MARCH 15
BORN ON MARCH 15
1992 – Sosie Bacon, actress in “Smile,” the short “Keep Coming Back” and 4 episodes “Scream: The TV Series.”
1985 – Kellan Lutz, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “Ghosts of Goldfield,” “The Forgotten Ones,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010]” and “7 Guardians of the Tomb.”
1979 – Pollyanna McIntosh, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Tales of Halloween,” “The Blood Lands,” “Let Us Prey,” “The Woman,” “Offspring” and more.
1963 – Greg Nicotero, executive producer and head of makeup FX for “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” and also directed “Creepshow – TV Series.”
1959 – Renny Harlin, director/writer/producer of “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “The Covenant,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “Deep Blue Sea.”
1957 – Park Overall, actress in “The Vanishing.”
1957 – Sergio Stivaletti, Italian makeup FX for “Phenomena,” “Demons [1985],” “Cemetery Man,” “Demons 2,″ “Opera,” “The Church” and many more.
1955 –Dee Snider, writer/producer/composer, and star of the film “Strangeland.”
1954 – Craig Wasson, starred in “Ghost Story,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors” and “Body Double.”
1950 – Harry Bromley Davenport, director of “Xtro,” “Xtro II: the Second Encounter,” “Xtro 3: Watch the Skies,” appeared in “Zombie Infection,” “Tumors 2,” “Andrey Iskanov’s Breaking Uroboros” and “Freak in the Basement.”
1945 – Robert Lewis Bush, costumer department for “They Live,” “Body Bags – TV Movie,” “In the Mount of Madness,” “Ghosts of Mars” and 6 episodes of the TV Series “The Nightmare Room.”
1943 –David Cronenberg, directed “Rabid,” “The Dead Zone,” “Videodrome,” “Shivers,” “Dead Ringers,” “Scanners,” “The Fly [1986]” and more.
1942 – Wayland Holyfield, soundtrack/songwriter for “Halloween Kills (Could I Have This Dance?).”
1940 – Phil Lesh (founding member of The Grateful Dead), soundtrack for “The Twilight Zone [1985-1989] – opening theme music.”
1934 – Roger Marshall, screenwriter for “Theatre of Death,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!” and an episode of the TV Series “Shadows.”
1926 – Mort Rabinowitz, production designer for “The Funhouse” and “Salem’s Lot – TV Mini-Series.”
1921 – Joseph W. Sarno, director of “Sin You Sinners (uncredited),” “The Devil’s Plaything” and “Helgeran.”
1919 – Lawrence Tierney, appeared in the films “The Ghost Ship [1943],” “The Prowler” and “Silver Bullet”.
1893 – Arthur Hornblow Jr., producer for “The Cat and the Canary [1939]” and “The Ghost Breakers [1940].”
DIED ON MARCH 15
2025 – Wings Hauser, actor in “Mutant,” “The Wind,” “Nightmare at Noon,” “The Carpenter [1988],” “Pale Blood,” “Mind, Body & Soul,” “Watchers III,” “Tales from the Hood,” “The Ruining” and Rubber.”
2025 – Delia Razon, actress in “Satur,” “Taong Paniki,” “The House in the Woods” and “The 13th Chapter.”
2024 – Maria Chwalibóg, actress in “Mother Joan of the Angels (1961).”
2024 – Emmet Bergin, actor in “The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971).”
2023 – Sameer Kakkar, appeared in “Mahal – aka The Mansion” and “The Zee Horror Show – Episode: Dastak.”
2022 – Arturo Bonín, actor in “Grey Fire” and “On the 3rd Day.”
2022 – Anneli Sauli, actress in “Dead Eyes of London” and “The Terror of Doctor Mabuse.”
2021 – Yaphet Kotto, appeared in “Alien,” “Tomorrow’s a Killer,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “The Puppet Masters” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2020 – Roy Hudd, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968]” and “Jack, the Last Victim [2005].”
2009 – Ron Silver, who co-starred in the films “Silent Rage” and “The Entity”.
2007 – Alice Backes, starred in TV series “The Munsters,” “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2007 – Stuart Roseneberg, directed “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2004 – Chuck Niles, appeared in “Invisible Invaders,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Nightmare Circus”.
2004 – Philippe Lemaire, actor in “Spirits of the Dead” and “The Blood Rose.”
2001 – Ann Sothern, actress in “The Manitou,” “The Killing Kind,” “Lady in a Cage” and an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1995 – Lenita Lane, actress in “Murder by the Clock,” “The Mad Magician” and “The Bat [1959].”
1984 – Kay Harding, appeared in “The Mummy’s Curse,” “Ghost Catchers,” “The Scarlet Claw” and “Weird Woman.”
1969 – Francisco Reiguera, appeared in “The Brainiac,” “Mysteries of Black Magic,” “The Mark of Satan” and the TV Series “The Mummies of Guanajuato.”
1969 – Miles Malleson, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dead of Night,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “The Queen of Spades,” ”The Brain” and “Thark.”
1964 – Paul Cavanagh, who played in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”
1937 – H.P. Lovecraft, many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 15
Plan 9 from Outer Space [1957]
Terror of the Tongs [1961]
Frankenstein Created Woman [1967] – Vancouver, British Columbia
Gamera vs Gyaos [1967]
Terror of Mechagodzilla [1975]
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death [1989]
Robot Carnival [1991] – NYC & San Francisco
Resident Evil [2002]
Dead Birds [2005] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Reeker [2005]
Wolfsbayne [2005]
Bitten [2008] – USA – TV premiere
Only Go There at Night [2008] – USA – DVD premiere
Collar [2014] – Chicago
Spirit in the Woods [2014] – South by Southwest Film Festival
Terrifier [2016]
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MARCH 16
BORN ON MARCH 16
1990 – Justin Hoffmeister, actor in “Rosewood Lane,” “Thirteen,” “Taught in Cold Blood,” “Flight 666,” “Tales of Frankenstein” and an episode of “My Haunted House.”
1986 – Alexandra Daddario, appeared in “Bereavement,” “Texas Chainsaw [2013],” “We Summon the Darkness,” “Burying the Ex,” “The Attic” “American Horror Story – TV Series” and more.
1981 – Joe Egender starred in the films “April Fool’s Day [2008],” “Hunger [2009],” “The Frankenstein Theory,” “Mercy,” “The Diabolical” and “The Hamiltons.”
1975 – Sienna Guillory, starred in “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “Don’t Hang Up,” “Meg 2: The Trench,” episodes of the TV Series “Fortitude,” ”The Wicked Within” and more.
1971 – Alan Tudyk, appeared in “V – TV Series,” “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet.”
1964 – Gore Verbinski, directed “The Ring,” “A Cure for Wellness” and “Terrifying Tales.”
1961 – Todd McFarlane, comic artist and owner of McFarlane toys including the TV Series “Monsterama [2004-2005].”
1959 – Scott L. Schwartz, actor in “Shock ‘Em Dead,” “Blood Ranch,” “Jurassic Predator: Xtinction” and the short “The Drifter [2005].”
1952 – Irwin Keyes, appeared in “The Exterminator,” “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “Disturbed,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Asylum,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Horror High,” “Dahmer vs. Gacy” and more.
1950 – Kate Nelligan, appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Wolf” and “Fatal Instinct”.
1949 – Erik Estrada, appeared in “Chupacabra vs. the Alamo,” “King Cobra,” “Alien Seed,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker [TV Series]” and more.
1949 – Joseph Pilato, starred in “Day of the Dead [1985],” “Wishmaster,” “The Ghouls” and “Alienator.”
1938 – Elizabeth MacLennan, actress in “Hands of the Ripper” and “The House in Nightmare Park.”
1930 – Masaya Takahashi, appeared in “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell” and “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: The Giant Monsters’ General Offensive.”
1926 – Jerry Lewis, starred in “Scared Stiff.”
1920 – Leo McKern, starred in “X-The Unknown,” “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” and “Damien: The Omen II.”
1916 – Mercedes McCambridge, provided the voice of the demon “Pazuzu” in the film “The Exorcist.”
1909 – Norman Stuart, appeared in the movie “Arnold.”
1893 – Lu Juergens, appeared in “The Hound of Baskerville – Part 6: The House Without Windows.”
DIED ON MARCH 16
2025 – Émilie Dequenne, actress in “Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)” and “La meute – aka The Pack (2010).”
2023 – Sharon Acker, appeared in “Happy Birthday to Me” and “The Unforeseen – Episode: Shelter for the Night.”
2023 – Peter Hardy, actor in “The Ripper [1997].”
2022 – Bobby Weinstein, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005].”
2022 – Walter Coblenz, producer of “Strange Invaders.”
2022 – Włodzimierz Nowak, actor in “The Hourglass Sanatorium.”
2022 – Evgeniy Sytyy, actor in “Gogol. Viy” and “Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion – Episode: 7505:800.”
2021 – Minako Shiba, animation department for “Darkside Blues” and the TV Series “Red Garden.”
2020 – Stuart Maxwell Whitman, appeared in “Sandman,” “Deadly Intruder,” “Vultures,” “The Monster Club,” “Demonoid,” “Eaten Alive,” “The Cat Creature,” “Night of the Lepus” and many more.
2019 – Larry DiTillio, Writer for various episodes of “Deadly Nightmares” and “The Hidden Room.”
2019 – Richard Erdman, appeared in episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Matinee Theatre,” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2019 – Tom Hatten, appeared in “I Saw What You Did,” and episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.”
2007 – Cletus Anderson, production designer and special effects for “Creepshow,” “Day of The Dead,” and “Night of the Living Dead [1990].”
2015 – Norm Gray, assistant director for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” and “No Place to Hide.”
2013 – Paul Cook, actor in “Damien: Omen II.”
2005 – Anthony George, played “Burke Devlin” and “Jeremiah Collins” in “Dark Shadows”.
2000 – Lothrop B. Worth, cinematographer for “Gog,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and 3-D consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1984 – Shug Fisher, appeared in “The Ghost of Cypress Swamp”, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series” and “The Giant Gila Monster.”
1968 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Return of the Vampire,” “Cry of the Werewolf,” “The Soul of a Monster,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Giant Claw,” “20 Million Miles to Earth” and more.
1956 – Charles Lang, sound department for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Mysterious Doctor.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 16
The Monster [1925]
The House of Fear [1945]
The Crazies [1973]
The Vault of Horror [1973] – NYC
Theater of Blood [1973] – Toronto
Tourist Trap [1979]
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money [1999]
Ravenous [1999] – USA premiere
Dead & Breakfast [2004]
Fido [2006]
Dead Silence [2007]
S.A.R.S [2010]
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [2006] – USA limited
Vampire Killers [2009]
Infliction [2014] – Germany: Weekend of Fear
Nest of Vampires [2021] – Canada – internet
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MARCH 17
BORN ON MARCH 17
1986 – Olesya Rulin, appeared in “Vampire Chicks with Chainsaws” and “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.”
1976 – Brittany Daniel, appeared in “Club Dread” and “The Hamiltons [2006].”
1975 – Gina Holden, appeared in “Final Destination 3,” “Aliens vs Predators: Requiem,” “Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Sand Sharks,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” ”Avalanche Sharks” and starred in the TV series “Blood Ties.”
1973 – Ashley Lynn Caputo, appeared in “Death-Scort Service,” “Slasher Weekend,” “American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore,” “Amerikan Holokaust,” and “Joe Vampire.”
1964 – Rob Lowe, starred in “Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming,” “The Bad Seed [2018],” the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the 2004 TV mini-series version “Salem’s Lot.”
1964 – Victor McGuire, actor in “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “The Task” and “The Woman in Black.”
1957 – Laurene Landon, appeared in “Full Moon High,” “The Stuff,” “It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive,” “The Ambulance,” “Maniac Cop,” “Maniac Cop 2″ and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”
1955 – Gary Sinise, starred in the TV mini-series “The Stand” “Mission to Mars,” “The Green Mile” and “The Forgotten.”
1954 – Lesley-Anne Down, appeared in “Countess Dracula,” “From Beyond the Grave” and “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1951 – Kurt Russell, starred in the films “Escape From New York,” “Escape from L.A.,” “Grindhouse,” “The Thing [1982],” “Bone Tomahawk,” and “Death Proof.”
1936 – Patty Maloney, actress in the TV Movies “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School,” and puppeteer for 5 episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”
1934 – Tom Pace, actor in “The Astro-Zombies,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1930 – Guy C. Verhille, costume designer for “Shanks,” “Bug” and “Snowbeast.”
1923 – Eiji Funakoshi, appeared in “Gamera” and “Gamera vs. Gurion.”
1900 – Alfred Newman, composer for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939],” composer/stock music for “The Lodger [1944]” and “The Gorilla.”
DIED ON MARCH 17
2023 – Lance Reddick, actor in “Remains,” “Monster Party,” “The Domestics,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story,” “Castlevania,” “Resident Evil” and “From Now.”
2023 – Hal Dresner, screenwriter for “Sssssss” and 3 episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2022 – Peter Bowles, actor in “Endless Night,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Stigma – TV Movie,” episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “Thriller” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
2021 – Antón García Abril, composer for “Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf,” “Tombs of the Blind Dead,” “Curse of the Devil,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “The Monk,” “Island of the Doomed” and many more.
2020 – Lyle Wesley Waggoner, appeared in “Love Me Deadly [1972],” Danger USA [1989],” Murder Weapon [1989]” and “Dream a Little Evil.”
2019 – Kenneth Bald, Comic Book Artist for “Dark Shadows [1996],” “Haunted Love #1,” and many others
2019 – Norman Hollyn, Editor for “Quicksilver Highway,” “Under Wraps,” and “Jack in the Box.”
2017 – Robert Day, director for “The Haunted Strangler,” “Corridors of Blood,” “First Man Into Space,” TV Movies “Ritual of Evil” and the “The Initiation of Sarah.”
2011 – Ferlin Husky, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House.”
2011 – Michael Gough, appeared in “Horror of Dracula,” “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “Konga,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962],” “Black Zoo,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Skull,” “Sleepy Hollow [1999]” and many more.
2007 – Freddie Francis, directed the films “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “The Ghoul,” “The Evil Of Frankenstein,” “Tales from The Crypt [1972]” and more.
1993 – Skip Young, appeared in the 1957 version of “Earth vs. the Spider” and “Lobster Man from Mars”.
1992 – Jack Arnold, directed “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Island Earth,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Monster on Campus,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and Tarantula [1955].
1989 – Merritt Butrick, appeared in “Death Spa,” “From the Dead of Night” and “Fright Night Part 2”.
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 17
Mystery of the White Room [1939]
Blood Legacy [1971]
Blood and Lace [1971] – NYC premiere
Godzilla vs. Megalon [1973] – Japan
Flesh For Frankenstein [1974]
Leviathan [1989]
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh [1995]
The Exorcist [1973] – 2000 re-release
Final Destination [2000]
The Zodiac [2005] – USA limited
Alien Presence [2009]
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MARCH 18
BORN ON MARCH 18
1994 – Shay Hatten, producer/writer for an episode of the TV Series “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and screenwriter for “Army of the Dead.”
1989 – Lily Collins, appeared in “Priest” and “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
1981 – Paul Davis, directed “Patient Seven” and producer for the TV Series “Into the Dark.”
1980 – Sophia Myles, appeared in the films “From Hell,” “The Damned,” ”Dracula [2006],” “Blackwood,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution” and the TV Series “Moonlight.”
1959 – Luc Besson, producer for “Frontier[s]” and “The Secret.”
1950 – Brad Dourif, starred “The Exorcist III,” “Alien: Resurrection,” “Pulse,” “Halloween [2007],” “Graveyard Shift,” “Body Parts,” “Wildling,” “Child’s Play [1988],” “Urban Legend,” “The Control Group” and many others.
1950 – J.G. Hertzler, actor in “The Prophecy II” and “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
1946 – Jussuf Koschier, production manager for 7 episodes of “Frankenstein’s Aunt.”
1945 – Robert Swann, appeared in “Girly,” “The Creeping Flesh” and the TV Movie “Daemon.”
1945 – Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “The Demolitionist,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Night Warning,” “The Offspring” and “Rockula.”
1939 – Corrado Farina, director/writer/actor for “Hanno cambiato faccia” and “Baby Yaga.”
1938 – Carl Gottlieb, wrote the screenplay for “Jaws”, “Jaws 2″, and “Jaws 3-D.”
1926 – Peter Graves, starred in “Attack of the Killer B-Movies,” “It Conquered the World,” “Beginning of the End,” “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Clonus Horror,” “Killers from Space,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999] and many more.
1901 – Dan Dowling, uncredited actor in “The Seventh Victim” and “House of Wax [1953].”
1886 – Edward Everett Horton, appeared in “The Terror,” episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
1885 – Robert Emmett O’Connor, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1876 – Frank Darien, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Mad Love,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Bluebeard.”
DIED ON MARCH 18
2025 – Yôko Kawanami, voice actress for episodes of the TV Series “Monster Kid,” “Phantom Quest Corp,” “Ogre Slayer” and “Graveyard Kitaro.”
2024 – Jimmy Hastings, soundtrack/writer for “Hitchcock (Two Hearts Entwine) [2012].”
2024 – Jennifer Leak, actress in “Eye of the Cat,” “The Photographer” and “The Incubus.”
2024 – Kevin Toney, soundtrack for “Darkness Reigns (Endless Night Music) [2018].”
2023 – Gloria Dea, actress in “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
2022 – Seth Willenson, producer for “Beneath Loch Ness,” “Sabretooth – TV Movie,” “Mimesis” and “The Dark Below.”
2019 – John Carl Buechler, directed “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Troll,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Deep Freeze,” “The Eden Formula – TV Movie,” “Saurian – TV Movie,” and acted in many others.
2016 – Joe Santos, appeared in “A Knife for the Ladies” and an episode of the “Twilight Zone.”
2010 – Fess Parker, a bit part in the 1954 sci-fi classic “Them!.”
2009 – Natasha Richardson, portrayed Mary Shelly in the film “Gothic.”
2008 – Anthony Minghella, screenwriter for “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
2006 – André Szöts, directed “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
2002 – Denis Forest, appeared in the TV mini-series “Storm of the Century,” and episodes of the TV shows “The X-Files,” “War of The Worlds” and “Friday the 13th, the series.”
2000 – André Szöts, director of “Grizzly II: Revenge.”
1982 – Alan Badel, actor in “Three Cases of Murder” and “Children of the Damned.”
1970 – William Beaudine, directed “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” “The Ape Man,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 18
Frankenstein [1910]
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1920] – NYC premiere
The Flesh Eaters [1964]
Werewolf Woman [1976] – Italy
American Nightmare [1983]
Mother’s Boys [1994]
Bloodthirst: Legend of the Chupacabras [2003]
Rise of the Chupacabras [2003]
The Ring Two [2005]
The Deaths of Ian Stone [2008] – USA & Canada DVD premiere
Unearthed [2008] – USA [DVD premiere]
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave [2008]
Laid to Rest [2009]
Hellraiser: Revelations [2011] – Culver City, CA
Dark Feed [2013] – DVD Premiere
X [2022]
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MARCH 19
BORN ON MARCH 19
1990 – Dakota Pike, appeared in “Eat [2014].”
1976 – Erik Kristopher Myers, producer for “Butterfly Kisses” and editor for “8 Ball Clown.”
1976 – Rachel Blanchard, appeared in “Snakes on a Plane,” “The Rage: Carrie 2″ and the 1988 TV series “War of the Worlds.”
1964 – Jake Weber, starred in “Dawn of the Dead [2004],” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Cell,” the TV series “American Gothic.”
1959 – Anthony Marinelli, composer for “Graveyard Shift,” “Memory,” “Sublime,” “Grizzly Park,” “Brothel,” “Altergeist” and “Solo Respira.”
1955 – Bruce Willis, starred in “The Sixth Sense,” “Split,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Grindhouse” and “Planet Terror.”
1955 – Jack Gill, stunts for “Demonoid,” “Just Before Dawn,” “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” “Highway to Hell,” “Trauma,” “The Puppet Masters,” “End of Days,” “The Cell, “The Reaping” and more.
1953 – Jon Crispin, appeared in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
1948 – Jim Gillespie, makeup artist for “The Curse of Dracula,” “The Attic,” “Mortuary,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “The Final Terror,” “Frankenstein [1984],” “Alligator II: The Mutation” and more.
1948 – Ronnie Yeskel, casting director for Blade: Trinity,” “Devour,” “Orphan,” “Zombie Prom (short)” and an episode of “FreakyLInks.”
1947 – Glenn Close, starred in “Mars Attacks!” “Fatal Attraction,” “Mary Reilly,” “The Girl with All the Gifts” and “The Stepford Wives [2004].”
1937 – André Szöts, directed “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1937 – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, soundtrack for “The Lost Boys [1987] – (Ain’t Got No Home.)
1936 – Ursula Andress, appeared in “The 10th Victim” and “Slave of the Cannibal God”.
1932 – Gail Kobe, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits.”
1928 – Patrick McGoohan, starred in “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh”, “Scanners” and “The Phantom.”
1914 – Fred Clark, starred in “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb” and “Zotz.”
1909 – Louis Hayward, starred in “The Son of Dr. Jekyll” and “Terror in the Wax Museum.”
1907 – Kent Smith, starred in “Cat people [1942],” “Curse of the Cat People” and TV series such as “The Outer limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1906 – Roy Roberts, actor in “House of Wax [1953],” episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Munsters” and “The Addams Family.”
1885 – Tod Slaughter, starred in “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “The Face at the Window” and “Horror Maniacs.”
DIED ON MARCH 19
2025 – Jack Lilley, stunts for “Lucky Stiff,” “Army of Darkness,” “Man’s Best Friend,” Animal Trainer for the short “The Wretched Prologue.”
2024 – M. Emmet Walsh, actor in “Critters,” “Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat,” “Relative Fear,” “The Lottery,” “Your Name Here,” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “The X-Files,” “Night Visions” and more.
2024 – Dianne Crittenden, casting director for “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Monkey Shines” and “Captivity [2007].”
2022 – Alan Hopgood, actor in “Road Games.”
2021 – Gary Leib, visual effects for “Love God.”
2021 – Carlos Rivkin, costume department for “The Raven [2012].”
2020 – Nazzareno Zamperla, stuntman for “Demons 2,” “The Spider Labyrinth” and “Cemetery Man.”
2019 – Clinton Greyn, appeared in an episode of “Department S.”
2009 – Harry Harris, directed episodes of the TV show “Lost in Space.”
2007 – Calvert DeForest, appeared in “My Demon Lover” and “Freaked.”
2001 – Norman Mitchel, actor in “Carry On Screaming!,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “Revenge of Billy the Kid” and Lighthouse.”
1998 – Taggart Casey, appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “It Conquered the World.”
1992 – Cesare Danova, appeared in “Tentacles,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “Chamber of Horrors” and more.
1989 – Charles Lamb, who has appeared in the films “Jack the Ripper,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Quatermass and the Pit.”
1986 – Jon Lormer, appeared in “Two on a Guillotine,” “The Boogens,” “Creepshow,” episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Thriller” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1979 – John Tate, actor in “Day of the Triffids.”
1985 – Anthony Nelson Keys, produced the Hammer films “Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Mummy” and “Curse of the Werewolf.”
1949 – Wheeler Oakman, actor in “Torture Ship” and “The Ape Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 19
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1921]
Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954]
Birds II: Land’s End [1994] – TV Movie
The Void [2001] – USA video premiere
Urban Nightmare [2003]
Dawn of the Dead [2004]
Repo Men [2010]
Book of Monsters [2018]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come [2026]
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MARCH 20
BORN ON MARCH 20
1995 – Samantha Weinstein, actress in “Carrie [2013],” “Haunter,” Swamred – TV Movie” and “Darknet – Episode: Darknet 3.”
1983 – Michael Cassidy, appeared in “Hypochondriac,” “Army of the Dead,” “Night of the Living Deb” and an episode of “Into the Dark.”
1979 – Bianca Lawson, also appeared in episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and in the films “Supergator,” “Big Monster on Campus” and “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Jane March, appeared in “Jack the Giant Killer,” “Stalker,” “Dark Realm – TV Series,” “Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula” and more.
1971 – Liam Waite, appeared in “Ghosts of Mars” and the TV Movie “Vampire Bats.”
1970 – Michael Rapaport, appeared in “Deep Blue Sea,” “Kiss of the Damned” and an episode of “Night Visions.”
1967 – Marc Warren, appeared in “Hellraiser: Deader,” “Dracula – TV Movie” and an episode of “Twisted Tales.”
1964 – Stephen Sommers, wrote and directed “The Mummy [1999],” “The Mummy Returns,” “Deep Rising,” “Old Thomas,” produced “Van Helsing,” and the series “The Mummy.”
1963 – David Thewlis, appeared in “The Omen [2006]” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996].”
1958 – Holly Hunter, appeared in the films “Copycat,” “Lost Souls” and “The Burning.”
1957 – Theresa Russell, appeared in “Tenebrae,” “The Grotesque” and “Earth vs. the Spider [2001]”.
1950 – William Hurt, starred in the films “Altered States” and “Frankenstein” TV mini-series.
1950 – Tom Towles, starred in “Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Night of the Living Dead [1990],” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1947 – Richard Dyszel, appeared in “The Alien Factor,” “Nightbeast,” “The Galaxy Invader,” “Cremains” and “Crawler.”
1942 – Michael Mundell, actor in “the Blood Beast Terror” and “Tam Lin.”
1935 – Ted Bessell, starred in “Scream, Pretty Peggy.”
1931 – Hal Linden, did the voice characterizations for the American versions of “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster” and “Destroy All Monsters.”
1927 – Luis Barboo, actor in “The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail,” “Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein,” “The Demons [1973],” “Female Vampire,” “The Loreley’s Grasp,” “Return of the Evil Dead,” “Satan’s Blood,” “The Night of the Werewolf” and more.
1922 – Jack Kruschen, appeared in “The Angry Red Planet,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders” as well as episodes of TV Series “Target,” “Darkroom” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1914 – Wendell Corey, appeared in “Rear Window,” “Women of the Prehistoric Planet” and “The Astro-Zombies.”
1913 – Judith Evelyn, appeared in “Rear Window” and “The Tingler.”
1908 – Michael Redgrave, appeared in the films “The Innocents,” “Dead of Night,” “Goodbye Gemini” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1973].”
1828 – Henrik Ibsen, used his story for an episode each of “Matinee Theatre” and ‘Vedro.”
DIED ON MARCH 20
2024 – Sten Elfström, actor in “Psalm 21 [2009].”
2024 – Winai Kraibutr, actor in “Nang Nak,” “Immortal Enemy” and “The Hotel!!”
2023 – Michael Reaves, screenwriter for several episodes of the TV Series “Monsters,” “Swamp Thing,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Teen Wolf” and the TV Movie “Full Eclipse.”
2022 – Barney Rosner, appeared in “The Private Eyes.”
2022 – Ralph Riach, actor in the TV Series “Fortitude.”
2021 – Robert Gard, appeared in the TV Movie “The Turn of the Screw: Britten.”
2021 – Mohamed Ismaïl, producer for the short “The Shadow.”
2020 – Kenny Rogers, did soundtracks for some of the episodes of “Supernatural,” “Stranger Things,” and “Nightwing.”
2020 – Dodie Warren, makeup artist for “Blood of the Iron Maiden,” script supervisor for “The Astro-Zombies” and “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils.”
2020 – Johnny Harris, composer for “Fragment of Fear,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “The Evil,” “Hotline” and “Not of This World.”
2013 – James Herbert, author who wrote such novels as “Haunted”, “Fluke”, “Deadly Eyes,” and “The Fog” [no relation to the movie from 1980], and one of his stories adapted into The Survivor [1981], among others.
2007 – John P. Ryan, starred in “It’s Alive” and “It Lives Again,” and appeared “The Class Of 1999.”
1992 – Georges Delerue, composer for “Fantômas” and “The Legend of Doom House – aka Malpertuis.”
1976 – Michael Goodliffe, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “To the Devil a Daughter” and “The Gorgon.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 20
Two Thousand Maniacs [1964]
The Final Conflict [1981]
Stripped to Kill [1987]
Basic Instinct [1992]
Body Puzzle [1992]
Shadows and Fog [1992]
Rumpelstiltskin [1996] – Japan
Wild Things [1998]
Silver Scream [2003]
Asylum [2008] – Germany
Lesbian Vampire Killers [2009]
Sewer Chewer [2010]
Spring [2014]
Exeter [2015] – Phoenix International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival
Depraved [2019]
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight [2020] – Poland (Netflix)
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MARCH 21
BORN ON MARCH 21
1985 – Elizabeth Piper S., actress in “Zombie Apocalypse,” “The Last Call,” “The Dark Offerings” and “Terrifier 2.”
1963 –Jill Schoelen, starred in “The Stepfather [1987],” “Curse II: The Bite,” “Cutting Class,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” “Popcorn” and “When a Stranger Calls Back.”
1962 – Matthew Broderick, who starred in “Godzilla [1998],” “The Stepford Wives [2004],” and the TV Series “Daybreak.”
1961 – Kassie Wesley DePaiva, known for starring in “Evil Dead II” and “We Are What We Are.”
1958 – Brad Hall, appeared in “Troll” and “The Guardian [1990].”
1958 – Gary Oldman, starred in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula [1992],” “The Unborn,” “Red Riding Hood,” “Mary” and more.
1946 –Timothy Dalton, starred in “The Doctor and the Devils,” “Possessed [2000]” and the TV Show “Penny Dreadful.”
1944 – Marie-Christine Barrault,
1927 – Harriet L. Stark, actress in “Slugs [1988].”
1911 – Charles H. Schram, Charles H. Schram, Make-up artist/special effects whose work included “The Thing with Two Heads” and the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.
1902 – Dick Tyler Sr., sound department for “The Vampire Bat,” “Condemned to Live,” “The House of Secrets,” “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Beginning of the End.”
1893 – Frank D. Williams, visual effects for “King Kong [1933]” and “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1883 – Sam Hardy, actor in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON MARCH 21
2024 – Ron Harper, actor in “Venomous,” “Glass Trap,” “The Poughkeepsie Tapes” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
2024 – Christian Rodska, appeared in “Leap in the Dark – Season 4 #5 (1980).”
2023 – Charles E. Bastien, storyboard artist for episodes of “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Freaky Stories” and production designer for the TV Series “Beetlejuice.”
2023 – Fred Florusse, actor in “Intensive Care.”
2023 – Peter Werner, director for episodes of “House of Frankenstein” and “Grimm.”
2023 – Jacques Haitkin, cinematographer for “Galaxy of Terror,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “My Demon Lover,” “To Die For,” “Shocker,” “Buried Alive,” “The Private Eyes ,” “Strays,” “The Glass Jar,” “Wishmaster,” “12 Days of Terror” and many more.
2022 – Lawrence Dane, actor in “The Clown Murders,” “Rituals,” “Happy Birthday To Me,” “Scanners,” “Of Unknown Origin,” “Bride of Chucky,” “Behind the Wall” and more.
2022 – Shinji Aoyama, director/writer/editor for “Embalming” and assistant director for “The Guard from Underground.”
2012 – Robert Fuest, director of “And Soon the Darkness,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “The Last Days of Man on Earth,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “Revenge of the Stepford Wives.”
2009 – John Franklyn-Robbins, appeared in “Asylum,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,″ “Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hyde” “The Woman in Black.”
2001 – Anthony Steele, appeared in “The Monster Club” and the TV series “Tales from The Darkside.”
2001 – Mildred Gusse, casting supervisor for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” “Locusts,” and casting director for 24 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1995 – Robert Urquhart, starred in “The Curse of Frankenstein.”
1994 – Macdonald Carey, appeared TV shows “The Outer Limits,” “Thriller” and the film “It’s Alive 3: Island of The Alive.”
1992 – John Ireland, appeared in “The Incubus,” “Sundown: The Vampire Retreat,” “I Saw What You Did,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders,” “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “The House of Seven Corpses” and more.
1985 – Michael Redgrave, appeared in the films “The Innocents,” “Dead of Night,” “Goodbye Gemini” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1973].”
1974 – Anton Grot, art director for “Mystery of the Wax Museum, “Mildred Pierce,” “Doctor X,” “The Mad Genius” and “Svengali.”
1962 – Blackie Whiteford, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Narcotic” and the short “Midnight Blunders.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 21
Le Golem [1937]
Gorath [1962] – Japan
Die! Die! My Darling! aka Fanatic [1965]
Gamera vs. Monster X [1970]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla [1974] – Japan
The Medusa Touch [1978] – Italy
Chopping Mall [1986]
Dreamcatcher [2003]
Shutter [2008]
Locked [2025]
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