OCTOBER 13
BORN ON OCTOBER 13
1993 – Amanda Grace Benitez, actress in “All Cheerleaders Die,” “The Ranger,” “Don’t Look Back” and “Offseason.”
1986 – Jade Michael LaFont, appeared in “Night of the Demons [2009],” “Wolvesbayne,” “Return to Splatter Farm,” “Bride of the Werewolf,” “Amityville Toybox” and more.
1983 – Katia Winter, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “You’re Not Alone,” “Banshee Chapter,” “The Seer” and “Night Junkies.”
1977 – Kiele Sanchez, appeared in “The Purge: Anarchy,” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days” and “Insanitarium.”
1976 – Jennifer Sky, appeared in “My Little Eye” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series.”
1971 – Kira Reed Lorsch, appeared in “Stigmata,” “Vampire,” “Blood Countess,” “Demon’s Claw,” “Demon Under Glass” and more.
1968 – Justin Dix, director/writer for “Crawlspace,” “Blood Vessel,” and writer for “The Gates of Hell.”
1963 – Hiro Kanagawa, who appeared in the 2009 remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and in TV series’ “Supernatural” and “Blade: The Series”.
1962 – Kelly Preston, appeared in “Christine,” and “From Dusk Till Dawn.”
1956 – Chris Carter. creator/producer/writer/director of the TV Series “The X-Files” & “Millennium.”
1942 – Rutanya Alda, actress in “Rosemary’s Baby (voice),” “The Fury,” “When a Stranger Calls,” “Christmas Evil,” “Amityville II: The Possession,” “Girls Nite Out,” “Children of the Mist,” “Night of the Wolf,” “The Dark Half,” “Apprentice to Murder” and more.
1927 – Jack Van Evera, actor in “Black Christmas [1974],” “Funeral Home,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “The Incubus” and “Deadly Eyes.”
1918 – Jack MacGowran, starred in “The Exorcist,” “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” “Night Creatures” and many more.
1917 – Jane Dulo, appeared in the TV Movie “The Norliss Tapes” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1912 – Cornel Wilde, appeared in the TV Movie “Gargoyles” and “Night Gallery – Episode: Deliveries in the Rear.”
1889 – Douglass Dumbrille, actor in “Air Hawks,” “Jungle Woman,” “The Frozen Ghost,” “The Catman of Paris,” episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “The Twilight Zone.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 13
2022 – Joyce Sims, soundtrack for “Species.”
2022 – Thomas Ryan, actor in “Nocturna,” “Wolfen,” “The Eleventh Commandment” and “The Relic.”
2022 – Jeff Barnaby, director/editor/writer for “Blood Quantum.”
2022 – Mike Schank, appeared in the short “Coven,” “Slaughter Weekend” and the music video Leslie Hall’s Zombie Killer – Feature Elvira [2008]
2012 – Gary Collins, appeared in many TV shows and films such as “Hangar 18,” “Tales of the Unexpected,” “The Sixth Sense” and “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
2012 – Bundy Chanock, set medic for “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Amityville 3-D,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “The Monster Squad,” “The Blob [1988],” “The Chair,” “Warlock,” “After Midnight,” “The Haunting of Morella,” “Graveyard Shift,” “The Lawnmower Man,” “Army of Darkness,” “Jason Goes to Hell,” “Dead & Breakfast” and many more.
2008 – Christopher Wicking, writer of “Dream Demon,” “To the Devil a Daughter,” “Demons of the Mind,” “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “Cry of the Banshee,” “Scream and Scream Again” and “The Oblong Box.”
2002 – Dennis Patrick, appeared in “House of Dark Shadows” and “The Time Travelers” and starred as “Jason McGuire” on the “Dark Shadows” TV series.
2002 – Keene Curtis, played “Judah Zachery” on “Dark Shadows” and as “Max Pomery” on the TV show “The Magician,”.
1970 – Jack Shea appeared in “Retik the Moon Menace” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
1947 – LeRoy Mason, appeared in “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Valley of the Zombies.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 13
Color Me Blood Red [1965]
You’ll Like My Mother [1972]
Zombie Nightmare [1987]
Blades [1989]
Halloween 5 [1989]
Transylvania Twist [1989] – Limited
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys [1993]
The Lost World [1998] – video premiere
Phantasm IV: Oblivion [1998]
Dark Harvest II: The Maize [2004] – New York International Film & Video Festival
Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [2006]
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film [2006]
The Grudge 2 [2006]
Infestation [2009] – DVD premiere
The Sand [2015] – DVD premiere
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare [2017] – Adelaide Film Festival
The Babysitter [2017]
Cucuy: The Boogeyman [2018] – Syfy premiere
Evil Eye [2020]
Nocturne [2020]
The Haunting at Death Valley Junction [2020] – internet
The Exorcist: Believer [2023]
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OCTOBER 14
BORN ON OCTOBER 14
1988 – Max Thieriot, starred in Wes Craven’s “My Soul to Take,” “Bates Motel – TV Series” and “House at the End of the Street.”
1961 – Chris Edrington, animal trainer for “Cat People,” “One Bitten,” “Into the Badlands,” “The Birds II: Land’s End,” “Little Dead Rotting Hood,” “Verotika” and “Frost [2022].”
1949 – Ruth LaBarge, additional crew as a bear trainer for “Grizzly.”
1946 – Michael Sloan, writer/producer for an episode of “The Outer Limits.”
1944 – Udo Kier, appeared in “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,” “Andy Warhol’s Dracula,” “Rob Zombie’s Halloween” and “FearDotCom.”
1943 – Paul Hunt, producer for “The Toy Box,” “Twisted Nightmare” and “Demon Wind.”
1935 – Charles Young, appeared in “Grizzly” and an episode of “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
1935 – Derek Cracknell, first assistant director/second unit director for “Lifeforce [1985].”
1927 – Roger Moore, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1927 – Hedger Wallace, actor in “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Torture Garden,” “The Oblong Box,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Doctor and the Devils” and more.
1919 – Iggie Wolfington, appeared in “Hex [1973].”
1916 – Jack Arnold, directed “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “It Came From Outer Space” and “Tarantula.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 14
2023 – Piper Laurie, actress in “Carrie [1976],” “Ruby [1977],” “Distortions,” “Trauma [1993],” “Intensity [1997],” “The Faculty [1998],” “Possessed [2000]” and “Bad Blood [2012].”
2023 – Carlos Defeo, actor in “Legions [2022].”
2022 – Robbie Coltrane, starred in “From Hell,” “Van Helsing” and “Van Helsing: The London Assignment.”
2022 – Kay Parker, actress in “Dracula Sucks.”
2022 – Jan Rabson, actor in “Jaws: The Revenge,” “They Live,” voice actor in “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein” and the TV Series “Creepy Crawlers.”
2022 – Ted White, actor in “Demonoid,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “The Hidden,” “Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th,”” stunts in “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “King Kong [1976]” and “The Manitou.”
2022 – Ralf Wolter, appeared in “Dracula Blows His Cool” and “Killer Condom.”
2021 – Dorothy Steel, actress in the horror shorts “Black Majick” and “The Refuge.”
2021 – Geli Albaladejo, casting director for “Hipnos” and “The Orphanage.”
2020 – Rhonda Fleming, actress in “The Spiral Staircase.”
2020 – Mahmoud Yassine, appeared in “Where Will You Run?” and “The Talisman.”
2019 – Patrick Ward, appeared in the TV Movie “Kindred Spirits.”
2019 – Choi Jin-ri [aka: Sulli Choi], appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Hotel Del Luna.”
2014 – Elizabeth Peña, appeared in “Strangeland,” “It Came from Outer Space II,” “The Invaders,” “Jacob’s Ladder” and more.
2004 – Sheila Keith, actress in “House of Whipcord,” “Frightmare [1974],” “The Confessional,” “The Comeback,” “House of the Long Shadows” and an episode of “Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible.”
1988 – Mary Morris, appeared in “The Haunting of Julia,” episodes of the TV Series “Shades of Darkness” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
1986 – Keenan Wynn, appeared in the films “The Clonus Horror,” “The Dark [1979],” “Piranha,” “The Devil’s Rain” and the “Demon in Lace” and “Spanish Moss Murders” episode of the TV series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1983 – Ardel Wray, writer for “I Walked with a Zombie,” “The Leopard Man,” “Isle of the Dead” and “Ritual.”
1983 – Paul Fix, appeared in “Night of the Lepus,” as well as TV shows, including episodes of the original “Twilight Zone.”
1982 – Virginia Fox, actress in the short “The Haunted House.”
1953 – Everett Brown, appeared in “Kongo,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “King Kong [1933].”
1949 – Fritz Leiber, appeared in “Cobra Woman,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939].”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 14
The Phantom of Crestwood [1932]
Varan the Unbelievable [1958] – Japan
The Earth Dies Screaming [1964]
Fade to Black [1980]
The Kiss [1988]
Night of the Demons [1988]
Pumpkinhead [1988] – limited
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare [1994]
Mimic: Sentinel [2003]
Shark Zone [2003]
SpiderBabe [2003] – video premiere
Feast [2005] – Chicago International Film Festival
House of the Dead 2 [2005] – Stiges Film Festival
The Fog [2005]
Brotherhood of Blood [2008]
Dance of the Dead [2008] – DVD premiere
Dark Floors [2008] – DVD premiere
No Man’s Land: The Rise of Reeker [2008] – DVD premiere
The Thing [2011]
Chemical Peel [2014] – DVD premiere
The Door [2014] – Canada
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made [2018] – Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Boo! [2018] – Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Scare Attraction [2019] – Ireland
The Cult [2019]
Halloween Ends [2022]
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OCTOBER 15
BORN ON OCTOBER 15
1999 – Bailee Madison, appeared in “Holliston – TV Series,” “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour – TV Series,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Strangers: Prey at Night,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – TV Series” and more.
1985 – Brittany Sparkles, actress in “The Boo,” “Dark Night,” “Vampire-Killing Prostitute,” “Toybox – short” and more independent shorts.
1982 – Brandon Jay McLaren, actor in “Scar,” “Tucker and Dale vs Evil,” “Hard Ride to Hell,” “Dead Before Dawn 3D,” as well as the TV Movies “Hybrid,” “Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon” and “Sea Beast”
1978 – Devon Gummersall, appeared in “Reeker,” “Dead & Breakfast,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “iZombie” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1973 – Paul Logan, actor in “Killers,” “The Curse of Komodo,” “Way of the Vampire,” “Vampire in Vegas,” “The Terminators,” “Mega Piranha,” “Code Red,” “The Horde,” “Citizen Kane,” “The Sandman,” “Flight 666,” “CobraCator,” “The Amityville Harvest” and more.
1972 – Matt Keeslar, appeared in “Psycho Beach Party,” “Scream 2” and played the title role in the 2007 film “Jekyll.”
1955 – Tanya Roberts appeared in “Tourist Trap,” “The Last Victim” and “UnConventional.”
1952 – Lydia Lei, appeared in the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
1947 – Lynn Lowry, appeared in “I Drink Your Blood,” “The Crazies,” “Rabid,” “The Haunting of Whaley House,” “They Came from Within,” “Cat People,” “Model Hunger,” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Whispers,” “Basement Jack,” “Pretty Fine Things” and many more.
1947 – John Getz starred in “The Fly,” “The Fly II,” “Blood Simple” and “Zodiac.”
1939 – James Spinks, appeared in “Damien: Omen II.”
1934 – Peter Haskell, appeared in “Child’s Play 2,” “Child’s Play 3” and the TV movie, “The Phantom of Hollywood.”
1924 – Nigel Green, starred in “Countess Dracula,” “The Face of Fu Manchu,” “The Skull,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Gorgo” and more.
1909 – Harry Redmond Jr., special effects for “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Magnetic Monster,” “Donovan’s Brain,” “Gog,” “The Unknown” and 15 episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
1903 – George Amy, editor for “The Gorilla,” “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1901 – Enrique Jardiel Poncela, writer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”
1900 – Fritz Feld, actor in “Phantom of the Opera [1943],” “The Catman of Paris,” episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Amazing Stories.”
1886 – Alexander Pollard, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Monster Maker” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
DIED ON OCTOBER 15
2023 – Suzanne Somers, actress in “Ants!,” “Serial Mom,” as well as the TV Movies “Seduced by Evil” and “The Darklings.”
2023 – Joanna Merlin, actress in “Prince of Darkness [1987].”
2022 – Jitendra Shastri, appeared in “Pari [2018].”
2020 – Joan Barnett, casting director for “Blue Sunshine.”
2019 – Igo Kantor, producer, composer, sound, music for “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “Nightmare in Wax,” “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “Bride of the Monster” and many more.
1989 – Morris Hoffman, set decorator for “Target Earth,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “From Hell It Came,” “War of the Colossal Beast,” “How to Make a Monster,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “The Munsters’ Revenge” and more.
1960 – Maude Eburne, actress in “The Bat Whispers,” “The Vampire Bat” and “The Boogie Man Will Get You.”
1958 – John Hamilton, appeared in “Donovan’s Brain.”
1953 – L.E. Oates, crew/wax figures for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 15
Unknown Island [1948]
The Boston Strangler [1968]
The Evil Dead [1981] – Detroit (premiere)
Edison’s Frankenstein [1990]
Hellraiser: Hellseeker [2002]
The Final Cut [2004]
Twisted Illusions 2 [2004]
Fear of the Dark [2005]
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis [2005] – TV premiere
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to The Grave [2005] – TV premiere
Blood Guardian [2009] – DVD premiere
House of Forbidden Secrets [2013]
Terrifier [2015] – Telluride Horror Show Film Festival
3 from Hell [2019] – USA (Digital/Blu-ray/DVD premiere)
Mermaid Down [2019] – Australia (limited)
The Mortuary Collection [2019]
Reaptown [2020]
Stay Out of the F**king Attic [2020] – Atlanta Horror Film Festival
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OCTOBER 16
BORN ON OCTOBER 16
1982 – Dustin Ferguson, director/writer/editor for “The Legacy of Boggy Creek,” “Invitation to Die,” “Camp Blood 4,” “Amityville Toybox,” “Amityville Clownhouse,” “Meathook Massacre II,” “A Taste of Phobia,” “Axegrinder 2,” “Amityville in the Hood,” “The Creeps,” “Mega Ape,” “Space Sharks,” and many more.
1981 – Brea Grant, appeared in “Beyond the Gates,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Smothered,” “Dead Night,” “Bad Apples,” “Detour,” “Sleep No More,” “Lucky,” “The Stylist,” “All the Creatures Were Stirring,” “Holidays,” “After Midnight” and more.
1980 – Laura Nativo, appeared in “Delta Delta Die!” “Bleed,” “Birth Rite” and “Aquanoids.”
1979 – Erin Brown aka Misty Mundae, appeared in “Vampire Strangler,” “Cannibal Doctor,” “Night of the Groping Dead,” “Mummy Raider,” “Strip Club Massacre,” “My Vampire Lover” and more.
1958 – Tim Robbins starred in “The Green Mile,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Mission to Mars” and “War of the Worlds.”
1947 – Jeff Lieberman, writer/director of such films as “Squirm,” “Blue Sunshine,” “Just Before Dawn” and “Satan’s Little Helper.”
1946 – Suzanne Somers, actress in “Ants!,” “Serial Mom,” as well as the TV Movies “Seduced by Evil” and “The Darklings.”
1936 – Peter Bowles, actor in “Endless Night,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Stigma – TV Movie,” episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1927 – Eileen Ryan, actress in “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Feast,” as well as episodes of “One Step Beyond” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1925 – Michael Conrad appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”
1925 – Angela Lansbury, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and “The Company of Wolves.”
1924 – Alan Hume, director of photography for “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Carry on Screaming,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “From Beyond the Grave,” “The Legacy,” “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Lifeforce” and more.
1923 – Linda Darnell starred in “The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe.”
1921 – Robert Urquhart, starred in “The Curse of Frankenstein.”
1919 – Albert Carrier, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Veil” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1913 – Matt Willis, starred in “Return of the Vampire.”
1906 – León Klimovsky, writer and director of Spanish films “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo,” “Vengeance of the Zombies,” “Night of the Walking Dead” and “The People Who Own the Dark.”
1892 – Leo F. Forbstein, musical director for “Night Nurse,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Hidden Hand” and “The Beast with Five Fingers.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 16
2022 – Ian Whittaker, set decorator for “Mirrors,” “Alien,” “The Watcher in the Woods,” art department for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” appeared in “Frankenstein Unbound,” “Dr. Crippen,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and “Three’s Company [1953].”
2022 – Josef Somr, actor in “Prague Nights,” “The Great Unknown,” “Morigana,” “The Ningh Heart,” as well as the TV Movies “Splhající professor” and “Travis.”
2021 – Alan Hawkshaw, soundtrack for “The Demon [1979],” “The Fog [1980]” and composer for “The Monster Club.”
2021 – Betty Lynn, actress in the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”
2021 – Geoffrey Chater, actor in “The Strange World of Planet X,” “Endless Night,” TV Movies “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Haunted: The Ferryman,” episodes of the TV Series “Thriller,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2020 – Anthony Chisholm, appeared in “Beloved,” “Condemned” and “Cocoa Loco.”
2019 – John Clarke, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine [1959].”
2016 – Ted V. Mikels, producer for “The Astro-Zombies,” “The Corpse Grinders,” “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “The Worm Eaters,” “The Corpse Grinders 2,” “Demon Haunt,” “The Corpse Grinders 3,” “Mark of the Astro-Zombies” and more.
2013 – Ed Lauter, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” remake, “The Number 23,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Cujo,” “Magic,” “King Kong [1976]” and many more.
2007 – Deborah Kerr, starred in the film “Eye of the Devil.”
2005 – John Larch, appeared in the original “Amityville Horror,” “Play Misty For Me” and the TV movie “Bad Ronald.”
2003 – Mark Hanna, wrote the screenplays for “Not of This Earth,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “The Undead.”
1989 – Cornel Wilde, appeared in the TV Movie “Gargoyles” and “Night Gallery – Episode: Deliveries in the Rear.”
1984 – Peggy Ann Garner, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “One Step Beyond.”
1972 – Leo G. Carroll, starred in the film “Tarantula.”
1961 – Frank D. Williams, visual effects for “King Kong [1933]” and “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1935 – Sam Hardy, actor in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 16
Sex of the Witch [1973] – Paris
The Devil’s Plaything [1973] – Germany
Barracuda [1978] – Sweden
Strange Behavior [1981] – New York City
Doctor Dracula [1983] – San Francisco TV Premiere
Prom Night II [1987]
Slumber Party Massacre II [1987]
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown [1989] – Italy
Candyman [1992]
Bride of Chucky [1998]
Witchhouse 3: Demon Fire [2001]
Walpurgis Nacht [2004]
Aaah! Zombies!! [2007] – Screamfest Film Festival
Night of the Living Dead 3D [2007] – DVD premiere
Planet Terror [2007] – DVD premiere
Return to House on Haunted Hill [2007]
Train [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival
The Stepfather [2009]
Exit Humanity [2011] – Screamfest Film Festival
Dark Was the Night [2014] – Screamfest Film Festival
Girl House [2014] – Ottawa International Film Festival
Hell House LLC [2015] – Brazil
Lumberjack Man [2015]
Tales of Halloween [2015]
Johnny Gruesome [2018] – internet
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OCTOBER 17
BORN ON OCTOBER 17
1990 – Dora Madison, appeared in “Night of the Babysitter,” “Exists,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “VFW,” “Bliss,” “Alone with You” and “Humans vs. Zombies.”
1983 – Daniel Booko, appeared in “The Open Door,” the TV Movies “The Crooked Man,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Inspired to Kill,” sound department for “The Invisible Man,” “Brightburn,” additional crew for “Scream [2022],” “Doctor Sleep,” “Halloween [2018],” “Freaky,” “It Chapter Two” and many more.
1974 – Jake Head, appeared in “The Open Door” and sound department for “Zombieland.”
1957 – Vincent Van Patten, appeared in “Hell Night” and “Camp Fear.”
1957 – Lawrence Bender, executive producer on “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter,” “Alien Abduction,” “The Forest” and “Intruder.”
1954 – Daniela Poggi, actress in “The Gestapo’s Last Orgy, “Submission of a Woman” and “Olga O’s Strange Story.”
1950 – Joan Prather, starred in, “The Devil’s Rain.”
1949 – Geoffrey Sax, directed “White Noise” and stage assistant for “Thriller – Episode: Spell of Evil.”
1948 – Margot Kidder, starred in “Black Christmas [1974].”
1946 – Luciano Bartoli, actor in “Torso” “Caligula: The Untold Story” and “Bizarre.”
1943 – Michael Reeves, wrote and/or directed “Castle of the Living Dead,” “She Beast,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Conqueror Worm” and “The Oblong Box.”
1937 – Paxton Whitehead, actor in “My Boyfriend’s Back” and the TV Movies “Child of Darkness, Child of Light “ and “Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream.”
1926 – Julie Adams, starred in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “The Psychic Killer” and more.
1926 – Beverly Garland, starred in such Corman classics as “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World” “The Alligator People.”
1921 – Tom Poston, starred in the William Castle classics “The Old Dark House” and “Zotz!.
1913 – Robert Lowery, starred in “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Revenge of the Zombies” and “The Undertaker and His Pals.”
1902 – Irene Ryan, appeared in “Matinee Theatre – Episode: One of the Family.”
1900 – Jean Arthur, soundtrack for “False Positive” song “Who Am I?”
1883 – Roy Stewart, appeared in in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON OCTOBER 17
2022 – Masum Aziz, actor in “Telephonic” and “Chompa House.”
2019 – Zev Braun, produced “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane” and the TV Movie “Stillwatch.”
2019 – Wolf Martin Garber [aka Bill Macy], appeared in the TV Movie “Death at Love House” as well as episodes of TV series “Tales from the Darkside – Episode: Lifebomb” and “Millennium – Episode: Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me.”
2019 – Victor Mohica, appeared in “The Ghost Dance,” “Don’t Answer the Phone!” and an episode of “Dark Shadows – Episode: Episode #1.826.”
2019 – Wendy Williams, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Thriller – Episode: Nurse Will Make It Better.”
2004 – Julius Harris, appeared in “Darkman,” “Shrunken Heads” and the 1976 version of “King Kong”.
2003 – Bernard Schwartz, executive producer for “Eye of the Cat,” “The Shuttered Room” and “Psycho II.”
1987 – Ruby Dandridge, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Black Moon” and an episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 17
Hands of the Ripper [1971] – UK
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde [1971]
Case of the Full Moon Murders [1973] – Hartford, CT
The Fall of the House of Usher [1979] – TV Movie
Dead Men Don’t Die [1991]
Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge [1991] – video premiere
I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]
Big Monster on Campus – aka “Boltneck” [2000]
From Hell [2001]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]
Eden Lake [2008] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival
Ghostlight [2013] – Seattle
Dead Body [2017]
The Banishing [2020] – Stiges Film Festival
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OCTOBER 18
BORN ON OCTOBER 18
1991 – Tyler Posey, starred in: Scream – TV Series,” “Teen Wolf – TV Series,” “Truth or Dare,” “Alone” and “Scary Movie V.”
1957 – Jon Lindstrom, appeared in “A Dark Foe.”
1945 – Jean Clark, sound department for “The Love Butcher,” “Eaten Alive,” “Jennifer [1978],” “Without Warning,” “The Forest,” “They’re Playing With Fire,” “Schoolgirls In Chains” and “Apprentice to Murder.”
1938 – Dawn Wells, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” and “Return to Boggy Creek.”
1935 – Peter Boyle, starred in “Young Frankenstein” and “Species II.”
1934 – Inger Stevens, starred in “The World, the Flesh and the Devil” as well as “The Hitch-Hiker” and “Lateness of the Hour” episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
1934 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in “Predator 2,” “The Beast Must Die” and more.
1933 – Edward Brayshaw, appeared in “Unmasked Part 25,” episodes of the TV Series “The Frighteners,” “Department S” and “Mystery and Imagination.”
1927 – George C. Scott, starred in “Firestarter [1984],” “The Fury,” “The Changeling” and “Exorcist III.”
1926 – Klaus Kinski, starred in “Demon with the Blue Hand,” “Nosferatu [1979]” and “Creature.”
1902 – Miriam Hopkins, starred in the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 18
2023 – Dwight Twilley, soundtrack for “You’re Next – Looking for Magic,” Backcountry – Looking for Magic” and “Candy Land – I’m On Fire.”
2023 – Àngel Jové, actor in “Anguish [1987].”
2023 – Jaymee Joaquin, actress in “Kutob” and “Shake, Rattle & Roll 9.”
2023 – Osvaldo Desideri, set decorator for “Fair Game [1988].”
2022 – Tom Maddox, writer for “The X-Files – Episode: Kill Switch” and “The X-Files – Episode: First Person Shooter.”
2022 – Billy Walsh, assistant camera operator for “Barracuda” and the TV Movie “Sacrifice.”
2022 – Robert Gordon, soundtrack for “Beetlejuice” and “Natural Born Killers.”
2021 – Toshihiro Iijima, directed “Operation: Mystery! [1968–1971].”
2021 – Chris Ayers, actor in “Dark Water,” “Ghost Train, “Highschool of the Dead,” “Another” and “Parasyte: The Maxim [2014–2015].”
2021 – Val Bisoglio, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Zombie.”
2021 – Edita Gruberova, soundtrack for “Hunger [2009].”
2021 – William Lucking, actor in “The Ninth Configuration,” “Sleepstalker,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Millennium” and “Night Stalker.”
2021 – Ralph Carmichael, composer for “4D Man” and “The Blob [1958].”
2020 – Dana Baratta. producer & writer for the TV Series “The Secret Circle.”
2017 – Brent Briscoe, actor in “Zombeavers,” “Beneath [2013],” “The Messengers [2007],” “Modern Vampires” and “Grey Knight.”
2014 – Carla Ness, actress in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
2012 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”
2002 – Chuck Domanico, music department/musician brass for “The Sentinel,” “The Car,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Poltergeist,” “Gremlins,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Lake Placid,” “Final Destination” and “Jeepers Creepers.”
2017 – Brent Briscoe, actor in “Zombeavers,” “Beneath [2013],” “The Messengers [2007],” “Modern Vampires” and “Grey Knight.”
2014 – Carla Ness, actress in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
2000 – Julie London, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” soundtrack for “Singapore Sling – Laura” and “P2 – I’d Like You for Christmas.”
1973 – Crane Wilbur, screenwriter for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat,” “The Amazing Mr. X,” “The Monster” and “The Mad Magician.”
1965 – Henry Travers, starred in the original “The Invisible Man.”
1931 – Thomas A. Edison, who brought the story of “Frankenstein” to the screen for the first time in 1910.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 18
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb [1964] – UK
The Gorgon [1964] – UK
The Velvet Vampire [1971] – New York City
Burnt Offerings [1976]
Re-Animator [1985]
The Crawlers [1990] – Italy
The Dentist [1996]
Terror Tract [2000] – TV premiere
Below [2002]
The Ring [2002]
Infested [2002]
Perfect Creature [2006]
Boogeyman 3 [2008] – Screamfest
Necromentia [2009]
WNUF Halloween Special [2013]
Boogeyman 3 [2008] – Screamfest Film Festival
Lizzie Borden’s Revenge [2013]
Mortal Remains [2013] – Terror Film Festival
The Returned [2013] – Stigers Film Festival
WNUF Halloween Special [2013]
Finders Keepers [2014] – TV Movie
Honeyspider [2014] – Kannapolis, NC – premiere
Deep Blue Sea 2 [2018] – Video
Don’t Run [2019]
Scarecrow County [2019]
Trick [2019]
Wounds [2019]
Come Play [2020] – Sweden
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OCTOBER 19
BORN ON OCTOBER 19
1976 – Desmond Harrington, actor in “Ghost Ship [2002],” “Love Object,” “Wrong Turn [2003]” and “The Neon Demon.”
1971 – Tava Smiley, appeared in “The Remains.”
1965 – Tracy Griffith, appeared in “Skeeter,” “The First Power” and “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.”
1946 – J.S. Cardone, writer for “The Slayer,” Shadowzone,” “Crash and Burn,” “Shadowhunter,” “The Forsaken,” “The Covenant,” “Prom Night [2008]” and “Mashup at the Movies.”
1945 – John Lithgow starred in “Pet Sematary [2019],” “Raising Cain” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1945 – Divine, appeared in “Multiple Maniacs,” “Out of the Dark” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside [1987].”
1941 – Simon Ward, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “The Monster Club.”
1940 – Sir Michael Gambon, actor in “Cordella,” “The Omen [2006],” “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Beast Must Die,” “Nothing But the Night” and more.
1921 – George Nader, appeared in “Robot Monster,” “The Human Duplicators” and “House of 1000 Dolls.”
1920 – Harry Alan Towers, producer of “Count Dracula,” “Edge of Sanity,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “The Mangler, ”Buried Alive,” “The Mummy Lives” and many more.
1920 – LaWanda Page, appeared in the film “Mausoleum.”
1903 – Tor Johnson appeared in “The Beast of Yucca Flats,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 19
2022 – Lucienne Legrand, actress in “Shock Treatment” and “Dracula and Son.”
2022 – Kōji Nakamoto, actor in “Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya” and Bugs.”
2021 – Jack Angel, voice actor in “Making Contact,” “Beetlejuice,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein,” as well as video games “The Dark Eye” and “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.”
2021 – Leslie Bricusse, soundtrack for “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Candyman [2021]” and the TV Movie “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical.”
2020 – Gianni Dei, appeared in “Patrick Still Lives,” “Sex of the Witch,” “Sex, Demons and Death,” “The Seventh Grave,” “I Love You Like a Twist” and more.
2020 – Wojciech Pszoniak, actor in “The Devil” and an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby.”
2019 – Carlos Suárez, cinematographer for “House of the Damned,” “Beatriz,” Rowing in the Wind,” and “Dagon.”
2014 – Eddy Donno, stunts for “Race With the Devil,” “The Entity,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Invaders from Mars,” “My Best Friend Is a Vampire,” “Grotesque,” “Hocus Pocus,” “The Mothman Prophecies” and more.
2009 – Joseph Wiseman, appeared in several TV Series including “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” Matinee Theatre,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
2006 – Phyllis Kirk, starred with Vincent Price in “House of Wax”.
2006 – James Glennon, camera operator for “Altered States” and “The Pack [1977].”
2004 – Betty Goode, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
2003 – Guy Rolfe who played the title role in the film “Mr. Sardonicus” and portrayed “Toulan” in “Puppet Master III, 4, 5 & 7”.
1997 – Arthur Ibbetson, director of photography for “Spectre [1977],” “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Die! Die! My Darling!”
1956 – Isham Jones, music/songwriter for “The Passing,” “I’ll See You In My Dreams” and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 19
Dr. Renault’s Secret [1942]
Cemetery High [1988] – UK – video premiere
Night of the Living Dead [1990]
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings [1994] – video premiere
Guyver: Dark Hero [1994] – video premiere
Vampira – About Death, Sex and Taxes [1995] – Los Angeles Film Festival
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return [1999]
Modern Vampires [1999] – video premiere
Blood Surf [2000]
From Hell [2001]
GhostWatcher [2002]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003] – DVD premiere
SideFX [2004] – Deep Ellum Film Festival
Zombie Planet [2004]
30 Days of Night [2007]
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour [2007]
Trailer Park of Terror [2008] – Toronto After Dark Film Festival
Damned by Dawn [2009] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival
The Intruder [2010]
Grave Halloween [2013] – TV Movie
Scream for Summer [2017]
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