JANUARY 12
BORN ON JANUARY 12
1987 – Naya Rivera, appeared in “At the Devil’s Door” and “Frankenhood.”
1983 – Sara Fletcher, actress in “1313: Nightmare Mansion,” “Super Shark,” “Hansel & Gretel,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Do Not Watch,” “The DÆMON,” and more.
1980 – Vanessa Johansson, appeared in “Shark in Venice,” “The Objective,” “Day of the Dead [2008]” and “Shakvengers.”
1968 – Farrah Forke, actress in “Brain Twisters.”
1965 – Rob Zombie, musician and filmmaker, wrote and directed “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Halloween II [2009],” “The Lords of Salem”, “31,” and the animated film “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
1960 – Oliver Platt, starred in “Lake Placid,” “Flatliners” and “The Temp”.
1955 – Kirstie Alley, appeared in “The Salem Witch Trails,” “Blind Date,” “Village of the Damned [1995],” and episodes of the TV Series “Scream Queens” and “Deadly Nightmares.”
1947 – Stanko Molnar, appeared in “Macabre,” “A Blade in the Dark” and an episode of “Sabbath.”
1934 – Bob Dishy, appeared in “My Boyfriend’s Back” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
1933 – Ron Harper, actor in “Venomous,” “Glass Trap,” “The Poughkeepsie Tapes” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
1930 – Edgar Lansbury, producer for “Squirm,” “Blue Sunshine,” “He Knows Your Alone” and “The Clairvoyant.”
1930 – Herb Robins, actor in “The Brainsucker,” “The Funhouse,” “The Worm Eaters,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “Sinthia: The Devil’s Doll” and “The Thrill Killers.”
1910 – Patsy Kelly, actress in “The Gorilla,” “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini” and Rosemary’s Baby.”
1907 – Ben Nye, make-up artist worked on “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “The Fly [1958],” “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”
1878 – Jack Pratt, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JANUARY 12
2022 – Brian Tufano, cinematographer for, Out of the Unknown – Episode: Get Off My Cloud,” “Supernatural – Episode: Mr. Nightingale” and “Dreamscape.”
2022 – Sulambek Mamilov, director for “Day of Wrath.”
2021 – Denis Karasyov, actor in “Mute Witness.”
2020 – Jayalath Manoratne, appeared in “Zoom.”
2020 – Tony Garnett, producer for “The Sweet Body of Deborah.”
2020 – William “Bill” Bogert, actor in “The Sentinel.”
2019 – Batton Lash, Comic Writer – some include “Eerie Archives Vol 10,” “Satan’s Six #1, “Vampirella Comics Magazine #9,” “Supernatural Law #1 & #24-45.”
2019 – Etsuko Ichihara, actress in “Village of Eight Gravestones.”
2016 – Meg Mundy, appeared in TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
2011 – Paul Picerni, character actor who appeared in many films and TV shows including “House of Wax [1953],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Fearmaker,” TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1991 – Keye Luke, actor in “Gremlins,” “Mad Love,” “Godzilla Rises Again,” “The Cat Creature,” “Dead Heat” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1976 – Agatha Christie, “The Queen of Crime,” mystery writer
1969 – Charles Irwin, appeared in “Kingo” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 12
Island of Lost Souls [1932]
The Invisible Man Returns [1940]
Mark of the Gorilla [1950]
Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1966]
Plague of the Zombies [1966]
The House That Screamed [1969]
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III [1990]
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace [1996]
One Blood Planet [2001]
Primeval [2007]
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JANUARY 13
BORN ON JANUARY 13
1989 – Beau Mirchoff, starred in “Flatliners [2017],” “The Grudge 3″ and “Scary Movie 4.”
1983 – Julian Morris, actor in “Cry Wolf,” “Donkey Punch,” “Sorority Row” and “Something Wicked.”
1976 – Michael Peña, appeared in “Fantasy Island [2020],” “The Vatican Tapes,” “Love Object” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [2003].”
1972 – Nicole Eggert, appeared in “The Outer Limits” TV Series, “The Demolitionist” and “The Haunting of Morella.”
1968 – Traci Bingham, appeared “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”
1967 – Kimberly Seilhamer, director, writer, producer, actor in “Jack the Reaper.”
1966 – Patrick Dempsey, appeared in “Scream 3″.
1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, appeared in “The Relic” and “The Messengers.”
1956 – Dwight H. Little, writer/director of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” TV Series “Sleepy Hollow,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” TV Series “The X-Files,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and many others.
1950 – John McNaughton, writer/director known for “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “The Borrower,” TV Series “Masters of Horror,” “The Harvest” and more.
1943 – Richard Moll, actor in “Evilspeak,” “The Dungeonmaster,” “House [1985],” “Night Train to Terror,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Nightmare Man,” “Headless Horseman,” “Dante’s Inferno,” “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Ghost Shark,” “Circus Kane,” “Slay Belles” and more.
1941 – Serge Laprade, actor in “Cul-de-Sac [2008].”
1938 – Billy Gray, as a child, appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and as an adult “Werewolves On Wheels” and “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
1938 – William B. Davis, appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “It: TV Mini-Series,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “The Thaw” and many more.
1936 – Henry Richardson, editor for “The Crawling Eye,” “Countess Dracula,” “Tower of Evil,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Curtains.”
1931 – Ian Hendry, actor in “Children of the Damned,” “Repulsion,” “Tales from the Crypt [1972],” “Theatre of Blood,” “Damien: Omen II” and more.
1930 – 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.”
1930 – Michel Hugo, cinematographer for “The Night Stalker,” “Bug,” “The Manitou,” “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Pandemonium” and the TV Movie “High Desert Kill.”
1928 – Gregory Walcott starred in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “House II: The Second Story” and appeared in “Ed Wood.”
1919 – Robert Stack, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence” and an episode of “Lights Out.”
1918 – Bud Westmore among his many credits “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “This Island Earth.”
1918 – Herbert L. Strock, directed “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “The Crawling Hand.”
1914 – Lee Katz, assistant director for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and writer for “The Return of Doctor X.”
1912 – Paul Birch, starred in “Not of This Earth,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Beast with a Million Eyes.”
1907 – Jeff Morrow, appeared in the “The Twilight Zone,” “The Giant Claw,” “Kronos,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “This Island Earth” and others.
DIED ON JANUARY 13
2024 – Joyce Randolph, actress in “The Honeymooners – Episode: Halloween Party.”
2022 – Fred Parris, composer for “Dead Ringers [1988] – song “In the Still of the Night.”
2021 – Tim Bogert, worked on the soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode: Fallen Idols.”
2020 – Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, appeared in “El corazón de la noche.”
2012 – Morgan Jones, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Not of This Earth,” “Forbidden Planet,” episodes of “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone [1961].”
2009 – Patrick McGoohan starred in the film “Scanners.”
2001 – Amando de Ossorio, writer/director of “The Blind Dead 3,” “Malenka” “Tombs of the Blind Dead” and “Return of the Blind Dead,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “The Loreley’s Grasp” and “Night of the Seagulls”.
1989 – Joe Spinell, who played the title role in the film “Maniac” and appeared in “The Last Horror Film” and “The Undertaker.”
1976 – Margaret Leighton, appeared in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “From Beyond the Grave” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1946 – Etta McDaniel, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The invisible Ray” and “Son of Dracula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 13
Son of Frankenstein [1939]
Paranoiac [1963]
Two on a Guillotine [1965]
The Satanic Rites of Dracula [1973]
Sweet Sixteen [1983] – Greenwood, SC
Pumpkinhead [1988]
DeepStar Six [1989]
Intruder [1989] – Limited
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1989]
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight [1995]
Dr. Moreau’s House of Pain [2004] – video
Vampire Sisters [2004]
Mortuary [2005]
Circus of the Dead [2014]
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JANUARY 14
BORN ON JANUARY 14
1988 – Kacey Clarke, appeared in “World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen,” “I Spit on Your Grave 2,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Lake Placid 3” and more.
1976 – Ward Horton, actor in “Annabelle” and “Annabelle: Creation.”
1975 – Jordan Ladd, appeared in “Embrace of the Vampire,” “Cabin Fever,” “Club Dread,” “Madhouse,” “Death Proof,” “Hostel: Part II,” “Satanic Panic,” “Grace” and more.
1975 – Taylor Hayes, actress in “Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain.”
1974 – Kevin Durand starred in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” “Resident Evil: Retribution,” TV Series “The Strain” and “Dark Was the Night.”
1973 – Kristina Copeland, actress in “11:11,” “Savage Island” and “Alien Incursion.”
1969 – Jason Bateman, appeared in “The Gift [2015,” “Bates Motel – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [2003].”
1968 – LL Cool J, appeared in “Deep Blue Sea,” “Halloween H2O,” and “Mindhunters.”
1948 – Carl Weathers, actor in “Predator [1987],” “Sheriff Tom vs. the Zombies” and voice for “Toy Story of Terror.”
1945 – Vonetta McGee, starred in “Blacula” and the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes.”
1941 – Faye Dunaway, starred in the film “The Eyes of Laura Mars.”
1938 – Jack Jones, actor in “The Comeback [1978].”
1911 – Daniel James, writer for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Giang Behemoth” and “Gorgo.”
1906 – William Bendix, appeared “Lifeboat [1944]” and an episode of “Lights Out.”
1938 – Jack Jones, appeared in “The Comeback” and 3 episodes of “Over the Garden Wall.”
1896 – Hans J. Salter, composer for “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Wolf Man [1941],” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” ”20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Hold That Ghost,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “House of Frankenstein” and many more.
1892 – Hal Roach, producer (uncredited) for the short “Haunted Spooks.”
DIED ON JANUARY 14
2024 – Mo Henry, editorial/negative cutter for “Jaws,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Anaconda,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Faculty,” “The Devil’s Advocate,” “Wild Things,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Ghost Ship,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “I Am Legend,” “Zombieland” and many more.
2024 – Elisabeth Trissenaar, actress in the TV Movie “No Sky Limit with Africa [2004].”
2022 – Wally Campo, actor in “The Strangler,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Little Shop of Horrors [1960]” and “Beast from Haunted Cave.”
2022 – Dallas Frazier, soundtrack for “Skinned Alive and “B.C. Butcher.”
2022 – Ron Goulart, screenwriter for episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside” and “Monsters.”
2022 – Carmen de la Maza, appeared in “Crosswords – Episode: Till Death Do Us Part.”
2022 – Carol Speed, actress in “Abby” and “Bummer.”
2021 – Elijah Moshinsky, director for the TV Movie “The Turn of the Screw: Britten” and the TV Series “The Green Man.”
2021 – Peter Mark Richman, appeared in “Dark Intruder,” “Judgement Day,” “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2020 – Jack Kehoe, appeared in “Servants of Twilight” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty.”
2020 – Recep Aktug, appeared in Araf 2”
2019 – Robby Tumewu, appeared in “Blood Trace.”
2019 – Mark Arnold Urman, Unit Publicist for “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.”
2014 – Ray Lawlor, appeared in “The Mask [1961]” and “Cannibal Girls.”
2010 – Mark Jones, appeared in “The Girl from Starship Venus,” “Don’t Open Till Christmas” as well as episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “The Protectors.”
2009 – Ricardo Montalban, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2007 – Tudor Gates, screenwriter for the films “Twins of Evil,” “Lust for A Vampire,” “Fright,” and “The Vampire Lovers.”
2006 – Shelley Winters, appeared in “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2004 – Uta Hagen, co-starred in the film “The Other” and appeared in the series “The Twilight Zone.”
2004 – Ron O’ Neal, appeared in “When A Stranger Calls,” “Death House” and “Puppet Master 5.”
1986 – Donna Reed, actress in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945]” and the TV Movie “Deadly Lessons.”
1978 – Marie Blake, was best known for portraying “Grandmama Addams” in “The Addams Family tv series and was also in “She Devil.”
1961 – Ernest Thesiger, appeared in, The Old Dark House,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” and “The Ghoul.”
1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1957 – Humphrey Bogart, starred in the film “The Return of Dr. X.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 14
House on Haunted Hill [1959] – San Francisco (premiere)
The Dunwich Horror [1970]
Satan’s Triangle [1975] – TV Movie
Scanners [1981]
Body Snatchers [1993]
Supernova [2000]
The Lodger [2009]
Digging to Death [2021] – Finland
Scream [2022]
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JANUARY 15
BORN ON JANUARY 15
1982 – Jana Kaderabkova, appeared in “Hostel” and “Hostel Dissected.”
1977 – Radoslav Parvanov, stunt performer for “Skeleton Man,” “Raging Sharks,” “Mansquito,” “Hammerhead,” “Stag Night,” “Shark in Venice,” “Against the Dark,” “Spiders,” “Code Red,” “Dracula Untold,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2022],” “Dampyr” and many more.
1968 – Chad Lowe, appeared in the films “The Others” and “Highway to Hell.”
1957 – Mario Van Peebles, starred in the films “Jaws: The Revenge,” and “Full Eclipse”.
1955 – Nels Van Patten, actor in “Grotesque” and “Camp Fear.”
1949 – George ‘Funky’ Brown – Drummer & Songwriter for Kool & the Gang, soundtrack for episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Scream Queens” the movie “Five Nights at Freddy’s.”
1947 – Andrea Martin, appeared in both the original 1974 “Black Christmas” and the 2006 remake as well as “Cannibal Girls,” “Believe” and the TV Series “Evil.”
1936 – Richard Franklin, actor in “Chemical Wedding [2008]” and the short “Taketh [2017].”
1932 – Joe Dorsey, appeared in “Pet Sematary II,” “Grizzly,” “The Visitor” and “The Manitou.”
1930 – William Beckley, appeared in the TV Movies “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Daughter of the Mind,” as well as episodes of TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Night Gallery” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1929 – José Pinto, actor in “Blood Curse” and the short “In the Dark.”
1922 – Thelma Carpenter, actress in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1919 – Tod Griffin, appeared in the films “She Devil” and “She Demons.”
1912 – Kenyon Hopkins, worked in the music department for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and composed Nightmare!! on MGM Records.
1909 – Cyprian R. Dube, actor in “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1905 – Torin Thatcher, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968]” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “One Step Beyond.”
1892 – William Beaudine, directed “The Ape Man,” “Ghosts on the Loose,” “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
1879 – Ernest Thesiger, starred in “The Old Dark House,” “The Ghoul” and “The Bride of Frankenstein.”
1875 – Claude King, appeared in “London After Midnight,” “Behind the Mask,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON JANUARY 15
2025 – David Lynch, director/producer/writer for “Eraserhead,” “Twin Peaks – TV Series,” “Boat,” “Dune [1984]” and many shorts.
2025 – Jeannot Szwarc, director for “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Bug,” “Jaws 2,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue [1986]” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Supernatural.”
2024 – Charmian Eyre, actress in “Corridors of Blood [1958].”
2024 – Dana Ghia, actress in “Smile Before Death,” “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes,” “Together Forever” and “Nine Guests for a Crime.”
2022 – Andrew Jones, director for “The Amityville Asylum,” “Valley of the Witch,” “Robert,” “The Revenge of Robert the Doll,” “The Legend of Halloween Jack,” “The Last House on Cemetery Lane,” “Jurassic Predator,” “The Jonestown Haunting,” “The Haunting of Margam Castle” and many more.
2022 – Jon Lind, worked on soundtrack for the TV Movie “Don’t Look Under the Bed” and sound department for “Truth or Dare [1986].”
2022 – Jean-Claude Lord, director for “Visiting Hours” and the TV Movie “Secrets of the Summer House.”
2022 – Joe Dunne, stuntman in “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “Twins of Evil,” “Dominique,” “The Hidden II,” “Doom [2005]” and an episode of “Kindred: The Embraced.”
2022 – Michael Jackson, appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and an episode of “The Munsters.”
2021 – Dale Baer, did the visual effects for “Species.”
2020 – Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, appeared in “The Murder Farm.”
2019 – Thelma Tixou, appeared in “Santa Sangre.”
2019 – Carol Channing, Voice Actress in several episodes of “The Addams Family” animated series as Grandmama
2019 – William G. Anagnos, actor in “A Stranger is Watching,” Stuntman, “Wolfen,” “The Ambulance,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Body Snatchers,” “Lost Souls,” “The Forgotten” and “Anamorph.”
2011 – Susannah York, starred in “Images,” “The Shout,” “The Awakening,” “Visitors,” “Daemon – TV Movie,” “Tomorrow’s Killer” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
2009 – Chuck Gaspar, did special effects for “Virus,” “The Birds,” “Anaconda,” “Altered States,” “Exorcist II,” “Ghostbusters [1984] and Ghostbusters II”.
2000 – Fran Ryan, actress in “Eyes of Fire,” “Nick Knight,” “Lucky Stiff,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “Amazing Stories.”
1996 – Les Baxter, composed scores for “Black Sunday,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Black Sabbath,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1961],” “Dementia 13,” “The Raven” and more.
1992 – Helen Worthington, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1990 – Gordon Jackson, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “Spectre,” as well as episodes of “Supernatural [1977]” and “Mystery and Imagination.”
1990 – Hannah Washington, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1939 – Susannah York, starred in “Images,” “The Shout,” “The Awakening,” “Visitors,” “Daemon – TV Movie,” “Tomorrow’s Killer” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 15
The Fatal Hour [1940]
London Blackout Murders [1943]
Return of The Living Dead Part II [1988]
In Dreams [1999]
Virus [1999]
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter [2001]
Rats [aka Killer Rats] [2003]
Mean Creek [2004]
Vampire Blvd [2004]
Asylum [2007]
Butcher House [2007] – filmed in 2006
Ghost Hunters: Point of Contact [2006]
Army of the Dead [2008]
The Attic [2007]
Detention [2010]
Porkchop [2010]
The Book of Eli [2010]
Porkchop [2010]
Intruders [2015]
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JANUARY 16
BORN ON JANUARY 16
1982 – Diana García, actress in “SX_Tape.”
1979 – Aaliyah, singer-turned actress starred in “Queen of the Damned”.
1956 – Anders Hove, best known for playing the vampire “Radu” in “Subspecies 1-4.” He also appeared in “Critters 4” and “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series.”
1950 – Caroline Munro, appeared in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Dracula A.D. 1972″ and “Flesh for the Beast.”
1948 – John Carpenter, director, writer, producer, composer “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II [1981],” “The Thing [1982],” “The Fog [1980],” “Escape From New York,” “Christine,” “Prince of Darkness,” “Ghost of Mars,” “Vampires,” “The Fog [2005]” and many more.
1938 – Michael Pataki, appeared in “The Andromeda Strain,” “The Return of Count Yorga,” “Grave of the Vampire,” “The Bat People,” “Graduation Day,” “The Invisible Man – TV Series,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Dead & Buried,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and many more.
1927 – Peter Forbes-Robertson, actor in “The Woman Eater,” “Island of Terror,” “Night After Night After Night” and “The House That Vanished.”
1920 – Steve Conte, appeared in “The Kindred,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Invasion of the Animal People,” “Teenage Zombies,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Attack of the Mayan Mummy.”
1918 – Stirling Siliphant, produced the TV movie “Salem’s Lot” and wrote screenplays for “The Village of the Damned” and “The Swarm.”
1903 – Peter Brocco, appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein [1958],” “Dark Intruder,” “What’s the Matter with Hellen?,” “The Killing Kind,” “Homebodies,” “The Twilight Zone: The Movie” and more.
1901 – Marcel Delgado, did the visual effects for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and “War of the Worlds.”
1897 – Roy Musgrave, camera operator for “Mystery at the Wax Museum.”
1896 – Ruth Rose, writer for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong [1933]” and “King Kong [1976].”
1890 – Karl Freund, directed the original “Mummy” and cinematographer of “The Golem,” “Metropolis,” the 1920 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Dracula.”
1888 – A.J. Prather, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JANUARY 16
2024 – Laurie Johnson, composer for “And Soon the Darkness,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter,” “It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive,” episodes of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Thriller.”
2024 – José Lifante, actor in “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Night of the Walking Dead,” “The Killer of Dolls,” “Devil’s Kiss,” “Scarab,” “Beaks: The Movie,” “Dagon,” “Vampire Horror Tales” and more.”
2024 – David Gail, actor in “The Belly of the Beast” and the TV Movie “Full Eclipse.”
2024 – Torsten Wahlund, actor in “Blood Tracks [1985].”
2022 – Gina Lollobrigida, actress in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956].”
2021 – Charlotte Cornwell, actress in “The Contraption,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Dead Space: Aftermath” and an episode of the TV Series “The Man Outside.”
2021 – Jim MacGeorge, appeared in “Teenagers from Outer Space.”
2021 – Farida Pasha, appeared in “Black Magic Wizard,” “The Witch’s Daughter” and “The Secret: Suster Ngesot Urban Legend.”
2020 – Alan Pattillo, editor for “Beware My Brethren” and “Chimera – Episode: Episode #1.1.”
2018 – Madalena Iglésias, appeared in “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás aka “Satan’s 5 Warnings.”
2014 – Harvey Bernhard, producer for “The Omen [1976],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Final Conflict,” “The Beast Within,” “The Lost Boys” and “Omen IV: The Awakening.”
2014 – Russell Johnson, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “It Came from Outer Space” and more.
2007 – Ron Carey, appeared in “High Anxiety.”
1993 – Glenn Corbet, starred in “Homicidal” and appeared in some of the “Night Gallery TV episodes.”
1989 – Trey Wilson, actor in “Vampire Hookers.”
1981 – Bernard Lee, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Brain,” and “Journey to Midnight.”
1979 – Ted Cassidy, played “Lurch” on “The Addams Family” TV series.
1940 – Earl Dwire, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “The Rogues’ Tavern.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 16
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1912]
The Face Behind the Mask [1941]
The Night Strangler [1973] – TV Movie
Scream of the Wolf [1974] – TV Movie
Snuff [1975]
Fear No Evil [1981]
Night of the Scarecrow [1995]
Cube [1997]
Fallen [1998]
CanniBallistic! [2002]
Insomnia [2002]
Sweet Insanity [2006]
Die You Zombie Bastards! [2005]
Grim Reaper [2007]
Cloverfield [2008] – Hollywood (premiere)
Grace [2009] – Sundance Film Festival
My Bloody Valentine [2009] – Ireland
Wolf Man [2025]
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JANUARY 17
BORN ON JANUARY 17
1984 – Sophie Dee – aka “Kirsty Hill,” appeared in “A Haunted House 2,” “Theatre of the Deranged II,” “Director’s Cut,” “Bethany,” “Deadly Reunion,” “Restoration” and more.
1979 – Lowell Dean, directed “Wolfcop,” “Another WolfCop” and “13 Eerie.”
1977 – Leigh Whannel, created the “Saw” franchise and wrote the screenplays for the “Insidious” movies “Dead Silence,” “Cooties” and “The Invisible Man [2020].”
1975 – Freddy Rodriguez, starred in “Planet Terror” and “Lady in the Water”.
1971 – Kid Rock, soundtrack for “Strangeland” and “The Forsaken (Who’s Your Uncle) [2001].”
1950 – Cristina Galbó, appeared in “What Have You Done to Solange?,” “Sobrenatural,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” and “The House That Screamed.”
1962 – Jim Carrey, starred in “Once Bitten,” “The Bad Batch” and “The Number 23.”
1942 – Nancy Parsons, starred in “Motel Hell.”
1939 – George Folsey, Jr., editor for “Schlock,” “Ants!,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Hostel I, II, III” “Dead Within,” “The Wicked Within,” “Death Link” “Igor,” and “Wolf Mountain.”
1936 – Gonzalo Gonzalo, production designer for “Satan’s Blood” and “The Rift.”
1925 – Patricia Owens, appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” “The Fly [1958].”
1925 – Francisco de Castro, producer of “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás aka “Satan’s 5 Warnings.”
1922 – Betty White, starred in “Lake Placid” and “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Episode: Who Killed Who?/Tween Wolf.”
1904 – Patsy Ruth Miller, starred in the 1923 silent version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
1897 – Dick Stockton, casting assistant for “King Kong [1933].”
1867 – Carl Laemmle, the “Father” of Universal Pictures and was the producer for “Frankenstein,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Man,” “Dracula,” “The Mummy,” “Dracula’s Daughter” and many more.
DIED ON JANUARY 17
2024 – Benedict Fitzgerald, producer for 7 episodes of the TV Series “Evil [2019].”
2024 – Nancy Green-Keyes, casting director for “Freddy vs. Jason [2003].”
2024 – Serge Laprade, actor in “Cul-de-Sac [2008].”
2022 – Van Conner, Bassist for Screaming Trees Rock Band, soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode “Heart” – song “Look at You.”
2022 – Edward R. Pressman, producer for “The Moth Diaries,’ “Sisters,” “Love Object,” “American Psycho,” “The Crow,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Wendigo,” “Phantom of Paradise,” “The Hand,” “Crimewave” and more.
2022 – Yvette Mimieux, actress in the TV Movies “Black Noon,” “Snowbeast” and “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
2022 – Rasheed Naz, actor in “Pari.”
2022 – Michel Subor, actor in “Sadistic Hallucinations.”
2020 – Ade Irawan, appeared in “Nyi blorong,” “Perkawinan nyi blorong,” Titisan Dewi Ular” and “Suster N.”
2020 – Derek James Fowlds, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Horror on Snape Island” and “Thriller – Episode: Murder Is a One-Act Play.”
2020 – Ibrahim Farah, appeared in “Kafr Delhab.”
2019 – Daniel Charles Striepeke, actor in “Ed Gein” Make Up Department “The Burbs,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Embryo,” “Sssssss,” “The Mephisto Waltz,” and “Picture Mommy Dead”
2019 – Barbara Claman, actress “Demon Possessed” Casting Director “The Changeling [1980],” “The Entity,” “Crimewave,” and “Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive [TV Movie]” and “Cry for Strangers – TV Movie.”
2019 – Windsor Davies, actor in “Endless Night” and “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed”
2017 – Joel Schiller, art director for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
2009 – Susanna Foster, co-starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of the Opera” and in “The Climax” with Boris Karloff.
2009 – Arthur Weisberg, producer for “The Driller Killer” and “Drive In Massacre.”
2008 – Edward D. Hoch, screenwriter for episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Night Gallery,”.
2005 – Virginia Mayo, appeared in “Castle of Evil” “Evil Spirits,” “Haunted,” “The Man Next Door” and the TV series “Night Gallery,”.
2005 – Basil Hoskins, appeared in the film “Edge of Sanity”.
2003 – Richard Crenna, starred in “Devil Dog: The Hound From Hell,” “Leviathan,” “Death Ship,” “The Case of the Hillside Stranglers” and “Wait Until Dark.”
1996 – Harry Robertson, composer for “Journey to Midnight,” “The Oblong Box,” “The Vampire Lovers,” “Countess Dracula,” “Fright,” “Twins of Evil,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Legend of the Werewolf” and “The Ghoul.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 17
Lust for a Vampire [1971]
The Reincarnation of Isabel [1973] – Italy
Nosferatu: The Vampyre [1979] – France
Troll [1986]
A Gnome Named Gnorm [1990]
Graveyard Alive [2003]
Camp Slaughter [2004]
Haute Tension [2003]
Camp Slaughter [2004] – Sweden (limited)
The Haunting of Marsten Manor [2007]
The Babadook [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
Snow Falls [2023]
Wolf Man [2025]
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JANUARY 18
BORN ON JANUARY 18
1976 – Derek Richardson, appeared in “Hostel,” “Reeker,” episodes of “American Horror Story” and “Fear the Walking Dead.”
1969 – Dave Bautista, appeared in “Army of the Dead” as well as episodes of TV Shows “Room 104” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
1961 – Jeff Yagher, special effects for “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “Hellraiser: Deader,” actor in episodes of the TV Series “Millennium,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1956 – Sharon Mitchell, actress in “Daughters of Discipline,” “Maniac,” “The Taming of Rebecca,” “Blue Voodoo,” “Class of Nuke ‘Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown” and “Feast.”
1937 – Dick Durock, actor and stuntman known for playing “Swamp Thing” in “Swamp Thing,” “The Return of Swamp Thing” and “Swamp Thing – TV Series.”
1936 – Cirio H. Santiago, produced/directed “The Vampire People,” “Vampire Hookers,” “She Devils in Chains” and “Demon of Paradise”.
1930 – Alvin Greenman, script supervisor for “Dead & Buried” and appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
1928 – Roy Whybrow, special effects for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Nobody Ordered Love,” “The Legend of Hell House” and “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1918 – Richard LaSalle, composer for “Hands of a Stranger,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Twice Told Tales,” “Piranha,” “The Thirsty Dead,” “The Deathbed Virgin,” “Superbeast” and 13 episodes of the TV Series “Monster Squad.”
1915 – M.J. Bogdanowicz, 3D camera technician for “Friday the 13th Part III” and cameral consultant for “Jaws 3-D.”
1908 – Jack Whitman, director of photography for “Deathmoon.”
1908 – Lilian Bond, appeared in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “The Old Dark House.”
1904 – Cary Grant, starred in “North By Northwest,” “Notorious,” “To Catch a Thief,” “Suspicion” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1892 – Oliver Hardy, starred in the film “A-Haunting We Will Go,” “The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case” and “The Live Ghost.”
1884 – Anton Grot, art director for “Mystery of the Wax Museum, “Mildred Pierce,” “Doctor X,” “The Mad Genius” and “Svengali.”
1884 – Harrison Greene, appeared in “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Life Returns,” “Shadow of Chinatown” and “The Devil Commands.”
DIED ON JANUARY 18
2024 – Slim Pezin, music department for “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre (2001).”
2022 – David Crosby, from Crosby, Stills & Nash, soundtrack for “Body Bags – TV Movie – “Almost Cut My Hair” and “he Simpsons: Episode: Treehouse of Horror XIII – “Love the One You’re With”
2022 – Sandra Seacat, actress in “Face [2007].”
2022 – Donn Cambern, editor for “Ghostbusters II,” music editor for 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.”
2022 – Don Pepot, actor in “Shake Rattle & Roll V” and “Takbo … Talon … Tili!!!”
2022 – Stephen Churchett, actor in “The Great Ghost Rescue” and the TV Series “The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells.”
2022 – Stephen Aintree, appeared in “Twisted Showcase – Episode: What Time Catches Up.”
2021 – Jean-Pierre Bacri, appeared in “Death on a Rainy Sunday,” Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy” and “Chillers – Episode: Old Folks at Home.”
2021 – Perry Botkin Jr., worked on the soundtrack for “Dance of the Dwarfs,” “Plan 9” and “Silent Night, Deadly Night.”
2021 – Josep M. Mestres, composer for “Nocturne 19.”
2021 – Eric Allwright, makeup artist for “Night Watch,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “To the Devil a Daughter,” “Dracula [1979]” and “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
2009 – Kathleen Byron, appeared in “Craze” “Burn, Witch, Burn,” “Nothing but the Night,” and “Twins of Evil.”
2009 – John Dullaghan, appeared in “Terror at Orgy Castle,” “Garden of the Dead” and “Sex and the Single Vampire.”
2008 – Lois Nettleton, appeared in “Deadly Blessing,” and many TV shows including “The Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery” and “The Munsters Today.”
2000 – Frances Drake who appeared in “The Invisible Ray,” and “Mad Love.”
1998 – Joan Banks, appeared in 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 18
Spider Baby [1967]
The Island of the Fishmen [1979] – Italy
Blood Simple [1984]
Eve of Destruction [1991]
The Terror Within II [1991]
From Dusk to Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter [1999]
The Killer Eye [1999] – video premiere
Teeth [2007]
Cloverfield [2008]
Gutterballs [2008] – Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors
Monster [2008]
Bikini Frankenstein [2010]
Return to Yucca Flats: Desert Man-Beast [2010]
Mama [2013]
We Are What We Are [2013] – Sundance Film Festival
Cooties [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
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