SEPTEMBER 28
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 28
1992 – Keir Gilchrist, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Dark Summer,” “It Follows” and “Dead Silence.”
1987 – Hilary Duff, actress in “The Haunting of Sharon Tate [2019].”
1979 – Bam Margera, appeared in “The Bates Haunting.”
1968 – Naomi Watts, starred in “King Kong [2005],” “The Ring 1 & 2,” “Funny Games,” “Shut In,” “Children of the Corn: The Gathering” and “The Shaft.”
1967 – Mira Sorvino, starred in “Mimic,” “Look Away,” “The Stuff” and “The Presence.”
1952 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”
1950 – John Sayles, who wrote the screenplays for “Alligator” and “The Howling.”
1947 – Michael Flynn, appeared in “The Cell 2,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “The Appearance,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
1947 – Jeffery Jones, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Ed Wood” and “Beetlejuice.”
1947 – Jennifer Leak, actress in “Eye of the Cat,” “The Photographer” and “The Incubus.”
1946 – Fiona Lewis, appeared in “The Fury,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again” and “Strange Invaders.”
1943 – J.T. Walsh, appeared in “Needful Things.”
1942 – Marshall Bell, appeared in “Manhunter,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “Innocent Blood,” “Virus,” “The Puppet Masters,” “Director’s Cut” and more.
1939 – Sandra Dorsey, actress in “Grizzly,” “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein [2004].”
1934 – Brigitte Bardot, starred in “Spirits of the Dead.”
1934 – Janet Munro, appeared in “The Crawling Eye.”
1919 – Peter Bryan, screenwriter for “The Blood Beast Terror,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “Trog,” “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Projected Man.”
1881 – Pedro de Cordoba, actor in “The Dark Mirror,” “The Devil Doll,” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945],” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” “Saboteur” and more.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 28
2024 – Kris Kristofferson, actor in “The Last Horror Film,” “No Place to Hide,” “Blade,” “Blade II,” “Blade: Trinity” and “For Sale by Owner.”
2024 – Glauco Mauri, actor in “Deep Red [1975].”
2022 – Coolio, appeared in “Leprechaun 5: In the Hood,” “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth,” “The Convent,” “Dracula 3000,” “Pterodactyl” and the TV Movie “Red Water.”
2021 – Tommy Kirk, actor in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini,” “Blood of Ghastly Horror,” “It’s Alive! – TV Movie,” “Streets of Death,” “Club Dead,” “The Education of a Vampire” and more.
2021 – Michael Tylo, appeared in “Little Monsters [2012].”
2019 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.
2015 – Catherine E. Coulson, actress in “Trick or Treats [1982].”
2007 – Charles B. Griffith, screenwriter for “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Death Race 2000,” “Beast from Haunted Cave” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters.”
2002 – Whitney Blake, appeared in an episode of the TV Show “Thriller.”
1986 – Robert Helpmann, actor in “Patrick [1978].”
1974 – Henry Montsash, hair stylist for “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “The Mummy [1959],” “The Skull [1965],” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General” and more.
1973 – Mantan Moreland, appeared in “Zombies on Broadway,” “Spider Baby” and “Revenge of the Zombies.”
1947 – William B. Davidson, appeared in “The Thirteenth Ghost,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Man Made Monster” and “Hold That Ghost.”
1945 – Harrison Greene, appeared in “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Life Returns,” “Shadow of Chinatown” and “The Devil Commands.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 28
The Day the Earth Stood Still [1951] – Los Angeles
Dracula A.D. [1972] – UK
Eraserhead [1977] – New York City premiere
Impulse [1984]
Scarecrows [1988] – video premiere
Criminal Act [1989] – video premiere
I Come in Peace – aka “Dark Angel” [1990]
Ed Wood [1994] – USA limited
Totem [1999]
Vampire Hunter D [2001]
Hollywood Vampyr [2002] – Firelight Shocks Film Festival
Abominable [2006] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Evilution [2008] – Chicago Horror Film Festival
Reaptown [2010] – internet
Nurse [2013] – Zurich Film Festival
The Redwood Massacre [2014] – Chicago Horror Film Festival
Muse [2017] – Vietnam
Hell Fest [2018]
Stay Out Alive [2019] – Shriekfest Horror Film Festival
A Werewolf in England [2020] – UK
Reaptown [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 29
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 29
1982 – Stephen “tWitch” Boss, appeared in “Ghostbusters [2016].”
1981 – Shay Astar, actress in “I Know Who Killed Me,” “Ernest Scared Stupid,” “Boston Girls,” “All Cheerleaders Die” and 6 episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic.”
1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, appeared in “Vampires: Los Muertos,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Urban Legend.”
1969 – Erika Eleniak, appeared in “Bordello of Blood,” the 1988 remake of “The Blob” and “Dracula 3000.”
1968 – Luke Goss, appeared in “Unearthed,” “Below,” “Blade II” and also played “The Creature” in the 2004 TV mini-series version of “Frankenstein.”
1962 – Tom Sizemore, starred in “Red Planet,” “The Relic,” and “Dreamcatcher.”
1958 – Karen Young, actress in “Jaws: The Revenge” and “The Orphan Killer.”
1955 – Ken Weatherwax, played “Pugsley” in the original “The Addams Family” TV series.
1954 – Cindy Morgan, actress in the TV Movie “The Midnight Hour [1985].”
1945 – Reggie Bannister, starred in “Phantasm,” “Phantasm II,” “Phantasm III,” “Phantasm IV” and “Bubba Ho-Tep.”
1942 – Ian McShane, appeared in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Case 39,” and more.
1942 – Madeline Kahn, appeared in “Young Frankenstein”.
1939 – Larry Linville, appeared in the TV movie “The Night Stalker,” “Chopper” episode of “Kolchak; The Night Stalker” and in the film “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud.”
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, soundtrack for “The Curse,” “American Horror Story – Episode: The Replacements” and “Needful Things (Great Balls of Fire).”
1931 – Anita Ekberg, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Go to Mars,” “Screaming Mimi” and in the title role of “Malenka, the Vampire”
1930 – Cesare Barbetti, uncredited voice dubbing for “The Last Man on Earth,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Dorian Gray,” “A Bay of Blood,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Beyond the Door,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “City of the Living Dead,” “The Beyond,” “The New York Ripper,” “Phenomena” and many more.
1924 – Steve Forrest, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue”.
1920 – Nick Raymond, appeared in “Tomb of the Undead” and “Bigfoot.”
1918 – Gil Herman, appeared in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Invaders from Mars”.
1915 – Anne Nagel, appeared in “Man Made Monster,” “Black Friday” and “The Mad Doctor of Market Street”
1913 – Trevor Howard, appeared “The Unholy,” “Craze,” “Persecution” and “The Night Visitor.”
1901 – Ray Romero, makeup artist for “Night Nurse,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Black Castle.”
1887 – Billy Bevan, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jyde [1941],” “I Married a Witch,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Lodger [1944],” “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 29
2023 – Francisco Brás, appeared in the short “I’ll See You In My Dreams [2003].”
2022 – Tom Farquharson, camera operator for “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968].”
2019 – Beatriz Aguirre, appeared in “The Black Pit of Dr. M,” “Espiritismo” and “Cautivo del mas allá.”
2010 – Tony Curtis, appeared in “The Mummy Lives”, “Lobster Man from Mars”, “Brainwaves”, “The Manitou” and a few more.
2010 – Vincenzo Crocitti, actor in “Torso.”
2007 – Lois Maxwell, appeared in the 1963 version of “The Haunting.”
2006 – George Lee, appeared in “Dracula Sucks” and “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.
1988 – Charles Addams, creator of “The Addams Family.”
1974 – Henry Montsash, hair stylist for “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “The Mummy [1959],” “The Skull [1965],” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General” and more.
1970 – Edward Everett Horton, appeared in “The Terror” and episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 29
The Black Torment [1965] – Fargo, ND
King of Kong Island [1968]
Don’t Torture a Duckling [1972]
Terror of the Living Dead – “The Hanging Woman? [1975]
Burnt Offerings [1976] – New York City
The Legacy [1978] – UK
Thirst [1979]
Amityville: A New Generation [1993]
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers [1995]
Jack Frost [1997] – Germany
Fist of the Vampire [2007]
Haunting of Winchester House [2009]
The Hills Run Red [2009]
Annabelle [2014] – Hollywood – premiere
Old 37 [2015]
Queen Crab [2015]
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SEPTEMBER 30
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 30
1985 – Greyston Holt, appeared in “See No Evil 2,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Bitten – TV Series” and “Lost Boys: The Tribe.”
1982 – Lacey Chabert, starred in “Black Christmas [2006],” “Ghost of Goodnight Lane”, “Sanitarium”, “Thirst” and more.
1968 – John Polonia & Mark Polonia – brothers, directed “Feeders,” “Splatter Farm,” “Razorteeth,” “Black Mass,” “Church of the Damned” and many more.
1964 – Monica Bellucci, appeared in the 1992 version of “Dracula,” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf.”
1961 – Crystal Bernard, actress in “Slumber Party Massacre II [1987].”
1961 – Eric Stoltz, starred in “The Fly II,” “Anaconda” and “The Prophecy.”
1952 – Al Leong, appeared in “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “They Live,” “Dark Angel,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “The Others.”
1950 – Victoria Tennant, appeared in “The Legend of the Mummy,” “Horror Planet” and “Flowers in the Attic.”
1947 – Rula Lenska, actress in “Queen Kong,” “Aura,” “The Huntress of Auschwitz,” “The Winter Witch,” episodes of the TV Series “Inside No. 9” and “M.I.High.”
1946 – Dan O’Bannon, wrote the screenplays for the films “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien Covenant,” “Lifeforce,” “The Return of the Living Dead,” “Total Recall” and “Dead and Buried.”
1943 – Ian Ogilvy, appeared in “And Now the Screaming Starts,” “From Beyond the Grave” and “The Conqueror Worm”
1941 – Alan Lavender, sound department for “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “Paranoiac,” “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “The Sorcerers,” “The Blood Beast Terror” and “Witchfinder General.”
1931 – Angie Dickinson, starred in the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes” and in the film “Dressed To Kill.”
1926 – Charles W. Fries, producer for “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Vault of Horror,” “The Spell,” “Cat People,” “Deathstone,” “Screamers” and many more.
1921 – Deborah Kerr, starred in “The Innocents” and “Eye of the Devil.”
1907 – Harry Bluestone, composer for “The Killer Shrews,” musician/violin for “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “The Sentinel,” “Empire of the Ants,” “The Swarm,” “The Prophecy,” “Friday the 13th [1980],” “Friday the 13th: Part 3,” “Cujo,” “Gremlins,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and more.
1904 – Frank Lawton, appeared in the films “Devil Doll” and “The Invisible Ray.”
1887 – Lil Dagover, starred as “Jane” in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 30
2024 – Ken Page, voiced Oogie Boogie in “The Nightmare Before Christmas [1993].”
2024 – Gavin Creel, appeared in “American Horror Stories [2021] – S1.E1 & E2.”
2024 – Park Ji-ah, actress in “Epitaph,” “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum,” “Rampant” and “The Closet.”
2024 – Robert Watts, second assistant director for “Repulsion [1965].”
2023 – Thomas Danneberg, actor in “Creature with the Blue Hand,” “The Devil in Miss Jonas,” voice dubbing for “Seven Blood-Stained Orchids” and “writing for the German version of “Red Rings of Fear.”
2021 – Ravil Isyanov, appeared in “Octopus,” “Arachnid” and “Follow Me aka No Escape.”
2020 – Simon Eine, actor in “Requiem.”
2019 – Wayne Fitzgerald, misc. crew on various films “The Fly,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Incubus,” “Wolfen,” “The Dead Zone,” “Firestarter” and many more.
2013 – Sir Anthony Hinds, writer/producer of many Hammer films including “The Evil of Frankenstein”, “The Kiss of the Vampire”, “The Curse of the Werewolf”, “The Brides of Dracula”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Curse of Frankenstein” and many more.
2012 – Turhan Bey, appeared in “The Amazing Mr. X,” “The Mad Ghoul,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Destination Unknown.”
2004 – Iggie Wolfington, appeared in “Hex [1973].”
2001 – Luis Barboo, actor in “The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail,” “Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein,” “The Demons [1973],” “Female Vampire,” “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Satan’s Blood,” “The Night of the Werewolf” and more.
1997 – Robert De Vestel, set decorator for “Simon, King of the Witches,” “Necromancy,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “Damien: Omen II” and “The Island.”
1972 – Edgar G. Ulmer, producer/writer/director, for “The Black Cat [1934],” “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll” and “The Man from Planet X.”
1970 – Perc Westmore, makeup artist for “The Lost World,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Gorilla,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Beast with Five Fingers,” 69 episodes of “The Munsters” and more.
1955 – James Dean, appeared in “Tales of Tomorrow – Episode: The Evil Within [1953].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 30
The Ape [1940]
Donovan’s Brain [1953]
Horror Express [1972] – Spain – Catalonian International Film Festival
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [1974] – Stinges Film Festival
Brainstorm [1983]
Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark [1988]
The Occultist [1988] – Japan (video premiere)
Meridian [1992] – video premiere
Evil Unleashed [2003]
Zombie Hunters[ 2007]
Pulse 2: Afterlife [2008]
Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back [2008]
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil [2010] – USA limited
Dracula Untold [2014] – Dublin, Ireland (premiere)
Smile [2022]
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