June 9
BORN ON JUNE 9
1994 – Owen Campbell, actor in “Bitter Feast,” “Depraved,” “X [2022],” “Candy Land” and more.
1981 – Natalie Portman, starred in “Annihilation” and produced “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
1980 – James DeBello, who starred in the films “Ghouls,” and “Cabin Fever.”
1978 – Brian Patrick Wade, actor in “Death by Engagement [2005].”
1963 – Johnny Depp, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Ninth Gate,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “From Hell,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Tusk,” also on the soundtrack for both “Dark Shadows” and “Sweeney Todd.”
1961 – Michael J. Fox starred in “The Frighteners,” “Mars Attacks!” and “Teen Wolf.”
1951 – James Newton Howard, composer for “Flatliners,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Stir of Echoes,” soundtrack for “Split” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1949 – Francis Monkman, soundtrack for “An American Werewolf in London – “Rebel.”
1946 – Antonio Avati, producer for “The Room Next Door,” “The Childhood Friend,” “Revenge of the Dead,” “Macabre,” “The House With Laughing Windows” and more.”
1935 – 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.
1931 – Joe Santos, appeared in “A Knife for the Ladies” and an episode of the “Twilight Zone.”
1927 – R. Wright Campbell wrote the screenplays for “Teenage Caveman,” “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”
1920 – Sheila Keith, actress in “House of Whipcord,” “Frightmare [1974],” “The Confessional,” “The Comeback,” “House of the Long Shadows” and an episode of “Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible.”
1910 – Bernard Woolner, producer for “Attack of the 50 ft. Woman,” and “Hillbillies in a Haunted House.”
DIED ON JUNE 9
2023 – Dinah Faust, actress in the TV Movie “Carmilla: Le coeur pétrifié.”
2022 – Julee Cruise, soundtrack for “Nutcracker [2001],” “The Dream – short” and “Scream.”
2022 – Billy Kametz, voice actor for the TV Series “High Rise Invasion,” “Resident Evil: infinite Darkness” and the video game “The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners.”
2022 – Dario Parisini, actor in “Obsession: A Taste of Fear.”
2022 – Don Pippin, composer for “Eat and Run [1987].”
2014 – Rik Mayall, appeared in “An American Werewolf in London,” “Shock Treatment,” “Cold Dark,” “The Legend of Harrow Woods,” “Evil Calls,” “Highway to Hell” and more.
1998 – Norman Stuart, appeared in the movie “Arnold.”
1993 – Peter Coe who appeared in “House of Frankenstein” and “The Mummy’s Curse”.
1990 – James Carreras, the founder of Hammer Films and served as production manager on “The Curse of Frankenstein [1957].”
1987 – Grandon Rhodes, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “Them!,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1985 – Clifford Evans, appeared in Hammer films’ “The Curse of the Werewolf” and “The Kiss of the Vampire.”
1980 – Claude Hutchinson, gaffer for “Night Nurse” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 9
Old Mother Riley’s Ghosts [1941]
The Invisible Man’s Revenge [1944] – Los Angeles
Homicidal [1961]
Damien: Omen II [1978]
The Manitou [1978]
Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil [1993]
Congo [1995]
Alien Agenda: Endangered Species [1998]
American Psycho II: All American Girl [2002]
Zombie Farm [2007] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival
June 9 [2008]
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JUNE 10
BORN ON JUNE 10
1983 – Leelee Sobieski, starred in “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Night Train” and “In a Dark Place.”
1983 – Shanna Collins, actress in “Sublime,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” and the TV Movie “Death Row.”
1978 – DJ Qualls, appeared in “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Cherry Falls,” “The Core” and more.
1978 – Shane West, who starred in “Dracula 2000,” “Here Alone,” “Red Sands,” “The Presence” and “Salem – TV Series.”
1962 – Gina Gershon, appeared in “Voodoo Dawn” and “Demonlover.”
1959 – Phillip J. Roth, producer for “Python,” “Antibody,” “Deep Shock,” “Dark Waters,” “Manticore,” “Lake Placid 2,” “Bats: Human Harvest,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow,” “Ghost Town,” “Dark Relic,” “Triassic Attack,” “Black Forest,” “Boogeyman [2012],” “Doom: Annihilation” and many more.
1957 – Patrick Tantalo, special effects for “Slugs,” “Waxwork,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Demons at the Door,” “2001 Maniacs,” “Bug [2006],” “Cemetery Gates,” “Halloween II [2009],” “For Sale by Owner” and “Fable: Teeth of Beasts.”
1955 – Andrew Stevens, appeared in “The Fury,” “Massacre at Central High” and the TV movie, “The Werewolf of Woodstock.”
1950 – Ed Naha, writer for “Troll,” “Dolls,” “Spellcaster,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and 2 episodes of Tales from the Cryptkeeper.”
1947 – Yuriko Hishimi, appeared in “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”
1945 – John De Troia, transportation department/driver for “Candyman: Day of the Dead,” “Exorcism [2003]” and stunt driver for “Laserblast.”
1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, appeared in “Primeval,” “House of the Dead,” “Dark Asylum,” “Ripper,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and “The Keep”.
1939 – Alexandra Stewart, appeared in “Black Moon,” “The Uncanny” and “Phobia.”
1927 – José Luis Merino, directed “Scream of the Demon Lover” and “Beyond the Living Dead.”
1922 – Judy Garland, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005]” song “Get Happy.”
1920 – Lou Frizzel, appeared in “The Other” and the TV movie “Duel.”
1873 – Vera Lewis, appeared in “Night Nurse,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “the Smiling Ghost.”
DIED ON JUNE 10
2023 – Giannis Markopoulos, composer for “He and She [1967].”
2020 – Sarunyu Wongkrachang, appeared in “13: Game of Death.”
2020 – Alice Bueñaflor Lake, appeared in “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Lovingly Yours, Helen- TV Movie,” “Kill Barbara with Panic,” “Demons [2000],” “Séance,” “Morgue” and more.
2020 – William Hale, director for “The Demon Murder Case – TV Movie” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2019 – Crazy Mohan, writer for “Devil 2 [2019].”
2019 – Girish Karnad, acted in “Nandhini” and “Chandrika.”
2019 – Yuzuru Fujimoto, acted in “Sword for the Truth,” “Judge,” and 2 episodes of “Bleach [2006].”
1998 – Lawrence Keane,
1996 – Jo Van Fleet, starred in Satan’s School For Girls [1973] and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller” and “Inner Sanctum”.
1993 – Richard Webb, appeared in “Hillbillies in the Haunted House,” “Beware the Blob” and the TV movie “The Werewolf of Woodstock”.
1971 – Michael Rennie who starred in the films “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Assignment Terror” and “The Lost World”.
1969 – Frank Lawton, appeared in the films “The Devil Doll” and “The Invisible Ray”.
1967 – Spencer Tracy, starred in “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 10
The Believers [1987]
Poltergeist III [1988]
Embryo [2001]
High Tension [2003]
Bloodsucking Redneck Vampires [2004]
Rottweiler [2004]
High Tension [2005]
The Slaughter [2006]
Leeds Point [2008] – Hoboken International Film Festival
Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming [2013] – DVD premiere
Ghost of Goodnight Lane [2014] – Bismarck, ND
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JUNE 11
BORN ON JUNE 11
1988 – Claire Holt, starred in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow” and “47 Meters Down.”
1986 – Shia LaBeouf, who starred in “Disturbia,” “Constantine” and “Maniac.”
1978 – Joshua Jackson who starred in the films “Shutter” “Scream 2,” “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”
1962 – Brian Wade, special makeup effects for “The Thing [1982],” “Piranha II: The Spawning,” “Psycho II,” “Dreamscape,” “House [1985],” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “The Bob [1988],” “The Wretched,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Army of the Dead,” “Insidious: Red Door,” “Saw X,” “Night Swim” and many more.
1949 – Sherman Howard, starred in “Day of the Dead,” “The Stand – TV Mini-Series,” “Dark Angel,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and many more.
1945 – Adrienne Barbeau, starred in “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Unearth,” “Two Evil Eyes,” “Death House,” “Hoax,” “The Thing [1982],” “Gates of Darkness,” “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Escape From New York” and more.
1944 – Ian Crafford, editor for “Dream Demon” and “Snow White: A Tale of Terror.”
1933 – Gene Wilder, starred in “Haunted Honeymoon” and “Young Frankenstein.”
1931 – Roger Kastel, poster artist for “Jaws [1975].”
1922 – John Bromfield, appeared in “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon,” “Manfish” and “Revenge of the Creature.”
1920 – Shelly Manne, music department/percussion for “The Vampire,” “The Return of Dracula,” “I Bury the Living,” “The Omen [1976],” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Psycho II” and “ Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1919 – Richard Todd, appeared in “House of the Long Shadows,” “Bloodbath” and “Asylum.”
1914 – Dudley Manlove, appeared in “Plan Nine from Outer Space” and “Creation of the Humanoids.”
1914 – Gerald Mohr, starred in “The Angry Red Planet,” “The Monster and the Girl”.
1909 – Paul Schreibman, produced the American versions of “First Spaceship on Venus” and “Gigantis the Fire Monster.”
1883 – Virginia Brissac, actress in “Black Friday [1940],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
DIED ON JUNE 11
2023 – Rob Young, sound department for “The Food of the Gods,” “The Fly II,” “Deep Rising,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Final Destination 3,” “Jennifer’s Body,” “The Uninvited [2009]” and more.”
2023 – Silvia Nastase, actress in “Phantom Town” and “Teenage Space Vampires.”
2023 – Michael Noonan, appeared in “The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: Touched with Fire.”
2023 – Rubén Moya, actor in “Narcosatanicos diabolicos” and “Masacre en Teques.”
2021 – John Gabriel, appeared in the TV Movie “Fantasies.”
2021 – Sando Harris,” appeared in “Que Sera – aka What Will Be.”
2021 – Kay Hawtrey, actress in “Funeral Home,” “The Intruder,” “Videodrome” “Urban Legend,” “Octoberfeast,” “Haunted by Her Past,” “American Psycho II: All American Girl” and more.
2020 – Mel Winkler, appeared in “Full Eclipse – TV Movie” and “Maniacts.”
2020 – Rosa María Sardà, actress in “Rojo sangre.”
2020 – Dennis Joseph O’Neil, comic book artist for ““Devil Night” – Haunt of Horror August 1973” and “Chamber of Darkness #3–5 [1970].”
2007 – Mala Powers, starred in “Unknown Terror,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Doomsday Machine.”
2005 – Robert Clarke, wrote, produced, directed and starred in “The Hideous Sun Demon,” “The Astounding She Monster,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Body Snatcher.”
2003 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream, Blacula, Scream,” and “Abby.”
1979 – John Wayne, starred in “Haunted Gold.”
1966 – Wallace Ford, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand,” Freaks [1932], “The Ape Man” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1956 – Ralph Morgan, appeared in “The Monster and the Ape,” “The Creeper” and “Weird Woman.”
1936 – Robert E. Howard, writer for “Solomon Kane” and “Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 11
The Oblong Box [1969]
Humongous [1982]
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart [1992] – USA video premiere
Jurassic Park [1993]
Harvest of Fear [2004] – Digital Release
Open Water [2004] – Waterfront Film Festival
The Stepford Wives [2004]
Ice Road Terror [2011]
Hallowed Ground [2019] – UK (internet)
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JUNE 12
BORN ON JUNE 12
1992 – Georgina Campbell, actress in “The Ministry of Stories Anthology,” “Floor 9.5 – short,” “All My Friends Hate Me,” “Barbarian” and “Otherkin – short.”
1989 – Valentina de Angelis, appeared in “Malibu Horror Story,” “The Midnight Game,” “Camp Hell” and “Bereavement.”
1988 – Cody Horn, starred in “Demonic” and “Occupant.”
1985 – Dave Franco, actor in “The Shortcut,” “Fright Night [2011],” “Bad Meat,” “Warm Bodies” and “Day Shift.”
1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, appeared in “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No!,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1974 – Jason Mewes, appeared in “Halloweed,” “Devil’s Tower,” “Zombie Hamlet,” “Vampire Apocalypse,” “Feast,” “Scream 3”, and more.
1965 – Cathy Tyson, actress in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and the podcast series “The Sandman.”
1965 – Florence Guérin, actress in “The Black Cat [1989]” and “Faceless.”
1964 – Paula Marshall, appeared in “Full Eclipse”, “Warlock: The Armageddon”, “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.
1953 – Gary Farmer, appeared in “Sawtooth,” “Route 666,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “The Dark Wind,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Believers” and more.
1928 – Bernie Hamilton, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”
1919 – Uta Hagen, appeared in “The Other.”
1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, Producer and co-founder of American International Pictures – some of his films include “The Visitor,” “The Haunting [1999],” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Q,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “The Town that Dreaded Sundown,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and many more.
1916 – Irwin Allen, directed “The Swarm.”
1913 – Ben Frommer, appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Psycho II.”
DIED ON JUNE 12
2023 – Treat Williams, actor in “Age of Dinosaurs,” “Mask Maker,” “Venomous,” “Deep Rising,” “Dead Heat” and “The Phantom.”
2023 – Carol Higgins Clark, actress in the TV Movie “Stillwatch.”
2023 – Hiroe Tsukamoto, producer for the TV Series “Serial Experiments Lain,” “Hellsing,” “Demon Lord Dante,” “Requiem from the Darkness” and “Blue Exorcist.”
2022 – Philip Baker Hall, actor in “The Zodiac,” “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Lost Souls,” “Psycho [1998],” the TV Movies “Terror Out of the Sky” and “This House Possessed.”
2022 – Walter Maestosi, actor in “Lilith: A Vampire Who Comes Back” and voice dubbing for “Night of the Devils.”
2021 – Dennis Berry, directed “The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau” and appeared in “Spirits of the Dead.”
2020 – Wlodzimierz Bednarski, actor in the video games “The Witcher” and “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.”
2019 – Sylvia Miles, acted in “The Funhouse,” “The Sentinel,” and “Violent Midnight.”
2019 – Juan José Alonso Millán, writer for “The National Mummy” and an episode of “After the Closed Door [1964]”
2018 – Robert Alan Browne, actor in “Hysterical,” “Psycho II,” “Psycho III,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes” and “The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals.”
2015 – Rick Ducommun, appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Brimstone – TV Series,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Little Monsters” and more.
2015 – Monica Lewis, appeared in “Dead Heat” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
2014 – Carla Laemmle, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and in the original 1931 “Dracula.”
2006 – Hugh Latimer, who appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Cosmic Monster”.
2003 – Gregory Peck, starred in “The Omen,” “Cape Fear” 1962, and appeared in the 1991 version.
1998 – Theresa Merritt, actress in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Voodoo Dawn.”
1983 – George Benson, actor in “Vampire Over London,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and more.
1962 – Frank Shaw, assistant director for “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Tarantula” and an episode of the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 12
Rosemary’s Baby [1968]
Count Yorga, Vampire [1970]
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage [1970]
Flavia, the Heretic [1974] – UK
Predator [1987] – Milan, Italy
The Witches of Eastwick [1987]
Witchcraft 8: Salem’s Ghost [1996]
Forest of the Dead [2007]
What Really Frightens You [2009]
Black Rain [2009]
Doghouse [2009]
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JUNE 13
BORN ON JUNE 13
1987 – Caitlyn Folley, actress in “Dark Honeymoon,” “SX_Tape,” “Nightmare Code” and “Restraint.”
1978 – Ethan Embry, appeared in “Late Phases,” “The Guest,” “The House Across the Street,” “Vacancy,” “FreakyLinks – TV Series,” “They,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Prophecy II” and more.
1974 – Brande Roderick, appeared in “Hood of Horror” and “Dracula II: Ascension.”
1974 – Missy Crider, appeared in “The Others – TV Series,” “Quicksilver Highway – TV Movie,” “Demons – TV Movie” and “The Beast – TV Series.”
1973 – Kim Sønderholm, appeared in “Cannibal Fog,” “Silverthread,” “Sinister Visions,” “Zombie Ed,” “The Killing Games,” “Blood Fare,” “Vidar the Vampire,” “Supernatural Tales,” “The Horror Vault 3,” and many more.
1967 – Natasha Hovey, starred in “Demons [1985].”
1962 – Ally Sheedy, starred in “Man’s Best Friend” “Buried Alive II,” “The Fury Within” and more.
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, starred in “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Dominion” and “The Killing Gene.”
1951 – Richard Thomas, starred in “Stephen King’s It”.
1950 – Belinda Bauer, appeared in “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Servants of Twilight,” “RoboCop 2,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series” and “The Sins of Dorian Gray – TV Movie.”
1949 – Simon Callow, starred in “Chemical Wedding,” “The Dead Room – TV Movie,” “Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty” and “Blanche Dumas from B to Z.”
1943 – Malcolm McDowell, starred in “Cat People,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” “Halloween II” “31,” “Silent Night,” “Sanitarium” and more.
1942 – Roy Deverell, editor for “The House That Vanished [1973].”
1935 – Javier Aguirre, director/writer for “Count Dracula’s Great Love” and “Hunchback of the Morgue.”
1935 – Terry Ballard, art department for “Ants!,” “Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV Movie),” episodes of “Something is Out There,” and also appeared in “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
1919 – Richard Collier, appeared in “Eve of Destruction,” Pet Sematary [1989] and “Christine.”
1918 – Ben Johnson, appeared in “Terror Train,” “The Swarm,” “The Savage Bees” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”
1915 – Mary Wickes, starred in “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”
1900 – Ian Hunter [the actor, not the musician], appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Doctor Blood’s Coffin.”
1892 – Sir Basil Rathbone, starred in “Son of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “Tales of Terror,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “Queen of Blood” and more.
DIED ON JUNE 13
2022 – Henri Garcin, actor in “Murder Syndrome.”
2022 – Julieta Vallina, actress in “Dead Man Tells His Own Tale” and “Terrified.”
2021 – Ned Beatty, actor in “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “The Unholy [1988],” “Repossessed,” “Ed and His Dead Mother” and the TV Movie “Dying Room Only.”
2021 – David Lightfoot, producer for “Scratch,” “Wolf Creek” and “Rogue.”
2020 – Sabiha Khanum, actress in “Deewana.”
2019 – William Leonard Sean McCann, “The Uncanny,” “The Neighbor,” episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “The Hidden Room” and “Haven.”
2019 – Nobuyuki Ishida, appeared in “Vamp” and “Mirrorman.”
2019 – Edith González Fuentes, actress in “Alucarda,” “Cyclone,” “Hell’s Trap,” “The Dead,” “The Quarterer,” and the TV Movie “The Death Motel.”
2005 – Lane Smith, appeared in “Dark Night of the Scarecrow.”
2004 – Robert Lees, who wrote the screenplays for “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” “Hold That Ghost” and “The Black Cat” [1941].”
1979 – Darla Hood, appeared in “The Bat.”
1979 – Barry Shear, directed several episodes of the TV series “Night Gallery.”
1979 – George Cisar, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “The Werewolf,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula” and an episode of “The Addams Family.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 13
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms [1953]
The Revenge of Frankenstein [1958]
The Children [1980]
Maniac Cop 2 [1991] – USA video premiere
Silent Predators [1999] – TV Movie
A Tale of Two Sisters [2003]
The Lost [2006] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival
The Happening [2008]
Animal [2014] – Los Angeles – premiere
Inner Demons [2014] – Portland Horror Film Festival
Big Legend [2018] – NYC – premiere
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JUNE 14
BORN ON JUNE 14
1989 – Courtney Halverson, actress in “Unfriended,” “Death Valley – TV Series,” “St. Agatha,” “The Open Door” and the TV Movie “Red Clover.”
1989 – Lucy Hale, appeared in “Fantasy Island,” “Truth or Dare,” “Scream 4″ and “Fear Island.”
1987 – Jordan Hayes, appeared in “House at the End of the Street,” “Exit Humanity,” “Hidden 3D,” “The Toll,” Nostrum” and the TV series “Helix.”
1978 – Diablo Cody, wrote the screenplay for and produced the film “Jennifer’s Body.”
1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, appeared in “The Force.”
1954 – Jan Rabson, actor in “Jaws: The Revenge,” “They Live,” voice actor in “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein” and the TV Series “Creepy Crawlers.”
1954 – Will Patton, starred in “Swamp Thing – TV Series,” “Halloween [2018],” “The Devil Below,” “Boarding School,” “The Fourth Kind,” “The Mothman Prophecies,” “The Puppet Masters” and many more.
1940 – Murray Smith, screenwriter for “Die Screaming Marianne,” “Schizo,” “The Comeback” “Hammer House of Horror – Episode: Children of the Full Moon.”
1924 – Larry Vincent, portrayed Los Angeles Horror Host “Seymour, the Master of the Macabre and the Epitome of Evil,” appeared in “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant,” “The Witchmaster” and “Dr Death: Seeker of Souls.”
1920 – Lowell Grant, sculptor for “Diary of a Madman [1963].”
1921 – Gene Barry, appeared in “The 27th Day” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and “War of the Worlds” [2005] remake.
1910 – Takeo Murata, wrote the screenplays for “Godzilla [1954]” “Godzilla Raids Again” and “Rodan.”
1902 – Carl Esmond, actor in “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “The Catman of Paris” and an episode of the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
DIED ON JUNE 14
2023 – Raimondo Crociani, editor for “The Suspicious Death of a Minor [1975].”
2022 – Hamid Gurkha, actor in “Zombies from Banana Village,” “Halim Munan” and “Sofazr the Movie: Jiwa Kacau.”
2022 – Dalimil Klapka, actor/sound department for “The Painted Bird.”
2022 – Everett Peck, animation department for Extreme Ghostbusters.”
2021 – Lisa Banes, appeared in “Brothel,” “A Cure for Wellness,” TV Movies “The Presence” and “A Family Torn Apart.”
2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput, assistant director for “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”
2019 – Maurice Bénichou, actor in “Time of the Wolf.”
2014 – Francis Matthews, appeared in “Do Not Disturb”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Corridors of Blood” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein.”
2008 – Alan Wells appeared in ‘Beginning of the End,” “The Cosmic Man” and “Cape Fear” [1962].
2004 – Max Rosenberg, produced the films “Tales from The Crypt,” “Madhouse,” “The Incredible Melting Man” and “Cat People” [1982].
2002 – Albert Band, produced and directed such films as “I Bury the Living,” “Mansion of the Doomed”.
1997 – Richard Jaeckel appeared in “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Green Slime,” “Latitude Zero” and “The Dark”.
1981 – Jimmy Cross, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “Day of the Nightmare,” “The Addams Family – TV Series,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 14
The Tell-Tale Heart – aka “Bucket of Blood” [1934]
The Monster That Challenged the World [1957]
Anatomy of A Psycho [1961]
The Satanist [1968]
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter [1974] – Albuquerque, NM
The Stuff [1985] – Los Angeles
Deep in the Woods [2000]
The Crow: Salvation [2000]
Scooby Doo [2002]
Piñata: Survival Island [2002]
Cthulhu [2007]
Stonehurst Asylum [2014]
The Dead Don’t Die [2019] – Shanghai International Film Festival
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JUNE 15
BORN ON JUNE 15
1971 – Bif Naked, actress in “House of the Dead” and an episode of the TV Series “The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.”
1971 – Jake Busey, appeared in “Starship Troopers,” “The Predator,” “Dead Ant,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Hitchhiker II: I’ve Been Waiting,” “The Frighteners,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.
1969 – Ice Cube, starred in “Anaconda” and “Ghosts of Mars” as well as the soundtrack for “Us,” “Anaconda,” “Blade II” and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.”
1964 – Courtney Cox, starred in the “Scream [1996],” “Scream 2,” “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,” “Scream [2022],” “Scream VI” and the TV Series “Shining Vale.”
1963 – Helen Hunt, actress in “I See You,” “The Spell – TV Movie,” “Trancers II,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Into the Badlands – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of “Darkroom” and “The Hitchhiker.”
1960 – Shawn Nightingale, executive producer for “Big Legend [2018].”
1959 – Eileen Davidson, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row” and “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time – TV Movie.”
1956 – Robin Curtis, appeared in “Ghost Story” “Hexed,” “Dark Breed,” and “The Unborn II.”
1949 – Rick Rosenthal, director of “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween: Resurrection,” “The Birds II: Land’s Fall,” also appeared in “Lost After Dark” and more.
1949 – Jim Varney appeared in “Blood, Friends, and Money.”
1947 – Jerry Lazarus, actor in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
1947 – Richard P. Rubinstein produced many films including “Dawn of the Dead [1978] & [2004],” “Creepshow,” “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Tales From the Darkside – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “Day of the Dead,” “The Langloliers,” “The Night Flier,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and many more.
1945 – Joy Bang, starred in “Messiah of Evil” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1934 – William Newman, actor in “Squirm,” “Silver Bullet,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Monkey Shines,” “Leprechaun,” “The Craft,” “Devil in the Flesh 2,” “Shadow: Dead Riot” and more.
1929 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, directed “Blood Feast,” “Two Thousand Maniacs!,” “Color Me Blood Red,” “The Gruesome Twosome,” “The Wizard of Gore.” “The Gore Girls” and “Herschell Gordon Lewis’ BloodMania.”
1928 – Morgan Jones, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Not of this Earth” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1923 – Gloria Clark, appeared in “Diary of a Madman” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
DIED ON JUNE 15
2022 – Maureen Arthur, appeared in episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2021 – Robert Desroches, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
2020 – Lilia Dizon, appeared in “Cries of the Grave,” “World Myths” and “Truth or Imagination?”
2019 – Beatriz Salomón, actress in “Galaxy of Terror.”
2019 – Bob Dorian, appeared in “The Evil Dead [1981]” and “Evil Dead [2013].”
2016 – Lois Duncan, author of books used for the basis of “Summer of Fear – TV Movie,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Down a Dark Hall.”
2014 – Casey Kasem, provided the voice for the voice of “Shaggy” in many “Scooby-Doo” adventures.
2008 – Stan Winston, films include “Aliens,” Gargoyles [1972], “Jurassic Park III” and the “Terminator” movies.
2003 – Philip Stone, had appeared in “The Shining”, “The Phantom of the Opera – TV Movie,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “Thriller – TV Series” and many more.
2003 – Hume Cronyn, starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of The Opera.”
1996 – Fred Applegate, script department for “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” Devil’s Partner” and “Space Probe Taurus.”
1995 – Charles Bennett, wrote the screenplay for the film “Curse of the Demon.”
1993 – Ray Molyneaux, set decorator for “Homebodies” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1989 – Geoffrey Alexander, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” as well as an episode each of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown” and “The Unforeseen.”
1977 – Geoffrey Denton, actor in “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “The House in Marsh Road,” “The Snake Woman” and “Nothing But the Night.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 15
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein [1948]
Them! [1954] – Madrid, Spain
The Beast with A Million Eyes [1955]
The Island Earth [1955]
Creature of the Walking Dead [1965]
Munster Go Home [1966] – NYC
The Loreley’s Grasp [1973]
The Legend of Hell House [1973]
Tentacles [1977]
Prophecy [1979] – NYC
Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death [1979]
The Driller Killer [1979]
Honeymoon Horror [1982]
Nightmare Sisters [1988]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]
Hayride Slaughter [2001]
Autopsy: A Love Story [2002]
Scarecrow Gone Wild [2004] – New York City
Woods of Evil [2005]
His Will Be Done [2009]
Women’s Studies [2010]
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