FEBRUARY 1
BORN ON FEBRUARY 1
1999 – Lola Forsberg, appeared in “Mega Piranha,” “Snakes on A Train,” “Alien Abduction” and “Night of The Dead: Leben Tod [2006].”
1984 – Lee Thompson Young, appeared in “The Hills Have Eyes II [2007].”
1983 – Sara Malakul Lane, appeared in “Buddy Hutchins,” “Beyond the Gates,” “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse,” “Shark Lake,” “Sun Choke,” “Who’s Watching Oliver,” “Pernicious,” “12/12/12,” and “Sharktopus.”
1982 – Mariana Matthews, actress in “Midnight Mass.”
1969 – Brian Krause, starred in “The Demonologist,” “Sleepwalkers,” “House of Purgatory,” “Plan 9,” “Poseidon Rex,” “Camel Spiders,” “Toolbox Murders 2” and more.
1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, starred in “Meridian,” “Zombie High” and “The Wraith”.
1965 – Brandon Lee, starred in “The Crow.”
1965 – Sharone Meir, cinematographer for “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Last House on the Left [2009], “Pay the Ghost,” “Rings,” “Keep Watching,” “Don’t Let Go” and an episode of “The Chronicle.”
1956 – Exene Cervenka, actress in “The Twilight Zone episode Little Boy Lost/Wish Bank/Nightcrawlers.”
1955 – William Lustig, producer/director for such films as “Maniac,” “Maniac Cop.” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Maniac Cop 3,” “Relentless,” “Uncle Sam,” also appeared in “Army of Darkness” and “American Grindhouse.”
1954 – Bill Mumy, appeared in “The Twilight Zone: The Movie,” and episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Munsters.”
1942 – Bibi Besch, appeared in such films as “Tremors,” and “The Beast Within.”
1937 – Garrett Morris, appeared in “The Stuff,” “Children of the Night” and “Severed Ties.”
1926 – Stuart Whitman, starred in “Night of the Lepus,” “Ruby” and “The Monster Club.”
1919 – Andrea King, appeared in the films “The Beast with Five Fingers” and “Blackenstein.”
1906 – Helen Chandler who played “Mina Seward” in the original “Dracula.”
1894 – John Ford, director/writer for “The Craving” and producer for “Mighty Joe Young [1949].”
1891 – 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.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 1
2024 – Carl Weathers, actor in “Predator [1987],” “Sheriff Tom vs. the Zombies” and voice for “Toy Story of Terror.”
2024 – Mark Gustafson, screenwriter for the short “Claymation Comedy of Horrors [1991].”
2023 – George P. Wilbur, stunts for “Blacula,” “Grizzly,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Firestarter [1984],” “Re-Animator,” “Dead Heat,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” “The Exorcist III,” “Repossessed,” “Dr. Giggles,” “Cheap Thrills” and many more.
2022 – Isaac Bardavid, appeared in the TV Miniseries “The Phantom of the Opera [1999].”
2022 – Dina Eaton, music editor for “Life,” “Dark Tide,” “Doom [2005],” “Haunted” and the TV Movie “Child of Rage.”
2022 – Paolo Graziosi, actor in “Necropolis.”
2022 – Rustica Carpio, actress in “Shake Rattle & Roll V,” “Ika-sampu” and “Bahay ampunan.”
2021 – Dustin Diamond, appeared in “Attack of the Killer B-Movies,” “Little Creeps,” “College Fright Night,” “Scavenger Killers,” Bleeding Hearts” and “Joker’s Wild.”
2021 – Robert C. Jones – special thanks for “Sanctuary [2011].”
2021 – P.S. Nivas – cinematographer for “Lisa [1978],” “Veendum Lisa” and “Bhayaanak Mahal.”
2021 – Jamie Tarses – producer for “Primeval.”
2020 – Luciano Ricceri, Set Decorator/ Costume Designer/ Production Designer for “Anima persa.”
2020 – Lila Garrett, writer for “The Addams Family Episode: Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama [1966]” and “The New Addams Family Episode: Fester and Granny vs. Grandpapa Addams.”
2019 – Clive Swift who appeared in “Raw Meat,” “Dead of Night,” TV Movie “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” and other TV movies.
2019 – Luciano Bartoli, actor in “Torso” “Caligula: The Untold Story” and “Bizarre.”
2007 – George Robotham, stuntman who worked on the films “The Manitou,” “The Mole people,” “The Island,” “Mars Attacks” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.
2005 – John Vernon, actor in “The Uncanny,” “Curtains,” “Blue Monkey,’ “Killer Klowns from Outer Space,” “Area 51” and episodes of “Tales from the Crypt,” “War of the Worlds,” “The Unforseen,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and more.
1994 – Alberto Sorrentino, appeared in “Torso.”
1994 – Olan Soule, appeared in “Cult of the Cobra,” episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters.”
1988 – Heather O’Rourke, starred in the “Poltergeist I, II, & III”
1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, appeared in “Images” and “L’ogre.”
1966 – Buster Keaton, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone” and director/writer/actor for the short “The Haunted House.”
1966 – Hedda Hopper, appeared in the film “Dracula’s Daughter.”
1961 – Hugh Starkey, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1959 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Black Moon,” “King of the Zombies” and “Revenge of the Zombies.”
1851 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who wrote the novel Frankenstein, passed away at the age of 53.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 1
Shock [1946]
Terror by Night [1946]
Scared to Death [1947]
Curse of the Swamp Creature [1968] – TV Movie
Horror of the Blood Monsters [1970]
It Happened at Nightmare Inn [1973] – Spain
The House of Seven Corpses [1974]
Suspiria [1977] [Italy]
Iced [1989] – Argentina
Popcorn [1991]
Valentine [2001]
The Vampire Hunters Club [2001]
Hellbilly [2003]
Andre the Butcher [2005]
The Lycanthrope [2007]
The Eye [2008]
Haunting of the Innocent [2014]
Church of Fears [2018]
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FEBRUARY 2
BORN ON FEBRUARY 2
1986 – Gemma Arterton, appeared in “Byzantium,” “Gemma,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” and “The Girl with All the Gifts.”
1982 – Kristie Marsden, appeared in episodes of the TV shows, “Supernatural,” “Masters of Horror” and “Wolf Lake”.
1962 – Michael T. Weiss, appeared in the TV Series “Dark Shadows [1991]” and “Howling IV: The Original Nightmare.”
1955 – Michael Talbott, appeared in “Carrie [1976],” “The Initiation of Sarah” and the TV Movie “Dead of Night.”
1950 – Bárbara Rey, appeared in “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “The Night of the Sorcerers” and “Rostros.”
1950 – Nora Heflin, actress in “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1949 – Bob Schott, appeared in “Vamp,” “Head of the Family” and the TV Movie “The Norliss Tapes.”
1949 – Brent Spiner, appeared in “Shocker” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Outcast” and “Tales from the Darkside.”
1947 – Farrah Fawcett, appeared in “Saturn 3.”
1939 – John A. Russo, known for co-creating the seminal 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead.” His work has also written and directed “Midnight,” “Heartstopper,” “Santa Claws,” “Voodoo Dawn,” “The Return of the Living Dead” and many more.
1938 – Bo Hopkins, actor in “Tentacles,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Mutant,” “Nightmare at Noon,” “Uncle Sam,” “Fever Lake,” “Phantoms,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money,” “A Crack in the Floor “ and more.
1937 – Tom Smothers, actor in “Pandemonium” the TV Movie “The Great Bear Scare” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1936 – Duane Jones, starred in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and appeared in the films “Dracula: A Love Story” and “Ganja and Hess.” He had the distinction of being the first black male lead in a horror film.
1931 – Glynn Edwards, actor in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Fragment of Fear,” “Burke & Hare,” “The Playbirds,” “The Seventh Sign” and more.
1927 – Carlo Alighiero, actor in “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” “Torso” and “The Suspicious Death of a Minor.”
1918 – Ted Coodley, makeup artist for “The Black Sheep,” “Voodoo Island,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Raven [1963],” “Diary of a Madman,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “A Taste of Evil,” “Death at Love House” and many more.
1876 – Maurice Tourneur, director for “While Paris Sleeps,” “Carnival of Sinners,” the shorts “Dr. Goudron’s System” and “Figures de cire.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 2
2024 – Wayne Kramer, actor in “The Boneyard Collection [2008].”
2024 – Sadhu Meher, actor in “Bhayaanak [1979]” and “30 Days [2004].”
2024 – Don Murray, actor in the TV Movies “Daughter of the Mind,” “Stillwatch” and “The Stepford Children.”
2024 – Christopher Priest, writer for the short “The Sorting Out [2009].”
2024 – Gregory Charles Rivers, actor in “Yi yao O.K. – aka A Bite of Love” and “Get Outta Here [2015].”
2023 – Chris Chesser, producer for “The Surgeon” and “Bloodwork.”
2022 – Robert Blalack, visual effects for “Altered States,” “Wolfen,” “Cat People” and “Jaws 3D.”
2021 – Cecília Guimarães, appeared in “My Baby.”
2021 – Kim Bo-kyeong, appeared in “Epitaph” and “Horror Stories.”
2020 – Ivan Král, worked on the soundtrack for “Millennium Episode: Anamnesis [1998]” and “The Vampire Diaries: Episode: Because the Night [2013].”
2020 – Johnny Lee Davenport, actor in “The Ascendants Anthology” and “Castle Rock: Episode: Past Perfect [2018].”
2020 – Lovelady Powell, actress in “The Possession of Joel Delaney” and “Dark Shadows: Episode #1.193 [1967] as character: Portia Fitzsimmons.”
2008 – Barry Morse, appeared in the films “Asylum” [1972], “Funeral Home,” “The Changeling,” TV Movie “Covenant,” and TV series such as “The Twilight Zone.”
2008 – 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.”
2004 – Bernard McEveety, directed the film “The Brotherhood of Satan.”
1995 – Donald Pleasence, who played Sam Loomis in “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” “Prince of Darkness [1987],” “Phenomena,” “Dracula [1979],” “Escape from New York,” “Raw Meat,” “Buried Alive,” “The Monster Club” and many more.
1969 – Boris Karloff, probably best known as portraying the “Frankenstein’s Monster” in Universal’s 1931 classic, “Frankenstein” as well as “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy [1932],” “The Old Dark House,” “The Raven [1963],” “Son of Frankenstein,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “The Body Snatcher [1945],” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “The Ape,” the TV Series “Thriller” and many more.
1964 – J. Peverell Marley, cinematographer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954].”
1946 – Rondo Hatton, starred in the films “The Brute Man,” “Pearls of Death” and “House of Horrors,”.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 2
The Lost World [1925]
Scream and Scream Again [1970]
The Return of Count Yorga [1971]
Killdozer [1974] – TV Movie
Jan-Gel 2: The Beast Returns [2001]
Valentine [2001] – Gerardmer International Fantastic Film Festival
The Quick and The Undead [2006]
The Messengers [2007]
Sealed Fates [2010]
Entity [2012]
Living Among Us [2018]
The Night Eats the World [2018]
Winchester [2018]
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FEBRUARY 3
BORN ON FEBRUARY 3
1965 – Kathleen Kinmont, appeared in the films “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Midnight” and “Bride of Re-Animator.”
1961 – Keith Gordon, starred in “Christine,” “Jaws 2,″ “Dressed to Kill” and directed episodes of “Night Visions” and “The Strain.”
1950 – Pamela Franklin, appeared in “The Innocents,” “The Nanny,” “Necromancy” and “The Legend of Hell House”.
1950 – Morgan Fairchild, starred in “The Seduction,” “Freaked” and “Phantom of the Mall: Erik’s Revenge.”
1944 – Trisha Noble, appeared in “Private Eyes,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Out of the Unknown.”
1939 – Robert C. Dearberg, editor for “Horror Express,” “Horror Hospital,” “Frightmare [1974],” “House of Long Shadows,” “Urban Gothic” and more.
1932 – Peggy Ann Garner, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “One Step Beyond.”
1929 – Carol Serling, appeared/consultant in “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” producer for 20 episodes of the Twilight Zone” and “Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics.”
1914 – Hal Lierley, makeup artist for “Return of the Fly,” “Picture Mommy Dead” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1911 – Robert Earl Jones, appeared in “Maniac Cop 2″ and “Sleepaway Camp.”
1886 – Pat Harmon, appeared in “The Last Warning,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931],” “King Kong [1933]” and “Night of Terror.”
1809 – Felix Mendelssohn, soundtrack for “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “From Beyond the Grave,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “The Janitor,” “Decoys,” “Silent Night,” “Wolves,” “All Through the House,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Zombieland: Double Tap” and many more.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 3
2024 – Helena Rojo, actress in “Queen Doll,” “Darker Than Night,” “Mary, Mary Bloody Mary” and “Don’t Panic.”
2023 – Sergio Solli, appeared in the TV miniseries “Il bosco (The Forest).”
2022 – Donny Gerrard, soundtrack for “Little Shop of Horrors.”
2021 – Adelaide João, appeared in “The Curse of Marialva” and “Blarghaaahrgarg.”
2021 – Margreth Weivers, actress in “Mask of Murder” and “Chock: Episode: Dödsängeln.”
2020 – Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal, directed episodes of “The Munsters [1966]” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents [1960].”
2019 – Julie Adams, appeared in “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Psychic Killer,” “Black Roses,” episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Night Gallery.”
2019 – Carmen Duncan – appeared in “Turkey Shoot.”
2008 – 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.”
2008 – Charles Fawcett, appeared in the films “I Vampiri,” “The Witch’s Curse,” and “The Secret of Dr. Mabuse”.
2006 – Jean Byron, starred in the films, “Invisible Invaders” and “The Magnetic Monster.”
2006 – Al Lewis, who he played “Grampa” on “The Munsters.”
2004 – William J. Males, makeup artist/line producer for “Necromancer.”
1996 – Audrey Meadows, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1994 – Caroll Borland, who played “Luna” alongside Bela Lugosi, in the film “Mark of the Vampire.”
1989 – John Cassavetes, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Fury” and “The Incubus.”
1982 – Alan Jay Factor, producer for the TV Movie “Something Evil” and appeared in “The Brain Eaters.”
1964 – Frank R. Strayer, director for “The Monster Walks,” “The Vampire Bat” and “Condemned to Live.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 3
The Devil Commands [1941]
Cruise Into Terror [1978] – TV Movie
In the Mouth of Madness [1995]
Dead and Rotting [2002]
Shower of Blood [2004]
When A Stranger Calls [2006]
Killer Movie [2008]
The Innkeepers [2011] [Toronto]
The Woman in Black [2012]
Axe to Grind [2015]
Eloise [2016]
Hellraiser: Judgement [2018]
Bull Shark [2022]
Knock at the Cabin [2023]
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FEBRUARY 4
BORN ON FEBRUARY 4
1977 – Shedrack Anderson III, actor in “Drive Thru,” “Blood River” and “Grizzly Park.”
1971 – Rob Corddry, actor in “Warm Bodies,” “Hell Baby” and “Shimmer Lake.”
1970 – Gabrielle Anwar, appeared in “Body Snatchers,” “Crazy Eights,” “The Marsh,” “Flying Virus” and “iMurders.”
1960 – Jenette Goldstein, wonderful character actor who has appeared in “Aliens,” “Near Dark,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Autopsy.”
1960 – Adrienne King, who played “Alice” in “Friday the 13th [1980]” and “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981],” “The Butterfly Room,” “Tales of Poe,” “Killer Therapy,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming,” “Psychic Experiment” and more.
1960 – Anders Palm, director for “Unmasked Part 25,” executive producer for “Trench 11,” “The Executioners” and the short “The Last Marriage.”
1959 – Pamelyn Ferdin, actress in “Daughter of the Mind – TV Movie,” “The Mephisto Waltz,” “What’s the Matter with Helen,” “The Toolbox Murders” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
1957 – Don Davis, composer for “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Long Time Dead,” “Valentine” and “Tokyo Ghoul.”
1951 – Patrick Bergin, starred in “Highway to Hell,” “Ghostwood,” “Lawnmower Man 2,” “Shark Week,” the TV movie “The Ripper” and the 2002 TV mini-series, “Dracula” and more.
1948 – Alice Cooper, his music has appeared in such films as “Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives,” “Scream [1996],” “The Faculty” “Halloween [2007],” “Dark Shadows [2012],” and also took a turn as an actor in the films “Monster Dog,” “Prince of Darkness [1987]” and “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare” and others.
Cameo in Prince of Darkness:
1945 – Earl Pomerantz, writer for 2 episodes of the TV series “Amazing Stories” and acted in “Cannibal Girls.”
1940 – George A. Romero, The Godfather of the Dead, “Night of the Living Dead,” “Dawn of the Dead,” “Day of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” “Diary of the Dead” and “Survival of the Dead,” as well as “The Crazies [1973],” “Season of the Witch” among many others.
1936 – Gary Conway, appeared in “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “How to Make a Monster” and an episode of Circle of Fear.”
1926 – Cliff Wenger, special effects for “The Devil’s Rain,” “Burnt Offerings,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” as well as TV Movies “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “Dead of Night” and more.
1918 – Ida Lupino, who appeared in the films “The Devil’s Rain” and “The Food of the Gods.”
1905 – Eddie Foy Jr., appeared in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 4
2023 – Arnold Schulman, screenwriter for “Matinee Theatre – Episode: Bottom of the River.”
2023 – Eugene Iglesias, appeared in “One Step Beyond – Episode: Blood Flower” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: The Dark Pool.”
2021 – Raghavendra Kadkol, appeared in “Zapatlela,” “Khilona Bana Khalnayak” and “Zapatlela 2.”
2020 – Gianni Minervini, producer for “The House of the Laughing Windows,” Macabre” and “Revenge of the Dead.”
2020 – Nadia Lutfi, actress in “Where Do You Hide the Sun?”
2020 – José Luis Cuerda Martínez, produced “Thesis” and “The Others [2001].”
2011 – Tura Satana, exotic dancer and actress who appeared in “The Astro-Zombies”, “The Doll Squad” and more.
2007- Barbara McNair, appeared in the films “Paroxismus” and the TV film “Fatal Charm.”
2005 – Ossie Davis who played “Portifoy” in the pilot episode for “Night Gallery,” appeared in the TV mine-series “The Stand” and the starred in the film “Bubba-ho-Tep.”
2003 – Charles Biddle, Sr. who appeared in the film “Terror Train” and “Zombie Nightmare.”
1959 – Una O’Connor, who appeared in the films “The Invisible Man [1933],” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and “The Canterville Ghost.”
1941 – Margaret Mann, appeared in “Frankenstein [1931],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Life Returns.”
1937 – William Solder, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 4
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [1935]
Visit to a Small Planet [1960]
The Honeymoon Killers [1970]
The Entity [1982] – San Francisco Independent Film Festival
Videodrome [1983]
Scream 3 [2000]
Abomination: The Evil Maker II [2003]
Boogeyman [2005]
Slipstream [2005]
Mad Cowgirl [2006]
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FEBUARY 5
BORN ON FEBRUARY 5
1990 – Charlbi Dean, actress in “Don’t Sleep” and the short “Illusive Fields.”
1986 – Brittany Allen, appeared in “Jigsaw,” “What Keeps You Alive,” “The Prodigy,” “It Stains the Sands Red,” “Dead Before Dawn 3D” and “Still/Born.”
1985 – Paige Howard, appeared in the short “The Smiler.”
1969 – Michael Sheen, appeared in “Mary Reilly,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Slaughterhouse Rulez,” “Apostle” and more.
1966 – Jonathan Morgan, director/writer for “Pornogothic,” “Crazed,” “Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre,” actor in “Eye of the Beholder,” “Tomi Knockers” and “Vampire’s Kiss.”
1964 – Laura Linney, starred in “Primal Fear,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”
1962 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, starred in “Annihilation,” “Possessor,” “Lisey’s Story – TV Series,” “Morgan,” “Single White Female,” “Amityville: The Awakening” and more.
1951 – Massimo Giuliani, voice dubbing for “Torso,” “Play Motel,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “House on the Edge of the Park,” “Mystère” and “Demons 2.”
1948 – Christopher Guest, appeared in “Little Shop of Horrors” and an episode of “Supernatural.”
1948 – Tom Wilkinson, starred in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005].”
1941 – David Selby, who played “Quentin Collins” on the daytime soap opera “Dark Shadows.”
1940 –Dick Warlock, did stunts in “The Thing [1982],” “Jaws,” “Escape From New York,” “Halloween II [1981],” “Ghost Story,” “Halloween III,” “Christine,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Firestarter,” “Childs Play 2,” “Pumpkinhead” and many more.
1940 – H.R. Giger, artist who designed the “Alien.”
1937 – Robert Totten, director for the TV Movie “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle.”
1906 –John Carradine, actor in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “The Howling,” “The Sentinel” and many more.
1897 – Gay Sheridan, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 5
2024 – Toby Keith, singer – Baron uses the red solo cups not just for beer but for mostly his Vodka:
2024 – James Dixon, actor in “It’s Alive,” “God Told Me To,” “Full Moon High,” “The Stuff,” “A Return to Salem’s Lot,” “Maniac Cop,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “The Ambulance” and more.
2024 – Mickey Gilbert, appeared in “Kolchak – Season 1, Episode 1,” stunt coordinator/stunts for “The Fury [1978],” “Pandemonium,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “New Nightmare ,” “Stigmata” and more.
2024 – Michael Jayston, actor in “The Tales That Witness Madness,” “Dominique,” episodes of the TV series “Thriller,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Worlds Beyond.”
2024 – Won Namkung, actor in “A Bloodthirsty Killer,” “Space Monster Wangmagwi,” “Insect Woman,” “Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death,” “The Hut” and “Eob [1988].”
2023 – Jusaburō Tsujimura, costume department for “Sweet Home.”
2023 – Mohamed Dhrif, actor in “Siren [2010].”
2023 – T.P. Gajendran, actor in “Chandramukhi.”
2022 – Rubén Fuentes, soundtrack for “La mujer y la bestia – aka The Woman and the Beast” and “The Hell of Frankenstein.”
2022 – Fernando Marías, producer for the short “Sirena Negra – aka Dark Siren” and screenwriter for “Second Name.”
2021 – Christopher Plummer, actor in “The Pyx,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “Dreamscape,” “Vampire in Venice,” “Red Blooded American Girl,” “Wolf,” “Skeletons,” “The Clown at Midnight,” “Dracula 2000,” “Priest” and the TV Movie “Possessed [2000].”
2021 – Ezzat El Alaili, appeared in “The Humans and The Jinns,” “He Returned for Vengeance” and “The Garden of Blood.”
2021 – Isa Bellini, voice dubbing in “Deep Red” and “Tentacles.”
2020 – F.X. Feeney, writer for “Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound.”
2020 – Kirk Douglas, starred in “The Chosen,” “The Fury,” “The Final Countdown,” “Saturn 3,” “Tales from the Crypt: Episode Yellow [1991]” and more.
2020 – Kevin John Conway, “Unmasked,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Funhouse.”
2019 – Peter Hughes who appeared in an episode of “Shades of Darkness [1983]”
2012 – William Hinzman, best known as the “Graveyard Zombie” “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” he also appeared in “The Crazies,” “The Majorettes,” “FleshEater,” “Santa Claws,” “Mimesis,” “Reichsfurer-SS *Special Thanks*” and more.
2007 – David Wiley, actor in “Society,” “Friday the 13th Part 3” and the TV Movie “Warp Speed.”
1995 – Doug McClure, appeared in “Humanoids from the Deep,” “At the Earth’s Core,” “The Land That Time Forgot,” “Satan’s Triangle,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.
1991 – Dean Jagger, starred in the films “Revolt of the Zombies,” “X-The Unknown” and “Alligator.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956]
Cherry 2000 [1987]
Slugs [1988]
The Serpent and The Rainbow [1988]
The Vanishing [1993]
Teenage Zombie House Massacre [2000]
House of the Damned [2008]
Killer Pad [2008]
Night of the Loup Garou [2010]
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FEBRUARY 6
BORN ON FEBRUARY 6
1961 – Mark Benninghoffen, appeared in “The Room Next Door.”
1953 – Ruth Cox, actress in “Jennifer,” “The Attic” and the TV Movie “Fantasies.”
1943 – Gayle Hunnicutt, actress in “Voices,” “Fragment of Fear,” “Eye of the Cat,” “The Spiral,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1922 – Patrick Macnee, starred in “The Howling,” “Waxwork,” “Waxwork 2: Lost In Time,” “Transformations” and many more.
1921 – David Gorcey, actor in “Spooks Run Wild,” “Master Minds,” “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters” and “Spook Chasers.”
1917 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, who appeared in the film “Queen of Outer Space.” and played herself in the film “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors.”
1894 – Carroll Clark, art director for “Notorious,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Thirteen Women,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Gildersleeve’s Ghost,” “King Kong [1933],” “Before Dawn” and “You’ll Find Out.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 6
2023 – Eugene Lee, production designer for the TV Movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982].”
2023 – Joe Violanti, actor in “Shadow Creature.”
2022 – George Crumb, composer for “Death Valley Diary” and soundtrack for “The Exorcist.”
2022 – Frank Pesce, actor in “Killer Mish,” “Maniac,” “Maniac Cop,” “Cameron’s Closet,” “Uncle Sam,” “Street and Lace” and more.
2022 – Feng Chang, actor in “The Bride from Hell,” “Devil Crows,” “The Legend of the Living Corpse” and “Nightmarish Highway.”
2022 – Lata Mangeshkar, soundtrack for “Mahal,” “Tower House,” “100 Days” and “Ghost Stories.”
2022 – Predrag Vranešević, composer for “Full Moon Over Belgrade.”
2021 – Harry Fielder, actor in “Quatermass and the Pit,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Bride,” “Nightbreed” and more.
2021 – Krzysztof Kowalewski, “appeared in “Kill It and Leave This Town.”
2021 – Miyuri Samarasinghe, actress in “Gharasarpa.”
2020 – Raphaël Coleman, actor in “It’s Alive [2009].”
2017 – Roy Forge Smith, production designer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1978],” “Funeral Home,” “Curtains,” “The Kiss,” “Warlock,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and the TV Movie “Haunted By Her Past.”
2009 – Philip Carey who appeared in the films “Monster” [1979] and the TV movie “Scream of the Wolf,” and also made appearances on countless TV shows including Boris Karloff’s “Thriller,” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2006 – Esther Sandoval, appeared in the film “Creature from The Haunted Sea.”
2005 – Joan Weidman, production manager for “Berserker,” “Cheerleader Camp,” “Night Life” and “Slaughter of the Innocents.”
2002 – Guy Stockwell, appeared in “Burned at The Stake,” “Santa Sangre,” “It’s Alive,” and appeared in TV shows such as “Thriller” and “Land of The Giants.”
1998 – Don Isaacs, sound editor for “The Fly [1958],” “Summer Camp Nightmare” and “Waxwork.”
1996 – Guy Madison, starred in “The Beast from Hollow Mountain.”
1994 – Joseph Cotten, starred in the films “Lady Frankenstein,” “Latitude Zero,” “Screamers,” “The Survivor” and “The Abominable Dr. Phibes.”
1986 – Ray Moyer, set decorator for “King Kong [1933],” “Rear Window” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”
1985 – Stephen Crane, appeared in “Cry of the Werewolf.”
1981 – Gus Robinson, appeared in for “King Kong [1933]” and “Tomorrow at Seven.”
1958 – Dick Tyler Sr., sound department for “The Vampire Bat,” “Condemned to Live,” “The House of Secrets,” “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Beginning of the End.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 6
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave [1968]
Night of the Bloody Apes [1969]
Zardoz [1974]
The Initiation of Sarah [1978] – TV Movie
The Horror Show [1979] – TV Movie
This House Possessed [1981] – TV Movie
Alien Predator [1986]
Dead of Winter [1987]
Netherworld [1992]
Serial Killer [1996]
The Night Flier [1997]
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra [2001]
Repossessed [2002]
Sleepless Nights [2016] – Mexico
Bad Apples [2018]
Incubus [2007]
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FEBRUARY 7
BORN ON FEBRUARY 7
1979 – Cerina Vincent, appeared in “Cabin Fever,” “Murder-Set-Pieces.” “Intermedio,” “It Waits,” “Sasquatch Mountain,” “Freaks of Nature,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Return to House on Haunted Hill” and more.
1978 – Ashton Kutcher, producer of the TV Series “Room 401.”
1975 – Brent Chalem, child actor known for playing “Horace” in “The Monster Squad.”
1960 – Steve Johnson, makeup effects wizard worked on “An American Werewolf in London,” “Night of the Demons,” “Dead Heat,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” “The Fog [1980],” ”Species,” “Brainscan” and many more.
1960 – James Spader, who starred in the films “Wolf,” “Stargate” and “Jack’s Back.”
1955 – 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.
1951 – Kim Milford, appeared in “Laserblast,” “Nightmare Noon,” “Song of the Succubus – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1943 – Greydon Clark, directed “Without Warning,” “Uninvited,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders,” “Wacko” and “Dance Macabre.”
1935 – Bonnie Priore, makeup artist for “Season of the Witch,” “The Crazies [1973],” “Creepshow” and “Day of the Dead.”
1931 – Gloria Talbott, starred in “The Cyclops,” “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll” and “I Married a Monster from Outer Space.”
1929 – Alejandro Jodorowsky, director & writer of the film “Santa Sangre.”
1927 – 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.”
1927 – Juliette Gréco, actress in “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre.”
1927 – Walter Scott Herndon, art director for “Blacula” and production designer for “The Manitou.”
1916 – Stephen Crane, appeared in “Cry of the Werewolf.”
1915 – Catherine Finn, actress in “The Deadly Bees,” “Torture Garden,” “Journey Into Darkness” and “The Creeping Flesh.”
1904 – Alison Leggatt, actress in “Nevet Take Candy from a Stranger” and “The Day of the Triffids.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 7
2024 – Peter Middleton, cinematographer/photography for the TV Movie “The Tell-Tale Heart [1991].
2024 – Mojo Nixon, actor in “Buttcrack,” “A Four Course Meal” and an episode of the TV Series “Up All Night.”
2024 – Ahmed Rubel, actor in the TV Series “Pret (2001).”
2023 – Robert Crewdson, actor in “Trog,” “The Psychopath,” “Blood Beast from Outer Space,” “Peeping Tom” and One Step Beyond – Episode: The Avengers.”
2023 – Fernando Becerril, actor in “Aztech,” “The Inhabitant,” “The Similars,” “KM 31: Kilómetro 31,” “Ravenous” and the TV Series “The Envoys .”
2022 – Margarita Lozano, actress in “They’re Watching Us.”
2021 – Giuseppe Rotunno, cinematographer for “Spirits of the Dead,” “Toby Dammit,” “Wolf” and “The Stendhal Syndrome.”
2020 – Orson Bean, appeared in episodes of TV Series “Monsters [1990],” “The Wide World of Mystery [1974]” and “The Twilight Zone [1960].”
2020 – Victor Gorelick, Comic Book Letterer for “Sabrina’s Halloween Spoooktacular [1993] #1” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – Halloween ComicFest Edition [2015] #1.”
2019 – Albert Finney, appeared in “Wolfen,” and an episode of “The Green Man [1990]”
2007 – Fred Mustard Stewart who wrote the novel, “The Mephisto Waltz” and the story for the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes.”
2006 – George Hively, editor for “The Savage Bees,” “Good Against Evil,” “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Terror Out of the Sky.”
1980 – Katherine Emery, appeared in “The Maze [1953]” and “Isle of the Dead.”
1972 – Ottola Nesmith, appeared in the films “The Wolf Man,” “The Uninvited” and “The Invisible Ghost.”
1968 – Nick Adams, starred in the films “Die, Monster, Die!” with Boris Karloff, and “Frankenstein Conquers the World.”
1952 – Philip G. Epstein, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 7
The Monster Walks [1932]
The Ghost Goes West [1935]
The Spiral Staircase [1946]
The Tell-Tale Heart [1960]
The Anniversary [1968]
The Fury of the Wolfman [1972]
Inferno [1980] – Italy & Argentina
Cannibal Holocaust [1980]
Puppet Master II [1990]
Demon Hunter [2005]
Grizzly Park [2008]
Arkham Sanitarium: Soul Eater [2014]
The Ganzfeld Haunting [2014]
Come to Daddy [2019] – Italy
Heart Eyes [2025]
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FEBRUARY 8
BORN ON FEBRUARY 8
1974 – Seth Green, appeared in “Black Friday [2021],” “It [1990],” “Idle Hands,” “Ticks,” “Holidays,” “Wolfman’s Got Nards,” “The Attic Expeditions,” voice in “Krampus,” and the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and more.
1965 – Mathilda May, played the Naked Space Vampire in “Lifeforce.”
1961 – Vince Neil, soundtrack for “Demons [1985]”and appeared in “Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens.”
1955 – Ethan Phillips, appeared in “Critters,” “The Shadow,” “The Island” and the TV series’ “Werewolf”.
1949 – Brooke Adams, co-starred in “Shockwaves,” the 1978 remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “The Dead Zone.”
1945 – Louis Giambalvo, appeared in “Nightmares,” “Bad Dreams,” “Fade to Black,” episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Amazing Stories.”
1944 – Georgianne Walken, casting director for “Session 9,” “The Mothman Prophecies,” “Wendigo” and “Wilderness Survival for Girls.”
1943 – Richard Romanus, actor in The Ghastly Ones,” “Pandemonium” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales from the Darkside.”
1941 – J.D. Feigelson, writer for “Horror High,” “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” ““Cry for the Strangers,” “Covenant – TV Movie,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor,” “Red Water” and “Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2.”
1937 – Bill Rebane, director for “Monster a Go-Go,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “The Alphabet Incident,” “The Capture of Bigfoot,” “The Demons of Ludlow,” “The Game,” “Blood Harvest” and more.
1932 – John Williams, music, composer & soundtrack for such films as “Jaws,” “Jaws 2,” “Jaws 3D,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “Jurassic Park,” “It Chapter Two,” “Trick ‘r Treat,” “The Fury” and many more.
1931 – James Dean, appeared in an episode of “Tales of Tomorrow.”
1922 – Audrey Meadows, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1921 – Lana Turner, actress in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Persecution” and “Witches’ Brew.”
1919 – Jack Hayes, music department for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “Grizzly,” “Abby,” “Audrey Rose,” “Nightwing,” “The Doctor and the Devils” and “Terror in the Aisles.”
1916 – Gillie Fenwick, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” episodes of the TV Series “The Unforseen,” “Purple Playhouse” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1910 – Milton Gunzburg, 3D Supervisor in “House of Wax [1953].”
1904 – Harold E. Knox, associate producer for “The Last Man on Earth.”
1870 – Lon Poff, actor in “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 8
2023 – Burt Bacharach, composer for “The Best Horror Cinema of the 21st Century” and “The Blob – title theme [1958].”
2023 – Cody Anthony, actor in “Piranha 3DD”and “Death House.”
2023 – Dennis Lotis, actor in “The City of the Dead.”
2023 – Branka Veselinović, actress in “The Master and Margaret.”
2022 – George Spiro Dibie, cinematographer for 5 episodes of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2021 – Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter for “The Diabolical Dr. Z,” “The Monk,” “Leonor,” “Jack the Ripper” and “Night of a 1000 Hours.”
2021 – Shûichirô Moriyama, appeared in “Demon Spies” and the TV Series “Operation Mystery.”
2021 – Rynagh O’Grady, actress in “Dorothy Mills” and “Sins of a Werewolf.”
2020 – Volker Spengler, actor in “Blackest Heart.”
2020 – Paula Alma Kelly, actress in “The Andromeda Strain.”
2020 – Robert Conrad, actor in “Dead Ground.”
2020 – Ronald William McLarty, actor in “The Sentinel.”
2006 – Akira Ifukube, composer who scored many of their “Godzilla” and other monster films including “Godzilla [1954]”, “Rodan”, “The Mysterians”, “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, “Atragon”, “Mothra vs. Godzilla”, “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster” and literally hundreds more.
1956 – Vera Lewis, appeared in “Night Nurse,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “the Smiling Ghost.”
1946 – Miles Mander, actor in “Phantom of the Opera [1943],” “The Return of the Vampire” and “the Picture of Dorian Gray.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 8
The Beast with Five Fingers [1946]
Dracula [1974] – TV Movie
The Fog [1980]
Alienator [1990]
The Minion [1998]
The Dead Hate the Living! [2000]
The Minion [2000]
Shrooms [2007]
The Cottage [2008] – Glasgow Film Festival
Port Shoot Massacre [2009]
Spiders [2013]
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