HAPPY NEW YEAR!
JANUARY 1
BORN ON JANUARY 1
1983 – Dana DeLorenzo, starred in “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series” and “The Moleman of Belmont Avenue.”
1979 – Anders Danielsen Lie, appeared in “Hidden,” “The Night Eats the World,” “Sick of Myself” and “Handling the Undead.”
1969 – Verne Troyer, actor in “Gnome Alone,” “Wishmaster” and “Pinocchio’s Revenge.”
1949 – Don Keith Opper, screenwriter for “Infection,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Critters,” “Critters 2,” “Critters 3” and “Critters 4.”
1942 – Greta Vayan, actress in “Balsamus l’uomo di Satana – aka Blood Relations.”
1940 – Martin Shakar, appeared in “The Children,” “Blood Bath” and episodes of the TV Series “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home.”
1938 – Frank Langella, starred in “CryBaby Lane – TV Movie,” “Brainscan,” “Dracula [1979],” “Red Dragon” and “The Ninth Gate.”
1937 – Suzy Kendall, appeared in “Craze,” “Torso,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “In the Devil’s Garden [1971],” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” and “Psycho-Circus.”
1929 – Don Sullivan, appeared in “The Giant Gia Monster,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas” and “Teenage Zombies.”
1909 – Dana Andrews, starred in the films “Curse of the Demon,” “The Frozen Dead,” appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery and “The Twilight Zone.”
1902 – Everett Brown, appeared in “Kongo,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “King Kong [1933].”
1885 – William Koenig, production manager for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Whispering Ghosts.”
1879 – Paul Porcasi, appeared in “Svengali” and “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JANUARY 1
2025 – Nora Orlandi, composer for “The Sweet Body of Deborah,” “Double Face” and “The Strange Vice of “Mrs. Wardh.”
2025 – Chad Morgan, appeared in “Ripspreader” and soundtrack for “100 Bloody Acres (The Sheik of Scrubby Creek).”
2024 – David J. Skal, author of “Dark Carnival,” “Something in the Blood,” “V Is for Vampire,” “The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror,” “Vampires: Encounters With The Undead,” “Hollywood Gothic,” “Romancing the Vampire : From Past to Present,” “Fright Favorites” and many more.”
2024 – René Verzier, cinematographer for “The Possession of Virginia,” “Rabid [1977],” “Rituals [1977],” “Death Ship,” “Deadly Eyes,” “Visiting Hours,” “Of Unknown Origin” and “The Vindicator.”
2024 – Mickey Cottrell, actor in “Terrified,” “Hellraiser: Bloodline,” “Home the Horror Story,” TV Movie “The Burkittsville 7” and publicist for “Deal Calm.”
2024 – James Herbert Brennan (J.H. Brennan), author of “Horror Classic Gamebooks,” “The Curse of Frankenstein (1986)” and “Dracula’s Castle (1986).”
2022 – Barbara Chilcott, actress in “Stop Me Before I Kill,” episodes of “The Unforeseen,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Beyond Reality.”
2021 – Mark Eden, appeared in “The Crimson Cult” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Quatermass and the Pit” and “Out of the Unknown.”
2021 – Seizô Fukumoto, appeared in “Samurai Reincarnation.”
2019 – Ivo Gregurevic, appeared in “Infection [2003]”
2018 – Jon Paul “JP” Steuer, appeared in “Amityville: A New Generation.”
2016 – Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer for “Images,” “Horror of the Blood Monsters,” “Satan’s Sadists,” “Psycho à Go-Go” as well as the camera Department for “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?.”
2015 – Donna Douglas, appeared on many TV shows including “Thriller,” “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2009 – Edmund Purdom, actor in “Don’t Open Till Christmas,” “Absurd,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks,” “The Devil’s Lover,” “Pieces,” “Together Forever,” “Fracchia vs. Dracula” and “The Rift.”
2001 – Ray Walston, actor in “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “Blood Relations,” “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back,” “Blood Savage,” “Popcorn,” “The Stand – Mini-series” and more.
1983 – David Buttolph, musical director for “The Gorilla.”
1975 – Arthur Pierson, dialogue director for “Hangover Square [1945].”
1967 – Emil Van Horn, actor/stunts for “The Ape Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 1
The Invisible Boy [1957] – Japan
The Blood Beast of Terror [1968]
Carnival of Blood [1970]
Night of the Cobra Woman [1972]
Blood Orgy of the She-Devils [1973]
The Creeping Flesh [1973] – UK
Frightmare [1983] – France – Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
Clownhouse [1989] – Sundance Film Festival
Serial Killer [2002]
Shadow of Dread [2002]
Alien Abduction [2005]
Blood Feud [2010]
Avalanche Sharks [2014] – TV Movie – Canada
Camp Blood 8: Revelations [2020]
Two Twisted Tales [2021]
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JANUARY 2
BORN ON JANUARY 2
1980 – Patrick Rea, directed “They Wait in the Dark,” “Nailbiter,” “I Am Lisa,” “Arbor Demon,” produced “Charlotte,” “Conjure X,” “Time’s Up Eve,” writer for “The Witching,” “Monsterland 2,” “The Invoking 2” and many others.
1975 – Chris W. Freeman, director/writer/producer for “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Dark Image,” “Evil Takes Root,” “Beast Mode,” producer/writer for “Paranormal Incident” and “616: Paranormal Incident.”
1971 – Taye Diggs, actor in “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” and “Incarnation.”
1967 – Tia Carrere, actress in “Zombie Nightmare,” “Dark Honeymoon,” “Natural Enemy,” “Night of the Headless Horseman,” “Covenant” and the TV Series “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.”
1966 – Kate Hodge, appeared in “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “She-Wolf of London – TV Series” and “The Hidden II”.
1965 – Jeff Watson, stunt coordinator/appeared in “Grizzly Park.”
1957 – Joanna Pacula, appeared in “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Virus,” “The Kiss” and “Dinocroc.”
1955 – Bruce Bright, special effects for “The Shallows,” “House of Wax [2005],” “The Ruins,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” “Monster!” and “Curse of the Talisman.”
1929 – Writer Charles Beaumont, screenwriter for “Queen of Outer Space,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Masque of the Red Death” and 21 episodes of the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
1922 – Jason Evers, appeared in “Basket Case 2,” “Claws,” “The Illustrated Man,” “Barracuda,” “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” and more.
1921 – Geoffrey Alexander, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” as well as an episode each of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown” and “The Unforeseen.”
1901 – Lew Landers. Directed “Return of the Vampire” and “The Raven [1935].”
1888 – Jack Wise, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
DIED ON JANUARY 2
2024 – Peter Berkos, sound editor/effects for “The Creature Walks Among Us [1956]” and “Nightmares [1983].”
2024 – Harry Johnson, actor in “Bad Dreams,” “Warlock” and ADR Voice for “Bird Box.”
2022 – J. Patrick McNamara, actor in “Warning Sign,” “The Fury,” “Phantasm II,” “The First Power,” “Mom [1991],” as well as episodes of “Werewolf,” “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
2022 – Suzy McKee Charnas, author of “The Vampire Tapestry (1980).”
2022 – Massimo Turci, voice dubbing for “Atom Age Vampire,” “Black Sunday [1960],” “Cold Eyes of Fear,” “The House of Exorcism,” “The Chosen,” “Play Motel,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “House at the Edge of the Park” and many more.
2021 – Brian Cowan, starred in the 2007 TV Movie “Empathy.”
2020 – Élisabeth Rappeneau, script department for “Expulsion of the Devil.”
2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, wonderful character actor in “Ghost Son,” “The Omen,” “Dark Water,” “Crimetime,” “Alien³,” “Split Second” and many more.
2005 – Barbara Pilavin, actress in “Frightmare [1983],” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence” and “Constantine.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 2
Strangler of the Swamp [1946]
The Island Monster [1954]
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins [2004]
Vampires: The Turning [2005]
The Darkroom [2006]
Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon [2017] – Blu-ray
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JANUARY 3
BORN ON JANUARY 3
1984 – Shawn Burkett, director “Don’t Fuck in the Woods,” “Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2,” “ “60 Seconds to Die,” “The Sleeping Soul,” “Bludgeon,” “Watch This,” “Theatre of the Deranged II,” “Midsummer Nightmares” and more.
1982 – Brett Simmons, director for “Husk,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Animal,” “Chilling Visions 5: 5 States of Fear” and “You Might Be the Killer.”
1958 – Jewel Shepard, starred in “Return of the Living Dead,” “Scanner Cop II” and “Roots of Evil.”
1947 – Steve Inwood, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge,” “Almost Dead” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Something is Out There” and “The Hitchhiker.”
1943 – Michael Zager, composer/title theme for “Friday the 13th Part 3.”
1932 – Dabney Coleman, actor in TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Bad Ronald,” “House of Evil,” “Meet the Applegates,” “Target Earth” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1931 – Conrad Brooks, appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Night of the Ghouls,” “The Beast of Yucca Flats” and “Jan-Gel, the Beast from the East”
1930 – Robert Loggia, starred in “Innocent Blood,” “Scavenger Killers,” “Bleeding Hearts,” “The Believers,” “Psycho II,” episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and many more.
1930 – Mara Corday, appeared in “The Black Scorpion,” “Tarantula” and “The Giant Claw.”
1912 – Robert Flemyng, actor in “The Horrible Dr. Hichcock,” “The Blood Beast of Terror” and “The Body Stealers.”
1905 – Ray Milland, starred in “The Uninvited [1944],” “X-The Man with X-Ray Eyes,” “Frogs” and “The Thing with Two Heads.”
1877 – Josephine Hull, starred in “Arsenic and Old Lace” and appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out.”
DIED ON JANUARY 3
2025 – Brenton Wood, soundtrack for “The Toxic Avenger Part III (Gimme Little Sign),” “Devil’s Due (I Like the Way You Love Me)” and “The Stand – S1.E4 (Gimme Little Sign).”
2024 – Germana Dominici, voice dubbing for “Black Sunday,” “Baron Blood,” “Five Women for the Killer,” “Werewolf Woman,” “Play Motel,” “The Black Cat,” “The New York Ripper,” “The Scorpion with Two Tails” and more.
2022 – James Brubaker, transportation coordinator for “Embryo” and the TV Movie “The Dead Don’t Die [1975].”
2022 – Vladan Živković, actor in “Dark Echoes” and “Variola Vera.”
2022 – Joseph Koo, composer for “The Bedeviled.”
2021 – Barbara Shelley, actress in “Blood of the Vampire,” “Village of the Damned,” “The Gorgon,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” Quatermass and the Pit,” “Ghost Story” and more.
2021 – Gerry Marsden, did the soundtrack for the “Supernatural” episode “Alpha and Omega [2016].”
2020 – Robert Clinton Blanche, appeared in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die,” “Something Wicked,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “Foreclosed,” “Zombie Apocalypse, “Rose Red” and producer/writer for “Jason Rising.”
2020 – Derek Acorah, author of “Haunted!,” “Ghost Towns,” “Haunted Britain” and “Most Haunted: The Official Behind the Scenes Guide.”
2018 – Bill Blunden, editor for “The Night Visitor,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Trilogy of Terror II,” episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows” and “Intruders.”
2018 – Jack Hunsaker, supervising music editor for “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2013 – Patty Shepard, actress in “Slugs,” “Edge of the Axe,” “Rest in Pieces,” “The Witches Mountain,” “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Glass Ceiling” and “Assignment Terror.”
2009 – Carlos Camilleri, composed the scores for the films “House of 1,000 Dolls” and “The Castle of Fu Manchu.”
2009 – Pat Hingle, appeared in “Tarantula: The Deadly Cargo.”
1994 – Frank Belknap Long, writer for an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”
1988 – Scotty Rackin, make-up department/hair stylist for “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow,” “The Night Strangler – TV Movie” and “What’s the Matter with Hellen?”
1980 – Bernhard Kaun, composer (uncredited) for “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The Patient in Room 18,” “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Smiling Ghost,” orchestrator (uncredited) for “The Fly [1958],” “King Kong [1933],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” Doctor X” and more.
1952 – Dick Curtis, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Condemned to Live,” “We Want Our Mummy” and “The Man They Could Not Hang.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 3
The Mystery of the Ghastly Face [1935]
She Demons [1958] – Carthage, TX
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake [1959] – Bismarck, ND
Ghosthouse [1988] – France – Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
Shadow of the Demon [2002]
Green River Killer [2005]
Backwoods [2008] – TV Movie
Amityville Exorcism [2017]
The Cleansing Hour [2019] – Taiwan
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JANUARY 4
BORN ON JANUARY 4
1985 – Christian Stella, cinematographer for “Fingers,” “After Midnight,” “The Battery” and the short “The Lake.”
1980 – Erin Cahill, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Skinwalker Ranch,” “Boogeyman 3,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Jekyll,” “Creature Unknown” and more.
1979 – Charity Rahmer, actress in “The Frightening,” “Cheerleader Massacre,” “Easter Holocaust,” “Fangs Out” and “Leeches!”
1971 – Jeremy Licht, appeared in “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “Swamp Thing – Episode: Powers of Darkness.”
1965 – Rick Hearst, starred in “Brain Damage” and “Warlock III: The End of Innocence.”
1958 – Julian Sands, appeared in “Gothic,” “Warlock,” “Arachnophobia,” The Turn of the Screw,” “Tale of a Vampire,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt” and many more.
1946 – Ramsey Campbell, author of “Scared Stiff.”
1941 –George P. Cosmatos, directed “Cobra,” “Of Unknown Origin” and “Leviathan”.
1935 – Marla English, starred in “Voodoo Woman” and “The She-Creature.”
1924 – Barbara Rush, actress in “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Unknown” and the TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf.”
1920 – Rosalie Crutchley, actress in “The Gamma People,” “The Haunting [1963],” “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “And Now the Screaming Starts,” “The Keep” and “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?”
1915 – Meg Mundy, appeared in TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
1893 – Jesslyn Fax, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and 2 episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
DIED ON JANUARY 4
2025 – Ronnie Yeskel, casting director for Blade: Trinity,” “Devour,” “Orphan,” “Zombie Prom (short)” and an episode of “FreakyLInks.”
2024 – Christian Oliver, actor in “Ninja Apocalypse,” “I Am Fear,” “Animal Among Us” as well producer for “The Outer Wild” and “Wrong Turn [2021.”
2024 – Georgina Hale, actress in “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Beyond Bedlam,” “Cockneys vs. Zombies” and an episode of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror.”
2024 – Glynis Johns, actress in “The Cabinet of Caligari,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Three Dangerous Ladies,” “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School” and the short “Mrs. Amworth.”
2024 – David Soul, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Salem’s Lot,” “Circle of Fear,” “The Hitchhiker” and the TV Movie “Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive.”
2024 – Tracy Tormé, writer for “Spellbinder,” episodes of the TV Series “Intruders” and “The Outer Limits.”
2022 – Jean Bertho, director for the TV Movie “Experiment in Evil.”
2022 – Fay Weldon, writer for ‘Killer’s Moon,” “Shadows – Episode: Honeyann” and wrote the novel “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball.”
2022 – Russell Lees, writer for the video game “The Dark Eye.”
2021 – Heung Kam Lee, actress in “The Ghost Returns at Midnight.”
2021 – Elias Rahbani, soundtrack for “What We Do in the Shadows.”
2021 – Tanya Roberts, appeared in “The Last Victim” and “Tourist Trap.”
2021 – Gregory Sierra, appeared in “Vampires,” “Donor – TV Movie” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Something Is Out There” and “The X-Files.”
2020 – Chanh Tin Nguyen, directed “Ngôi Nhà Bí Ân,” actor/writer for “Suôi Oan Hôn,” and “Ngôi Nhà Oan Khôc.”
2019 – Torro Margens, appeared in” Pengantin Pantai Biru,” “Kalung jailangkung,” “Uka-Uka: The Movie – Nini Tulang,” Directed “Bloody Love,” director/writer “Blood Painting,” and “Bloody Marriage.”
2019 – Norman Snider, writer for “Dead Ringers,” “Body Parts,” and “War of the Worlds – TV Series.”
1984 – Skip Martin, actor in “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Vampire Circus,” “Son of Dracula” and “Horror Hospital.”
1978 – Kermit Echols, appeared in “Grizzly” and “Scalpel.”
1964 – Ralph Dumke, appeared in “Francis in the Haunted House”, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and more.
1959 – Lee Shumway, actor in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Face Behind the Mask.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 4
Torso [1973] – Italy
Sorceress [1995]
One Missed Call [2008]
Breeding Farm [2013]
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