AUGUST 25
BORN ON AUGUST 25
1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, starred in “Infinity Pool,” “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Stand – TV Series” and “Hidden.”
1963 – Carrie Leigh, actress in “Blood Relations [1988].”
1961 – Ally Walker, appeared in “Mischief Night,” “By Appointment Only” as well as “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and “Ghosted TV Series”
1958 – Tim Burton, directed “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Frankenweenie,” “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Mars Attacks,” “Ed Wood,” “Beetlejuice [1988]” producer for “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” “Beetlejuice – TV series” and more.
1949 – John Savage, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Demon Legacy,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “Bereavement,” “Carnosaur 2” and many more.
1949 – Gene Simmons, appeared in “Runaway,” “Trick or Treat” and “KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park.”
1939 – John Badham, directed “Dracula [1979],” as well as “Supernatural” and “Night Gallery” TV series.
1930 – Sir Sean Connery, starred in “Marnie,” “Outland” and more.
1933 – Tom Skerritt, appeared in “Alien,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “The Dead Zone.”
1922 – Gloria Dea, actress in “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
1917 – Mel Ferrer, appeared in “Blood & Roses,” “City of the Walking Dead” and “The Hands of Orlac.”
1909 – Michael Rennie, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Assignment Terror.”
1904 – Harry Keaton, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Sinister Urge.”
1904 – Gillian Lind, actress in “Condemned to Death,” “Fear in the Night” and “And Now the Screaming Starts!”
DIED ON AUGUST 25
2023 – Sanjay Verma, editor for “Bhoothnath,” “Ei8ht Shani” and “Aagaah: The Warning.”
2023 – Milind Safai – actor in “Sanga Tu Aahes Ka – aka It’s a Branch of the Aahes.”
2021 – Zdenka Procházková, actress in “Lady Dracula,” “Ferat Vampire” and “Cepel smrti.”
2019 – Gloria Lerma Yatco [aka Mona Lisa], appeared in “The Rites of May.”
2019 – Fernanda Young, writer for “Vade Retro.”
2006 – Fritz Ford, actor in “Damien: Omen II” and “Daughter of the Mind.”
2006 – Joseph Stefano, screenwriter for “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Eye of the Devil” and “The Outer Limits – TV Series.”
2001 – Aaliyah, starred in “Queen of the Damned.”
2000 – Jack Nitzsche, composer for “The Seventh Sign” and additional music for “The Exorcist.”
1992 – George R. Nelson, set decorator for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Graveyard Shift, TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1987 – Eddie Marr, appeared in “Indestructible Man,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “How to Make a Monster” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters.”
1963 – Edward L. Cahn, directed “The She Creature,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” and “Invasion of the Saucer Men.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 25
The Disembodied [1957]
From Hell It Came [1957]
The Screaming Skull [1958]
The Skull [1965]
Blacula [1972]
The Legend of Boggy Creek [1972]
Burnt Offerings [1976]
Zombie [1979] – Italy
The Living Dead Girl [1982]
Revenge of the Dead [1983] – Italy
Lord of Illusions [1995]
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde [1995]
Nadja [1995] – New York City
Severance [2006]
Red Christmas [2016]
Anyone Home? [2018]
Camp Cold Brook [2018] – Horrorhound Festival
Fubar [2018] – London FrightFest
Ravers [2018] – London Film Festival
The Convent [2018] – London FrightFest
The Devil’s Doorway [2018] – London FrightFest
Spiral [2019] – London FrightFest
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AUGUST 26
BORN ON AUGUST 26
1991 – Dylan O’Brien, starred in the TV Movie “Teen Wolf: Back to the Pack.”
1980 – Chris Pine, starred in “Carriers.”
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder,” “The Midnight Hour” and an episode of “American Horror Story [2021].}
1975 – Brian Reece, writer/producer for “Rabid Love [2013].”
1974 – Meredith Eaton, starred in “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” and “Paranormal Activity 3.”
1960 – Ola Ray, appeared in “Michael Jackson: Thriller” also in “The Night Stalker.”
1954 – Angela Robinson Witherspoon, actress in “Out of the Dark” and “Dead Alive.”
1944 – Stephen Greif, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Thriller,” “Armchair Thriller,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”
1941 – Akiko Wakabayashi, appeared in “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster”.
1939 – Yvette Vickers starred in “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1937 – Don Bowman, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House.”
1936 – Francine York, actress in “Mutiny in Outer Space,” “Space Probe Taurus,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature – TV Movie,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars” and “Astro Zombies: M3-Cloned.”
1931 – John F. Kearney, actor in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death” and “Laboratory Conditions.”
1909 – Jim Davis, appeared in “Frankenstein vs. Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and “Monster from Green Hell.”
1891 – Edward Linden, cinematographer for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” and “The Werewolf [1956].”
DIED ON AUGUST 26
2023 – Harihara Puthran, editor for “The Unknown [2016] – short.”
2023 – Andrzej Precigs, actor in “Legenda [2005].”
2022 – Shawn Nightingale, executive producer for “Big Legend [2018].”
2021 – Sompote Sands, director of “Tah Tien,” “Crocodile,” “Kraithong,” “Phra Rot-Meri,” “Kraithong 2” and “Magic Lizard.”
2020 – Joseph Ruby, screenwriter for many of the Scooby Doo animated films & “Rumpelstiltskin.”
2019 – Charles Raymond Henwood ONZM, appeared in “Under ConTROL, and episodes of “Helmut Krauss” and “The Ray Bradbury Theatre.”
1994 – Norman Warwick, director of photography for “Torture Garden,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “The Godsend,” “The Doctor and the Devils” and 4 episodes of “Hammer House of Horror.”
1986 – Ted Knight, appeared at the end of the film “Psycho” as one of the officers guarding “Norman Bates”.
1955 – James McMahon, assistant director for “House of Wax [1953].”
1930 – Lon Chaney Sr., starred in “Man of a Thousand Faces,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “London After Midnight,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “The Monster [1925],” “London After Midnight” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 26
Rope [1948] – New York City premiere
War of the Worlds [1953]
The Abominable Snowman [1957] – UK
Strip Nude for Your Killer [1975]
Natural Born Killers [1994]
Hideous! [1997] – video premiere
The Cave [2005]
Vampire Diary [2007] – USA DVD premiere
The Final Destination [2009] – Switzerland
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark [2010]
Don’t Breathe [2016]
Rabid [2019] – London FrightFest
The Invitation [2022]
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AUGUST 27
BORN ON AUGUST 27
1988 – Alexa PenaVega, appeared in “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” “The Remaining,” “Abandoned Mine,” “The Devil’s Carnival” and “Mother’s Day [2010].”
1985 – Kayla Ewell, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series” and “The Demented.”
1969 – Reece Shearsmith, actor in “Shaun of the Dead,” “The Cottage,” “A Field in England,” “Borley Rectory,” “In the Earth” and more.
1962 – Dean Devlin, produced “Independence Day,” “Stargate” and the American version of “Godzilla [1998].”
1955 – Diana Scarwid, appeared in “Mommie Dearest,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Strange Invaders” and “Psycho III.”
1953 – Peter Stormare, appeared in “Dark Summer,” “Clown,” “Bad Milo,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night,” “2001 Maniacs,” “Constantine” and many more.
1950 – Charles Fleischer, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight,” “A Nightmare On Elm Street [1984],” “Deadly Friend” and “Zodiac.”
1947 – Barbara Bach, appeared in “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “Screamers” and “Humanoid.”
1944 – Barbara Trentham, actress in “The Possession of Joel Delaney” and the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
1928 – Bernard Atha, appeared in “Shades of Darkness – Episode: The Lady’s Maid’s Bell.”
1925 – Herman Cohen, producer for “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” “Berserk,” “Blood of Dracula,” “Craze,” “Konga,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Trog” and more.
1921 – Leo Penn, director for episodes of the tv series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Circle of Fear,” “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1913 – Norman Mitchel, actor in “Carry On Screaming!,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “Revenge of Billy the Kid” and Lighthouse.”
1911 – Johnny Eck known in the sideshow circuit as “The Half Boy,” and appeared in Tod Browning’s “Freaks.”
1910 – Lewis Alexander, appeared in “The Skull [1965],” “Torture Garden,’ “Berserk,” “Fright [1971],” “Hands of the Ripper,” “Dracula A.D.,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “An American Werewolf in London” and more.
1896 – Morris Ankrum, appeared in “Invaders from Mars” and “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”
1890 – Cecil Kellaway, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Mummy’s Hand” and “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.”
1886 – Thomas Little, set decorator for “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1939],” “The Gorilla,” “Whispering Ghosts,” “The Undying Monsters,” “The Lodger” and more.
DIED ON AUGUST 27
2023 – Franne Lee, costume designer for the TV Movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982].”
2022 – Amanda Mackey, casting director for “Krampus,” “Vamps,” “The Fog [2005],” “Hide and Seek,” “Species,” “Species II,” “The Zodiac,” “Hideaway” and more.
2021 – Juana Ginzo, actress in “Presence of Mind” and voice dubbing for “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie.”
2020 – Peter Licassi, actor in “Killer Klowns from Outer Space.”
2018 – Michael Pickwoad, production designer for “Sweeney Todd [2006] – TV Movie,” art director for “House of Whipcord,” “The Comeback” and “House of the Long Shadows.”
2007 – Doug Riley, composer for “Cannibal Girls.”
2004 – Larry McCormick, appeared in “Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines” and in the TV movie “The Case Of The Hillside Stranglers.”
2000 – Ulrike Butz, actress in “The Devil’s Plaything.”
1996 – Akiji Kobayashi, appeared in “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah,” the 1992 version of “Godzilla vs. Mothra” and “Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion.”
1996 – Eddie Knight, makeup artist for “The Devil Rides Out,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Nothing But the Night,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” and more.
1973 – Kenneth J. Warren, actor in “Doctor Blood’s Coffin,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “I, Monster,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The Creeping Flesh” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 27
Doctor X [1932]
Phantom of the Opera [1943]
The Earth Dies Screaming [1965] – Bismarck, ND
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death [1971]
The Incubus [1982]
Needful Things [1993]
The 13th Warrior [1999]
The Astronaut’s Wife [1999]
Anacondas: The Hunt for The Blood Orchid [2004]
Suspect Zero [2004]
Triangle [2009]
The Last Exorcism [2010]
Lycanimator [2018]
Open 24 Hours [2018] – London FrightFest
Big Top Evil [2019]
Killer Movie: Director’s Cut [2021]
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AUGUST 28
BORN ON AUGUST 28
1984 – Sarah Roemer, appeared in “Asylum,” “Algorithm: BLISS” and “The Grudge 2.”
1980 – Carly Pope, appeared in “Demonic [2021],” “Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon,” “Beneath,” “Disturbing Behavior” and more.
1978 – Kelly Overton, appeared in “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Ring Two,” episodes of “Van Helsing” and more.
1965 – Amanda Tapping, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Millennium – TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Haunting of Lisa,” “Goosebumps – TV Series,” “Forever Knight – TV Series” and more.
1962 – David Fincher, directed “Se7en,” “Alien 3,” “Panic Room,” “Zodiac” and many more.
1959 – Brian Thompson, actor in “Flight of the Living Dead,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “Kindred: The Embraced – TV Series,” “Fright Night Part 2,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and many more.
1957 – Daniel Stern, appeared in “Little Monsters,” “C.H.U.D,.” “Leviathan” and “Otis.”
1943 – David Soul, starred in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot”.
1941 – Tony Barry, actor in “The Haunting of Hewie Dowker – TV Movie,” “Jack Be Nimble” and “Gone [2006].”
1915 – Simon Oakland, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV series.
1906 – David Tamkin, orchestrator for “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Tarantula,” “The Mole People” and “The Monolith Monsters.”
1903 – Allen Vincent, screenwriter for “The Face Behind the Mask” and appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1897 – Morris Ankrum, appeared in “Giant from the Unknown,” “The Giant Claw” and “Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1883 – E.E. Clive, appeared in “The Invisible Man,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON AUGUST 28
2023 – Roger Van Hool, actor in “As Above, So Below [2014]” and “Lock [1983].”
2021 – Matthew Mindler, actor in “Bereavement.”
2020 – Chadwick Boseman, starred in “The Appointment.”
2020 – David S. Cass Sr., actor and or stunts in “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “My Demon Lover,” “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “The Island,” “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” “Black Noon,” “Blue Sunshine” and more.
2020 – Manuel “Loco” Valdés, appeared in “Panther Women,” “Frankenstein the Vampire and Company” and “Horror Madness.”
2019 – Michel Aumont, actor in “La septième dimension.”
2016 – Laurence Lemaire, script & continuity department for “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre.”
2013 – Larry Pennell, actor in “Superstition,” “Ghost Chase,” “The Borrower,” “The Fear: Resurrection,” “Bubba Ho-Tep” and “The Passing.”
1988 – Julian Gunzburg, visual consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1987 – John Huston, appeared in “Tentacles.”
1985 – Ruth Gordon, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby,” and “Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice”.
1978 – Robert Shaw, appeared as “Captain Quint” in the film “Jaws”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 28
Black Sabbath [1963] – Rome
The Haunted Palace [1963] – Cincinnati, OH
The Gruesome Twosome [1967]
Hell Night [1981]
House II: The Second Story [1987]
Slaughterhouse [1987]
Pet Semetary II [1992]
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992]
Frankenstein Reborn [2005]
Halloween II [2009]
The Horde [2009] – London FrightFest
The Final Destination [2009]
6-Headed Shark Attack [2018] – TV Movie
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AUGUST 29
BORN ON AUGUST 29
1986 – Michelle Molineux, actress in “Ditched,” “Decoys 2: Alien Seduction” and an episode of the TV Series “Fear Itself.”
1973 – Kevin Makely, producer for “Big Legend [2018].”
1973 – Tom Six, Writer/Producer/Director, for “The Human Centipede – First Sequence,” “The Human Centipede II – Full Sequence” and “The Human Centipede III – Final Sequence.”
1964 – Stacey Travis, appeared in “Venom,” “Ghost World,” “Dracula Rising,” “Hardware,” “Doctor Hackenstein,” “Phantasm II” and more.
1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, appeared in “Identity,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”, the TV mini-series “The Shining”, “Apartment 1303 3D”, and “Mother’s Day.”
1958 –Michael Jackson, genre fans will forever love his mega hit song “Thriller.”
1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, actress in “Phantom of the Ritz,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Backwoods – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Helstrom,” “Monsters” and “Firestarter 2: Rekindled.”
1952 – Diamanda Galás, music department/vocals for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Lord of Illusions,” “The Ring Two,” “Natural Born Killers,” “The Conjuring” voice actress in “The Serpent and the Rainbow.”
1950 – Frank Henenlotter, writer/director of such cult exploitation films as “Basket Case,” “Basket Case 2,” “Basket Case 3,” “Brain Damage,” “Frankenhooker” and “Bad Biology.”
1950 – Jacques Haitkin, cinematographer for “Galaxy of Terror,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “My Demon Lover,” “To Die For,” “Shocker,” “Buried Alive,” “The Private Eyes ,” “Strays,” “The Glass Jar,” “Wishmaster,” “12 Days of Terror” and many more.
1942 – James Glennon, camera operator for “Altered States” and “The Pack [1977].”
1939 – Joel Schumacher, directed “The Lost Boys,” “Flatliners,” and “Blood Creek.”
1938 – Elliott Gould, appeared in “The Shining – TV Series,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Night Visitor” and “Dead Men Don’t Die.”
1935 – William Friedkin, director of “The Exorcist,” “The Guardian [1990],” “Bug [2006],” “The Devil and Father Amorth” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
1928 – Charles Gray, appeared in “The Unknown Terror,” “The Devil’s Bride” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
1923 –Richard Attenborough who played “John Hammond” in “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.”
1915 – Ingrid Bergman, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” “Spellbound” and “Notorious.”
1908 – George Macready, appeared in “Count Yorga,” “The Return of Count Yorga” and “The Alligator People.”
1907 – Lurene Tuttle, appeared in “The Clonus Horror,” “The Manitou,” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “Psycho [1960]” and more.
1903 – Howard Shoup, costume designer for “House of Wax [1953].”
1898 – Preston Sturges, contributing writer for “The Invisible Man [1933].”
DIED ON AUGUST 29
2023 – Jamie Christopher, first assistant director for “Alien³,” “Shadow of the Vampire” and “Resident Evil: Retribution.”
2023 – Ahmo Hight, actress in “Restless Souls [1998].”
2022 – Charlbi Dean, actress in “Don’t Sleep” and the short “Illusive Fields.”
2022 – Pradip Mukherjee, actor in “Bhoot Chaturdashi – aka The Night of the Ancestors.”
2021 – Ed Asner, actor in “Daughter of the Mind,” “Haunts of the Very Rich,” “M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters,” as well as episodes of several TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Svengoolie.”
2021 – Peggy Farrell, costumer designer for “The Sentinel,” “American Gothic – Episode: Pilot” and “The Stepford Wives.”
2019 – Terrance Dicks, Script Editor for episodes of TV series “The Hound of Baskervilles” and “The Invisible Man.”
2000 – Shelagh Fraser, actress in “The Witches,” “The Body Stealers,” “Doomwatch,” “Nothing But the Night,” “episodes of the tv series “Shadows” and “Beasts.”
2000 – Rose Hobart, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Cat Creeps,” “Isle of the Dead,” “The Soul of a Monster,” “The Mad Ghoul,” “Tower of London” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931].”
1987 – Lee Marvin, appeared in 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1985 – Evelyn Ankers, appeared in “The Wolf Man [1941],” “Hold That Ghost,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and more.
1983 – Simon Oakland, appeared as “Tony Vincenzo” in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “The Night Strangler – TV Movie,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Psycho” and more.
1982 – Ingrid Bergman, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Spellbound” and “Notorious.”
1979 – Richard Towers, cinematographer “Doctor X (b&w version)” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1973 – Michael Dunn, appeared in the 1971 version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Werewolf of Washington” and “The Mutations.”
1935 – Carl Erickson, screenwriter for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 29
The Whip and the Body [1963] – Italy
Dead of Night [1974]
He Knows You’re Alone [1980]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation [1997] – USA limited
Jeepers Creepers 2 [2003]
The Curse of Lizzie Borden [2006]
The Zodiac [2006] – USA DVD premiere
Inbred [2011] – Film4 FrightFest
The Damned [2013]
Night of the Living Deb [2015]
The Evil in Us [2016]
Barbarian [2022] – London FrightFest
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AUGUST 30
BORN ON AUGUST 30
1987 – Johanna Braddy, appeared in “Hurt,” “The Levenger Tapes,” “The Collection,” “Paranormal Activity 3” and “The Grudge 3.”
1984 – Emily Montague, appeared in “Resolution” and “Fright Night” remake.
1978 – Stacy Fuson, appeared in “Paranormal Island”, “Room 6”, “Dead of Night – TV Series” and “Nightmare Next Door.”
1963 – Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus of the metal band GWAR, appeared in “Digging up the Marrow,” “Hatchet III,” “GWAR: Gor-Gor” and more.
1961 – Ely Pouget, appeared in “Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace,” “Death Machine” and “Dark Shadows – TV Series.”
1956 – Julian Richings, actor in “Urban Legend,” “Mimic,” “Rats,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “Skinwalkers,” “Dead Silence,” “Saw IV,” “Survival of the Dead,” “The Colony,” “Hellmouth,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Spare Parts,” “Vicious Fun,” “Campton Manor” and many more.
1951 – Timothy Bottoms, appeared in the 1986 remake of “Invaders from Mars” and “Uncle Sam”.
1949 – Brian Yuzna, writer/producer/director of “Re-Animator,” “Society,” “Bride of Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Beyond Re-Animator,” “The Dentist,” “Dagon,” “Return of the Living Dead III” and more.
1944 – Lorraine Fennell, additional crew for “Persecution,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The Ghoul [1975],” “Sleepy Hollow” and 12 episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt.”
1928 – Bill Daily, appeared in the film “Alligator II: The Mutation.”
1925 – Frank Ray Perilli, screenwriter for “Alligator,” “Laserblast,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Mansion of the Doomed,” “The Best of Sex and Violence” and “End of the World.”
1797 – Mary Shelley, author of a little novel entitled “Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 30
2022 – Ty Church, boom operator for “Popcorn,” “Black Magic (TV Movie),” transportation coordinator for “Grizzly Park” and “The Conjuring.”
2022 – Fauziyya Hassan, actress in “Reyvumun.”
2020 – Don Keeslar, directed “Bog.”
2020 – Jacques Galipeau, appeared in “The Pyx” an episode of the TV Series “The Hunger [1998].”
2019 – Franco Columbu, actor in “The Terminator [1984],” “The Running Man,” an episode of “Tales from the Crypt,” and did stunts for “End of Days.”
2019 – Valerie Harper, appeared in “Don’t Go to Sleep,” “The People Across the Lake” and “Shiver.”
2015 – Joshua Park, actor in “Bog Creatures,” “Blood Relic” and “Fort Doom.”
2015 – Wes Craven, writer/producer/director gave us such films as “The Last House on the Left [1972],” “The Hills Have Eyes [1977],” “Deadly Blessing,” “Swamp Thing [1982],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “New Nightmare,” “Deadly Friend,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Shocker”, “The People Under the Stairs”, “Vampire in Brooklyn”, “Scream 1, 2, 3, 4”, “Cursed” and appeared in “Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film” and many more.
2006 – Glenn Ford, appeared in “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Visitor” and “Virus.”
2003 – Charles Bronson, played “Igor” in the 1953 version of “House of Wax.”
2003 – Reg Thomason, appeared in “The Crawling Eye,” “Berserk,” “The Oblong Box,” “Horror House,” “Trog,” “Fragment of Fear,” “I, Monster,” “Dracula A.D.,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Madhouse,” “Sharon’s Baby,” Queen Kong,” “Dr. and Mr. Hyde [1973],” “The Shining” and more.
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, directed “Eye of the Devil” and the 1961 version of “Cape Fear.”
1985 – Tom Howard, visual/special effects for “The Haunting [1963],” “Children of the Damned,” “The Gamma People,” “Village of the Damned,” “Gorgo” and “The Legend of Hell House.”
1942 – John Willard, writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Cat Creeps” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 30
The Last House on the Left [1972]
Deathdream aka Dead of Night [1974]
Relentless [1989]
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time [1991]
Child’s Play 3 [1991]
The Crow: City of Angels [1996]
Fallen Angels [2002]
FearDotCom [2002]
Hood of The Living Dead [2005]
Uchuujin from Outer Space [2007]
Mutants [2008]
Dread [2009] – UK Film4 FrightFest
Night of the Demons [2009] – UK Film4 FrightFest
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) [2009] – London FrightFest
Most Likely to Die [2015] – UK Film4 FrightFest
Itsy Bitsy [2019]
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AUGUST 31
BORN ON AUGUST 31
2023 – Gayle Hunnicutt, actress in “Voices,” “Fragment of Fear,” “Eye of the Cat,” “The Spiral,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1983 – Jelynn Sophia, actress in “Grizzly Park” and the short “Tooth List.”
1982 – Clayton Boyd, appeared in “Hell Trip” and “Last Sacrament.”
1976 – Shar Jackson, appeared in “The House That Jack Built” and “Blood Effects.”
1974 – Zach Ward, appeared in “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Dark House [2014],” “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys,” “The Devil’s Tomb,” “Restoration,” “Z Nation – TV Series,” “American Horror Story” and more.
1970 – Debbie Gibson, appeared in “Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark,” “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid,” “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus,” “Soulkeeper” and “Ghostbusters [1984].”
1965 – Daniel Bernhardt, starred in “Children of Wax.”
1949 – Richard Gere, starred in “Primal Fear” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”
1942 – Carole Wells, appeared in “The House of the Seven Corpses.”
1941 – Thomas L. Miller, produced the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1939 – Jerry Allison, soundtrack for “Terror Squad” and the TV Movie “Hollyweird.”
1937 – Warren Berlinger, starred in the 1941 version of “The Wolf Man.”
1932 – Roy Castle, appeared in “Legend of the Werewolf” and “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors.”
1928 – James Coburn starred in “Looker” and hosted the short-lived TV anthology “Dark Room.”
1920 – David Lowell Rich, director for “Eye of the Cat,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” episodes of the TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1914 – Richard Basehart, appeared in “Mansion of the Doomed,” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1977].”
1911 – Robert E. Kent, writer for “Gildersleeve’s Ghost,” “Zombies on Broadway,” “The Werewolf [1956],” “Tower of London,” “Diary of a Madman.” “Twice-Told Tales” producer for “It! Ther Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “Curse of the Faceless Man” and more.
1908 – Edward Colmans, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954],” “Curse of the Undead,” “Diary or a Madman,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre,” “Target,” “The Outer Limits” and “Night Gallery.”
1897 – Fredric March who played the title role in the 1932 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ and played “Death” in “Death Takes a Holiday.
DIED ON AUGUST 31
2023 – Gayle Hunnicutt, actress in “Eye of the Cat,” “Fragment of Fear,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Voices,” “The Spiral Staircase,” episodes of “Thriller,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
2023 – Aparna Nair, actress in “British Bungalow [2019].”
2021 – Theresa Plummer-Andrews, producer for the TV Series “Zombie Hotel.”
2021 – Mahal, actress in 2 episodes of “#ParangNormal Activity.”
2020 – Bent Vejlby, appeared in “Reptilicus.”
2020 – Cloyd Robinson, directed “Bloody Mary, The Movie” appeared in “Goods” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2020 – Haldun Boysan, appeared in the TV Movie “Uninvited” and “Mihrez: Cin Padisah.”
2020 – Norman Spencer, appeared in “Trilogy of Terror II” and an episode of “Forever Knight [1994].”
2020 – Pietro Mário, actor in “My Sweet Nurse.”
2019 – Michael Lindsay, appeared in “Perfect Blue,” “Serial Experiments Lain,” episode of “Bleach: Burîchi” and the video game “Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.”
2006 – William Aldrich, produced “What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?”.
2000 – Patricia Owens, starred in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Fly [1958].”
1999 – Marguerite Chapman, appeared in “The Amazing Transparent Man.”
1997 – Will Hare, appeared in “Eyes of Fire,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1973 – John Ford, director and writer of “The Craving.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 31
Circus of Horrors [1960] – New York City
Lake of Dracula [1973]
Microwave Massacre [1979]
C.H.U.D. [1984]
Night of the Comet [1984] – limited
Terror in the Aisles [1984] – Louisville, KY
Night of the Demons 2 [1994] – USA video premiere
Dark Angel: The Ascent [1994]
Blood Dolls [1999] – USA video premiere
Jeepers Creepers [2001]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus [2003] – USA TV premiere
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack [2003] – USA TV premiere
Realms of Blood [2004]
Halloween [2007]
The Seamstress [2009] – Germany (DVD premiere)
Zombie Women of Satan [2009] – UK
Blood Fest [2018]
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