JULY 21
BORN ON JULY 21
1989 – Ali Cobrin, actress in “Jack Turner and the Reluctant Vampire” and “Girl House.”
1978 – Josh Hartnett, starred in “The Faculty,” “Halloween H2O,” “30 Days of Night” and episodes of “Penny Dreadful.”
1976 – Jaime Murray, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Warehouse 13 – TV Series,” “Fright Night 2,” “Devil’s Playground,” “Demons – TV Movie,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone,” “The Nanny [2018]” and more.
1964 – Susan Swift, appeared in “Audrey Rose” and “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.”
1960 – Lance Guest, appeared in “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Halloween 2.″
1955 – Adrienne King, starred in “Friday the 13th [1980[” “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981],” “Psychic Experiment,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming” and “Tales of Poe.”
1951 – Robin Williams., starred in “The Night Listener,” “Insomnia” and “One Hour Photo.”
1948 – Art Hindle, appeared in “Black Christmas [1974],” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]” and “The Brood.”
1946 – Anne Libert, actress in “A Virgin Among the Living Dead,” “Daughter of Dracula,” Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein” and more.
1945 – Sergio Calderón, actor in “The Ruins.”
1943 – Edward Herrmann, appeared in “The Lost Boys” and “My Boyfriend’s Back.”
1929 – John Woodvine, probably best be remembered for portraying “Dr. Hirsch” in “An American Werewolf in London.”
1927 –Paul Blaisdell, AIP creature creator, “It Conquered the World,” “The Day the World Ended,” “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and many more.
1924 – Don Knotts, starred in “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and “The Private Eyes.”
1910 – Motoyoshi Oda, appeared in “The Invisible Avenger,” “Gigantis the Fire Monster” and “Ghost Man.”
1863 – C. Aubrey Smith, appeared in “The Monkey’s Paw” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON JULY 21
2023 – Tony Bennett, soundtrack for “War of the Worlds [1985],” as well as episodes of “The X-Files” and “The Stand.
2023 – Jerome Coopersmith, writer for the TV Movies “The Cradle Will Fall,” “The Sins of Dorian Gray [1983]” and an episode of “The Evil Touch.”
2023 – Robert Lister, actor in “The Casebook of Eddie Brewer [2012].”
2023 – Juliette Mayniel, actress in “Eyes Without a Face” and “Dog Lay Afternoon.”
2022 – Taurean Blacque, actor in “DeepStar Six” and Tara.”
2022 – Mercedes Carreño, actress in “Baron Brakola.”
2020 – Annie Ross, actress for “Basket Case 2,” “Witchery,” “The Beast Must Die,” “The Wicker Man [1973]” and also worked on the soundtrack for “Basket Case 3.”
2019 – Paul Krassner, writer for “The Last of the Manson Girls.”
2004 – Jerry Goldsmith, great composer whose film scores include the 1999 versions of “The Haunting,” “The Mummy,” as well as “Alien,” “Hollow Man,” “Gremlins,” “Leviathan,” “The Omen,” “Psycho II,” “Deep Rising,” “Coma,” and many more.
1996 – Luana Anders, appeared in “Night Tide,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “Dementia 13,″ “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and “Doppelganger.”
1975 – Gordon Bau, make-up dept for “House of Wax [1953],” “Phantom of the Rue Morgue,” “Frankenstein 1970,” “Chamber of Horrors,” “Them!,’ “The Illustrated Man” and more.
1967 – Basil Rathbone, starred as “The Son of Frankenstein,” “Sherlock Holmes” and in the numerous films such as “The Black Sleep” and “Tales of Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 21
Rituals [1977]
Spawn of The Slithis [1978]
The House of the Baskervilles [1978]
Vampire Hookers [1978]
What Lies Beneath [2000]
Hellborn [2003]
Monster House [2006]
Dead Moon Rising [2007] – Big Damn Film Festival
Death Proof [2007] – New York City
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow [2009]
Orphan [2009] – Westwood, CA (premiere)
Basement [2011]
Sator [2019] – Brazil
*************** ************* ******************
JULY 22
BORN ON JULY 22
1983 – Sharni Vinson, starred in “You’re Next,” “House on Willow Street,” “Patrick: Evil Awakens” and “Bait.”
1982 – Sarah Lind, appeared in “Jakob’s Wife,” “WolfCop,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” “Blade: The Series,” “Severed,” “Stephen King’s Dead Zone – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series” and more.
1978 – A.J. Cook, appeared in “Wer,” “Mother’s Day,” “Night Skies,” “Bloodsuckers,” “Final Destination 2,” “Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell,” “Ripper,” episodes of the TV series “Goosebumps” and more.
1976 – Karen Cliche, appeared in “Lost Girl – TV Series,” “Saw VI,” “Pact with the Devil,” “Vampire High = TV Series,” “Big Wolf on Campus – TV Series,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000]”, and more.
1971 – Oliver Robins, starred in “Poltergeist” and “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”
1965 – Patrick Labyorteaux, appeared in the thriller “Heathers,” and horror films “Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College”.
1964 – John Leguizamo, appeared in “Land of the Dead” and “The Happening.”
1963 – Joanna Going, appeared in “Phantoms” and as “Victoria Winters” in the 1993 TV version of “Dark Shadows.”
1955 – Willem Dafoe, appeared “Shadow of the Vampire” “The Lighthouse [2019],” “Siberia,” “Odd Thomas,” “Antichrist” and more.
1952 – Mary & Madeleine Collinson, were identical twins who starred in the Hammer film, “Twins of Evil.”
1951 – Tisa Farrow, starred in “The Grim Reaper” and “Zombie.”
1947 – J. Kenneth Campbell, appeared in “The Changeling,” “Waxwork” and an episode of the TV Series “Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction.”
1938 – Terence Stamp, appeared in “The Company of Wolves,” “The Hunger – TV Series,” “The Haunted Mansion,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Link” and more.
1936 – Nancy Dow, actress in “The Ice House.”
1934 – Louise Flecther, appeared in “Exorcist II: The Heretic”.
1929 – Marcia Henderson, appeared in “The Hypnotic Eye” and “World of the Giants.”
1922 – Edward B. Randolph, appeared in “She-Beast” and “Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype.”
1917 – Jane Farrar, actress in “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Climax.”
1905 – Louis Diage, set decorator for “The Return of the Vampire” and “13 Ghosts [1960].”
1889 – James Whale, directed “The Invisible Man,” “The Old Dark House,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and Frankenstein [1931].
1896 – Fred Schuessler, casting director for “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Before Dawn.”
DIED ON JULY 22
2023 – Lelia Goldoni, actress in “Theatre of Death,” “Good Against Evil,” “The Spell,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “The Unseen” and “The Devil Inside.”
2022 – Don Pomes, actor in “Deathmoon [1978].”
2021 – Zentaro Watanabe, soundtrack for “Exte: Hair Extensions.”
1988 – Duane Jones who played “Ben” in “Night of the Living Dead,” Jones was the first African American to have a starring role in a horror film! He also appeared in “Ganja & Hess” and “Fright House.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 22
Return of the Fly [1959]
King Kong Escapes [1967] – Japan
Cry of the Banshee [1970]
Lucifer’s Women [1974] – Seguin, TX
The Hills Have Eyes [1977]
Orca [1977]
Jaws 3D [1983]
Delta Die! [2003]
The Devil’s Rejects [2005]
Swamp Zombies!!! [2005] – Pittsburgh, PA [premiere]
*************** ************* ******************
JULY 23
BORN ON JULY 23
1989 – Daniel Radcliffe, starred in “The Woman in Black” and “Victor Frankenstein.”
1984 – Matthew Campbell, art department/greensman for “Sea Beast,” “Into the Grizzly Maze,” “Death Note,” episodes of “Witches of East End,” “The Returned” and more.
1982 – Tom Mison, starred as “Ichabod Crane” on “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series.”
1978 – Pearry Reginald Teo, director/producer/writer for “The Assen,” “The Curse of the Sleeping Beauty,” “Ghosthunters [2016,” “Necromentia,” “The Evil Inside” and more.
1973 – Kathryn Hahn, appeared in “The Visit” and voiceover in “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.”
1972 – Vince Yoshida, makeup artist for “Lake Placid,” “Final Destination 2,” “House of the Dead,” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “White Noise,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Beneath,” “The Thaw,” “The Midnight Man,” “Polaroid,” “The Grudge,” “Antlers” and more.
1961 – Woody Harrelson, starred in “Natural Born Killers,” “Zombieland,” “Zombieland: Double Tap,” and the TV movie “Bay Coven.”
1953 – Lydia Cornell, appeared in “Bloodtide” and an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”
1950 – Belinda Montgomery, actress in “Ritual of Evil,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Silent Madness” and “Phantom Town.”
1930 – Chuck Courtney, appeared in “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Food of the Gods” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
1938 – Juliet Anderson, starred in “The Beast That Killed Women” and “Tattoo Vampire.”
1938 – Ronny Cox, appeared in “The Car,” “Robocop” and “The Beast Within.”
1922 – Sydney Lassick, appeared in “Carrie [1976],” “Alligator,” “Lade In White,” “Pandemonium,” “Silent Madness,” “The Unseen” and more.
1919 – Don Isaacs, sound editor for “The Fly [1958],” “Summer Camp Nightmare” and “Waxwork.”
1912 – Michael Wilding, actor in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Target.”
1888 – James Donlan, appeared in “Thirteen Women” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JULY 23
2023 – Inga Swenson, actress in the TV Movie “Bay Cove [1987].”
2022 – Jered Barclay, actor in “War of the Satellites,” “Howling VI: Freaks,” “Matinee Theatre – Episode: The Suicide Club” and 3 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2022 – Boy Alano, actor in “Mga bata ng lagim – aka Children of Horror” and #ParangNormal Activity – Episode: Lolo Boys.”
2022 – Diane Hegarty, Co-Founder of the Church of Satan, editor of “Many of Anton LaVey’s Books” and made an appearance in “Stock footage of obscure 1970s occult horror films.”
2021 – Jean-Yves Lafesse, appeared in “Baby Blood.”
2021 – Mike Mitchell, actor in “The Planet,” “Apocalypse Z” and “Dark Highlands.”
2020 – Jacqueline Scott, appeared in “Empire of the Ants,” Macabre,” episodes of TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Matinee Theater.”
2019 – Gabe Khouth, appeared in “It [1990],” “Home Invasion,” and TV Episodes of “Millennium,” “Supernatural,” and “iZombie.”
2019 – Danny Keogh, actor in “The Mangler,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter,” “Ed Gein,” “Slash,” “Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell,” and TV episodes of “Domination,” “Blood Drive,” and more.
2009 – Ted Swanson, production manager for “Island Claws,” TV Movies “The Presence,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” first assistant unit director for “Jaws: The Revenge” and producer for the TV Movie “The Tale of Sweeney Todd [1997].”
2002 – Leo McKern, starred in “X-The Unknown” and “Damien: The Omen II.”
1997 – David Warbeck, appeared in “Razor Blade Smile,” “Fatal Frames,” “The Beyond,” “The Black Cat” and “Twins of Evil.”
1994 – Hans Salter, wonderful composer for “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “The Wolf Man,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man, “The Island Earth,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “House of Frankenstein,” “Hold That Ghost,” and also worked on the soundtrack for “Happy Death Day 2U.”
1982 – Vic Morrow, appeared in “Humanoids from the Deep,” “Message from Space” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1978 – Charles Horvath, appeared in “The Thing That Wouldn’t Die” and “The Man of a Thousand Faces.”
1970 – Leith Stevens, stock music for “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space” and more.
1965 – G. Raymond Nye, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1948 – D.W. Griffith, director/writer/producer for “One Exciting Night” and “The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 23
The Haunting [1999]
Dagon [2002] – video premiere
Trancers 6 [2002]
Impetigore [2019]
*************** ************* ******************
JULY 24
BORN ON JULY 24
1982 – Trevor Matthews, actor in “Girl House,” “The Shrine,” “Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer” and “Teen Massacre.”
1979 – Rose Byrne, has starred in “Insidious,” “Insidious: Chapter 2,” “Insidious: The Last Key,” “Just Buried,” and “28 Weeks Later.”
1970 – Jennifer Lopez, starred in “Anaconda,” “The Boy Next Door” and “The Cell.”
1965 – Doug Liman, executive producer for “The Killing Floor,” “Cry Wolf” and 10 episodes of the TV Series “Nightflyers.”
1965 – Kadeem Hardison, appeared in “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Cult – TV Series,” “Def by Temptation,” “Escapee,” “B.C. Butcher,” “Ashes” and the TV Movie “Run for Your Life.”
1959 – David Alan Graf, appeared in “Witchcraft 7″ and “Witchcraft XI.”
1952 – Gus Van Sant, directed the 1998 version of “Psycho.”
1947 – Robert Hays, actor in “Cat’s Eye,” “Paranormal Movie,” as well as TV Movies “The Initiation of Sarah,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare” and “Sharknado 2: The Second One.”
1942 – Chris Sarandon, appeared in “The Sentinel,” “Fright Night [1985],” “Whispers [1990],” “Child’s Play” and more
1935 – Eddy Donno, stunts for “Race With the Devil,” “The Entity,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Invaders from Mars,” “My Best Friend Is a Vampire,” “Grotesque,” “Hocus Pocus,” “The Mothman Prophecies” and more.
1925 – John McMamara, appeared in “From Hell It Came,” “The Return of Dracula” and “War of the Colossal Beast.”
1916 – Betty Goode, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JULY 24
2022 – David Warner, actor in “From Beyond the Grave, “The Omen,” “Waxwork,” “Grave Secrets,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Body Bags – TV Movie,” “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Ice Cream Man,” “Scream 2,” “Ice Cream Man,” “Sweeney Todd [2006] – TV Movie,” “Nightwing,” “The Company of Wolves” and more.
2022 – Carla Cassola, actress in “Demonia,” “The Sect,” “The Torturer,” “Into the Labyrinth,” “Letto numero 6” and the TV Movie “The House of Clocks.”
2021 – Alfie Scopp, actor in “The Mask [1961].”
2019 – Nam Gi-Nam, Directed “Three Evil Spirits,” “Night Fairy,” “The Cemetery Under the Moon,” and others.
2019 – Sergio Di Giulio, appeared in “Zombie” and “Versipellis.”
2012 – Sherman Hemsley, appeared in “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Love at First Bite” and more.
2002 – Robert Easter, screenwriter for “The Toolbox Murders.”
1997 – Brian Glover, appeared in “Alien 3,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror” and “An America Werewolf in London.”
1989 – Ernest Morrison, appeared in “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Ape Man” and the short “Haunted Spooks.”
1985 – Eddie Parks, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1982 – Everett Alton Brown, sound department for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Hidden Hand.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 24
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster [1971]
Wolfen [1981]
Afraid of the Dark [1991] – New York City
Disturbing Behavior [1998]
Demonicus [2001] – video premiere
Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank [2006] – DVD premiere
The Crate [2007]
100 Feet [2008] – South Korea
Crawler [2009]
Mutilation Mile [2009]
Orphan [2009]
The Sphere of the Lycanthrope [2009]
The House That Drips Blood on Alex [2010]
Dark Was the Night [2014]
The Vatican Tapes [2015] – USA (limited)
Pledge [2018] – Fantasia Film Festival
*************** ************* ******************
JULY 25
BORN ON JULY 25
1987 – Michael Welch, appeared in “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane,” “Hansel & Gretel Get Baked,” “The Final Wish,” “The Demented” and more.
1985 – Ashley Bell, appears in “Carnage Park,” “The Last Exorcism,” “The Last Exorcism Part II,” “Witch Hunt,” “Voices,” “The Day,” “Psychopaths” and more.
1985 – Shantel VanSanten, appeared in “Something Wicked” and “The Final Destination.”
1982 – Ben Ketai, writer for “Tales from the Grudge,” “Suck (short),” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days,” “The Forest,” “The Strangers Prey at Night,” “Malevolent” and more.
1973 – David Denman, appeared in “Brightburn,” “The Gift,” “Shutter,” “When a Stranger Calls,” “Outcast – TV Series,” “Night Stalker – TV Series,” “The X-Files TV Series” and more.
1968 – Michael Karen, director for “Falshback” and the TV Movie “Killer Bees.”
1965 – Illeana Douglas, appeared in the films “Otis,” and “Stir of Echoes”.
1943 – Irwin Yablans, executive producer for the first three “Halloween” films, “Hell Night” and “Fade to Black.”
1933 – George Dickerson, actor in “Psycho II” and “Terrifying Tales.”
1929 – Al Adamson, Actor/producer/director whose credits included “Horror of the Blood Monsters,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Blood of Ghastly Horror.”
1921 – Kevin Stoney, appeared in “The Shadow of the Cat,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
1917 – Stephen Roberts, actor in “Gog,” “Terrified,” “Diary of a Madman,” episodes of “One Step Beyond” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1910 – Gil Galvano, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders [1978].”
1905 – Red Turner, art department/props for “House of Wax [1953].”
1890 – Arthur Lubin, directed “The Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “Hold That Ghost.”
DIED ON JULY 25
2023 – Michele Kalamera, voice dubbing for “Kong Island,” “Hotel Fear” and “The Dead Are Alive!”
2022 – Paul Sorvino, actor in “Bad Impulse,” “The Stuff,” “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Chiller – TV Movie,” “The Devil’s Carnival,” “Sicilian Vampire,” “The Hybrids Family” and “Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival.”
2022 – Jennifer Bartlett, actress in “Another Son of Sam.”
2022 – Geir Børresen, actor in “Noe helt annet – aka Something Else” and the TV Series “Horror Bizarre.”
2022 – Yôko Shimada, actress in “The Inugami Family,” “Village of Eight Gravestones” and “Dear heart: Furuete nemure.”
2022 – Camelia Zorlescu, actress in “Bloodlust: Subspecies III” and “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm.”
2020 – John Saxon, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Queen of Blood [1966],” “Blood Beach,” “Death House,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Hellmaster,” “The Arrival,” “Beyond Evil,” “The Evil Eye,” “Cannibals in the Streets” and many more.
2020 – Božena Böhmová, appeared in the TV Movie “Hrabe Drakula.”
2020 – Turíbio Ruiz, appeared in “The Hour of Fear” and “Horas Fatais.”
2005 – Ford Rainey, appeared in a “Halloween II [1981],” “A Howling in the Woods,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many more.
2003 – John Schlesinger, directed “The Believers.”
2003 – Michael Mundell, actor in “the Blood Beast Terror” and “Tam Lin.”
2000 – Don Weis, director for TV shows “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Freddy’s Nightmares” and the TV film “The Munster’s Revenge.”
1996 – Howard Vernon, actor in “The Awful Dr. Orlof,” “The Diabolical Dr. Z,” “Only a Coffin,” “Succubus,” “The Blood Rose,” “The Invisible Dead,” “Daughter of Dracula,” “Zombie Lake,” “Howl of the Devil” and more.
1988 – Judith Barsi, actress in “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1984 – Akihiko Hirata, appeared in “Godzilla [1954],” “Godzilla, King of the Monsters! [1956],” “Rodan,” “The Mysterians,” “The H-Man,” “Daikaijû Baran,” “Mothra,” “Gorath,” “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Atragon,” “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and many more.
1979 – Virginia Brissac, actress in “Black Friday [1940],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 25
Haunted Honeymoon [1986]
Maximum Overdrive [1986]
Last Gasp [1995]
Beyond Re-Animator [2003]
The X Files: I Want to Believe [2008]
GoatSucker [2009] – Madisonville, KY
Malibu Shark Attack [2009] – TV Movie
Lavalantula [2015] – TV Movie
*************** ************* ******************
JULY 26
BORN ON JULY 26
1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, starred in “Animal [2014].”
1987 – Miriam McDonald, actress in “Wolves,” as well as the TV Movies “Devil’s Diary,” “Sea Beast” and “Letters to Satan Claus.”
1973 – Kate Beckinsale, starred in “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld Awakening”, “Vacancy” and “Van Helsing.”
1964 – Sandra Bullock, starred in “Bird Box” and “The Vanishing.”
1959 – Kevin Spacey, starred in “Se7en”.
1950 – Susan George, appeared in “The Sorcerers” and “The House Where Evil Dwells.”
1945 – Helen Mirren, starred in “Winchester” and appeared in episodes of “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Hidden Room.”
1944 – Celeste Yarnall, appeared in “The Velvet Vampire.”
1929 – David Wiley, actor in “Society,” “Friday the 13th Part 3” and the TV Movie “Warp Speed.”
1928 – Edward Mannix, voice dubbing for “Pieces,” “Manhattan Baby,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “Zombie,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror,” “Nightmare City,” “Zombie Holocaust,” “Inferno,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “The Church,” “The New York Ripper” and many more.
1928 – Stanley Kubrick, directed “The Shining,” “A Clockwork Orange” and others.
1926 – James Best, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “The Killer Shrews.”
1922 – Anna Berger, appeared in “Lost Souls.”
1922 – Jason Robards, appeared in “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.
DIED ON JULY 26
2023 – Sinéad O’Connor, soundtrack for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master “I Want Your (Hands On Me)”
2022 – Akira Ishihama, actor in “Day-Dream” and “The Snow Woman.”
2021 – Rick Aiello, appeared in “Silent Madness,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,” “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” an episode of “Tales from the Crypt” and did the voice for the video game “Manhunt.”
2021 – Gogó Rojo, actress in “The Hand of a Dead Man.”
2021 – David Von Ancken, director/producer for “Awakening,” several TV Series “The Vampire Diaries,” “The Following,” “Salem,” “Ghost Wars,” “The Purge” and “The Order.”
2020 – Olivia de Havilland, actress in “Lady in a Cage,” The Screaming Woman” and “The Swarm.”
2019 – Russi Taylor, did voices in “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School” and “Mickey’s House of Villains.”
2012 – Mary Tamm, appeared in “Doghouse,” “Twisted Tales – TV Series,” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
2009 – Clayton Hill, appeared in “Hellraiser III” and “Sweater Zombie” “Dawn of the Dead [1978].”
2007 – John Normington, appeared in “The Monster Club” and episodes of “The Frighteners” and “The Protectors.”
1992 – Archie R. Dalzell, director of photography for “The Hypnotic Eye,” “The Little Shop of Horrors,” “Tower of London,” “Mutiny in Outer Space,” TV Movies “Five Desperate Women,” “A Taste of Evil,” “Cruise Into Terror” and episodes of the TV Series “The Addams Family.”
1992 – Janet Key, actress in “The Vampire Lovers,” “Dracula A.D.,” “And Now The Screaming Starts!,” “Sharon’s Baby,” as well as episodes of “Worlds Beyond,” “Thriller” and “Department S.”
1979 – Virginia Brissac, actress in “Black Friday [1940],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
1978 – Kenneth Benda, actor in “Scream and Scream Again,” “Bizarre” and “Horror Hospital.”
1960 – Cedric Gibbons, art director for “Freaks,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Mad Love [1935],” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Mask of Manchu,” “The Devil Doll” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 26
The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave [1972] – New York City
Night of the Seagulls [1975]
The Hazing [2005]
*************** ************* ******************
JULY 27
BORN ON JULY 27
2007 – Jeté Laurence, appeared in “The Ranger” and “Pet Sematary [2019].”
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, has appeared in “Ava’s Possessions,” “Spring,” “Evil Dead [2013],” “Jack & Diane,” “Carriers,” episodes of “American Horror Story [2011]” and more.
1982 – Cascy Beddow appeared in the TV movie version of “Carrie” and played a young “Shaggy” in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” and “Blade: Trinity.”
1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, starred in “Dracula – TV Series,” “6 Souls,” “Killer Tongue” and “Octane.”
1977 – Richard Cambridge, appeared in “Forest of the Damned” and “Idol of Evil.”
1972 – Takashi Shimizu, director of “Ju-on: The Curse,” “Ju-on: The Curse 2,” “Tomie: Re-birth,” “Ju-on: The Grudge,” “Ju-On: The Grudge 2,” “Marebito,” “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Reincarnation” and more.
1970 – Tamie Sheffield, actress in “Cheerleader Massacre,” “Scarecrow Slayer,” “Vampire in Vegas,” “Supernatural Swamp Slaughter,” as well as TV Movies “Cry of the Winged Serpent” and “Dinocroc vs. Supergator.”
1968 – Cliff Curtis, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series,” appeared in “Virus,” “Deep Rising,” “Doctor Sleep,” “The Meg and more.
1963 – Donnie Yen, appeared in “Blade II” and “666 Devil Reincarnates.”
1961 – Paul Townsend, producer/writer/actor for the short “Call Me Bill.”
1961 – Rebecca Staab, played “Daphne Collins” in the 1991 TV version of “Dark Shadows.”
1949 – Maury Chaykin, actor in “Curtains,” “Of Unknown Origin,” “The Vindicator,” “The Grift” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
1949 – Susan Gordon, appeared in “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Tormented” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”
1944 – Isabelle De Funès, actress in “Baby Yaga.”
1930 – Tadao Takashima, appeared in the Toho films “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II,” “Son of Godzilla,” King Kong vs. Godzilla” and “Frankenstein Conquers the World.”
1916 – Keenan Wynn, starred in “The Devil’s Rain,” “Piranha,” “Orca,” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Tales From the Darkside.”
1911 – Lupita Tovar, appeared in “The Cat Creeps [1930]” and the 1931 Spanish version of “Dracula.”
1903 – Stanley Fleischer, art director for “Secret of the Blue Room,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Them!”
DIED ON JULY 27
2023 – Pierre Collin, actor in “Karmina 2” and “Saint Martyrs of the Damned.”
2022 – Bernard Cribbins, actor in “Frenzy,” “A Fantastic Fear of Everything” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: The Memory Man.”
2022 – Tony Dow, directed 5 episodes of the TV Series “Swamp Thing,” appeared in episodes of “Freddy’s Nightmares,” “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction” and “Suspense.”
2022 – Burt Metcalfe, appeared in “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” and “The Outer Limits – Episode: The Galaxy Being.”
2021 – Orlando Drummond, appeared in “A Werewolf in the Amazon” and “O Macabre Sarcophagus.”
2021 – Saginaw Grant, appeared in “Legend of the Phantom Rider,” “It Waits,” “Maneater,” “Wind Walkers” and more.
2021 – Orestes Ojeda, appeared in “Mystical Rose,” “Aswang,” “Bangis,” “Roman Sacred: Blade in the Dark,” “Gunman” and “Sanib.”
2021 – Jean-François Stévenin, actor in “Wacko” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf.”
2021 – Gérard Zingg, director/writer for “Yeti, The Wild Man.”
2020 – Beckie Mullen, appeared in the TV Movie “Cast a Deadly Spell.”
2020 – Gianrico Tedeschi, appeared in “Frankenstein: Italian Style.”
2012 – Norman Alden, appeared in “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “Ed Wood,” “They Live” and “Ben.”
2012 – R.G. Armstrong, appeared in “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Predator,” “Children of the Corn,” “The Beast Within,” “Evilspeak,” “The Car” and more.
2011 – Raymond Young, appeared in “The Flesh and Blood Show,” “The House That Vanished” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown” and “Department S.”
2010 – Maury Chaykin, actor in “Curtains,” “Of Unknown Origin,” “The Vindicator,” “The Grift” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
2007 – William Tuttle, makeup effects artist on “Love at First Bite,” “The Fury,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Forbidden Planet” and many more.
2003 – Bob Hope who starred in the 1939 version of “The Cat and the Canary” and in “The Ghost Breakers.”
2000 – Francisco de Castro, producer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”
1984 – James Mason, appeared in the TV movies “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Salem’s Lot.”
1979 – Joseph Del Nostro Jr., appeared in “Diary of a Madman.”
1974 – Joan Ingram, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 27
Mighty Joe Young [1949] – New York City
Spirits of the Dead [1968] – Taormina Film Festival
The Amityville Horror [1979]
Evil Altar [1989]
After Death [1989]
Lurking Fear [1994] – Video premiere
Scanner Cop [1994] – video premiere
Halloween H2O [1998] – premiere
The Host [2006] – South Korea
Dark Mirror [2007]
The Row [2018]
*************** ************* ******************