OCTOBER 5
BORN ON OCTOBER 5
1984 – Natalie Victoria, actress in “Deadheads,” “The Day of the Living Dead,” “Chemical Peel,” “Last Shift,” “ABC’s of Death 2.5,” “Extremity” and “Malum.”
1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, starred in “Zombieland,” “Zombieland: Double Tap,” “Camp Hell” and “Cursed.”
1980 – Ti West, director for “X [2022],” “Pearl,” “The Sacrament,” “The ABCs of Death,” “V/H/S,” “The Innkeepers,” “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever,” “The Roost,” “The House of the Devil” and many more.
1971 – Stephen Niver, producer for “Backwoods,” “Shark Swarm,” “The House That Jack Built,” “Sharktopus,” “Chromeskull: Lade to Rest 2” and more.
1968 – Lilith Stabs, appeared in “Vampire Call Girls,” “Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation,” “Zombiegeddon” and “Cremains”.
1960 – Daniel Baldwin, starred in “Vampires,” “Vegas Vampires,” “A Darker Reality” and more.
1955 – David A. Prior, director and writer for “Killer Workout,” Sledgehammer,” “Mutant Species,” “Night Trap,” “Night Claw,” “Zombie Wars,” “Night Wars” and “The Lost Platoon.”
1952 – Duncan Regehr, starred in “The Monster Squad,” appeared in “Flying Virus,” “Blood Surf,” “The Haunting of Lisa” and more.
1952 – Clive Barker, horror author who also directed “Hellraiser,” “Nightbreed,” “Lord of Illusions,” and writer for “Candyman [1992],” “Rawhead Rex” and more.
1951 – Karen Allen, appeared in “Ghost in the Machine”.
1946 – Renato Serio, composer for “Alone in the Dark [1982]” and “Savana: Violenza carnale [1979].”
1943 – Nancy Barrett, who played “Carolyn Collins Stoddard” on the original “Dark Shadows” series.
1935 – Keizô Murase, special effects for “King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) & (1963),” “Mothra vs. Godzilla,” “Frankenstein vs. Baragon,” “Gamera: The Giant Monster,” “Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters,” “The Seventh Curse,” “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah,” “Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth” and more.
1929 – Bette Iverson, hair stylist for “Crowhaven Farm,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Deadly Friend” and the TV Mini Series “Salem’s Lot.”
1924 – Kieron Moore, starred in “Dr. Blood’s Coffin,” “Day of The Triffids” and “Crack in The World.”
1923 – Glynis Johns, actress in “The Cabinet of Caligari,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Three Dangerous Ladies,” “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School” and the short “Mrs. Amworth.”
1919 – Donald Pleasence, played Sam Loomis in “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” “Prince of Darkness [1987],” “Phenomena,” “Dracula [1979],” “Escape from New York,” “Raw Meat,” “Buried Alive,” “The Monster Club” and many more.
1919 – Hanna Landy, actress in “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Thirty Dangerous Seconds,” “Dark Echoes,” “Monstroid,” “Return” and an episode of “Circle of Fear.”
1914 – Rita Roland, editor for “The New Kids” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1905 – John Hoyt, appeared in “X, the Man with X-Ray Eyes,” and “Curse of the Undead.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 5
2023 – Dick Butkus, appeared in “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Spontaneous Combustion,” “Deadly Games” and the TV Movie “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
2023 – Keith Jefferson, actor in “Day Shift [2022].”
2022 – Leonard Lipton, 3D consultant for “Dogs of Hell – aka Rottweiler 3D.”
2021 – Geoff Boyle, cinematographer for “Attack of the Adult Babies.”
2020 – Béatrice Arnac, appeared in “Moon and Midnight.”
2020 – Margaret Nolan, actress in “Witchfinder General,” “Last Night in Soho” and an episode of “Mystery and Imagination.”
2019 – Dave Cummings, appeared in “Pornogothic.”
2019 – Amalia Fuentes, actress in “The Blood Drinkers,” “Blood of the Vampires,” and “Adraiana.”
2011 – Charles Napier, appeared in “One-Eyed Monster,” “Dinocroc,” “Alien Species,” “Ripper Man,” “Skeeter,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Maniac Cop 2” and many more.
2010 – Leona Gage, appeared in “Scream of the Butterfly” and “Tales of Terror.”
2010 – Roy Ward Baker, director of “The Monster Club,” “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The Vampire Lovers,” “Five Million Years to Earth” and more.
1997 – Andrew Keir, appeared in “Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Five Million Years to Earth” and “Dracula: Prince of Darkness.”
1986 – Hal B. Wallis, 1899 – Hal B. Wallis, producer for “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Return of Doctor X” and “Scared Stiff.”
1973 – Sol Murgi, actor in “The Fly [1958],” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” “The Werewolf,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Zombies of Mora Tau” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 5
Blood of Dracula’s Castle [1969]
Nosferatu the Vampyre [1979] – New York City
The Mutilator [aka: Fall Break] [1984]
The House on Tombstone Hill [1989] – Paterson, NJ
Hardware 1990 – UK
Shakma [1990]
Embrace the Darkness [1999]
The Fear: Resurrection [1999]
Joy Ride [2001]
Zombie Nation [2004]
Cthulhu [2007] – Escapism Film Festival
Devil Girl [2007] – Shriekfest Film Festival
House of Horrors: The Movie [2009]
State of Emergency [2011]
Scarecrow [2013] – TV Movie
Tormented [2014] – Shriek Film Festival
Echoes of Fear [2018]
Knuckleball [2018]
Trick [2019] – Stiges Film Festival
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OCTOBER 6
BORN ON OCTOBER 6
1980 – Jenny Wade, who played “Honey Pie” in the “Feast” films.
1974 – Jermey Sisto, appeared in “Dead and Breakfast,” “The Thirst,” ”Inside,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “May” and more.
1974 – Huckleberry Fox, appeared in “Tales from the Darkside – S4.E14 [1988].”
1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, appeared in “The Gathering” and “Keep Watching.”
1967 – Gary Kraus, actor in “Otis,” “The Unraveling,” “Zombie Strippers!,” episodes of the TV Series “Fear of the Walking Dead” and “American Horror Story.”
1963 – Elisabeth Shue, starred in “The Hollow Man,” “Piranha 3D,” “House at the End of the Street,” “Hide and Seek,” “Link” and “First Born.”
1953 – Wendy Robie, appeared in “The Dentist 2,” “The People Under the Stairs,” “Vampire in Brooklyn” and more.
1948 – Frances Tomelty, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1942 – Britt Ekland, appeared in “Beverly Hills Vamp,” “Satan’s Mistress” and “The Monster Club.”
1939 – Anthea Sylbert, costume designer for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “King Kong [1976].”
1936 – Ralph Lundsten, composer for “Breaking Point [1975].”
1923 – Hannah Washington, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1908 – Nick Bolin, actor in “The Devil’s Daughter” and “Blackenstein.”
1907 – Philip Martell, music department for “The Evil of Frankenstein,” “The Horror of It All,’ “The Earth Dies Screaming,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Quartermass and the Pit,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “The Oblong Box,” “Countess Dracula,” “Hands of the Ripper,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula” and many more.
1904 – Folmar Blangsted, editor for “The Other,” “Face of Darkness,” TV Movies “The Night Strangler” and “All the Kind Strangers.”
1887 – Lew Harvey, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1884 – Zack Williams, appeared in “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Son of Ingagi.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 6
2023 – Atila Pesiani, actor in “The Spell [1987].”
2023 – Francisco Vidal, appeared in the short “Entrañas – aka Entrails (2013).”
2022 – Judy Tenuta, actress in “Love Bites,” “Monsters on Main Street,” “Doctor Spine,” “Deadly Crush” and “There’s No Such Thing As Vampires.”
2021 – Gerald Home, principal plant performer/puppeteer in “Little Shop of Horrors.”
2021 – Patrick Horgan, actor in “The Evil of Frankenstein.”
2020 – Eddie Van Halen, soundtrack for “Zombieland.”
2020 – Folker Bohnet, appeared in “The Amorous Adventures of a Young Postman.”
2020 – Tommy Rall, appeared in “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back.”
2020 – Johnny Nash, worked on the soundtrack for “Jennifer’s Body” and “Little Evil.”
2019 – Vlasta Chramostová, appeared in “Cremator.”
2019 – Charles Elmer “Rip” Taylor Jr., appeared in “Silent but Deadly,” and “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy [2001–2007] Episode: Company Halt/Anger Mismanagement [2007].”
2009 –Bob Westmoreland, Make-up artist worked on the 1978 remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
2006 – Sean Fagan, appeared in “The Gate” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
2000 – Richard Farnsworth, appeared in “Chamber of Horrors” and “Misery.”
1999 – Maris Wrixon, appeared in “The Ape,” “The Face of Marble” and an episode of the TV Series “Target.”
1995 – Anthony Newlands, appeared in “Scream and Scream Again,” “Psycho-Circus” and an episode of “Thriller [1974].”
1992 – Denholm Elliot, appeared in the TV movies “Fall of the House of Usher,” “Dracula” and “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and the film “The House That Dripped Blood.”
1989 – Bette Davis, starred in such films as “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,” “Burnt Offerings” and “The Nanny.”
1973 – Dennis Price, appeared in “Son of Dracula,” “Theater of Blood,” “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein,” “Drácula contra Frankenstein,” “Horror on Snape Island,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Horror House” and many more.
1973 – Sidney Blackmer, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Lady and the Monster.
1962 – Tod Browning, director for “Freaks,” “Dracula,” “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Unknown,” “The Devil-Doll” and “London After Midnight.”
1947 – Samuel Hoffenstein, screenwriter for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931] and [1941],” “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “Flesh and Fantasy.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 6
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires [1974] – UK
The Addiction [1995]
Fear of the Dark [2001]
The Bloodletting [2004]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning [2006]
Days of Darkness [2007] – Shockerfest Film Festival
It’s Alive [2009] – USA DVD premiere
La Hacienda [2009]
Mass Acre Hill [2009]
Offspring [2009] – DVD premiere
Skull Heads [2009]
Splice [2009] – Stiges International Film Festival
Staunton Hill [2009]
The Hiding [2009]
The Thaw [2009] – DVD premiere
Better Watch Out [2016]
Cold Moon [2016]
Ayla [2017]
Cannibals and Carpet Fitters [2017] – Shriekfest
Laboratory Conditions [2017] – Stiges Film Festival
Soul to Keep [2018]
The Head Hunter [2018] – Stiges Film Festival
The Lie [2018]
Black Box [2020]
In Search of Darkness: Part II [2020] – Blu-ray/DVD premiere
Terrifier 2 [2022]
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OCTOBER 7
BORN ON OCTOBER 7
1986 – Holland Roden, starred in “No Escape,” “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions,” “House of Dust,” and TV Series “Teen Wolf” and “Channel Zero.”
1986 – Bree Olson, appeared in “The Human Centipede III [Final Sequence],” “Director’s Cut” and “Camp Massacre.”
1985 – J. Daniel Murphy, writer/director/producer of the film “The Last Zombie.”
1981 – Blake Reigle, producer for “Beneath the Surface,” “His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th” and appeared in “Slay Belles.”
1979 – Alexandra Boylan, actress in “Drainiac!,’ “The Hitchhiker [2007],” “Chiseled,” “AAAAAH!! Indie Horror Hits Volume 2,” “Rabid Love,” “Threshold,” “Happy Horror Days” and more.
1979 – Shawn Ashmore, starred in “Aftermath,” “The Ruins,” “The Free Fall,” “Mother’s Day,” “Devil’s Gate,” “The Day,” “Wolf Girl,” “The Following – TV Series” and more.
1959 – Dylan Baker, starred in “Trick ‘r Treat,” “The Cell,” “Elizabeth Harvest” and “Hide and Seek.”
1956 – Screamin’ Mad George film credits include, “The Guyver,” “Bride of Re-Animator,” “Jack Frost [1997],” “Curse II: The Bite” and many more.
1952 – Billy Walsh, assistant camera operator for “Barracuda” and the TV Movie “Sacrifice.”
1952 – Tom McBride, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981].”
1951 – Robert Fernandez, music score mixer for “Gremlins,” “Nightbreed,” “New Nightmare,” “Species,” “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Species II,” “Urban Legend,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Final Destination,” “Queen of the Damned,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Uninvited [2009],” “The Wolfman [2010],” “Priest” and many more.
1946 – J. Larry Carroll, writer for “Tourist Trap,” “The Day Time Ended,” producer for “Laserblast,” “Dreamaniac,” “Ghost Town,” “The Occultist” and story editor for the TV Series “Beyond Reality.”
1944 – Tallie Cochrane, actress in “The Love-Thrill Murders,” “Brides of Lucifer,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Devil’s Ecstasy” and “Frightmare [1983].”
1930 – Austin Stoker, actor in “Horror High,” “Assault on Precinct 13,” “Uninvited,” “Shhhh,” “Descension,” “3 From Hell,” “Machete Joe,” “Time Walker” and “Abby.”
1887 – Jack Mulhall, actor in “Creaking Stairs,” “Murder at Dawn,” “The Rogues’ Tavern,” “Black Friday [1940],” “Invisible Ghost,” “The Ape Man” and “The She-Creature.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 7
2024 – Jack Ponti, composer for “Alice Cooper: Hey Stoopid (1991).”
2024 – Nicholas Pryor, actor in “Damien: Omen II,” “Brain Dead,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Halloween Kills” and more.
2023 – Kurt Mayer, producer for “Mother Superior [2022].”
2023 – Yahav Winner, actor for the short “The Plan [2012.”
2022 – Austin Stoker, actor in “Horror High,” “Assault on Precinct 13,” “Uninvited,” “Shhhh,” “Descension,” “3 From Hell,” “Machete Joe,” “Time Walker” and “Abby.”
2021 – Rick Jones, actor in “The Shuttered Room.”
2021 – Jan Shutan, actress in “Dracula’s Dog,” the TV Movie “This House Possessed,” episodes of the TV series “The Outer Limits” and “Night Gallery.”
2011 – David Hess, starred in such films as “The Last House on the Left”, “House on the Edge of the Park”, “Swamp Thing”, “Zombie Nation” and more.
1990 – Richard Aylen, appeared in “The House That Vanished” and an episode of “Thriller.”
1971 – Jack Perry, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle” and “Cult of the Cobra.”
1849 –Edgar Allan Poe, Great horror writer penned such stories as “The Masque of the Red Death”, “The Raven”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum” all of which have been turned into films.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 7
The Crawling Eye [1958] – London
4D Man [1959]
Vampire [1979]
The Final Terror [1983] – Ireland
Alien Nation [1988]
Hellspawn [1993]
Night of the Demons III [1997]
Earth vs. the Spider [2001] – TV Movie
Contagion [2003]
The Call of Cthulhu [2005]
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds [2008]
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer [2008] – DVD premiere
Wicked Lake [2008] – DVD premiere
Carrie [2013] – Los Angeles premiere
Mercy [2014]
Mockingbird [2014]
Zombie Isle [2014]
House of the Witch [2017]
Books of Blood [2020]
Hellraiser [2022] – internet
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OCTOBER 8
BORN ON OCTOBER 8
1997 – Bella Thorne, starred in “Amityville: The Awakening,” “I Still See You,” “Keep Watching,” “Masquerade,” “Forget Met Not,” “The Seer” and “Scream: The TV Series.”
1980 – Nick Cannon, appeared in “Day of the Dead.”
1979 – Kristanna Loken, starred in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” and “BloodRayne.”
1969 – Dylan Neal, starred in the TV series “Blood Ties” and appeared in the films “Chupacabra Terror” and “Prom Night III: The Last Kiss.”
1963 – Todd Bryant, stunts for “Full Eclipse,” “Alien: Resurrection,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000],” “The Haunted Mansion [2003],” “1408,” actor in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Night of the Creeps,” “The Puppet Masters” and more.
1954 – Michael Dudikoff, appeared in “Bloody Birthday.”
1954 – Dusty Kay, writer for “The Twilight Zone – Season 1, Episode 22 (2002).”
1949 – Sigourney Weaver, starred in the “Alien, Aliens, and others in the saga, “Ghostbusters [1984],” “Ghostbusters II,” “Copycat,” “Galaxy Quest,” “The Village,” “Vamps,” “The Cabin in the Woods [2011]” and more.
1943 – R. L. Stine author of the “Goosebumps” books.
1936 – Mike Thaler, children’s book writer for or “Black Lagoon Adventures #05: The Halloween Party from the Black Lagoon,” “Black Lagoon Adventures #25 – Friday the 13th from the Black Lagoon,” “Black Lagoon Adventures #31 – Trick or Treat from the Black Lagoon” and “Hubie Cool #2: Vampire Hunter.”
1933 – Olive Sturgess, actress in “The Raven [1963]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theater” and “Thriller.”
1930 – James Olson, appeared in the films “Amityville II: The Possession,” “Andromeda Strain” and “Moon Zero Two.”
1928 – Ray Stricklyn appeared in “The Return of Dracula.”
1925 – Eric Allwright, makeup artist for “Night Watch,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “To the Devil a Daughter,” “Dracula [1979]” and “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
1922 – Fred Slark, unit production manager for “Devil Doll,” “Voodoo Blood Death,” “The Initiation of Sarah” and “Deathmoon.”
1906 – René Cardona, directed “Night of the Bloody Apes,” “The Brainiac” and “Santo vs. the Evil Brain.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 8
2023 – Burt Young, actor in “The Amityville Murders,” “Hack!,” “Blue Lake Butcher,” “Amityville II: The Possession,” “Blood Beach,” “Carnival of Blood,” episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
2023 – Herschel Savage, actor in “Fatal Pulse [1988].”
2022 – Billy Al Bengston, actor in “Strange Behavior.”
2021 – Yung-Hsiang Chang, screenwriter for “Ghost in the Mirror” and “Devil Returns.”
2019 – Ryan Nicholson, director, writer, actor, special effects for “Grave Encounters 2,” “Lake Placid,” “S.I.D.S.,” “Live Feed” and many more movies.
2017 – Carol Saraceno, writer for the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
2000 – Robert M. Leeds, editor for the TV Movie “Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy” as well as 10 episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1983 – Joan Hackett, appeared in “The Terminal Man” and “Dead of Night.”
1982 – Hoyt Bowers, casting director for TV Movies “The Night Stalker,” “Moon of the Wolf,” “The Night Strangler,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973],” “Scream of the Wolf,” “Bad Ronald” and more.
1982 – Fernando Lamas, appeared in the 1960 version of “The Lost World.”
1979 – Emmaline Henry, actress in “Rosemary’s Baby” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Munsters” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1978 – Karl Swenson, appeared in “The Birds” and “A Howling in the Woods.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 8
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla [1952]
Mr. Sardonicus [1961]
Kill Baby…Kill! [1968] – Pittsburgh, PA
Sssssss [1973] – Sweden
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering [1996]
Universal Horror [1998] – TV Movie
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV [2000] – Stiges Film Festival
Stakes [2002]
The Hillside Strangler [2004] – New York City
Skull & Bones [2007]
My Soul to Take [2010]
I Spit on Your Grave [2010] – USA – limited
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever [2012] – Stiges Film Festival
Navy Seals vs. Zombies [2015]
Soul to Keep [2018] – Wizard World – Chicago
Harpoon [2019]
Freaky [2020] – Beyond Fest
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OCTOBER 9
BORN ON OCTOBER 9
2004 – Kiana Osgood, actress in “616: Paranormal Incident [2013].”
1994 – Jodelle Ferland, actress in “The Cabin in the Woods,” “Silent Hill,” “The Tall Man,” “They,” “The Messengers,” “Case 39” and more.
1984 – Natalie Victoria, appeared in “Last Shift,” “Extremity,” “Deadheads,” “The Day of the Living Dead,” “ABCs of Death 2.5” and “Chemical Peel.”
1981 – Tad Hilgenbrink, appeared in “The Hills Run Red,” “Amusement,” “Lost Boys: The Tribe” and “Grave Situations.”
1970 – Brian O’Sullivan, assistant director for “Blood Dolls,” “Killer Rats,” “Gothika,” “Voodoo Moon,” “Ice Spiders,” “Against the Dark,” “Scream of the Banshee,” “Ghoul,” “Ghost Shark,” “Bering Sea Beast,” “Cold Moon,” “Heebie Jeebies,” “Dark Circles,” “You Might Be the Killer” and more.
1964 – Guillermo del Toro, producer/writer/director for “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “The Orphanage,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Hell Boy 1 & 2,” “Blade II,” “Crimson Peak,” “Antlers,” “Mama,” “Mimic” and many more.
1963 – Sheila Kelley, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “The Hidden Room.”
1960 – Heidi von Palleske, appeared in “Dead Ringers,” “Land of the Dead,” “Rabid,” “Terminal Choice,” “Red Rover” and more.
1959 – Michael Paré, starred in “Village of the Damned [1995],” “Bloodrayne,” ”Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich,” “Reborn,” “Bone Tomahawk,” “The Vatican Tapes,” “Polycarp,” “Furnace,” “Seed,” “Bad Moon” and more.
1958 –Frank Mancuso Jr., producer for “Stigmata,” “Friday the 13th” parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, “Species,” “I Know Who Killed Me” and “April Fool’s Day” [2008].
1954 – Scott Bakula, starred in “Lord of Illusions.”
1953 – Tony Shaloub, starred in “Thir13en Ghosts” and “1408.”
1949 – Joanna Lipari, actress in “Laserblast,” “Jaws: The Revenge” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.”
1938 – Leonid Burlaka, cinematographer for “Pautina [1992].”
1898 – Herbert Plews, property master for “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1890 – Samuel Hoffenstein, screenwriter for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931] and [1941],” “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “Flesh and Fantasy.”
1887 – Harry Tenbrook, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “Seven Footprints of Satan,” “Behind the Mask,” “The Thirteenth Guest,” “King Kong [1933],” “Black Friday” and “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
1877 – Frank Austin, appeared in “The Monster [1925],” “The Bells [1926],” “The Terror [1928],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Strange Case of Doctor Rx.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 9
2024 – Pierre Vernier, actor in “The Dogs [1979].”
2024 – Elisa Montés, actress in “Island of the Doomed [1967]” and “99 Women [1969].”
2024 – Hugo Koolschijn, actor in the short “Binary [2024].”
2023 – Anthony Hickox, director/writer for “Waxwork,” “Sundown: The Vampire Retreat ,” “Hellraiser III,” “Motörhead: Hellraiser,” “Full Eclipse,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Knife Edge,” “Infamous Six” and more.
2023 – Lars Lunøe, actor in “The Man Who Thought Life,” “Spøgelsestoget – aka Ghost Train” and 3 episodes of the TV Series “The Kingdom.”
2023 – Dick Rauh, visual effects for “The Little Shop of Horrors [1986].”
2023 – Henri Serre, actor in “Mister Frost [1990].”
2022 – Eileen Ryan, actress in “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Feast,” as well as episodes of “One Step Beyond” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2021 – Shawn McLemore, actor in “Summer Camp Nightmare.”
2019, John William Corso, production designer for “Psycho II,” “Weird Science” and art department for “Torn Curtain.”
2019 – David Weisman, producer for “Raiders of the Living Dead.”
2015 – Jean Badal, cinematographer for “Grizzly II: Revenge.”
2009 – Barry Letts, produced & directed many British TV series including “The Invisible Man,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles” mini-series.
2005 – Louis Nye who played “Zombo” on “The Munsters” episode of the same name.
2000 – David Dukes, appeared in “Rose Red – TV Mini-Series,” “Gods and Monsters,” “Rawhead Rex,” “Deadly Nightmares -TV Series” and more.
1979 – Louis Diage, set decorator for “The Return of the Vampire” and “13 Ghosts [1960].”
1972 – Miriam Hopkins, starred in the 1931 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”.
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 9
The Brain [1962] – Germany
Locusts [1974] – TV Movie
Shanks [1974]
The Grim Reaper [1981]
The Prowler [1981]
Demons 2 [1986] – Italy
Near Dark [1987]
Alien Terminator [1996]
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return [1999]
Bruiser [2001] – DVD & VHS premiere
Halloween 4: The Final Cut [2001]
Children of the Corn: Revelation [2001]
Children of the Living Dead [2001] – USA
The Thing on the Doorstep [2003] – H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival
Frankenfish [2004] – TV Movie
Vampyre Tales [2005]
Hallowed Ground [2007]
Splatter Beach [2007]
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End [2007]
Amusement [2008] – Thailand
After the Day 2: Before the Knight [2009]
Eyes of the Woods [2009]
The Good Sisters [2009]
They Came from the Attic [2009]
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us [2012]
Haunt [2013] – France
House of Forbidden Secrets [2013] – PollyGrind Film Festival
The Dead 2: India [2013] – Screamfest Horror Film Festival
Cold Moon [2016] – Shriekfest Horror Film Festival
Welcome to Hell [2018]
Bloody Hell [2020] – Nightstream Film Festival
The Wolf of Snow Hollow [2020] – DVD Premiere
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OCTOBER 10
BORN ON OCTOBER 10
1989 – Aimee Teegarden, appeared in “Rings,” “For Sale by Owner,” “Beneath the Darkness” and “Scream 4.”
1988 – Rose McIver, produced “Blood Punch,” and starred in “iZombie – TV Series”
1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, appeared in “Ju-On: The Curse.”
1982 – Dan Stevens, actor in “Vamps,” “Colossal,” “Apostle,” “The Rental,” “Cuckoo,” “Abigail,” “The Ritual,” TV Movies “Dracula [2006]” and “The Turn of the Shrew.”
1978 – Edan Gross, Child’s Play [1988],” “Child’s Play 2,” “Child’s Play 3,” “Lisa [1990],” “Mikey [1992]” TV Movie “The Halloween Tree” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1978 – Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, appeared in “The Crow: Salvation,” “Out for Blood” and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.”
1952 –Mario Kassar, producer credits for “Terminator 2 & 3,” “Terminator: Salvation” and the TV series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”
1949 – Jessica Harper, starred in “Shock Treatment,” “Phantom of Paradise” and “Suspiria.”
1948 – Vanessa Howard, actress in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Corruption,” “Girly,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973] – TV Movie” and “What Became of Jack and Jill?”
1946 – Ben Vereen, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Intruders.”
1946 – Charles Dance, appeared in “Underworld: Blood Wars,” “Ghostbusters [2016],” “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” “Victor Frankenstein,” “Dracula Untold,” “Patrick: Evil Awakens,” “Underworld: Awakening,” “Alien 3” and many more.
1942 – Peter Coyote, appeared in “Endangered Species” and “Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave.”
1937 – Peter Whtie, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Miracles,” “The X-Fils” and “Monsters.”
1935 – Norman G. Langley, cinematographer for “House of the Long Shadows,” “Jekyll and Hyde [1990],” “Jaws: the Revenge,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” “Supernova,” “Bloodbath at the House of Death” and “Die Screaming Marianne.”
1927 – Rita Morley, appeared in “The Flesh Eaters.”
1927 – Alice Nunn, appeared in “Snakes,” “The Fury” and “Trick or Treat.”
1927 – Dana Elcar appeared on the TV series “Dark Shadows,” and in the films “Fail Safe,” “The Boston Strangler” and “2010.”
1926 – Richard Jaeckel, starred in “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Green Slime,” “The Dark” and more.
1924 – Edward D. Wood Jr, directed “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Night of the Ghouls.”
1920 – Robert M. Leeds, editor for the TV Movie “Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy” as well as 10 episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 10
2023 – Jeff Burr, director for “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy,” “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “Night of the Scarecrow,” “Puppet Master 4 ,” “Phantom Town,” “Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!,” “Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre,” “Devil’s Den” and more.
2023 – Ken Lally, appeared in “Happy Hunting,” “The Hopping Dead (short),” voiced video games “Dead Rising 3,” “Resident Evil 2” and “Resident Evil 3.”
2023 – Mark Goddard, actor in “Blue Sunshine,” “Strange Invaders” and an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2022 – Michael Callan, actor in “The Photographer,” “The Cat and the Canary [1978],” “Double Exposure,” “Dark Dreams,” “Leprechaun 3,” episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown” and “Swamp Thing.”
2022 – Doru Ana, appeared in “Dark Angel: The Ascent,” “Huntress: Spirit of the Night” and “Phantom Town.”
2022 – Roberto Bisacco, appeared in “Torso.”
2021 – Bob Herron, actor in “Invaders from Mars,” “The Mole People,” “The Seventh Sign,” stuntman in “Poltergeist [1982],” “Cujo,” “Prince of Darkness [1987],” “The Kindred [1987],” “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Annihilator [1986] – TV Movie,” “Child’s Play 3 “ and many more.
2021 – Luis de Pablo, composer for “Sound of Horror [1966]” his music is throughout the movie.
2021 – Satyajith, actor in “Aapthamitra – aka Confidant.”
2020 – Bradley Mott, appeared in “Meet the Applegates.”
2020 – Kent L. Wakeford, cinematographer for “Halfway Home,” Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls” and “Grey Knight.”
2019 – Esmeralda Barros, actress in “Castle of De Sade,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night” and “Kong Island.”
2019 – Marie-José Benhalassa, appeared in “Litan.”
2010 – Michel Hugo, cinematographer for “The Night Stalker,” “Bug,” “The Manitou,” “Terror Out of the Sky,” “Pandemonium” and the TV Movie “High Desert Kill.”
2004 – Christopher Reeve, starred “Rear Window [1998],” “Village of The Damned [1995],” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt [1982]” and “The Worldwide World of Mystery [1975].
2002 – Teresa Graves, starred in the film “Vampira” a.k.a. “Old Dracula.”
1998 – Joseph Cates, producer for the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.”
1989 – Jack Wheeler, sound editor for “Picture Mommy Dead,” “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “Dinosaurs!”
1985 – Orson Welles, starred in “Necromancy,” “The Legend of Doom House,” and more.
1983 – Ralph Richardson, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt [1972]” and “The Ghoul.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 10
Captive Women [1952]
Barbarella [1968]
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark [1973]
Old Dracula [1974] – London
They Came from Within – aka “Shivers” [1975] – Canada
Deadly Friend [1986]
Sorority House Massacre [1986]
Blood Frenzy [1987] – Japan (video premiere)
Jack-O [1995]
King Cobra [1999] – Video premiere
Hangman’s Curse [2003] – Birmingham, AL
House of the Dead [2003]
Frankenstein [2004]
Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet [2006]
Black Dahlia [2006]
Monster Night [2006]
The Mummy’s Kiss: 2nd Dynasty [2006]
Fetus [2008]
I Sell the Dead [2008] – Stiges Film Festival
Quarantine [2008]
Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet [2009] – Freak Show Horror Film Festival
Experiment 7 [2009] – Freak Show Horror Film Festival
Altitude [2010]
SX_Tape (2013) – BFI London Film Festival
The Houses October Built [2014]
Winterskin [2018]
Prey [2019]
Zombieland: Double Tap [2019] – Los Angeles
Boys from County Hell [2020]
Second Chance [2020]
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OCTOBER 11
BORN ON OCTOBER 11
1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, appeared in “The Scribbler,” “Black Christmas [2006],” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series.”
1984 – Martha MacIsaac, appeared in “Dead Before Dawn 3D,” “What Keeps You Alive,” “The Thaw,” “The Last House on the Left [2009]” and “Night of Terror.”
1978 – Wes Chatham, actor in “Husk,” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014]” and “Squealer.”
1974 – Valerie Niehaus, appeared in “Flashback” and “Grimm Love.”
1970 – Constance Zimmer, appeared in “Quicksilver Highway – TV Movie,” and episode of “FreakyLinks.”
1969 – Stephen Moyer, starred in “True Blood – TV Series,” “Devil’s Knot,” “Evidence,” “The Barrens,” “Priest” and more.
1965 – Lennie James, starred in “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1962 – Joan Cusack, appeared in “Freaks of Nature” and “Toy Story of Terror.”
1954 – Dick Beebe, writer for “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2,” “Into the Badlands – TV Movie” and an episode of “Tales from the Crypt.”
1953 – David Morse, appeared in “The Green Mile,” “World War Z,” ”Double Vision,” as well as episodes of “The Langoliers” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
1942 – Gabriele Lavia, actor in “Beyond the Door,” “Deep Red,” “Inferno,” “Revenge of the Dead” and “Sleepless.”
1938 – Peggy Steffans, actress in “The Touch of Her Flesh,” “The Curse of Her Flesh,” “The World Is Full of Secrets,” assistant director for “Helgeran” and costume designer for “The Devil’s Plaything.”
1935 – Dan Meaden, actor in “House of Mystery,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Dracula [1979].”
1918 – Olive Deering, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Tomorrow,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1916 – Olive Deering, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Tomorrow,” “One Step Beyond,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1916 – J. Edward McKinley, appeared in “The Angry Red Planet,” as well as episodes of “The Munsters” and “One Step Beyond.”
DIED ON OCTOBER 11
2024 – Mario Morra, editor for “Queens of Evil,” “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “Short Night of Glass Dolls,” “Puzzle,” “Cut and Run,” “The Wild Beasts,” “Obsession: A Taste for Fear” and more.
2024 – Roger Browne, actor in “Emanuelle in America,” “Emanuelle Around the World,” “The Lone Road” and an episode of the TV Series “My Haunted House.”
2023 – Phyllis Coates, actress in “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein [1957].”
2023 – Baochang Guo, director for “Shadow of a Ghost [1981].”
2022 – Angela Lansbury, starred in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “The Company of Wolves” and the TV Movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982].”
2022 – Peter Siragusa, actor in the short “Transplant” and the videogame “BioShock.”
2021 – Kenneth Essex, soundtrack for “Cat Girl [1957]” and “Quatermass 2.”
2021 – Elio Pandolfi, voice dubbing for “Black Sabbath” and “Vampire in Venice.”
2021 – Nedumudi Venu, appeared in “Manichithrathazhu,” “Anandabhadram,” “Kaana Kanmani” and “In Ghost House Inn.”
2019 – Robert Wallace Forster Jr., appeared in “Alligator,” “Psycho [1998],” “Supernova,” “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “Uncle Sam,” “The Banker” and many more.
2015 – Patricia Barry, actress in “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Delusional,” episodes of “Suspense,” “Matinee Theatre,” “Thriller,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Ghostwriter.”
1990 – Robert Tessier, appeared in “Nightwish”, “The Lost Empire”, “Manimal – TV Series.” “The Velvet Vampire,” “The Deep” and more.
1988 – Richard Denning, appeared in “Twice-Told Tales,” “The Black Scorpion,” “Day the World Ended,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Target Earth” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
1940 – Charles Ogle, notable for portraying the very first incarnation of the Frankenstein’s monster in the silent film, “Frankenstein.”
FILMS RELEASED ON OCTOBER 11
The Black Scorpion [1957]
Don’t Look Now [1973] – London (premiere)
Black Christmas [1974] – Canada
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974]
Re-Animator [1985]
Silver Bullet [1985]
Darkness [2002] – Spain
Pan’s Labyrinth [2006] – Spain
Dead Before Dawn 3D [2012] – Russia
Patient Seven [2016]
Along Came the Devil 2 [2019]
Mary [2019]
Meander [2020] – Stiges Film Festival
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