DECEMBER 7
BORN ON DECEMBER 7
1989 – Nicholas Hoult, starred in “Warm Bodies,” “The Menu,” “Renfield” and “Nosferatu [2024].”
1988 – Emily Browning, appeared in “Ghost Ship [2002],” “Magic Magic,” “Darkness Falls” and “The Uninvited [2009].”
1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, appeared in “The Devil’s Hand,” “Quarantine,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and more.
1979 – Ayako Fujitani, starred in “Gamera, Guardian of the Universe,” “Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion” and “Gamera 3: The Awakening of Isis.
1978 – Shiri Appleby, starred “Fear Itself [TV Series],” “The Devil’s Candy,” “The Thirteenth Floor”, “Curse II: The Bite”, “Freddy’s Nightmares [TV Series]” and more.
1976 – Mark Duplass, actor/writer/producer appeared in “The Lazarus Effect,” “Creep 1 & 2,” “Manson Family Vacation,” “Bad Milo,” “The Innkeepers,” “Black Rock” and many others.
1972 – Christa Campbell, producer for “Texas Chainsaw,” “Embrace of the Vampire,” “Stonehearst Asylum,” “The Taking of Deborah Loagan,” “Intruders,” “Leatherface,” “Day of the Dead” and “Hellboy [2019].”
1971 – Chasey Lain, actress in “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “The House on Chasey Lane,” “Chasey Saves the World” and “Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain.”
1967 – Danny Hassel, co-starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.”
1966 – C. Thomas Howell, starred in “Beast Mode,” “War of the Worlds [2005],” “War of the Worlds 2,” “The Hitcher 2,” “Camel Spiders,” “Hoboken Hollow,” “The Shadow People” and many more.
1964 – Patrick Fabian, appeared in “The Last Exorcism,” “Helter Skelter,” “Eat Brains Love” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Millennium” and “FreakyLinks.”
1958 – Greg Pelchat, art department for “Videodrome,” “Curtains,” “Body Parts,” “Jason X” and “Pay the Ghost.”
1956 – Mark Rolston, actor in “Scanner Cop,” “Humanoids from the Deep,” “Backwoods,” “Asylum,” “Saw V,” “Not Forgotten,” “Saw VI,” “April Apocalypse,” “Tell Me How to Die,” “Blood Craft” and more.
1955 – Priscilla Barnes, starred in “Tintorera,” “Stepfather III,” “The Devil’s Reject’s” and “Trailer Park of Terror.”
1949 – Tom Waits, who portrayed “Renfield” in the 1992 version of “Dracula” and also appeared in “Wolfen.” His music has also been used in numerous movie soundtracks including “Hellboy” and “Project Valyrie.”
The following is his music Jitterbug Boy from Wolfen:
1946 – Sulevi Peltola, appeared in “Raid – S1.E11 (2000).”
1945 – W. D. Richter, screenwriter for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Dracula [1979],” and “Needful Things.”
1943 – Sue Johnston, actress in the TV Movie “The Turn of the Screw” and episodes of the TV Series “Generation Z.”
1937 – Kenneth Colley, director for “Greetings” appeared “the Blood Beast Terror” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Protectors” and “When Reason Sleeps.”
1936 – Annette Stroyberg, starred in “Blood and Roses.”
1933 – Al Sutton, director/producer/writer for the short “The Most Dangerous Animal.”
1932 – Ellen Burstyn, starred in “The Exorcist” “The Exorcist: Believer,” “The Calling” and “The Wicker Man [2006].”
1928 – Robert Cleaves, appeared in the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and an episode of the TV Series “The Next Step Beyond.”
1923 – Ted Knight, appeared at the end of the film “Psycho” as one of the officers guarding Norman Bates and also did voice over work on many cartoon series including “Scooby Doo.”
1921 – José Guardiola, voice dubbing for “Edge of the Axe,” “Pieces,” “Beatriz,” “The Mummy’s Revenge,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Horror Express,” “Horror Rises From the Tomb,” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror” and more.
1915 – Eli Wallach, starred in “The Sentinel,” “The Deep” and the TV movie “The Chill Factor.”
1910 – Rod Cameron, appeared in “The Monster and the Girl,” “The Electronic Monster” and “Psychic Killer.”
1909 – Arch Oboler, wrote, directed, and produced “The Twonky,” “Five” and “The Bubble.” He was also writer/director/host/producer of NBC Radio’s “Lights Out.”
1901 – Jack Dietz, produced “The Black Scorpion,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “Return of the Ape Man.”
1895 – Jack Pennick, actor in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms [1953].”
1887 – Ernst Toch, composer for “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “Dr. Cyclops [1940],” “The Ghost Breakers [1940]” and “The Unseen [1945].”
1879 – Rudolf Friml, music department for “The Return of Chandu” and soundtrack/composer for “Mars Attacks (Indian Love Call).”
1874 – Harry Stubbs, appeared in “The Wolf Man,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” and “The Mummy’s Hand.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 7
2024 – Joshua Pandelaki, actor in “Mirror [2005],” “Amphibious Creature from the Deep,” “Zeta: When the Dead Awaken,” “Hidayah” and “Dominion of Darkness.”
2023 – Stan Rogow, executive producer for the TV Mini-Series “Valemont (2009)” and “Woke Up Dead (2009).”
2023 – Itziar Castro, actress in “[REC] 3: Genesis,” “Witching and Bitching,” “Killing God,” “Escape from Marwin” and “The Barcelona Vampiress.”
2022 – Jan Nowicki, actor in “The Third Part of the Night,” “The Hourglass Sanitorium” and “Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes.”
2022 – Jacques Ciron, actor in the TV Movie “Experiment in Evi.”
2020 – Masao Komatsu, actor in the TV Movie “Monster of Frankenstein.”
2020 – Phyllis Eisenstein, writer for “The Twilight Zone – Episode: The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door.”
2014 – Ken Weatherwax, portrayed “Pugsley Addams” in “The Addams Family [TV Series]” and “Halloween with the New Addams Family.”
1995 – Peter Forbes-Robertson, actor in “The Woman Eater,” “Island of Terror,” “Night After Night After Night” and “The House That Vanished.”
1991 – Herb Jaffe, produced the films “Fright Night II,” “The Demon Seed” and “Motel Hell.”
1990 – Joan Bennett, who played “Elizabeth Collins Stoddard” on the daytime horror soap opera “Dark Shadows.” She also appeared in “Suspiria [1977],” “House of Dark Shadows” and the TV movie, “This House Possessed.”
1988 – Christopher Connelly, appeared in the film “Manhattan Baby.”
1984 – Gail Bonney, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff,” “The Tingler,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” episodes of the TV Series “One Step Beyond,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Night Gallery” and “Kolchak: The Knight Stalker.”
1975 – Thornton Wilder, writer for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt.”
1959 – Charlie Hall, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Ape Man” and “The Lodger.”
1958 – Greg Pelchat, art department for “Videodrome,” “Curtains,” “Body Parts,” “Jason X” and “Pay the Ghost.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 7
The Ghost Breaker [1914]
House of Dracula [1945]
Tarantula [1955]
Village of the Damned [1960]
Varan the Unbelievable [1962]
Schizo [1976]
Killer Fish [1979]
The Initiation [1984]
The Murders in the Rue Morgue [1986] – TV Movie
The Last Horror Movie [2004] – USA DVD premiere
Demons at the Door [2004]
Dracula 3000 [2004] – USA DVD premiere
Hallowed [2005]
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DECEMBER 8
BORN ON DECEMBER 8
1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, starred in “Down a Dark Hall,” “The Reaping” and episodes of the TV Series “The Expecting.”
1978 – Ian Somerhalder, starred in “The Vampire Diaries [TV Series].”
1968 – Brock Simpson, appeared in “Prom Night I, II, III & IV.”
1966 – Tyler Mane, appeared in “Compound Fracture,” “Victor Crowley,” “Rob Zombie’s Halloween I & II”, and more.
1964 – Teri Hatcher, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt [TV Series].”
1962 – Bill Basso, special effects for “Tremors,” “Bride of Re-Animator,” “Jurassic Park,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “The Relic,” “Lake Placid,” “Lost Souls” and more.
1953 – Kim Basinger, starred in “Bless the Child.”
1950 – Rick Baker, multiple Oscar winning Make-up and effects artist with some of his credits including “The Howling,” “The Ring,” “The Exorcist,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “The Frighteners,” “King Kong [1976],” “The Wolfman [2010]” and many more.
1947 – David Schmoeller, writer/director of “Tourist Trap,” “Crawlspace,” “Catacombs,” “Puppet Master,” “The Arrival,” “Netherworld” and more.
1947 – Belinda Balaski, appeared in “Death Scream”, “Piranha,” “The Howling,” “Gremlins,” “Matinee” and more.
1943 – Mary Woronov, starred in “Silent Night, Bloody Night,” “Night of the Comet,” “The Devil’s Reject’s” and “The House of the Devil.”
1940 – Jim Doerr, actor in “Savage Weekend” and the short “Umney’s Last Case.”
1936 – David Carridine, starred in “Q” and “Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat.”
1935 – Michael Kahn, editor for “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Arachnophobia” and “The Devil’s Rain.”
1934 – Jose Duarte, art director for “The Funhouse,” “The Unholy [1988],” scenic artist/painter for “Island Claws” and “The New Kids.”
1934 – Shunji Fujimura, appeared in “Ghost Shout” and episodes of the TV Series “Black Butler” and “Kaiki daikazoku.”
1933 – Jack De Mave, actor in the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror [1979].”
1930 – Maximilian Schell, appeared in “Vampires,” and played in the 1983 TV version of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
1911 – Lee J. Cobb, played in the film “The Exorcist” and appeared in “Gorilla at Large.”
1903 – Geoffrey Denton, actor in “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “The House in Marsh Road,” “The Snake Woman” and “Nothing But the Night.”
1896 – Bryan Foy, producer for “Night of Terror,” “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “The Undying Monster,” “House of Wax [1953],” “The Mad Magician” and director for “The Gorilla.”
1888 – Paul Cavanagh, who played in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 8
2024 – Jill Jacobson, actress in “Nurse Sherri,” Restless Souls,” “House of Usher [2008],” “Last Look,” “Excess Flesh,” episodes of “War of the Worlds,” “Freddy’s Nightmares: and more.
2024 – Lilly Forgách, actress in “Sieben Monde – aka Night Time,” “Verdacht” and the short “Twisted (2012).”
2023 – Ryan O’Neal, actor in “The Waste Lands” and “Slumber Party Slaughter.”
2023 – Tony Tarantino, actor in “Gilded Cage.”
2023 – Yayu A.W. Unru, actor in “Midnight Show,” “Kafir: A Deal with the Devi,” “The Queen of Black Magic,” “Deadly Love Poetry,” “Ivanna” and an episode of the TV Series “The Last of Us.”
2022 – Helen Slayton-Hughes, actress in “The Invisible Mother” and ‘The Curse of Bridge Hollow.”
2022 – Albert Brenner, “production designer for “The Other [1972]” and “The Monster Squad.”
2022 – Richard Miller, visual effects for “Death Becomes Her,” “Spawn” and “Sleepy Hollow.”
2022 – Lidia Elsa Satragno – aka “Pinky”, actress in “El demonio en la sangre – aka “Demon in the Blood.”
2021 – Sylwester Checinski , director for 2 episodes of “Theatre Macabre.”
2019 – Caroll Edwin Spinney, appeared in an episode of “Supernatural: Inside Man.”
2019 – René Murat Auberjonois, appeared in “Images,” “King Kong [1976],” “My Best Friend is a Vampire” and several TV episodes of “Night Gallery,” “Eerie, Indiana,” “The Outer Limits,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy” and more.
2016 – Gloria Charles, actress in “Friday the 13th: Part 3” as well the voice in Friday the 13th The Game.”
1993 – Carlotta Monti, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1955 – Gloria Charles, actress in “Friday the 13th: Part 3” as well the voice in Friday the 13th The Game.”
2013 – Don Mitchell, starred in “Scream Blacula Scream.”
2008 – Robert Prosky, appeared in the films “Christine,” “Gremlins 2” and “The Keep”.
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, was the guitarist for the metal band Pantera.
1993 – Carlotta Monti, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1983 – Slim Pickens, appeared in “The Howling.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 8
The Strange Door [1951] – New York City
The Hell of Frankenstein [1960] – Mexico
Curse of the Crimson Altar [1968]
Godzilla’s Revenge [1971]
The Hound of Baskervilles [1988] – TV Movie
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm [1998] – USA – video premiere
Buttcrack [1998]
Blade: Trinity [2004]
Home Movie [2008]
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DECEMBER 9
BORN ON DECEMBER
1989 – Elle Evans, starred in “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” and “The Love Witch.”
1974 – Jacqueline Lovell, appeared in “Head of the Family,” “Hideous!,” “The Exotic House of Wax,” “The Killer Eye” and more.
1965 – Brad Savage, appeared in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot”.
1965 – Margaret Riley, producer for episodes of the TV Series “Haunted” and “Ratched.”
1960 – Todd Allen, appeared “Witchboard,” “Witchboard 2,” “Pinocchio’s Revenge” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Freddy’s Nightmares”
1959 – Blair Tefkin, actress in “Fright Night Part 2” and soundtrack for “Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.”
1955 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, starred in “Ringu” and “Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû Soukougeki.”
1953 – John Malkovich, actor in “Mary Reilly,” “Shadow of the Vampire,” “Warm Bodies,” “Bird Box,” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Shattered” and the short “The Call.”
1945 – Michael Nouri starred in the TV series “Cliffhangers: The Curse of Dracula,” and the film “The Hidden”.
1942 – Dick Butkus, appeared in “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Spontaneous Combustion,” “Deadly Games” and the TV Movie “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
1942 – Alan Sacks, production developer for the TV Movies “She Waits [1972]” and “The Norliss Tapes [1973].”
1941 – Beau Bridges, actor in “The Uninvited [1996],” “Sightings: Heartland Ghost – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Amazing Stories.”
1935 – Irma Serrano, actress in “Santo vs. the Zombies” and “Lovers of the Lord of the Night.”
1933 – Morton Downey Jr., appeared in “Predator 2,” “Television Terror,” an episode of “Tales from the Crypt” and the “A Face for Radio” episode of “Monsters.”
1930 – Buck Henry, whose screenplays include episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1929 – John Cassavetes, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Fury.”
1928 – Dick Van Patten, appeared in “Westworld” and “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1919 – Jane Ficker, script supervisor for “Diary of a Madman” and the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
1916 – Kirk Douglas, starred in “Saturn 3,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1973],” “The Chosen,” “The Final Countdown” and “The Fury.”
1911 – Broderick Crawford, appeared in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “The Vulture” and the TV movie, “The Phantom of Hollywood.”
1902 – Margaret Hamilton, starred in “The Invisible Woman,” “13 Ghosts,” “The Night Strangler,” 3 episodes of “The Addams Family” and more.
1897 – Hermione Gingold appeared in “Munster, Go Home.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 9
2023 – Dærick Gröss Sr., comic book illustrator for “Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat #1-12,” “Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned #2,” “Forbidden Planet #1-4,” “Evil Ernie: The Resurrection #1,” “Lady Death: Last Rites #2,” “Anne Rice’s Tale of the Body Thief #1-4” and many more.
2022 – Franco Gaudenzi, producer for “Robowar,” “Zombie 3,” “After Death,” “Alien from the Deep,” “Terminator II,” “Night Killer” and art director for “Beyond the Darkness.”
2022 – Pedro Miguel Arce, actor in “Land of the Dead,” “Please Kill Mr. Know It All,” “A Wakefield Project” as well as episodes of “The Strain,” “Slasher” and “In the Dark.”
2021 – Carmen Salinas, actress in “Scent of Death” and “Descendants.”
2021 – Themsie Times, actress in 2 episodes of “Dead Places.”
2021 – Cara Williams, actress in episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2020 – Jason Slater, worked on the soundtrack for “Valentine.”
2019 – Zoran Rankić, appeared in the TV Movie “Zakletva.”
2019 – Miko Palanca, appeared in “Shake Rattle and Roll 8.”
2009 – Gene Barry, starred in “The War of the Worlds [1953].”
2006 – Russell Wade, appeared in the “The Body Snatcher [w/Karloff & Lugosi] and “The Ghost Ship” [1943].
2004 – Patrick Wright, appeared in “Maniac Cop,” “Frightmare,” “Graduation Day,” “Devil’s Ecstasy,” “Track of the Moon Beast,” “The Night of the Strangler” and more.
1995 – Vivian Blaine, appeared in the films “The Dark” and “Parasite”.
1992 – Vincent Gardenia, starred in the 1986 musical version of “Little Shop of Horrors”.
1980 – Lyle B. Reifsnider, set decorator for “House of Wax [1953]” and “Devil’s Partner.”
1944 – Laird Cregar, starred as Jack the Ripper in the film “The Lodger”.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 9
The Witches [1966]
The Creatures [1969]
Dorian Gray [1970]
Christine [1983]
976-EVIL [1988] – London
Dark Waters [2003]
Day of the Mummy [2014] – DVD premiere
Beyond the Gates [2016]
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DECEMBER 10
BORN ON DECEMBER 10
1983 – Xavier Samuel, actor in “The Loved Ones,” “Bait,” “Frankenstein [2015],” “Road Kill,” “Dream Life – TV Movie” and the short “Urban Migration.”
1977 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, appeared in “The Passage,” “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal – TV Series,” “Forever Knight – TV Series” and more.
1974 – Monique Dupree, appeared in “Zombthology,” “Caeser and Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Bikini Bloodbath Christmas,” “The Horror Vault 3,” “No Strings 2: Playtime in Hell,” “Sheriff Tom Vs. The Zombies” and many more.
1970 – Matthew Jason Walsh, screenwriter for “The Killer Eye,” “Prison of the Dead,” “Deep Freeze,” “Young Blood, Fresh Meat,” “Witchouse,” “Final Stab,” “Voodoo Academy,” “The Sandman” and more.
1969 – Stephen Billington, starred in “Resident Evil” and “Dracula II: The Ascension.”
1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern, appeared in the TV Series “Forever Knight,” “Tales from the Cryptkeeper” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1960 – Kenneth Branagh, writer/director/producer/actor whose work includes the 1994 version of “Frankenstein,” and “Dead Again.”
1958 – John J. York, starred in “Werewolf – TV Series” as cursed “Eric Cord.”
1958 – Eva Robins appeared in the film “Tenebrae”.
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, starred in “The Green Mile.”
1956 – Catherine Parks, actress in “Friday the 13th: Part 3” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
1951 – David Wells, actor in “The Ladies Club,” “Society,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night: Initiation,” “The Guyver,” “Return of the Living Dead III,” “Future Shock,” “Buried Alive II,” “Progeny,” “Demon Hunter” and more.
1944 – Tisha Sterling, actress in “Burned at the Stake” as well as an episode each of “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Night Gallery” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, actress in “Mad at the Moon,” “The Others,” “Blessed,” “Trash Fire,” “Havenhurst,” TV Movie “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973]” and an episode of “Origin.”
1933 – Mako, appeared in “Robocop 3.”
1928 – Bill ‘Chilly Billy’ Cardille, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “Day of the Dead,” “Night of the Living Dead [1990],” and “Living Dead [2012].”
1928 – John Colicos, appeared in “The Hitchhiker – TV Series,” “Phobia” and “The Changeling”.
1926 – Jean Byron, appeared in “Invisible Invaders” and “The Magnetic Monsters”.
1925 – Tony Wright, actor in “The Creeping Flesh” and “The House in Marsh Road.”
1923 – Spencer Reeve, editor for “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit,’ “The Devil Rides Out,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “Lust for a Vampire” and “Twins of Evil.”
1916 – Anne Gwynne, starred in “House of Frankenstein” and “Teenage Monster.”
1912 – Harry Locke, appeared in “The Creeping Flesh’” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
1889 – Ray Collins, appeared in the episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Conversation Over a Corpse.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 10
2024 – Michael Cole, actor in “It – S1.E2 [1990]” and “The Apostle [2000].”
2023 – Shirley Anne Field, actress in “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “Peeping Tom,” “The Damned,” “House of the Living Dead” and the short “The Green Door.”
2023 – Mort Engelberg, producer for “Fright Night Part [1988]” and “Remote Control [1988].”
2022 – Sona Valentová, actress in “Witchhammer.”
2021 – Michael Nesmith, actor/soundtrack for “The Monkees – Episode: I Was a Teenage Monster.”
2020 – Tom Lister Jr., appeared in “Slasher Party,” “Midnight [1989],” Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Soulkeeper,” “Santa’s Slay,” “Dracula 3000,” “Hellborn,” “Vegas Vampires” and many more.
2019 – Philip Anthony McKeon, appeared in “Ghoulies IV,” “Sandman,” “976-EVIL,” “Return to Horror High” and an episode of “Amazing Stories.”
1987 – Denis Sanders, director for “Invasion of the Bee Girls.”
1986 – Susan Cabot, appeared in “War of the Satellites,” “The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent” and played the title role in “The Wasp Woman”.
1978 – Edward D. Wood Jr., director of “Bride of the Monster,” “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” “Night of the Ghouls” and more.
1972 – James H. Nicholson, Co-founder of American International Pictures and producer of “It Conquered the World,” “War of the Colossal Beast,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and more.
1940 – William V. Mong, actor in “Seven Footprints to Satan,” “House of Horror” and “The Vampire Bat.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 10
Satan [1912]
She Killed in Ecstasy [1971]
Don’t Go To Sleep [1982] – TV Movie
The Green Mile [1999]
Paranormal Island [2014] – Philippines
The Tombs [2019] – Blu-ray/DVD premiere
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DECEMBER 11
BORN ON DECEMBER 11
1992 – Renée Willett, producer for “The Strangers: Chapter 1,” appeared in “Flight 666” and “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No!.”
1988 – Ashley Hinshaw, appeared in “The Pyramid” and “True Blood – TV Series.”
1979 – Rider Strong, appeared in “Darkening Sky,” “Cabin Fever,” “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever,” “Borderland,” “Pulse 3” and “Tooth and Nail.”
1962 – Paul Haslinger, composer for “Turistas,” “Vacancy,” “Prom Night [2008],” “No Good Deed,” “Resident Evil: Final Chapter,” “Wilding,” “The Perfection,” “Ride” and more.
1958 – Yoshiko Miyazaki, actress in “Shutter,” and an episode of the TV Series “True Horror Stories.”
1958 – Nikki Sixx, worked on the soundtrack for “Hellboy [2019],” “Demons [1985],” “The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock ‘n Roll Musical,” “Halloween ’87” and “Idle Hands.”
1953 – Bess Armstrong, appeared in “Jaws 3D,” “Jekyll & Hyde…Together Again” and in the “What’s Cookin’” episode of “Tales From the Crypt.”
1949 – Teri Garr, actress in “Young Frankenstein,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Doctor Franken,” “Witches’ Brew,” “Aloha, Scooby-Doo!” and an episode of Tales from the Crypt.”
1944 – Lynda Day George, starred in the films “Mortuary,” “Beyond Evil” and “Pieces.”
1942 – Donna Mills, starred in “Play Misty for Me,” “Cursed Part 3” and the TV movie “Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby.”
1942 – Anna Carteret, actress in “Dead of Nite [2013].”
1935 – Ron Carey, appeared in “High Anxiety.”
1922 – Maila Nurmi, best known as Vampira, the horror hostess, appeared in “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and her series “The Vampira Show.”
1919 – Marie Windsor, starred in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Chamber of Horrors” and the TV movie “Salem’s Lot.”
1914 – Robert Ayres, appeared in “Cat Girl” and “First Man Into Space.”
1912 – Carlo Ponti, producer for “Oasis of Fear,” “Torso,” “Flesh for Frankenstein,” “Blood for Dracula” and “Killer Fish.”
1911 – Val Guest, writer/producer/director whose films included “The Quatermass Experiment,” “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Day the Earth Caught Fire.”
1902 – Reginald Le Borg, directed the films “The Black Sleep,” “The Mummy’s Ghost” and “Voodoo Island.”
1874 – Paul Wegener, starred in “The Golem,” “The Student of Prague,” “A Daughter of Destiny, “The Magician,” “The Living Dead” and more.
DIED ON DECEMBER 11
2023 – Richard Kerr, composer/soundtrack for : Beware My Brethren – aka “The Fiend” [1972].”
2023 – Camden Toy, actor “Immortally Yours,” “Carnies,” “Sebastian,” “Big Bad Bugs,” “Feed Me,” “Disciples,” “A Blood Story,” “Bedeviled,” Cautionary Tales” TV Series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and more.
2023 – Andre Braugher, actor in “The Mist” and the TV Mini-Series “Salem’s Lot.”
2023 – Ken Kelsch, cinematographer for “The Driller Killer,” “Spookies,” “Killer Dead,” “The Addiction,” “100 Feet,” “Return to Sleepaway Camp,” “House of Last Things,” the short “The Cask of Amontillado” and electrical department for “The Last House on the Left [1972].”
2023 – Shûji Abe, producer for “Parasyte: Part 1,” “Parasyte: Part 2” and “Godzilla Minus One.”
2023 – Kathy Chow, actress in “Holy Virgin vs. The Evil Dead,” “Insanity,” “Nude Fear,” “Sound from the Dark” and “Vampire Controller.”
2022 – John Aler, actor in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert [2001].”
2022 – Neal Jimenez, writer for “Hideaway [1995].”
2022 – Angelo Badalamenti, composer for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” “Cabin Fever [2002],” “Dark Water,” “Dominion” and “The Wicker Man [2006].”
2021 – Anne Rice, author & screenwriter for “Queen of the Damned,” “Interview with the Vampire,” author for “The Vampire Lestat,“ ”The Mummy,” “The Witching Hour,” “Memnoch of the Devil,” “The Vampire Armand” and many more.
2021 – Jack Hedley, actor in “Witchcraft,” “The New York Ripper” as well as episodes of “Journey to the Unknown,” “Out of the Unknown,” “The Frighteners” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2021 – Jalal Pishvaian, actor in “The Strike,” “Delirium” and “The Bondwoman.”
2020 – Carlos Calvo, appeared in the TV Series “Dracula.”
2013 – Garry Robbins, appeared in “Humungous,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Forever Knight” and “Goosebumps.”
2012 – Charles Young, appeared in “Grizzly II: Revenge” and an episode of the series “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
2007 – Ashleigh Aston Moore, starred in “The Grave.”
2002 – Charles Gunning, appeared in “The Haunting [1999]” “Horror Hayride,” “Caged Fear,” “Scary Movie” and more.
2000 – Don Devlin, appeared in “Anatomy of a Psycho” and “Blood of Dracula”.
1984 – George Waggner, directed “The Wolf Man,” “Man Made Monster,” “Horror Island” and more.
1984 – Robert E. Kent, writer for “Gildersleeve’s Ghost,” “Zombies on Broadway,” “The Werewolf [1956],” “Tower of London,” “Diary of a Madman.” “Twice-Told Tales” producer for “It! Ther Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “Curse of the Faceless Man” and more.
1972 – Cornelius Keefe, actor in “Tomorrow at Seven” and “The Brain Eaters.”
1954 – Henry Hall, appeared in “The Thirteenth Guest,” “The Return of Chandu,” “Shadow of Chinatown,” “The Ape,” “The Mad Monster,” The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “The Jade Mask,” “The Monster and the Ape” and “The Flying Serpent.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 11
Messiah of Evil [1974] – Paris, TX (premiere)
Nightmare City [1980] – Italy
Dawn of the Mummy [1981]
The Dentist II [1998]
Bikini Bloodbath [2006]
Hack! [2007]
Malignant [2013] – Another Hole In the Head Film Festival
Surrounded [2018] – TV Movie (Blu-ray/DVD premiere)
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BORN ON DECEMBER 12
1975 – Mayim Bialik, appeared in “Pumpkinhead” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters,” “The Hidden Room” and “Extreme Ghostbusters.”
1974 – Jason Collins, make-up and special effects for “From Dusk Till Dawn 2 & 3,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Bubba Ho-Tep” “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Night Train,” “At Devil’s Door,” “Zombie Day Apocalypse” and many more.
1970 – Mädchen Amick, appeared in “Priest,” “Sleepwalkers,” “The Borrower” as well as episodes of “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” “American Horror Story,” “Beauty and the Beast” and more.
1970 – Jennifer Connelly, starred in “Phenomena,” “Dark Water” and the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
1967 – Anne Bobby, starred in Clive Barker’s “Nightbreed,” “In Fear Of – TV Series” and “The Hanover House.”
1956 – Ana Alicia, played “Nurse Janet” in “Halloween II”.
1952 – Sarah Douglas who starred in “Return of the Living Dead III”.
1949 – Bill Nighy, appeared in “I, Frankenstein,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Shaun of the Dead,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1989]” and more.
1947 – Wings Hauser, starred in “Night Shadows,” “The Carpenter” and “Tales from the Hood.”
1944 – Kenneth Cranham, starred in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II” also appeared in “Tale of a Vampire,” “Old Dracula” and more.
1943 – Forrest Richard “Dickey” Betts (Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter for The Allman Brothers), soundtrack for “Supernatural – Pilot Episode – Ramblin Man (writer)” and “The Exorcist [1973] – Ramblin Man (writer).”
Music at the bar scene:
1943 – Gianni Russo, starred in “Laserblast.”
1934 – Gianfranco Reverberi, composer for “A Black Veil for Lisa,” “Delirium” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel.”
1930 –Gordon Hessler, writer/director whose work includes “The Oblong Box,” the “Spanish Moss Murders” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park” and more.
1926 – Jay Kanter, executive producer for “The Nightcomers [1971]” and “Death Line [1972].”
2000 – William L. McCaughey, sound/re-recording mixer for “Deathmaster,” “King Kong [1976],” “Audrey Rose,” “Demon Seed [1977],” “Nightkill,” “Dead & Buried,” “Wacko,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1983],” “Return of the Living Dead II” and “Highway to Hell.”
1972 – Melissa Francis, appeared in “Bad Dreams [1988].”
1957 – Ivan E. Roth, actor in “Night of the Comet,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Blue Monkey,” “Dead Heat” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt [1993].”
1943 – Gianni Russo, appeared in “Laserblast [1978].”
1929 – William L. McCaughey, sound/re-recording mixer for “Deathmaster,” “King Kong [1976],” “Audrey Rose,” “Demon Seed [1977],” “Nightkill,” “Dead & Buried,” “Wacko,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1983],” “Return of the Living Dead II” and “Highway to Hell.”
1927 – Honor Blackman, appeared in “To the Devil a Daughter” and “Tale of the Mummy”.
1915 – Frank Sinatra, soundtrack for “Black Christmas [2006],” “Arachnophobia,” “Innocent Blood,” Hollyweird – TV Movie,” “Sauce” and more.
Music in Innocent Blood:
1900 – Eddie Parker, did the stunts for “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “House of Dracula,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”
1893 – Edward G. Robinson, appeared in “Soylent Green.”
1889 – Ottola Nesmith, appeared in the films “The Wolf Man,” “The Uninvited” and “The Invisible Ghost.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 12
2024 – David Weatherley, actor in “Death Warmed Up” and “My Grandpa Is a Vampire.”
2024 – Francesco Cinquemani, director/writer for The Ghosts of Monday [2022]” and the TV Movie “The Place [2012].”
2024 – Martial Solal, composer/stock music for “The Twilight Zone – S3.E18 [1962].”
2023 – Mario Valdemarin, actor in “Death on the Fourposter [1964].”
2022 – Gajirô Satô, actor in “Nuns That Bite.”
2022 – Stuart Margolin, appeared in the TV Movie “The California Kid” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Ray Bradbury Theater” and “Strange Frequency.”
2022 – Wolfgang Ziffer, voice actor for “Jack the Ripper [1976]” and “Vampires in Havana.”
2021 – Kenneth Danziger, actor in “Warlock,” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Monsters” and “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.”
2020 – Mick Innes, appeared in “No Joke Ricky,” “Caretaker,” “Housebound” and “The Socks.”
2019 – Daniel Louis Aiello Jr., produced “UnConventional” and appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder,” “The Stuff” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside [1984].”
2009 – Val Avery, appeared in episodes of the TV series’ “The Munsters,” “Friday the 13th,” He also appeared in the films “Too Scared to Scream” and “Amityville Horror [1979].”
2008 – Van Johnson, starred in the film “Killer Crocodile”.
2008 – Bette Iverson, hair stylist for “Crowhaven Farm,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Deadly Friend” and the TV Mini Series “Salem’s Lot.”
2006 – Peter Boyle who played “The Monster” in “Young Frankenstein” and appeared in the film “Species II”.
2005 – Annette Stroyberg, starred in “Blood and Roses.”
1978 – Fay Compton, who appeared in the 1963 version of “The Haunting”.
1976 – Jack Cassidy, appeared in the TV movie “The Phantom of Hollywood”.
1970 – Carolyn Craig, starred in “The House On Haunted Hill.”
1954 – Daisy Belmore, appeared in “Dracula [1931].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 12
The Wolf Man [1941]
Frankenstein ’80 [1972]
Haunted: The Ferryman [1974] – TV Movie (UK)
The Class of Nuke ‘Em High [1986]
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth [1992]
Mutant Species [1995] – USA – video premiere
Scream 2 [1997]
Rebirth of Mothra III [1998]
A Dead Calling [2006]
The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008]
Devil’s Trail [2017]
Dust Bunny [2025]
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BORN ON DECEMBER 13
1985 – Laurence Leboeuf, appeared in “The Secret,” “Mother!” and “Being Human – TV Series.”
1981 – Amy Lee, lead singer of the band “Evanescence.” Their music has been used in the film “Underworld: The Awakening.”
1975 – James Kyson, actor in “Shutter,” “Necrosis,” “Plush,” “Criticized,” “Adrenochrome,” episodes of “Lovecraft Country,” “Preacher,” “Sleepy Hollow” and the video game “The Darkness.”
1961 – Karen Lorre, actress in “Out of the Dark,” “Midnight,” “The Vineyard,” “Buried Alive” and “Popcorn.”
1959 – Johnny Whitaker, appeared in “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle” and the TV movie “Something Evil.”
1958 – Lynn-Holly Johnson, appeared in “Watcher in the Woods,” and “Alien Predator”.
1957 – Steve Buscemi, actor in “The Dead Don’t’ Die,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Heart of Midnight,” “Ed and His Dead Mother,” “Film House Fever,” voice actor for “Hotel Transylvania,” “Hotel Transylvania 2,” “Hotel Transylvania 3,” “Hotel Transylvania 4,”Igor” and “Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?”
1946 – Moshe Diamant, producer for “Creature,” “The Curse,” “I, Madman,” “Feardotcom,” “It’s Alive,” “The Task,” “Husk,” “Fertile Ground,” “Scream of the Banshee,” “Stash House,” “Dark Circles,” “Asylum,” “Re-Kill” and more.
1936 – Cliff Emmich, actor in “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “Barracuda,” “Halloween II [1981],” “Hell Hole,” “Return to Horror High” and “Bug Buster.”
1934 – Richard D. Zanuck, producer whose films include “Jaws,” “Sssssss,” and “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
1929 – Christopher Plummer, starred in “Wolf,” and “Dracula 2000.”
1920 – Don Taylor, directed “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1977]” and “Damien: Omen II.”
1915 – Mary Morris, appeared in “The Haunting of Julia,” episodes of the TV Series “Shades of Darkness” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
1915 – Curd Jürgens, appeared in “The Mephisto Waltz,” “The Vault of Horror,” “The Sleep of Death” and “Hexen.”
1892 – Harry Strang, film appearances included “The Mysterious Dr. Satan,” The Face Behind the Mask” and “Mighty Joe Young.”
1884 – L.E. Oates, crew/wax figures for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 13
2024 – Diane Delano, actress in “Sleepwalkers,” “Rattled,” “Jeepers Creepers 2” and “The Wicker Man [2006].”
2023 – Zofia Merle, actress in the TV Movie “Pozarowisko (1969.”
2022 – Kim Simmonds – member of Savoy Brown, soundtrack/writer for “The Vagrant [1992] – Kings of Boogie.”
2022 – Stephen “tWitch” Boss, appeared in “Ghostbusters [2016].”
2022 – Alejandro Luna, production designer for “Santa Sangre.”
2020 – Mitsuyo Asaka, appeared in “Uneasy Encounters.”
2018 – John Fujioka, appeared in “Private Eyes,” “Paint It Black,” episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “Friday the 13th: The Series” and “The Munsters Today.”
2007 – Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Millennium – TV Series” and “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series.”
2006 – Keith Larsen, directed “Night of the Witches.”
1999 – Maury Gertsman, cinematographer for “Werewolf of London.” “The Jungle Captive,” “Strange Confession,” “House of Horrors,” “She-Wolf of London,” “The Brute Man,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “How to Make a Monster,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake” and “Invisible Invaders.”
1998 – Ariadne Welter, actress in “The Vampire’s Coffin,” “The Devil’s Hand,” “The Brainiac,” “100 Cries of Terror,” “The Panther Women,” “Suicidal Revenge” and more.
1991 – Judy Moorcroft, costume designer for “The House in Nightmare Park [1973].”
1979 – Jon Hall, starred in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “Beach Girls and the Monster,” as well as directed “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
1947 – Eddie Sturgis, appeared in “London After Midnight” and “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 13
The Werewolf [1913]
The Devil Bat [1940]
Maniac Cop 2 [1990]
Shatter Dead [1994]
Mars Attacks! [1996]
Cold Hearts [1999]
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. [2003]
King of the Lost World [2005]
Automatons [2006]
Neverlake [2013] – Courmayeur Film Festival
The Devil Lives Here [2015] – USA Internet premiere
After She Wakes [2019]
Black Christmas [2019]
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