JULY 7
BORN ON JULY 7
1969 – Robin Weigert, actress in “Smile,” episodes of the TV Series “The Folllowing,” “Damien,” “Castle Rock” and “American Horror Story.”
1968 – Allen Payne, starred in “Vampire in Brooklyn.”
1959 – Billy Campbell, appeared in the 1992 version of “Dracula” and episodes of the TV series “Helix.”
1949 – Shelley Duvall, starred in “The Shining,” “Big Monster on Campus” and “The 4th Floor.”
1928 – Patricia Hitchcock, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, had a brief part as “Caroline” in her father’s film “Psycho [1960].”
1928 – Norman Thaddeus Vane, director/writer for “The Black Room,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Midnight [1988]” and “You’re So Dead.”
1928 – Vince Edwards, appeared in “Return To Horror High” and “Cellar Dweller.”
1927 – Richard Garland, appeared in “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The Undead” and “Panic In Year Zero.”
1925 – Yvonne Mitchell, appeared in “Crucible of Horror,” “Demons of the Mind” and “Queen of Spades.”
1919 – Jon Pertwee, appeared in “The House That Dripped Blood” and “Carry On Screaming.”
1913 – Fred F. Sears, directed “The Giant Claw,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “The Werewolf.”
1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, writer whose novels include “The Puppet Masters.”
1901 – Sam Katzman, produced “Spooks Run Wild,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Werewolf.”
1887 – Raymond Hatton, appeared in the films “The Day the World Ended” and “Invasion of the Saucer Men.”
1860 – Gustav Mahler, appeared in the short “Lenore.”
DIED ON JULY 7
2023 – Oscar Brashear, music department/trumpet for “The Sentinel [1977].”
2023 – Neusa Maria Faro, appeared in “My Dead Ones” and episodes of the TV Series “The Prophet” and “Trail of Lies.”
2022 – Gregory Itzin, actor in “Young Goodman Brown,” “Things That Go Bump,” “I Know Who Killed Me,” “Dark, Deadly, Dreadful,” as well as episodes of TV Series “Tales From the Darkside,” “Millenium,” “Wolf Lake” and “12 Deadly Days.”
2022 – Samvel Sahakyan, producer for “Rage [2011].”
2021 – Robert Downey Sr., director for 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
2021 – Chick Vennera, actor in “The Terror Within II,” “Glass Trap” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Beyond Belief.”
2019 – Artur “Atze” Brauner, Producer for “The Brain,” “The Terror of Doctor Mabuse,” “The Monster of London City,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumate,” “The Dead Are Alive” and many more.
1982 – Fred Stuthman, portrayed horror host Jeepers’ Keeper, appeared in “The Sentinel,” “and “Private Eyes.”
1973 – Veronica Lake, appeared in “Flesh Feast” as well as episodes of “Lights Out,” and “Tales of Tomorrow.”
1930 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer for “The Hound of Baskervilles (1959)” and “Tales From the Darkside (1990).”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 7
The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)
Species (1995)
Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998)
Scary Movie (2000)
Tales of Terror and Love (2001)
Adelle (2010)
Alien Incursion (2006)
D4 (2011)
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JULY 8
BORN ON JULY 8
1993 – David Corenswet, actor in “Pearl.”
1982 – Sophia Bush, appeared in “Stay Alive” and “False Positive.”
1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, appeared in “Cursed,” “The Divide,” “Devil’s Gate,” “Static,” “Breaking the Edge,” “Stay Alive” and “Kiss of the Damned.”
1977 – Shamron Moore, actress in “Zombie Strippers!”
1973 – Kathleen Robertson, starred in “Psycho Beach Party,” “The Vatican Tapes,” episodes of “The Bates Motel” and “Scary Movie 2.”
1965 – Corey Parker, appeared in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “I’m Dangerous Tonight” and “Scream For Help.”
1959 – Lori Hallier, known for “My Bloody Valentine (1981),” “Heartstopper,” “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal – TV Series,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” ” Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series,” “Friday the 13th: The Series”, and more.
1958 – Kevin Bacon, appeared in “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Hollow Man,” “Tremors,” “You Should Have Left,” “Stir of Echoes,” “Flatliners” and series “The Following”.
1957 – Alan Stock, actor in “Time Walker” and “Frightmare [1983].”
1951 – Angelica Houston, appeared in “Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values.”
1947 – Kim Darby, appeared in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Teen Wolf Too” and “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.”
1947 – Ken Kelsch, cinematographer for “The Driller Killer,” “Spookies,” “Killer Dead,” “The Addiction,” “100 Feet,” “Return to Sleepaway Camp,” “House of Last Thingsm” the short “The Cask of Amontillado” and electrical department for “The Last House on the Left [1972].”
1938 – Diane Clare, actress in “The Haunting [1963],” “Witchcraft,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Vulture” and “Beast of Morocco.”
1938 – Paul Cronin, appeared in “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.”
1936 – William Cort, appeared in “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.”
1936 – Ralph Strait, appeared in “Halloween III: Season of the Witch”.
1933 – Marty Feldman, played “Igor” in “Young Frankenstein.”
1931 – Della Reese, actress in “Psychic Killer” and soundtrack for “Bates Motel
Episode: Dark Paradise.”
1928 – Norma Donaldson, actress in “The Unholy [1988].”
1918 – Craig Stevens appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “The Deadly Mantis” and “The Killer Bees.”
1917 – Glenn Langan, starred in “The Amazing Colossal Man” and “The Andromeda Strain.”
1889 – Lambert Hillyer, directed “The Invisible Ray” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON JULY 8
2022 – Tony Sirico, actor in “Innocent Blood” and the TV Movie “Jersey Shore Shark Attack.”
2022 – Larry Storch, actor in “Without Warning,” “Sweet Sixteen,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Groovie Goolies.”
2021 – Brian Osborne, appeared in an episode of “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Kumar Ramsay, screenwriter for “Guest House,” “Hotel,” “Darwaza – aka “The Door,” “Aur Kaun? – aka “Who Else?” “Dahshat – aka “Terror,” “Purana Mandir – aka “The Old Temple,” “3D Saamri – aka “Satan,” “Dak Bangla – aka “Rest House” and “Saaya.”
2021 – Alfonso Zayas, appeared in “Narcosatanicos diabolicos – aka “Diabolic Narcosatanics,” “Curado de espantos – aka “Curing of Dreads,” “Yo soy la muerte – aka “I Am Death” and “Ahí viene el chupacabras – aka “There Comes the Chupacabras.”
2020 – Naya Marie Rivera, appeared in “At the Devil’s Door” and “Frankenhood.”
2018 – Tab Hunter, appeared in “Grotesque,” “City in the Sea,” “Sweet Kill,” “Out in the Dark” and more.
2017 – Elsa Martinelli, starred in “Blood and Roses.”
2015 – Irwin Keyes, appeared in “Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong,” “Dream Slashers,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Disturbed,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Oblivion” and more.
2012 – Ernest Borgnine, appeared in “Deadly Blessing,” “Escape From New York,” “The Devil’s Rain,” “Willard [1971]” and many more.
1994 – Dick Sargent, appeared in “The Beast With a Million Eyes,” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” “The Clonus Horror,” “The Eleventh Commandment” and “Rock-A-Die Baby.”
1994 – Robert B. Hauser, director of photography for “Willard [1971],” the TV Movies “The Night Strangler,” “All the Kind Strangers,” “No Place to Hide” and “Someone’s Watching Me!”
1992 – Georgia Brown, actress in “Nothing But the Night,” “Tales That Witness Madness” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Gravedale High” and “Sherlock Holmes.”
1991 – Ben Chapman, production manager for “Invaders From Mars,” “The Giant Gila Monster” and “The Killer Shrews.”
1991 – James Franciscus, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “The Last Shark,” “The Valley of Gwangi” and “Killer Fish.”
1979 – Michael Wilding, actor in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Target.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 8
The Raven (1935)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966)
Phantasm II (1988)
Midnight Mass [2003] – UK
Dark Water (2005)
The Descent (2005) – UK & Ireland
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JULY 9
BORN ON JULY 9
1992 – Jeremy Pope, actor in “The Ranger [2018].”
1971 – Scott Grimes, starred in “Night Life,” “The Lost Tree,” “Critters” and “Critters 2.”
1973 – Enrique Murciano, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “666 Park Avenue.”
1959 – D.H. Peligro, soundtrack for “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror,” “Green Room,” “The Babysitter: Killer Queen” and “Halloween Ends.”
1959 – Kevin Nash, appeared in “Monster Brawl,” “The Manor,” “River of Darkness” and “Slaw.”
1958 – Nicolas Beauvy, actor in “The Toolbox Murders.”
1957 – Kelly McGillis, appeared in “Stake Land,” “The Innkeepers” and “Z Nation – TV Series.”
1956 – Tom Hanks, directed the episode of “Tales from the Crypt – None But the Lonely Heart,” appeared in “He Knows You’re Alone” and “Toy Story of Terror.”
1953 – Angela Covello, actress in “Torso,” “Baby Yaga” and “The Slasher…is the Sex Maniac!”
1946 – Norbert Weisser, actor in “The Thing [1982],” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Midnight Cabaret,” “Hocus Pocus,” “Infection,” “Cool Air” as well as episodes of “Brimstone” and “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
1945 – Dean R. Koontz, Horror/thriller/sci-fi author wrote such novels as “Watchers,” “Phantoms,” “Night Chills,” “Hideaway,” “Whispers” and many others.
1942 – Richard Roundtree,actor in “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “Maniac Cop,” “Night Visitor,” “The Banker,” “Point of Entry,” “Vegas Vampires” and “Haunting of the Mary Celeste.”
1940 – Lee Stetson, starred in “Return [1985].”
1938 – Paul Chihara, composer for “Impulse,” TV Movies “Night Cries,” “Deathmoon,” “The Darker Side of Terror,” “The Bad Seed” and “Haunted By Her Past.”
1930 – Georg Fenady, director for “Terror in the Wax Museum” and Arnold.”
1927 – Susan Cabot, appeared in “War of the Satellites,” “The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent” and “The Wasp Woman.”
1925 – John Rich, director for 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1906 – Elisabeth Lutyens, composer for “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Paranoic,” “The Earth Dies Screaming,” “The Skull,” “Never Take Candy from a Stranger,” “The Psychopath” and “Theatre of Death.”
DIED ON JULY 9
2023 – Andrea Evans, actress in “The Ice Cream Man” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas.”
2023 – Manny Coto, director for “Playroom,” “Dr. Giggles,” “producer for episodes of “American Horror Story,” “The Outer Limits,” writer for episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper,” “The Exorcist” and more.
2022 – L.Q. Jones, actor in “The Witchmaker,” “The Brotherhood of Satan,” “The Beast Within,” “Route 666” and the TV Movie “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence.”
2022 – Marta Aura, actress in “El libro de piedra – aka The Book of Stone,” “Hora marcada – Episode: De ángeles y demonios” and “La mujer de Judas – Episode #1.1.”
2022 – Ron Manson, camera operator for the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
2020 – Daisy White, appeared in “Curtains [1983].”
2019 – Rip Torn, appeared in “Circle of Fear,” “Coma,” “A Stranger Is Watching,” “Scarab,” “Love Object,” and episodes of “Thriller,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2019 – Freddie Jones, actor in “Firestarter,” “The Black Cauldron,” “Old Dracula,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” and many more.
2010 – Vonetta McGee, starred in “Blacula” and the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes.”
2007 – Charles Lane, character actor who appeared in “Dark Shadows – TV Series,” “Strange Invaders,” “Strange Behavior,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Invisible Woman” and many more.
2007 – Jerry Ito, appeared in “Mothra,” “Message From Space” and “The Manster.”
2003 – Elliott Marks, camera department in “King Kong [1976],” “Dead & Buried,” “Body Bags,” “Burnt Offerings” and “Grave of the Vampire.”
2003 – Emile Franchel, appeared in “Horrors of the Black Museum.”
2002 – Rod Steiger, starred in “The Amityville Horror (1979),” “American Gothic” and “Mars Attacks!”
1993 – John Beaird, writer for “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “My Bloody Valentine [2009]” and “Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film.”
1985 – Rafael Campos, appeared in “Lady In a Cage,” “The Astro Zombies” and in the TV series “V.”
1983 – Robert Dawn, makeup technician for “Christine,” “Damien: Omen II,” “Death Moon,” “Castle of Evil,” “Psycho [1960]” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 9
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe [1974] – Milan
House of Exorcism (1976)
Burial Ground (1981) – Italy
Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999) – TV premiere
Predators (2010)
The Beach House [2019]
Triggered (2019)
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JULY 10
BORN ON JULY 10
1998 – Angus Cloud, starred in “Abigail [2024].”
1986 – Wyatt Russell, actor in “We Are What We Are,” “Overlord,” “Shimmer Lake,” “At the Devil’s Door” and 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead: Webisodes.”
1983 – Golshifteh Farahani, actress in “The Night Eats the World.”
1977 – S.J. Evans, producer for “Dead of Nite,” “Extinction” as well as the shorts “Fate,” “Bella,” “Done In” and “That’s Not Funny.”
1969 – Jonathan Shore, producer for “Killer Bees,” “House of the Dead,” “White Noise,” “Alone in the Dark,” “BloodRayne,” “Slither,” “Seed,” “Whisper,” “They Wait,” “The Haunting in Connecticut,” “Blood Creek,” “Summer of 84” and more.
1965 – Shannon McLeod, actress in “Necromancer,” “The Refrigerator” and “Witchcraft VI.”
1946 – Sue Lyon, actress in “Alligator,” “End of the World” and “Crash!”
1945 – Jandira Martini, actress in the TV Mini Series “The Phantom of the Opera [1991].”
1945 – 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.”
1945 – Ron Glass, appeared in “Deep Space” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
1942 – Ronnie James Dio, legendary heavy metal singer and worked on the soundtrack for “Lords of Chaos.”
1941 – Robert Pine, appeared in “Munster, Go Home!” “Empire of the Ants,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Mini-Series,” “Independence Day,” “Helter Skelter” and more.
1938 – Tura Satana, appeared in “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” “The Astro-Zombies,” “Mark of the Astro-Zombies,” “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned” and “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1933 – Ric Waite, cinematographer for “Best Ribs in Town,” and the TV Movies “Dead of Night,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Triangle.”
1931 – Nick Adams, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Monster Zero” and “Die Monster Die.”
1926 – Fred Gywnne, who played lovable ole “Herman Munster” in the TV Series “The Munsters” and also starred in “Pet Sematary.”
1924 – Charles Kissinger, appeared in “Grizzly,” “The Manitou,” “Abby,” “Asylum of Satan” and “Three on a Meathook.”
1903 – John Wyndham, wrote the novels “Day of the Triffids” and “The Midwich Cuckoos” on which the film “Village of the Damned” was based.
DIED ON JULY 10
2023 – Randy Fullmer, visual effects for “Lifeforce [1985].”
2021 – Byron Berline, appeared in “Basic Instinct.”
2019 – Albert Shepherd, appeared in “Quartermass and the Pit” and an episode of “Department S [1979].”
2019 – Denise Nickerson, actress in “Dark Shadows” as Amy Jennings/ Nora Collins/ Amy Collins.
2019 – Valentina Cortese, appeared in “Then Big Scare,” “The Evil Eye” and “Ring of Darkness.”
2014 – Zohra Sehgal, actress in “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1991 – Del Harris, did sound editing and effects for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “Hillbillies In a Haunted House”.
1983 – Paul Blaisdell, created and played in many AIP films for Roger Corman, including “The Beast with a Million Eyes,” “Day the World Ended,” “It Conquered the World,” “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The She-Creature,” “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow” and more.
1963 – John Sutton, appeared in the films “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “The Bat” and “Return of the Fly.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 10
The Devil-Doll [1936]
Manster [1959] – Japan
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard aka “Jack The Ripper” [1972] – Spain
Day of the Animals [1977] – re-release
Escape From New York [1981]
The Company of Wolves [1984] – Filmex
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985]
Universal Soldier [1992]
The Rockville Slayer [2004] – Chicago
Home Movie [2008] – Canada – Fantasia Film Festival
An American Terror [2014] – South Korea – Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Crawl [2019] – Indonesia
Relic [2020]
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JULY 11
BORN ON JULY 11
1984 – Serinda Swan, appeared in “Jinn,” “Revenge Tide,” “Creature,” “Blood Ties,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Beyond Loch Ness – TV Movie.”
1984 – Rachael Taylor, appeared in “666 Park Avenue – TV Series,” “The Darkest Hour,” “Ghost Machine,” “Shutter,” “See No Evil,” “Man-Thing” and more.
1972 – Michael Rosenbaum, appeared in “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”
1966 – Allegra Curtis, appeared in “The Gold of Love” and “Flashback.”
1966 – Greg Grunberg, actor in “Future Shock,” “Hollow Man,” “The Darkroom,” “Tales of Halloween,” “The Cloverfield Parados,” “Satanic Hispanics” and more.
1966 – Mariantonia Avati, script supervisor for “The Childhood Friend,” “The Room Next Door” and “Arcane Sorcerer.”
1956 – Sela Ward, appeared in “The Stepfather [2009],” “The Haunting of Sarah Hardy”, and TV Movie “Child of Darkness, Child of Light.”
1952 – Stephen Lang, appeared in “Don’t Breathe,” “Salem – TV Series,” “The Seventh Day,” “VFW,” “Exeter,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Terra Nova – TV Series,” “Manhunter” and more.
1945 – Michael Pickwoad, production designer for “Sweeney Todd [2006] – TV Movie,” art director for “House of Whipcord,” “The Comeback” and “House of the Long Shadows.”
1943 – Tom Holland, directed and wrote the screenplays for “Thinner,” “Fright Night [1985],” and “Child’s Play [1988].” He also had bit parts in the TV min-series “The Stand,” “The Langoliers” and in the film “Psycho II.”
1934 – Giorgio Armani, costume designer for “Phenomena [1985].”
1931 – Tab Hunter, appeared in “Grotesque,” “City in the Sea,” “Sweet Kill,” “Out in the Dark” and more.
1926 – Patrick Wymark, appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Repulsion,” “The Skull,” “Children of the Damned,” “The Psychopath” and “The Conqueror Worm.”
1926 – Peter Brandon, appeared in “Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice” and “Altered States.”
1924 – Gianfranco Bellini, voice dubbing for “Eyes Without a Face,” “The Cat o’ Nine Tails,” “The Case of the Bloody Iris,” “Torso,” “Play Motel,” “The Beyond,” “Don’t Look in the Attic,” “Dagger Eyes,” “Terminator II” and more.
1903 – Lothrop B. Worth, cinematographer for “Gog,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and 3-D consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1894 – Benjamin H. Kline, cinematographer on “The Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Giant Claw.”
DIED ON JULY 11
2023 – Michael Blackwell, art director for “Rumic World: The Laughing Target,” “Wicked City,” “Demon City Shinjuku” and” The Dark Myth.”
2023 – Cynthia Okereke, actress in “Issakaba [1999].”
2022 – Monty Norman, soundtrack for the short “A Nightmare on Sesame Street” and composer for “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll [1960].”
2022 – Phillip Lazaro, actor in “Shake, Rattle & Roll XI” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Haplos.”
2021 – Charlie Robinson, actor in “Sugar Hill” and “Beowulf.”
2021 – Jerzy Janeczek, appeared in “The Hourglass Sanatorium.”
2020 – Mary Elizabeth Miller, appeared in “Mystery and Imagination – Episode: The Fall of the House of Usher [1966].”
2016 – Corrado Farina, director/writer/actor for “Hanno cambiato faccia” and “Baby Yaga.”
2016 – Emma Cohen, actress in “Count Dracula,” “Glass Ceiling,” “The Cannibal Man,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “Cross of the Devil” and “Night of the Walking Dead.”
2014 – James Mathers, actor in “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” “Flight 7500,” “Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death” and “Kiss the Abyss.”
2009 – Phill Norman, title designer for “The Mephisto Waltz,” “Embryo,” “Ghost Story,” “Once Bitten,” “Monkey Shines,” “The Surgeon,” TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter,” “The Cat Creature,” “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Deadly Messages,” “The Darker Side of Terror” and more.
2007 – Rod Lauren, appeared in “The Black Zoo” and “The Crawling Hand.”
2007 – Richard Franklin, directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2.”
2006 – Barnard Hughes, starred in “Sisters,” “The Lost Boys,” “Tales from The Crypt” pilot and “Trick or Treat.”
2006 – Karen Mayo-Chandler, actress in “Nightmare Weekend,” “Out of the Dark,” “Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls,” “Hard to Die” and “976-Evil II.”
2004 – Frances Hyland, appeared in “When the Dark Man Calls,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – TV Series,” “Tales of the Haunted,” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Changeling” and more.
1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier, played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula.”
1983 – Guy C. Verhille, costume designer for “Shanks,” “Bug” and “Snowbeast.”
1973 – Robert Ryan, appeared in “The Ghost Breakers.”
1971 – John W. Campbell Jr., writer of the story “Who Goes There?” which the original film “The Thing from Another World,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, and 2011’s remake of “The Thing” were based on.
1965 – Ray Collins, appeared in the episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Conversation Over a Corpse.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 11
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires [1974] – Hong Kong
Mark of the Devil 666: The Moralist [1995]
Progeny [1998]
Zombiegeddon [2003]
The Butcher [2006]
After Sundown [2006]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008]
Lake Dead [2008]
Dracula in Love [2018]
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JULY 12
BORN ON JULY 12
1989 – Phoebe Tonkin, appeared in “Bait,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Originals – TV Series” and “The Secret Circle – TV Series.”
1984 – Natalie Martinez, starred in “Keep Watching,” “The Stand – TV Series,” “Into the Dark – TV Series” and “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
1980 – Kristen Connolly, appeared in “The Bay,” “The Cabin in the Woods,” “The Whispers – TV Series,” “Evil – TV Series,” and “The Happening.”
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, appeared in “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “The Breed,” “BloodRayne” and “Resident Evil.”
1977 – Steve Howey, starred in “Stan Helsing” and “Day Shift.”
1966 – Bunky Jones, actress in “The Kindred,” “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “Grotesque” and “Hide and Go Shriek.”
1957 – Taso N. Stavrakis, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Day of the Dead,” “Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh” and “The Control Group.”
1949 – Bernice Stegers, actress in “Macabre [1980],” “Xtro” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1946 – Everett De Roche, screenwriter for “Patrick,” “Long Weekend,” “Road Games,” “Razorback,” “Storm Warning,” “9 Miles Down, “Patrick: Evil Awakens” and more.
1945 – Edwin Neal, appeared in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974],” “Halloween: Harvest of Souls″, “Butcher Boys”, “Holy Hell”, “The Man Who Came Back”, “Shudder”, “Murder Set Pieces,” “Satan’s Playground” and many more.
1943 – Christine McVie – Member of Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Twenty-Sided, Die – song (Don’t Stop}.”
1933 – Donald E. Westlake, screenwriter for “The Stepfather [1987],” “Stepfather II,” “Stepfather III,” “24th Street” and an episode of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown.”
1927 – Jerry Ito, appeared in the films “Mothra,” “Message from Space” and “The Manster.”
1886 – Jean Hersholt, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
1882 – Tod Browning, director, producer, writer for “London After Midnight,” “Dracula,” “Freaks,” “The Devil-Doll” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
DIED ON JULY 12
2023 – Daniel Goldberg, producer for “Cannibal Girls” and the TV Series “Extreme Ghostbusters.”
2023 – John Nettleton, appeared in “And Soon the Darkness,” episodes of the TV Series,” “Worlds Beyond,” “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Shadows,” “Out of the Unknown” and “Department S.”
2022 – Tõnu Saar, actor in “Tear of the Prince of Darkness.”
2021 – Ladislav Potměšil, appeared in “The Great Unknown.”
2020 – Kelly Preston, actress in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Spellbinder” and “Christine.”
2020 – Raymundo Capetillo, appeared in “Bestia nocturna.”
2001 – James Bernard, composer who did music for “Nosferatu [1922],” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and many more.
1981 – Lynton Brent, appeared in “The Thirteenth Guest,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Life Returns.”
1973 – Lon Chaney Jr. played all the monsters in Universal’s arsenal, including The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein and many more. He will forever be known for his role of “Lawrence Talbot” in “The Wolf Man”, “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man”, “House of Frankenstein”, “House of Dracula”, “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and many more.
1966 – Sailor Vincent, actor in “King Kong [1933],” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Tarantula,” episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 12
The Unholy Three [1930]
Mad Love [1935]
Frogs [1974] – Portugal
Slave of the Cannibal God [1978] – France
Skinner [1993]
Halloween: Resurrection [2002]
Dracula III: Legacy [2005]
Ghouls [2008] – TV Movie
Model Hunger [2016] – USA DVD premiere
Trespassers [2018]
Crawl [2019]
Darlin’ [2019]
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JULY 13
BORN ON JULY 13
1981 – Fran Kranz, actor in “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “The Cabin in the Woods [2011],” “It’s Not You It’s Me (short),” “Bloodsucking Bastards” and “You Might Be the Killer.”
1977 – Ashley Scott, appeared in “Summoned”, “Fear Itself – TV Series” and “Evil Remains.”
1972 – Ken Ward, appeared in “The Straun House” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1970 – Jaason Simmons, appeared in “Sharknado,” “3-Headed Shark,” “Bloody Mary,” “Mad Cowgirl,” “The Devil’s Tattoo” and “Frankenstein Reborn!”
1965 – Scott B. Smith, screenwriter for “The Ruins.”
1942 – Harrison Ford, starred in “What Lies Beneath” and the TV Movie “The Possessed.”
1941 – Robert Forster who starred in “Alligator,” “Psycho [1998].”
1940 – Patrick Stewart, starred in “Green Room” and ”Lifeforce.”
1932 – Dana Ghia, actress in “Smile Before Death,” “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes,” “Together Forever” and “Nine Guests for a Crime.”
1928 – Mace Neufeld, produced the films “Transylvania 6-5000,” “The Funhouse” and “The Omen [1976].”
1927 – Steven Marlo, actor in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Swarm.”
1921 – Kenneth Utt, produced “The Silence of the Lambs.”
1918 – Larry Taylor, actor in “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Creeping Flesh [1973],” “The Death Wheelers (aka Psychomania),” “The Mangler,” “And Now the Screaming Starts” and more.
1900 – Cornelius Keefe, actor in “Tomorrow at Seven” and “The Brain Eaters.”
1895 – Sidney Blackmer, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Lady and the Monster.”
DIED ON JULY 13
2023 – Josephine Chaplin, actress in “Jack the Ripper [1976].”
2020 – Grant Masaru Imahara, appeared in “Robocop 2” and an episode of the TV Series “Amazing Stories.”
2019 – Bill Luxton, appeared in 2 episodes of “Strange Paradise [1969].”
2019 – Charles Levin, appeared in episodes of “Tales from the Darkside [1985],” and “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
2019 – Richard Carter, actor in “The Howling III,” and TV movie “The Wicked.”
2013 – Cory Monteith appeared in “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Hybrid,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Final Destination 3″ and “Bloody Mary.”
2012 – Richard D. Zanuck, legendary producer of such films as “Jaws,” “Jaws 2,″ “Sssssss,” “Dark Shadows,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and more.
2010 – Alan Hume, director of photography for “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Carry on Screaming,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “From Beyond the Grave,” “The Legacy,” “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Lifeforce” and more.
2007 – Michael Reardon, appeared in “Cabin Fever”.
1954 – Irving Pichel, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed the film “Destination Moon”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 13
The Ghost of Rashmon Hall [1948]
The Lost World [1960]
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes [1963] – El Paso, TX
Hands of The Ripper [1971]
Hunchback of the Morgue [1973] – Spain
Screams of a Winter Night [1979]
Splatter University [1984]
The Invisible Maniac [1990]
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion [1996]
Vampire Clan [2002]
Dead End Massacre [2004]
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy [2007] – France
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