SEPTEMBER 22
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 22
1987 – Tom Felton, appeared in episodes of “Origin,” “as well as The Apparition,” “Night Wolf,” and “The Disappeared.”
1985 – Erin Marie Hogan, appeared in “House of Manson,” “Axeman at Cutter’s Creek,” “Hold Your Breath,” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “2 Jennifer,” “Paranormal Entity” and more.
1982 – Billie Piper, appeared in “Penny Dreadful – TV Series” and “Spirit Trap.
1981 – Mandy Kane, appeared in “Dead Country.”
1979 – MyAnna Buring, appeared in “Hyena,” “Kill List,” “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Devil’s Playground,” “Vampire Killers,” “Red Mist,” “Doomsday,” “Grindhouse,” “The Omen [2006]” and more.
1978 – Daniella Alonso, starred in “The Collector” and “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.”
1969 – Tink, production designer for “Sanctimony,” “House of the Dead,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Severed,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Beneath,” “Seed,” “Final Girl,” “The Bad Seed [2018],” “Into the Grizzly Maze,” “In Their Skin,” “The Final Storm” and the TV Series “Reginald the Vampire.”
1964 – Bonnie Hunt, starred in “The Green Mile.”
1960 – Lorie Griffin, actress in “Cheerleader Camp,” “Sandman” and “Teen Wolf.”
1952 – Paul Le Mat, starred in “Strange Invaders” and “The Puppet Master.”
1951 – Amanda Mackey, casting director for “Krampus,” “Vamps,” “The Fog [2005],” “Hide and Seek,” “Species,” “Species II,” “The Zodiac,” “Hideaway” and more.
1929 – Maria Charles, actress in “Under the Bed [1988].”
1909 – Harry Thomas, make-up artist who worked on “Glen or Glenda,” “Plan 9,” “The Neanderthal Man,” “From Hell It Came,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” and many more.
1902 – John Houseman, appeared in “The Fog” and “Ghost Story.”
1985 – Erich von Stroheim, appeared in “Lady and the Monster,” “The Crime of Doctor Crespi,” “Mandragore” and wrote the screenplay for “The Devil-Doll.”
1912 – Martha Scott, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” as well as episodes of “Lights Out,” “Suspense,” “Matinee Theatre” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1894 – Minerva Urecal, actress in “The Ape,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man,” “Crazy Knights” and “Master Minds.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 22
2023 – Mike Henderson, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Predator [2018] – Midnight Train to Memphis.”
2022 – Carlos Balá, actor in “Los matamonstruos en la mansión del terror.”
2022 – Hesham Selim, actor in “Basamat fawk al maa – aka Prints on the Sea.”
2022 – Jorge Fons, director for the TV Series “La casa al final de la calle.”
2007 – Karl Hardman appeared in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”
2006 – Edward Albert, starred in “Galaxy of Terror,” “The House Where Evil Dwells” and more.
2005 – Teisho Arikawa, visual effects for “War of the Gargantuas,” “Gigantis the Fire Monster” and “King Kong vs Godzilla.”
2005 – Joseph Wolf, producer for “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Children of The Living Dead” and “Halloween II & III.”
1999 – George C. Scott, starred in “The Exorcist III,” “Firestarter” and “The Changeling.”
1987 – Dan Rowan, appeared in “The Maltese Bippy.”
1958 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, screenwriter for “The Bat Whispers” and “The Bat.”
1952 – Harry Walker, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Black Cat [1934]” and “The Return of Chandu.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 22
Tormented [1960]
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster [1965]
Ghoulies II [1987] – UK
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn [1994] – TV Movie
Se7en [1995]
Addams Family Reunion [1998]
Campfire Tales [1998] – video premiere
The Exorcist [2000] – re-stored version
Urban Legends: Final Cut [2000]
Feast [2005] – limited
The Devil’s Chair [2007]
Edges of Darkness [2008]
Book of Blood [2009] – DVD premiere
Strange Nature [2015]
The Sentinel [1977] – Released on Blu-ray in 2015 on this date
Werewolf Rising [2014] – UK
Garden Party Massacre [2017]
Red Summer [2017]
Overlord [2018] – Fantastic Fest
The Boat [2018] – Fantastic Fest
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SEPTEMBER 23
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 23
1975 – Jaime Bergman appeared in “Dark Wolf” and “Boa vs Python.”
1963 – Alex Proyas, directed “The Crow.”
1961 – Chi McBride, starred in “The Frighteners”.
1959 – Jason Alexander, movie debut in the film “The Burning” and also appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder.”
1956 – Maren Jensen, starred in “Deadly Blessing” and “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries – TV Series.”
1954 – Giovanni Lombardo Radice, actor in “City of the Living Dead,” “House on the Edge of the Park,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “StageFright,” “The Church,” “The Sect,” “The Omen [2006], The Inflicned,” “Lycanimator,” “Baphomet” and many more.
1920 – Mickey Rooney, appeared in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2017],” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker,” “The Intruder,” “The Thirsting,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1904 – Robert B. Williams, appeared in “The Bat,” “This Island Earth” and “Revenge of the Creature”.
1894 – Walter Pidgeon, played “Morbius” in “Forbidden Planet.”.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 23
2023 – Terry Kirkman, soundtrack/writer for “Crimewave – Cherish,” “Feed – Cherish,” “Annabelle – Cherish” and the short “The Stairs – Cherish.”
2022 – Bob Lokman, actor in “Santau” and “Mantra.”
2022 – Franciszek Pieczka, actor in “Mother Joan of the Angels.”
2022 – Louise Fletcher, actress in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Grizzly II: The Revenge,” “Firestarter [1984],” “Flowers in the Attic [1987],” “Frankenstein and Me,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic” and more.
2022 – Robert Cormier, appeared in the short “Day & Night” and the TV Series “Slasher.”
2022 – Zack Estrin, producer/writer for the TV Series “Miracles,” “Point Pleasant” and “The Whispers.”
2021 – Sue Thompson, soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Bait.”
2020 – Juliette Gréco, actress in “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre.”
2002 – Mitch Mitchell, actor in the TV Movie “Deathmoon [1978].”
1998 – Mary Frann, appeared in “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – TV Series,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series,” aka “The Hitchhiker,” “Darkroom – TV Series” and more.
1994 – Robert Bloch, Author, wrote the novels “Psycho,” “Thriller,” “Night Gallery,” “Monsters” and “Tales from the Darkside.” His film screenplays include “The Night Walker,” “The Cabinet of Calagari” and “The House That Dripped Blood.” Of course, we all know that “Psycho” was made into a movie in 1960.
1993 – William Cort appeared in “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”.
1975 – Ian Hunter, appeared in “Doctor Blood’s Coffin” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 23
Catacombs [1988] – Japan
Dead Ringers [1988]
Mikey [1992] – video premiere
Hide and Creep [2004] – Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
Corpse Bride [2005]
Screech of The Decapitated [2005] – Shockerfest International Film Festival]
The Living and The Dead [2006]
Feral [2017]
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SEPTEMBER 24
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 24
1987 – Brit Morgan, appeared in “Friend Request”, “The Frozen”, “True Blood [TV Series].”
1984 – Jessica Lucas, starred in “Cloverfield” and “The Covenant.”
1974 – Jackie Sandler, provided the voice in “Hotel Transylvania.”
1974 – Shirly Brener, appeared in “The Dunwich Horror – TV Movie,” “30 Days to Die,” “Stitch,” “Tail Sting,” “Petrified” and the TV Series “Chronicles of the Dead.”
1969 – Jeffery Scott Lando, directed “ Decoys 2: Alien Seduction,” “House of Bones,” “Ghostquake,” “Goblin,” “Roboshark,” “Thirst,” “Boogeyman” and more.
1969 – Megan Ward, starred in “Trancers II,” “Trancers III” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1966 – Kelly Jo Minter, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs”, “Popcorn”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child”, and “The Lost Boys.”
1961 – John Logan, producer for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Bats” and the TV Series “Penny Dreadful.”
1958 – Kevin Sorbo, actor in “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Piranha Sharks,” “Julie X,” “Never Cry Werewolf” and more.
1949 – David Del Valle, appeared in “Frightmare [1983],” “Chopping Mall,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Evil Bong 420,” “Evil Bong: High 5” and “Puppet Master: Axis Termination.
1937 – Andrew J. Kuehn, producer/director of the film “Terror in The Aisles.”
1934 – Robert Lang, appeared in “The House That Dripped Blood,” “The Medusa Touch,” “Night Watch” and episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Thriller,” “Out of the Unknown” and Fox Mystery Theater.”
1934 – Stanley Lebor, appeared in “Nothing But the Night,” “Sharon’s Baby,” episodes of the TV Series “Department S,” “The Frighteners,” “The Protectors” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
1934 – Tom Farquharson, camera operator for “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968].”
1929 – Kenneth J. Warren, actor in “Doctor Blood’s Coffin,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “I, Monster,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The Creeping Flesh” and more.
1923 – Gordon Urquhart, wrote the screenplay for “The Brain Eaters.”
1923 – Louis Edmonds, played “Roger Collins” on the original “Dark Shadows” soap opera.
1922 –Bert I. Gordon, producer/director/special effects films credits include “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the Puppet People” and “The Spider.”
1922 – Theresa Merritt, actress in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Voodoo Dawn.”
1917 – Abel Salazar, starred in “The Brainiac,” “The Vampire” and “The Vampire’s Coffin.”
1912 – Don Porter, actor in “Night Monster,” “She-Wolf of London,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Ghosts of Buxley Hall” and an episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
1906 – Victor Wong played in “King Kong” and “Son of Kong.”
1901 – Helen Worthington, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 24
2023 – José Neto, actor in “Maria José Maria” and the short “Lullaby (2019).”
2022 – Amin Tarokh, actor in “Secrets.”
2022 – Kitten Natividad, actress in “The Tomb,” “La cage aux zombies,” “Red Lips,” “Zombie Gang Bangers” and “Shhhh.”
2021 – Lenka Peterson, actress in “The Werewolf of Washington” and episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1995 – Tom McBride, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981].”
1981 – Patsy Kelly, actress in “The Gorilla,” “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1979 – Carl Laemmle Jr., produced “Dracula [1931],” “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy,” and more.
1976 – Bruno VeSota, appeared in “Attack of the Mayan Mummy” and “The Haunted Palace.”
1948 – Warren William, starred in “The Wolf Man [1941].”
1939 – Carl Laemmle, produced “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1913].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 24
The Hands of Orlac [1924
Amityville II: The Possession [1982]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1986] – Chicago International Film Festival
The Good Son [1993]
Warlock: The Armageddon [1993]
Spiders II: Breeding Ground [2002] – video premiere
Vampires: Los Muertos [2002] – video premiere
Eternal [2004] – Montreal, Canada
The Forgotten [2004]
Shaun of The Dead [2004]
Rare Exports [2010]
Wendigo: Bound by Blood [2010]
Bloody Homecoming [2013] – DVD premiere
Dead Woman’s Hollow [2013] – Homegrown Hollywood Film Festival
Woe [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 25
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25
1994 – Piper Anderson-Klotz, art department for some episodes of “The X-Files.”
1978 – Rossif Sutherland, appeared in “Possessor,” “The Retreat,” “Trench 11,” “Hellions,” “Dead Before Dawn 3D,” and 3 episodes of “Haven.”
1977 – Clea DuVall, starred in “The Grudge,” “Ghosts of Mars” and “The Faculty.”
1973 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, starred in “The Haunting [1999]”.
1968 – Will Smith, starred in “I Am Legend”.
1965 – Rob Schmidt, director of “Wrong Turn [2003]” episodes of the TV Series “Masters of Horror” and “Fear Itself.”
1961 – Heather Locklear, starred in “The Return of the Swamp Thing” and “Firestarter [1984].”
1958 – Michael Madsen, starred in “Species I & II,” “Ligeia,” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1953 – Richard Harvey, composer for “House of the Long Shadows” and “Curse of the Phoenix.”
1952 – Christopher Reeve, starred in “Village of the Damned [1995]”.
1931 – Peter Woodthorpe, appeared in “The Evil of Frankenstein,” “The Skull” and “The Tale of Sweeney Todd.”
1929 – Kenneth J. Warren, actor in “Doctor Blood’s Coffin,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “I, Monster,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The Creeping Flesh” and more.
1926 – Aldo Ray, appeared in “The Psychic Killer,” “The Bog” and “The Haunted.”
1904 – Eugene Joseff, costume jeweler for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “House of Horrors,” “The Frozen Ghost,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945],” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “The Uninvited [1944],” “The Mummy [1932],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Cat and the Canary,” “Black Friday [1940],” “The Devil Bat” and many more.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 25
2023 – David McCallum, actor in “The Haunting of Morella,” “The Wind,” “Terminal Choice,” “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Dogs,” “Screaming Skull,” “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “Screaming Skull,” “She Waits,” “The Unknown” and more.
2023 – Reiky de Valk, actor in “#No_Filter” and the TV Series “Hutner Street.”
2021 – Kjersti Holmen. actress in “Bloody Angels.”
2021 – Alan Lancaster, soundtrack for “Cassandra [1987].”
2019 – Linda Porter, appeared in “Mercy,” and episodes of “Good vs. Evil,” and “American Horror Story.”
2002 – Maurice Manson, appeared in “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “The Undead” and many episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “The Munsters.”
1984 – Walter Pidgeon, starred as “Dr. Morbius” in “Forbidden Planet.”
1961 – Paul Gangelin, screenwriter for “The Giant Claw” “The Boogie Man Will Get You” and “The Mad Ghoul.”
FILMS RELEAED ON SEPTEMBER 25
Rope [1948]
The Mummy [1959] – UK
Dementia 13 [1963] – Los Angeles
The Mutations [1974]
The Boogens [1981]
Blue Monkey [1987]
Innocent Blood [1992]
Urban Legend [1998]
Dead Creatures [2001]
Martyrs [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest
My Stuffed Animal is a Monster [2009]
Pandorum [2009]
Wake Wood [2009] – Sweden: Lund Fantastisk Film Festival
The Green Inferno [2013]
Another WolfCop [2017]
Werewolf by Night [2022]
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SEPTEMBER 26
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 26
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, starred in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Halloween II [2009],” “31” and “The Lords of Salem”.
1969 – David Slade, directed “Hard Candy” and “30 Days of Night”.
1963 – Lysette Anthony, starred in “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Dracula Dead and Loving It” and played Angelique in the 1991 version of “Dark Shadows.”
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, starred in “Happy Birthday to Me.”
1956 – Linda Hamilton starred in “Terminator I & II,” “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Children of the Corn”.
1949 – Paul Kelman, actor in “My Blood Valentine [1981],” “Black Roses ,” “Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film” and “My Bloody Valentine 40th Anniversary.”
1948 – 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.”
1947 – Ric Coken, composer for “The Demons of Ludlow,” sound department for “The Capture of Bigfoot,” “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Blood Harvest,” “The Borrower,” “Severed Ties,” “Truth of Dare?” “The Alpha Incident” and more.
1944 – Victoria Vetri, appeared in “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1941 – Martine Beswick, starred in “One Million Years B.C.,” “Prehistoric Women” and “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde.”
1939 – Michael Blodgett, appeared in “The Velvet Vampire” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery,” “The Munsters” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1932 – Donna Douglas, appeared on many TV shows including “Thriller,” “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1932 – Joyce Jameson, appeared in “Tales of Terror,” “Comedy of Terrors” and “Son of Dr. Jekyll.”
1932 – Richard Herd, appeared in “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Schizoid,” “Skeeter,” “I Married a Monster,” “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [2005]” and “Get Out.”
1927 – Patrick O’Neal, starred in “The Stuff,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
1927 – Malcolm Stuart, production manager for the TV Movies “The Spell,” “Halloween with the New Addams Family,” “Night Cries,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “Are You in the House Alone?,” program developer for “Scream of the Wolf” and “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence.”
1926 – Julie London, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” soundtrack for “Singapore Sling – Laura” and “P2 – I’d Like You for Christmas.”
1918 – John Zacherle a.k.a. Zacherley, Horror Host, recording artist, The Cool Ghoul himself.
1911 – Michael Anthony, starred in “The Night of the Strangler.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 26
2023 – Sandra Dorsey, actress in “Grizzly,” “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein [2004].”
2022 – Venetia Stevenson, producer for “Servents of Twilight,” appeared in “The City of the Dead,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2021 – Giulia Mafai, costume designer for “Django the Bastard,” “Five Dolls for an August Moon,” “All the Colors of the Dark,” “Baby Yaga” and production designer for “Hatchet for the Honeymoon.”
2019 – Chris Kenny, second assistant director of “Fragment of Fear,” “Son of Dracula” and “Symptoms [1974].”
2010 – Gloria Stuart, starred in “The Old Dark House” and “The Invisible Man.”
2008 – Paul Newman, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Torn Curtain.”
2008 – Cirio H. Santiago, produced/directed “The Vampire People,” “Vampire Hookers,” “She Devils in Chains” and “Demon of Paradise.”
1984 – Shelly Manne, music department/percussion for “The Vampire,” “The Return of Dracula,” “I Bury the Living,” “The Omen [1976],” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Psycho II” and “ Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1981 – Ray Kellog, directed “The Giant Gila Monster” and “The Killer Shrews.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 26
The Quatermass Xperiment [1955] – London premiere
Carnival of Souls [1962] – Lawrence, KS – premiere
Moon of the Wolf [1972] – TV Movie
Curse of the Devil [1973] – Spain
The Rocky Horror Picture Show [1975] – Los Angeles
Without Warning [1980] – New York City
Phobia [1980] – Canada
Hunter’s Blood [1986]
Fear of the Dark [2003] – Germany – DVD premiere
House of Carnage [2006]
Scarewaves [2014]
Lycan [2017]
The First Date [2017]
The Stylist [2020] – Fantastic Fest
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SEPTEMBER 27
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 27
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, starred in “Se7en”.
1968 – Charlie Spradling, appeared in “To Sleep with a Vampire,” “Bad Channels,” “Puppet Master II,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Meridian,” “Twice Dead” and “The Blob [1988].”
1968 – Patrick Muldoon, appeared in “Stigmata,” “Finders Keepers,” “Arrival II,” “Alpha Wolf,” “Bad Karma,” “Starship Troopers” and more.
1947 – Meat Loaf, appeared in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “BloodRayne.”
1942 – Graeme Clifford, director of 1 episode of “Nightmare Classics,” editor for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Don’t Look Now” and “Images.”
1936 – Constantin Draganescu, appeared in “Dark Angel: The Ascent,” Mammoth – TV Movie,” “Blessed” and “Vampire Journals.”
1934 – Edward Meeks, appeared in “Grizzly II: Revenge.”
1934 – Wilford Brimley, appeared in the 1982 version of “The Thing” and “Mutant Species.”
1923 – Barbara Pilavin, actress in “Frightmare [1983],” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence” and “Constantine.”
1921 – Milton Subotsky, writer/producer of “Horror Hotel,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
1897 – Mel Berns, makeup artist for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “Cat People,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “Gildersleeve’s Ghost,” “The Body Snatcher [1945]” and “Bedlam.”
1887 – J.O. Taylor, cinematographer for “The Last Moment,” “The Monkey’s Paw” and “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 27
2023 – Sir Michael Gambon, actor in “Cordella,” “The Omen [2006],” “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Beast Must Die,” “Nothing But the Night” and more.
2023 – Catherine Lachens, appeared in the short “Absence [2007].”
2023 – Soumendu Roy, cinematographer for “Three Daughters” and “Kuheli .”
2022 – Boris Moiseev, actor in “Day Watch.”
2022 – Joan Hotchkis, appeared in “Way Out = Episode: Soft Focus” and “Circle of Fear – Episode: House of Evil.”
2021 – Heinz Lieven, appeared in the TV Movie “Death Hunters: To Die For.”
2020 – Yūko Takeuchi, appeared in “Creepy,” Kidan Piece of Darkness,” “The Inerasable” and “Ringu.”
2020 – Kevin Burns, directed “Monster Mania,” produced “The Telling,” “Bride of Monster Mania,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania” and more.
2019 – Robert Scott Garrison, appeared in “Prom Night [1980].”
2017 – Anne Jeffreys, actress in “Zombies on Broadway.”
2015 – John Guillermin, directed “King Kong [1976] and produced “Melody in the Dark.”
2013 – Jay Robinson, appeared in “Skeeter,” “Ghost Ship,” “Dracula,” “Transylvania Twist” and “Nightmare Honeymoon.”
2012 – Herbert Lom, appeared in “Asylum,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “Dorian Gray,” “Count Dracula,” “Mark of the Devil,” “ “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Mysterious Island” and many more.
2003 – Donald O’Connor, made appearances on “Tales from The Crypt.”
2003 – Fay Helm, appeared in “Calling Dr. Death,” “Captive Wild Woman” and “Night Monster.”
1998 – Vincent Barbi, actor in “The Blob {1958],” “The Astro-Zombies,” “The Corpse Grinders,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils” and “The Aftermath.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 27
The Frozen Dead [1967] – Boston – premiere
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989
The Bunker [2001]
Flesh for the Beast [2003]
Lust for Dracula [2004]
Exorcism [2005] – DVD premiere
Midnight Movie [2008] – Chicago Horror Film Festival
Realm of Souls [2013] – Atlanta Horror Film Festival
The Haunting of Alice D [2014] – Chicago Horror Film Festival
Bliss [2019]
The Munsters [2022] – Digital & Blu-ray premiere
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SEPTEMBER 28
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 28
1992 – Keir Gilchrist, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Dark Summer,” “It Follows” and “Dead Silence.”
1987 – Hilary Duff, actress in “The Haunting of Sharon Tate [2019].”
1979 – Bam Margera, appeared in “The Bates Haunting.”
1968 – Naomi Watts, starred in “King Kong [2005],” “The Ring 1 & 2,” “Funny Games,” “Shut In,” “Children of the Corn: The Gathering” and “The Shaft.”
1967 – Mira Sorvino, starred in “Mimic,” “Look Away,” “The Stuff” and “The Presence.”
1952 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”
1950 – John Sayles, who wrote the screenplays for “Alligator” and “The Howling.”
1947 – Michael Flynn, appeared in “The Cell 2,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “The Appearance,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
1947 – Jeffery Jones, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Ed Wood” and “Beetlejuice.”
1946 – Fiona Lewis, appeared in “The Fury,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again” and “Strange Invaders.”
1943 – J.T. Walsh, appeared in “Needful Things.”
1942 – Marshall Bell, appeared in “Manhunter,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “Innocent Blood,” “Virus,” “The Puppet Masters,” “Director’s Cut” and more.
1939 – Sandra Dorsey, actress in “Grizzly,” “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein [2004].”
1934 – Brigitte Bardot, starred in “Spirits of the Dead.”
1934 – Janet Munro, appeared in “The Crawling Eye.”
1919 – Peter Bryan, screenwriter for “The Blood Beast Terror,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “Trog,” “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Projected Man.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 28
2022 – Coolio, appeared in “Leprechaun 5: In the Hood,” “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth,” “The Convent,” “Dracula 3000,” “Pterodactyl” and the TV Movie “Red Water.”
2021 – Tommy Kirk, actor in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini,” “Blood of Ghastly Horror,” “It’s Alive! – TV Movie,” “Streets of Death,” “Club Dead,” “The Education of a Vampire” and more.
2021 – Michael Tylo, appeared in “Little Monsters [2012].”
2019 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.
2015 – Catherine E. Coulson, actress in “Trick or Treats [1982].”
2007 – Charles B. Griffith, screenwriter for “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Death Race 2000,” “Beast from Haunted Cave” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters.”
2002 – Whitney Blake, appeared in an episode of the TV Show “Thriller.”
1986 – Robert Helpmann, actor in “Patrick [1978].”
1974 – Henry Montsash, hair stylist for “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “The Mummy [1959],” “The Skull [1965],” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General” and more.
1973 – Mantan Moreland, appeared in “Zombies on Broadway,” “Spider Baby” and “Revenge of the Zombies.”
1947 – William B. Davidson, appeared in “The Thirteenth Ghost,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Man Made Monster” and “Hold That Ghost.”
1945 – Harrison Greene, appeared in “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Life Returns,” “Shadow of Chinatown” and “The Devil Commands.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 28
The Day the Earth Stood Still [1951] – Los Angeles
Dracula A.D. [1972] – UK
Eraserhead [1977] – New York City premiere
Impulse [1984]
Scarecrows [1988] – video premiere
Criminal Act [1989] – video premiere
I Come in Peace – aka “Dark Angel” [1990]
Ed Wood [1994] – USA limited
Totem [1999]
Vampire Hunter D [2001]
Hollywood Vampyr [2002] – Firelight Shocks Film Festival
Abominable [2006] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Evilution [2008] – Chicago Horror Film Festival
Reaptown [2010] – internet
Nurse [2013] – Zurich Film Festival
The Redwood Massacre [2014] – Chicago Horror Film Festival
Muse [2017] – Vietnam
Hell Fest [2018]
Stay Out Alive [2019] – Shriekfest Horror Film Festival
A Werewolf in England [2020] – UK
Reaptown [2020]
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