FEBRUARY 23
BORN ON FEBRUARY 23
1994 – Dakota Fanning, starred in “Hide and Seek,” “War of the Worlds [2005]” and “The Watchers.”
1971 – Harrison Zanuck, producer for “Tontine Massacre” and the TV Movie “Dead Lawyers.”
1970 – Darren Sean Enright, actor in “Cockneys vs Zombies,” “Cannibals and Carpet Fitters,” “Kill Keith” and producer for “Lord of Tears.”
1965 – Dean Choe, stunts for “Friday the 13th Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Deep Rising,” “Final Destination,” “Bones,” “House of the Dead,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Blade: Trinity,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Case 39,” “The Predator” and more.
1952 – Elaine Alexander, special effects in “Return of the Living Dead III,” “The Cellar,” and episode of “Monsters – TV Series,” as well as make-up for “An American Werewolf in London” and “Howling V: The Rebirth.”
1947 – Shakira Caine, actress in “Son of Dracula.”
1944 – Johnny Winter, musician who wrote the song “Frankenstein” which was the number song on May 23, 1973” – there are over 10-versions of this song, rare if ever formed the same way twice
1939 – Peter Fonda, starred in “Spirits of the Dead,” “Race with the Devil,” “Nadja,” “Dance of the Dwarfs,” “Spasms” and “Ghost Rider.”
1938 – Paul Morrissey, directed Andy Warhol’s “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”
1929 – Queta Lavat, actress in “El hombre sin rostro – aka The Man Without a Face,” “Retorno a la juventud – aka Return to Youth,” El monje loco – aka The Mad Monk” and “Terror en los barrios – aka Terror in the Neighborhoods.”
1915 – Jon Hall, starred in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “Beach Girls and the Monster.” He directed “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
1904 – Terence Fisher, directed “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and many more.
1883 – Victor Fleming, directed the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
1869 – Rita Carlyle, appeared in “The Vampire Bat” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 23
2024 – Chris Gauthier, actor in “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Riding the Bullet,” “Beyond the Black Rainbow,” episodes of “Supernatural,” “Masters of Horror,” “R.L. Stein’s the Haunting Hour,” “Harper’s Island” and “iZombie.”
2024 – Jackie Loughery, appeared in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 3, Episode 32.”
2019 – Katherine Helmond, appeared in “Locusts” and “Lady in White”
2015 – Ben Woolf, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Haunting Charles Manson,” “Unlucky Charms,” and “Insidious.”
2014 – Gene Witham, make-up for “Baby Blues,” “The Cursed [2010],” “Side Sho,” “The Return of Swamp Thing” and “Grizzly,”
2009 – Laurence Payne, appeared in the films “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “Vampire Circus” and “The Trollenberg Terror” a.k.a. “The Crawling Eye”.
1993 – Phillip Terry, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters,” “The Leech Woman” and “The Monster and the Girl.”
1976 – Dick Stockton, casting assistant for “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 23
The Bride and the Beast [1958]
Diary of a Manman [1963]
From Beyond the Grave 1974] – UK
The Horror of It All [1983] – TV Movie
Spontaneous Combustion [1990]
Teenage Exorcist [1991]
Carnosaur 2 [1995]
Mary Reilly [1996]
The Number 23 [2007]
Organizm [2008]
Zombie Strippers [2008] – Glasgow Film Festival
Death House [2017]
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FEBRUARY 24
BORN ON FEBRUARY 24
1980 – Brian Renner, actor in “Storm of the Dead,” “End,” “Zombies and Assholes (short),” “Vivid” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1967 – Jeff Marchelletta, appeared in “Forgotten Evil – TV Movie,” “Hollywood Vampyr,” “Exorcism,” “Sinister Minster – TV Movie” and the TV Series “Mohawk.”
1966 – Billy Zane, appeared in “Ghosts of War,” “The Ganzfeld Haunting,” “Memory,” “Critters,” “Dead Calm,” “ZK: Elephant’s Graveyard,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “Vlad,” “BloodRayne,” “The Ghost of Goodnight Lane” and more.
1962 – Teri Weigel, appeared in “Innocent Blood,” “Predator 2,” “Night Visitor” and “Bloody Pom Poms.”
1951 – Helen Shaver, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “The Craft,” “Tremors II: Aftershocks,” “The Believers” and more.
1949 – Evelyn Guerrero, actress in “The Toolbox Murders” and “Alligator II: The Mutation.”
1945 – Barry Bostwick, appeared in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Project: Metalbeast,” “3 From Hell,” “Tales of Halloween” and more.
1945 – Billy Boyle, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1942 – Celia Milius, actress in “Rattlers,” “Vampire at Midnight” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1938 – James Farentino, appeared in the film “Dead & Buried.”
1934 – Frank Braña, actor in “The House That Screamed,” “Creeping Death,” “Crypt of the Living Dead,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Pieces,” “Slugs,” “The Rift” and more.
1933 – Leslie Carlson, actor in “Deranged,” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Videodrome,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Spreading Ground,” as well as episodes of “War of the Worlds,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Haven” and “Bag of Bones.”
1932 – 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.
1921 – Abe Vigoda, appeared in “The Stuff,” “The Devil’s Daughter – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows” and Monsters.”
1919 – Rozelle Gayle, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and an episode of “Darkroom.”
1918 – Edward Joseph, production supervisor for “The House in Nightmare Park.”
1917 – 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.”
1908 – Albert Harris, appeared in the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
1900 – Katherine Sparks, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1884 – Max Barwyn, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 24
2024 – Kenneth Mitchell, actor in “Blood Honey [2017].”
2023 – Walter Mirisch, producer for “The Maze,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “The Undead” and “Dracula [1979].”
2023 – Maurizio Costanzo, screenwriter for “The House With Laughing Windows” and “Revenge of the Dead.”
2023 – Juraj Jakubisko, director/writer for the TV Series “Frankenstein’s Aunt.”
2022 – Sally Kellerman, actress in “Hands of a Stranger,” “A Reflection of Fear,” “Doppelganger,” “Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance” as well as episodes in “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Ray Bradbury Theater” and “Deadtime Stories.”
2022 – Henry Lincoln, screenwriter for “The Crimson Cult.”
2022 – Lev Mailer, voiceover for “The Seventh Sign” and “Ed and His Dead Mother.”
2021 – Mary Ann Hearn, actress in “Grizzly.”
2021 – Ronald Pickup, actor in “Dark Floors, “End of Term,” The Hound of Baskervilles – TV Movie,” “Jekyll and Hyde – TV Movie” and “Evilenko.”
2021 – Erik Myers, appeared in “Presidents Day [2016].”
2020 – Diana Serra Cary, appeared in “The Return of Chandu.”
2020 – Ben Cooper, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1961]” and “Matinee Theatre [1956/7].”
2019 – Paul Blackwell, appeared in “Cut,” “Like Minds,” and “100 Bloody Acres”
2019 – Patricia Garwood, appeared in an episode of “Mystery and Imagination: The Lost Stradivarius”
2014 – Harold Ramis, actor/writer/director appeared in “Ghostbusters,” “Ghostbusters II,”TV Series “Extreme Ghostbusters” and many more.
2007 – Bruce Bennett, who appeared in “The Man with Nine Lives”, “Before I Hang”, “The Spook Speaks”, “The Cosmic Man”, “The Alligator People”.
2006 – Don Knotts, appeared in the film “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken”.
2006 – Dennis Weaver, starred in the TV Movie “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
2002 – Mel Stewart, actor in “Dead Heat” and “Bride of Re-Animator.”
1998 – Milicent Patrick designed the look of the “Gill man” in “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
1967 – Franz Waxman, composer of music for such films as “The Bride of Frankenstein”, “The Invisible Ray”, “The Devil-Doll”, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 24
Necromancer [1988] – Italy
The Toxic Avenger Part II [1989] – DVD premiere
Frostbitten [2006]
VooDoo [2017]
Invitation [2003] – AFM premiere
Red Sands [2009] – Italy
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FEBRUARY 25
BORN ON FEBRUARY 25
1997 – Isabelle Fuhrman, starred in “Orphan,” “Cell,” “Down a Dark Hall,” “Don’t Let Go” and “Children of the Corn [TV Movie]”.
1979 – Tawny Amber Young, has appeared in “Axe to Grind”, “House of Manson”, “Dead Sea”, “Femme Fatales [TV Series]”, “Nude Nuns with Big Guns” and more.
1966 – Nancy O’Dell, is a real-life news reporter who has appeared in “Scream 2,3,4, and more.
1966 – Téa Leoni, appeared in “Jurassic Park III”, “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Deep Impact” and more.
1966 – Samantha Phillips, appeared in “Phantasm II,” “Dollman,” “Sex Files: Erotic Possessions,” “The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless,” “Cheerleader Massacre” and more.
1964 – Garrett Clancy, directed & produced “Killer Story,” “Dead 7,” appeared in “Death Factory,” “Unseen Evil 2,” “Hell’s Highway,” “Demon’s Kiss,” “Creepies,” “The Zombie Chronicles” and more.
1959 – Carl Marotte, actor in “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Twists of Terror,” “Skinwalkers” as well as episodes of The TV Series “Beyond Reality” and “The Hidden Room.”
1959 – James C. Burns, appeared “Lake Dead,” and the TV movie “Dinocroc vs Supergator.”
1950 – Neil Jordan, director of “The Company of Wolves”, “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles”, and “Byzantium.”
1949 – Devin Goldenberg, appeared in “The Last Horror Film” and “Savage Weekend.”
1938 – Diane Baker, appeared in “Strait-Jacket” and “The Silence of the Lambs.”
1938 – Malcolm Tierney, appeared in “Beware What You Wish For,” “New Chilling Tales: The Anthology” and an episode of “Out of the Unknown.”
1931 – Christopher George, appeared in “Pieces,” “City of the Living Dead,” “Grizzly,” “Mortuary,” “Day of the Animals,” “Graduation Day,” “Whiskey Mountain” and more.
1918 – John Hawker, actor in “The Toolbox Murders” and “Lisa.”
1914 – Caroll Borland, who played “Luna” alongside Bela Lugosi, in the film “Mark of the Vampire,” appeared in the Fred Olen Ray films “Scalps” and “Biohazard.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 25
2024 – Charles Dierkop, actor in “The Midnighters,” “Forget Me Not,” “Grotesque,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Messiah of Evil” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
2024 – Ying Li, actress in “Qu mo nu – aka The Seven Coffins,” “The Gate of Hell” and “Knock Knock Who’s There?.”
2023 – Gordon Pinsent, actor in “Blood Clan,” “Blacula,” episodes in TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Ray Bradbury Theater,” “Beyond Reality,” “The Hidden Room,” “Friday the 13th The Series” and “The Unforseen.”
2023 – François Hadji-Lazaro, actor in “Cemetery Man” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf.”
2023 – Mitsuo Senda, actor in “Blood: The Last Vampire.”
2022 – Farrah Forke, actress in “Brain Twisters.”
2020 – Nikki Fritz, actress in “Burial of the Rats,” “Night Shade,” “Hybrid,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “The Vampire Hunters Club,” “The Bare Wench Project – sequels,” “Cheerleader Massacre” and more.
2019 – Kathleen O’Malley, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Munsters.”
2019 – Lisa Sheridan, appeared in “Strange Nature” and TV series “Invasion [2005-2006]” and episode of “Moonlight: Out of the Past [2007]”
2008 – John Polonia, director/producer/writer of such films as “Splatter Farm,” “Feeders,” “Black Mass,” “Hellspawn,” “Among Us,” “Razorteeth,” “Night Crawlers,” “The House That Screamed,” “Peter Rottentail” and more.
2006 – Darren McGavin, starred in the TV movies, “The Night Stalker” and “The Night Strangler,” as well as the subsequent series” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1999 – Bill Couch, stunt coordinator for “King Kong [1976],” “Haunted,” “Dead & Buried,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” Poltergeist: The Other Side” and “Satan’s Princess.”
1993 – Eddie Constantine, starred in “It Lives Again.”
1977 – Patricia Haines, appeared in “Virgin Witch”, “Blood Beast from Outer Space”, “The Hooded Terror” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 25
Tentacles [1977] – Italy
Curtains [1983]
Leprechaun 4: In Space [1996]
Vampire Journals [1997] – UK DVD premiere
Cursed [2005]
The Haunting of Borley Rectory [2019] – Phoenix
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FEBRUARY 26
BORN ON FEBRUARY 26
1993 – Taylor Dooley, actress in “Monster Night” and “Hell Mountain.”
1986 – Teresa Palmer, starred in “Wolf Creek,” “Lights Out,” “Berlin Syndrome,” “The Twin,” “The Grudge 2″ and “Warm Bodies.”
1985 – Shiloh Fernandez, appeared in “Deadgirl,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Evil Dead [2013] and TV Movie “Tremors [2018].”
1977 – James Wan is a writer/director/producer of such films as “Saw”, “Dead Silence”, “Insidious”, “Insidious: Chapter 2,″ “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2,” “The Nun,” “The Curse of la Llorona,” “Annabelle,” “Demonic” and many more.
1975 – Drew Goddard, director/writer for “The Cabin in the Woods [2011],” writer for “Cloverfield,” “World War Z,” producer for “10 Cloverfield Lane” and “The Cloverfield Paradox.”
1968 – Ed Quinn, starred in “Starship Troopers 2,” “House of the Dead 2,” “Behemoth,” “Navy Seals vs. Zombies” and “Werewolf: The Beast Among Us.”
1964 – Mark Dacascos, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996],” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “The Driver,” “DNA” and “Wolvesbayne.”
1960 – Richard Clabaugh, cinematographer for “Necromancer,” “The Prophecy,” “The Prophecy II,” “Phantoms,” “Phobia,” “Ten,” director for “Python” and “Eyeborgs.”
1950 – Don Shanks, who played “Michael Myers” in “Halloween 5,” and appeared in the films “Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary” and “The Crow: Salvation.”
1949 – Don Gronquist, director/producer/writer for “Unhinged [1982].”
1942 – Michele Carey, actress in “The Norliss Tapes,” “In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro” and “The Stay Awake.”
1933 – Godfrey Cambridge, starred in the film “Son of the Blob” a.k.a. “Beware the Blob.”
1925 – John Llewellyn Moxey, director of “The City of the Dead,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Home for the Holidays – TV Movie,” “Psycho Circus,” “Taste of Evil – TV Movie” and more.
1925 – Selma Archerd, actress in “Fantasies” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Vampire.”
1922 – Margaret Leighton, appeared in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” “From Beyond the Grave” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1921 – Clarice Blackburn, who played “Mrs. Johnson” on the daytime nightmare soap opera “Dark Shadows.”
1920 – Michael Pate, starred in “Curse of the Undead” and appeared in “The Tower of London [1962]” and “Howling II.”
1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, wrote for 80’s version of “The Twilight Zone” and the TV movie “Killdozer.”
1914 – Robert Alda, appeared in “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “The Devil’s Hand” and “The House of Exorcism.”
1887 – William Frawley, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 26
2022 – Ralph Ahn, appeared in “Amityville: A New Generation” and “Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace.”
2022 – Yûsuke Kawazu, actor in “The Ghost of the One Eyed Man,” “Curse of the Blood,” “Genocide” and “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.”
2022 – Andy Remic, director/producer/writer/editor/cinematographer for “Impurity” and author of “Clockwork Vampire Chronicles – series.”
2020 – Michael Medwin, actor in “The Queen of Spades,” “Pogled iz potkrovlija” and “Sleepwalker.”
2019 – Christian Bach, appeared in “The Man in White” and the TV Series “La Chacala.”
2004- Harry Bartell, made appearances on the TV shows “The Veil,” “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone”.
2002 – Lawrence Tierney, appeared in the films “The Ghost Ship [1943],” “The Prowler” and “Silver Bullet”.
1997 – David Doyle, actor in “The Comeback,” the TV Movie “The Stranger Within” and an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1995 – Jack Clayton, directed “The Innocents” and “Something Wicked this Way Comes.”
1982 – Tom Quinn, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Man They Could Not Hang” and “Man Made Monster.”
1976 – Frieda Inescort, actress in “The Return of the Vampire,” “The She-Creature,” “The Alligator People” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
1966 – Minerva Urecal, actress in “The Ape,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man,” “Crazy Knights” and “Master Minds.”
1964 – John Northpole, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 26
The Uninvited [1944]
Twisted Nerve [1968]
Killer Bees [1974] – TV Movie – video premiere
Evilspeak [1981]
The Mangler 2 [2002]
Bikini Party Massacre [2002]
The Crazies [2010]
Son [2021] – Canada (internet)
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FEBRUARY 27
BORN ON FEBRUAY 27
1983 – Kate Mara, appeared in “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary” “Morgan” and “American Horror Story – TV Series [2011].”
1975 – Christina Nigra, appeared in “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted).”
1968 – Gary J. Tunnicliffe, actor/behind the scenes for “Dracula 2000,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “Hellraiser: Judgement,” “Feast,” “Halloween: Resurrection,” “Trick,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Lord of Illusions,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Wishmaster, ” “Bone Tomahawk,” “Keep Watching,” “Animal” and many more.
1965 – David Gail, actor in “The Belly of the Beast” and the TV Movie “Full Eclipse.”
1964 – John Pyper-Ferguson, appeared in “Wolves,” “The Remaining,” TV Series Fear Itself,” “Night Stalker,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” “Millennium,” “The X-Files,” and many more.
1962 – Adam Baldwin, appeared in the films “Predator 2,” and “Thirst”.
1957 – Timothy Spall, appeared in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “The Changeover,” “Love Bite” and more.
1940 – Howard Hesseman, appeared in “Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo.”
1938 – Rosanna Yanni, actress in “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “Kiss Me Monster,” “Fangs of the Living Dead” and “Count Dracula’s Great Love.”
1930 – Gordon Ross, appeared in the films “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Deep Space”
1921 – Michael Fox, actor in “The Magnetic Monster,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Gog,” “War of the Satellites,” “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,” “The Dunwich Horror” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Season 1.”
1910 – Joan Bennett, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” on the daytime horror soap opera “Dark Shadows” and appeared in “Suspiria,” “House of Dark Shadows” and the TV movie, “This House Possessed.”
1892 – William Demarest, appeared in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and the TV movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 27
2024 – Richard Lewis, actor in “Vamps” and “Tales from the Crypt – Season 6, Episode 3.”
2023 – Ricou Browning, actor in “The Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “Revenge of the Creature ,” “The Creature Walks Among Us” and screenwriter for “Island Claws.”
2023 – Burny Mattinson, writer for “Disney’s Halloween Treat .”
2022 – Veronica Carlson, actress in “House of Gorgon,” “Freakshow,” “Black Easter,” “The Ghoul,” “Old Dracula,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.”
2022 – Ned Eisenberg, starred in “The Burning.”
2022 – Patrick Patterson, actor in “The Pit” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker,” “War of the Worlds,” “The Hidden Room” and “Forever Knight.”
2022 – Nick Zedd, actor in “Shadows in the City,” “Terror Firmer,” “The Killing Games” and “Dark Forces.”
2022 – Kirk Baily, appeared in “Dead Space: Downfall,” “Voodoo Dawn,” “The Call,” “Hotel Transylvania,” “Night of the Animated Dead,” sound department for “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” and “Within.”
2021 – Man-Tat Ng, appeared in “Blood Ritual – aka “Xie luo ji” and “Home for Erotic Ghosts II.”
2020 – Burkhard Driest, appeared in “Hamlet X” and “Sieben Monde.”
2020 – Roy Dana Call, actor in “Wildfires” and episodes of the TV Series “V [1985],” “Golden Years [1991],” “The X-Files [1994]” and “Supernatural [2005].”
2015 – Leonard Nimoy, appeared in “The Halloween Tree – TV Movie,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Night Gallery -TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Brain Eaters”, “Them!” and many more.
2009 – John Alvin, appeared in “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “Thriller,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Season 1” and “The Munsters.”
1998 – J.T. Walsh, appeared in “Misery,” “Needful Things,” “Outbreak,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Dark Skies – TV Series” and more.
1995 – Tony Fields, appeared in “Monsters – TV Series,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and “Trick or Treat.”
1988 – Kenneth Peach, cinematographer for ““King Kong [1933],” “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and episodes of the TV Series “Thriller” and “The Outer Limits.”
1983 – Ruth Dunning, starred in “The House in Nightmare Park” and the TV Mini Series “Children of the Stone.”
1979 – Mahlon Potts, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1977 – Allison Hayes, starred in the films “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman,” “The Hypnotic Eye” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1964 – Orry-Kelly, costume designer for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Walking Dead.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 27
The Mad Doctor of Market Street [1942]
The Hypnotic Eye [1960]
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [1970] – Milan
Burial Ground [1981]
Final Exam [1981] – Dayton, OH – premiere
Midnight Offerings [1981] – TV Movie
Gothic [1986] – UK
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors [1987] – Canada (internet)
Unspeakable [2002]
Undead [2003] – Fantasporto Film Festival
Club Dread [2004]
Decoys [2004]
Twisted [2004]
The Legend of Bloody Jack [2007]
Chainsaw Sally [2007]
Vegas Vampires [2007]
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FEBRUARY 28
BORN ON FEBRUARY 28
1991 – Sarah Bolger, has appeared in “The Lazarus Effect,” “Locke & Key,” and “Emilie.”
1989 – Jennie Jacques, appeared in “Truth or Die”, “The Other Side”, “Demons Never Die”, “Cherry Tree Lane”.
1984 – Noureen DeWulf, has appeared in “Pulse 2: Afterlife” and “Pulse 3”, “Killer Pad.”
1976 – Ali Larter, who co-starred in the films “Final Destination 1 & 2,” “Resident Evil: Extinction”, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and “House on Haunted Hill [1999].”
1974 – Michael Manasseri, producer for “Babysitter Wanted,” “Detention of the Dead,” “Mosquito-Man,” “My Blood” appeared in “Psycho Beach Party” and an episode of “Up All Night.”
1971 – Maxine Bahns, actress in “Scarred,” “Paradise Lost,” “Conjurer” and “The Lost Tribe.”
1969 – Robert Sean Leonard, starred in the film “My Best Friend Is a Vampire.”
1961 – Rae Dawn Chong, starred in “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and “The Borrower.”
1948 – Ken Foree, actor in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “From Beyond,” “Terror Squad,” “Death Spa,” “The Dentist,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Blood Brothers,” “The Midnight Man” and more.
1932 – Don Francks, actor in “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Terminal Choice,” “The Possession of Michael D,” “The Minion,” “He Never Died” as well as episodes of “The Unforseen,” “Swamp Thing,” “The Hidden Room,” “Monster Force,” “Goosebumps,” “Freaky Stories” and Hemlock Grove.”
1927 – John Carson, appeared in “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Blood Beast from Outer Space,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” and various TV Series “Thriller,” “Hammer House of Horror” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1923 – Charles Durning, appeared in “Sisters,” “The Fury” and the TV movie “Dark Night of the Scarecrow.”
1909 – 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.”
1908 – Billie Bird, appeared in “Werewolf – Episode: Amazing Grace.”
1901 – Milton Shockley, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON FEBRUARY 28
2024 – Luis Molteni, actor in “The Phantom of the Opera [1998],” “The Card Player,” “Giallo,” “Deep Within” and “Dogman’s Rabies.”
2023 – Yvonne Constant, actress in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956].”
2022 – Dominique Paturel, actor in the TV Series “La poupée sanglante – aka The Bloody Doll.”
2020 – Joyce Gordon, voice dubbing for “Black Sunday,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and “Planet of the Vampires.”
2019 – Aron Tager, appeared in “The Echo,” “The Rats,” “Trilogy of Terror II” and various tv series
2019 – Andre Previn, soundtrack for “Manson Family Movies.”
1993 – Ishirô Honda, directed “Godzilla, [1954],” “War of the Gargantuas,” “Rodan,” “Mothra” and “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster”.
1987 – Joan Greenwood, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “The Uncanny” and “Mysterious Island.”
1973 – Cecil Kellaway, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Mummy’s Hand” and “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte”.
1956 – W. Howard Greene, cinematographer for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Climax.”
1916 – Henry James, author for his horror novella “The Turn of the Screw.”
FILMS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28
The Monster and the Girl [1941]
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors [1965]
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things [1972]
Legacy of Blood [1978] – Belarus
House [1985]
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers [1988] – New York City
The Gate II: Trespassers [1992]
Memoirs of an Invisible Man [1992]
Tromeo and Juliet [1996]
Campfire Tales [1997] – Portugal – Fantasporto Film Festival
The Visitation [2006]
Sublime [2007] – Cinequest Film Festival
The Lesson [2015] – UK
Devil’s Pass [2018] – limited
We Summon the Darkness [2019]
The Invisible Man [2020] – Atlanta – premiere
Vicious [2025]
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