JANUARY 19
BORN ON JANUARY 19
1992 – Logan Lerman, appeared in the films “The Butterfly Effect,” “The Number 23.″
1984 – Mickey Sumner, starred in “Caught.”
1974 – Natassia Malthe, played “Rayne” in “BloodRayne: Deliverance” and “BloodRayne: The Third Reich. She also appeared in “Alone in the Dark 2″ and “Skinwalkers.”
1971 – Shawn Wayans, screenwriter for the “Scary Movies.”
1961 – William Ragsdale, starred in “Fright Night,” “Fright Night 2,” “Frankenstein: The College Years” and “The Reaping.”
1953 – Linda Hayden, actress known for “Old Drac,” “Madhouse,” “Night Watch,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” and more.
1944 – Shelley Fabares, appeared in “The Bad Seed,” episodes of “The Twilight Zone [1964]” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1935 – Tippi Hedren, starred in “The Birds,” also appeared in “The Birds II: Land’s End,” and in the TV show “Tales from The Darkside,”.
1934 – John Richardson, appeared in “Black Sunday,” “Frankenstein ’80,” “Torso,” “Murder Syndrome” and “The Church.”
1927 – Lisa Lu, actress in “Demon Seed [1977]” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1926 – Norm Gray, assistant director for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” and “No Place to Hide.”
1925 – Anthony Eisley, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters,” “The Wasp Woman” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”
1924 – Lucille Saint-Peter, actress in “Brain Damage.”
1887 – Alexander Woollcott, writer for an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the macabre, most famous poem, “The Raven,” credited with initiating the modern detective story, developing the Gothic horror story. His stories were heavily adapted in numerous movies, most notably Roger Corman’s Poe Cycle (1960-1964) which included The Masque of the Red Death [1964].
DIED ON JANUARY 19
2024 – Héctor Bidonde, actor in “The Appeared [2007].”
2022 – Ginger Stanley, stunts for “Creature from the Black Lagoon” and “Revenge of the Creature.”
2022 – Antonina Girycz, actress in “Mistrz tanca – aka Master of the Dance.”
2022 – Hardy Krüger, actor in “What the Pepper Saw.”
2022 – Gaspard Ulliel, actor in “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf.”
2021 – John Russell, appeared in “Will to Die” and “Six Tickets to Hell.”
2021 – Kellam de Forest, additional crew/researcher for “The Stepfather [1987].”
2017 – Miguel Ferrer, appeared in “DeepStar Six,” “The Guardian [1990],” “The Night Flier,” “Hard Ride to Hell,” as well as several TV Series including “Tales from the Crypt,” “Twin Peaks,” “Night Visons,” “The Stand” and more.
2014 – Gordon Hessler, directed “Tales of the Haunted,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – TV Series,” “Cry of the Banshee,” “Scream and Scream Again,” “Murders on the Rue Morgue,” “The Oblong Box” and more.
2008 – Suzanne Pleshette, starred in “The Power,” “The Birds,” and episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2006 – Wilson Pickett, singer whose songs were used in such films as “Fright Night Part 2″ and “Tales from The Crypt: Demon Knight.”
2006 – Tony Franciosa, starred in “Web of the Spider,” “Tenebrae,” “Julie Darling,” and “Death House” [a.k.a. “Zombie Death House].
2005 – Cal Bolder, appeared in “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter”.
2000 – Victor Brooks, actor in “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Brain,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Witchcraft,” “Devils of Darkness,” “Burke & Hare” and more.
1992 – Glenn Langan, starred in “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “War of the Colossal Beast,” “The Return of Doctor X,” and “Women of the Prehistoric Planet.”
1965 – Frank Reicher, actor in “King Kong [1933],” “Before Dawn,” “Son of Kong,” “The Invisible Ray,” “The Devil-Doll,” “Dr. Cyclops,” “Night Monster,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “House of Frankenstein” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 19
The Lodger [1944]
The Man in Half Moon Street [1945]
The Face of Marble [1946]
Strait-Jacket [1964]
Brain Dead [1990]
Tremors [1990]
Mutant Species [1994]
From Dusk Till Dawn [1996]
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla [1994]
Godzilla vs. Destroyah [1995]
Saw [2004] – Sundance Film Festival
Teeth [2007] – Sundance Film Festival
The Hitcher [2007]
Twilight Vamps [2010]
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
The Voices [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
What We Do in the Shadows [2014] – Sundance Film Festival
Kill Game [2018]
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JANUARY 20
BORN ON JANUARY 20
1991 – Ciara Hanna, appeared in “Hank,” “The Call,” “Devil’s Revenge,” “Pernicious” and “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys – TV Movie.”
1981 – Crystal Lowe, starred in “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End,” Black Christmas [2006], “Final Destination 3,” “Old Flames Never Die,” “Children of the Corn: Revelation” and “A Little Bit Zombie.”
1970 – Skeet Ulrich, starred in “Scream,” “The Craft,” “Escape Room [2017]” and the TV series “Miracles.”
1968 – Chris Miller, appeared in “The Cellar,” animation department for “The Addams Family [2019], producer for the video games “F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon” and “Aliens vs. Predator.
1964 – Eric Bross, director of “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut” and “Vampire Bats – TV Movie.”
1958 – Lorenzo Lamas, actor in “Bleach,” “The Dinosaur Experiment,” “Backstabber,” “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus,” “Raptor Island,” “Deep Evil,” “Dark Waters,” “Thralls” and more.
1957 – Elizabeth Stack, actress in “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1956 – Keith Knight, actor in “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Of Unknown Origin,” “Love & Murder,” “Whispers,” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “War of the Worlds,” “Beetlejuice,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeeper,” “Monster Force” and “Freaky Stories.”
1954 – Ken Page, voiced Oogie Boogie in “The Nightmare Before Christmas [1993].”
1944 – Chuck Domanico, music department/musician brass for “The Sentinel,” “The Car,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Poltergeist,” “Gremlins,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Lake Placid,” “Final Destination” and “Jeepers Creepers.”
1934 – Tom Baker, appeared in the films “The Freakmaker,” “The Vault of Horror” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1929 – Arte Johnson, starred as “Renfield” in the film “Love at First Bite.”
1926 – Patricia Neal, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
1920 – Federico Fellini, director/writer of “Spirits of the Dead.”
1900 – Colin Clive, played the monster’s maker, “Dr. Frankenstein” in the films “Frankenstein,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and starred in “Mad Love”.
1895 – Roscoe Ates, appeared in “Freaks,” “King Kong” and “Inner Sanctum.”
DIED ON JANUARY 20
2024 – David Emge, actor in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Basket Case 2” and “Hellmaster.”
2024 – Ann Edwards, script & continuity department for “Crucible of Horror,” “Crucible of Terror,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1978],” “The Keep [1983],” “Scream for Help” and “Haunted [1995].”
2022 – Meat Loaf, appeared in “Wishcraft,” “Bloodrayne,” “Urban Decay,” “Burning Bright,” “Stage Fright” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Here’s one of the songs from the soundtrack:
2022 – Arun Verma, actor in “Who’s There?”
2022 – Camillo Milli, actor in “Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba.”
2022 – Tim Barlow, actor in “Cockneys vs. Zombies,” “Lie Still,” “The Ugly,” “Mary Reilly,” “The Omega Factor – Episode: Night Games” and the short “Green.”
2022 – Jirí Macháne, cinematographer for “Beauty and the Beast [1978],” “The Ninth Heart,” “The Flames of Royal Love” and “T.M.A.”
2021 – Mira Furlan, appeared in “Night Stalker – Episode: Timeless.”
2020 – Joe Shishido, appeared in “Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis.”
2019 – Andrew G. Vajna – Producer “Terminator Salvation,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “DeepStar Six,” “Angel Heart,” “Superstition,” and “The Changeling [1980].”
2014 – Victor Izay, actor in “Blood Song,” “The Single Girls,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils,” “Premonition [1972]” and “The Astro-Zombies.”
2008 – Kevin Stoney, appeared in “The Shadow of the Cat,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
2007 – Alfredo Ripstein Jr, produced “Swamp of Lost Souls,” “Black Pit of Dr M,” “Creature of the Walking Dead” and “The Living Coffin”.
2003 – Anthony Eisley, appeared in “The Wasp Woman,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “The Witchmaker,” “Deep Space,” “Monstroid,” “Evil Spirits.”
1994 – Hal Lierley, makeup artist for “Return of the Fly,” “Picture Mommy Dead” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1993 – Audrey Hepburn, starred in the film “Wait Until Dark”.
1984 – Johnny Weissmuller, starred in the TV Series “Jungle Jim.”
1960 –Eddie Parker, starred in “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 20
The Vampire Bat [1933] – New York City
Reptilicus [1961]
The Tomb of Ligeia [1964]
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken [1966]
The Power [1984]
Robot Holocaust [1986]
The Terror Within [1989]
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County [1998] – TV Movie
The Prophecy II [1998]
Underworld: Evolution [2006]
Amusement [2008] – DVD premiere
Boogeyman 3 [2008]
Vacancy 2: The First Cut [2008]
Underworld: Awakening [2012]
Hell Baby [2013] – Sundance Film Festival
Clown Kill [2014] – Horror on the Sea Film Festival
Split [2016]
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JANUARY 21
BORN ON JANUARY 21
1981 – Izabella Miko, starred in “The Forsaken” and “The House of Usher [2006].”
1971 – Luigia Zucaro, appeared “Dawn of the Dead [2004].”
1964 – Eric Bross, director for “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut” and “Vampire Bats.”
1960 – Barbie Wilde, in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.”
1958 – Michael Wincott, actor in “Curtains,” “The Crow,” “Alien: Resurrection” and “Nope.”
1956 – Geena Davis, starred in “Beetlejuice,” “The Fly [1986],” and “Transylvania 6-5000.”
1948 – Trey Wilson, actor in “Vampire Hookers.”
1939 – Wolfman Jack, appeared in “Motel Hell.”
1935 – Marguerite McNeil, actress in “My Bloody Valentine.”
1930 – Lois Gibson, wrote the screenplay for “Crypt of the Living Dead.”
1929 – Denis Sanders, director for “Invasion of the Bee Girls.”
1929 – Radley Metzger, director/writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” sound department/editor for “The Flesh Eaters” and editor for “The Beach Girls and the Monster.”
1925 – Charles Aidman, narrator for the 1980’s version of “The Twilight Zone,” also appeared in the films “Alien Zone” and “Innerspace.”
1922 – Telly Savalas, starred in “Horror Express” and “Lisa and the Devil”.
1915 – Alan Hewitt, appeared in an episode each of the TV Shows “Matinee Theatre” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1896 – J. Carrol Naish, appeared in “The Monster Maker”, “House of Frankenstein”, “The Beast with Five Fingers”, “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.
DIED ON JANUARY 21
2022 – Errikos Andreou, director for “He and She.”
2022 – Na Chul, appeared in 10 episodes of the TV Series “Happiness.”
2022 – Mace Neufeld, producer for “The Omen [1976],” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Funhouse,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “Bless the Child,” “The Curse of ‘The Omen’” and “Cursed Films – Episode: The Omen.”
2022 – Louie Anderson, appeared in “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Episode: Dumb-Dumbs and Dragons/Fear and Loathing in Endsville.”
2022 – Arnis Līcītis, actor in “The Power of Fear.”
2021 – Anthony Dawes, appeared in several TV Series including “Out of the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Nathalie Delon, actress in “The Monk [1972],” “A Whisper in the Dark” and “Eyes Behind the Stars.”
2021 – Rémy Julienne, stuntman in “A Sound of Thunder.”
2019 – Kaye Ballard, actress in “Pandemonium”
2019 – Merwin Goldsmith, actor in “Unholy.”
2009 – Charles H. Schneer, produced “Earth vs the Flying Saucer,” “Valley of Gwangi,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and “20 Million Miles To Earth.”
2008 – May Wale Brown, script supervisor for “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “Cruise Into Terror” and “Thriller – Episode: The Twisted Image.”
2005 – Steve Susskind, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part III,” “House,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series.”
2001 –Sandy Baron, appeared in “Leprechaun 2,” the TV movie “The Munster’s Scary Little Christmas,” playing “Grampa and “Vamp.”
1999 – Susan Strasberg, appeared in “The Manitou,” “Bloody Birthday,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Scream of Fear,” “So Evil, My Sister,” “The Returning,” and the 1973 TV movie “Frankenstein.”
1984 – Walter Scott Herndon, art director for “Blacula” and production designer for “The Manitou.”
1978 – William Girdler, director of “Asylum of Satan,” “Three on a Meathook,” “Abby,” “Grizzly”, “Day of the Animals” and “The Manitou.”
1968 – Frances Dade, starred in “Dracula [1931].”
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, director/producer for “The Ghost Breaker.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 21
The Vampire Bat [1933]
The Spider Woman [1943]
Something Evil [1972] – TV Movie
The House on Sorority Row [1983]
Gods and Monsters [1998]
Virus [1999]
American Psycho [2000]
The Convent [2000]
Wishcraft [2002]
The Black Water Vampire [2014] – DVD (premiere)
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JANUARY 22
BORN ON JANUARY 22
1981 – Willa Ford, appeared in “Submerged,” “The Nurse” and “Friday the 13th [2009].”
1981 – Beverley Mitchell, appeared in “Blood Pageant,” “The Lost Episode,” “Saw II” “and “Toxin.”
1975 – Balthazar Getty, appeared in “Feast” and “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds.”
1959 – Linda Blair, starred in “The Exorcist,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “Hell Night,” “Repossessed” a cameo role in “Scream [1996].” and more.
1956 – Michael Kopsa, appeared in “Carrie [2002],” “The Barber,” “Deep Evil,“ “Hollow Man II,” “Ba’al,” “Vipers,” “Apollo 18,” and several episodes of TV Series.
1954 – Barbara Kerwin, costumer designer for “House of Terror,” “The Last Victim,” “Barracuda,” “The Evictors” and “Project: Metalbeast.”
1953 – Anne Gaybis, actress in “Beyond Evil,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Hysterical,” “The Lost Empire,” “Red Room” and “Death Dancers.”
1938 – Brook Williams, appeared in “The Medusa Touch” and “The Plague of the Zombies.”
1937 – Carlos Aured, directed a few of Paul Naschy’s films including “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “Curse of the Devil,” “The Mummy’s Revenge” and “House of Psychotic Women”.
1934 – Bill Bixby, appeared in episodes of “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1932 – Piper Laurie, appeared in “Bad Blood,” “Possessed,” “Trauma,” “Ruby,” “The Faculty,” and “Carrie [1976].”
1924 – William Thourlby, appeared in “Castle of Evil” and “The Creeping Terror.”
1918 – Clark Howat, appeared in “Earth vs. The Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” episodes of “Target” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1909 – Ann Sothern, actress in “The Manitou,” “The Killing Kind,” “Lady in a Cage” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1906 – Robert E. Howard, writer for “Solomon Kane” and “Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.”
1903 – Tom Quinn, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Man They Could Not Hang” and “Man Made Monster.”
1893 – Conrad Veidt, starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari,” “Der Januskopf” and “The Hands of Orlac.”
1893 – Monte Vandergrift, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mad Love” and “The Phantom Creeps.”
1875 – D.W. Griffith, director/producer/writer of “One Exciting Night” and “The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill.”
DIED ON JANUARY 22
2024 – Gary Graham, actor in “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Demon Protocol,” “Jeepers Creepers: Reborn,” as well as the TV Movies “No Place to Hide” and “The Presence.”
2024 – Eleanor Fazan, choreographer for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1973].”
2022 – Don Wilson, soundtrack/writer for “Love Bites,” “Cabaret of the Dead“ and “Daughters of Darkness.”
2022 – Agustí Villaronga, director/writer for “In a Glass Cage,” “99.9,” appeared in “Presence of Mind” and “The Uninvited Guest.”
2022 – Hossein Shahabi, writer for “Ghost [1998]”
2022 – Thomas Hellberg, appeared in “Chock – Episode: Det ringer.”
2022 – Kathryn Kates, actress in “Teenage Exorcist,” “Asylum [1997], “The Nurse [1997]” and the short “Open Call.”
2022 – Patrick Shai, actor in “The Bone Snatcher.”
2021 – Ron Campbell, art department for “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1994–1997] – TV Series.”
2021 – José Ángel García, appeared in “Feral” and “La telaraña – Episode: Una dama para dos.”
2020 – John Karlen, appeared in “House of Dark Shadows,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” Daughters of Darkness,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Trilogy of Terror” and many more.
2019 – James Frawley, directed 2 episodes of “American Gothic” and appeared in 2 episodes of “The Outer Limits”
2019 – Dean Copkov, Actor/Stunts in “Wolves,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and the TV Movie “Bugs.”
2010 – Jean Simmons, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” in the 1990 revival of the “Dark Shadows” and films “Dominique” and “The Inheritance.”
2007 – Liz Renay, appeared in “The Corpse Grinders 2,” “Mark Of The Astro Zombies” and “Blackenstein.”
2003 – Audrey Metcalf, appeared in “The Blob [1958].”
1966 – Herbert Marshall, starred in “Gog,” “The Fly [1958]” and the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 22
The Comedy of Terrors [1963]
Pyro… The Thing Without a Face [1964]
Hardy Boys: The House on Possessed Hill [1978]
A Stranger Is Watching [1982]
Burned at the Stake [1982] – El Paso, TX
Summer of 84 [2018] – Sundance Film Festival
There’s Nothing Out There [1991]
Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2001]
Venomous [2001]
Donkey Punch [2008] – Sundance Film Festival
Legion [2010]
Char Man [2019] – Amazon Prime
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JANUARY 23
BORN ON JANUARY 23
1975 – Tito Ortiz, actor in “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” “Boo 2: A Madea Halloween,” “Bleach” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1974 – Tiffani Thiessen, appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth” and the TV Movie “Buried Secrets.”
1972 – Victor Bojinov, assistant director for “Shark Hunter,” “Python 2,” “Antibody,” “Deep Shock” and “Cyclops.”
1963 – Gail O’Grady, appeared in “Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2” and the TV Series “Werewolf.”
1944 – Rutger Hauer, appeared in “Bladerunner,” “The Hitcher,” “Ladyhawke” and the 2004 TV mini-series “Salem’s Lot.”
1943 – Gil Gerard, appeared in “Bone Eater,” “Reptisaurus,” “Ghost Town,” “Dire Wolf,” “Blood Fare” and more.
1933 – Chita Rivera, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “The Outer Limits.”
DIED ON JANUARY 23
2024 – Margaret Riley, producer for episodes of the TV Series “Haunted” and “Ratched.”
2022 – Eugenio Martín, writer for “Hypnosis,” “The Carpet of Horror,” “It Happened at Nightmare Inn” and “Sobrenatural.”
2022 – Everett Quinton, producer/writer/actor for the short “Museum of Wax [1987].”
2022 – German Klimov, writer for “Semya vurdalakov – aka The Vampire Family.”
2022 – Spencer Chapman, production manager for 4 episodes of the TV Series Tales of the Unexpected.”
2022 – Rolf Zehetbauer, art director for “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism.”
2021 – Trisha Noble, appeared in “Private Eyes,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Out of the Unknown.”
2021 – Tony Ferrer, appeared in “The Vengeance of Fu Manchu.”
2021 – Alberto Grimaldi, producer for “A Quiet Place in the Country,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” and “Burnt Offerings.”
2021 – Hal Holbrook, actor in “Rituals,” “The Fog [1980],” “Creepshow,” “Girls Nite Out,” “The Unholy [1988]” and appeared in “The Outer Limits – Episode: Final Appeal.”
2020 – Marsha Kramer, appeared in “Red Riding Hood [2011].”
2020 – Robert Francis Harper, appeared in “Creepshow [1982]” and the TV Movie “Nick Knight.”
2019 – François Protat – cinematographer for “Madame Bolduc,” “Brainscan,” “The Kiss,” “Till Death Do Us Part,” and some episodes of “The Hunger” and “Deadly Nightmares.”
2019 – Caio Junqueira – actor in “Gêmeas [1999] {aka: The Twins}.”
2018 – Lari White, appeared in “The Unholy [1988].”
2012 – Steve Adams, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Dead Silence,” “Stephen King’s Dead Zone – TV Series,” “The Hive,” and more.
2007 – Steve Mitchell, appeared in several TV series including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” as well as the film “So Evil, My Sister.”
2006 – Joseph M. Newman, directed “This Island Earth” and episodes of the TV series’ “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone”.
1999 – Joe D’Amato, director of “Frankenstein 2000,” “Cannibal Love,” “Absurd,” “Caligula: The Untold Story,” “Beyond Darkness,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and more.
1992 – Ian Wolfe, appeared in countless films and TV shows including “The Terminal Man,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Mad Love,” “The Raven [1935]” and many more.
1991 – Charles Kissinger, appeared in “Grizzly,” “Abby,” “The Manitou,” “Three on a Meathook,” “Asylum of Satan” and hosted the TV Show “Fright Night” as The Fearmonger.
1943 – Alexander Woollcott, writer for the TV Show “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode “Into Thin Air.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 23
Killers from Space [1954]
Mill of the Stone Women [1960]
Bloodthirsty Butchers [1970]
Torture Dungeon [1970]
Blood Beach [1980]
The Stepfather [1987]
Phantoms [1998]
Psycho Beach Party [2000]
Wendigo [2001]
Nightstalker [2002]
Zombie Honeymoon [2004]
The Curse of the Black Dahlia [2007]
The Lodger [2009]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [2009]
Resolution [2012]
Jug Face [2013] – Slamdance Film Festival
The Devil’s Well [2018]
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JANUARY 24
BORN ON JANUARY 24
1986 – Mischa Barton, appeared in “Spree,” “Ouija House,” “The Toybox,” “The Basement,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Walled In,” “Apartment 1303 3D,” “A Resurrection,” and “Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard.”
1984 – Ashley C. Williams, appeared in “The Human Centipede – First Sequence,” “Paranormal Movie,” “Hallows’ Eve,” “Julia” and “The Church.”
1984 – Justin Baldoni, actor in “The Forgotten Ones” and the TV Movie “Spring Break Shark Attack.”
1975 – Ian Duncan, actor in “Creep,” “Blood River,” “Next Stop Murder,” “Luster,” “SX_Tape,” “The Remains” and “Night of the Animated Dead.”
1970 – Matthew Lillard, starred in “Scream,” Thir13en Ghosts [2001] and “Scooby Doo.”
1959 – Nastassja Kinski, appeared in “To the Devil a Daughter,” Cat People [1982] and “.com For Murder.”
1948 – Michael Des Barres, appeared in “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “Nightflyers,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series,” “Ghoulies” and more.
1943 –Sharon Tate, appeared in “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”
1933 – Perla Walter, actress in “Friday the 13th Part 3” and the TV Movie “Chiller.”
1933 – Nico Fidenco, composer for “Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals,” “Emmanuelle in America,” “Zombie Holocaust – aka “Doctor Butcher, M.D.” and “Porno Holocaust.”
1928 – Walter Brandi, starred in “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Terror-Creatures from the Grave,” “The Vampire and the Ballerina,” “Curse of the Blood Ghouls” and more.
1917 –Ernest Borgnine, starred in the films “Willard,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “Escape From New York.”
DIED ON JANUARY 24
2024 – Rod Holcomb, director for “Stillwatch,” TV Movie “Midnight Offerings,” episodes of the TV Series “Scene of the Crime,” “Invasion” and “Moonlight.”
2022 – Lance Kerwin, actor in “Outbreak,” “Salem’s Lot – Episodes: Part 1 & 2” and “The Wide World of Mystery – Episode: The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer.”
2022 – Vachik Mangassarian, actor in the TV Movie “The Midnight Hour.”
2021 – Sonny Fox, producer for “Mysterious Two.”
2021 – Bruce Kirby, appeared in “Lady in White” and “Night Gallery – Episode: Pilot.”
2021 – Jeanette Maus, appeared in “Frayed” and the video game “Resident Evil Village.”
2020 – Sean Reinert, drummer on Death’s “Human” album.
2012 – James Farentino, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery,” as well as the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.” “Violent Midnight,” “The Possessed” and “Dead & Buried.”
2011 – Dyanik Zurakowska, actress in “The Vampires Night Orgy,” “The Hanging Woman,” “La llamada,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and “Cauldron of Blood.”
1999 – Werner Jacobs, director of “Psycho-Circus.”
1990 – Madge Bellamy, starred in “White Zombie.”
1982 – Herbert Plews, property master for “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1980 – Lil Dagover, starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”
1973 – J. Carrol Naish, starred in the films “House of Frankenstein,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “Calling Dr Death,” “Dr Renault’s Secret,” “Strange Confession,” “The Monster Maker” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 24
The Bat People [1974] – Ashville, NC
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra [2001]
Darkness Falls [2003]
Horror in The Wind [2008]
Frozen [2010] – Sundance Film Festival
Color Out of Space [2019]
Scare Me [2020] – Sundance Film Festival
The Turning [2020]
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JANUARY 25
BORN ON JANUARY 25
1979 – Christine Lakin, appeared in “The Frankenstein Theory,” ‘Boltneck,” “Red Canyon,” “Blue Demon” and “Dark Mirror.”
1975 – Ryan Culver, appeared in “Evil in the Bayou” and “Grizzly Park.”
1975 – Mia Kirshner, appeared in “War of the Worlds – TV Series,” “Dracula: The Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series,” “Party Monster,” “The Barrens,” “388 Arletta Avenue,” “They Come Back,” “The Black Dahlia” and “30 Days of Night: Dark Days”.
1963 – Don Mancini, writer/director of “Cellar Dweller,” “Child’s Play,” “Child’s Play 2,″ “Child’s Play 3,″ “Bride of Chucky,” “Seed of Chucky,” “Curse of Chucky” and the Child’s Play remake.
1944 – Leigh Taylor-Young, appeared in “Soylent Green,” “Aliens from Spaceship Earth,” “Looker” and “Addams Family Reunion.”
1943 – Tobe Hooper, director of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974],” “Poltergeist [1982],” ”Lifeforce,” “Funhouse” the TV movie “Salem’s Lot,” “Eaten Alive,” “The Mangler,” “Toolbox Murders,” “Crocodile” and more.
1938 – Ray Dennis Steckler, director of The Horny Vampire” and “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?”
1937 – Gregory Sierra, appeared in “Vampires” and episodes of several TV Series including “Something Is Out There,” “The Ray Bradbury Theater,” “Beyond Belief” and “The X-Files.”
1927 – Gregg Palmer, appeared in “From Hell It Came,” “The Zombies of Mora Tau” and “The Creature Walks Among Us.”
1926 – Ted White, actor in “Demonoid,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “The Hidden,” “Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th,”” stunts in “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “King Kong [1976]” and “The Manitou.”
1918 – King Donovan, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “The Magnetic Monster.”
1916 – Albert Glasser, composer who scored the films “The Cyclops,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Tormented,” “Beginning of the End” and more.
1907 – Carlotta Monti, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1905 – Walter Daniels, assistant director for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and production manager for “The Thing from Another World.”
1903 – Floyd Lee, assistant camera operator for “Doctor X” and “Mystery at the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JANUARY 25
2024 – Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward, actor in” Deliverance [1972].”
2022 – Cindy Williams, actress in “The Creature Wasn’t Nice,” “The Killing Kind” and “Beware! The Blob.”
2022 – Joicie Appell, actress in “Albino Farm,” Nailbiter” and the short “It’s Hell Getting Old.”
2022 – Barry Cryer, actor in “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
2022 – Claudio Da Passano, appeared in “Necronomicón” and the TV Series “The Bronze Garden.”
2021 – Tseng Chang, appeared in “Kung Fu Vampires,” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000] – TV Movie,” “Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical,” “They Wait” and “The Unseen.”
2020 – Monique van Vooren, appeared in “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Greystone Park.”
2020 – Alan Harris, appeared in “Hellraiser,” “Nightbreed,” “Stand-In,” “Craze,” “The Chosen” and “The Shining.”
2017 – Giuliano Varesco, appeared in “Doc. 33.”
2017 – Jack Mendelsohn, writer for the animated TV Series “Groovie Goolies.”
2017 – Kevin Geer, actor in “100 Feet” and an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”
2017 – Mary Tyler Moore, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Thriller.”
2017 – Shunji Fujimura, appeared in “Ghost Shout” and episodes of the TV Series “Black Butler” and “Kaiki daikazoku.”
2015 – Horst Grandt, property master for “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and the TV Movies “Dying Room Only” and “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
2009 – Arthur A. Jacobs, produced “Giant from the Unknown,” “The Beast and the Vixens” and “She Demons”.
2008 – Christopher Allport, actor in “Jack Frost [1997],” “Dead & Buried,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Kindred: The Embraced,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Snowman,” “Savage Weekend” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
2003 – Fred Wood, appeared in “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Theater of Death,” “The Crimson Cult,” “Countess Dracula,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Wicker Man [1973],” “The Monster Club” and many more.
1995 – John Smith, appeared in “Will to Die.”
1995 – William Sylvester, actor in “Gorgo,” “Devil Doll,” “Devils of Darkness,” “Beast of Morocco” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1991 – Lilian Bond, appeared in the original version of “The Old Dark House,” “Man in the Attic” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
1977 – Edward Small, producer for “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “Tower of London,” “Diary of a Madman” and production manager for “The Gorilla.”
1970 – Eiji Tsuburaya, who was the Toho effects genius, created their famous logo and did the incredible effects for numerous films starting with the original “Godzilla” in 1954, right up to “Godzilla’s Revenge”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 25
Nabonga [1944]
The Raven [1963]
Flesh Eaters from Outer Space [1989]
Two Evil Eyes [1990]
Ju-on: The Grudge [2002]
The Mothman Prophecies [2002]
G String Vampire [2005]
Dead Ant [2017]
The Lodge [2019] – Sundance Film Festival
Relic [2020] – Sundance Film Festival
Uncle Peckerhead [2020] – Panic Fest (premiere)
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