SEPTEMBER 8
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 8
2002 – Gaten Matarazzo, starred in “Stranger Things – TV Series.”
1972 – Giovanni Frezza, appeared in “Demons [1985],” “A Blade in the Dark,” “Manhattan Baby” and “The House by the Cemetery.”
1971 – Brooke Burke-Charvet, appeared in “The Hazing” and “The Wraith.”
1971 – David Arquette starred in “Scream,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Spree” an episode of “Creepshow: Season 1” as well as “Scream 2, 3, 4” and more.
1971 – Henry Thomas, starred in “Psycho IV: The Beginning” and “Dead Birds”.
1963 – Larry Zerner, actor in “Friday the 13th: Part 3,” “Death House,” “All the Creatures Were Stirring,” “Never Hike Alone,” “The Epidemic” and more.
1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, appeared in “Dracula – TV Series,” “Open Grave,” “Dracula 3D,” “The River – TV Series,” “Hostel: Part III,” “King Kong [2005],” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and more.
1957 – Heather Thomas, appeared in “Swamp Thing – TV Series” and “Red Blooded American Girl”.
1955 – Julian Richings, appeared in “Hannibal – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Witch,” “Dead Silence [2007],” “Septic Man,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “Wrong Turn,” “Bag of Bones” and many more.
1952 – David R. Ellis, director/stuntman of “Final Destination 2,” “Snakes on a Plane,” ‘The Final Destination” and “Shark Night 3D.”
1945 – Willard Huyck, director/producer/writer for “Messiah of Evil.”
1941 – Christopher Connelly, appeared in “Manhattan Baby,” “The Invasion of Carol Enders,” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Night Gallery” and “Circle of Fear.”
1923 – Arthur C. Pierce, director/writer of “The Navy vs. The Night Monsters,” “Mutiny in Outer Space” and “The Cosmic Man.”
1922 – Arthur Ibbetson, director of photography for “Spectre [1977],” “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Die! Die! My Darling!”
1918 – Monica Bannister, actress in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1910 – Monica Bannister, actress in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1905 – Henry Wilcoxon, appeared in “Sweet Sixteen.”
1894 – William Fawcett, appeared in “The Return of Dracula,” “The Neanderthal Man” and “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 8
2023 – Marimuthu, actor in “Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 (2019)” and “IPC 376 (2021).”
2022 – Gwyneth Powell, actress in “Face of Darkness” and episodes of the TV Series “Armchair Thriller.”
2021 – Franco Graziosi, appeared in “The Charm of the Unusual – Episode: The Discovery of Morniel Mataway.”
2021 – Art Metrano, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: Chopper.”
2021 – Robert Prizeman, music department/choir director for “Hannibal.”
2021 – Matthew Strachan, composer for “Mostly Dead” and “Psychomanteum.”
2020 – Tony Tanner, actor in “Exorcism [2003].”
2020 – David Clatworthy, appeared in “Tooth Fairy [2008]” and “District 9.”
2019 – John Wesley, appeared in “Jack’s Back,” “13th Child,” “Believers,” “The Midnighters,” and an episode of “Night Stalker.”
2014 – Kent Nolan, appeared in “Stage Fright,” “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead,” “Super Hybrid” and “Tideland.”
2013 – Lou Morheim, producer for the TV Movies “The Unknown,” “Scream, Pretty Peggy,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and writer for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
2013 – Louise Currie, actress in “You’ll Find Out,” “The Ape Man” and “Voodoo Man.”
1991 – Brad Davis, appeared in episodes of “The Hitchhiker,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Deadly Nightmares” and more.
1952 – Eric Taylor, screenwriter for “Black Friday,” “Phantom of the Opera [1943],” “Son of Dracula,” “The Spider Woman Strikes Back” original story for “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 8
A Bay of Blood [1971] – Italy
The Manson Massacre – aka The Cult – [1972] – Moorhead, MN [re-release]
King Kong [1976]
The Demons of Ludlow [1983] – Cosmo (Merrill, WI) – premiere
Nosferatu in Venice [1988]
Shadow Builder [1998] – video premiere
The Watcher [2000]
The Covenant [2006]
Stolen Souls [2006]
Uncharted [2009]
Alligator Alley [2013] – TV Movie
The Green Inferno [2013] – Toronto International Film Festival
Oculus [2013] – Toronto International Film Festival
Backcountry [2014 – Toronto International Film Festival
Saint Maud [2019] – Toronto International Film Festival
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SEPTEMBER 9
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 9
1980 – Michelle Williams, appeared in “Species” and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.”
1979 – Lukas Behnken, appeared in “Fangs.”
1971 – Henry Thomas, appeared in “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Dreamkatcher,” “Red Velvet,” episodes of the TV series “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.
1966 – Adam Sandler, was the voice of Dracula in “Hotel Transylvania,” “Hotel Transylvania 2” and “Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation.”
1965 – Michelle Johnson, appeared in “Specimen,” “Dr. Giggles,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Blood Ties,” “The Jigsaw Murders,” “Waxwork,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
1962 – Kevin Grevioux, writer and actor in such films as “Quicksilver Highway,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “I, Frankenstein” and more.
1959 – Brent Stait, actor in “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “Intensity,” “Sea Beast,” “Hard Ride to Hell,” “The Tortured,” “Ghost Storm,” “Final Destination 5” and more.
1957 – Garry Robbins, appeared in “Humungous,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Forever Knight” and “Goosebumps.”
1954 – Jeffery Combs, starred in “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “The Frighteners,” “Dark House,” “Return To House On Haunted Hill,” and the series “Creepshow” to name a few.
1952 – Angela Cartwright, played “Penny Robinson” on the “Lost in Space” TV series
1943 – Art LaFleur, appeared in the films “Jekyll & Hyde…Together Again,” “Trancers,” “The Blob [1988]” and “Jack the Bear.”
1935 – Topol, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: Mr. Know-All.”
1932 – Sylvia Miles, appeared in “The Funhouse” and “The Sentinel.”
1928 – Edward Walsh, appeared in “Crypt of the Living Dead,” “Count Yorga, Vampire” and “The Return of Count Yorga.”
1927 – Bob Duncan, wrote for TV series’ such as “Land of the Giants,” “Lost in Space” and “The Time Tunnel.”
1923 – Cliff Robertson, appeared in “The 13th Child,” and “Escape From L.A” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1915 – Richard Webb, appeared in “Hillbillys in the Haunted House,” “Beware the Blob” and the TV movie “The Werewolf of Woodstock.”
1903 – Stuart Hall, appeared in “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “House of Wax [1953],” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and more.
1899 – Neil Hamilton, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Devil’s Hand” and episodes of “The Munsters” and “The Outer Limits.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 9
2023 – Rafal Paczkowski, Music Department/Scoring Mixer for “Lost Souls [2000].”
2023 – Cezary Kussyk, actor in “Pora mroku – aka Time of Darkness (2008).”
2022 – Jack Ging, actor in “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow,” “Sssssss,” “Die Sister, Die!,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2022 – Mark Miller, appeared in episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2019- Lito Legaspi, appeared in “Drakulita” and “Devil Woman.”
2017 – Robert Cleaves, appeared in the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and an episode of the TV Series “The Next Step Beyond.”
2010 – Geoffrey Foot, editor for “Death Line,” “The Legend of Hell House [1973],” “The Watcher in the Woods” and music editor for “The Incubus [1981].”
1999 – Ruth Roman, appeared in “Deathdream,” “Day of the Animals” and “A Knife for the Ladies.”
1997 – Burgess Meredith, appeared in numerous episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery” TV series as well as films “Torture Garden,” “The Sentinel,” “Beware the Blob” and “Burnt Offerings.”
1995 – Keith Wayne, co-starred as “Tom” in “Night of the Living Dead” and “Living Dead.”
1994 – Patrick O’Neal, appeared in the “Fear of Spiders” episode of the “Night Gallery” TV Series and in the film “Chamber of Horrors.”
1969 – Bob Bonner, camera operator/photographer for “West of Zanzibar” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1966 – Nestor Paiva, appeared in “Hold That Ghost,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Tarantula,” “The Mole People,” “Let’s Kill Uncle” and episodes of “The Addams Family” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1941 – James Ashmore Creelman, screenwriter for “The Last Performance,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933]” and “King Kong [1976].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 9
The Cat and the Canary [1927]
Phobia [1980]
Nightmares [1983]
Grotesque [1988]
Cube [1997]
Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras [1999]
Shutter [2004]
Blood + Kisses [2005] – Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and the Supernatural
The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005]
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! [2008]
Albino Farm [2009]
Grave Encounters [2011]
Bloody Hell [2020] – Brazil
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SEPTEMBER 10
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 10
1985 – Elyse Levesque, appeared in “The Originals – TV Series,” “The Haunting of Sorority Row,” “Slumber Party Slaughter,” “Ready or Not,” and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”
1980 – Daniel Wisler, actor in “Dark Reel [2008]” and the TV Movie “Sea Beast.”
1974 – Ryan Phillippe, starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Wish Upon” and the TV movie “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare.”
1972 – James Duval, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead: Contagion,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Lazarus: Apocalypse,” “Dead Sea,” “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales,” “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” “May,” “Donnie Darko” and many more.
1969 – Johnathon Schaech, appeared in “Flight 7500,” “Prom Night [2008],” “Quarantine” “Day of the Dead: Bloodline,” and “Jackals.”
1958 – Chris Columbus, writer for “Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” producer for “The Lighthouse,” and “The Witch.”
1956 – Tracy Granger, editor for “The Eternal,” “Residue,” assistant editor for “Wolfen” and “The Lost Boys.”
1954 – Fred Olen Ray, B movie writer/producer/director of “Super Shark,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Tomb of the Werewolf,” “Bonehill Road,” “Evil Toons,” “Haunting Fear,” “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers” and many more.
1953 – Amy Irving, actress in “Carrie,” “The Fury” and “The Rage: Carrie 2.”
1953 – Joe Perry, did the soundtrack for episode “Like a Virgin” in the TV Series “Supernatural” as well as the movie “The Lost Boys.”
1951 – Bruce Reisman, directed/produced/wrote “The House That Jack Built,”
1948 – Judy Geeson, appeared in “31,” “The Lords of Salem,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Horror Planet,” “Fear in the Night,” “Doomwatch” and many more.
1945 – Dennis Burkley, actor in “Bummer,” “Nightmare Honeymoon,” “Laserblast” and an episode of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”
1934 – Ernesto Gastaldi, screenwriter for “The Horrible Dr. Hitchcock,” “Horror Castle,” “Crypt of the Vampire,” “The Long Hair of Death,” “The Murder Clinic,” “All the Colors of the Dark,” “Torso,” “The Great Alligator,” “The Killer is Still Among Us” and more.
1924 – Dermot Walsh, appeared in “Mania,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “Ghost Ship” [1952].
1915 – Edmond O’Brien, appeared in the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Dream No Evil.”
1914 – Robert Wise, director for “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Audrey Rose,” and “The Haunting [1963].”
1908 – Charles Lang, sound department for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Mysterious Doctor.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 10
2023 – Charlie Robinson, actor in “Blood Trail [2005]” and “Javelina [2011].”
2020 – Diana Rigg, actress in “Last Night in Soho,” “Theatre of Blood” and the TV Movie “The Haunting of Helen Walker.”
2020 – Barry Scott, appeared in “Goodbye Gemini” and “The Dead Center.”
2019 – Valerie Van Ost, appeared in “Corruption,” “Incense for the Damned” and “The Satanic Rites of Dracula.”
2014 – Richard Kiel, appeared in “The Humanoid,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “House of the Damned,” “Eegah” and “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
2012 – Stanley A. Long, director/producer for “Screamtime,” director of photography for “The Sorcerers” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”
2012 – Lance LeGault, appeared in “Coma,” “The Legend of Sasquatch,” “Dark Breed,” “Nightmare Beach,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
2011 – Cliff Robertson, appeared in “The 13th Child,” and “Escape From L.A” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2007 – Loretta King, appeared in “Bride of The Monster.”
2004 – Richard Karlan, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy.”
2003 – Edward Ternes, makeup artist for “The Toolbox Murders [1978],” “The Fog [1980]” and the TV Movie “Apology [1986].”
1993 – Michael Ross, appeared in the films “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “Ghost Chasers.”
1961 – Leo Carrillo, actor in “Horror Island” and “Phantom of the Opera [1943].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 10
The Ghost Breaker [1922]
The Hound of The Baskervilles [1922] – New York City
The Blob [1958]
Endangered Species [1982]
Witchboard 2: The Devil’s Doorway [1993]
Stigmata [1999]
Stir of Echoes [1999]
Malevolence [2004] – limited
Resident Evil: Apocalypse [2004]
Black Sheep [2006] – Toronto International Film Festival
Deadgirl [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Jennifer’s Body [2009] – Toronto International Film Festival
Resident Evil: Afterlife [2010]
Almost Human [2013] – Toronto International Film Festival
Teen Lust [2014] – Toronto International Film Festival
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare [2017]
Psycho Goreman [2020] – Brazil
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SEPTEMBER 11 – NEVER FORGET…
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 11
1980 – Kevin McDonagh, producer for “Idol of Evil” and the TV Series “The 7th Day”
1979 – Cameron Richardson, appeared in “The Evil Gene,” “Holy Ghost People,” “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “Open Water 2: Adrift,” “Harper’s Island – TV Series,” “Point Pleasant – TV Series” and more.
1979 – Tiffany Shepis, appeared in “Hallows’ Eve,” “Basement Jack,” “Caesar & Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Victor Crowley,” “She Wolf Rising,” “The Night Watchmen,” “Model Hunger,” “Night of the Demons [2009],” “Extremity,” “Strange Nature,” “Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula,” “Wrath of Crows,” “Asylum of Darkness,” “Pickaxe,” “Terror Firmer,” “Scarecrow” and many more.
1979 – Ariana Richards, starred in “Tremors” and “Jurassic Park.”
1979 – Banjong Pisanthanakun, writer for “Shutter [2004],” “Alone [2007],” “Phobia,” “Phobia 2,” “Pee Mak” and “The Medium [2021].”
1967 – Harry Connick Jr. appeared in “Bug [2006]” and as serial killer “Daryll Lee Cullum” in the film “Copycat.”
1963 – Virginia Madsen appeared in “Candyman,” “Zombie High” “Number 23” and the 1999 version of “The Haunting.”
1961 – Elizabeth Daily appeared in “Wacko,” “Bad Dreams,” “One Dark Night,” “31” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1961 – Jennifer Starrett, actress in “Frightmare [1983].”
1960 – Anne Ramsay appeared in “Critters 4.”
1958 – Scott Patterson, played in “Saw IV & V.”
1955 – Felton Perry, appeared in “Robocop 1, 2 & 3,” “Puppet Master 4” and “Hollywood Vampyr.”
1954 – Tibor Takács, director of “The Gate,” “The Gate 2,” “I, Madman,” “Rats,” “Mansquito,” “Ice Spiders,” “Mega Snake” and more.
1940 – Brian De Palma, film credits include “Dressed To Kill,” “The Black Dahlia,” “The Phantom of Paradise,” “Sisters” and “Carrie [1976].”
1936 – Charles Dierkop, actor in “The Midnighters,” “Forget Me Not,” “Grotesque,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Messiah of Evil” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1928 – Earl Holliman, appeared in “Scared Stiff,” “Forbidden Planet,” “Doberman Patrol,” episodes of “Matinee Theatre” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1926 – Lee Richardson, appeared in “The Exorcist III,” “The Fly II” and “The Believers.”
1923 – Alan Badel, actor in “Three Cases of Murder” and “Children of the Damned.”
1922 – Robert Day, director for “The Haunted Strangler,” “Corridors of Blood,” “First Man Into Space,” TV Movies “Ritual of Evil” and the “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1917 – Herbert Lom, starred in “The Devil’s Daughter,” “The Masque of the Red Death [1989],” “The Dead Zone,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!,” “Count Dracula,” “Mark of the Devil,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962]” and many more.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 11
2023 – Benito Castro, actor in “La sangre de los inocentes – aka The Blood of the Innocents and “El Ángel Mórbido – aka The Morbid Angel.”
2022 – Harry Landis, actor in “Edge of Sanity,” “Quatermass II – Episode: The Frenzy” and “M.I.High – Episode: The Grand Master.”
2022 – Roland Reber, director/producer/writer for “The Truth of Lie.”
2021 – Carlo Alighiero, actor in “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” “Torso” and “The Suspicious Death of a Minor.”
2020 – Henryk Łapiński, actor in the TV Short “Heartbeat.”
2020 – Michael Dean Jacobs, provided the voice for “Black Circle Boys.”
2018 – Fenella Fielding, appeared in “The Old Dark House [1963],” “Carry on Screaming!”, “Wishbaby” and “Worst Fears.”
2016 – Alexis Arquette starred in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey Knight,” “Jack Be Nimble,” “Sometimes They Come Back… Again,” “Bride of Chucky” and “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.”
2015 – Paul Galloway, appeared in “J.D.’s Revenge” and “Zaat.”
2014 – Paul Barry starred in “Legacy of Satan.”
2010 – Harold Gould starred in “The Man from Planet X” and “The Couch.”
2010 – Kevin McCarthy, starred in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Piranha,” “The Howling,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie”, “The Sleeping Car”, and more.
2009 – 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.
2009 – Darryl Theirse, starred in “Crocodile 2: Death Swamp.”
2003 – Jameson Brewer, writer for “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold,” 4 episodes for each of “The Addams Family,” and “The New Addams Family.”
2003 – John Ritter, appeared in “Bride of Chucky” and The TV mini-series “It [1990].”
2002 – Kim Hunter, appeared in “Two Evil Eyes,” “The Seventh Victim,” “The Kindred,” “Dark August” and more.
2002 – Malcolm Nelthorpe, starred in “Rabid [1977],” “Scanners” and “Visiting Hours.”
2001 – Janine M. Clark, producer for “Antibody” and production manager on “Python 2.”
2001 – Diana Daubeney, producer for “The House That Vanished” and a writer on “Vampyres [1974].”
2001 – Berry Berenson, starred in Cat People [1982] and was a victim of the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, she was on board American Airlines Flight 11. She was wife to Anthony Perkins who starred in “Psycho [1960]” who passed on September 12, 1992.
2001 – Charles McCrann, director/writer/editor/producer/actor for “Toxic Zombies [1980].” He perished as homicide as a result of the World Trade Center attack.
2001 – Chuck Margiotta, stuntman in “The Addiction” and “Hannibal” and was also a Fireman with the 22nd Battalion in Staten Island died in the World Trade Center collapse.
2001 – Patricia J. Statz, appeared in “The Demons of Ludlow” died in the attack on the Pentagon.
2001 – Chad Keller was a good friend of The X-Files Producer/Director/Writer/Actor Chris Carter who was remembered on the “X-Files episode Nothing Important Happened Today II [2001].”
1994 – Jessica Tandy, starred in “The Birds”.
1970 – Chester Morris, appeared in “The Bat Whispers” and “She Creature”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 11
Maniac [1934]
The Kiss of the Vampire [1963]
Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula Part 1 [1977]
The Haunting of Julia [1977] – San Sebastian Film Festival
Hellraiser [1987] – UK
The Curse [1987] – limited
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [1992]
Cube [1997] – limited
Very Bad Things [1998] – Toronto International Film Festival
Hellgate: The House That Screamed 2 [2001]
April Fools [2007]
Autumn [2009] – Germany (DVD premiere)
Sorority Row [2009]
Suck [2009] – Toronto International Film Festival
388 Arletta Avenue [2011]
Truth or Dare [2013] – Arizona Underground Film Festival – premiere
The Editor [2014] – Toronto International Film Festival
Alien Predator [2018]
Fear Pharm [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 12
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 12
1997 – Sydney Sweeney, actress in “ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction,” “The Ward,” “Spiders,” “The Horde,” “Dead Ant,” “Along Came the Devil,” “Nocturne,” “Night Teeth” and “Immaculate.”
1982 – Kat Castaneda, starred in “The Crate,” “The Sickness” and “Knock Knock.”
1962 – Amy Yasbeck, appeared in “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “House II: The Second Story.”
1960 – Robert John Burke, appeared in “Witchblade – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “RoboCop 3,” “Dust Devil” and “Nightmare Weekend.”
1957 – David Huband, actor in “Wrong Turn [2003],” “Nurse,” “Dead Lawyers – TV Movie,” shorts “Dave vs Death,” “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” episodes of TV Series “Goosebumps” and “The Strain.”
1956 – Leslie Cheung, starred in “A Chinese Ghost Story” and “Inner Senses.”
1942 – Martin Grace, stunt supervisor for “Horror Hospital” and “Afraid of the Dark.”
1938 – Anne Helm appeared in “Nightmare in Wax.”
1933 – Mary Rocco, appeared in “Friday the 13th [1980].”
1931 – Sir Ian Holm, starred in “Alien,” “Bless the Child,” “eXistenZ,” “From Hell,” “Frankenstein [1994]” and more.
1927 – Freddie Jones, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “Old Dracula,” “Son of Dracula,” “Firestarter [1984]” and more.
1923 – John Chambers, make-up artist in “Sssssss” and “Halloween II.”
1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Corridors of Blood.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12
2023 – Pete Kozachik, visual effects for “Dreamscape,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Corpse Bride” and additional photography for “Mad God.”
2023 – Jean Both, actress in “The Asylum [2000].”
2023 – Román Chalbaud, director for “La noche del sapo – aka The Night of the Toad (1982).”
2021 – Fran Bennett, appeared in “New Nightmare,” “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy,” “Jessabelle,” “The Manor” and episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2021 – Ben Best, actor in “Land of the Lost.”
2021 – Sondra James, casting department for “The Shaft,” “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “Anamorph,” “Teeth” and appeared in an episode of “What We Do in the Shadows.”
2020 – Barbara Jefford, appeared in “Lust for a Vampire” and “Journey to the Unknown – Episode: Miss Belle [1968].”
2017 – Jack Cookerly, composer for “Grotesque,” stock music for “The Black Scorpion,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Night of the Living Dead [1968].”
2001 – Victor Wong, appeared in “Prince of Darkness [1987]” and “Tremors.”
1995 – Jeremy Brett, appeared in the TV Movie “Haunted: The Ferryman,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination,” “Thriller,” “Supernatural” and “Seagull Island.”
1994 – Ricardo Merino, actor in “Trauma” and “Inquisition.”
1993 – Charles Lamont, film credits include “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man”.
1993 – Raymond Burr, appeared in the American versions of “Godzilla [1957]” and “Godzilla 1985,” as well as “Rear Window,” “Gorilla at Large” and “Bride of the Gorilla.”
1992 – Anthony Perkins, best known for “Norman Bates” in “Psycho [1960], II, III, IV.”
1992 – Ed Peck, appeared in episodes of TV Series including “The Munsters,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Tales of Tomorrow.”
1978 – Craig Slocum, played “Harry Johnson” on the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
1978 – Frank Ferguson, actor in “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “House of Wax [1953],” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1973 – Stanley Fleischer, art director for “Secret of the Blue Room,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Them!”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 12
The Bad Seed [1956]
Horror Hotel – aka City of the Dead – [1961]
What A Carve Up! – aka No Place Like Homicide! – [1962] – New York City
Unearthly Stranger [1963]
Shock Waves 1980 filmed in 1977 – re-release
Prom Night [1980] – Canada
Bloody Murder [2000]
Cabin Fever [2002]
Hangman’s Curse [2003]
Plaga Zombie: Mutant Zone [2005] – New York City
Bloodz vs Wolvez [2006]
Are You Scared? [2006]
Eden Lake [2008]
Wild Boar [2019] – FilmQuest
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SEPTEMBER 13
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 13
1994 – Mitch Holleman, appeared in “The Undercovers – Episode: It Just Got Real.”
1988 – Nikki Leigh, appeared in “Mummy Dearest,” “Del Playa,” “The Sand,” “Unlucky Charms,” “Do Not Reply” and “Mummy Dearest.”
1953 – Taryn Power, actress in “The Sea Serpent.”
1932 – Richard Kiel, appeared in “Hysterical,” “The Human Duplicators,” “The Awakened,” and episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
1926 – Johnny Craig, writer/illustrator whose work appeared in the famed line of EC horror comics.
1916 – Ronald Dahl, writer whose novels include “The Witches.”
1913 – Roy Engel, appeared in “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.”
1911 – Archie R. Dalzell, director of photography for “The Hypnotic Eye,” “The Little Shop of Horrors,” “Tower of London,” “Mutiny in Outer Space,” TV Movies “Five Desperate Women,” “A Taste of Evil,” “Cruise Into Terror” and episodes of the TV Series “The Addams Family.”
1909 – Herbert Berghof, appeared in an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1909 – Leith Stevens, stock music for “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space” and more.
1895 – Ruth McDevitt, appeared in “Kolchak, the Night Stalker” TV series and “The Birds.”
1894 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted,” on which the film “The Old Dark House” was based.
1881 – Matthew Betz, actor in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Terror.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 13
2023 – Pepe Soriano, actor in “Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night” and “Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die.”
2022 – Jack Charles, actor in “Bedevil.”
2022 – Jesse Powell, soundtrack for “The Crow: Stairway to Heaven – Episode: Through a Dark Circle.”
2022 – Kornelije Kovac, composer for “Krvopijci.”
2022 – Faisal Saif, director/producer/writer for “Islamic Exorcist” and “Danger.”
2021 – Don Collier, appeared in “The Cellar.”
2021 – Rizabawa, appeared in “Service,” “Vismayathumbathu” and “Summer Palace.”
2019 – Brian D. Turk, appeared in “Magus.”
2017 – Stewart Moss, appeared in “The Bat People” and “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls.”
2011 – Paul Hunt, director for “Twisted Nightmare” and producer for “The Toy Box” and “Demon Wind.”
2006 – Cesare Barbetti, uncredited voice dubbing for “The Last Man on Earth,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Dorian Gray,” “A Bay of Blood,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Beyond the Door,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “City of the Living Dead,” “The Beyond,” “The New York Ripper,” “Phenomena” and many more.
1926 – Jack Cookerly, composer for “Grotesque,” stock music for “The Black Scorpion,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Night of the Living Dead [1968].”
2011 – Paul Hunt, producer for “The Toy Box,” “Twisted Nightmare” and “Demon Wind.”
2006 – Cesare Barbetti, uncredited voice dubbing for “The Last Man on Earth,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Dorian Gray,” “A Bay of Blood,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Beyond the Door,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “City of the Living Dead,” “The Beyond,” “The New York Ripper,” “Phenomena” and many more.
2001 – Scott Brady, appeared in “Gremlins,” “Castle of Evil” and “The Night Strangler.”
1948 – Paul Wegener, played in “The Golem.”
1881 – Matthew Betz, actor in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 13
Bloodlust! [1961]
Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster [1965]
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare [1991]
Ted Bundy [2002] – Canada
One Hour Photo [2002]
Dead Birds [2004] – Toronto International Film Festival
Monsters Gone Wild! [2004] – video
Bloody Mallory [2005] – filmed in 2002 – DVD premiere
Within the Woods [2005]
The Loved Ones [2009] – Toronto International Film Festival
The Devil’s Candy [2015] – Toronto International Film Festival
Haunt [2019]
Lillith [2019]
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SEPTEMBER 14
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 14
1989 – Jacqueline Byers, actress in “Prey for the Devil,” “Bad Samaritan” and an episode of the TV Series “The Strain.”
1989 – Jesse James, starred in “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Hide in the Light,” “Dead Souls,” The Darkroom,” “The Hollow One” and “Fear of the Dark.”
1989 – Daniela Larez, actress in “HazMat [2013].”
1973 – Andrew Lincoln, starred as “Rick Grimes” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1971 – Pat Healy, appeared in “The Pale Door,” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Pandemic,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Cheap Thrills,” “The Innkeepers,” “Night Stalker – TV Series” and more.
1959 – Mary Crosby, appeared in “The Night Caller,” “Cupid” and episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
1950 – Michael Reaves, screenwriter for several episodes of the TV Series “Monsters,” “Swamp Thing,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Teen Wolf” and the TV Movie “Full Eclipse.”
1947 – Sam Neill, starred in “Jurassic Park I & III,” “Event Horizon,” “Daybreakers,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and more.
1929 – Daniel Haller, art director for “Night of the Blood Beast,” “The Wasp Woman,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “The Little Shop of Horrors,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Raven,” “Diary of a Madman,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “The Haunted Palace” and more.
1925 – Freddie Vale, casting director for “The Blood Beast Terror” and “Witchfinder General.”
1916 – James H. Nicholson, American International Pictures cofounder, produced numerous films including “It Conquered the World,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Raven [1963],” “Frogs,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Haunted Palace,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” and many more.
1910 – Jack Hawkins, appeared in “Theatre of Blood” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1900 – Robert Florey, directed “Murders in the Rue Morgue [1932],” “The Beast With Five Fingers,” and several episodes of the TV series’ “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller.”
1899 – Hal B. Wallis, producer for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Return of Doctor X” and “Scared Stiff.”
1873 – Oliver Eckhardt, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 14
2023 – Michael McGrath, voice actor for “Wolfwalkers [2020].”
2023 – Rio Kapadia, actor in “Ek Anhonee (2010).”
2023 – Pat Nebo, production designer/art director/actor for “The Figurine [2009].”
2022 – Henry Silva, actor in “Black Noon,” “Thirst,” “Alligator,” “Virus: The End,” “Possessed by the Night” as well as several TV Series episodes.
2022 – Irene Papas, actress in “Don’t Torture a Duckling” and “Ring of Darkness.”
2022 – Yin-Shang Liu, actress in “The Tag-Along,” “The Nine Demons,” “Nightmarish Highway,” “Succubare,” “Revengeful Ghost,” “The Midnight Song,” “The Ghost Lover” and more.”
2021 – Hubert de Lapparent, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956} and “Fantômas – Episode: The Magic Scaffold.”
2021 – Shao-Hua Lung, appeared in “Xie zhi nian,” “The Tag-Along 2” and “The Tag Along: Devil Fish.”
2020 – Peter George Starkie, guitar/vocals for “Skyhooks.”
2020 – Al Kasha, worked on the soundtrack for “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return – Episode: Killer Fish [2018],” “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return – Episode: Reptilicus [2017],” “American Horror Story – Episode: Sojourn [2018]” and “American Horror Story – Episode: The End [2018].”
2009 – Henry Gibson, appeared in “The ‘Burbs,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” and more.
2007 – Lucille Saint-Peter, actress in “Brain Damage.”
2007 – Emilio Ruiz del Río, visual effects for “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Cat’s Eye,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” model maker for “The Murder Mansion,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “The Rift,” special effects for “The Blancheville Monster” and “Slugs.”
2006 – Mickey Hargitay, appeared in “Lady Frankenstein,” “Bloody Pit of Horror” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel”.
2005 – Robert Wise, directed “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Haunting [1963]” “The Body Snatcher [1945]” and “Audrey Rose.”
2002 – La Wanda Page, appeared in “Mausoleum.”
2002 – Michael Greer, actor in “Messiah of Evil.”
1985 – Julian Beck, appeared in “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”
1960 – Harry Tenbrook, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “Seven Footprints of Satan,” “Behind the Mask,” “The Thirteenth Guest,” “King Kong [1933],” “Black Friday” and “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
1936 – Irving Thalberg, producer for “Freaks,” “London After Midnight” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 14
The Legacy [1979]
Curtains [1983] – Canada
The Lair of the White Worm [1988]
Repossessed [1990]
Grim Prairie Tales [1990]
Alien Terminator [1995] – Japan
Spooky Funny Halloween 2007
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning [2004] – DVD premiere
Resident Evil: Retribution [2012]
Bunni [2013] – Torrance, CA
Patient Zero [2018]
The Basement [2018]
The Girl in the Crawlspace [2018]
Blood Vessel [2019] – FilmQuest
The Beach House [2019] – Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
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