MAY 19
BORN ON MAY 19
1996 – Sarah Grey, appeared in “The Accursed,” “Embrace of the Empire” as well as several episodes of the TV Series “The Order,” “iZombie” and “The Bates Motel.”
1993 – Bubba Weiler, appeared in “The Ranger [2018].”
1987 – Jayne Wisener, co-starred in “The Heiress,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Boogeyman 3” she was also sang the song “Green Finch and Linnett Bird on the” soundtrack of Sweeney Todd.”
1980 – Drew Fuller, appeared in the films “Vampire Clan” and “Voodoo Academy.”
1980 – Paul J. Porter, producer, writer, actor in “Rabid Love,” “Death of Beauty – TV Movie” and the shorts “Hard Sell” and “White.”
1972 – Claudia Karvan, who appeared in the films “Daybreakers” and “Long Weekend [2008].”
1964 – Sean Whalen, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs,” “Idle Hands,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween II,” “Caesar and Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Constantine – TV Series,” “Drive Thru,” “Hatchet III” and more.
1948 – Grace Jones, starred in “Vamp [1986]” and the TV Movie “Wolf Girl.”
1942 – John Sherrod, stunts for “White Dog,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th A New Beginning,” “Critters 2: The Main Course,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” “Tremors” and “Child’s Play 2.”
1938 – Domenico Cianfriglia, stunts for “Lady Frankenstein [1971],” “Torso,” “Frankenstein Unbound” and “The Phantom of the Oprea [1998].”
1938 – Simon Cain, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968].”
1929 – Roy Forge Smith, production designer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1978],” “Funeral Home,” “Curtains,” “The Kiss,” “Warlock,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and the TV Movie “Haunted By Her Past.”
1922 – David McLean, appeared in “The Andromeda Strain” and “Kingdom of the Spiders.”
1920 – Renee Asherson, appeared in “Day the Earth Caught Fire,” “Theatre of Blood” and “The Others [2001].”
1918 – Alberto Bonucci, starred in “Blood and Roses.”
1915 – Geoffrey Foot, editor for “Death Line,” “The Legend of Hell House [1973],” “The Watcher in the Woods” and music editor for “The Incubus [1981].”
1915 – Irving Getz, composer who did the music scores for the films “Monster On Campus,” “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Alligator People,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”
1906 – Bruce Bennett, appeared in “The Alligator People,” “The Cosmic Man” and “Before I Hang.”
1904 – Milton Parsons, appeared in “The Monster That Challenged the World,” “Hold That Ghost” and “The Haunted Palace.”
DIED ON MAY 19
2023 – Martin Amis, screenwriter for “Saturn 3 [1980].”
2023 – Kathy Mills Lynch, makeup department for “Snatchers – Episodes 1.1 & 1.2 [2017].”
2022 – Bernard Wright, co-wrote & produced the song “Spirit” for “Ghostbusters II.”
2022 – Chete Lera, actor in “The Mudboy,” “La promesa – aka The Promise” and “Some.”
2022 – John Zderko, actor in “Haunting of Cellblock 11.”
2021 – Paul Mooney, appeared in “Meet the Blacks.”
2021 – David Anthony Kraft, comic book writer for “Swamp Thing #24 [1976],” “Tales of the Zombie #8 [1974],” “Giant-Size Dracula #4-5 [1975]” and “Haunt of Horror #5 [1975].”
2020 – Ken Nightingall, worked in the sound department for “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “Theatre of Death,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” The Ghoul” and more.
2020 – Hagen Mills, actor in “Star Light.”
2008 – Donald Murphy, starred in “Frankenstein’s Daughter.
2007 – Perla Walter, actress in “Friday the 13th Part 3” and the TV Movie “Chiller.”
1995 – Derek Ford, screenwriter for “The Black Torment,” “Corruption,” “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “The House That Vanished,” “The Girl from Starship Venus,” “Don’t Open Till Christmas” and “The Urge to Kill.”
1989 – Robert Webber, appeared in “Something Is Out There – TV Mini-Series,” “Don’t Go to Sleep,” “Darkroom – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “Thriller – TV Series” and more.
1980 – Ray Rennahan, cinematographer/photography for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” episodes of “Thriller,” “The Munsters” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1966 – William Van Vleck, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of the novel “House of the Seven Gables,”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 19
The Leopard Man [1943] – NYC
The Mad Magician [1954]
The Deadly Bees [1967] – NYC
The Astro-Zombies [1968]
Witchfinder General [1968] – UK
Horror of Snape Island [1972] – NYC
The Premonition [1976] – NYC
Blood Relations [1988] – Cannes Film Festival
Food of the Gods II [1989]
Fright Night II [1989]
Frankenstein’s Bloody Nightmare [2006]
See No Evil [2006]
Blood Slaughter Massacre [2013] – New York City – premiere
Demon Legacy – aka “Haunting at Foster Cabin” [2014]
Ragmork [2019] – DVD premiere – UK
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MAY 20
BORN ON MAY 20
1992 – Stephanie Leon, who appeared in “The Black Cat [2004]” and “Hood of Horror.”
1981 – Calico Cooper, appeared in “The Curse of El Charron,” “The Crooked Man,” “Suck,” “13/13/13,” “Welcome to Hell,” and “Junkfood Horrorfest.”
1978 – Mike Flanagan, writer/producer/director of such films as “Doctor Sleep,” “Absentia,” “Oculus,” “Hush,” “Before I Wake,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil” and more.
1977 – Matt Czuchry, appeared in “Eight-Legged Freaks” and the 2005 TV Movie “Dark Shadows.”
1975 – Tahmoh Penikett, starred in “Dollhouse”, “Supernatural [TV Series]” and the film “Trick r Treat.”
1968 – Timothy Olyphant, starred in “Scream 2,” “The Dreamcatcher” and “the 2009 remake of “The Crazies.”
1960 – John Billingsley, starred on the TV series” “Enterprise,” “True Blood” and “The Others” and “The Whispers.”
1960 – Tony Goldwyn, starred in “Last House on the Left [2009],” “The Belko Experiment,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives” and episodes of the TV Series “Chambers.”
1959 – Bronson Pinchot, starred in the TV movie “The Langoliers”.
1954 – Suzanne Barnes, actress in “The Children” and “Girls Nite Out.”
1936 – Anthony Zerbe, appeared in the films “The Omega Man,” and “The Dead Zone.”
1936 – Silvio Laurenzi, costume designer for “All the Colors of the Dark,” “Fatal Frames,” “Night of the Living Lasagna,” “I Spill Your Guts,” “Witches Blood,” “Bite School,” “Creepy Clowns,” “The Killer Clown Meets the Candy Man,” “Revenge of the Devil Bat” and more.
1928 – Paul Cook, actor in “Damien: Omen II.”
1927 – David Hedison, played the title role of “The Fly [1958].”
1908 – James Stewart, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Rear Window.”
DIED ON MAY 20
2022 – Susan Roces, actress in “Florinda,” “Kill Barbara with Panic,” “Langit, Lupa at Impiyerno (Pandemonium),” “Maligno – aka The Unseen” and “Wake Up, Maruja.”
2022 – Samir Sabri, actor in “The Cursed House” and the TV Series “Al Assal Al Murr.”
2021 – Samir Ghanem, appeared in “2, 1, 0” and “Love and Revenge…With a Meat Cleaver.”
2019 – Andrew Hall, appeared in “Stormhouse,” and 4 episodes of “Blood Drive [2017]”
2015 – Mary Ellen Trainor, actress who appeared in “Congo”, “Death Becomes Her”, “The Monster Squad”, “Ghostbusters II”, “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series.”
2006 – Bennah Burton-Burtt, crew/assistant for “Tourist Trap,” “Parasite,” “Ghoulies,” “Troll,” “Crawlspace,” “From Beyond,” “Ghoulies II,” “Puppet Master II,” “Subspecies,” “Demonic Toys,” “Hell Asylum,” “Killjoy,” “Demonicus,” “Prison of the Dead,” “The Creeps,” “Decadent Evil” and more.
1996 – Jon Pertwee who played in “The House That Dripped Blood” and “Carry on Screaming”.
1989 – Anton Diffring, starred in “The Man Who Could Cheat Death” and “Circus of Horrors.”
1989 – Gilda Radner, starred in “Haunted Honeymoon.”
1983 – Harry Keaton, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Sinister Urge.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 20
Maniac [1963] – UK
Hell Night [1981]
Edge of the Axe [1988] – Spain
I Saw What You Did [1988] – TV Movie
The Psychic [1992]
Witchcraft II: The Temptress [1993] – USA
Mosquito [1995] – USA
Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde [2003]
Vampire Vixens [2003]
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist [2005] – USA [limited]
Darkworld [2006] – USA [DVD premiere]
Bloodspit [2008]
Deadwater – aka Black Ops [2008]
Antichrist [2009]
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MAY 21
BORN ON MAY 21
1974 – Fairuza Balk, starred in “The Craft,” “The Craft: Legacy” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”
1974 – Craig Zimmerman, appeared in “Ed Gein” and the TV Movie “Backwoods.”
1961 – Brent Briscoe, actor in “Zombeavers,” “Beneath [2013],” “The Messengers [2007],” “Modern Vampires” and “Grey Knight.”
1959 – Nick Cassavetes, appeared in “The Wraith,” “The Class of 1999 II: The Substitute” and “The Astronaut’s Wife.”
1957 – Judge Reinhold, starred in “The Hollow,” “Pandemonium” and “Gremlins.”
1948 – Jonathan Hyde, appeared in the 1999 remake of “The Mummy,” and “Anaconda.”
1936 – Michael McCroskey, editor for “The Car,” TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.
1918 – Jeanne Bates, actress in “The Soul of a Monster,” “Back from the Dead,” “The Strangler,” “Eraserhead,” “Mom [1990],” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation” and more.
1917 – Raymond Burr, starred in both versions of “Godzilla [1957]” and “Godzilla 1985.” He also starred in “Bride of the Gorilla” and “Rear Window.”
1901 – Clay Campbell, makeup artist for “The Man They Could Not Hang,” “Before I Hang,” “The Boogie Man Will Get You,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Son of Dr. Jekyll,” “The Werewolf,” TV Movie “Tales of Frankenstein” & assistant wax figures for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON MAY 21
2023 – Ray Stevenson, actor in “Outpost [2008],” “Cold Skin [2017]” and the TV Movie “Babylon Fields.”
2023 – Ed Ames, appeared in “The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: The Impersonation Murder Case.”
2023 – Giuseppe Piva, director/writer for the short “Men Rapist [2012].”
2019 – Larry Carroll, Comic Book artist in some issues of “Slayer.”
2018 – Clint Walker, starred in “Snowbeast,” “Killdozer,” “Hysterical,” Scream of the Wolf” and “The Serpent Warriors.”
2014 – Jane Adams, appeared in “The Brute Man”, “House of Dracula”.
2011 – Tallie Cochrane, actress in “The Love-Thrill Murders,” “Brides of Lucifer,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Devil’s Ecstasy” and “Frightmare [1983].”
2007 – Bruno Mattei, Italian director whose work includes “Zombie 3,” “Hell of the Living Dead” and “Zombies: The Beginning,” as well as edited “Count Dracula.”
2000 – Sir John Gielgud, appeared in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.
1999 – Norman Rossington, actor in “Death Line,” “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “House of the Long Shadows.”
1987 – Alejandro Rey, appeared in the films “The Swarm” and “TerrorVision.”
1966 – Pat O’Malley, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1916],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Before Dawn,” “The Phantom Creeps,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 21
The Vampire’s Ghost [1945]
Monster from the Ocean Floor [1954]
Gigantis the Fire Monster [1959]
The Green Slime [1969] – NYC
Grizzly [1976]
Embryo [1976]
Spectre [1977] – TV Movie
Deadly Eyes [1982] – Cannes Film Festival
The Road Warrior [1982]
Crawlspace [1986]
Dark Age [1987]
Carnosaur [1993]
Terminator Salvation [2009]
Area 407 [2012]
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MAY 22
BORN ON MAY 22
1986 – Sharon Hinnendael, actress in “Nightfall,” “Machine Head,” “Rites of Passage” and “Embrace of the Vampire.”
1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone [2019].”
1974 – A.J. Langer, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Escape from L.A.,” “Grey Knight’ and “The People Under the Stairs.”
1972 – Max Brooks, is an American horror author of novels and screenplays for “The Zombie Survival Guide”, “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” and more.
1962 – James Hawkinson, director of photography for “Progeny,” “Zoetrope,” “The Unborn” and the TV Series “Hannibal.”
1953 – Roger Bellon, composer for “Frankenstein [1986],” “The Unholy [1988],” “Waxwork,” 2 episodes of the TV Mini Series “Frankenstein [2004]” and additional music for “April Fool’s Day [2008].”
1951 – Deborah Ryan, actress in the TV Movies “The Initiation of Sarah” and “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.”
1950 – Bernie Taupin, co-songwriter for “Dark Shadows [2012] song Crocodile Rock” and “Hocus Pocus 2 [2022] song “The Witches Are Back.”
1940 – Michael Sarrazin, co-starred in “Feardotcom,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Arrival II,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1939 – Paul Winfield, appeared in “Dead of Night,” “The Legend of Gator Face,” “Mars Attacks!,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “The Terminator [1984]” and many more.
1938 – Susan Strasberg, appeared in “The Manitou,” “Bloody Birthday,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Scream of Fear,” “So Evil, My Sister,” “The Returning,” and the 1973 TV movie “Frankenstein.”
1938 – Richard Benjamin, starred in such films as “Saturday the 14th”, “Love at First Bite”, and more.
1927 – George R. Nelson, set decorator for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Graveyard Shift, TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1920 – Else Blangsted, appeared in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Dance of the Dwarfs” and “Meet the Hollowheads.”
1916 – Rupert Davies, has appeared in “The Night Visitor,” “The Oblong Box,” “Curse of the Crimson Altar,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “The Conqueror Worm,” “The Brides of Fu Manchu” and many more.
1907 – Sir Laurence Olivier, played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula.”
1887 – Jim Thorpe, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Vampire’s Ghost.”
1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and many of his stories including “The Hound of Baskervilles [1939],” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959]” and “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.”
DIED ON MAY 22
2022 – Gregory Jein, visual effects/models for “Laserblast,” “The Day Time Ended,” “Virus” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
2021 – Vijay Patil – AKA “Raamlaxman,” composer/soundtrack for “100 Days.”
2020 – Heather Jean Chasen, actress in “The Toybox” and “Shades of Darkness – Episode: Feet Foremost.”
2019 – Flaminia Jandolo, did Voice Dubbing in “Black Sunday,” “The Long Hair of Death,” The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” “Werewolf Woman,” and “Suspiria [1977].”
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, provided the voice for the narrator in Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride.
1995 – Robert Flemyng, actor in “The Horrible Dr. Hichcock,” “The Blood Beast of Terror” and “The Body Stealers.”
1994 – Jane Dulo, appeared in the TV Movie “The Norliss Tapes” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1992 – James Kitchen, editor for “House of Wax [1953].”
1984 – John Marley, appeared in “It Lives Again,” “The Car,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Dead of Night,” “The Dead Are Alive,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many more.
1971 – H.R. Warwick, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 22
Svengali [1931]
Psychomania – aka Violent Midnight [1963] – Hartford, CT
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed [1969] – NYC
Chosen Survivors [1974] – TV Movie
The Mutations [1974] – UK
The Shout [1978] – Cannes Film Festival
Outland [1981]
Boa vs. Python [2004]
Alien³ [1992]
Tormented [2009]
Poltergeist [2015]
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MAY 23
BORN ON MAY 23
1980 – D.J. Cotrona, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn – TV Series” and appeared in “Venom [2005].”
1973 – Baron Craze, Horror Historian, Horror Journalist, Editor of The Horror Times, Owner of the BC Radio Network [SHOWS: Shredding Metal Beasts; Sinister Death; Hard Rock Madness; Baron’s Crypt; and 3 others], and starred in Swamp Zombies 2 [2018], Cuddlez [2015], and Shock Trailer [2009]. In addition, associate producer and starred in Killer Waves 2 [2020]; received special thanks on 100 Acres of Hell [2019], Camp Death III in 2D [2018], Terrifier 2 [2022], The Barn II [2022], Cryptids [2023], Desert Fiends [2023], Return to the Theatre of Terror [2023], The Slasher Nurse [2024], A Hard Place [2024], Bloody Summer Camp 2: Red Horizon, Stream [2024], The Slasher Nurse [2024], coming soon Mistletoe Massacre, Hillsborough Road, A repeated sponsor of the NJ Horror Con and Film Festival.
1969 – Felissa Rose, starred in “Sleepaway Camp”, and has appeared in numerous horror films “Camp Dread”, Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas and Paranormal Halloween, “The Perfect House,” “Extremity,” “Silent Night, Zombie Night,” The Last House [2015], “Satan’s Playground,” “Victor Crowley,” “2 Jennifer,” “ZK: Elephant’s Graveyard,” “Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film,” “Ugly Sweater Party,” and many more.
1968 – Guinevere Turner, actress in “American Psycho,’ “The Night Is Ours – short,” “I Am Fear,” “Candy Land” and the TV Series “Crazy Bitches.”
1965 – Melissa McBride, best known for playing “Carol” in “The Walking Dead [TV Series]” also was in “The Mist,” “American Gothic – TV Series” and “Mutant Species.”
1961 – Chris & Marty Udvarnoky, who played the twin brothers in the film “The Other.”
1960 – Linden Ashby, appeared in “Prom Night 2008],” “Hunger,” “Resident Evil: Extinction” and more.
1942 – Zalman King, Writer/producer/director/actor for “Blue Sunshine,” “Trip with the Teacher” and “Galaxy of Terror.”
1933 – Joan Collins, starred in “Empire of the Ants,” “Tales That Witness Madness” and “Tales from the Crypt [1972].”
1931 – Barbara Barrie, appeared in TV Series episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Great Ghost Tales.”
1910 – Scatman Crothers, appeared in the “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “The Shining” and “Deadly Eyes”.
1896 – Kenneth Strickfaden who did the wonderful electrical effects for “Frankenstein” and “Bride of Frankenstein.”
1890 – Frank McHugh, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” as well as episodes of “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1890 – Herbert Marshall who appeared in the films “The Fly [1958]” and “Gog.”
DIED ON MAY 23
2023 – Sheldon Reynolds, composer for the short “Mr. Hyde [2017].”
2022 – Jamie Bartlett, actor in “Prey [2007]” and the TV Movie “12 Days of Terror.”
2021 – Gerardo Moscoso, appeared in “Kill Me Because I Am Dying,” “Cronos” and “All of them Witches.”
2018 – Glynn Edwards, actor in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Fragment of Fear,” “Burke & Hare,” “The Playbirds,” “The Seventh Sign” and more.
2017 – Roger Moore, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2011 – Harry Redmond Jr., special effects for “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Magnetic Monster,” “Donovan’s Brain,” “Gog,” “The Unknown” and 15 episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
2011 – Tom Hennesy, played “The Gill Man” on land in “Revenge of the Creature.”
2007 – Ichirô Murakoshi, appeared in “Horror Theater Unbalance [1973–].”
2002 – Albert Carrier, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Veil” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1999 – Joel Lawrence, appeared in “The Clonus Horror” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1997 – Dorothy Gulliver, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1993 – Norman Breedlove, special effects for “The Mole People,” “The Unknown Terror,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Monolith Monsters” and “Diary of a Madman.”
1986 – Sterling Hayden, starred in “Venom [1981].”
1906 – Henrik Ibsen, used his story for an episode each of “Matinee Theatre” and ‘Vedro.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 23
The Premature Burial [1962]
Destroy All Monsters [1969]
Scream Baby Scream [1969] – Cannes Film Festival
The Other [1972] – NYC
Stanley [1972] – Los Angeles, CA
I Spit On Your Grave [1978] – Cannes Film Festival
The Shining [1980] – Los Angeles & New York City
The Last Horror Film [1984] – USA video premiere
Poltergeist II: The Other Side [1986]
Fatal Exam [1990]
The Granny [1995]
Hot Vampire Nights [2000]
The Era of Vampires [2002]
Hallowed [2005] – USA DVD premiere
The Unknown aka Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch [2006] – USA DVD premiere
Vampire Noir [2007]
Shock Trailer [2009] – Filmed on this day
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MAY 24
BORN ON MAY 24
1990 – Zac Richmond, who played “Ralphie Glick” in the 2005 TV mini-series version of “Salem’s Lot.”
1965 – John C. Reilly, starred in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “Dark Water,” “Life After Beth,” “Nightwatch,” “Tale of Tales,” “Kong: Skull Island” and “Dolores Claiborne.”
1960 – Doug Jones, actor in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [2005],” “Gehenna: Where Death Lives,” “The Ice Cream Man” “Legion” “Abe Sapien” in the “Hellboy” films” “Hell’s Kitty [2018]” and many more.
1953 – Nell Campbell, played “Little Nell” in the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Shock Treatment.”
1952 – Bill Thornbury, starring role of “Jody” in “Phantasm,” “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead,” “Phantasm IV: Oblivion” and “Phantasm: Ravager.”
1952 – Sybil Danning, appeared in “The Howling II” and “The Phantom Empire.”
1946 – Cheryal Kearney, set decorator for “The Manitou,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Are You Looking (short)” and 8 episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt.”
1939 – John F. Goff, actor in “Drive In Massacre,” “The Capture of Bigfoot,” “The Fog [1980],” “Alligator,” “The Night Stalker [1986],” “Maniac Cop,” “They Live,” “Ripper Man” and more.
1938 – Tommy Chong, appeared in the film “Evil Bong.”
1937 – Diana Daubeney, producer for “The House That Vanished” and a writer on “Vampyres [1974].”
1931 – Michael Lonsdale, starred in “Successive Slidings of Pleasure.”
1922 – Don Megowan, appeared as the Frankenstein Monster in the Hammer TV pilot “Tales of Frankenstein,” as well as the films “The Werewolf,” “Creation of the Humanoids” and as “The Creature [on land] in “Revenge of the Creature.”
1911 – Harold Conway, appeared in “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Mothra” and “Goke the Body Snatcher from Hell.”
DIED ON MAY 24
2023 – Tina Turner, appeared in “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985].”
2023 – Javier Álvarez, composer for “Cronos [1992].”
2023 – Daniel Heriban, actor in “After… [2006].”
2023 – George Maharis, actor in “The Satan Bug,” “Doppelganger,” “The Sword and the Sorcerer,” “Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery,” “Journey to the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2022 – Horst Sachtleben, voice dubbing for “Nosferatu the Vampyre.”
2022 – Maurizio Silvi, make-up department for “Delirium,” “Stigma” and “Hannibal Rising.”
2022 – Guillaume Bideau – member of Heavy Metal band “Mnemic,” soundtrack for “Alone in the Dark”
2021 – Desiree Gould, appeared in “Sleepaway Camp,” “Under Surveillance,” “Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula’s Lawyer” and “Tales of Poe.”
2021 – Robert Hall, make-up department for “Mary, “Body Snatchers,” Night of the Scarecrow,” “Wishmaster,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Frankenfish,” “Vacancy,” “The Burrowers,” “Paranormal Activity 2,” Locke & Key,” “Area 51,” “Bedeviled” and many, many more.
2019 – Dušica Žegarac, actress in “T.T. Syndrome,” “Variola Vera,” and “Aenigma.”
2013 – Françoise Blanchard, appeared in “Little Dracula – TV Series,” “Revenge in the House of Usher,” “The Living Dead Girl” and more.
2012 – Lee Rich, producer for “Innocent Blood,” TV Movies “Bad Ronald,” “The Stranger Within,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “Dying Room Only.”
2009 – Jack Lewis, wrote the screenplays for “The Amazing Transparent Man” and “Billy the Kid vs Dracula”.
1997 – Edward Mulhare, played the title role in the TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” and in the film “Eye of The Devil.”
1996 – John Abbott, appeared in the films “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Cry of the Werewolf”.
1996 – Roland Varno, starred in “Scared to Death” and “Return of the Vampire.”
1987 – Hermione Gingold, appeared in “Munster, Go Home”.
1976 – Bobby Barber, appeared in “Supernatural [1933],” “The Monster and the Girl,” “Hold That Ghost,” “The Frozen Ghost,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
1974 – Duke Ellington, soundtrack for “Deerskin,” “The Toxic Avenger Part II” and “The Presence.”
Song in The Toxic Avenger Part II:
1969 – Richard Garland, appeared in “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The Undead” and “Panic in Year Zero”.
1969 – Paul Birch who appeared in the films “The Beast with a Million Eyes,” “The Day the World Ended” and “Not of This Earth”.
1960 – Maurice De Packh, orchestrator for “House of Wax [1983],” “The Beast from 20,000,” “Phantom of the Rue Morgue” and “The Bad Seed.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 24
A Witch of Salem Town [1915]
Valley of the Zombies [1946]
The Possession of Joel Delaney [1972]
Madhouse [1974]
Dawn of the Dead [1978]
Invitation to Hell [1984] – TV Movie
Tales from the Hood [1995]
Brightburn [2019]
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MAY 25
BORN ON MAY 25
1982 – Stephon Stewart, appeared in “Bigfoot Country” and the short “Searched Fear.”
1976 – Cillian Murphy, who starred in “Redeye,” “A Quiet Place II” and “28 Days Later”.
1976 – Kris Pope, actor in “House of the Dead,” and the TV Movies “Saint Sinner” “Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon.”
1970 – Neil Marshall, British writer/director of such films as “The Reckoning,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Slay Belles,” “Centurion,” “Doomsday,” “The Descent,” “Dog Soldiers” and more.
1970 – Jamie Kennedy, starred in “Scream,” “The Sand,” “Trick,” “Foreclosed,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “The After” and more.
1970 – Octavia Spencer, actress in “Drag Me to Hell,” “Ma,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Pulse” and episodes of “The Chronicle.”
1969 – Anne Heche, starred in the 1998 remake of “Psycho,” “My Friend Dahmer,” “Nothing Left to Fear” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1946 – Haydée Politoff, actress in “Queens of Evil” and “Count Dracula’s Great Love.”
1964 – Ray Steveson, appeared in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”.
1939 – Ian McKellen, appeared in “Gods and Monsters,” “The Keep,” and some episodes of “Armchair Thriller.”
1935 – Ann Robinson starred in the 1953 version of “War of the Worlds,” as well as the TV series of the same name in 1988, and also appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein.”
1926 – Claude Akins, appeared in the films “The Curse,” and the TV movie “The Night Stalker.”
1925 – Gerald C. Wheatley, production accountant for “The Haunting of Julia” and “Blueblood.”
1918 – Mary Nell Santacroce, actress in “The Private Eyes,” “Mutant” and “The Legend of Blood Mountain.”
1902 – Charles Barton, directed the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff” and the TV series, “The Munsters.”
1897 – Wade Walker, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1888 – Miles Malleson, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dead of Night,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “The Queen of Spades,” ”The Brain” and “Thark.”
DIED ON MAY 25
2023 – Gary Kent, actor in “Bonehill Road,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “The Thrill Killers,” “The Forest,” stunts for “The Return of Count Yorga,” “Bubba Ho-Tep,” production manager for “Blood Mania [1970],” “Phantom of the Paradise,” “The House of Seven Corpses” and more.
2023 – Amarnath Mukherjee, actor in “Kuheli,” “3D Saamri” and “Tahkhana.”
2023 – Glenn Farr, editor for “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and the TV Movie “The Darkling.”
2020 – Wu Pong-fong, appeared in “Double Vision,” “Silk” and “Soul.”
2019 – Tun Fei Mou, directed “Die xian,” “Men Behind the Sun” and “Trilogy of Lust.”
2018 – Sergio Graziani, voice dubbing for “The Last Man on Earth,” “The Possessed,” “The Witch [1966],” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Dorian Gray [1970],” “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “Web of the Spider,” “The Crimes of the Black Cat,” “Torso,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Beyond the Door,” “The Psychic,’ “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Phenomena,” “The Sect” and more.
2016 – Nancy Dow, actress in “The Ice House.”
2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, starred on the TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” and as “Jose Chung” on “The X-Files”.
2007 – Lee Frost, directed “The Thing with Two Heads”.
2007 – Laurie Bartram, appeared in “Friday the 13th [1980]” and “The House of Seven Corpses.”
2000 – Francis Lederer, appeared in “Terror Is a Man” and “The Return of Dracula,” playing “Dracula” himself, reprised his version of “Dracula” in an episode of “Night Gallery” entitled “The Devil Is Not Mocked.”
1993 – Dan Seymour, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Return of the Fly” and “Escape To Witch Mountain”.
1990 – Vic Tayback, roles included “Blood and Lace,” “Door to Door Maniac” and “Mansion of the Doomed.”
1979 – Scotty Welbourne, photography for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “The Monster That Changed the World” “Revenge of the Creature.”
1977 – Edward Colmans, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954],” “Curse of the Undead,” “Diary or a Madman,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre,” “Target,” “The Outer Limits” and “Night Gallery.”
1963 – Ethan Laidlaw, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “Murders in the Zoo,” “King Kong [1933]” and “The Body Snatcher.”
1954 – Hans Janowitz, wrote the screenplays for “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari” and “Der Januskopf” a.k.a. “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MAY 25
The Body Snatcher [1945] – NYC
The Cabinet of Calagari [1962] – NYC
Alien [1979] – USA [limited]
The Brood [1979]
Possession [1981]
Dead Calm [1989] – Australia
Possessed by the Night [1994] – USA video premiere
Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft [1999]
Bug [2007]
Shark Swarm [2008] – TV Movie
House of Black Wings [2010]
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