JANUARY 4
BORN ON JANUARY 4
1985 – Christian Stella, cinematographer for “Fingers,” “After Midnight,” “The Battery” and the short “The Lake.”
1980 – Erin Cahill, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Skinwalker Ranch,” “Boogeyman 3,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Jekyll,” “Creature Unknown” and more.
1979 – Charity Rahmer, actress in “The Frightening,” “Cheerleader Massacre,” “Easter Holocaust,” “Fangs Out” and “Leeches!”
1978 – Maria Obretin, actress in “The Nun [2018].”
1971 – Jeremy Licht, appeared in “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and “Swamp Thing – Episode: Powers of Darkness.”
1965 – Rick Hearst, starred in “Brain Damage” and “Warlock III: The End of Innocence.”
1958 – Julian Sands, appeared in “Gothic,” “Warlock,” “Arachnophobia,” The Turn of the Screw,” “Tale of a Vampire,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt” and many more.
1951 – Ronald Corp, music department/chorus master for “Prometheus [1998].”
1946 – Ramsey Campbell, author of “Scared Stiff.”
1941 –George P. Cosmatos, directed “Cobra,” “Of Unknown Origin” and “Leviathan”.
1935 – Marla English, starred in “Voodoo Woman” and “The She-Creature.”
1924 – Barbara Rush, actress in “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Unknown” and the TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf.”
1920 – 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?”
1915 – Meg Mundy, appeared in TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
1893 – Jesslyn Fax, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and 2 episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
DIED ON JANUARY 4
2025 – Ronnie Yeskel, casting director for Blade: Trinity,” “Devour,” “Orphan,” “Zombie Prom (short)” and an episode of “FreakyLInks.”
2025 – Anjana Sultana, actress in “Rajbari (1984).”
2025 – Julien Poulin, actor in “Karmina 2 [2001].”
2024 – Christian Oliver, actor in “Ninja Apocalypse,” “I Am Fear,” “Animal Among Us” as well producer for “The Outer Wild” and “Wrong Turn [2021.”
2024 – Georgina Hale, actress in “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Beyond Bedlam,” “Cockneys vs. Zombies” and an episode of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror.”
2024 – 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.”
2024 – David Soul, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Salem’s Lot,” “Circle of Fear,” “The Hitchhiker” and the TV Movie “Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive.”
2024 – Tracy Tormé, writer for “Spellbinder,” episodes of the TV Series “Intruders” and “The Outer Limits.”
2022 – Jean Bertho, director for the TV Movie “Experiment in Evil.”
2022 – Fay Weldon, writer for ‘Killer’s Moon,” “Shadows – Episode: Honeyann” and wrote the novel “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball.”
2022 – Russell Lees, writer for the video game “The Dark Eye.”
2021 – Heung Kam Lee, actress in “The Ghost Returns at Midnight.”
2021 – Elias Rahbani, soundtrack for “What We Do in the Shadows.”
2021 – Tanya Roberts, appeared in “The Last Victim” and “Tourist Trap.”
2021 – Gregory Sierra, appeared in “Vampires,” “Donor – TV Movie” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Something Is Out There” and “The X-Files.”
2020 – Chanh Tin Nguyen, directed “Ngôi Nhà Bí Ân,” actor/writer for “Suôi Oan Hôn,” and “Ngôi Nhà Oan Khôc.”
2019 – Torro Margens, appeared in” Pengantin Pantai Biru,” “Kalung jailangkung,” “Uka-Uka: The Movie – Nini Tulang,” Directed “Bloody Love,” director/writer “Blood Painting,” and “Bloody Marriage.”
2019 – Norman Snider, writer for “Dead Ringers,” “Body Parts,” and “War of the Worlds – TV Series.”
1984 – Skip Martin, actor in “The Masque of the Red Death,” “Vampire Circus,” “Son of Dracula” and “Horror Hospital.”
1978 – Kermit Echols, appeared in “Grizzly” and “Scalpel.”
1964 – Ralph Dumke, appeared in “Francis in the Haunted House”, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and more.
1959 – Lee Shumway, actor in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Face Behind the Mask.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 4
Torso [1973] – Italy
Sorceress [1995]
One Missed Call [2008]
Breeding Farm [2013]
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JANUARY 5
BORN ON JANUARY 5
1978 – America Olivio, appeared in “Friday the 13th [2009],” “Maniac [2012],” “The Last Resort,” “The Thirst: Blood War,” episodes of the TV series “The Strain” and more.
1975 – Bradley Cooper, appeared in “The Midnight Meat Train,” “My Little Eye,” “10 Cloverfield Lane” and “Case 39.″
1973 – Mark A. France, special effects for “Cemetery Stories,” “Descend,” “The Last Vampyre on Earth,” “Mosquito,” “Rachel’s Attic,” “Dark Tomorrow” and more.
1969 – Marilyn Manson, is an actor/writer/musician whose work has appeared in “The Following – TV Series,” “Chernobyl Diaries,” “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Hatchet,” “Saw II,” “House of Wax [2005],” “Dracula 2000”, “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and many more.
1965 – Vinnie Jones, starred in “The Midnight Meat Train” and “The Bleeding.”
1962 – David DeCoteau, directed “Creepozoids,” “Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama,” “Nightmare Sisters,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” “Leeches,” “Witchouse,” “90210 Shark Attack” and many more.
1959 – Clancy Brown, starred in “Pet Sematary II,” “Starship Troopers,” “The Mortuary Collection,” TV series “Sleepy Hollow,” and has done voice over work for several animated TV series.
1953 – Pamela Sue Martin, best known for playing “Nancy Drew” in the TV series “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.” She appeared in the TV movie “Bay Coven.”
1946 – Diane Keaton, appeared in an episode of the TV Series Night Gallery [1970].”
1931 – Robert Duvall, had a small role in the 1978 remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
1925 – Robert De Vestel, set decorator for “Simon, King of the Witches,” “Necromancy,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “Damien: Omen II” and “The Island.”
1916 – Alfred Ryder, appeared in “The Legend of Hillbilly John” and several TV Series episodes including “Inner Sanctum,” “One Step Beyond,” “’Way Out,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1916 – James Cane, set decorator for the TV Movies “Haunts of the Very Rich,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within” and “Bad Ronald.”
1915 – John Tate, actor in “Day of the Triffids.”
1909 – Roger Til, actor in “Topaz.”
1900 – George Magrill, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Whispering Shadow,” “The Phantom Creeps,” “The Lodger,” “Cry of the Werewolf,” as well as the shorts “The Haunted House” and “The Cat’s Out.”
DIED ON JANUARY 5
2025 – Alok Chatterjee, actor in “Who Killed Gaurav? (2022).”
2024 – Pat McNamara, actor in “The Silence of the Lambs” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows [1966.”
2022 – Earl Boen, actor in “The Terminator,” “Annihilator,” “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” “The Dentist,” “Blood Omen 2,” “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “Within the Rock,” “Chopper Chicks in Zombietown” and more.”
2022 – Mike Hill, editor for “Pet Sematary [1989].”
2022 – Sam Schacht, actor in “Heart of Midnight,” “Tattoo” and the TV Movie “Doctor Franken.”
2022 – Kim Mi-Soo, appeared in “Hellbound – Episode: Episode #1.5.”
2022 – George Rossi, actor in “Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire” and “I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle.”
2021 – Adrien Dorval, appeared in “Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning,” “Super Hybrid” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits” and “Millennium.”
2021 – James Greene, appeared in “From Hell,” “The Order,” “Dracula [2006]” and more.
2021 – John Richardson, appeared in “Black Sunday,” “Frankenstein ’80,” “Torso,” “Murder Syndrome” and “The Church.”
2020 – Walter John Learning, appeared in “Grindstone,” an episode of “Deadly Nightmares: True Believer” and starred in the theatre production of “Frankenstein: The Man Who Became God.”
2011 – Jane Ficker, script supervisor for “Diary of a Madman” and the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
2000 – Anthony DiMarco, editor for “The Giant Claw,” “Tales of Frankenstein [1958],” “The Unknown,” “The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre,” “Daughters of Satan,” “Superbeast,” “The Thirsty Dead,” “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “Hell Night [1981]” and more.
1991 – Harold E. Knox, associate producer for “The Last Man on Earth.”
1991 – Johnny Eck, best known for playing “The Half Boy,” in the film “Freaks.”
1990 – Arthur Kennedy, appeared in “The Humanoid,” “Cyclone,” “The Sentinel,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “The Antichrist,” “Crawlspace” and more.
1986 – Pamela Davies, script/continuity department for “The Gamma People,” “Gorog,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Brain,” “The Deadly Bees,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Ghoul [1975],” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1983],” “The Doctor and the Devils” and more.
1985 – Robert Surtees, cinematographer for “The Other.”
1977 – Onslow Stevens, starred in “The Couch,” “Them!, “The Creeper,” “House of Dracula,” “The Monster and the Girl,” “Life Returns,” and “The Secret of Blue Room.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 5
The Shadow [1940]
The Death Wheelers – aka Psychomania [1973]
The Coven [2002]
Thr3e [2006]
White Noise 2: The Light [2007]
Beyond Loch Ness [2008] – TV Movie
Hellweek [2010]
Blood Trail [2010]
M3gan [2023]
Night Swim [2024]
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JANUARY 6
BORN ON JANUARY 6
1985 – Hugh Skinner, actor in “Day of the Dead,” “The Invitation [2022]” and episodes of the Podcast Series “The Confessions of Dorian Gray.”
1975 – Corin Hardy, director for “The Hallow [2015]” and “The Nun [2018].”
1969 – Norman Reedus, appeared in “Pandorum,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrows,” and is best known for starring as Daryl Dixon on the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1955 – Rowan Atkinson, actor in “The Witches [1990].”
1954 – Anthony Minghella, screenwriter for “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
1950 – Richard Norton, actor in “Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)” and “Game of Death – The Six Doors to Hell (2024).”
1949 – Richard Horowitz, composer for the TV Movie “The Tower [1993].”
1946 – Pei-Pei Cheng, actress in “The Counting House,” “They Wait,” “Huan hun – aka Blood Ties” and “Tong tong de fengling mishi – aka Bell Chamber.”
1940 – Alan Boast, camera operator for “Horror House,” “The House That Vanished” and “Symptoms.”
1936 – Alex Stevens, appeared in “Scanners,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and the TV Series “Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse.”
1933 – Mike Lane, appeared in “Frankenstein 1970,” “A Name for Evil,” “Grotesque,” “Demon Keeper,” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “Monsters Squad.”
1933 – Naeem Issa, actor in “A Crime in the Depths [1992]” and “Circle of Death [1993].”
1932 – Betty Kerwin, script supervisor for “God’s Bloody Acre,” “Mako: Jaws of Death,” “Barracuda” and art department for “Flesh Feast.”
1930 – Vic Tayback, appeared in “Blood and Lace,” “Door-To-Door Maniac” and “Mansion of the Doomed.”
1930 – Professor Toru Tanaka, Toru Tanaka, appeared in “Alligator II: The Mutation” and “Dead Heat.”
1926 – Mickey Hargitay, starred in “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “Delirio Caldo” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel.”
1914 – David Bruce, played the title role of “The Mad Ghoul,” and also appeared in the film “Calling Dr. Death.”
1914 – Jodie Copelan, editor for “The Snow Creature,” “Kronos,” “Night of the Blood Beast,” “Ring of Terror,” “Night Tide,” “Laserblast,” House of the Damned” and “Hand of Death.”
1903 – Dotha Hippe, make-up department/hair stylist for “King Kong [1933].”
1895 – Tom Fadden, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]” and “Empire of the Ants.”
DIED ON JANUARY 6
2025 – Dale Wilson, actor in “The Stepfather [1987],” “Watchers [1988],” “Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins,” “Hellraiser: Hellseeker,” “Killer Mountain,” episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “Tales from the Far Side” and “Poltergeist: The Legacy.”
2025 – Hector Travieso, producer for “Unknowns [2012]” and appeared in the short “Cafri-Zombies.”
2024 – Sarah Rice, actress in “Sweeney Todd [1979] (original Johanna) – Broadway” and “Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Phantom of the Opera – Montreal.”
2022 – Owen Roizman, cinematographer for “The Exorcist [1973]” and “The Stepford Wives [1975].”
2022 – Annette McCarthy, appeared in “Creature [1985]” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading.”
2022 – Sidney Poitier, producer/actor for “Brother John.”
2022 – Peter Bogdanovich, actor in “Don’t Let Me Go,” “Reborn” and “It Chapter Two.”
2022 – Mariano Laurenti, assistant director for “Uncle Was a Vampire.”
2022 – Maha Abou Ouf, actress in “The Blue Elephant 2,” “Virus” and “Saherat Al Janoub – Episode: Episode #1.6.”
2021 – Gerald Hiken, appeared in the film “Blackout” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “Something Is Out There.”
2021 – Antonio Sabàto Sr., actor in “Calling All Police Cars.”
2021 – Filip Trifonov, appeared in “Adio, Rio.”
2019 – William Morgan Sheppard, appeared in “April Apocalypse,” “Mysterious Island,” “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” TV Movie “The Lottery,” some episodes of series “Hellsing,” “Kingdom Hospital,” and more.
2019 – Gregg Rudloff, sound department for “Warlock,” “DeepStar Six,” “House,” “House II: The Second Story,” “Death Note,” “Ghost Ship” and many more
2017 – Francine York, actress in “Mutiny in Outer Space,” “Space Probe Taurus,” “Curse of the Swamp Creature – TV Movie,” “The Centerfold Girls,” “Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars” and “Astro Zombies: M3-Cloned.”
2009 – John Scott Martin, actor in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Little Shop of Horrors, Beg!,” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Out of the Unknown.”
2003 – Billy Van, hosted the series “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.”
2003 – Miriam Byrd-Nethery, actress in “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy,” “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre II” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode: Number Eight.”
1977 – Niall MacGinnis, appeared in “Torture Garden,” “Island of Terror,” “Never Take Candy from a Stranger,” “Curse of the Demon” and 2 episodes of “The Veil.”
1965 – Jack Mower, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The Hidden Hand,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Mysterious Doctor” and the short “The Devil’s Assistant.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 6
In Search of Dracula [1974] – UK (TV Premiere)
Coma [1978]
The Mutilator [1984] – Morehead City, NC (premiere)
Bloodryane [2005]
Hostel [2005]
Midnight Movie [2008]
The Alphabet Killer [2008]
Dororo [2007]
Kiss of the Vampire [2009]
The Devil Inside [2012]
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JANUARY 7
BORN ON JANUARY 7
1988 – Haley Bennett, starred in “Kristy” and “The Haunting of Molly Hartley.”
1982 – Lauren Cohan, plays “Maggie” in “The Walking Dead” TV Series.
1980 – Tom Harper, director of “The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death.”
1976 – Tyron Leitso, actor in “House of the Dead,” “Seed” and “Masters of Horror – Episode: Valerie on the Stairs.”
1974 – Joshua Grannell, appeared in “Astro Zombies: M3 – Cloned,” “All About Evil” and “Canned Peaches.”
1971 – Jeremy Renner, starred in “28 Weeks Later,” “Dahmer” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
1970 – Doug E. Doug, actor in “Dr. Giggles” and “Eight Legged Freaks.”
1964 – Nicolas Cage, starred in “Color Out of Space,” “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Vampire’s Kiss,” “Ghost Rider,” “Season of the Witch,” “Pay the Ghost,” “Mom and Dad,” “Mandy,” “Renfield” and more.
1956 – David Caruso, appeared in “Without Warning” and “Session 9″.
1950 – Erin Gray appeared in “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday” and the TV movie “Ghouls.”
1949 – Steven Williams, has appeared in “House,” “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,” “It [2017],” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Fear Chamber,” and “Supernatural – TV Series” and more.
1946 – Gene Witham, appeared in “Grizzly,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Baby Blues,” “The Cursed” and “Side Show.”
1943 – Rosemary McNamara, appeared in “The Premonition” and on the original “Dark Shadows” TV Series.
1942 – Danny Steinmann, director/writer for “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “The Unseen” and producer for the TV Movie “Spectre.”
1939 – David Dalzell, camera operator for “Act of Vengeance” and appeared in “Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey.”
1937 – Tang Chia, stunts for “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” “The Ghost Story [1979]” and “Human Lanterns.”
1929 – Terry Moore, starred in the original “Mighty Joe Young,” also appeared in the 1998 version of “Mighty Joe Young,” “A-Haunting We Will Go” and “Death Dimension.”
1928 – William Peter Blatty, wrote the novel, “The Exorcist” on which the film “The Exorcist” was based as well as the novel “Legion” on which the film “The Exorcist III” was based. He also directed “Exorcist III” and “The Ninth Configuration.”
1926 – Massimo Pupillo, directed “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “Terror Comes from the Grave” and “La vendetta di Lady Morgan.”
1913 – Francis De Wolff, appeared in “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959],” “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll,” “Devil Doll,” “The Man Who Could Cheat Death,” “The Black Torment” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1912 – Charles Addams, creator of “The Addams Family.”
1903 – Alan Napier, appeared in “The Mole People,” “The Uninvited [1944[” and “The Invisible Man Returns.”
DIED ON JANUARY 7
2022 – Dean Taylor, soundtrack for “Last Night in Soho.”
2022 – Russell Banks, writer for the short story “The Hidden Room – Episode: A Type of Love Story.”
2022 – Zinaid Memišević, appeared in “The X-Files – Episode: Wewired” and “The Outer Limits – Episode: Bodies of Evidence.”
2022 – Adam Rich, voice actor for “Goosebumps Audiobook – Deep Trouble.”
2021 – Michael Apted, directed the TV Movie “Haunted: Poor Girl” and producer for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”
2021 – Deezer D, appeared in “Bones.”
2021 – Marion Ramsey, actress in “Manifacts,” “Lavalantula,” “2 Lava 2 Lantula!” and the TV Series “3rd Eye.”
2020 – Silvio Horta, writer for “Urban Legend,” “Urban Legends: Final Cut” and “Horror Movie: The Movie.”
2020 – Harry Hains, appeared in “A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return,” “Hallucinogen” and an episode of “American Horror Story Episode: Devil’s Night.”
2018 – Don Sullivan, appeared in “The Giant Gia Monster,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas” and “Teenage Zombies.”
2015 – Rod Taylor, starred in “The Birds,” “Kaw,” “Mask of Murder,” and TV shows “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2013 – David R. Ellis, director of “Final Destination 2,″ “Snakes on a Plane,” “Asylum,” “The Final Destination,” “Shark Night 3D ” and was the Second Unit Director on “Warlock [1989].”
2009 –Ray Dennis Steckler, writer, producer, director of “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies,” and “The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters.”
2002 – Avery Schreiber, starred in “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “The Silent Scream.”
1994 – Weston Drury Jr., casting director for “Nothing But the Night,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “The Beast in the Cellar” and “Carry on Screaming!”
1988 – Trevor Howard, who appeared “The Unholy,” “Craze,” “Persecution” and “The Night Visitor.”
1974 – Benjamin H. Kline, cinematographer for “The Giant Claw,” “King of the Wild,” “Before I Hang,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Show” and more.
1972 – Sam Kaufman, makeup artist for “King Kong [1933],” “The Monkey’s Paw” and appeared in “Suspense [1913].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 7
The Phantom Creeps [1939]
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968] – TV Movie
The Sentinel [1977]
Wacko [1982]
Xtro [1982]
The Thing Below [2004]
White Noise [2005]
Season of the Witch [2011]
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JANUARY 8
BORN ON JANUARY 8
1989 – Karan Soni, actor in “Corporate Animals,” “Office Uprising,” “Creep 2” and “Goosebumps.”
1987 – Freddie Stroma, appeared in “Extraterrestrial.”
1982 – Danny Herb, consulting producer for “The Oatmeal Man,” appeared in “Zombie Strippers!” and “Fear, Inc.”
1981 – Genevieve Padalecki, appeared in the TV Series “Stephen King’s Dead Zone” and “Supernatural”.
1980 – Rachel Nichols, appeared in “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Breach,” “P2,” “The Woods,” “Demigod,” “For Sale by Owner,” “Raze” and more.
1979 – Sarah Polley, starred in “Splice” and Dawn of the Dead [2004].
1969 – Ami Dolenz, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings,” “Witchboard II” and “Children of the Night”.
1966 – Lilly Forgách, actress in “Sieben Monde – aka Night Time,” “Verdacht” and the short “Twisted (2012).”
1951 – John McTiernan, directed “Predator,” “Nomads” and produced the TV Movie “Quicksilver Highway.”
1949 – Bonnie Ballard, art department/property master for “Friday the 13th Part III.”
1947 – David Bowie starred in “The Hunger,” and “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” and in addition supplied music to “Cat People [1982]” which if found on the actual soundtrack.
1942 – Yvette Mimieux, appeared in “The Time Machine”, “Snowbeast” and “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
1942 – Fauziyya Hassan, actress in “Reyvumun.”
1926 – Kerwin Matthews, starred in “Maniac” and “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.”
1926 – Soupy Sales, appeared in an episode of the TV Show “Monsters.”
1923 – Larry Storch, appeared “Without Warning,” “The Ghost Busters” TV series and “The Vampire” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1922 – K. Gordon Murray, producer for “The Vampire’s Coffin,” “Sampson [El Santo] vs. the Vampire Women” and “The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.”
1912 – José Ferrer, starred in “Covenant,” “The Being,” “Bloodtide,” “Bloody Birthday,” “The Swarm,” “The Sentinel [1977],” “Dracula’s Dog” and “Crash!”
1903 – Gene Roth, appeared in “Attack of the Giant Leeches [1959],” “The Spider,” “Tormented,” “Twice Told Tales,” “Tower of London,” “She Demons” and more.
1897 – Dennis Wheatley, screenwriter for “To the Devil a Daughter,” “The Devil Rides Out” and the TV Movie “The Haunted Airman.”
DIED ON JANUARY 8
2025 – Charles Kay, actor in episodes of the TV Series “Supernatural,” “Play for Today” and the podcast “Haunted: Tales of the Supernatural.”
2025 – Pritish Nandy, producer for “The Accident [2011].”
2024 – Gianfranco Reverberi, composer for “A Black Veil for Lisa,” “Delirium” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel.”
2024 – Guy Bonnet, composer for “Seven Women for Satan [1976].”
2024 – Adan Canto, actor in “The Devil Below [2021]” and 10 episodes of the TV Series “The Following [2013].”
2022 – Dorothy Tristan, actress in the TV Movie “Isn’t It Shocking?”
2022 – Marilyn Bergman, appeared in “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate.”
2022 – Robin Fernando, actor in “Bonikka.”
2021 – Ed Bruce, appeared in “Father’s Day [1988].”
2021 – Diana Millay, appeared in “Night of Dark Shadows” and the original “Dark Shadows” TV Series.”
2021 – Ivo Niederle, actor in “Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf.”
2020 – Buck Henry, appeared in an episode of “Tales from the Crypt Episode: Beauty Rest.”
2020 – Edward Byrne Breitenberger, appeared in “Wicked, Wicked” and an episode of “Thriller Episode: Where the Action Is.”
2011 – Juan Piquer Simón, director//producer/writer for “Satan’s Blood,” “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Pieces,” “Slugs” and “The Rift.”
2007 –Yvonne De Carlo, who brought “Lily Munster” to life in “The Munsters” and starred in “Mirror,” “American Gothic,” “Cellar Dweller,” “The Silent Scream,” “Satan’s Cheerleader,” and “Nocturna.”
2005 – Badja Djola, appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Millenium – Episode: Sense and Antisense.”
2003 – Ron Goodwin, composer for “Village of the Damned,” “The Day of the Triffids” and “Children of the Damned.”
2001 – Don Brodie, appeared in “The Phantom Creeps,” “Donovan’s Brain,” “The Return of Chandu,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Portrait in Terror” and “Blackenstein.”
1992 – Anthony Dawson, appeared in “Dial ‘M’ For Murder,” “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Ghoulies II,” “The Queen of Spades,” “The Snorkel” and “The Haunted Strangler.”
1990 – Terry-Thomas, appeared in “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “The Hound of Baskervilles” and “The Vault of Horror.”
1988 – Norbert Schiller, appeared in “Young Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein [1958],” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Thing from Another World” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1963].”
1968 – Robert Bice, actor in “The Ghost and the Guest,” “The Snow Creature,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and an episode of “Jungle Jim.”
1946 – Frank Fanning, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “King Kong [1933],” “Air Hawks,” “SOS Coast Guard” and “The Phantom Speaks.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 8
Teenage Monster [1958]
Strait-Jacket [1964]
Return of the Living Dead Part II [1988] – premiere
Evil Toons [1992]
Leprechaun [1993]
Boogeyman 2 [2007]
Witchcraft 13: Blood of the Chosen [2008]
The Horror Vault 2 [2009]
Daybreakers [2009]
WebKam [2010]
The Car: Road to Revenge [2019] – internet
Wolfwood [2020]
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JANUARY 9
BORN ON JANUARY 9
1989 – Nina Dobrev, starred in the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries,” “Never Cry Werewolf,” “Flatliners [2017]” and “The Final Girls.”
1976 – Phil Claydon, director for “Helloween [2025],” “Vampire Killers,” “Within” and “Alone.”
1973 – Howard J. Ford, director of “The Lockdown Hauntings,” “Distant Shadow,” “The Dead” and “The Dead 2.”
1973 – Angela Bettis, starred in “May,” “Carrie [2002],” “Toolbox Murders,” “Wicked Lake,” “Scar” and more.
1967 – Steve Harwell, former lead vocalist for Smash Mouth, soundtrack/songwriter for “An American Werewolf in Paris – Walkin’ on the Sun” and “Cursed – You’ll Never Catch Me.”
1967 – James T. Sale, composer for “Haunted [2002],” “Full Moon Fight Night – TV Series,” “Deathbed,” “Bleed,” “Birth Rite,” “Dr. Moreau’s House of Pain,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Frankenstein Theory,” Hotel Transylvania” and more.
1965 – Joely Richardson, appeared in “The Turning,” “Color Out of Space,” “Maggie,” “Loch Ness,” “Event Horizon,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Vampire Academy,” “The Sandman – TV Series” and more.
1956 – Kimberly Beck, is known for starring as “Trish” in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
1950 – David Johansen, actor in “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Campfire Stories,” soundtrack for “Anamorph (In Love Again)” and “The House That Jack Built (Hit the Road Jack).”
1947 – David Allen Brooks, appeared in “The Kindred,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman,” “Scream for Help,” “A Stranger is Watching” and an episode of “She-Wolf of London.”
1939 – Susannah York, starred in “Images,” “The Shout,” “The Awakening,” “Visitors,” “Daemon – TV Movie,” “Tomorrow’s Killer” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
1931 – Paul Mantee, actor in “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou” and “Lurking Fear.”
1925 – Lee Van Cleef, appeared in “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “It Conquered the World” and “Escape From New York.”
1917 – Herbert Lom, starred in “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “Count Dracula,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue [1971],” “Dorian Gray,” “Dark Places” and more.
1915 – Fernando Lamas, appeared in the 1960 version of “The Lost World.”
DIED ON JANUARY 9
2025 – Bill Byrge, actor in “Ernest Scared Stupid (1991).”
2025 – Phyllis Dalton, costume designer for “Fragment of Fear [1970]” and “The Awakening [1980].”
2024 – James Kottak – Drummer for Scorpions, soundtrack for “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (Rock You Like a Hurricane).”
2022 – Bob Saget, actor in “Full Moon High.”
2022 – Dwayne Hickman, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Youth Killer.”
2022 – Marc Wilkinson, composer for “The Return (short),” episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “The Blood on Satan’s Claw.”
2021 – John Lutz, author of “Single White Female” and “The Ex” both which were made into movies.
2021 – Ken Sedd, appeared in “Thriller – Episode: Look Back in Happiness.”
2020 – Lan O’Kun, writer for an episode of “The Twilight Zone Episode: The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door [1986].”
2020 – Carol Serling, appeared/consultant in “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” producer for 20 episodes of the Twilight Zone” and “Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics.”
2019 – Paolo Paoloni, appeared in “Inferno,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” TV Movie “The House of Clocks,” “Voices from Beyond” and “The Haunting of Helena.”
1998 – Mort Rabinowitz, production designer for “The Funhouse” and “Salem’s Lot – TV Mini-Series.”
1997 – Jesse White, co-starred in “The Bad Seed,” “Monster in The Closet,” “The Ghost in The Invisible Bikini” and “The Spirit is Willing”.
1992 – Steve Brodie, appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “Frankenstein’s Island,” “Donovan’s Brain” as well as episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1978 – Noble Johnson, appeared in “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mummy [1932],” “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Ghost Breakers” and “The Mad Doctor of Market Street”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 9
Alien Terminator [1995]
Autopsy [2009]
Perkins’ 14 [2009]
The Unborn [2009]
Dead Snow [2009] – Norway
The Lock In [2014] – internet
Dark Summer [2015]
Primate [2025]
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JANUARY 10
BORN ON JANUARY 10
1989 – Zuria Vega, starred in “The Tenants” and “Darker Than Night.”
1985 – Alex Meraz, appeared in “Bone Tomahawk,” “Mine Games” and episodes of the TV Series “The Walking Dead.”
1980 – Taya Parker, appeared in “The Mangled” and “Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills.”
1978 – Greg Stanina, composer for “Forest Primeval,” “Psychopaths,” “Chainsaw Killer,” “Exploited,” “Channel 13,” “Jurassic Prey,” “Death Reel,” “Bigfoot Vs. Zombies,” “Amityville Exorcism,” “Land Shark,” “Bride of the Werewolf,” “Sharkenstein,” “Shark Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Virus Shark” and more.
1974 – Craig Rees, actor in “Sutures,” “Whispers [2015],” “Lake Alice” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge.”
1971 – Simon Schwarz, appeared in “Friday Night Horror,” “Teufelsnacht” and “Anatomy.”
1967 – Trini Alvarado, appeared in “The Chair,“ “The Frighteners” and the TV Series “Fringe.”
1961 – Mark Venturini, appeared in “Mikey,” “The Return of the Living Dead” and “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”
1959 – Sherman Augustus, appeared in “Thr3e,” “Virus [1999],” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Camp Fear” and episodes of “Stranger Things.”
1950 – Bonnie Hellman, appeared in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and worked in Casting Department for “Lake Placid vs. Anaconda.”
1949 – Teresa Graves, starred in “Vampira” a.k.a. “Old Dracula.”
1948 – Beatrice Colen, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1947 – Mario Ernesto Sánchez, actor in “666: The Beginning of the End [2009]” and the short “Sea Devil [2014.”
1944 – William Sanderson, appeared on the HBO series “True Blood,” “Blade Runner,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance,” “Man’s Best Friend,” “Skeeter” and “Beyond the Wall of Sleep.”
1942 – Walter Hill, producer/director/writer whose credits include “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien Covenant,” and its sequels as well as the TV series “Tales From the Crypt.”
1930 – Elaine Devry, actress in “Diary of a Madman” and “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.”
1927 – Lee Philips, directed the TV Movies “The Spell,” “The Stranger Within,” appeared in “Violent Midnight,” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “One Step Beyond.”
1919 – Amzie Strickland, appeared in “Hold That Ghost,” “Curse of the Undead,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre,” “The Twilight Zone” and “One Step Beyond.”
1908 – Bernard Lee, actor in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and “The Brain.”
1883 – Francis X. Bushman, starred in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.”
1881 – Harry Redmond Sr., special effects for “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Son of Kong.”
DIED ON JANUARY 10
2025 – Christopher Benjamin, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Late Night Horror,” “Thriller,” “Armchari Thriller” and “She-Wolf of London.”
2024 – Conrad E. Palmisano, stunts for “Werewolves on Wheels,” “Ants!,” “Jennifer [1978],” “Piranha,” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Alligator,” “The Howling,” “Christine,” “Jason Goes to Hell” and more.
2024 – Tisa Farrow, actress in “Zombie [1979],” “The Grim Reaper” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
2024 – Peter Crombie, actor in “The Blob [1988],” “Se7en [1995]” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “House of Frankenstein [1997].”
2024 – Janusz Majewski, director/writer for “Markheim (short),” 3 episodes of “Theatre Macabre” as well as the TV Movies “Boarded Window” and “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether.”
2022 – Dennis Budimir, musician/guitar for “Jaws 2” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
2022 – Nicholas Donnelly, actor in “Venom [1981],” “Don’t Open Till Christmas” and “Lifeforce.”
2022 – Joyce Eliason, screenwriter for the TV Movie “To Save a Child.”
2022 – Gary Waldhorn, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”
2022 – Peter Pereira, special effects for “Saaya” and “Suryavanshi.”
2021 – Julie Strain, actress in “Love Bites,” “Psycho Cop Returns,” “Sorceress,” “Ride with the Devil,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “How to Make a Monster,” “Birth Rite,” Zombiegeddon” and many more.
2020 – Neda Arnerić, appeared in “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Dark Echoes” and “Full Moon Over Belgrade.”
2019 – Ron Smith – Comic Book Penciler/ Inker – “666: Mark of the Beast #11, #18.”
2018 – William Whitton, appeared in “Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural” and “The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals.”
2015 – George Dickerson, actor in “Psycho II” and “Terrifying Tales.”
2010 – Juliet Anderson, starred in “The Beast That Killed Women” and “Tattoo Vampire.”
2008 – Maili Nurmi a.k.a. “Vampira” co-starred in the infamous “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
2007 – Carlo Ponti, producer for “Oasis of Fear,” “Torso,” “Flesh for Frankenstein,” “Blood for Dracula” and “Killer Fish.”
2005 – Bunty Webb, actress in “Deadline,” “Deadly Eyes,” “Curtains,” “American Nightmare” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2000 – John Newland, director for “Crawlspace,” “The Legend of Hillbilly John,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Thriller” and One Step Beyond.”
1995 – Roy Ashton, a British makeup artist for “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Mummy [1959],” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll,” “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “The Ghoul,” “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “The Evil of Frankenstein” and many more.
1983 – Ewan Roberts, actor in “Curse of the Demon,” “The Day of the Triffids” and an episode of “One Step Beyond.”
1981 – Richard Boone, starred in “I Bury the Living.”
1961 – Dashiell Hammett, writer for an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JANUARY 10
The Ghost Goes West [1935]
Twisted Illusions [1985]
Black Moon Rising [1986]
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle [1992]
The Relic [1997]
Meat Clever Love [2008]
Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 [2013]
After School Massacre [2014] – Shockfest Film Festival
The Assent [2019]
The Curse of Halloween Jack [2019]
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