FEBRUARY 16
BORN ON FEBRUARY 16
1989 – Elizabeth Olsen, appeared in “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Silent House” and “Red Lights”.
1972 – Carl Cunningham, producer for “Craving,” “Macabre Mountain,” “Amityville Ripper” and additional crew for “Grizzly Park.”
1971 – Patrick Baxter, makeup/prosthetic effects for “Bone Daddy,” “Wolf Girl,” “House of the Dead,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “Land of the Dead,” “Saw II,” “Silent Hill,” “Skinwalkers,” “I Am Legend,” “Mandy” and many more.
1966 – Bryan C. Knight, assistant director for “House of the Dead,” “Alone in the Dark,” “BloodRayne,” “Slither,” “Seed,” “Whisper,” “BloodRayne: The Third Reich,” “The Final Storm” and more.
1961 – Eric Red, writer/director worked on “Body Parts,” “Bad Moon,” “The Hitcher,” “Near Dark,” “Undertow,” “100 Feet” and more.
1958 – Lisa Loring, who played the original “Wednesday Addams” in the “The Addams Family” and also appeared in the film “Blood Frenzy.”
1952 – Jonathan Stark, appeared in “Fright Night [1985]” and “House II: The Second Story.”
1950 – William Katt, starred in “Carrie [1976],” “House,” “House IV,” “Alien vs Hunter,” “Mirrors 2″ and “Paranormal Movie”.
1937 – Robert Silliphant, writer for “The Beach Girls and the Monster,” “The Creeping Terror” and “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Because Mixed-Up Zombies!!?”
1935 – Juan Piquer Simón, director//producer/writer for “Satan’s Blood,” “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Pieces,” “Slugs” and “The Rift.”
1930 – Ricou Browning, portrayed everyone’s favorite “Gillman,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” [in the underwater scenes].
1926 – John Schlesinger, director for “The Believers [1987],” “The Tale of Sweeney Todd – TV Movie” and “The Starfish.”
1916 – Alberto Sorrentino, appeared in “Torso.”
1901 – Chester Morris, appeared in the films “The Bat Whispers” and “The She Creature.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 16
2024 – José Pinto, actor in “Blood Curse” and the short “In the Dark.”
2023 – Chuck Jackson, soundtrack for “Ready or Not – “Love Me Tender.”
2023 – Maon Kurosaki, appeared in “Blood-club Dolls 2” an episode of “High School of the Dead” as well as the music department in episodes of “Hellsing Ultimate” and “Strike the Blood.”
2023 – Gunvor Pontén, actress in “Psalm 21.”
2022 – Jack Smethurst, actor in “Night After Night After Night” and “Quatermass and the Pit – Episode: The Wild Hunt.”
2021 – Harry V. Bring, assistant director for “The New Kids” and producer for “The X-Files – TV Series.”
2020 – Jerzy Gruza, directed the TV short “Mistrz tanca.”
2020 – Kellye Nakahara, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Trevi Collection [1975].”
2020 – Frances Cuka, appeared in “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Afraid of the Dark,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror” and an episode of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror [1980].”
2019 – Bruno Ganz, appeared in “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” and “The House That Jack Built.”
2012 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
2011 – Len Lesser, appeared in “The Werewolf Reborn!” “Sorority Girls and the Creature from Hell,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “Slither,” “Death Wish,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many others.
2010 – John Chandler, appeared in “Carnosaur 2,” “Phantasm 3″ and the TV movie “Moon of the Wolf”.
2010 – Jim Harmon, science fiction writer and west coast editor for the Marvel monster magazine “Monsters of the Movies,” he also wrote the screenplay for the film “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”
2005 – Nicole DeHuff, starred in “Suspect Zero.”
2000 – Sandra Shaw, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1988 – Geoffrey Haine, production manager for “Night of the Eagle,” “Unearthly Stranger,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1979 – Louise Allbritton, starred in “Son of Dracula” and 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1977 – Edwin Rochelle, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “Invisible Invaders” episodes of the TV Series “Thiller,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Season 1.”
1975 – Jesslyn Fax, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and 2 episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 16
The Canary Murder Case [1929]
The Shadow Returns [1946]
Five Million Miles to Earth [1967]
Hotel Fear [1978] – video premiere
Bloodlust: Subspecies III [1994] – Italy
Hotel Fear [1978] – Italy
Murdercycle [1999]
Blue Lake Massacre [2007]
Ghost Rider [2007]
Freeway Killer [2010]
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FEBRUARY 17
BORN ON FEBRUARY 17
1990 – Jason Ritter, actor in “Freddy vs. Jason,” “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Cover Up” and “The Labyrinth.”
1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, starred in “Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later,” “Knives Out” episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows [1991] and “The Outer Limits.”
1981 – Paris Hilton, appeared “House of Wax [2005]” and “Repo! The Genetic Opera.”
1974 – Jerry O’Connell, starred in “Play Dead,” “Scream 2,” “Room 6,″ “Wish Upon,” “Piranha 3D”, “Satanic Panic,” “Mockingbird Lane,” “Scary Movie V,” “Deep Murder” and more.
1971 – Denise Richards, appeared in “Scary Movie 3,” “The Toybox,” “Tammy and the T-Rex,” “Starship Troopers” and “Valentine.”
1970 – Dominic Purcell, appeared in “Blade: Trinity,” “The Gravedancers,” “Primeval”, “Blood Creek” and “The Ganzfeld Haunting”.
1965 – Jonathan Breck, who played “The Creeper” in “Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2.”
1965 – Michael Bay, produced “A Quiet Place,” “A Quiet Place Part II,” “The Purge,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Friday the 13th [2009],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” “The Purge – TV Series” and many more.
1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, starred in “The First Power,” “Bats,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series,” “Red Water” and “Sanitarium”.
1961 – Tuesday Knight, actress in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” “New Nightmare,” “The Amityville Moon,” “The Bloody Man” and more.
1954 – Don Coscarelli, wrote the screenplays for the “Phantasm” films including “Phantasm: Ravager,” “The Beastmaster” and “Bubba Ho-tep.”
1949 – Don Scardino, starred in “Squirm” and “He Knows You’re Alone.”
1936 – Jim Brown, actor in “The Devine Enforcer” and “Mars Attacks.”
1934 – Alan Bates, appeared in the films “Mister Frost” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”
1925 – Hal Holbrook, who has starred in the films “Rituals,” “The Fog,” “Creepshow” and “The Unholy.”
1925 – Ron Goodwin, composer for “Village of the Damned,” “The Day of the Triffids” and “Children of the Damned.”
1923 – Jun Fukuda, directed “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”
1907 – Buster Crabbe, appeared in Fred Olen Ray’s “The Alien Dead.”
1890 – Jack Dawn, make-up for the films “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 17
2023 – Gerald Fried, composer for “The Vampire,” “I Bury the Living,” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Cabinet of Caligari,” “The Baby,” “The Spell,” “Cruise Into Terror” and more.
2023 – George Miller, director for “Attack of the Sabertooth.”
2023 – Jerry Dodgion, soundtrack for “Hands of a Stranger – How’s Your Mother.”
2023 – Lee Whitlock, actor in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007].”
2023 – Patti Love, actress in “Terror [1978].”
2023 – Stella Stevens, actress in “Glass Trap,” “Blessed,” “The Mad Room,” “Cruise Into Terror,” “The Manitou,” “Wacko,” “Monster in the Closet,” “Mom,” “The Granny” and more.
2022 – Pradeep Kottayam, actor in “Adi Kapyare Kootamani” and “Aadupuliyattam.”
2021 – Françoise Cactus, actress in “Dawn of the Dorks” and worked on the soundtrack for “The Good Neighbor.”
2021 – Martha Stewart, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2020 – Sonja Ziemann, actress in “Spuk im Schloß.”
2020 – Jeannette Dubois, soundtrack for “Basic Instinct,” and “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”
2019 – Ethel Ennis, Soundtrack “Mad Monster Party?” and “Boltneck.”
2007 – Jay Jensen, appeared in the films “Mission Mars” and “Werewolves on Wheels”.
2005 – Dan O’Herlihy, appeared in “Invasion USA,” “The Cabinet of Caligari” and “Halloween III.”
2003 – Peter Schrum, appeared in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and “Demonic Toys,”.
1999 – Mary Nell Santacroce, actress in “The Private Eyes,” “Mutant” and “The Legend of Blood Mountain.”
1990 – Marc Clement, appeared in “Mutant” and “King Kong Lives”.
1986 – Paul Stewart, appeared in the TV Series “Inner Sanctum” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1984 – Lucille Benson, actress in “Private Parts [1972],” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Reflections of Murder,” “The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver” and Halloween II [1981].”
1980 – Ed Graves, art director for “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls,” production designer for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “Bad Ronald.”
1970 – Alfred Newman, composer for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939],” composer/stock music for “The Lodger [1944]” and “The Gorilla.”
1968 – Donald Wolfit, starred in “Blood of the Vampire,” “The Hands of Orlac” and the TV show “The Ghost Squad,”.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 17
Seven Footprints to Satan [1929]
Mystery of the Wax Museum [1933]
House on Haunted Hill [1959]
Jack the Ripper [1959]
The Cosmic Man [1959]
The Gorgon [1964]
Baron Blood [1972] – Germany
Alien Raiders [2009]
American Scary [2009]
Feast III: The Happy Finish [2009]
Screamers: The Hunting [2009]
The Midnight Meat Train [2009]
The Last Battleground [2010]
The Last Vampire on Earth [2013] – Grand Rapids, MI – premiere
Altar [2014]
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FEBRUARY 18
BORN ON FEBRUARY 18
1985 – Sung-Hoon Park, appeared in “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” and 2 episodes of “Joseon Exorcist.”
1978 – Michael Howard, appeared in “60 Seconds 2 Die,” One Last Sunset Redux” and “Epiphany Road.”
1972 – Leigh Scott, producer for “Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter’s Cove,” “Dead Men Walking,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “Wolvesbayne,” “House of Bones – TV Movie,” “The Penny Dreadful Picture Show” and “Piranha Sharks.”
1968 – Molly Ringwald, starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the film “Office Killer.”
1962 – Julie Strain, appeared in “Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart,” “The Unnamable II” and “The Bare Wench Project.”
1957 – Vanna White, appeared in “Graduation Day” and the TV Movie “Midnight Offerings.”
1954 – John Travolta, starred in “Carrie [1976]” and “The Devil’s Rain”
1925 – George Kennedy, appeared in “Strait-Jacket,” “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte,” “Death Ship,” “Creepshow 2,″ “Demonwarp,” “The Terror Within” and many more.
1919 – Jack Palance, starred in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “Dracula [1974],” “Craze,” “Man in the Attic,” “Without Warning,” “Torture Garden,” and “Alone in the Dark.
1915 – Alfeo Bocchicchio, art director for “Cruise Into Terror,” “Scream Blacula Scream” and producer for “Ring of Terror.”
1908 – Angelo Rossitto, appeared in the “Freaks,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and more.
1899 – Mervyn Johns, actor in “Dead of Night,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Old Dark House” and “The Confessional.”
1879 – George Kirby, appeared in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “WereWolf of London” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 18
2024 – Jacques Bernard, actor in “The Room of Chains” and “Love Brides of the Blood Mummy.”
2024 – Lanny Flaherty, actor in “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 [2000].”
2022 – Leo Fong, actor in “Hidden Peaks.”
2022 – Boris Nevzorov, actor in “Witches of Yatrinskaya.”
2021 – Alan Curtis, appeared in “The Flesh and the Blood Show.”
2021 – Mark Morales aka Prince Markie Dee, actor/soundtrack for “Fat Boys: Are You Ready for Freddy.”
2020 – Ashraf Sinclair, actor in “The Real Pocong,” “Baby Occult: Baby Tumbal Baby Die and “Setan Munafik.”
2020 – Tapas Paul, appeared in “Nishi Trishna.”
2020 – Flavio Bucci, appeared in “Last Stop on the Night Train,” “Suspiria [1977]” and an episode of “Frankenstein’s Aunt [1987].”
2020 – Kishori Ballal, actress in “Aakramana” and “Naani.”
2019 – O’Neal Compton, appeared in “Diabolique [1996].”
2017 – Steve Christian, producer for “Deadly Instincts,” “Paranoid,” “The Hound of Baskervilles [2002],” “The Gathering,” “The Dark,” “Severance,” “The Cottage,” “Boy Eats Girl,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone” and more.
2014 – Malcolm Tierney, appeared in “Beware What You Wish For,” “New Chilling Tales: The Anthology” and an episode of “Out of the Unknown.”
2012 – Ric Waite, cinematographer for “Best Ribs in Town,” and the TV Movies “Dead of Night,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Triangle.”
2002 – Jack Lambert, appeared in several TV shows of “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,”.
2001 – Irving Lande, casting director for “Willard [1971],” “Ben,” “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.”
1983 – Nick Bolin, actor in “The Devil’s Daughter” and “Blackenstein.”
1956 – Max Barwyn, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 18
The Magnetic Monster [1953]
The Ghost [1963]
A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971] – Rome, Italy
Amityville: Dollhouse [1996]
Pitch Black [2000]
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp [2003]
Constantine [2005]
Dark Remains [2005] – Nevermore Film Festival
Demon Resurrection [2008]
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FEBRUARY 19
BORN ON FEBRUARY 19
1993 – Victoria Justice, appeared in “Fun Size”, “The Garden,” “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – TV Movie” and “50 States of Fright – TV Series.”
1987 – Sam Reid, actor in “Inhuman Resources” and episodes of “Interview with the Vampire.”
1985 – Arielle Kebbel, starred in “Vampires Suck,” “The Grudge 2″ and “The Uninvited” [2009].
1985 – Haylie Duff, appeared in “The Sandman,” “Backwoods – TV Movie,” “Fear Island – TV Movie,” “The Lost Episode,” “Nightmare,” “Desecrated” and more.
1975 – Andrew Strahorn, cinematographer for “Undead,” “Portal,” “House of Bones,” “Scream of the Banshee,” “Mask Maker,” “The Butterfly Room,” “Haunted High/Ghostquake,” “Ghost Shark,” “The Houses October Built,” “The Houses October Built 2,” “You Might Be the Killer” and more.
1967 – Benicio Del Toro, played the title role in the 2010 remake of “The Wolf Man” and appeared in an episode of Tales from the Crypt.”
1963 – Dwight Henry, actor in “Navy Seals vs. Zombies” and “Boo!”
1955 – Jeff Daniels, starred in “Arachnophobia” and “Chasing Sleep.”
1955 – Suzanne Savoy, actress in “Keeping Company,” “An Inappropriate Affect,” “Alien Nine,” “Alien from the Darkness,” “Dark Angel” and “The Cellar.”
1951 – Stephen Nichols, has appeared in “House” and “Witchboard.”
1950 – Johan Leysen, actor in “The Johnsons,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “Tattoo,” “Grimm [2003],” “Despite the Night” and “Noise.”
1947 – Bruce Fairbairn, actor in “Vampire Hookers.”
1944 – Donald Glut, directed “The Vampire Hunters Club,” wrote and directed “Dinosaur Valley Girls”, “Mummy’s Kiss and Tales of Frankenstein [2018].”
1924 – Lee Marvin, appeared in 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1915 – Fred Freiberger, screenwriter for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” and “Beginning of the End.”
1893 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, appeared in “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 19
2024 – Ewen MacIntosh, actor in “My Horrible Love,” “K-Shop,” “Fanged Up,” “Doris,” “Fubar,” “Shed of the Dead,” “Nightmare on 34th Street” and the short “I Am the Doorway.”
2024 – Tikoy Aguiluz, director for “Tragic Theater [2015].”
2024 – Horst Naumann, actor in “War of the Satellites,” “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 1: Nächte der Angst” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Die traum-falle.”
2024 – Matt Sweeney, special effects for “The Lost Boys,” “Arachnophobia,” “Rockula” and “The Skeleton Key.”
2023 – Richard Belzer, actor in “Species II,” “Not of This Earth,” “The Puppet Masters,” as well as an episode each of “The X-Files” and “Monsters.”
2023 – Jansen Panettiere, appeared in “Del Play,” The Walking Dead – Episode: The Calm Before,” additional crew for “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “The Fog [2005” and “The Eye.”
2023 – Mayilsamy, actor in “Idiot,” “Aruvam,” “Strawberry” and more.
2022 – Gary Booker, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind.”
2022 – Xavier Marc, director for “El mutilador” and appeared in ‘The Bees.”
2020 – José Mojica Marins, director, writer, producer, actor – some of his films include “Awakening of the Beast,” At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul,” “Hellish Flesh,” “The Secret of the Mummy,” “The Killer Lasagna” and many more.
2020 – Bob Cobert, composer for TV Movie “The Night Stalker,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Night of Dark Shadows,” “Burnt Offerings,” TV Series “Dark Shadows [1966-1971],” Soundtrack “Dark Shadows [2012]” and many more.
2020 – Nelly Beatriz Bonnet, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1960–] – A 9 Part Series” and “Masterworks of Terror [1959]”
2007 – Janet Blair, starred in the film “Burn, Witch Burn”.
2006 – James Hardiman, penned the novel “The House Where Evil Dwells”.
1990 – Michael Powell, directed the cult film “Peeping Tom” and “The Tales of Hoffmann.”
1956 – Tod Slaughter, who portrayed “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” in the 30’s and 40’s.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 19
Mark of the Devil [1970] – Germany
Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks [1974] – Italy
Army of Darkness [1992]
The Ghosts of Edendale [2003]
Dead Things [2005]
Black Water [2007]
Catacombs [2007]
Attack of the Vegan Zombies! [2010]
Shutter Island [2010]
The Witch [2015] – Rome
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FEBRUARY 20
BORN ON FEBRUARY 20
1987 – Cortney Palm, appeared in “Hellevator Man,” “The Purge: Anarchy,” “Demon Legacy (aka Haunting at Foster Cabin),” “Zombeavers,” “Alien Rising,” “Silent Night,” “Sushi Girl,” “Seance: The Summoning,” “Lost Soul” and more.
1978 – Lauren Ambrose, starred in “Psycho Beach Party.”
1978 – Jay Hernandez, starred in “Hostel,” “Hostel 2″ and “Quarantine.”
1967 – Lili Taylor, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “The Addiction,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Leatherface,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series” and “The Conjuring” and “The Nun.”
1964 – Anthony Head, starred in the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Repo: A Genetic Opera,” and made an appearance in the film “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
1959 – Louis Lazzara, makeup department for “Galaxy of Terror,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Deadly Eyes,” “Mutant,” “Friday the 13th A New Beginning,” “Night Game,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Child,” “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later,” “End of Days” and more.
1951 – Edward Albert, starred in “The House Where Evil Dwells,” “Galaxy of Terror” and “Mimic II.”
1948 – Jennifer O’Neill, starred in “Scanners,” “Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes,” “Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Poltergeist: The Legacy.”
1945 – Brion James, starred in “The Horror Show,” “The Fifth Element” and “Scanner Cop.”
1926 – Richard Matheson, legendary writer of many films and TV shows such as “Pit and the Pendulum,” “I Am Legend (The Last Man on Earth [1964]),” “Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “Duel,” “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and many more.
1926 – Whitney Blake, appeared in an episode of the TV Show “Thriller.”
1925 – Robert Altman, director for “Images” and 2 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1907 – Malcolm Atterbury, actor in “The Birds,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Blood of Dracula,” “How to Make a Monster” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1904 – Bramwell Fletcher, appeared in “The Mummy [1932]” and “The Undying Monster.”
1893 – Russel Crouse, producer/stage play for “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1885 – Roland West, directed “The Bat [1926],” “The Bat Whispers” and “The Monster.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 20
2024 – Vitalij Kuprij – Keyboardist for Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2024 – Yôko Yamamoto, actress in “Gappa the Triphibian Monster,” “Go, Go Second Time Virgin” and “Village of Eight Gravestones.”
2024 – Rituraj Singh, actor in “Bhayam (2019)” and “Vash (2023).”
2022 – Lalith Anand, lyricist/soundtrack for “Kaashmora.”
2019 – Vinny Vella, appeared in “Season of the Hunted,” “New York Blood,” “Milwood,” and “Scars of a Predator.”
2015 – Patricia Norris, costumer for “The Stranger Within,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” costume designer for “Bad Dreams” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
2009 – Robert Quarry, starred in “Count Yorga, Vampire,” “The Return of Count Yorga,” “The Deathmaster,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Sugar Hill” and “Madhouse.”
2005 – Sandra Dee, starred in “The Dunwich Horror” and appeared in the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2001 – Rosemary DeCamp, starred in the original version of “13 Ghosts”.
1996 – Mariano Vidal Molina, actor in “The Black Vampire,” “Scream of the Demon Lover,” “The Corruption of Chris Miller,” “Curse of the Devil,” “Devil’s Possessed” and “Howl of the Devil.”
1992 – Dick York, starred in “Twilight Zone” episode “A Penny for Your Thoughts,” the “Thriller” episode “The Incredible Doktor Markesan” and in six episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1989 – Robert Dorning, appeared in “Die! Die! My Darling,” “Screamtime” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Emmerdale Farm.”
1936 – Max Schreck, best known for portraying the rat faced vampire “Nosferatu” in the horror classic.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 20
Freaks [1932]
Reptilicus [1961]
The Horror Hall of Fame [1974]
The Spell [1977] – TV Movie
Dead Mary [2007]
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FEBRUARY 21
BORN ON FEBRUARY 21
1989 – Scout-Taylor Compton, starred in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” & “Halloween II,” “Wicked Little Things”, “April Fool’s day [2008], ” “7500,” “Getaway,” “Penance Lane,” “Feral,” “Ghost House,” “247°F” and more.
1987 – Ashley Greene, starred in “The Apparition,” “Burying the Ex,” “Aftermath – TV Movie,” “Kristy,” “Summer’s Moon” and “Otis.”
1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1963 – William Baldwin, actor in “Flatliners [1990],” “Virus,” “Red Rover,” “Aftermath,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Candy Lane,” as well as episodes of “The Purge.”
1961 – Christopher Atkins, appeared in “Beaks: The Movie,” “Dracula Rising” and “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1958 – Kim Coates, appeared in “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Blood: A Butcher’s Tale,” “Skinwalkers,” “Silent Hill,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Amityville Curse” and many more.
1958 – Denise Dowse, actress in “Killer Rats,” “The Call,” “A Cloud So High” and an episode of “The X-Files.”
1953 – William Petersen, starred in the film “Manhunter” and the TV movie “The Beast.”
1950 – Larry Drake, starred in the TV movie “Dark Night of the Scarecrow,” “Darkman,” “Darkman II: The Return of Durant” and played the title role in “Dr. Giggles.”
1946 – Alan Rickman, starred in “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
1944 – David Wood, appeared in “Tales That Witness Madness” and an episode of “Out of the Unknown.”
1943 – Kitty Winn, actress in “The Exorcist,” “The Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “Mirrors” and the TV Movie “The House That Would Not Die.”
1931 – John Kelland, appeared in “The Beast in the Cellar,” “Nothing But the Night” and an episode of “Department S.”
1929 – Arturo Fernández, appeared in “Sound of Horror.”
1928 – Larry Pennell, actor in “Superstition,” “Ghost Chase,” “The Borrower,” “The Fear: Resurrection,” “Bubba Ho-Tep” and “The Passing.”
1925 – Mahlon Potts, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1898 – Ray Moyer, set decorator for “King Kong [1933],” “Rear Window” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”
1890 – Wheeler Oakman, actor in “Torture Ship” and “The Ape Man.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 21
2024 – Micheline Presle, actress in “Transfixed [2001]” episodes of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Ray Bradbury Theater.”
2024 – Pamela Salem, actress in “After Darkness,” “Succubus,” “Down’s Revenge,” “Seagull Island – TV Mini Series” and an episode of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown.”
2023 – Nadja Tiller, actress in “The Burning Court,” “Le Moine (The Monk)” and “The Dead Are Alive!”
2022 – Stewart Bevan, actor in “Burke & Hare,” “The Flesh and Blood Show,” “The Ghoul” and “House of Mortal Sin.”
2022 – Neil Balnaves, producer for the TV Movie “The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone.”
2022 – Yuen Chor, director/writer for “Feng Fu,” “Haunted Tales,” “Black Lizard,” appeared in “The First Vampire in China,” “The Seventh Curse,” “Return of the Evil Fox” and “Who Cares?”
2021 – Peter S. Davis, producer for “Cutting Class.”
2020 – Boris Leskin, appeared in “Vampire’s Kiss.”
2020 – Nicola Cuti, production designer for “Dark Dimensions” and Comic Book Script for issues of “Vampirella,” “Eerie,” “Creepy,” “Ghostly Haunts,” “Ghost Manor,” “Midnight Tales” and many more.
2019 – Sue Casey, appeared in “The Beach Girls and the Monster,” “Evilspeak,” and “Hysterical.”
2019 – Stanley Donen, directed “Saturn 3.”
2019 – Beverley Owen, played Marilyn Munster on the TV Series “The Munsters.”
2019 – Peter Halsten Tork, starred in “I Filmed Your Death.”
2008 – Ben Chapman, the actor was best known for playing “The Gill Man” on land in “Creature from the Black Lagoon”.
2003 – Julie Mitchum, appeared in the original “House on Haunted Hill [1959].”
2002 – Harold Pruett, appeared in the films “Embrace of The Vampire” and “Spellcaster”.
1993 – Harvey Kurtzman, wrote the screenplay for the movie “Mad Monster Party.”
1985 – Louis Hayward, starred in “The Son of Dr. Jekyll,” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1969 – Lewis Martin, appeared in “Diary of a Madman” and 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
1967 – Charles Beaumont, wrote for the TV series’ “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone,” and the screenplays for the films “Queen of Outer Space,” “The Haunted Palace” and “Masque of the Red Death”.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 21
Murders in the Rue Morgue [1932]
Voodoo Man [1944]
The Power [1968]
The Norliss Tapes [1973] – TV Movie
From Beyond the Grave [1974]
The Seduction [1982] – Japan
The Hitcher [1986]
Lost Highway [1997]
.com For Murder [2002]
The Curse of the Komodo [2004]
Fear House [2008] – Insomnifest Festival
Blood Punch [2013]
Haunted House on Sorority Row [2014] – London
The Monkey [2025]
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FEBRUARY 22
BORN ON FEBRUARY 22
1983 – Mimi Michaels, actress in “30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust,” “Backwoods,” “Shark Swarm,” “Boogeyman 3,” “Savage County,” “Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2” and an episode of “666 Park Avenue.”
1975 – Drew Barrymore, starred in the films “Altered States,” “Cat’s Eye,” “Doppleganger,” “Firestarter,” “Scream” and produced “Animal [2014]” and “Happy Camp.”
1969 – Thomas Jane, starred in “The Mist,” “Dreamcatcher” and “Deep Blue Sea.”
1968 – Jeri Ryan, starred in “Dracula 2000.”
1957 – Luca Bercovici, director of “The Granny,” “Rockula,” “Ghoulies,” producer for “Hotel of the Damned,” appeared in “Parasite,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Scanner Cop,” “Stag Night” and “Night Train.”
1947 – Maurizio De Angelis, composer for “Torso,” “Slave of the Cannibal God,” “Killer Fish,” “The House by the Edge of the Lake,” “Alien 2: On Earth,” “The Last Shark,” “A Blade in the Dark” and more.
1944 – Jonathan Demme, directed “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Beloved” and appeared in “The Incredible Melting Man.”
1936 – Elizabeth MacRae, actress in “The House of the Dead.”
1936 – Karin Dor, who appeared in “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism,” “Assignment Terror”.
1927 – Charmian Eyre, actress in “Corridors of Blood [1958].”
1909 – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, composer for “Queens of Evil,” “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “Goliath and the Vampires,” “Something Creeping in the Dark,” “Hypnosis” and “Gorgo.”
1899 – Dwight Frye, who played “Renfield” in “Dracula,” “Fritz” in “Frankenstein” and “Karl” in “Bride of Frankenstein,” as well as many other character film roles.
1893 – Phil Goldstone, producer for “The Drums of Jeopardy,” “White Zombie” and “The Vampire Bat.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 22
2024 – Paila Pavese, voice dubbing for “The Chosen,” “Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals,” “Emmanuelle and the White Slave Trade,” “The Scorpion with Two Tails” and the short “Sexy Boy.”
2023 – Boris Chunaev, actor in the TV Movie “Polnolunie.”
2022 – John Edward Szeles aka “The Amazing Jonathon”, appeared in “The Litch.”
2022 – Anna Karen, actress in “Flick” and “No Reasons.”
2022 – K.P.A.C. Lalitha, actress in “Vayanadan Thampan,” “The Ornate Lock,” “Chemistry” and “Dhrona 2010.”
2022 – Mark Lanegan, soundtrack for “Supernatural – Episode: Heart” and “iZombie – Episode: Brainless in Seattle, Part 2.”
2021 – Pairoj Jaisingha, appeared in “Chaos at the Graveyard,” “Curse of the Sun” and “Headless Hero 2.”
2021 – Giancarlo Santi, production manager of “Necropolis.”
2019 – Clark James Gable, appeared in “Looking for Clarissa,” and “Heckle”
2019 – Kodi Ramakrishna, directed “Ammoru” and “Arundhati”
2019 – Morgan Woodword, appeared in TV Series “The X-Files [1993]” and “Millennium [1997].”
2005 – Simone Simon, starred in “Cat People” and “Curse of The Cat People”.
2002 – Chuck Jones, appeared in “Gremlins” and directed “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1995 – Ed Flanders, appeared in “The Exorcist III,” “Salem’s Lot – TV Movie” and “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.”
1994 – Barry Warren, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman” and “The Kiss of the Vampire.”
1991 – William Loose, music department for “Night of the Living Dead [1960],” “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “The Hideous Sun Demon,” “Peopletoys,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Death Game” and the short “Night of the Living Date.”
1988 – Ben Colman, cinematographer for “Haunts of the Very Rich,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray – TV Movie,” “The Black Sheep,” “Voodoo Island,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and more.
1987 – Andy Warhol, produced “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”
1977 – Edith Barrett, appeared in “The Ghost Ship [1943]” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 22
The Incredible Shrinking Man [1957]
Bride of Re-Animator [1989]
Queen of The Damned [2002]
Madhouse [2004]
Cube Zero [2004]
Way of the Vampire [2005]
The Evil One [2005]
The Wretched [2008] – Omaha Film Festival
Hydra [2009] – TV Movie – Philadelphia premiere
Reel Zombies [2009] – Nevermore Film Festival
Zone of the Dead [2009]
Stripperland [2011]
A Dark Place Inside [2014]
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