JULY 27
BORN ON JULY 27
2007 – Jeté Laurence, appeared in “The Ranger” and “Pet Sematary [2019].”
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, has appeared in “Ava’s Possessions,” “Spring,” “Evil Dead [2013],” “Jack & Diane,” “Carriers,” episodes of “American Horror Story [2011]” and more.
1982 – Cascy Beddow appeared in the TV movie version of “Carrie” and played a young “Shaggy” in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” and “Blade: Trinity.”
1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, starred in “Dracula – TV Series,” “6 Souls,” “Killer Tongue” and “Octane.”
1977 – Richard Cambridge, appeared in “Forest of the Damned” and “Idol of Evil.”
1972 – Takashi Shimizu, director of “Ju-on: The Curse,” “Ju-on: The Curse 2,” “Tomie: Re-birth,” “Ju-on: The Grudge,” “Ju-On: The Grudge 2,” “Marebito,” “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Reincarnation” and more.
1970 – Tamie Sheffield, actress in “Cheerleader Massacre,” “Scarecrow Slayer,” “Vampire in Vegas,” “Supernatural Swamp Slaughter,” as well as TV Movies “Cry of the Winged Serpent” and “Dinocroc vs. Supergator.”
1968 – Cliff Curtis, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series,” appeared in “Virus,” “Deep Rising,” “Doctor Sleep,” “The Meg,” “Meg 2: The Trench” and more.
1963 – Donnie Yen, appeared in “Blade II” and “666 Devil Reincarnates.”
1961 – Paul Townsend, producer/writer/actor for the short “Call Me Bill.”
1961 – Rebecca Staab, played “Daphne Collins” in the 1991 TV version of “Dark Shadows.”
1955 – Roger Guenveur Smith, actor in “Final Destination” and “Tales from the Hood.”
1949 – Maury Chaykin, actor in “Curtains,” “Of Unknown Origin,” “The Vindicator,” “The Grift” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
1949 – Susan Gordon, appeared in “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Tormented” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”
1944 – Isabelle De Funès, actress in “Baby Yaga.”
1944 – Ney Latorraca, actor in the TV Series “Vamp [1991-1992].”
1942 – Lanny Flaherty, actor in “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 [2000].”
1935 – Salvatore Puntillo, actor in “Top Sensation,” “Deep Red,” “The Psychic” and “What Have They Done to Your Daughters?”
1930 – Tadao Takashima, appeared in the Toho films “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II,” “Son of Godzilla,” King Kong vs. Godzilla” and “Frankenstein Conquers the World.”
1922 – Norman Lear, writer/additional dialogue for Scared Stiff” and clips from Halloween episodes of various sitcoms:
1916 – Keenan Wynn, starred in “The Devil’s Rain,” “Piranha,” “Orca,” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Tales From the Darkside.”
1911 – Lupita Tovar, appeared in “The Cat Creeps [1930]” and the 1931 Spanish version of “Dracula.”
1903 – Stanley Fleischer, art director for “Secret of the Blue Room,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Them!”
DIED ON JULY 27
2023 – Pierre Collin, actor in “Karmina 2” and “Saint Martyrs of the Damned.”
2022 – Bernard Cribbins, actor in “Frenzy,” “A Fantastic Fear of Everything” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: The Memory Man.”
2022 – Tony Dow, directed 5 episodes of the TV Series “Swamp Thing,” appeared in episodes of “Freddy’s Nightmares,” “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction” and “Suspense.”
2022 – Burt Metcalfe, appeared in “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” and “The Outer Limits – Episode: The Galaxy Being.”
2021 – Orlando Drummond, appeared in “A Werewolf in the Amazon” and “O Macabre Sarcophagus.”
2021 – Saginaw Grant, appeared in “Legend of the Phantom Rider,” “It Waits,” “Maneater,” “Wind Walkers” and more.
2021 – Orestes Ojeda, appeared in “Mystical Rose,” “Aswang,” “Bangis,” “Roman Sacred: Blade in the Dark,” “Gunman” and “Sanib.”
2021 – Jean-François Stévenin, actor in “Wacko” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf.”
2021 – Gérard Zingg, director/writer for “Yeti, The Wild Man.”
2020 – Beckie Mullen, appeared in the TV Movie “Cast a Deadly Spell.”
2020 – Gianrico Tedeschi, appeared in “Frankenstein: Italian Style.”
2012 – Norman Alden, appeared in “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “Ed Wood,” “They Live” and “Ben.”
2012 – R.G. Armstrong, appeared in “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Predator,” “Children of the Corn,” “The Beast Within,” “Evilspeak,” “The Car” and more.
2011 – Raymond Young, appeared in “The Flesh and Blood Show,” “The House That Vanished” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown” and “Department S.”
2010 – Maury Chaykin, actor in “Curtains,” “Of Unknown Origin,” “The Vindicator,” “The Grift” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone.”
2007 – William Tuttle, makeup effects artist on “Love at First Bite,” “The Fury,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Forbidden Planet” and many more.
2003 – Bob Hope who starred in the 1939 version of “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Ghost Breakers” and appeared in “Scared Stiff.”
2000 – Francisco de Castro, producer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”
1984 – James Mason, appeared in the TV movies “Frankenstein: The True Story” and “Salem’s Lot.”
1979 – Joseph Del Nostro Jr., appeared in “Diary of a Madman.”
1974 – Joan Ingram, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 27
Mighty Joe Young [1949] – New York City
Spirits of the Dead [1968] – Taormina Film Festival
The Amityville Horror [1979]
Evil Altar [1989]
After Death [1989]
Lurking Fear [1994] – Video premiere
Scanner Cop [1994] – video premiere
Halloween H2O [1998] – premiere
The Host [2006] – South Korea
Dark Mirror [2007]
The Row [2018]
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JULY 28
BORN ON JULY 28
1993 – Hannah Lochner, appeared in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Devil’s Mercy,” “The Gathering,” “Salem Witch Trials” and more.
1986 – Nolan Gerard Funk, appeared in “Truth or Dare,” “House at the End of the Street,” “The Long Night,” “Deadgirl,” “Bereavement,” “Hollow Man II,” “Ghost Light” and an episode of the TV Series “Supernatural.”
1985 – Dustin Milligan, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Shark Night,” “Demonic,” “The Messengers,” “Slither” and more.
1982 – Eliza Swenson, appeared in “The Penny Dreadful Picture Show,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “Dracula’s Curse,” “Satanic,” “The Beast of Bray Road,” “Frankenstein Reborn,” “The Haunting of Alice D,” and also worked on the music for the Sharknado Films, “D-Railed,” “5 Headed Shark,” “Alien Predator,” “Lavalantula” and more.
1969 – Alexis Arquette, appeared in “Bride of Chucky,” “Sometimes They Come Back…Again,” “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror,” “Grey Knight” and “Jack Be Nimble.”
1967 – Carlos Jacott, actor in “Bats [1999]” and “White Noise [2022].”
1961 – Deborah (Debisue) Voorhees, “Innocent Prey,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Appointment with Fear,” “13 Fanboy,” “Never Hike Alone” and “Whispers [2025].”
1959 – Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, actress in “Out of the Dark,” “Ghoulies IV” and an episode of the TV Series “Werewolf.”
1955 – Dey Young, actress in “Strange Behavior,” “Strange Invaders,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Spontaneous Combustion,” “No Place to Hide,” “The Final Wish” and more.
1954 – Bruce Abbott, starred in “Re-Animator,” “Bride of the Re-Animator” and “Beyond the Re-Animator.”
1954 – Philip Williams, actor in “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Resurrection,” “Jason X,” “American Psycho II: All American Girl,” “Threshold,” “P2” and appeared in several TV Series.”
1947 – Hugh Corcoran, actor in “The Manitou” and “Don’t Answer the Phone!”
1941 – Colin Higgins, writer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter [1973].”
1940 – Brigit Forsyth, actress in “The Night Digger [1971].”
1939 – Charles Cyphers, actor in “Assault on Precinct 13 [1976],” “Halloween [1978],” “The Fog [1980],” “Halloween II [1981],” “Grizzly II: Revenge,” “Hunter’s Blood,” “Methodic” “Halloween Kills” and more.
1936 – Ted Swanson, production manager for “Island Claws,” TV Movies “The Presence,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” first assistant unit director for “Jaws: The Revenge” and producer for the TV Movie “The Tale of Sweeney Todd [1997].”
1931 – Darryl Hickman, actor in “The Tingler [1959]” and appeared in 3 episodes of Matinee Theatre.”
1923 – Paul Harding, actor in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1922 – Elda Peralta, actress in “Skeleton of Mrs. Morales [1960].”
1916 – Laird Cregar, starred as “Jack the Ripper” in the film “The Lodger” and appeared in the film “Hangover Square.”
1914 – Carmen Dragon, composed the score for the original film version of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
1912 – George Cisar, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “The Werewolf,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula” and an episode of “The Addams Family.”
1911 – Ann Doran, appeared in “The Werewolf of Woodstock” “It: The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Indestructible Man.”
1892 – Joe E. Brown, appeared in the film “Comedy of Terrors.”
DIED ON JULY 28
2024 – Randal Malone, actor in “The Mark of Dracula,” “Deadly Tales,” “Hollywood Mortuary,” “The Crawling Brain,” “Evil in the Bayou,” “Axegrinder,” “Blood Legend,” “The Curse of Lizzie Borden,” “Dahmer vs. Gacy,” “The Amazing Bulk,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2017],” “Sunset Society” and many more.”
2024 – Erica Ash, actress in “Scary Movie V,” “Kristy [2014],” “Horror Noire,” “We Have a Ghost” and 4 episodes of the TV Series “Legacies.”
2023 – Jim Parker, composer for Tales of the Unexpected – Episode “Stranger In Town” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode “The Colonel’s Lady.”
2023 – Jana Sulcová, actress in “The Cremator” and “Velká neznámá – aka The Great Unknown.”
2022 – Ron Zimmerman, production assistant for “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”
2021 – Clive Scott, appeared in “Red Water” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Mystery and Imagination.”
2021 – Dusty Hill, lead singer for ZZ Top, soundtrack for “The Stand – Episode: The Plague” and “From Dusk Till Dawn.”
2019 – Eduardo Gómez, appeared in “Common Wealth.”
2019 – George Hilton, appeared in “The Sweet Body of Deborah,” “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” and “All the Colors of the Dark.”
2019 – Yû Shimaka, appeared in “Bio Hunter” and an episode of “Berserk [1998].”
2019 – Ruth de Souza, actress in “Good Manners.”
2013 – Eileen Brennan, appeared in “Jeepers Creepers,” “The Hollow,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1997 – Rosalie Crutchley, actress in “The Gamma People,” “The Haunting [1963],” “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “And Now the Screaming Starts,” “The Keep” and “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?”
1996 – Bryant Haliday, starred in “The Projected Man” and appeared in the films “Tower of Evil” and “Curse of the Voodoo.”
1985 – Grant Williams, starred in “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and also appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and “Brain of Blood.”
1984 – Bess Flowers, appeared in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Mad Ghoul,” “The Lodger,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Scared Stiff,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Fly [1958]” and more.
1947 – Robert Homans, appeared in “The Drums of Jeopardy,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Night Monster” and “The Phantom Speaks.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 28
The Cyclops [1957]
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll [1957]
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [1989]
Deep Blue Sea [1999]
The St. Francisville Experiment [2000] – NM & CA
Dark Fantasy [2005]
Dead Wood [2007] – Rough Cut premiere
Shark Season [2020] – internet
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JULY 29
BORN ON JULY 29
1987 – Genesis Rodriguez, starred in “Tusk” and “Delirium.”
1986 – Angela Meredith Furst, producer for “Saltwater,” “Trailer Park Shark,” “Nightmare Shark,” “You Might Be the Killer,” appeared in “Wolvesbayne” and “Ghost Shark.”
1980 – Rachel Miner, appeared in “In Their Skin,” “51,” ”Hide,” “Tooth and Nail,” “Penny Dreadful” “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.
1977 – Todor Chapkanov, director for “Copperhead,” “Ghost Town,” “Monsterwolf,” “True Bloodthirst,” “Asylum,” assistant director for “Barbarian,” “Dark Relic,” “Infestation,” “Shark Hunter,” “Dark Waters,” “Boa vs. Python,” “S.S. Doomtrooper,” “Manticore” and many more.
1973 – Stephen Dorff, appeared in films “Leatherface,” “Feardotcom,” “Jackals,” “Botched,” “The Gate,” “Alone In The Dark” and “Blade.”
1972 – Angela Kerecz, appeared in “Shark Exorcist,” “Dante’s Hell” and episodes of the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries.”
1963 – Alexandra Paul, starred in John Carpenter’s “Christine” and also appeared “House of the Damned,” “Piranha – TV Movie” and more.
1962 – Kevin Spirtas, appeared in “Horror High,” “Embrace the Darkness,” “Bloodstone: Subspecies II,” “Bloodlust: Subspecies III,” “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm,” “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “The Hills Have Eyes Part II” and more.
1960 – Brian Peck, actor in “The Return of the Living Dead,” also II, III, “Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest,” “Build Your Own Haunted House,” “House of Fears” and more.
1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, appeared in “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Dismembered.”
1941 – David Warner, actor in “From Beyond the Grave, “The Omen,” “Waxwork,” “Grave Secrets,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Body Bags – TV Movie,” “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Ice Cream Man,” “Scream 2,” “Ice Cream Man,” “Sweeney Todd [2006] – TV Movie,” “Nightwing,” “The Company of Wolves” and more.
1933 – Robert Fuller, actor in “The Brain from Planet Arous,” “Donner Pass: The Road to Survival” and “Repossessed.”
1932 – Mike Hodges, writer for “Damien: Omen II,” director for “The Terminal Man,” “Black Rainbow,” as well as episodes of “The Frighteners” and “The Hitchhiker.”
1930 – Georg Fenady, director for “Terror in the Wax Museum” and Arnold.”
1929 – George Clayton Johnson, wrote the novel “Logan’s Run,” and segment # 2 of “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” as well as for the original and 1980s version of “The Twilight Zone” TV series.”
1923 – Gordon Mitchell, appeared in “Evil Spawn,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks” and “Frankenstein 80.”
1921 – Richard Egan, appeared in the film “Gog.”
1918 – Don Ingalls, writer for the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, appeared in “The Wolf Man” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
DIED ON JULY 29
2024 – Yannik Mazzilli, actor in “The Barn [2018]” and the short “Fait Maison [2019].”
2023 – Marc Gilpin, actor in “Jaws 2 [1978].”
2013 – Sxv’leithan Essex, camera director for “Shark Night 3D,” production designer for “A Darker Reality,” “Bled,” “Creepshow Raw: Insomnia,” “Shotgun Wedding” and “Big Ass Spider!”
2005 – Michael Stone, assistant camera operator for “The Hunger [1983],” “Tourist Trap,” “Laserblast,” “End of the World” and “Crash!”
2001 – Alex Nicol, appeared in TV in episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” The Outer Limits” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1996 – James Spinks, appeared in “Damien: Omen II.”
1985 – James Nolan, actor in “The Brute Man,” “The Toolbox Murders” and the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”
1983 – David Niven, appeared in “Eye of the Devil,” “Old Dracula” and “Murder by Death.”
1983 – Raymond Massey, appeared in “The Old Dark House [1932]” and “Things to Come.”
1939 – Monte Vandergrift, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mad Love” and “The Phantom Creeps.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 29
A Scream in the Night [1935]
The Amazing Mr. X [1948]
The War of the Worlds [1953]
The Island Earth [1955] – Finland
The Tingler [1959]
Castle of Blood [1964] – Los Angeles
The War of the Gargantuas [1966]
Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror [1968] – Spain
Godzilla vs Monster Zero [1970]
Monkey Shines [1988]
Empire of the Ants [1977] – NYC
Zombi 3 [1988]
Signs [2002] – New York City premiere
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat [2003]
Twisted Souls [2003]
Viral [2016]
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JULY 30
BORN ON JULY 30
1990 – Teddy Ray, actor in “Ciaran the Demon Hunter.”
1982 – Jesse Steele, actor in “Rage of the Yeti,” “Black Forest,” “Boogeyman [2012],” “Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman,” “Spiders [2013]” and more.
1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, starred in “He’s Out There,” “Gone” and “I, Frankenstein.”
1977 – Jaime Pressly, who starred in “Survival Island,” “Finders Keepers” and “Cruel World.”
1977 – Christopher Ray, directed “2-Headed Shark Attack,” “3-Headed Shark Attack,” “Mega Shark vs. Crocosarus,” “Minutes to Midnight” and also appeared in “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers,” “Camel Spiders,” “Biohazard,” “Hybrid,” “The Brain Leeches” and more.
1974 – Hilary Swank, appeared in the films “Sometimes They Come Back…Again” and starred in “The Reaping.”
1969 – Simon Baker, starred in “Land of the Dead” and “The Ring 2.”
1965 – Seana Ryan, actress in “Embrace of the Vampire,” “The Bare Wench Project 3: Nymphs of Mystery Mountain” and “Bare Wench Project: Uncensored.”
1964 – Vivica A. Fox, appeared in the film “Idle Hands”.
1963 – Lisa Kudrow, appeared in “The Unknown.”
1963 – Monique Gabrielle, appeared in “Return of the Swamp Thing,” “Evil Toons” and “976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor.”
1961 – Laurence Fishburne, starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” “The Colony,” “Event Horizon” and episodes of the TV Show “Hannibal.”
1948 – Carel Struycken, played “Lurch” in the new version of the “Addams Family” movies and appeared in the film “Vampire Hunters Club.”
1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, starred in “The Running Man,” Total Recall,” “The Terminator”, “Predator,” and “Maggie”.
1947 – William Atherton, appeared in “Ghostbusters,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and “The Crow: Salvation.”
1939 –Peter Bogdanovich, whose only film credit includes “Targets” [w/Boris Karloff].
1937 – Eugenio Alabiso, editor for “So Sweet…So Perverse,” “The Fifth Cord,” “Oasis of Fear,” The Case of the Bloody Iris,” “Torso,” “Spasmo,” “Slave of the Cannibal God,” “The Great Alligator,” “Eaten Alive!,” “They’re Coming to Get You!” “Body Count,” “American Rickshaw” and many more.
1933 – Ben Piazza, appeared in “Nightwing” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Scene of the Crime” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1931 – Bruno Mattei, director of “Hell of the Living Dead”, “Rats: Night of Terror,” “Zombi 3,” “Mondo Cannibal,” “In the Land of the Cannibals,” “Zombies: The Beginning” and “Island of the Living Dead”.
1927 – Victor Wong, appeared in “Tremors” and “Prince of Darkness.”
1927 – Richard Johnson, appeared in “Zombie,” “The Haunting [1963],” “Beyond the Door” and “The Monster Club.”
1916 – Dick Wilson, appeared in “Diary of a Madmen” and episodes of several TV series’ including the original “Twilight Zone,” and “The Munsters.”
1882 – Holmes Herbert, actor in “The Terror,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “Calling Dr. Death,” “The Mummy’s Curse” and more.
DIED ON JULY 30
2023 – Paul Reubens – aka “Pee-Wee Herman,” actor in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1982],” “Pandemonium,” “The Trippe,” and episode of “What We Do In the Shadows” and the video game “The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge.”
2022 – Nichelle Nichols, actress in “The Supernaturals,” “The Torturer,” “Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster,” “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming,” “American Nightmares” and “Good vs Evil – Episode: Renunciation.”
2022 – Pat Carroll, voice actress in “Mickey’s House of Villains.”
2021 – Jay Pickett, actor in “Rush Week,” “Eve of Destruction,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas,” the short “A Chance Encounter” and the TV Movie “Inspired to Kill.”
2020 – Anil Murali, appeared in “Kerala Café” and “Shadow.”
2019 – Ratna Verman Shetty, art director for “Hotel.”
2015 – Roddy Piper, appeared in “They Live,” “The Chair,” “Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies,” “Terminal Rush” and many more.
2014 – Dick Smith, makeup effects legend who worked on “The Alligator People,” “Dark Shadows – TV Series,” “The Exorcist,” “The Sentinel,” “Altered States,” “Scanners,” “Ghost Story,” “Poltergeist III,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Monsters – TV Series” and many more.
2014 – Dennis Lipscomb, appeared in “The First Power,” “Eyes of Fire,” “Retribution” and “The Force.”
2011 – Hugh Strain, dubbing mixer for “Witchfinder General,” “The Crimson Cult,” “Scream and Scream Again,” “The Night Visitor,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Terminal Man,” “The Sentinel,” “The Awakening,” “The Bride,” “Scream for Help” and more.
2010 – Drummond Riddell, second assistant director for “Frenzy” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”
2008 – Nathan Kaproff, music department for “House of Usher,” “King Kong [1976],” “Empire of the Ants,” “The Fury,” “Wolfen,” “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Predator.”
2007 – Ingmar Bergman, director of “Hour of the Wolf.”
2004 – J. Edward McKinley, appeared in “The Angry Red Planet,” as well as episodes of “The Munsters” and “One Step Beyond.”
2003 – Guido Crepax, writer/actor for “Baby Yaga [1973].”
1980 – Charles McGraw, starred in the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 30
Ghosts On the Loose [1943]
Mothra [1961] – Japan
I Saw What You Did [1965] – Portugal
Willard [1971]
Squirm [1976]
Alligator [1980] – Mexico
Killer Crocodile [1989] – Italy
The Blair Witch Project [1999]
Monster Man [2003] – Munchen Fantasy Filmfest
The Village [2004]
The Dead Matter [2010] – DVD premiere
The Demented [2013] – DVD premiere
Black Mountain Side [2014] – Fantasia International Film Festival
Host [2020] – internet
Together [2025]
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JULY 31
BORN ON JULY 31
2000 – Kim Sae-ron, actress in “Manhole (2014).”
1989 – Alexis Knapp, appeared in “Phobias,” “Grace: The Possession,” “The Anomaly,” “The Dorm” and “Vamp U.”
1975 – Jonathan Kombrinck, special effects for “Skinned Deep,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street: Real Nightmares,” “Zombie Strippers!,” “Insanitarium,” “Countdown,” “Bad Hair,” “Forever Purge,” as well as episodes of “Ghosted” and “Night Stalker.”
1965 – Julian Richards, is a writer and director of “Deathcomber,” “Darklands,” “Summer Scars,” “The Last Horror Movie,” and “Shiver.”
1962 – Wesley Snipes, starred in “Blade” films, “The Recall,” “The Demolition Man” “Gallowwalkers” and more.
1956 – Michael Biehn, starred in “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Planet Terror,” “Bereavement,” “The Divide,” “The Victim,” “Grindhouse,” “The Night Visitor” and more.
1942 – Judy Wilson, script supervisor for “New Year’s Evil” and “Vampire Hookers.”
1939 – France Nuyen, actress in the TV Movies “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” “Deathmoon” and an episode of “The Outer Limits.”
1935 – Geoffrey Lewis, appeared in the TV movies “Moon of the Wolf” and “Salem’s Lot” as well as films “Wicked Little Things” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1929 – Don Murray, actor in the TV Movies “Daughter of the Mind,” “Stillwatch” and “The Stepford Children.”
1921 – Barbra Fuller, actress in “The Roommates [1973].”
1914 – Mario Bava, director of “Lust of the Vampire,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Baron Blood,” “Planet of the Vampires,” “Black Sunday,” “Black Sabbath,” and many more.
1912 – Joe Austin, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” episodes of the TV Series “The Unforeseen” and “Strange Paradise.”
1902 – Robert Griffin, appeared in “Monster from Green Hell,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” and the 1968 TV movie, “Jack the Ripper.”
1895 – Mack Stengler, cinematographer/director of photography for “King of the Zombies,” “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man” and “Revenge of the Zombies.”
1892 – Charles McMurphy, appeared in “The Last Warning,” “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JULY 31
2023 – Angus Cloud, starred in “Abigail [2024].”
2023 – Sophie Fillières, writer for “Sombre – aka Dark [1998].”
2023 – Inga Landgré, actress in “Skuggornas hus – aka House of Shadows – TV Mini Series
2021 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, composer for “Return of the She-Wolf.”
2019 – Harold Prince, director for the 1982 TV movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
2017 – Henry Richardson, editor for “The Crawling Eye,” “Countess Dracula,” “Tower of Evil,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Curtains.”
2013 – Michael Ansara, appeared in “The Manitou”, “Day of the Animals,” “It’s Alive” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.”
2009 – Harry Alan Towers, producer of “Count Dracula,” “Edge of Sanity,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “The Mangler, ”Buried Alive,” “The Mummy Lives” and many more.
2004 – Virginia Grey, starred in “The Black Zoo,” “Unknown Island” and “Target Earth.”
1993 – Lénore Aubert, appeared in “The Catman of Paris,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff.”
1987 – Joseph E. Levine, who was responsible for bringing “Godzilla: King of the Monsters [1956]” to America, and also produced the film “Mad Monster Party.”
1980 – Bobby Van, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “The Doomsday Machine,”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 31
Beyond the Door [1974]
The Lost Boys [1987]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1992]
Death Becomes Her [1992]
Out For Blood [2004] – TV premiere
Indestructible [2009]
The Collector [2009]
The Haunting of Whaley House [2012]
Antisoucial [2013] – Fantasia Film Festival
Dead Walkers: Rise of the 4th Reich [2013] – internet
Primal Rage [2018] – Qualite Fantastic Cinema Collection
Capsized: Blood in the Water [2019] – TV Movie
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