DECEMBER 29
BORN ON DECEMBER 29
1989 – Jane Levy, starred in the remake of “Evil Dead,” “Office Uprising,” “Don’t Breathe” and episodes of “Castle Rock.”
1982 – Alison Brie, appeared in “The Rental,” “Born,” “Scream 4” and “Parasomnia.”
1965 – John Newton, actor in “S.S. Doomtrooper,” “Dark Mirror,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” and “Evidence.”
1964 – Michael Cudlitz, starred in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “The Dead Zone – TV Series,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series” and more.
1959 – Patricia Clarkson, appeared in “The Green Mile,” and the 2002 TV version of “Carrie.”
1947 – Ted Danson, appeared in “Creepshow” and the TV movie “Living with the Dead.”
1938 – Jon Voight, starred in “Anaconda,” “Getaway” and “Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders.”
1937 – Barbara Steele starred in “Black Sunday,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Horrible Dr. Hichcock” and as “Julia Hoffman” in the 1991 version of the TV series “Dark Shadows.”
1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Thriller.”
1934 – Ed Flanders, appeared in “The Exorcist III,” “Salem’s Lot – TV Movie” and “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.”
1933 – Joel M. Reed, director of “Bloodsucking Freaks,” “Blood Bath” and “Night of the Zombies.”
1932 – Inga Swenson, appeared in the TV Movie “Bay Cove.”
1927 – Evan Jones, writer for “The Damned,” “Night Watch” and an episode of the TV Series “Chillers.”
1926 – Honor Shepherd, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror.”
1923 – Charles Grenzbach, sound department for “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Lady in White,” “Deadly Blessing,” “Grizzly,” “The Manitou,” “Transylvania 6-5000” and many more.
1923 – Mike Nussbaum, actor in “Fatal Attraction,” “Men in Black,” episodes of the TV Series “The X-Files” and “The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas.”
1920 – Viveca Linfors, appeared in “Creep Show,” “Stargate” and “The Exorcist III.”
1908 – Claire Dodd, appeared in the 1941 version of “The Black Cat” and “The Mad Doctor of Market Street.”
1907 – Freda Jackson, appeared in “The Valley of Gwangi”, “Monster of Terror”, “The Brides of Dracula.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 29
2023 – John M. Burns, comic book artist for “Edgar Allan Poe Stories – Sunday Citizen” and “Dracula – Vampires – Informania.”
2023 – Rossy Mendoza, actress in “Capulina contra los vampiros – aka Capulina vs. The Vampires (1971).”
2022 – Ruggero Deodato, director of “Deathcember,” “Ballad in Blood,” “The Washing Machine,” “The Profane Exhibit,” “Phantom of Death,” “Body Count,” “House on the Edge of the Park,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “Jungle Holocaust,” “Castle of Blood,” “Horror Castle” and more.
2022 – Eduard Artemyev, composer for the TV Movie “Burial of the Rats.”
2021 – Vijay Galani, producer for “Sunflower.”
2020 – Josefina Echánove, appeared in “Amityville 3-D” and “Dance with the Devil.”
2020 – Paul M. Heller, producer for “The Pack.”
2020 – Wilma Pelly, appeared in “Consume” and “Don’t Say Its Name.”
2020 – Corrado Olmi, appeared in “Cat ‘o Nine Tales.”
2019 – Neil Innes, starred in “I Was a Teenage Beatnik.”
2019 – Hilda Rebello, appeared in the tv series “Vamp.”
2015 – Miguel de Grandy, actor in “The Sea Serpent,” “Beaks: The Movie,” “Slugs” and “Immortal Sins.”
2004 – Charles Bradstreet, actor in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
2004 – William Boyett who appeared in “Bloody Birthday” and “The Hidden”.
2003 – Earl Hindman, appeared in “The Parallax View” and the TV show “Tales of the Darkside.”
1998 – Don Taylor, directed “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1977]” and “Damien: Omen II.”
1980 – Larry Dunn, stunts for “Laserblast,” “Spawn of the Slithis” and “Full Moon High.”
1980 – Roy Engel, appeared in “The Man from Planet X,” “The Indestructible Man” and “Kingdom of the Spiders”.
1972 – Rex Wimpy, second camera operator for “Psycho [1960]” and special effects for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1971 – Stuart Holmes, appeared in “The Man Who Laughs,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Lodger [1944],” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945],” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The She-Creature,” “Diary of a Madman” and more.
1961 – Katherine Sparks, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 29
A Modern Jekyll & Hyde [1913]
Kwaidan [1964] – Japan
Ghost in the Machine [1993]
Dark Universe [1993]
Dark Waters [1993] – Russia
Legend of the Mummy [1998] – video premiere
Shadow of the Vampire [2000]
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead [2006] – New York City
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DECEMBER 30
BORN ON DECEMBER 30
1988 – Jena Sims, appeared in “3 Headed Shark Attack,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader,” “The Vampire Diaries -TV Series” and more.
1986 – Caity Lotz, starred in “The Pact,” “The Pact II,” “The Machine” and “Death Valley – TV Series.”
1986 – Michal Shipman, editor for “HazMat,” “Agoraphobia,” the shorts “Transcendence” and “The Escape.”
1982 – Kristin Kreuk, starred in “Vampire”.
1980 – Eliza Dushku, starred in “Wrong Turn,” “The Alphabet Killer,” “Dollhouse – TV Series” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series.”
1973 – Jason Behr, appeared in “Skinwalkers” and “The Grudge.”
1971 – C.S. Lee, appeared in the 2004 remake of “The Stepford Wives” and “The Unborn [2009]”
1966 – Sophie Ward, appeared in “The Hunger,” “Waxwork II: Lost in Time” and Clive Barker’s “Book of Blood”.
1965 – Andrew Fleming, director of “The Craft” and “Bad Dreams.”
1960 – Kelli Maroney, appeared in “Gila!,” “True Blood – TV Series,” “Servants of Twilight,” “Transylvania Twist,” “Chopping Mall” and “Night of the Comet.”
1958 – Ellen Sandweiss starred in “The Evil Dead [1981],” the TV Series “Ash vs. Evil Dead” and more.
1955 – Sandy Farina, soundtrack for “The Toxic Avenger.”
1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, B-movie maestro and head of Troma Films was the associate producer of “The Final Countdown” and appeared in several films including “Slither,” “Ten,” “Hatchet II,” “Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol. 1,” “House of Horrors: Gates of Hell,” ”Caeser and Otto’s Deadly Xmas” and many more.
1942 – Fred Ward who starred in “Tremors” and “Tremors II: Aftershocks.”
1939 – Gino Marrocco, appeared in “Cannibal Girls” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Unforeseen” and “Damien.”
1935 – Jack Riley, appeared in “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Room 6.”
1934 – Russ Tamblyn, starred in “War of the Gargantuas,” “The Haunting [1963],” “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.
1934 – Joseph Bologna, appeared in “Transylvania 6-5000” and “Alligator II: The Mutation.”
1929 – Robert Brown, editor for “Damien: Omen II,” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “The Lost Boys” and “Flatliners [1990].”
1928 – Dan Fitzgerald, actor in “Barracuda,” “Island Claws,” “Eyes of a Stranger,” “Mako: The Jaws of Death,” “The Final Countdown,” “Happy New Year” and “Nightmare Beach.”
1926 – Mario Valdemarin, actor in “Death on the Fourposter [1964].”
1911 – Jeanette Nolan, appeared in “Chamber of Horrors” and “The Manitou.” She provided the voice for “Norman’s” mother “Norma Bates” in the original “Psycho.”
1907 – Carmen Dirigo, hair stylist for “House of Dracula,” “The Spider Woman Strikes Back,” “The Brute Man,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “The Vampire [1957],” “Diary of a Madman” and the TV Movie “A Taste of Evil.”
1901 – Henry Blanke, producer for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954].”
1896 – Tom Keene, appeared in “Red Planet Mars” and “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
1884 – Arthur Edmund Carewe, actor in “The Ghost Breaker,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “The Cat and the Canary [1927],” “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 30
2023 – Tom Wilkinson, starred in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005].”
2023 – Klee Benally, executive producer for the short “Legend of Weresheep (2009).”
2023 – Cindy Morgan, actress in the TV Movie “The Midnight Hour [1985].”
2021 – Stephen Lawrence, composer for “Mirrors” and “Alice, Sweet Alice.”
2021 – Denis O’Dell, assistant director for “Vampire Over London.”
2021 – Pedro Rebollo, actor in “Una de zombis.”
2021 – Renato Scarpa, actor in “Don’t Look Now,” “Suspiria [1977]” and “Tale of Tides.”
2020 – Mike Fenton, casting director for “Poltergeist,” “Ghost Story,” “The Amityville Horror,” “The Stepfather,” “The Shaft,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video and many more.
2020 – Martha Navarro, actress in “The Heart of the Night.”
2020 – Dawn Wells, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Return to Boggy Creek,” “Soulmates” and “Silent But Deadly.”
2019 – Syd Mead, appeared as himself in “Superior Firepower: The Making of ‘Aliens’”
2019 – Elizabeth Sellars, appeared in “Three’s Company [1953],” “Three Cases of Murder,” “The Mummy’s Shroud” and an episode of “Beasts Episode: During Barty’s Party [1976].”
2008 – Bernie Hamilton, appeared in the film “Scream, Blacula Scream”.
2000 – Julius J. Epstein, screenwriter for “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1996 – Lew Ayres, appeared in “Salem’s Lot” and “Damien: Omen II.”
1996 – Jack Nance, starred in “Eraserhead,” “Ghoulies,” “The Blob [1988],” “Little Witches,” “The Demolitionist,” “Voodoo,” and “Roja Oscuridad.”
1979 – K. Gordon Murray, producer who was responsible for bringing many Mexican films to America, including “Samson vs. the Vampire Women” and “The Brainiac.”
1964 – Ted Cheesman, film editor for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and “Mighty Joe Young [1949].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 30
The Night Walker [1964] – Los Angeles
Night of a Thousand Screams [2001]
Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood [2003]
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DECEMBER 31
BORN ON DECEMBER 31
1983 – Rob Kennedy, writer for “The Accursed,” “Midnight Man,” as well as the shorts “Trick or Treat,” “Life Indiscretions,” “In the Night, In the Dark,” “Sit Beside Me” and “The Unquiet.”
1959 – Val Kilmer, starred in “Red Planet, “Mindhunters,” “Deja Vu” and the 1996 version of “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”
1957 – David Howe, actor in “The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra,” “Annabelle,” “Annabelle: Creation,” “Havenhurst,” as well as episodes of “Ghosted” and “American Horror Story.”
1951 – Barbara Carrera, appeared in the 1977 version of “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Embryo” and “When Time Ran Out.”
1953 – Jane Badler, producer for “A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return,” actress in “Surrogate,” “The Free Fall,” “Cult Girls,” “Good Samaritan – Short,” “Needle,” the TV Movie “Covenant,” and the TV Series “V” both the original and remake.
1948 – Joe Dallesandro appeared in “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”
1945 – Vernon Wells, starred in “Caesar and Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Throwback,” “The Dead Undead,” “Silent Night, Zombie Night,” “The Education of a Vampire” and many more.
1943 – Ben Kingsley, starred in “Species,” “Spooky House,” “The Tale of Sweeney Todd” and “Bloodrayne.”
1941 – Sean S. Cunningham, directed “Friday the 13th,” “DeepStar Six,” and produced “House,” “The Horror Show,” “The Last House on the Left [1972],” “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,” “Jason X,” “Freddy vs Jason” and many more.
1938 – Rosalind Cash, appeared in “The Omega Man,” “Tales from the Hood” and “Dr. Black & Mr. Hyde.”
1937 – Sir Anthony Hopkins, starred in “Silence of the Lambs,” “Hannibal,” “Red Dragon,” “Magic,” “Audrey Rose,” and as “Professor Van Helsing” in the 1992 version of “Dracula.”
1931 – Gil Melle, composed the themes for the TV series’ “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Night Gallery.”
1925 – Richard Gordon, producer for “The Haunted Strangler,” “Devil Doll,” “The Projected Man,” “Island of Terror,” “Bizarre,” “Tower of Evil,” “Horror Hospital,” “The Cat and the Canary,” “Inseminoid” and more.
1897 – Orry-Kelly, costume designer for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Walking Dead.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 31
2021 – Betty White, actress in “Lake Placid” and “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Episode: Who Killed Who?/Tween Wolf.”
2020 – Robert Hossein, appeared in “Barbarella” and “The Wax Mask.”
2020 – Gary Howard Klar, appeared in “A Stranger Is Watching” and “Day of the Dead.”
2020 – Narsing Yadav, appeared in “Raksha.”
2015 – Wayne Rogers, made one entry in horror when he starred in “Chamber of Horrors.”
2014 – Edward Herrmann, starred in “The Lost Boys,” “Here Come the Munsters – TV Movie” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown” remake.
2009 – Ric Coken, composer for “The Demons of Ludlow,” sound department for “The Capture of Bigfoot,” “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Blood Harvest,” “The Borrower,” “Severed Ties,” “Truth or Dare?” “The Alpha Incident” and more.
2008 – Donald E. Westlake, screenwriter for “The Stepfather [1987],” “Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy,” “Stepfather 3” and “24th Street.”
2003 – Paula Raymond, starred in “Hand of Death,” “Blood of Dracula’s Castle” and “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.”
2001 – Eileen Heckart, co-starred in “The Bad Seed” and “Burnt Offerings.”
2001 – Paul Hubschmid, appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
1979 – Luis Induni, actor in “The Horrible Sexy Vampire,” “Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “Night of the Howling Beast,” “Exorcism,” “The House by the Edge of the Lake” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 31
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1931] – New York City
Cosmic Monsters [1958]
The Crawling Eye [1958]
The Strange World of Planet X [1958]
Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb [1964]
Vengeance of the Zombies [1973] – Charleston, WV
Psyclops [2002]
S.K.I.N.S.: Serial Killers in Need of Support [2009]
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