AUGUST 18
BORN ON AUGUST 18
1991 – David Gale, played Dr. Hill in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator.”
1969 – Christian Slater, who has starred in the films “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Hollow Man II,” “Alone in The Dark” and “Interview with the Vampire.”
1968 – Griffin Drew, starred in “The Bare Wench Project,” and “Dinosaur Island.”
1968 – Julie K. Smith, appeared in “The Bare Wench Project”, the 1995 remake of “The Wasp Woman” as well as “Sorceress II: the Temptress”.
1964 – Craig Bierko, actor in “Hair High,” “Danika” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1951 – Teri McMinn, starred in the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Butcher Boys.”
1946 – Jenny Runacre, actress in “The Burning Baby,” “The Witches [1990],” “Three Dangerous Ladies,” “Spectre – TV Movie,” “Son of Dracula” and “The Creeping Flesh.”
1936 – Robert Redford, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1934 – Joe Tornatore, director for “Grotesque,” “Demon Keeper,” “Immortally Yours,” appeared in “The Ghosts of Buxley Hall” and an episode of the TV series “Monster Squad.”
1933 – Roman Polanski, directed such films as “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Tenant” and “The Fearless Vampire Killers” and “The Ninth Gate”.
1923 – Katherine Victor, appeared in “Mesa of Lost Women,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Invasion of the Animal People,” “Teenage Zombies,” “House of Black Death,” “The Cape Canaveral Monsters,” “Curse of the Stone Hand” and “Creature of the Walking Dead.”
1920 – Shelly Winters, appeared in “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1893 – Ivan Thomas, assistant director/appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON AUGUST 18
2023 – Sarah Lawson, actress in “The Devil Rides Out,” “Night of the Big Heat,” episodes of the TV Series “Department S,” “Journey to the Unknown” and “The Invisible Man.”
2023 – Nancy Frangione, appeared in “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – Episode: Space Rockers.”
2023 – Casper Roos, actor in “Deadtime Stories.”
2022 – Josephine Tewson, actress in “The Hound of Baskerviles” and an episode of “Thriller.”
2022 – Robert Q. Lovett, editor for “Violent Midnight,” “Just Before Dawn” and the TV Movie “Strays.”
2022 – Sombat Metanee, appeared in “Kraithong – aka The Legend of the Crocodile,” “Magic Killer,” “The Tiger Devil,” “Lang nu – aka The Wolf Girl” and “Krasue Sao – aka Ghost of Guts Eater.”
2022 – Tom Palmer, comic book artist/writer for “Tomb of Dracula [1980].”
2020 – Ben Cross, appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows,” “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Wicked Little Things,” “Species: The Awakening,” “Dark Shadows [1991],” “The Unholy [1988] and many more.
2019 – Encarna Paso, appeared in “Glass Ceiling.”
2017 – 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.”
1991 – David Gale, starred in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator.”
1981 – Ray Turner, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Invisible Ray.”
1973 – Frank Mills, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939[,” “You’ll Find Out,” “Woman Who Came Back,” “The Black Castle,” “The Little Shop of Horrors [1960]” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1970 – Soledad Miranda, appeared in “She Killed in Ecstasy,” “Vampyros Lesbos,” “Count Dracula,” “Nightmares Come at Night” and “Sound of Horror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 18
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave [1971]
Godzilla [2000]
The Cell [2000]
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies [2001]
Snakes on A Plane [2006]
6-Headed Shark Attack [2018]
Open 24 Hours [2018]
The Lake [2022] – Thailand
Megalodon: The Frenzy [2023] – internet
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AUGUST 19
BORN ON AUGUST 19
1980 – Darius Campbell, producer for “House Red.”
1978 – Michelle Borth, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Trespassers,” “The Sisterhood,” “Silent Warnings,” “Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders” and “Komodo vs. Cobra.”
1972 – Greg Bryk, appeared in “Saw V,” Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Rabid,” “Blood Ties,” “Red: Werewolf Hunter,” “Grindstone Road,” “Bloodthirsty” and the TV Series “V-Wars.”
1969 – Matthew Perry, actor in “Getting In,” as well as the TV Series “Friends” Halloween episodes:
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1969 – S.P. Krause, writer for “Acolytes,” “Bait,” “The Darkness,” “Black Chamber” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Drop Dead Weird.”
1965 – Kevin Dillion, starred in “The Blob [1988].” and “Out for Blood,” and “Tales from The Crypt” episode entitled “House of Horror.”
1963 – Darcy DeMoss, appeared in “666: Devilish Charm,” “666: Kreepy Kerry,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Pale Blood,” “Night Life,” “Return to Horror High” and “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI.”
1961 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
1959 – Steve Grimmett – former singer of the 80s metal band Grim Reaper, composer/singer for the music videos “See You In Hell,” “Fear No Evil” and “Rock You To Hell” and more.”
1956 – Adam Arkin, appeared in “Halloween H2O” and “Full Moon High.”
1955 – Peter Gallagher, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and the film “Mother’s Boys.”
1945 – Barbara Sammeth, actress in “The Mad Room” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1944 – Steve Rez, key grip for “Friday the 13th: Part 3” and the TV Movie “The Awakening of Candra.”
1939 – Will Knickerbocker, actor in “Barracuda,” “Island Claws,” “Jaws 3D” and “Popcorn.”
1938 – Diana Muldaur, appeared in “The Other [1972]” and “Chosen Survivors.”
1933 – Debra Paget appeared in “The Haunted Palace” and “Tales of Terror.”
1926 – Angus Scrimm, best known for portraying “The Tall Man” in the “Phantasm” series of films, he also appeared in “Chopping Mall,” “Wishmaster” and more.
1924 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “The Boston Strangler,” “Abby” and “Dinosaur Valley Girls.”
1903 – Claude Dauphin, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue”.
1899 – Olga Baclanova, appeared in “Freaks.”
1899 – Charlie Hall, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Ape Man” and “The Lodger.”
1894 – Harvey B. Dunn, appeared in “Teenagers from Outer Space,” “Night of the Ghouls” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON AUGUST 19
2024 – Ron Cephas Jones, appeared in 5 episodes of the mini-series “Lisey’s Story [2021.”
2021 – Shin’ichi Chiba, director/producer for “Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi – aka Remains: Beautiful Heroes,” actor in “Wolf Guy” and “Virus: The End.”
2019 – James Riley Alexander, sound department for “The Car,” “Jaws 2,” “Ghost Story,” “Nightmares,” “Psycho II,” and “The Guardian.”
2016 – Jack Riley, appeared in “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Room 6.”
2012 – Tony Scott, directed “The Hunger [1983],” “The Hunger – TV Series” and producer for “Tell Tale.”
2011 – Jimmy Sangster, was a writer/producer/director of such films as “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “Lust for a Vampire”, “Fear in the Night”, “The Crawling Eye,” “The Curse of Frankenstein”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Mummy”, “The Brides of Dracula”, “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and many more films.
2005 – Mel Welles, starred in “Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy,” “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The She Beast” and the original “Little Shop of Horrors”.
1991 – Oliver Drake, wrote the screenplays for “The Mummy’s Curse” and “The Feathered Serpent”.
1987 – Hayden Rorke appeared in “The Night Walker” and “When Worlds Collide”.
1984 – George Meeker, appeared in “The Invisible Monster,” and “Dead Man’s Eyes”.
1974 – Russell Napier, actor in “It! [1967], “The Blood Beast Terror” and an episode of “Target.”
1961 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “War of the Worlds,” “Island of Lost Souls” [1933] and “The Unholy Three” [1930].
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 19
The Horror of It All [1963] – Phoenix
Aenigma [1987] – Portugal
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1988]
Dead Doll [2004]
Red Eye [2005]
Fright Night [2011]
As Above So Below [2014] – Cambodia
Varsity Blood [2014]
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AUGUST 20
BORN ON AUGUST 20
1982 – Meghan Ory, appeared in “Dark House”, “Nightmare”, “Vampire High [TV Series].”
1974 – Misha Collins, is best known for portraying “Castiel” in “Supernatural [TV Series].”
1974 – Amy Adams, appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series]” and “Psycho Beach Party.”
1953 – Peter Horton, appeared in “Children of the Corn,” “Fade to Black,” and starred in the TV show “Brimstone.”
1949 – Patrick Kilpatrick, actor in “The Toxic Avenger,” “The Cellar,” “Class of 1999,” “Scanner Cop II,” “The Granny,” “The Confessional,” “The Zombinator,” “7 Faces of Jack the Ripper” and more.”
1947 – Ray Wise, appeared in “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales”, “Big Ass Spider!”, “Chillerama”, “Jeepers Creepers II”, “The Crow”, “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces [TV Series]”, “Robocop” “Tone-Deaf” and many more.
1943 – Philip MacHale, actor in “Slugs [1988].”
1943 – Sylvester McCoy appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Slumber,” and “Conjuring: The Book of the Dead.”
1937 – Anthony Ainley appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” and “The Land That Time Forgot.”
1937 – Mort Engelberg, producer for “Fright Night Part [1988]” and “Remote Control [1988].”
1933 – Ted Donaldson, appeared in 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
1927 – Ann Edwards, script & continuity department for “Crucible of Horror,” “Crucible of Terror,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1978],” “The Keep [1983],” “Scream for Help” and “Haunted [1995].”
1925 – William B. Jurgensen, cinematographer for “Arnold [1973]” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1915 – Tom Duggan who appeared in “Frankenstein 1970.”
1909 – André Morell, starred in “Quaternmass and the Pit,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Plague of the Zombies” and “The Giant Behemoth.”
1907 – André Morell, who appeared in the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Shroud.”
1890 – H.P. Lovecraft many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].
DIED ON AUGUST 20
2022 – Leon Vitali, actor in “Terror of Frankenstein,” “Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein” and the short “Haunted, Horrifying Sounds from Beyond the Grave.”
2021 – Matilde Vilariño, voice dubbing for “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein” and “Leonor, The Devil’s Mistress.”
2021 – Nino D’Agata, actor in “Endless Dark.”
2019 – Alexandra Ivanovna Nazarova, actress in “Night Watch.”
2019 – Frederick B. Reyes, appeared in “Howlers [2018].”
2013 – Ted Post, director for “Nightkill,” “The Baby,” “Five Desperate Women – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
2012 – Phyllis Diller, appeared in “Casper’s Scare School”, “The Boneyard”, “Doctor Hackenstein”, “Tales from the Darkside [TV Series]”, “Night Gallery [TV Series]”, “Mad Monster Party?” and more.
2001 – Kim Stanley, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Inner Sanctum” and “Night Gallery.”
2001 – Walter Reed who appeared in the films “Flying Disc Men from Mars” and “How to Make a Monster.”
1988 – Julian Gunzburg, visual consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1984 – Roy Whybrow, special effects for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Nobody Ordered Love,” “The Legend of Hell House” and “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1974 – Ilona Massey who portrayed “Baroness Elsa Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 20
Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? [1969]
The House of the Laughing Windows [1976] – Italy
Teaching Mrs. Tingle [1999]
Universal Soldier: The Return [1999]
Blood: The Last Vampire [2001] – Portugal
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula [2001]
Exorcist: The Beginning [2004]
Open Water [2004]
Jingles the Clown [2009]
Piranha 3D [2010]
Found Footage 3D [2016]
Hoax [2019]
Random Acts of Violence [2019]
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AUGUST 21
BORN ON AUGUST 21
1992 – RJ Mitte, actor in “The Recall,” “The Unseen,” “House of Last Things” and “Stump.”
1989 – Hayden Panettiere, appeared in “Scream 4” and “Scream VI.”
1981 – Ross Thomas, actor in “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Underground” and “Abducted.”
1975 – Alicia Witt who appeared in “Urban Legend” and episodes of the TV series “Supernatural,” “The Exorcist,” “Lore,” and “The Walking Dead.”
1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss appeared in “Disturbia,” “The Bye Bye Man,” “Silent Hill: Revelation,” “Frankenstein [2015],” “Fido,” and “Terrified.”
1963 – Richmond Arquette, actor in “Halloween [2007],” “Scream 3,” “The Tripper,” “Rift,” “Mexican Devil” and the TV Movie “Legion.”
1961 – Mitchell Anderson, actor in “All-American Murder,” “Deadly Dreams,” “Jaws: The Revenge” and an episode of “The Hitchhiker.”
1956 – Kim Cattrall, appeared in “Modern Vampires,” “Split Second” and episodes of “Creature” and “The Outer Limits.”
1945 – Patricia McCormak played in “The Bad Seed,” “Bug” and “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back.”
1944 – Peter Weir, director/writer for “The Cars That Ate Paris” and the TV Movie “The Plumber.”
1943 – Lino Capolicchio, actor in “The House with Laughing Windows” and “Il signor Diavolo – aka Mr. Devil.”
1938 – Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward, actor in” Deliverance [1972].”
1920 – Earl Rowe played in “The Blob [1958].”
1912 – Paul Landres directed films “The Return of Dracula,” “The Flame Barrier,” and “The Vampire.”
1901 – Harvey Stephens, actor in “The House of Fear,” “The Bat [1959],” “Diary of a Madman” and 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
1900 – Roland Culver, actor in “Dead of Night [1945],” “Fragment of Fear,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “The Uncanny” and 2 episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1895 – Marie Blake, who was best known for her role of “Grandmama Addams” in “The Addams Family [TV Series].” She also appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue,” “She Devil,” and countless other films.
DIED ON AUGUST 21
2022 – Stuart Anstis – Former Guitarist for Cradle of Filth, appeared in the music video “Cradle of Filth: From the Cradle to Enslave.”
2022 – Vincent Gil, actor in “Body Belt,” “Voyage Into Fear” and “Razor Eaters.”
2021 – Masaya Nihei, actor in “Mothra” and “Gorath.”
2021 – Phil Valentine, appeared in “Benedictine the Mad Monk – Episode: Taste the Blood of Dracula.”
2001 – Beryl Cooke, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror” and an episode of “Out of the Unknown.”
2000 – John Hayes, directed “Grave of the Vampire” and “Dream No Evil,”.
1990 – Wes Dawn, makeup artist for “Night of the Lepus,” “Carrie [1976],” TV Movies “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Midnight Hour.”
1988 – Jerry Warren, produced/wrote/directed the films “Teenage Zombies,” “Manbeast” and “The Incredible Petrified World,” and who Americanized many Mexican horror films.
1987 – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, composer for “Gorgo [1961],” “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “Queens of Evil,” “Goliath and the Vampires,” “Something Creeping in the Dark” and “Hypnosis.”
1981 – Eddie Byrne, appeared in “Jack the Ripper” [1959], “The Mummy” [1959] and “Island of Terror”.
1974 – Dan Dowling, uncredited actor in “The Seventh Victim” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1960 – Glen Glenn, sound recordist for “Invisible Ghost,” “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Return of the Ape Man” and more.
1958 – Kurt Neumann, directed “The Fly [1958],” “She Devil,” “Secret of the Blue Room,” “Kronos” and writer/treatment for “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Return of the Vampire” and “She Devil.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 21
The Seventh Victim [1943]
The Haunting [1963]
The Creeping Terror [1964] – TV Movie
The Gorgon [1964] – London
An American Werewolf in London [1981]
Blade [1998]
Carnival of Souls [1998]
Devil in the Flesh [1998] – USA TV premiere
Reptilian aka Reptile [2001] – USA video premiere
Raptor Island [2004] – TV Movie
The Risen [2004]
Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep [2005]
Rising Dead [2007]
The Minstrel Killer [2009]
Lost After Dark [2015]
Ready or Not [2019]
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AUGUST 22
BORN ON AUGUST 22
1984 – Katie Stuart, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Returned – TV Series” and the TV Movie “Intensity.”
1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, appeared in “The Resort,” “Ghost in the Machine” and “The People Under the Stairs.”
1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, appeared in “The Thing [2011]” and “The Mummy Returns.”
1965- Courtney Gains, appeared in “Halloween [2007],” “Candy Corn,” “Mimesis”, “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “The ‘Burbs,” “Alien Encounter”, “King Cobra” “Children of the Corn,” and more.
1958 – Colm Feore, appeared in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Prodigy,” “Highwaymen,” and episodes of “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Outer Limits,” “Lore,” “Friday the 13th: The Series,” and War of the Words.”
1945 – David Chase wrote for the TV series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and the screenplay for the film “Grave of the Vampire.”
1936 – Tony Kendall, actor in “Return of the Evil Dead,” “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “Blood Story,” “Siege of Terror” and “The Whip and the Body.”
1931 – Douglas S. Cramer, producer for “The Dead Don’t Die [1972],” “The Cat Creature,” “Snowbeast,” “Cruise Into Terror” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
1925 – Honor Blackman, appeared in “Daughter of Darkness,” “Fright,” “The Cat and the Canary,” “Tale of the Mummy,” “The Sight,” “Cockneys vs Zombies” and more.
1920 – Ray Bradbury, works made into films include “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” “It Came from Outer Space” and “The Illustrated Man.”
1916 – Joan Houseman, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour [1963].”
1910 – Lesley Woods, actress in the TV Movies “A Man for Hanging,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Bad Ronald” and “The Uninvited [1996].”
1909 – Julius J. Epstein, screenwriter for “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1909 – Philip G. Epstein, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1900 – Jean Yarbrough, directed “The Devil Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “She-Wolf of London.”
DIED ON AUGUST 22
2023 – Peter Gonzales Falcon, actor in “Dis [2018].”
2022 – Jerry Allison, soundtrack for “Terror Squad” and the TV Movie “Hollyweird.”
2022 – Jaimie Branch, music department/trumpet for “Wrinkles the Clown.”
2021 – Marilyn Eastman, actress in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”
2020 – Allan Rich, appeared in “Rise: Blood Hunter” and “The Entity.”
2019 – Morton Tubor, supervising film editor for “The Bees,” editor “Dementia 13,” and sound department “The Unearthly.”
2007 – Keith Knight, actor in “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Of Unknown Origin,” “Love & Murder,” “Whispers,” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “War of the Worlds,” “Beetlejuice,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeepr,” “Monster Force” and “Freaky Stories.”
2005 – Romi Koch, starred in “Dead Doll.”
2000 – Toru Tanaka, appeared in “Alligator II: The Mutation” and “Dead Heat.”
1980 – Norman Shelley, starred in “Jack the Ripper – TV Mini-Series,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Daughter of Darkness” and more.
1991 – Colleen Dewhurst appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “When a Stranger Calls,” and provided the voice of “Satan” in the film “Exorcist III”.
1977 – Sebastian Cabot, appeared in “Twice Told Tales” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Circle of Fear.”
1963 – Perry Ivins, appeared as “Fritz” in “Son of Frankenstein,” “Thriller – TV Series” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 22
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff [1949]
Scream of Fear [1961]
Curse Of the Voodoo aka Voodoo Blood Death [1965]
Night of the Creeps [1986]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [1986]
Mimic [1997]
Forest Of The Damned [2006]
I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer [2006]
Satan’s Playground [2006]
Cthulhu [2007] – USA limited
Freakdog [2008] – FrightFest
Ghost Shark [2013] – TV Movie
Jersey Shore Massacre [2014]
Victor Crowley [2017] – Los Angeles premiere
Il signor Diavolo [2019] – Italy
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AUGUST 23
BORN ON AUGUST 23
2005 – Brock Peters, Brock Peters, appeared in “Soylent Green.”
2002 – Dennis Fimple, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “King Kong [1976],” “Bug Buster,” “Creature from Black Lake,” “Fangs,” “The Evictors” and more.
1990 – Clarissa Thibeaux, actress in “Ice Sharks,” “Flight 666,” “Somnium” and the short “How to Tell a Campfire Story.”
1983 – Ruta Gedmintas, appeared in “The Strain – TV Series,” “Ripper Street – TV Series” and “Prowl.”
1970 – Jay Mohr, appeared in “Cherry Falls,” “Hunter’s Moon” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Visions.”
1935 – Ricardo Merino, actor in “Trauma” and “Inquisition.”
1929 – Vera Miles, starred in “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho II” and “Brain Waves.”
1927 – Mort Zarcoff, associate producer for the TV Movie “She Waits.”
1915 – Edmund Gibson, cinematographer for “Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things,” “Impulse,” “Barracuda” and “I Eat Your Skin.”
DIED ON AUGUST 23
2023 – Bob Feldman, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Toxic Avenger – Body Talk” and “The Babysitter – I Want Candy.”
2021 – Michael Nader, actor in the TV Movie “Nick Knight.”
2021 – Rosita Quintana, actress in “Demon in the Blood” and “La mansión del terror.”
2020 – Augusto Caminito, screenwriter for “Vampire in Venice” and the TV Series “Seagull Island.”
2020 – Benny Chan, producer for “Hong Kong Show Girls” and presenter for “Fatal Love.”
2020 – Lori Nelson, actress in “Day the World Ended,” “Revenge of the Creature” and “The Naked Monster.”
2019 – Sheila Steafel, appeared in “Quatermass and the Pit” and “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
2007 – Robert Symonds, actor in “The Exorcist,” “Demon, Demon,” “Superstition,” “Crimewave,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud,” episodes of “The Wide World of Mystery” and Freddy’s Nightmares.”
2006 – Ed Warren, 1/2 of the husband and wife demonologist team i.e. The Amityville Haunting was based on. He and his wife were portrayed in the blockbuster hits “The Conjuring,” The Conjuring 2” and “The Conjuring 3.”
2005 – Brock Peters, appeared in “Soylent Green,” and “Alligator II: The Mutation”.
2002 – Dennis Fimple, played in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Fangs,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Creature from Black Lake.”
1975 – Hank Patterson, appeared in “Monster on the Campus”, “Earth vs the Spider”, “Attack of the Puppet People”, “The Amazing Colossal Man”, “Beginning of the End”, “Tarantula” and more.
1966 – Francis X. Bushman, starred in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini,”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 23
Pit and the Pendulum [1961]
The Horrible Dr. Hitchcock [1962] – Milan
Black Sabbath [1963] – Italy
Pieces [1982] – Spain
Godzilla [1985]
Teen Wolf [1985]
Warning Sign [1985]
Nightlife [1989]
The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996]
Exorcism [2003] – Beverly Hills
Dead Clowns [2004] – UK
Ringu 0: Bâsudei [2005] – USA DVD premiere
Flu Bird Horror [2008] – TV Movie
You’re Next [2011]
Digging Up the Marrow [2014] – London Frightfest Film Festival
Slaxx [2020] – Fantasia International Film Festival
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AUGUST 24
BORN ON AUGUST 24
1981 – Chad Michael Murray, starred in “Camp Cold Brook,” “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia”, “House of Wax [2005]” and an episode of “Scream Queens [2015].”
1975 – James D’Arcy, appeared in “Hitchcock,” “In Their Skin,” “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “An American Haunting,” “Exorcist: The Beginning” and more.
1973 – Ele Keats, appeared in “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “Mother [1995]” and “Night Stalker – TV Series.”
1972 – Frank Blake, stuntman in “The Vatican Tapes.”
1961 – Jared Harris, starred in “Poltergeist [2015],” “The Quiet Ones”, “The Ward”, “From Within”, “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and more.
1960 – Takashi Miike, producer and director of “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “One Missed Call, “Ichi the Killer,” “Audition” and more.
1963 – Dawna Lee Heising, appeared in “2 Jennifer,” “Ballet of Blood”, “After School Massacre,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “Deadly Revisions,” “Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead,” “Slink,” “Consumption” and many more.
1957 – Stephen Fry, actor in the TV Series “The Sandman” and the short “Night of the Living Dead [2021].”
1951 – Tony Amendola, actor in “The Borrower,” “The Dead One,” “Annabelle,” “The Devil’s Candy,” “Nightmare Shark,” “Karma,” “The Curse of La Llorna,” “Caged” and more.
1945 – Ronee Blakley, appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “A Return to Salem’s Lot”, “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and more.
1940 – Tony Bill, actor in “Haunts of the Very Rich,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “Are You In the House Alone?”
1937 – Connie Mason, appeared in “2000 Maniacs,” “Blood Feast,” and “Black Mamba.”
1935 – Ancel Cook, actor in “Rattler,” “Frightmare” and “Wishcraft.”
1935 – Ricardo Merino, actor in “Trauma” and “Inquisition.”
1935 – Vernon Weddle, appeared in “White Dog” and the TV Movie “Scream of the Wolf.”
1934 – Kenny Baker appeared in “Circus of Horrors” and “Time Bandits.”
1923 – Helena Carter, appeared in the 1953 version of “Invaders from Mars.”
1923 – Joan Chandler, appeared in “How to Make a Monster” and “Rope.”
1922 – Marianne Stone, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “Corridors of Blood,” “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Devils of Darkness,” “Berserk,” “Countess Dracula,” “Who Slew Auntie Roo?” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Vault of Horror” and more.
1909 – Larry Barton, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “Raiders from Beneath the Sea” and “The Human Duplicators.”
1908 – Helena Grant, appeared in “Werewolf of London” and “The Uninvited.”
1907 – Gil Perkins, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Teenage Monster.”
1900 – Preston Foster appeared in “Doctor X.”
1897 – Richard Bartell, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
1895 – Victor Halperin, directed “White Zombie” and “Revolt of the Zombies.”
DIED ON AUGUST 24
2023 – Bernie Marsden – Guitarist & Songwriter for Whitesnake, soundtrack/songwriter for “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, episodes of “The Strain” and “Ash vs Evil Dead.”
2023 – Seema Deo, actress in “Ek Aur Khoon (1987).”
2022 – Joe E. Tata, appeared in TV Movies “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Terminal,” as well as episodes of TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “Monster Squad” and “Tales from the Darkside.”
2022 – William Reynolds, actor in “Cult of the Cobra,” “The Thing That Couldn’t Die” and The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Purple Testament.”
2022 – Ali Güney, actor in “The Price of Doubt,” “Pist” and “Zohak.”
2021 – Charlie Watts, soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode: The Man Who Knew Too Much”
and one of the best songs:
2021 – Anestis Vlahos, actor in “The Devil’s Men,” “Death Steps in the Dark” and “Raw Trip.”
2013 – Julie Harris, starred in “The Haunting,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “Lucifer’s Child,” “The Dark Half,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series” and more.
2011 – Jack Hayes, music orchestrator for “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Grizzly.”
2008 – Jose Duarte, art director for “The Funhouse,” “The Unholy [1988],” scenic artist/painter for “Island Claws” and “The New Kids.”
1998 – E.G. Marshall appeared in “Creepshow,” and “Two Evil Eyes.”
1949 – Rita Carlyle, appeared in “The Vampire Bat” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 24
Spook Busters [1946]
Kingdom of the Spiders [1977]
The Uncanny [1977] – Montreal Film Festival
Boogeyman II [1983]
Darkman [1990]
Ghosts of Mars [2001]
Corpses [2004]
Vampz [2004]
Autopsy [2008] – London FrightFest
Extinction [2014] – London FrightFest
The Cleaning Lady [2018] – London FrightFest
Halloween Party [2019] – London FrightFest
The Oak Room [2020] – Fantasia Film Festival
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