MAY 5
BORN ON MAY 5
1988 – Brooke Hogan, appeared in “Sand Sharks,” “2-Headed Shark Attack” and “L.A. Slasher.”
1984 – Wade MacNeil, composer for “The Ranger,” “Random Acts of Violence,” “Spare Parts” and the short “Button Man.”
1983 – Henry Cavill, starred in “Hellraiser: Hellworld” and “Blood Creek.”
1977 – Frederic Doss, appeared in “Daylight’s End,” “Midnight Devils,” “Boggy Creek,” “The Shadow People,” “Piranha Sharks,” “Strix,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “Dead Sea,” “The Family,” “Entity” and more.
1957 – Richard E. Grant starred “Dracula [1992],” “Warlock,” “The Spine at Night” and “The Hound of Baskervilles [2002].”
1957 – Lisa Eilbacher, appeared in the TV movies “Bad Ronald,” “This House Possessed” and the film “Leviathan.”
1944 – John Rhys-Davies, appeared in “Grizzly II: Revenge,” “12 Days of Terror – TV Movie,” “Time Lapse,” “Aux,” “Ferocious Planet – TV Movie,” “Vlad,” “Waxwork” and more.
1942 – Marc Alaimo, appeared in “Grizzly II: Revenge,” “Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde,” and episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1940 – Lance Henriksen, appeared in “Aliens,” “Pumpkinhead,” “Alien vs Predator,” “Alien³,” “Alone in the Dark II” and “Scream 3,” TV series “Millennium,” ”Gehenna: Where Death Lives,” “Stung,” “D-Railed,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “It’s in the Blood,” “Harbinger Down” and many, many more.
1939 – Ian McCulloch, appeared in “Doctor Butcher, M.D.,” “Zombie” and “I, Monster.”
1938 – Michael Murphy, appeared in “Count Yorga,” Vampire” and “Shocker.”
1937 – Delia Derbyshire, composer for “The Legend of Hell House” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown.”
1922 – Joseph Stefano, screenwriter for many films including “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Eye of the Cat,” “Snowbeast,” “Home for the Holidays,” “The Kindred,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many more.
1922 – Monica Lewis, appeared in “Dead Heat” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
1915 – Ben Wright, appeared in “Munster Go Home,” “Arnold” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1895 – Charles Lamont, directed Abbott & Costello when they met “The Invisible Man,” “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “The Mummy.”
1889 – Jack Pierce, master make-up artist who created for every Universal Monster.
DIED ON MAY 5
2024 – Jeannie Epper, stunts for “Eaten Alive,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Vamp,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Final Terror,Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” “The Silent Scream,” “Retribution,” “Blade,” appeared in “Quarantine” and “Evilution” and more.
2022 – Kenneth Welsh, actor in “Phobia, “Of Unknown Origin,” “The Hideway,” “The Hound of Baskervilles – TV Movie,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Fog [2005], “ The Covenant,” “Cottage Country,” “The Void,” “Psycho Goreman” and more.
2021 – Sripradha, actress in “Deadly Corpse,” “The Final Scream,” “Devil’s Domain,” “The Zee Horror Show – Episode: Raat” and more.
2021 – Feđa Stojanović, appeared in “T.T. Syndrome” and “Flirt.”
2019 – Barbara Perry, appeared in episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction,” “Thriller,” and “The Twilight Zone [1960.”
2011 – Dana Wynter, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
2009 – Robert Saad, cinematographer for “Cannibal Girls,” “Shivers,” “The House By the Lake,” “Swarmed – TV Movie” and 8 episodes of the TV Series “War of the Worlds.”
2000 – Edward Ashley, appeared in “Waxworks.”
1992 – Barbara Alston, appeared in “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Candyman.”
1979 – Jane Farrar, actress in “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Climax.”
1977 – Lowell Grant, sculptor for “Diary of a Madman [1963].”
1968 – Albert Dekker, played the title role in the film “Dr. Cyclops” and appeared in the original “Gamera” film.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 5
Cuadecuc, vampir [1972]
The Evil [1978]
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud [1989]
Spontanious Combustion [1989]
Return of the Boogeyman [1994]
Final Stab [2001]
Cryptz [2002]
An American Haunting [2005]
The Possession of David O’Reilly [2010] – VOD
Snakehead Swamp [2014]
Ouija House [2018]
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May 6
BORN ON MAY 6
1985 – Jaime Winstone, actress in “Cravings,” “Donkey Punch,” “Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter,” episodes of “Dead Set” and “Count Abdulla.”
1983 – Adrianne Palicki, appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” “Legion” and more.
1970 – Venesa Talor, actress in “Femalien,” “Femalien II,” “Blood Dolls,” “Women of the Night,” “Demonicus” and more.
1968 – Leslie Scott, who appeared in the original “Prom Night.”
1964 – John Ennis, appeared in the films “Zodiac,” “Freaks of Nature,” “Contracted: Phase II,” “Eight Legged Freaks” and episodes of the TV Series “Mr. Pickles.”
1961 – George Clooney, starred in “From Dusk To Dawn,” “Return To Horror High,” “Grizzly II: The Revenge,” “Return of the Killer Tomatoes” and more.
1960 – Anne Parillaud, starred in the great vampire film “Innocent Blood.”
1948 – Richard Cox, appeared in the films “Seizure,” “Zombie High.”
1925 – Melvin Shapiro, editor for “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and associate producer for “Student Bodies.”
1915 –Orson Welles, pulled one of the greatest pranks of all-time, he made the entire world believe we were being invaded by Martians with his radio play of “War of the Worlds.”
1913 – Stewart Granger, starred in “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1972].”
1912 – Bill Quinn, actor in “The Birds,” “Dark Intruder,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “Psychic Killer,” “Dead & Buried,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Lucky Stiff,” episodes of “The Munsters,” “Night Gallery,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “One Step Beyond.”
1910 – June Gittelson, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mark of the Vampire” and “The Raven [1935].”
1890 – Claire Whitney, appeared in “The House of Seven Gables,” “Tower of London” and “The Mummy’s Ghost.”
1878 – Edward Clark, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Phantom of the Opera [1943],” “Jungle Woman” and “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
1868 – Gaston Leroux, wrote the novel “Le Fantôme de L’Opéra” or “The Phantom of the Opera.”
DIED ON MAY 6
2021 – Guillermo Murray, appeared in “The World of the Vampires,” “The Chinese Room,” ”Six Tickets to Hell” and “Outside the Law.”
2021 – Pandu, appeared in “Kanchana 2.”
2020 – Leslie Pope, set designer/art department for “Angel Heart,” Produced “Death by Fungus” and was the Production Assistant for “The Clairvoyant.”
2012 – James Isaac, directed “The Horror Show,” “Jason X,” “Skinwalkers” and “Pig Hunt”.
2007 – Lois Gibson, wrote the screenplay for “Crypt of the Living Dead”.
2007 – Curtis Harrington, Writer/director for “Queen Of Blood,” “The Killer Bees” and “Devil Dog: The Hound Of Hell” and many more.
1996 – Suzanne Ridgeway, appeared in the films “The She Creature” and “From Hell It Came”.
1992 – Marlene Dietrich, starred in “Stage Fright.”
1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, appeared in the film “Chamber of Horrors”.
1968 – Rex Carlton, produced “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die,” “Blood of Dracula’s Castle,” and “Nightmare in Wax”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 6
The Bride of Frankenstein [1935]
Black Sabbath [1964]
The Last Man on Earth [1964]
Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf [1972]
The Clairvoyant [1982] – Sweden
Dead Heat [1988]
Jack’s Back [1988]
Slime City [1988]
The Haunted [1991] – TV Movie
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead [1994] – USA limited
Attack of the Flesh Devouring Space Worms from Outer Space [1998]
Zombie Campout [2003]
Satan’s Little Helper [2004]
House of Wax [2005]
American Zombie [2007] – VC Film Festival
Night of the Living Dead 3D [2007] – Los Angeles, CA
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May 7
BORN ON MAY 7
1976 – Carrie Henn, starred in “Aliens” as the brave little girl “Newt.”
1968 – Traci Lords appeared in “Blade,” “The Tommyknockers – Series,” “Not of This Earth [1988],” “Crazy Eights,” “Devil May Call,” “Skinners,” “Excision” and “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre.”
1955 – Martin Becker, special effects for “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “Friday the 13th the New Blood,” “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “April Fool’s Day [1986],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare.”
1953 – Gareth Milne, stunt coordinator for “An American Werewolf in London,” “The Company of Wolves,” “Lifeforce,” “Underworld [1985],” “The Dark,” “The Cottage,” “ The Reeds,” “When the Lights Went Out,” “Under the Skin” and more.
2023 – Bernie Marsden – Guitarist & Songwriter for Whitesnake, soundtrack/songwriter for “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, episodes of “The Strain” and “Ash vs Evil Dead.”
1949 – Marilyn Burns, starred in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974].” She also appeared in “Eaten Alive,” “Kiss Daddy Goodbye,” “Future-Kill,” “Butcher Boys,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Sacrament.”
1939 – Ruggero Deodato, whose films include “House on the Edge of the Park,” “Cannibal Holocaust” and “Hostel: Part II.”
1932 – Colin M. Brewer, executive producer for “The Keep [1983],” production manager for “Tam Lin” assistant unit director for “Frenzy” and “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?”
1931 – Clayton Hill, appeared in “Hellraiser III” and in the original “Dawn of the Dead.”
1924 – Albert Band, produced the films “Zarkorr! The Invader,” “Castle Freak” and “Troll.”
1922 – Darren McGavin, starred as Kolchak in “The Night Stalker” as well as the subsequent series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1911 – Ishirô Honda, the legendary Japanese director of “Godzilla” “Rodan,” “The Mysterians,” “The H-Man,” “Mothra,” “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “The War of the Gargantuas,” “Destroy All Monsters” and many more.
1906 – 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.”
1904 – Val Lewton, produced “Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
1895 – Barney A. Sarecky, associate producer for “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man,” “Crazy Knights” and screenwriter for “The Whispering Shadow.”
DIED ON MAY 7
2023 – Filippo Ottoni, screenwriter for “A Bay of Blood [1971].”
2023 – Saint Obi, actor in “Sakobi: The Snake Girl” and “Sakobi 2: The Final Battle.”
2022 – Eugenio Allegri, actor in “Dracula 3D.”
2022 – Soo-youn Kang, actress in “Eob.”
2022 – Jack Kehler, actor in “Strange Invaders,” “Serpent’s Lair” and “Tales from the Crypt – Episode: King of the Road.”
2022 – Bruce MacVittie, actor in “Hannibal,” “Night Visions,” “Killer Among Us,” as well as episodes of “Tales from the Darkside” and “The Stand.”
2022 – Robin Parkinson, actor in the short “Green Fingers,” “The Asylum” and episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Thriller” and “Armchair Thriller.”
2021 – Tawny Kitaen, appeared in “Witchboard.”
2021 – Shankanada Aravind, appeared in “Aparichita.”
2021 – Jamal Salameh, composer for “A Trip of Terror.”
2020 – Peque Gallaga, directed “T’yanak,” Aswang” and the episodes of the TV Series “Shake Rattle & Roll.”
2020 – Ron Kurz, writer/characters for “Friday the 13th,” Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Eyes of a Stranger,” “Friday the 13th: Mother’s Day,” the shorts “Michael vs. Jason,” “An Unfortunate Friday the 13th,” “The Curse of Camp Blood,” “Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil” and more.
2019 – William Nunn, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and an episode of the TV Series “Millenium.”
2013 – Ray Harryhausen, the iconic and legendary special effects technician who worked on “Mighty Joe Young,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Mysterious Island” and many more.
2011 – Ross Hagen, appeared in “Wonder Women,” “Night Creature,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Sideshow,” “Night Shade,” “B.O.R.N.” and more.
2010 – Adele Mara, actress in “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “The Vampire’s Ghost,” “The Catman of Paris,” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2007 – Nicholas Worth, appeared in “Scream Blacula Scream” and “Blood Dolls”.
2000 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., starred in “Ghost Story.”
1998 – Jack Whitman, director of photography for “Deathmoon.”
1993 – Mary Philbin starred in “The Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and “The Last Performance.”
1989 – Guy Williams, appeared in “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”.
1977 – Mel Berns, makeup artist for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “Cat People,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “Gildersleeve’s Ghost,” “The Body Snatcher [1945]” and “Bedlam.”
1950 – Steve Clemente, appeared in “Lightning Bryce,” “Most Dangerous Game,” “The Mask for Fu Manchu,” ““King Kong [1933]” and “Son of Kong.”
1943 – Wade Boteler, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Mad Doctor of Market Street” and “The Hidden Hand.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 7
The Black Cat [1934]
Taste the Blood of Dracula [1970] – UK
Gamera Super Monster [1980]
Dr. Butcher M.D. – aka Zombie Holocaust [1982] – NYC
The Amityville Curse [1990]
Sometimes They Come Back [1991] – TV Movie
The Mummy [1999]
Space Spawns [2002]
Van Helsing [2004]
Outpost [2008] – Argentina (DVD Premiere)
The Invoking [2013] – Seattle True Independent Film Festival
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MAY 8
BORN ON MAY 8
2017 – Robert C. Dearberg, editor for “Horror Express,” “Horror Hospital,” “Frightmare [1974],” “House of Long Shadows,” “Urban Gothic” and more.
1982 – Christina Cole, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby – TV Mini-Series,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone,” “Stake Land,” “Surviving Evil,” “Doghouse” and more.
1978 – Josie Maran, appeared in “The Gravedancers” and “Van Helsing.”
1978 – Matthew Davis, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Below,” “Aaah! Zombies!!,” “Urban Legend: Final Cut” and “BloodRayne.”
1966 – Julie Brister, actress in “Freaks of Nature,” “Night of the Living Deb” and “Motion Detected.”
1955 – Betsy Baker, who starred in “The Evil Dead [1981],” “Lake Eerie” and “Witches’ Night.”
1954 – David Keith, starred in the film “Firestarter,” “Carrie [2002],” “Hangman’s Curse,” “Awaken” and directed the film “The Curse”.
1948 – Carl Schenkel, director for “Bay Cove,” “The Surgeon,” “Dracula Blows His Cool” and 4 episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”
1946 – Jaid Barrymore, appeared in “Doppelganger.”
1944 – Phyllis Applegate, appeared in “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “The Mortuary Collection” and “Mother [1995].”
1940 – Peter Benchley, author who wrote the smash bestseller “Jaws – which was made into a movie,” “The Beast,” “White Shark” and more.
1935 – Robert Dix, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “Forbidden Planet” and “Horror of the Blood Monsters.”
1928 – John Bennett, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf.”
1926 – Don Rickles, appeared in “Innocent Blood,” “X, the Man with X-ray Eyes” and the “Ventriloquist’s Dummy” episode of “Tales from the Crypt.”
1923 – Jack Laird, wrote for the TV series “Night Gallery.”
1919 – Lex Barker, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “The Invisible Dr. Mabuse,” “The Return of Dr. Mabuse” and more.
DIED ON MAY 8
2023 – Terrence Hardiman, actor in “Mask of Murder,” “A Demon in My View,” “Distant Shadow” as well as episodes of “Dead of Night,” “Urban Gothic” and “The Demon Headmaster.”
2022 – Fred Ward, actor in “Cardiac Arrest,” “Tremors,” “Tremors II: Aftershocks,” “The Crow: Salvation,” “Cast a Deadly Spell – TV Movie,” “Tremors [2018] – TV Movie” and “The Hitchhiker – Episode: Dead Heat.”
2022 – Dennis Waterman, actor in “Scars of Dracula,” “Fright,” “Journey to the Unknown – Episode: Eve” and “Thriller – Episode: The Eyes Have It.”
2022 – John R. Cherry III, director for “Ernest Scared Stupid” and the TV Series “Strangest Stories.”
2021 – Jean-Claude Romer, appeared in “Seven Women for Satan,” “Litan,” “Baby Blood” and “Time Demon.”
2019 – Evgeniy Krylatov, composed music for “Khagi-tragger”
2017 – Robert C. Dearberg, editor for “Horror Express,” “Horror Hospital,” “Frightmare [1974],” “House of Long Shadows,” “Urban Gothic” and more.
2016 – William Schallert, appeared in “Them!,” “Gog,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” “Gremlins,” “The Man from Planet X,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone,” “One Step Beyond,” “Bag of Bones” and more.
2008 – Gordon Luker, lighting director for “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
2007 – Mark Burns, appeared in “House of the Living Dead” and the 1977 BBC version of “Count Dracula”.
2006 – George Lutz, lived at 112 Ocean Ave in Amityville New York, the location of the supposed demonic happenings which was the story for “The Amityville Horror [1979].”
1999 – Dana Plato, appeared in the films “Silent Scream,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic” and “Return to Boggy Creek.”
1999 – Ed Gilbert, appeared in “The Norliss Tapes,” “InHumanoids: The Movie,” “Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf,” “Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken” as well as episodes of the TV Series “InHumanoids” and “Aaaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
1994 – Steven Keats, who appeared in the films “Silent Rage” and “Hangar 18.”
1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, writer whose novels include “The Puppet Masters.”
1985 – Dolph Sweet, actor in “Sisters [1972],” “Deathmoon – TV Movie” and an episode of “Dark Shadows.”
1985 – Theodore Strugeon, wrote the TV movie “Killdozer”.
1967 – Barbara Payton, appeared in “The Lady & the Monster” and “Bride of the Gorilla”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 8
The Corpse Vanishes [1942]
The Mad Monster [1942] – USA premiere
Horror of Dracula [1958] – Milwaukee, WI premiere
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake [1959]
The Evil of Frankenstein [1964]
Dracula’s Dog [1977]
The Burning [1981]
Trespassers [2006]
The Lower Circle [2009]
America’s Most Haunted [2013] – Seattle True Independent Film Festival
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MAY 9
BORN ON MAY 9
1985 – Audrina Patridge, actress in “Sorority Row” and “Scary Movie 5.”
1985 – Chris Zylka, appeared in “Freaks of Nature,” “Welcome to Willits,” “Shark Night 3D” and “Piranha 3DD.”
1978 – Daniel Franzese, who appeared in “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “Cruel World,” “Kill Theory,” “Killer Pad” and “Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat.”
1970 – Eric Olson, actor in “Malum [2023].”
1963 – Claudio Pacifico, stunts for “Demons [1985],” “Demons 2,” “Vampire in Venice,” “The Red Monks,” “Giallo,” “Dead of the Nite” and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Italy).”
1958 – Chuck Russell, directed “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”, “The Blob [1988],” “Bless the Child” and more.
1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, who played “The Predator” in “Predator I & II,” and “The Monster” in “Monster in the Closet.”
1945 – Sue Bond, appeared in “Bizarre [1970],” “The Creeping Flesh” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
1939 – John Moio, stuntman in “The Howling,” “The Monster Squad,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Havenhurst,” “The Ring Two,” “Grizzly,” “Motel Hell,” “Jack’s Back” and more.
1936 – Albert Finney, appeared in “Wolfen” and episodes of the TV Series “The Green Man.”
1929 – Bob Tonelli, appeared in “The House With Laughing Windows” and “Revenge of the Dead.”
1926 – Duke Mitchell, starred in “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.”
1921 – Reggie Rymal, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”
1914 – Fred Clark who co-starred in “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine” and “Zotz!”
1883 – Guy Usher, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Air Hawks,” “The Devil’s Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
DIED ON MAY 9
2024 – Roger Corman, king of the B movies, too many film credits to list but here’s some as Actor: “Sharktopus,” “Scream 3,” “The Howling,” Director: “Tales of Terror,” “The Raven [1963],” “The Wasp Woman,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” Producer [over 120 credits]: Scorpius Gigantus [2006], “Up from the Depths,” “Slaughter Studios,” “Sawbones,” “House [1985],” “Piranha [1978],” “The Evil” and Special Thanks for “Attack of the Giant Leeches.”
2023 – Jacklyn Zeman, actress in “Class Reunion [1982].”
2023 – John Povey, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Comeback,” “The Monster Club,” “A Fantastic Fear of Everything” and music department for “Dawn of the Dead [1978].”
2021 – Neil Connery, actor in “The Body Stealers.”
2020 – Ron Ziskin, produced the TV Series “Beyond Reality.”
2020 – Geno Silva, appeared in “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”
2020 – Little Richard, worked on the soundtrack for “Predator,” “Predators,” “Prom Night II,” and Christine.”
2020 – Arthur Dignam, appeared in “Strange Behavior” and “The Dreaming.”
2019 – Clement von Franckenstein, appeared in “The Landlady,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Body Parts,” “The Haunting of Morella,” “The Invisible Maniac,” “Olivia,” and “Cataclysm aka The Nightmare Never Ends.”
2019 – Alvin Sargent, worked on the teleplay on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’s episode The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow.”
2006 – Karl Bette, who appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island”.
2004 – Comedian Alan King, appeared in the film “Cat’s Eye” and was executive producer of “Wolfen.”
1997 – Hoke Howell, appeared in “Teenage Exorcist,” “Haunting Fear” and “Alienator”.
1992 – Ben Frommer, appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Psycho II”.
1974 – Julio Salvador, director/writer for “Crypt of the Living Dead” and writer for “Love Brides of the Blood Mummy.”
1972 – Eddie Hart, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Air Hawks.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 9
Friday the 13th [1980]
Killer Party [1986]
Ice Cream Man [1995]
Asylum [1997]
Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood [2000]
The Eye [2002]
Trespassers [2006]
House of Usher [2008]
Squeal [2008] – Chicago – premiere
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MAY 10
BORN ON MAY 10
1993 – Halston Sage, stars in “Goosebumps” feature film, and “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.”
1985 – Odette Annable appeared in “Cloverfield”, “The Unborn [2009]” “And Soon the Darkness.”
1983 – Dylan McKnight, appeared in “Parasomnia” and “The Unknown.”
1979 – Trevor McWhinney, assistant director for “Alone in the Dark,” “BloodRayne,” “Black Christmas [2006],” “Crash Site,” “The Unspoken” and the TV Movie “Scarecrow [2013].”
1978 – Corri English, appeared in “Unrest,” “House of Fears,” “Killer Pad,” “Devil May Call” and “Holliston – TV Series.”
1978 – Danny Draven, producer for “Evil Bong,” ”Ooga Booga,” “The Gingerdead Man,” “Ice Spiders,” “Retro Puppet Master,” “The St. Francisville Experiment,” “Slayed,” “Reel Evil,” “Danny Draven’s Masters of Terror – TV Series” and many, many more.
1978 – Kenan Thompson, starred in the films “Snakes on a Plane” and “Stan Helsing.”
1970 – Gina Philips, starred in “Jeepers Creepers,” “Doom: Annihilation,” “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare,” “Dead & Breakfast,” “Ring Around the Rosie,” “The Sick House” and “Chained.”
1968 – Erik Palladino, who appeared in “Return to the House on Haunted Hill” and “Dead and Breakfast.”
1961 – Francesca DeLaurentiis, producer for “The Rift” and “producer/script supervisor for “Slugs.”
1961 – Teri Copley, appeared in “Transylvania Twist,” “Monsters – TV Series” and “New Year’s Evil.”
1948 – Meg Foster, appeared in “Stepfather II,” “Shrunken Heads” and “They Live.”
1947 – Jay Ferguson, composer for “Pulse,” “Bad Dreams,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street: the Dream Child,” “Tremors II: Aftershocks,” “Tremors 4: The Legend Begins” and more.
1927 – Fred Harpman, art director for “The Terminal Man,” production designer for “Damien: Omen II,” “Covenant [1985] – TV Movie” and an episode of “Dark Shadows [1991].”
1914 – Charles McGraw who appeared in “The Mad Ghoul” and played “Chief Ed Masterson” in the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”
1902 – David O. Selznick, producer for “King Kong [1933],” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Thirteen Women” and suggested character for “Dracula’s Daughter.”
1901 – Morris Hoffman, set decorator for “Target Earth,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “From Hell It Came,” “War of the Colossal Beast,” “How to Make a Monster,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “The Munsters’ Revenge” and more.
1899 – Fred Astaire, appeared in “Ghost Story.”
1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin, composer for “The Thing From Another World,” “Dial M For Murder” and “The Mummy’s Curse.”
1899 – Fred Astaire, starred in “Ghost Story.”
1888 – Max Steiner, composer for “King Kong [1933],” ”Son of Kong,” The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” soundtrack for “Doctor Sleep,” “Dark Shadows [2012]” and more.
DIED ON MAY 10
2023 – Federico Savina, sound department for “Two Evil Eyes,” “Midnight Ride,” “Santa Sangre,” “The Curse [1987],” “Opera [1987],” “Demons [1985],” “Demons 2,” “Phenomena,” “Suspiria [1977]” and more.
2023 – Rolf Harris, soundtrack/songwriter for “Wolf Creek 2 [2013].”
2020 – Marty Pasko was a comic book artist for issues of “Vampirella #36,” “Creepy #51,” “Weird Tales of the Macabre #1” and wrote/story editor for 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985-1986.”
2020 – Sai Gundewar, actor in “Gabriel [2007].”
2019 – Gino Marrocco, appeared in “Cannibal Girls” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Unforeseen” and “Damien.”
2010 – Susan Oliver, appeared in “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.
2006 – Val Guest, writer/director/producer some include the “Quartermass” films, “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Day the Earth Caught Fire.”
2001 – Deborah Walley, co-starred in the films “The Severed Arm,” and “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.”
2000 – Craig Stevens appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “The Deadly Mantis.”
1999 – Gil Galvano, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders [1978].”
1995 – Hajime Sato, directed “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell,” and “Battle Beneath the Sea.”
1988 – José Guardiola, voice dubbing for “Edge of the Axe,” “Pieces,” “Beatriz,” “The Mummy’s Revenge,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Horror Express,” “Horror Rises From the Tomb,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and more.
1977 – Joan Crawford, starred in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,” “The Unknown,” “I Saw What You Did,” “Journey to Midnight,” “Trog,” “Strait-Jacket” and “Berserk!”
1970 – Mari Blanchard, starred in “Abbot & Costello Go to Mars,” “She Devil” and “Twice-Told Tales.”
1952 – Lillian Young, appeared in ““King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 10
The Phantom Speaks [1945]
Bedlam [1946]
Mothra [1962]
Symptoms [1974] – Austria
It Lives Again [1978]
The Killer Nun [1979] – Cannes Film Festival
Maniac [1980] – Cannes Film Festival
Terminal Choice [1985]
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown [1989] – NYC
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice [1991]
Dog Soldiers [2002]
Shed of the Dead [2019] – Cannes Film Festival
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MAY 11
BORN ON MAY 11
1982 – Cory Monteith, appeared in “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Hybrid,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Final Destination 3,” “Bloody Mary,” “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.
1982 – Jonathan Jackson, appeared in “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – TV Series,” “Venom [2005],” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Riding the Bullet,” “Night Visions,” and more.
1979 – Melissa R. Bacelar, appeared in “Zombie Ed,” “Beneath the Dark,” “The Scream,” “Skinned Alive,” “Pink Eye” and “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.”
1973 – Mark Neveldine, directed “The Vatican Tapes” and appeared in “Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1.”
1969 – Thomas Downey, appeared in “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Beast Mode,” “War of the Worlds [2005],” “Dolls,” “Bethany,” “Dracula’s Curse,” “Evil Takes Root,” “The Burning Dead,” “Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers,” “616: Paranormal Incident” and many more.
1959 – Martha Quinn, actress in “Dead Heat,” “Chopper Chicks in Zombietown” and “Bad Channels.”
1958 – Stacy Dorning, actress in “Terror of Frankenstein [1977].”
1941 – Carl Zittrer, music editor for “Ghost Keeper,” “The Gate,” “Body Parts,” “Body Snatchers [1993],” “Love Bites,” composer for “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “Prom Night [1980],” “Ghost Forest,” “Black Christmas [1974]” and more.
1935 – Doug McClure, appeared in “Humanoids from the Deep,” “At the Earth’s Core,” “The Land That Time Forgot,” “Satan’s Triangle,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.
1927 – Bernard Fox, actor in “The House of the Dead,” “Arnold,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1972] – TV Movie” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1921 – Kermit Echols, appeared in “Grizzly” and “Scalpel.”
1902 – Dick Curtis, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Condemned to Live,” “We Want Our Mummy” and “The Man They Could Not Hang.”
DIED ON MAY 11
2023 – Kenneth Anger, director/writer/editor for the shorts “Fireworks,” “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome” and “Invocation of My Demon Brother.”
2022 – Trevor Strnad, actor/music video for “The Black Dahlia Murder: Everything Went Black.”
2021 – Norman Lloyd, actor in “Audrey Rose,” “Jaws of Satan,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes,” “The Omen – TV Movie” and more.
2021 – Nellai Siva, appeared in “Pei Irukka Bayamen.”
2021 – Madampu Kunjukuttan, appeared in “Agninakshathram” and writer for “Subhadram.”
2020 – Denny Clairmont, camera operator for “Laserblast [1978].”
2020 – Tissa Wijesurendra, actress in “Bonikka.”
2020 – Jerry Stiller, appeared in “Highway to Hell,” an episode each of the TV Series “Monsters” and “Tales from the Darkside.”
2020 – Moon Martin, composer for “Vamp [1986].”
2019 – Jean-Claude Brisseau, directed “The Girl from Nowhere.”
2019 – Peggy Lipton, appeared in episodes of “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” and “Deadly Nightmares.”
2019 – Pua Magasiva, actress in “Panic at Rock Island – TV Movie” and “30 Days of Night.”
2006 – Byron Morrow, starred in “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Dark Mansions,” “The Ghost of Flight 401,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Black Zoo,” “Panic in Year Zero!” and many more.
1998 – Gene Fowler Jr., director for “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” editorial supervisor for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within” and “Bad Ronald.”
1981 – Jimmy Dime, appeared in “Chandu the Magician,” “Island of Lost Souls,” “King Kong [1933],” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle” and “The Deadly Mantis.”
1973 – Lex Barker, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “The Invisible Dr. Mabuse,” “The Return of Dr. Mabuse” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 11
Dracula’s Daughter [1936]
Bride of the Monster [1955] Hollywood Premiere
The Haunted Strangler [1958]
The Lift [1983]
Firestarter [1984]
Class of 1999 [1990]
28 Weeks Later [2007]
Never Cry Werewolf [2008] – TV Movie
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