In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want accolades and glory, just enough to be remembered, The Horror Times recognizes their contributors to this great genre each month.
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DECEMBER 2
Lesley Walker
July 1945 – December 2, 2025
Editor:
The Night Digger [1971]
Mary Reilly [1996]
The Brothers Grimm [2005]
Tideland [2005]
DECEMBER 3
Steve Cropper
October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025
Musician: Lead Guitar:
Vampires [1998]
Epy Kusnandar
May 1, 1964 – December 3, 2025
Actor:
Takut: Faces of Fear (2008)
The ABCs of Death [2012]
V/H/S/2 [2013]
Killers [2014]
The 3rd Eye [2017]
Rumah Kentang: The Beginning (2019)
The Returning Dead [2025]
Theodor Pistek
October 25, 1932 – December 3, 2025
Costume Designer:
Ferat Vampire [1982]
DECEMBER 4
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
September 27, 1950 – December 4, 2025
Actor:
Spellbinder [1988]
Not of This World [1991] – TV Movie
Poltergeist: The Legacy – S3.E17 [1998]
Vampires [1998]
Ghost Voyage [2008] – TV Movie
The Tomb [2009]
Ninja Apocalypse [2014]
Sky Sharks [2020]
Roger Lumont
February 21, 1934 – December 4, 2025
Actor:
Litan [1982]
The Murders in the Rue Morgue [1986] – TV Movie
DECEMBER 5
Josh Becker
August 17, 1958 – December 5, 2025
Director/Writer:
Sam Rami Early Shorts [1985]
Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except [1985]
Spine Chillers – TV Series (3 episodes)
Alien Apocalypse [2005]
Actor:
It’s Murder! [1977]
The Evil Dead [1981]
Evil Dead II [1987]
Army of Darkness [1992]
Mosquito [1994]
DECEMBER 8
Gordon Goodwin
December 30, 1954 – December 8, 2025
Composer:
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! [1978]
Masato Harada
July 3, 1949 – December 8, 2025
Director/Writer:
Inugami (2001)
The Suicide Song (2007)
Eila Roine
November 26, 2025 – December 8, 2025
Actress:
The Book of Fate [2003]
Il-bong Yun
March 1, 1934 – December 8, 2025
Actor:
Fidelity (1974)
Chobun (1977)
Suddenly in the Dark – aka Obsession (1981)
DECEMBER 9
Jeff Wexler
April 18, 1947 – December 9, 2025
Sound Mixer:
Private Parts [1972]
Invasion of the Bee Girls [1973]
The Vanishing [1993]
Dracula: Dead and Loving It [1995]
Independence Day [1996]
Kim Ji-mee
July 15, 1940 – December 9, 2025
Actress:
The Gates of Hell (1962)
Woman of Fire ’82 (1982)
Béatrice Picard
July 3, 1929 – December 9, 2025
Actress:
Le scaphandrier – aka Death Dive (2015)
DECEMBER 10
Jim Ward
May 19, 1959 – December 10, 2025
Voice Actor:
The Mummy – S1.E7 (2001)
Return of Castle Wolfenstein (2001) – Video Game
The Thing (2002) – Video Game
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003) – Video Game
Doom 3 (2004) – Video Game
Painkiller (2004) – Video Game
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004) – Video Game
Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005) – Video Game
Killer7 (2005) – Video Game
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) – Video Game
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009) – Video Game
Resident Evil: The Mercinaries 3D (2011) – Video Game
Chillerama (2011)
The Thing: Remastered (2004) – Video Game
Jeffrey Garcia
May 3, 1975 – December 10, 2025
Actor:
Cursed Part 3 [2000] – Short
Richard Grégoire
May 18, 1944 – December 10, 2025
Composer:
Witchboard III: The Possession [1995]
DECEMBER 11
May Britt
March 22, 1934 – December 11, 2025
Actress:
Haunts [1976]
Susana Rossberg
September 22, 1945 – December 11, 2025
Editor:
The Lonely Killers [1972]
Script Continuity:
Mama Dracula [1980]
DECEMBER 12
Susie Figgis
March 24, 2025 – December 12, 2025
Casting Director:
The Company of Wolves [1984]
Interview with the Vampire [1994]
Sleepy Hollow [1999]
The Omen [2006]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007]
Dark Shadows [2012]
Byzantium [2012]
Adolfo Fernández
May 25, 1958 – December 12, 2025
Actor:
When Angels Sleep [2018]
Peter Greene
October 8, 1965 – December 12, 2025
Actor:
War of the Worlds [2005]
Dead & Deader [2006] – TV Movie
Clown [2008] – Short
DECEMBER 14
Rob Reiner
March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025
Director:
Misery [1990]
Michele Reiner
March 3, 1955 – December 14, 2025
Special Photographer:
Misery [1990]
Anthony Geary
May 29, 1947 – December 14, 2025
Actor:
Blood Sabbath [1972]
The Wide World of Mystery – S2.E30 [1974]
The Wide World of Mystery – S4.E14 [1975]
Night Life [1989]
High Desert Kill [1989] – TV Movie
Ryo Ishihara
March 31, 1931 – December 14, 2025
Voice Actor:
Dracula [1980] – TV Movie
DECEMBER 15
Joe Ely
February 9, 1947 – December 15, 2025
Actor/Music Mixer:
Blood Trail [2005]
DECEMBER 16
Gil Gerard
January 23, 1943 – December 16, 2025
Actor:
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century [1979-1981] – TV Series
- Space Vampire Episode [1980]
The Stepdaughter [2000]
Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre! [2007] – Short
Bone Eater [2007] – TV Movie
Reptisaurus [2009] – TV Movie
Dire Wolf [2009]
Ghost Town [2009] – TV Movie
Blood Fare [2012]
Bob Burns, III
May 12, 1935 – December 16, 2025
Actor:
The Monster [1953 – Short
Invasion of the Saucer Man [1957]
Shock Theater [1957-1961] – TV Series
Wrath of the Sun Demon [1965] – Short
The Naked Monster [2005]
The Vampires Hunters Club [2001]
King Kong [2005]
Fire City: End of Days [2015]
Special Effects:
Not of This Earth [1957]
Scared to Death [1980]
Additional Crew:
It Conquered the World [1956]
It! The Terror from Beyond Space [1958]
DECEMBER 17
Juli Erickson
December 4, 1939 – December 17, 2025
Actress:
Legend of the Phantom Rider [2002]
Boggy Creek [2010]
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning [2012]
Let There Be Zombies [2014]
The Shadow People [2017]
Howlers [2019]
Rosa von Praunheim
November 25, 1942 – December 17, 2025
Director/Writer/Producer:
Horror Vacui (1984)
DECEMBER 18
Helen Siff
June 2, 1937 – December 18, 2025
Actress:
White Dog [1982]
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – S2.E9 [1998]
DECEMBER 19
James Ransone
June 2, 1979 – December 19, 2025
Actor:
Prom Night [2008]
Sinister [2012]
Kristy [2014]
Conventional [2015] – Short
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two [2015]
Sinister 2 [2015]
Deadwax – S1.E1 [2018]
Family Blood [2018]
It: Chapter Two [2019]
50 States of Fright – S1.E7 & E8 [2020]
What We Found [2020]
The Black Phone [2021]
V/H/S/85 [2023]
Black Phone 2 [2025]
Lorraine Cheshire
August 15, 1960 – December 19, 2025
Actress:
Chatroom [2010]
DECEMBER 20
Celso Bugallo
January 1, 1947 – December 20, 2025
Actor:
The Apostle [2012]
Last Stop: Rocafort St. [2024]
DECEMBER 22
Chris Rea
March 4, 1951 – December 22, 2025
Composer:
Cross Country [1983]
Into the Darkness [1986]
Soundtrack:
Basic Instinct [1992] (Looking for Summer)
Uwe Kockisch
January 31, 1944 – December 22, 2025
Actor:
Mysterious Friends [2003]
DECEMBER 24
Mohammad Bakri
November 27, 1953 – December 24, 2025
Actor:
The Mummy Lives [1994]
DECEMBER 25
Perry Bamonte
Keyboardist & Guitarist for The Cure
September 3, 1960 – December 25, 2025
Soundtrack/Writer:
The Crow [1994] (Burn)
American Psycho [2000] (Watching Me Fall)
iZombie – S2.E5 [2015] (Friday I’m In Love)
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
January 9, 1949 – December 25, 2025
Actress:
Killer Spider [2020]
DECEMBER 28
Brigitte Bardot
September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025
Actress:
Spirits of the Dead [1968]
DECEMBER 29
Carmen De Lavallade
March 6, 1931 – December 29, 2025
Actress:
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1953]
DECEMBER 30
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
September 13, 1954 – December 30, 2025
Actor:
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]
1408 [2007]
The Mist [2017] – TV Series
Corporate Animals [2019]
Cocaine Bear [2023]
DECEMBER 31
Candy Raymond
May 1, 1950 – December 31, 2025
Actress:
The Plumber [1979]