “Dracula”. He made his debut as a director with “The Mummy” in 1932.

1954 – Tom Tyler, starred in “The Mummy’s Hand.”

1936 – Arnold Gray, appeared in “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Mummy [1932]” and “King Kong [1933].”

1933 – Frederick Kerr, who played Henry Frankenstein’s father in the film “Frankenstein”.

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 3

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll [1961]
Konga [1961] – USA – Bismarck, ND
She Freak [1967]
The Vulture [1967]
The Craft [1996]

Beneath [2013] – Stanley Film Festival

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre [2015]

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MAY 4

BORN ON MAY 4

1992 – Grace Phipps, appeared in “Fright Night [2011],” “Tales of Halloween” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Scream Queens – TV Series” and “Z-Nation – TV Series.”

1992 – Ashley Rickards, appeared in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Smiley Face Killers,” “A Haunted House 2″ and “At the Devil’s Door.”

1983 – Jesse Moss, appeared in “iZombie – TV Series,” “WolfCop,” “Final Destination 3,” “Extraterrestrial,” “13 Eerie,” “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil,” “The Uninvited [2009]” and more.

1977 – Emily Perkins, starred in the “Ginger Snaps” series of films and “Stephen King’s It.”

1964 – Juliette Cummins, appeared in “Camp Fear,” “Click: The Calendar Girl Killer,” “Deadly Dreams,” “Slumber Party Massacre II,” “Psycho III” and “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”

1961 – Mary Beth McDonough, appeared in the films “Mortuary” and “Midnight Offerings.”

1955 – Joseph Mariono, appeared in “Day of the Dead 2: Contagium” and “CrossBones.”

1954 – Pia Zadora who played “Girmar” in “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”

1947 – Richard Jenkins, appeared in “Let Me In,” “Wolf,” “The Witches of Eastwick” and “The Cabin in the Woods.”

1944 – Russi Taylor, did voices in “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School” and “Mickey’s House of Villains.”

1939 – Antonio Mayans, appeared in “Hunchback of the Morgue,” “Night of the Skull,” “The Dead, the Devil and the Flesh,” “The People Who Own the Dark,” “Trauma [1978],” “The House by the Edge of the Lake,” “Cannibal Terror,” “Zombie Lake,” “Snakewoman,” “The Nanny’s Night” and more.

1932 – Lynn Wood, actress in “It Lives Again [1978].”

1931 – Drummond Riddell, second assistant director for “Frenzy” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”

1910 – James Ellison, actor in “The Undying Monster” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”

DIED ON MAY 4

2023 – Bill Basso, special effects for “Tremors,” “Bride of Re-Animator,” “Jurassic Park,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “The Relic,” “Lake Placid,” “Lost Souls” and more.

2021 – Chuck Hicks, actor in “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Beyond Evil,” “Route 666,” “The Ring,” Hood of Horror,” stunts in “Bride of Re-Animator,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Flight of the Living Dead” and more.

2015 – William Bast, writer for the TV Movies “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare,” “The Fury Within,” as well as episodes of “Circle of Fear,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Outer Limits.”

2009 – Jane Randolph, starred in “Cat People,” “Curse of the Cat People” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

2004 – Hugh Gillin, appeared in “Psycho II & III” and “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”.

2002 – John Kohn, wrote the screenplays for “The Strange Vengeance of Rosilie” and “Theater of Blood”.

2002 – Elizabeth Russell, appeared in “Bedlam,” “Cat People” and “Weird Woman”.

1998 – Albert Glasser, composer scores included, “The Spider,” “The Cyclops,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Indestructible Man” and more.

1991 – Derek Cracknell, first assistant director/second unit director for “Lifeforce [1985].”

1984 – Diana Dors, appeared in “Berserk!,” “Theatre of Blood” and “From Beyond the Grave”.

1974 – John Wengraf, actor in “Gog,” “The Disembodied,” “The Return of Dracula” as well as episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “Target” and “Matinee Theatre.”

FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 4

Bog [1979]

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie [1990]
The Mummy Returns [2001]

Rammbock: Berlin Undead [2010]

Giallo [2009] – Sweden DVD premiere
Meadowoods [2010]
God of Vampires [2010]

Buck Wild [2013] – Hill County Film Festival

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