NOVEMBER 24
BORN ON NOVEMBER 24
1990 – Sarah Hyland, appeared in “Vampire Academy,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Monster Heroes.”
1978 – Katherine Heigl, appeared in “Bride of Chucky.”
1964 – Brian T. Jaynes, producer for “Dead Sea,” “Boggy Creek,” “The Shadow People,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “The Black Dahlia Haunting” and “Entity.”
1964 – Jim Van Bebber, directed “Deadbeat at Dawn,” “The Manson Family” and more.
1964 – Garret Dillahunt, starred in the series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and the 2009 remake of “Last House on the Left.”
1963 – Debra Lamb, appeared in “The American Scream,” “Beverly Hills Vamp,” “The Invisible Maniac”, “The G-string Horror” and more.
1962 – Joshua Leppard, actor in “The House That Vanished [1973].”
1960 – Amanda Wyss, appeared in “To Die For” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984].”
1957 – Denise Crosby, starred in “Pet Sematary,” “Dolly Dearest,” “Born,” “The Watcher,” “Mutant Species,” “Relative Fear” and “Mortuary.”
1955 – Steven Anderson, actor in “When a Stranger Calls,” “Bad Dreams,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” “Mother [1995],” episodes of “The Stand” and “American Horror Story.”
1953 – Glenn Withrow, director/producer for “The Mooring,” appeared in “Sweet Sixteen” and “Nightflyers.”
1941 – David Nichols, production designer for “Swamp Thing [1982]” and “The Serpent and the Rainbow.”
1930 – Joel Schiller, art director for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1929 – Jack Hogan, appeared in “Target – Episode: The Last Stop (1958).”
1916 – Forrest J. Ackerman, appeared in “The Howling,” “Dead Alive,” “King Kong [1976],” “Return of the Living Dead II,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Queen of Blood,” and many more.
1913 – Howard Duff, appeared in “Monster in the Closet.”
1930 – Joel Schiller, art director for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1899 – Norbert Schiller, appeared in “Young Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein [1958],” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Thing from Another World” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1963].”
1888 – Rudolph Klein-Rogge, appeared in the film “Metropolis” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 24
2023 – Elliot Silverstein, director for “Nightmare Honeymoon,” “The Car,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2023 – Rajkumar Kohli, director/producer for “Jaani Dushman – aka “Beloved Enemy.”
2023 – Luca Sabatelli, costume designer for “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “Slave of the Cannibal God” and “The Dead Are Alive!”
2023 – Marc Thorpe, visual effects/model maker: ILM for “Poltergeist [1982].”
2022 – Marcin Kudelka, soundtrack for the short “Fallen Art.”
2021 – Ian Curteis, director for “The Projected Man” and Out of the Unknown – Episode: Walk’s End.”
2021 – Yvonne Wilder, actress in “The Return of Count Yorga.”
2020 – Montserrat Carulla, actress in “The Orphanage.”
2019 – Nimish Pilankar, sound department for “Bhram.”
2019 – Joan Staley, actress in “Cape Fear [1962],” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and an episode of “The Munsters.”
2005 – Pat Morita, appeared in the films “When Time Ran Out,” “Full Moon High” and “King Cobra.”
2002 – Noel Regney, composed the music scores for the films “The Flesh Eaters,” “Gremlins,” and episodes of “American Horror Story.” He composed “Do You Hear What I Hear” a famous & popular Christmas Song which plays in this video from “Gremlins.”
1990 – Robb White, wrote such screenplays for “13 Ghosts,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959]” and “The Tingler.”
1977 – Richard Carlson, starred in “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “The Valley of Gwangi”.
1971 – Walter Taylor, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 24
The Innocents [1961]
Crowhaven Farm [1970] – TV Movie
Reflections of Murder [1974] – TV Movie
The Bees [1978]
Of Unknown Origin [1983]
The Toxic Avenger III: The Last Temptation of Toxie [1989]
Puppet Master 4 [1993] – video premiere
End of Days [1999] – Norway
Blood Moon Rising [2009]
Fear Level [2017] – Salt Lake City
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NOVEMBER 25
BORN ON NOVEMBER 25
1986 – Katie Cassidy, appeared in “Black Christmas [2006],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Supernatural” and “The Scribbler.”
1985 – Haley Webb, appeared in “Final Destination.”
1980 – Ricky Brava, co-executive producer for “Big Legend [2018].”
1966 – Billy Burke, actor in “Lights Out” and “Red Riding Hood.”
1965 – Dougray Scott, actor in “Dead Water,” “The Vatican Tapes,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Rezort,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2008],” “Perfect Creature” and the TV Series “Hemlock Grove.”
1964 –Robert Kurtzman, makeup effects whiz for “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Scream,” “It Follows,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Vampires,” “Evil Dead II,” “Army of Darkness,” “Ma,” “All Cheerleaders Die,” “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Shark Lake,” and many more.
1955 – Bruno Tonioli, art director for “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1947 – Tracey Walter, actor in “Out of the Dark,” “The Devil’s Child,” “Beloved,” “Ted Bundy,” “Aaah! Zombies!,” “Trailer Park of Terror,” “Dark Real,” “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “Alyce Kills,” “31” and more.
1947 – John Larroquette, narrated at the beginning “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974]” and also appeared in “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight.”
1944 – Will MacMillan, actor in “The Crazies,” “Christmas Evil,” “Cards of Death,” “Dark Romances Vol. 1” and an episode of the TV Series “Werewolf.”
1933 – Kathryn Grant Crosby, actress in “Rear Window” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1926 – Ray Molyneaux, set decorator for “Homebodies” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1924 – Geoffrey Haine, production manager for “Night of the Eagle,” “Unearthly Stranger,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1920 – Ricardo Montalban, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1920 – Shelagh Fraser, actress in “The Witches,” “The Body Stealers,” “Doomwatch,” “Nothing But the Night,” “episodes of the tv series “Shadows” and “Beasts.”
1919 – Steve Brodie, appeared in “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Donovan’s Brain” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1907 – Julian Gunzburg, visual consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1907 – Glen Glenn, sound recordist for “Invisible Ghost,” “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Return of the Ape Man” and more.
1899 – Ethan Laidlaw, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “Murders in the Zoo,” “King Kong [1933]” and “The Body Snatcher.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 25
2023 – Aldo Lado, director/writer for “Short Night of Glass Dolls” and “Last Stop on the Night Train.”
2023 – Marty Krofft, writer/characters for the video game “The Banana Splits: Sloopy Nights (2020).”
2022 – Héctor Bonilla, appeared in “Muerte, miseria y pecado (Death, Misery, Sin),” “Answer Me” and the shorts “La casa al final de la calle (The House at the End of the Street)” “Entre vivos y Muertos (Between the Living and the Dead).”
2021 – Don Phillips, casting director for “The Prophecy,” “Phantoms” and “Feast.”
2021 – Carol Gould, writer/script editor for the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1988).”
2020 – Chuck Bail, actor in “The House of Seven Corpses” and stuntman in “Werewolves on Wheels” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
2020 – Flor Silvestre, appeared in “The Mark of Satan,” “The Headless Horseman,” “The Head of Pancho Villa” and “Taste of Blood.”
2018 – Gloria Katz, producer/writer/actress for “Messiah of Evil.”
2017 – Rance Howard, actor in “Locusts [1974],” “Ticks,” “Ed and His Dead Mother,” “The Night Caller,” “Psycho [1998],” “A Crack in the Floor,” “Toolbox Murders [2004],” “Grizzly Park,” “Sasquatch Mountain,” “The Rosewood Lane,” “Huff” and more.
2016 – Ron Glass, appeared in “Deep Space” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.
2014 – John Tomerlin, writer for the TV Movie “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
2009 – Beatrice Gray, appeared in “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff.”
1997 – Charles Hallahan, character actor who appeared in “Things That Go Bump,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Cast a Deadly Spell,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Nightwing” and “The Thing.”
1985 – Clive Smith, sound editor for “Curse of the Fly,” “Asylum,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Vampyres, ”The Beast Within,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and “And Now the Screaming Starts!”
1982 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Scream, Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga,”.
1981 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”
1973 – Laurence Harvey, appeared in “Night Watch,” “Welcome to Arrow Beach,” “House of Darkness,” episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Night Gallery.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 25
The Ghoul [1933]
Necromancy [1972] – re-release
Dark Places [1974]
The Lift [1983] – Germany
The Wind [1986]
Pin [1988] – Montréal
Cheerleader Autopsy [2003]
ThanXgiving [2006]
Feed the Gods [2014] – Internet
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NOVEMBER 26
BORN ON NOVEMBER 26
1994 – Park Ji-hyun, actress in “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum,” “The Divine Fury” and “The Anchor.”
1976 – Joshua Park, actor in “Bog Creatures,” “Blood Relic” and “Fort Doom.”
1973 – Peter Facinelli, who appeared in “Countdown,” “Supernova,” “The Damned,” “Hollow Man II” and producer for “Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word.”
1973 – Kristin Bauer, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Eli Roth’s History of Horror,” “The Boy Behind the Door” and “Sacred Lies – TV Series.”
1972 – Adam J. Harrington, actor in “Sanctimony,” “House of the Dead,” “Deep Evil,” episodes of the TV Series “Millenium,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Secret Circle,” “Supernatural” and more.
1970 – Lorissa McComas, appeared in “Piranha [1995],” “Vamps,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “Raptor” and more.
1944 – Anke Syring, actress in “The Devil’s Plaything.”
1944 – Michael Gregory, appeared in “Lawnmower Man,” “Nomads,” “Ghosts,” “Sublime,” “Fangs,” episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and more.
1943 – Jerry Jameson, directed “The Bat People” and the TV Movie “Hotline.”
1942 – Marianne McAndrew, starred in “The Bat People.”
1939 – Mark Margolis, appeared in “End of Days,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1991],” “Christmas Evil,” “Headspace,” episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story,” “Constantine” and more.
1933 – Robert Goulet, appeared in “Beetlejuice.”
1933 – Stanley A. Long, director/producer for “Screamtime,” director of photography for “The Sorcerers” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”
1929 – Betta St. John, starred in “Horror Hotel” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1939 – Tina Turner, appeared in “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985].”
1913 – Grace Lenard, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1909 – Frances Dee, starred in “I Walked with a Zombie.”
1888 – Robert Strange, appeared in the film “Mad Monster,” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 26
2023 – Geordie Walker, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Covenant [2006] – The Death and Resurrection Show.”
2022 – Albert Pyun, director for “Death Heads: Brain Drain,” “Left for Dead,” “Cool Air,” “Infection,” “Urban Massacre,” “Vicious Lips” and more.
2022 – Vikram Gokhale, actor in “Karishma Kali Kaa,” “Hum Kaun Hai? – aka Who Are You?” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa – aka The Maze.”
2021 – Stephen Sondheim, music/lyrics/soundtrack for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982],” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007.”
2021 – Óscar Catacora, screenwriter for “Bloody Adventure.”
2021 – Balbinder Dhami, starred in the TV Series “The Zee Horror Show.”
2020 – Daria Nicolodi, actress in “Deep Red,” Suspiria [1977],” “Inferno,” “Tenebrae,” “Phenomena,” “Delirium,” “Paganini Horror,” “The Sect,” “All the Colors of Giallo” and more.
2019 – Vittorio Congia, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tails.”
2006 – Renee Harmon, starred in the films “Frozen Scream” and Night of Terror”.
1992 – Philip Leakey, makeup artist who worked on many Hammer Films including “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “X: The Unknown,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and many more.
1980 – Rachel Roberts, appeared in “When a Stranger Calls,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Reckoning” and more.
1976 – Marcel Delgado, worked on many of the miniatures used on such films as King Kong [1933], “Mighty Joe Young,” “Son of Kong” and the 1925 silent classic, “Lost World,”.
1958 – Pat Harmon, appeared in “The Last Warning,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931],” “King Kong [1933]” and “Night of Terror.”
1957 – Billy Bevan, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jyde [1941],” “I Married a Witch,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Lodger [1944],” “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 26
Dreamaniac [1986] – video premiere
Alien: Resurrection [1997]
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon [2002] – video premiere
The Haunted Mansion [2003]
Bleed with Me [2020] – Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival
Devil’s Triangle [2021]
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NOVEMBER 27
BORN ON NOVEMBER 27
1983 – Sabine Crossen, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Six Hot Chicks in a Warehouse.”
1975 – Brice Kennedy, appeared in “Splatter Beach,” “Black Mass,” “Razorteeth,” “NightThirst,” “Peter Rottentail,” “Blood Red Planet” and “Hellgate: The House That Screamed 2.”
1973 – Robert Hall, make-up department for “Mary, “Body Snatchers,” Night of the Scarecrow,” “Wishmaster,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Frankenfish,” “Vacancy,” “The Burrowers,” “Paranormal Activity 2,” Locke & Key,” “Area 51,” “Bedeviled” and many, many more.
1964 – Rebecca Ferratti, actress in “Cheerleader Camp,” “Embrace of the Vampire” and “WildCat.”
1963 – Fisher Stevens, appeared in the film “The Burning.”
1954 – Kimmy Roberstson, appeared in the films “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and “Leprechaun 2.”
1953 – Deborah Winters, appeared in “The Outing,” “Blue Sunshine” and the TV Movie “Tarantulas: The Dead Cargo.”
1949 – Gerrit Graham, starred in “Phantom of the Paradise,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Child’s Play 2.”
1947 – Ronaldo Valdez, actor in “Mad Doctor of Blood Island [1968]” and “Lilet [1971].”
1945 – Barbara Anderson, appeared in the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1940 – Ron Kurz, writer/characters for “Friday the 13th,” Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Eyes of a Stranger,” “Friday the 13th: Mother’s Day,” the shorts “Michael vs. Jason,” “An Unfortunate Friday the 13th,” “The Curse of Camp Blood,” “Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil” and more.
1937 – Stewart Moss, starred in “The Bat People” and “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls.”
1930 – John Dullaghan, starred in “Garden of the Dead,” “Terror at Orgy Castle” and “Sex and the Single Vampire.”
1927 – Peter Lilienthal, director/writer for the TV Movie “Horror [1969].”
1925 – Marshall Thompson, starred in “Fiend Without a Face” and “It the Terror from Beyond Space.”
1898 – Edward J. Kay, musical director for “The Ape,” “King of the Zombies,” “Bowery at Midnight,” “The Ape Man,” “Ghosts on the Loose,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Voodoo Man,” “Spook Busters” and more.
DIED ON NOVEMBER 27
2023 – Frances Sternhagen, actress in “Communion,” “Misery,” “Raising Cain,” “The Mist,” episodes of the TV Series “Golden Years,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Outer Limits.”
2023 – Victor J. Kemper, cinematographer for “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “Audrey Rose,” “Coma,” “Eyes of Laura Mars,” “Magic [1978]” and “The Final Countdown.”
2021 – Eddie Mekka, soundtrack for “Evils of the Night.”
2020 – Parviz Poorhosseini, appeared in “The Spell” and “Leila’s Dream.”
2020 – Dave Prowse, appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Vampire Circus,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” as well as the TV Movies “Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror” and “The 100 Greatest Scary Moments.”
2019 – Godfrey Gao, appeared in “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
2019 – Bala Singh, appeared in “Bhoot Bangla.”
2018 – Nicolas Roeg, director for “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Witches [1990],” “Don’t Look Now,” cinematographer for “Masque of the Red Death” and “Dr. Crippen.”
2011 – Ken Russell, director of “The Lair of the White Worm,” “Gothic,” “Altered States,” “The Devils” and more.
2010 – Irvin Kershner, directed “Eyes of Laura Mars,” “Never Say Never Again” and “Robocop 2.”
2002 – Billie Bird, appeared in “Werewolf – Episode: Amazing Grace.”
1988 – John Carradine, actor in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “The Howling,” “The Sentinel” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 27
Night Monster [1942]
The Living Ghost [1942]
The Undying Monster [1942]
Daikaijû Gamera [1965]
Viy [1967]
Illusion of Blood [1968]
Frankenstein Island [1981] – Kokomo, Indiana
Just Before Dawn [1981]
Dollman [1991] – video premiere
The Crucible [1996]
They [2002]
Species III [2004]
Shapeshifter [2005]
Bled White [2009] – Tabloid Witch Awards
Life Blood [2009] – Germany (DVD premiere)
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NOVEMBER 28
BORN ON NOVEMBER 28
1986 – Johnny Simmons, appeared in “Jennifer’s Body,” “My Ambition” and “Boogeyman 2.”
1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, starred in the “Death Proof,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Black Christmas [2006],” “Final Destination 3,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” “The Thing [2011]” and more.
1976 – Ryan Kwanten, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Dead Silence,” “Flight 7500,” “Sacred Lies – TV Series” and “Them – TV Series.”
1975 – Sunny Mabrey, starred in the films “Species III” and “Snakes on a Plane.”
1969 – Todd A. Robinson, actor in “Crimps,” “Exorcist: The Fallen,” “All Hell Breaks Loose” and “Big Legend.”
1958 – Thom Mathews, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Nemesis” and “Heatseeker.”
1950 – Ed Harris, starred in “The Abyss,” “Needful Things” and “Creepshow.”
1949 – Alexander Godunov, appeared in “The Runestone” and “Waxwork II: Lost in Time.”
1946 – Joe Dante, director of “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2,” “Piranha [1978],” “The Howling,” “Burying the Ex” and “Matinee.”
1940 – Thomas R. Burman, makeup artist for “Frogs,” “The Food of the Gods,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Manitou,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Prophecy,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “Cat People,” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” “Body Snatcher” and more.
1939 – Patrick Wright, appeared in “Maniac Cop,” “Frightmare,” “Graduation Day,” “Devil’s Ecstasy,” “Track of the Moon Beast,” “The Night of the Strangler” and more.
1932 – Ethel Ennis, sang the title song “Mad Monster Party.” She also sang the “Monster Party Song” in the film “Boltneck.”
1927 – Chuck Mitchell, actor in “The Hearse,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Ghost Chase” and “Don’t Answer the Phone!”
1923 – James Karen, appeared in “The Unborn,” “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Poltergeist” and many more.
1917 – Ramón Gay, starred in Mexican horror classics “The Aztec Mummy,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Curse of the Doll People.”
1910 – Russell Napier, actor in “It! [1967], “The Blood Beast Terror” and an episode of “Target.”
1885 – John Willard, writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Cat Creeps” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 28
2023 – Thomas Augsberger, producer for “Incident at Loch Ness,” “Mr. Brooks,” “Humans” and “Tucker and Dale vs Evil.”
2022 – Clarence Gilyard Jr., actor in “Little Monsters [2012].”
2022 – Cliff Emmich, actor in “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “Barracuda,” “Halloween II [1981],” “Hell Hole,” “Return to Horror High” and “Bug Buster.”
2021 – Kichiemon Nakamura, actor in “Black Cat [1968].”
2020 – David Prowse, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “Vampire Circus.”
2019 – Jan Nygren, appeared in “Mask of Murder.”
2011 – Dan Meaden, actor in “House of Mystery,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Dracula [1979].”
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, starred in “Scary Movie 3-4,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” “Repossessed,” “Creepshow,” “Prom Night,” “Day of the Animals,” “Night Gallery – TV Series” and more.
2009 – Tony Kendal, appeared in “The Whip and the Body,” “Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead” and “When the Screaming Stops”.
2008 – Bill Finnegan, executive producer for the film “Night of the Creeps” and the TV series “She Wolf of London”.
2007 – Jeanne Bates, actress in “The Soul of a Monster,” “Back from the Dead,” “The Strangler,” “Eraserhead,” “Mom [1990],” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation” and more.
1993 – June Gittelson, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mark of the Vampire” and “The Raven [1935].”
1991 – Gianpaolo Saccarola, appeared in “Midnight Killer,” “Tenebrae,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “The Beyond” and more.
1990 – Tamara De Treaux, appeared in “Ghoulies,” “Rockula” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1983 – Christopher George, actor in “City of the Living Dead,” “Grizzly,” “Graduation Day,” “Mortuary,” “Day of the Animals,” “Pieces,” “Gates of Hell” and more.
1978 – André Morell, starred in “Quaternmass and the Pit,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Plague of the Zombies” and “The Giant Behemoth.”
1974 – Gay Sheridan, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1967 – Arthur Hammond, assistant director for “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man” and “Crazy Knights.”
1950 – Russ Powell, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “King Kong [1933],” “Mad Love [1935]” and “Son of Frankenstein [1939].”
1859 – Washington Irving, wrote the short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and was made into a movie in 1999.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 28
Bloody Pit of Horror [1965] – Italy
Home for the Holidays [1972] – TV Movie
Deadtime Stories [1986]
Psycho Cop [1989] – video premiere
Theatre of the Dead [2013] – Canberra, Australia (premiere)
Save Yourself [2015]
Mercy Christmas [2017]
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NOVEMBER 29
BORN ON NOVEMBER 29
1978 – Lauren German, appeared in “The Divide,” “Hostel: Part II,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Dead Above Ground.”
1976 – Anna Faris, starred as “Cindy” in the “Scary Movie” as well as appearing in “May” and “Lovers Lane.”
1961 – Kim Delaney, starred in “Metalbeast,” and “Body Parts.”
1961 – Tom Sizemore, actor in “The Relic,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Bottom Feeder,” “Paranormal Movie [2013],” “The Intruders,” “Halloweed,” “Black Wake,” “The Litch,” “Amber Road,” “Hell Girl,” “Impuratus,” “Night of the Tommyknockers” and many more.”
1959 – Frank Wildhorn, composer for the TV Movie “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical [2001].”
1956 – Hinton Battle, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
1952 – Jeff Fahey, starred in “Psycho III,” “Body Parts” and “The Lawnmower Man,” and also appeared in “Planet Terror” and “Grindhouse.”
1943 – Peter Elbling, appeared in “Once Bitten,” “Phantom of the Paradise” and “Demon Seed.”
1939 – Concha Velasco, actress in “Malasaña 32 (2020).”
1938 – Romano Scandariato, assistant director for “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer,” “Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade” and “Zombie Holocaust.”
1935 – Diane Ladd, appeared in “Carnosaur,” “Mother,” “Embryo,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and the TV Series “Kingdom Hospital.”
1918 – Reg Thomason, appeared in “The Crawling Eye,” “Berserk,” “The Oblong Box,” “Horror House,” “Trog,” “Fragment of Fear,” “I, Monster,” “Dracula A.D.,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Madhouse,” “Sharon’s Baby,” Queen Kong,” “Dr. and Mr. Hyde [1973],” “The Shining” and more.
1916 – Fran Ryan, actress in “Eyes of Fire,” “Nick Knight – TV Movie,” “Lucky Stiff,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1915 – James Nolan, actor in “The Brute Man,” “The Toolbox Murders” and the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”
1910 – Fumiko Honma, starred in “Varan, the Unbelievable” and “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 29
2023 – Laura Montalvo, actress in “Satanico Pandemonium [1975].”
2022 – Brad William Henke, actor in “Love Object,” “The Zodiac,” “Altered,” “Split,” “Wounds” and the TV Series “The Stand.”
2022 – Derek Granger, produced the TV Movies “Haunted: The Ferryman” and “Haunted: Poor Girl.”
2021 – David Gulpilil, actor in “Dark Age” and the TV Series “Cargo.”
2021 – Tommy Lane, actor in “Ganja & Hess” and “Island Claws.”
2019 – Makio Inoue, starred in “Akumaizâ surî.”
2004 – John Drew Barrymore, appeared in the films “The Clones” and “War of the Zombies.”
2004 – Jack De Shields, production designer for “Pandemonium” and art director for the TV Movie “This House Possessed.”
2003 – Norman Burton, appeared in “Deep Space,” “Hand of Death,” “Mausoleum,” “Fade to Black,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “The Terminal Man,” “Simon, King of the Witches,” and many more.
1993 – George Fowler, producer for “Doctor Blood’s Coffin,” “The Snake Woman,” production manager for “The Brain,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Die! Die! My Darling!,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Reptile,” “The Legend of Spider Forest” and “Virgin Witch.”
1992 – Robert Shayne, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” “Teenage Caveman” and “The Giant Claw.”
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, starred in “The Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1986 – Cary Grant, starred in “North by Northwest,” “Notorious,” “Suspicion,” “Arsenic and Old Lace” and more.
1981 – Natalie Wood, starred in the films “Brainstorm” and “Meteor.”
1981 – Sally Nicholl, casting director for “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Frenzy,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “The Mutations” and assistant producer for the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1976 – Godfrey Cambridge, starred in “Beware the Blob.”
1965 – Lu Juergens, appeared in “The Hound of Baskerville – Part 6: The House Without Windows.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 29
The Black Sheep [1956]
The Tomb of Ligeia [1964] – London
The Man and the Beast [1973]
Someone’s Watching Me! [1978] – TV Movie
Transmutations aka Underworld [1985] – London
Head of the Family [1996] – video premiere
Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] – Hollywood
The Mangler Reborn [2005]
Nightmare Cinema [2018] – NYC Horror Film Festival
The Man in the Trunk [2019]
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NOVEMBER 30
BORN ON NOVEMBER 30
1985 – Kaley Cuoco, actress in “The Hollow,” “The Nightmare Room – TV Series,” “Killer Movie” and “Killer Movie: Director’s Cut.”
1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, starred in “House of Wax [2005],” “Captivity” and the TV Series “Are You Afraid of the Dark.”
1979 – David Howard Thornton, starred in “Terrifier,” “Terrifier 2,” “Terrifier 3,” “The Mean One,” “Stream” and “The Dark Offerings.”
1978 – Robert Kirkman, one of the creators of “The Walking Dead” comics which the series is based on, also created “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series” and “Outcast – TV Series.”
1976 – Peter Sullivan, producer/writer for “The Sandman,” “The Crooked Man,” “Finders Keepers,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Killer Mountain,” “Cucuy: The Boogeyman” and more.
1959 – Cherie Currie, actress in “Parasite,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft” and “Spirit Riser.”
1952 – Henry Selick, stop-motion animator and director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
1952 – Mandy Patinkin, appeared in “Alien Nation”.
1951 – June Chadwick, actress in “Forbidden World,” “The Last Horror Film,” “The Comeback,” “The Head Hunter,” “The Evil Below,” “Return of the Family Man” and “Distortions.”
1948 – Stan Rogow, executive producer for the TV Mini-Series “Valemont (2009)” and “Woke Up Dead (2009).”
1937 – Eduard Artemyev, composer for the TV Movie “Burial of the Rats.”
1937 – Ridley Scott, producer/director whose film credits include “Prometheus,” “Alien,” “Alien: Covenant,” “Blade Runner,” “Hannibal’ and the TV remake of “The Andromeda Strain” and many more.
1933 – Warren Munson, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes,” “Ed and His Dead Mother,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “Raging Angels.”
1928 – Rex Reason, starred in “The Creature Walks Among Us” and “This Island Earth.”
1927 – Richard Crenna, starred in the films “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “The Evil.”
1927 – Robert Guillaume, starred in “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1916 – Michael Gywnn, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Revenge,” “Scars of Dracula” and the original “Village of the Damned.”
1911 – Harry Andrews, appeared in “Theater of Blood.”
1911 – Joseph E. Kenney, assistant director for “Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “The Monolith Monsters” and “The Leech Woman.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 30
2022 – Christine McVie – Member of Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Twenty-Sided, Die – song (Don’t Stop}.”
2021 – Marie-Claire Blais, screenwriter for “The Beautiful Beast.”
2020 – Betty Bobbitt, actress in Salem’s Lot [2004].”
2020 – Anne Sylvestre, appeared in “Swamp!”
2019 – María Concepción Hidalgo, appeared in “The Monk,” and “Mistress of Suspense – Episode: The Cat Brought It In.”
2013 – Paul Walker, appeared in “Joy Ride” and “Monster in the Closet.”
2009 – Jacinto Molina Alvarez, a.k.a. the great Paul Naschy, appeared in “Nights of the Werewolf” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “The Werewolf vs the Vampire Women,” “Doctor Jekyll & The Werewolf” and “Tomb of the Werewolf.”
2006 – Jackie Blaisdell, worked on the films “Earth vs the Spider” and Attack of the Puppet People.”
2005 – Herbert L. Strock, directed “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “How to Make a Monster” to name a few.
2003 – Earl Bellamy, directed episodes of “The Munsters,” and the film “Munsters, Go Home!”
1981 – Robert H. Harris, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” TV Movie “How Awful About Allen,” episodes of TV Series “Suspense,” “Tales of Tomorrow,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Thriller” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1979 – Allen Vincent, screenwriter for “The Face Behind the Mask” and appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1973 – Mary Adams, actress in “Blood of Dracula,” “Diary of a Madman,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1957 – Fred F. Sears, directed “The Giant Claw,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “The Werewolf.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 30
The Man Who Could Cheat Death [1959] – UK
The Undertaker and His Pals [1966]
Misery [1990]
Blood Riders: The Devil Rides with Us [2013] – Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (premiere)
Sick: Survive the Night [2012] – Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival
Plague [2014] – Melbourne Monster Fest
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