AUGUST 4
BORN ON AUGUST 4
1981 – Abigail Spencer, appeared in “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia,” “Jekyll” and “Campfire Stories.”
1979 – Kavan Reece, actor in “The Haunted Casino,” “Grizzly Park,” “Train [2008],” “The Taker” and an episode of the TV Series “Dante’s Cove.”
1977 – Julius Berg, director of “The Owners [2020].”
1976 – David Lewis, appeared in “Lake Placid,” “Child’s Play [2019],” “Halloween Resurrection,” “The Cleanse,” “Evangeline,” “Beyond Loch Ness,” “Shevenge,” “The Curse of Willow Song” and many more.
1960 – Bernard Rose, director of “Candyman [1992],” “Frankenstein [2015],” “sxtape,” and “Snuff-Movie.”
1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, appeared in “Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town,” “Hunters Blood” and “Gray Knight”.
1955 – Lori Lethin, actress in “Bloody Birthday,” “The Prey [1983],” “Return to Horror High” and an episode of the tv series “Werewolf.”
1951 – Ty Church, boom operator for “Popcorn,” “Black Magic (TV Movie),” transportation coordinator for “Grizzly Park” and “The Conjuring.”
1947 – Klaus Schulze, Klaus Schulze, composer/soundtrack for “Barracuda,” “Next of Kin,” “Angst ” and “Manhunter.”
1944 – Richard Belzer, appeared in “The Puppet Masters” and “Species II.”
1923 – Tom Hennesy, stuntman and actor who played the “Gillman” on land in “Revenge of the Creature.”
1918 – Noel Willman, actor in “The Reptile,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and an episode of the TV Series “Target.”
1918 – Yoshifumi Tajima, starred in the films “Rodan,” “Mothra” and “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
DIED ON AUGUST 4
2023 – Luis Alarcón, actor in “Chilean Gothic [2000].”
2022 – John Michael Herndon, actor in the shorts “They Watch,” “Lanrete,” “Little Reaper” and “Mother.”
2022 – Adriana Roel, actress in “La loba – aka She-Wolf,” “A Woman Possessed” and “Alucarda.”
2020 – Catherine Daisy Coleman, appeared in “Texas Death Trippin’” and “Texas Death Trippin Ax-Tended Cut.”
2020 – Brent Carver, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Hidden Room [1991],” “The Twilight Zone [1989],” “War of the Worlds [1989]” and the TV Movie “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
2019 – Stuart M. Rosen, voice director for “Gahan Wilson’s Diner.”
1981 – Melvyn Douglas, starred in “The Old Dark House,” “The Vampire Bat” and “Ghost Story”.
1973 – Sam Katzman, producer for “Spooks Run Wild,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Werewolf”.
1973 – Thomas Pratt, editor for “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Terror.”
1972 – Sam Katzman, produced “Spooks Run Wild,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Werewolf.”
1963 – Tom Keene, appeared in “Red Planet Mars” and “Plan 9 From Outer Space”.
1961 – Maurice Tourneur, director for “While Paris Sleeps,” “Carnival of Sinners,” the shorts “Dr. Goudron’s System” and “Figures de cire.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 4
White Zombie [1932]
Rear Window [1954] – New York City (premiere)
Yog, Monster from Space – aka Space Amoeba [1971] – New York City
Night of Dark Shadows [1971]
Cannibal Apocalypse – aka Cannibals in the Streets [1980] – Italy
Hollow Man [2000]
Psycho Beach Party [2000] – NY & NJ
Sorum [2001]
Evil Eyes [2004]
Red Eye [2005] – Los Angeles [premiere]
Motor Home Massacre [2005]
Mutant Chronicles [2008] – DVD premiere
Zombie Dearest [2009]
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AUGUST 5
BORN ON AUGUST 5
1991 – Wi Ha-joon, actor in “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum [2018].”
1970 – James Gunn, screenwriter for “Tromeo & Juliet,” “Scooby Doo,” “Scooby Doo 2,” “Thir13teen Ghosts,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004]” and “Slither.”
1965 – Jeff O’Brien, screenwriter for “Ghost in a Teeny Bikini,” “Famine,” “Insecticidal,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “Prey for the Beast,” “Alien Incursion” and “Bad Building.”
1961 – Tawny Kitaen, starred in “Witchboard”.
1951 – John Jarratt, starred in “Wolf Creek 1 & 2,″ “100 Bloody Acres,” “Shiver,” “Rogue,” “Boar,” “Next of Kin” and more.
1950 – Bill Hutton, actor in “The Ghosting [1992].”
1941 – Bob Clark, directed “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” “Black Christmas” and “Deathdream.”
1936 – John Saxon, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Queen Of Blood,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Blood Beach,” “The Night Caller From Outer Space,” “Black Christmas [1974]” and more.
1935 – Wanda Ventham, actress in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Department S” and “Out of the Unknown.”
1934 – Zakes Mokae, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Slaughter of the Innocents,” “Dust Devil,” “Body Parts,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and more.
1920 – Selma Diamond, actress in “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1918 – Tom Drake, appeared in “The Cyclops,” “House of the Black Death” and “The Crackle of Death,” which was a combination of two episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1906 – John Huston, starred in “Tentacles,” “The Visitor” and “The Bermuda Triangle.”
1900 – Sol Murgi, actor in “The Fly [1958],” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” “The Werewolf,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Zombies of Mora Tau” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1850 – Guy de Maupassant, came up with the story for “Diary of a Madman,” “Black Sabbath,” “Violent Blood Bath” and many more.
DIED ON AUGUST 5
2023 – Arthur Schmidt, editor for “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Jaws 2,” “Death Becomes Her,” “What Lies Beneath” and Tales From the Crypt – Episode: You, Murderer.”
2022 – Michael Lang, soundtrack for “The Devil’s Advocate,” “music department/piano/keyboards for “Audrey Rose,” “The Sentinel,” “Gremlins,” “Arachnophobia,” “Constantine,” Empire of the Ants” and more.
2022 – Clu Gulager, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “The Return of the Living Dead,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Uninvited,” “Puppet Master 5,” “Feast,” “Children of the Corn: Runaway,” “Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein” and more.
2022 – Cherie Gil, actress in “Devil Woman,” “The 13th Chapter,” “Mana” and “Tía Madré.”
2021 – Reg Gorman, art department for “Inn of the Damned” and appeared in “The Pawn.”
2020 – Gésio Amadeu, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1991].”
2019 – Teresa Ha Ping, actress in “Evil Seducers,” “Bloody Parrot,” “Hell Has No Boundary,” “Evil Cat,” “Ghost Lantern,” “House of Invisibles” and many more.
2000 – Alec Guinness, appeared in “Mute Witness.”
2014 – Marilyn Burns, starred in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974],” also appeared in “Sacrament,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D,” “Butcher Boys,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation,” “Eaten Alive” and more.
2000 – Alec Guinness, appeared in “Mute Witness.”
1999 – David Munro, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV series “Out of the Unknown.”
1995 – Clarice Blackburn, who played “Mrs. Johnson” on the daytime nightmare soap opera “Dark Shadows”.
1991 – Oliver Drake, wrote the screenplay for “The Mummy’s Curse.”
1988 – Colin Higgins, writer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter [1973].”
1988 – Ralph Meeker, appeared in “The Night Stalker” and “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1984 – Richard Burton, starred in “The Medusa Touch,” “Doctor Faustus” and “The Exorcist II: The Heretic.”
FILMS RELEASED ON August 5
13 Ghosts [1960] – New York City
Castle of the Living Dead [1964] – Italy
The Beast That Killed Women [1965]
The Murder Mansion [1972] – Italy
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back [1988]
The Blob [1988]
Intensity [1997] – TV Movie
Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later [1998]
Arachnia [2003]
Deep Shock [2003] – TV Movie
Baby Blues [2008]
Shadows Light [2008]
Howl [2015] – Germany – Fantasy Filmfest
Coffin 2 [2017]
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AUGUST 6
BORN ON AUGUST 6
1995 – Amy Forsyth, actress in “Torment,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Hell Fest,” “We Summon the Darkness,” “Stucco – short” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Channel Zero” and “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.”
1982 – Adrianne Curry, appeared in “Tales of Halloween and “Fallen Angels.”
1979 – Megumi Okina, actress in “Night Head,” “Tales of the Unusual,” “St. John’s Wort,” “Ju-on: The Grudge,” “Shutter” and “Howling Village.”
1976 – Melissa George, appeared in “Gothica,” “Bag of Bones,” “Triangle,” “30 Days of Night,” “Turistas,” “The Amityville Horror [2005]” and more.
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings” and the TV movie “Piranha.”
1974 – Ever Carradine, starred in “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Vera Farmiga, starred in “Bates Motel – TV Series,” “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2,”
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” “Orphan,” “The Nun,” “Annabelle Comes Home” and more.
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, writer/director of “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs” and “The Happening.”
1958 – Takuro Tatsumi, appeared in the film “Godzilla vs. Destroyah.”
1959 – Joyce Sims, soundtrack for “Species.”
1951 – Catherine Hicks, starred in “Child’s Play [1988].”
1946 – Peter Simonischek, actor in “Sukkubus” and “Biest.”
1938 – Paul Bartel, appeared in “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Escape From L.A” and more.
1931 – Umbert Lenzi, director for “City of the Walking Dead,” “Make Them Die Slowly,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Eaten Alive!” “Demoni 3” and more.
1928 – Andy Warol, produced “Blood for Dracula” and “Flesh for Frankenstein.”
1903 – Richard Towers, cinematographer “Doctor X (b&w version)” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1881 – Leo Carrillo, actor in “Horror Island” and “Phantom of the Opera [1943].”
DIED ON AUGUST 6
2023 – David LaFlamme, soundtrack/songwriter for “Wolves at the Door [2016] – White Bird.”
2022 – David Lea, actor in “The Prophecy II,” “The Crow: Salvation,” “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” “April Apocalypse,” “TNTW Project 1” and stunts for “Howling IV: The Freaks.”
2021 – Les Vandyke – aka “Johnny Worth,” soundtrack for “The Death Wheelers aka Psychomania.”
2003 – 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.
2001 – Robert Dunham appeared in “Dagora, the Space Monster,” “The Green Slime” and “Godzilla vs. Megalon”.
1965 – Everett Sloane, appeared in TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller,” “Lights Out” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1964 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke starred “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
1965 – Everett Sloane, appeared in various episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller,” “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1959 – Preston Sturges, contributing writer for “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1938 – Warner Oland, starred in “WereWolf of London,” “The Drums of Jeopardy,” and “Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of ‘The Wolf Man’.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 6
The Brotherhood of Satan [1971]
Watch Me When I Kill [1977] – Italy
A Blade in the Dark [1983]
The Meteor Man [1993]
My Boyfriend’s Back [1993]
The Sixth Sense [1999]
Vampire Whores from Outer Space [2005]
Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film [2009]
Jack the Ripper [2011] – DVD Premiere
D-Railed [2018]
The Night Sitter [2018]
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party [2019]
Maneater [2022]
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AUGUST 7
BORN ON AUGUST 7
1984 – Hannah Landberg, actress in “Rabid Love,” “Blood Reservoir,” “Axeman 2: Overkill,” “Reaptown” and “Axeman at Cutters Creek 1.”
1981 – Randy Wayne, actor in “Grizzly Park,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Ghost Town [2009],” “Hold Your Breath,” “Paranormal Island,” “Hellraiser: Judgement,” “Clown Fear,” “The Flood,” “Don’t Look at the Demon,” “Model House” and more.
1980 – Matt Copko, appeared in “Werewolf Rising,” “Harvest Moon” and “Devil’s Prey.”
1978 – Alexandre Aja, either wrote, produced, and or directed “Horns,” “Piranha 3D,” “Mirrors”, “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “High Tension”, “47 Meters Down,” “47 Meters Down: Uncaged,” “Crawl [2019]” and more.
1978 – Lincoln Frager, appeared in “Triassic Attack” and “Spiders [2013].”
1978 – Simone Kaye, actress in “Dead of Nite” and “Kick.”
1975 – Charlize Theron, starred in “Children of the Corn III,” “Mighty Joe Young [1998],” “The Astronaut’s Wife” and “Prometheus.”
1967 – Charlotte Lewis, starred in “Embrace of the Vampire.”
1963 – Harold Perrineau, starred in “Constantine – TV Series,” “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Blade – TV Series,” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days,” “28 Weeks Later” and more.
1963 – Ramon Estevez, appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “Alligator II: The Mutation,” “Whispers” and “Sandman.”
1960 – David Duchovny, star of the TV series “The X-Files” and the movies based on the series.
1958 – Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden and starred in “The Incubus” and “Chemical Wedding.” The song “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter” was on the soundtrack for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child.” The video below is for that song and features clips to “City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel.”
1955 – Wayne Knight, appeared in “Jurassic Park,” “Dead Again” and “Basic Instinct.”
1944 – John Glover, appeared in “The Incredible Shrinking Woman” and “Robocop 2.″
1942 – Michele Massimo Tarantini, director/writer for “Women in Fury,” “Massacre in Dinosaur Valley,” assistant director for “The Case of the Bloody Iris” and “Torso.”
1942 – Tobin Bell, plays serial killer “Jigsaw” in the “Saw” films. He also appeared in “Boogeyman 2 & 3,″ “Manson Family Vacation,” “Dark House,” episode of “Creepshow [2019]” and more.
1939 – Anjanette Comer, actress in “Netherworld,” “Dead of Night – TV Movie,” “The Baby,” “Night of 1000 Cats,” “Five Desperate Women – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1932 – Jock Livingston, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
1904 – Grandon Rhodes, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “Them!,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
DIED ON AUGUST 7
2023 – 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.”
2023 – William Perry, Jr. – aka “DJ Casper,” soundtrack for Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania [2022] – “Cha Cha Slide (Hardino Mix).”
2022 – Roger E. Mosley, actor in the TV Movie “Cruise Into Terror” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Good vs Evil.”
2021 – Markie Post, actress in the TV Movie “I’ve Been Waiting For You,” episodes of the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet” and “Scene of the Crime.”
2021 – Dalal Abdulaziz, actress in “Basamat fawk al maa – aka Prints on the Sea.”
2021 – Bradley James Allan, stuntman for “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “Sinister 2” and assistant director for “Wolves.”
2021 – Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas, soundtrack for “Us” and “Scream Queens – Episode: Handidates.”
2021 – Jane Withers, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Munsters.”
2020 – Nando Angelini, actor in “Bloody Pit of Horror” and “The Seventh Grave.”
2020 – Mahchehreh Khalili, appeared in “Sayeh Vahshat.”
2020 – Viktor Glukhov, producer for “Progulka po eshafotu.”
2018 – Richard H. Kline, cinematographer for “King Kong [1976],” “The Fury,” “The Terminal Man” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
2012 – Fritzi Jane Courtney, actress in “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
2004 – Thomas Tuttle, makeup artist for the TV Movies “Moon of the Wolf” and “Bad Ronald.”
1999 – Brion James, starred in the film “The Horror Show”.
1994 – Robert Hutton, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt,” “Trog” and “Cry of the Banshee”.
1992 – John Anderson, appeared in “Psycho [1960],” “The Satan Bug,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” and many more.
1985 – Grayson Hall, starred as “Dr. Julia Hoffman” in “Dark Shadows,” and appeared in the TV movie “Gargoyles.”
1972 – Joi Lansing, actress in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House” and “Bigfoot.”
1960 – Ivan Thomas, assistant director/appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 7
A-Haunting We Will Go [1942]
Invisible Agent [1942]
Dementia 13 [1963]
Student Bodies [1981]
Raising Cain [1992]
12 Days of Terror [2004] – TV Movie
Beneath [2007]
Harbinger Down [2015]
Pledges [2018] – Digital & DVD Premiere
The Exorcism of Karen Walker [2018]
Haunt [2019] – Popcorn Frights Film Festival
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AUGUST 8
BORN ON AUGUST 8
1981 – Meagan Good, appeared in “Venom,” “The Unborn,” “One Missed Call,” “The Intruder,” and “Saw V.”
1958 – Harry Crosby, played “Bill” in “Friday the 13th.”
1955 – Branscombe Richmond, actor in “Deathmoon,” “The Hidden,” “The City of Gold,” “The Unhealer,” “Maneater [2022],” 3 episodes of the tv series “Tremors,” stunts for “They Live” and “Innocent Blood.”
1952 – Lon Poff, actor in “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1944 – Brooke Bundy, played “Elaine Parker” in “Nightmare on Elm Street” 3 & 4.
1938 – Connie Stevens, starred in “Two on a Guillotine” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
1937 – Adam Roarke, appeared in “Frogs.”
1934 – Keith Barron, appeared in “Nothing But the Night,” episodes of “Out of the Unknown,” “Thiller,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Leap in the Dark” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1930 – Nita Talbot, appeared in “Frightmare,” “Puppet Master II” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1930 – Terry Nation, wrote the screenplays for “The House in Nightmare Park,” and “And Soon Darkness.”
1928 – Stanley Mann, writer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Damien: Omen II,” “Theatre of Blood,” producer for “Class of 1999” and “Tam Lin.”
1926 – Richard Anderson, starred in “The Night Strangler.”
1922 – Rory Calhoun, played farmer “Vincent Smith” in “Motel Hell.”
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, producer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Army of Darkness,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Hannibal.”
1915 – Ian McLellan Hunter, writer for “The Amazing Mr. X” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1910 – Sylvia Sidney, actress in “Death at Love House,” “God Told Me To,” “Snowbeast,” “Damien: Omen II,” “Mars Attacks!,” “Beetlejuice,” episodes of “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1900 – Robert Siodmak, directed “Son of Dracula,” “Cobra Woman” and “Phantom Lady.”
DIED ON AUGUST 8
2023 – Shelley Smith, actress in “Class Reunion” and the TV Movie “This House Possessed.”
2023 – Johnny Hardwick, actor in “Natural Selection” and the short “The Collegians Are Go!!.”
2022 – Olivia Newton-John, appeared in “Sharkando 5: Global Swarming,” soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Home Again,” “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate” and “Disturbing Behavior.”
2022 – Lamont Dozier, soundtrack for “The Fan ,” “Jack’s Back ,” “Gothika ,” “Cold Prey ,” “Vanishing on 7th Street,” “Climax,” “Annabelle Comes Home,” “Last Night in Soho” and “Carrie.”
2021 – Anupam Shyam, actor in “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”
2019 – Ernesto Colón Sierra, comic writer and penciler for comics some of which include “Creepy,” “Eerie,” and others.
2019 – Jean-Pierre Mocky, writer for “The Big Scare” and “Litan.”
2013 – Karen Black, appeared in “Ooga Booga,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Children of the Night,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy of Terror” and many more.
2010 – Patricia Neal, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
2010 – Horst Dantz, costume designer for “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968].”
2004 – Fay Wray, starred in “The Vampire Bat,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery Of The Wax Museum” and the film that made her a star “King Kong [1933].”
2001 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1991 – Gianluca Favilla, actor in “Submission of a Woman.”
1988 – Alan Napier, appeared in “The Mole People,” “The Uninvited” and “The Invisible Man Returns.”
1984 – Richard Deacon film credits included “The Birds,” “Invaders From Mars” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”
1981 – Ermelinda De Felice, actress in “So Sweet… So Preverse,” “Seven Blood-Stained Orchids,” “Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key” and “Torso.”
1965 – Shirley Jackson, who wrote the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” on which the film “The Haunting” was based.
1952 – Lon Poff, actor in “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1946 – Paul Porcasi, appeared in “Svengali” and “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 8
Hold That Ghost [1941]
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster [1959] – Italy
Frankenstein Conquers the World [1965]
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu [1980]
A Cat in the Brain [1990]
Subspecies [1991]
Body Bags [1993] – TV Movie
Komodo [2000] – video premiere
My Wife and My Dead Wife [2007]
Blackspot [2008] – Rhode Island International Film Festival
Apostle of Dracula [2012] – DVD premiere
Patient: 23 [2013] – Wizard World Chicago
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AUGUST 9
BORN ON AUGUST 9
1990 – Bill Skarsgård, starred in “Barbarian,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “It [2017]” “It Chapter Two,” “Villains” and “Castle Rock – TV Series.”
1990 – Adelaide Kane, appeared in Blood Punch [2014], “Teen Wolf [TV Series],” “The Devil’s Hand,” “The Purge“ and “Donner Pass.”
1989 – Jackie Adragna, actress in “Catch of the Day,” “I Know Where She’s Buried,” “Terrifier 2,” “A Last Laugh – short” and an episode of the TV Series “Twisted Fiction.”
1985 – Anna Kendrick, “Life After Beth,” and an episode of “Fear Itself.”
1982 – Kate Siegel, appeared in “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Hush,” “Demon Legacy,” “Oculus,” “The Curse of the Black Dahlia,” episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.
1977 – Lin Oeding, director for “Office Uprising,” stunts for “Reunion,” “Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning,” “Detention” and the short “Project S.E.R.A.”
1976 – Rhona Mitra, appeared in “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Doomsday,” “The Number 23,″ “Skinwalkers,” “Hollow Man” and episodes of “The Strain.”
1968 – Gillian Anderson, starred in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The X Files” feature film, and “The X Files: I Want to Believe” as well as episodes of “Hannibal.”
1963 – Paul Bunnell, writer/director of “That Little Monster,” “Terrifying Tales” and “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.”
1959 – Amanda Bearse, starred in “Fright Night [1985]” and the TV movie “Here Comes The Munsters.”
1959 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1959 – Ted Prior, appeared in “Killer Workout,” “Sledgehammer,” “Surf Nazis Must Die,” “Possessed by the Night,” “The Last House,” “Night Claws,” “Mutant Species” and “Breath of Hate.”
1957 – Melanie Griffith, starred in “Body Double.”
1949 – Martin Kitrosser, writer for “Friday the 13th: Part 3,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker,” script supervisor for “Friday the 13th,” “Friday the 13th: Part 2,” “Deadly Blessing” and “Silent Madness.”
1944 – Gajirô Satô, actor in “Nuns That Bite.”
1944 – Sam Elliot, starred in “Frogs,” “The Legacy” and “Ghost Rider.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1927 – Robert Shaw, starred in “Jaws” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1918 – Robert Aldrich, directed “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.”
1906 – Robert Surtees, cinematographer in “The Other [1972].”
1905 – Leo Genn, actor in “Frightmare [1974],” “The Bloody Judge,” “Psycho-Circus” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1903 – Tom Tyler, played “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand.”
DIED ON AUGUST 9
2023 – Robbie Robertson, soundtrack/writer for “1408 [2007] – “The Weight.”
2023 – Doreen Mantle, actress in “The Turn of the Screw [1992].”
2023 – Robert Swan, actor in “The Childhood Friend” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2022 – Evgeniy Korzhenkov, cinematographer for the TV Movie “Hellfire.”
2021 – Patricia Hitchcock [daughter of Sir Alfred Hitchcock], appeared in “Strangers on a Train,” “Psycho [1960]” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2021 – Alex Cord, actor in “The Dead Are Alive,” “Chosen Survivors,” “Inn of the Damned,” “Uninvited [1987]” as well as episodes of several TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Monsters,” “War of the Worlds” and “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
2021 – Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya, appeared in 2 episodes of “Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion.”
2020 – Martin Birch, music producer & sound engineer for Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, and Iron Maiden.
2020 – Rolf Göran Forsmark, appeared in “En Drink med Dracula” and an episode of “Chock.”
2020 – Duane Tatro, composer/stock music for the 1972 TV Movie “When Michael Calls.”
2014 – Ed Nelson, starred in “Night of the Blood Beast,” “The Brain Eaters” and “The Boneyard.”
2007 – Matthew McGrory, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” and “The Dead Hate The Living.”
2006 – 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.
2003 – Gregory Hines, starred in “Eve of Destruction” and “Wolfen.”
1969 – Sharon Tate, starred in “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” and “Eye of the Devil.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 9
The Thirteenth Guest [1932]
The Bat [1959]
A Taste of Blood [1967]
Majin – aka Daimajin [1968]
Night of Bloody Horror [1969] – New Orleans
Night Watch [1973] – New York City
Anthropophagus [1980]
The Abyss [1989]
Escape from L.A. [1996]
Vampire Assassin [2005]
Don’t Go to the Reunion [2013]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark [2019]
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AUGUST 10
BORN ON AUGUST 10
1990 – Lucas Till, starred in “Wolves,” “Crush,” “The Disappointments Room,” “Kristy,” “The Curse of Downers Grove” and more.
1989 – Brenton Thwaites, actor in “Ghosts of War,” “Office Uprising” and “Oculus.”
1979 – Robert Conway, director/writer/producer for “The Covenant,” “Krampus: Origins,” “Krampus: The Reckoning,” “The Encounter,” “Exit to Hell” and more.
1979 – Ted Geoghegan, writer for “Satanic Panic,” “Mohawk,” “We Are Still Here,” “Sweatshop,” “Don’t Wake the Dead,” “Demonium,’ producer for “Dark Ritual,” “Frank & Zed,” “Fearmakers,” “100 Tears,” “Slasher” and “ABCs of Death 2.”
1971 – Justin Theroux, actor in “False Positive” and “American Psycho.”
1965 – Claudia Christian, appeared in “The Haunting of Hell House,” “Mom [1991],” “Hexed,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “The Hidden” and the TV movie “Strays.”
1965 – Eric Thal, starred in “The Puppet Masters” and “The Shaft.”
1964 – Beverly Randolph, will forever be known for playing “Tina” in “The Return of the Living Dead.”
1960 – Antonio Banderas, starred in “Interview with a Vampire” and “The Skin I Live In.“
1959 – Rosanna Arquette, appeared in “The Divide,” “Black Rainbow,” “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home” and “Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.”
1954 – Rick Overton, actor in “Ghosts of Fear Street,” “Devil in the Flesh,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Comedy Hell,” “The Tripper,” “Cloverfield,” “Dark Seduction,” “Dave Made a Maze” and more.
1953 – Eric Alan Edwards, assistant camera for “Unhinged [1982].”
1942 – John Bailey, cinematographer for “Open Window,” “Premonition,” “Cat People,” “Incident at Loch Ness,” camera/electrical for “The Initiation of Sarah” and Cursed.”
1939 – Kate O’Mara, appeared in the Hammer films “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “The Vampire Lovers” and “Night Creatures.”
1924 – Joseph Cates, producer for the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.”
1920 – Tony Tenser, producer for “The Black Torment,” “Repulsion,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General,” “The Body Stealers,” “Horror House,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Frightmare [1974],” “Doomwatch,” “The Creeping Flesh” and more.
1918 – Martin Benson, appeared in “Gorgo,” “The Cosmic Monsters” and “The Omen”.
1914 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “The Boston Strangler,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in a Cage,” “The Lottery,” “Something Evil,” and episodes of “Night Gallery,” and others.
1913 – Noah Beery Jr., appeared in “The Cat Creeps.”
1912 – Wilbur Stark, executive producer for “The Thing [1982]” and “Vampire Circus.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, who portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original version of “Frankenstein.”
1908 – Alexander D’Arcy, appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”
1902 – Curt Siodmak, created the legend of the “Wolf Man.” His screenplays include “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Son of Dracula,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” & “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.” He also directed “Bride of the Gorilla” and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon.”
DIED ON AUGUST 10
2023 – Robert Arevalo, actor in “The Healing [2012].”
2023 – William Elias George – aka “Butchie,” actor in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Document of the Dead” and “Severe Injuries.”
2023 – Antonella Lualdi, actress in “Death on the Fourposter [1964].”
2022 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, appeared in the short “Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre.”
2022 – Bidur Pandey, cinematographer for “Kagbeni.”
2021 – Don Jones, director of “Schoolgirls in Chains,” “The Love Butcher,” “The Forest,” “Molly and the Ghost,” cinematographer for “Inside Amy,” “The House of Seven Corpses,” “sound department for “Blood of the Iron Maiden” and “The Psycho Lover.”
2021 – Sabina Ajrula, actress in “Shadows [2007].”
2021 – Giorgio Lopez, voice dubbing for “Opera [1987]” and “Into the Labyrinth.”
2021 – Dilys Watling, actress in “Theatre of Death.”
2020 – Raymond Gilmore Allen, actor in “Fight That Ghost.”
2019 – Freda Dowie, appeared in “The Omen [1976],” “The Monk,” and “Fragile.”
2019 – Piero Tosi, worked in the costume department for “Spirits of the Dead.”
2012 –Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special makeup effects legend on “Silver Bullet,” “Alien,” “King Kong [1976],” “Deep Red” and many more.
2008 – Harriet L. Stark, actress in “Slugs [1988].”
2008 – Isaac Hayes appeared in “Return to Sleepaway Camp,” “Uncle Sam,” “Soul Survivors,” “Escape from New York” and more.
1982 – Jack Van Evera, actor in “Black Christmas [1974],” “Funeral Home,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “The Incubus” and “Deadly Eyes.”
1979 – Dick Foran, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1976 – Ray “Crash” Corrigan, appeared in “The Ape,” “It, the Terror from Beyond Space” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1968 – Barney A. Sarecky, associate producer for “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man,” “Crazy Knights” and screenwriter for “The Whispering Shadow.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 10
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu [1929]
Dinosaurus! [1960]
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die [1962]
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane [1976] – New York City
Prophecy [1979] – North Dakota
Flatliners [1990]
In the Mouth of Madness [1994] – Germany: Frankfurt Fantasy Filmfest
King Cobra [1999] – video premiere
The Others [2001]
Session 9 [2001]
Blade of Death [2004]
Creep [2004] – Germany: Frankfurt Fantasy Filmfest
Skinwalkers [2006]
Fraid [2009]
Along Came the Devil [2018]
The Meg [2018]
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