MARCH 29
BORN ON MARCH 29
1992 – Chris Massoglia, appeared in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “The Hole” and was a presenter at the “Scream Awards 2009.”
1982 – Chad Rook, actor in “Killer Bash – TV Movie,” “The Brotherhood IV: The Complex,” “Sleepover Nightmare,” “Texas Road,” “Hell Mary,” “Extremity,” “We Came from the Sea – short” and “Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City.”
1968 – Lucy Lawless, starred in “The Spine of Night,” “Boogeyman [2005],” “The Changeover,” “Vampire Bats – TV Movie,” “Locusts – TV Movie,” “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series” and “Salem – TV Series.”
1968 – Andrew Pyper, producer/writer for “Shock Docs – S2.E7 [2021].”
1960 – Marina Sirtis, actress in “Spectres,” “Grudge 3,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time,” “Blind Date,” “Waxwork II: Lost in Time,” “Little Dead Rotting Hood,” “Finders Keepers” and “Vampire Riderz.”
1958 – Victor Salva, wrote and directed “Clownhouse,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Jeepers Creepers II,” “Dark House,” “The Nature of the Beast” and “Rosewood Lane.”
1955 – Brendan Gleeson, starred in “Lake Placid,” “Stonehearst Asylum,” “The Village,” and “28 Days Later”.
1948 – Bud Cort, appeared in “Invader’s from Mars [1986],” “Son of the Blob,” “Brain Dead,” “Number 23″ and the TV movie “Bates Motel.”
1947 – Robert Gordon, soundtrack for “Beetlejuice” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1942 – Scott Wilson, actor in “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon,” “The Exorcist III,” “The Host,” “For Sale by Owner,” “Mother [1995],” “The Ninth Configuration,” and the TV Series The Walking Dead.”
1927 – Chris Warfield, appeared in “Dairy of a Madman” and an episode of “The Outer Limits.”
1924 – Jackie Vernon, appeared in “The Microwave Massacre.”
1920 – Albert Fennell, producer for “Peeping Tom,” “The Innocents,” “Night of the Eagle,” “Unearthly Stranger,” “And Soon the Darkness,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “The Legend of Hell House” and “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.”
1905 – Griffin Jay, screenwriter for “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “Captive Wild Woman,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Cry of the Werewolf” and “Devil Bat’s Daughter.”
1905 – Otis Garrett, editor for “Behind the Mask” and “The Vampire Bat.”
1902 – Onslow Stevens, starred in “House of Dracula,” “The Monster and the Girl” and “Them!”
1887 – Cecil Holland, makeup artist for “Go and Get It,” “The Lost World [1925]” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
DIED ON MARCH 29
2025 – Richard Chamberlain, actor in “The Swarm,” “Murder by Phone,” “The Black Ghiandola,” “Nightmare Cinema” as well as episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Thriller.”
2025 – Ángel del Pozo, actor in “Assignment Terror,” “Horror Express,” “The Killer Wore Gloves,” “Demon Witch Child” and “Leonor.”
2024 – Louis Gossett Jr., actor in “J.D.’s Revenge,” “Jaws 3-D,” “Legend of the Mummy,” “Breaking at the Edge” and 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas.”
2022 – Paul Herman, actor in “Terrified.”
2019 – Shane Rimmer, appeared in “The Hunger,” “Dark Shadows [2012]” and episodes of “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”
2012 – Luke Askew, appeared in “The Beast Within”, “Frailty”.
2007 – Calvin Lockhart, appeared in the films “The Beast Must Die,” “Predator 2″.
2006 – Henry Farrell penned the novels “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,” “How Awful About Allan,” and the screenplay for the film “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte”.
2005 – William F. Calvert, set decorator for “The Spider,” “Night of the Lepus” and the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2004 – Charles Grenzbach, sound department for “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Deadly Blessing,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “Grizzly,” “Lady in White,” “Crawlspace,” “The Strangler” and more.
1997 – Ellen Pollock, actress in “Horror Hospital [1973].”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 29
House of Horrors [1946]
Revenge of the Creature [1955]
Gorgo [1961]
Long Weekend [1978]
Don’t Answer the Phone [1980] – limited
Blood Rage [1987]
The Unborn [1991]
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute [1994] – USA video premiere
The Ghosts of Angela Webb [2005]
Black Sheep [2006]
13 Eerie [2013] – Mauvais Genre Film Festival
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MARCH 30
BORN ON MARCH 30
1990 – Cassie Scerbo, appeared in “Sharknado,” “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No!” “Sharknado: Global Swarming,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About time,” “Agoraphobia,” “Bering Sea Beast,” “Truth or Dare [2017] and was part of a song on the soundtrack for “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time:
1984 – Helena Mattsson, appeared in “Drowning Ghost,” “Species: The Awakening” and the TV Series “666 Park Avenue.”
1977 – Rebecca Love, starred in “The Hills Have Thighs,” “Cleavagefield”, “Bewitched Housewives”, “Ghost in a Teeny Bikini,” “The Witches of Breastwick 2” and “Camp Cuddly Pines: Powertool Massacre.”
1968 – Donna D’Errico, appeared in “Candyman: Day of the Dead.”
1965 – Juliet Landau, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders,” “Repossessed,” “A Place Among the Dead,” “Hack!” and “Ed Wood”.
1964 – Ian Ziering, over work for many cartoon series such as “Godzilla,” and starred in all 5 of the “Sharknado” films and the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”
1963 – Susannah Hoffmann, actress in “The Brain,” “Pay the Ghost” as well as episodes of “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Goosebumps,” “The Outer Limits” and “Slasher.”
1958 – Maurice LaMarche, voice actor for episodes of “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated,” “The Mummy,” “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman,” “Gravedale High” and more.
1957 – Paul Reiser, appeared “Aliens,” “Life After Beth,” “The Darkness,” “The Tower” and the TV Series “Stranger Things.”
1955 – Daniel Fanego, actor in “Necronomicón” and the TV Series “Epitafios.”
1950 – Robbie Coltrane, starred in “From Hell,” “Van Helsing” and “Van Helsing: The London Assignment.”
1942 – Kenneth Welsh, actor in “Phobia, “Of Unknown Origin,” “The Hideway,” “The Hound of Baskervilles – TV Movie,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Fog [2005], “ The Covenant,” “Cottage Country,” “The Void,” “Psycho Goreman” and more.
1938 – Zofia Merle, actress in the TV Movie “Pozarowisko (1969.”
1933 – Frank Novak, costume designer for the TV Movies “Deathmoon,” “Deadly Encounter” and “Are You Alone In the House?”
1930 – John Astin, who played “Gomez” on the “Addams Family” TV series, starred in “The Frighteners,” “The Return of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1930 – Rolf Harris, soundtrack/songwriter for “Wolf Creek 2 [2013].”
1922 – Turhan Bey, appeared “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “Captive Wild Woman.”
1919 – Will Hare, appeared in “Eyes of Fire,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
DIED ON MARCH 30
2025 – Lee Montague, actor in “The Legacy,” TV Movie “Jekyll and Hyde,” episodes of “Department S,” “Supernatural,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Play for Today.”
2025 – Richard Norton, actor in “Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)” and “Game of Death – The Six Doors to Hell (2024).”
2024 – Tim McGovern, visual effects for “Hideaway,” “Stigmata,” “Supernova,” “The Shaft,” “Feardotcom,” “A Sound of Thunder” and “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.”
2023 – Johan Leysen, actor in “The Johnsons,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “Tattoo,” “Grimm [2003],” “Despite the Night” and “Noise.”
2023 – Laura Gómez-Lacueva, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Zone.”
2023 – Elemér Ragályi, cinematographer for “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Dracula – Episode #1.1” and “Dracula – Episode #1.2.”
2023 – Steve Skeates, comic book writer for “The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves #2-13 (1967-1969).”
2021 – Evelyn Sakash, production manager for 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Langloliers.”
2020 – William Harrison Withers Jr., did the soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Bound in Flesh.”
2015 – Robert Z’Dar, starred in “Maniac Cop,” “Grotesque,” “Hellhole,” “The Night Stalker,” “A Blood Story,” “Soultaker,” “The Rockville Slayer” and more.
2014 – Kate O’Mara, Hammer films scream queen who appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “The Vampire Lovers.”
1995 – William Randall, sound mixer for “The Terminal Man,” “Race With the Devil,” “The Possessed [1977],” “Deathmoon,” “Summer of Fear,” “Blood Beach,” “Dead & Buried,” “Class Reunion” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
1986 – James Cagney, who portrayed Lon Chaney Sr. in the film “Man of a Thousand Faces”.
1963 – Walter Daniels, assistant director for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and production manager for “The Thing from Another World.”
1954 – Griffin Jay, screenwriter for “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “Captive Wild Woman,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Cry of the Werewolf” and “Devil Bat’s Daughter.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 30
House of Mystery [1934]
Bloodbath at the House of Death [1984] – Detroit – premiere
Beetlejuice [1988]
Transylvania Twist [1989] – NYC
Santa Sangre [1990] – Los Angeles
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss [1990] – Toronto
Cronos [1993] – USA limited
Progeny [1999]
Lord of the Vampires [2002]
Zombie Nation [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Screaming Dead [2004]
Zodiac Killer [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Ghostly Revenge [2007]
Into the Woods [2008]
Zombeavers [2014]
Witness Infection [2021]
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MARCH 31
BORN ON MARCH 31
1987 – Stephen Shields, writer for “The Hole in the Ground,” “Hunted,” “Abigail” and the TV Series “Zombie Bashers.”
1985 – Jessica Szohr, appeared in “House at the End of the Drive,” “Somebody Help Me,” “Love Bite” and “Piranha 3D.”
1983 – Melissa Ordway, appeared in “Odd Thomas” and “Escapee.”
1975 – Adam Green, directed “Hatchet,” “Hatchet 2,″ “Frozen [2010],” “Victor Crowley,” “Holliston – TV Series,” “Horrified – TV Series,” “Chillerama” and “Digging Up The Marrow.”
1950 – Gianluca Favilla, actor in “Submission of a Woman.”
1943 – Christopher Walken, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Prophecy” and its sequels, “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “The Sentinel,” “The Addiction” and more.
1929 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.
1934 – Richard Chamberlain, actor in “The Swarm,” “Murder by Phone,” “The Black Ghiandola,” “Nightmare Cinema” as well as episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Thriller”
1924 – Kathleen O’Malley, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Munsters.”
1922 – Patrick Magee, starred in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “Dementia 13,” “The Monster Club,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “Monster of Terror” and more.
1918 – Ted Post, director of the TV Movie “Five Desperate Women,”” “The Baby,” “Nightkill,” “episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1901 – Ralph Littlefield, appeared in “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man” and “Voodoo Man.”
1809 – Nikolay Gogol, writer/story for “Black Sunday,” “A Holy Place,” “Viy,” “Vedma,” “Fern Flower” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 31
2025 – Patty Maloney, actress in “The Addams Family [1991],” TV Movies “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School,” an episode of the TV Series “Amazing Stories” and Crypt Keeper Puppeteer for 5 episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”
2025 – Sian Barbara Allen, actress in “You’ll Like My Mother,” “Scream, Pretty Peggy” and “Darkroom – S1.E8.”
2024 – Barbara Rush, actress in “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Unknown” and the TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf.”
2024 – Barbara Baldavin, casting director for “Don’t Go to Sleep,” “Satan’s Princess,” appeared in “Skeeter” and an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2022 – Patrick Demarchelier, camera department for “The Believers.”
2021 – Cleve Hall, special effects for “Nightmare,” “Ghoulies,” “TerrorVision,” “Troll,” make-up department for “Nightmare Sisters,” “Book of Fire,” “MMI Crew for “Re-Animator” and many more.
2020 – Julie Bennett, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2020 – Andrew Jack, dialogue coach for “A Demon in My View,” “Paranoid,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “The Wolfman [2010]” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
2020 – Vincent Marzello, appeared in “The Witches” and episodes of the TV Series “Devil Man – Volume 1: The Birth.”
2017 – Radley Metzger, director/writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” sound department/editor for “The Flesh Eaters” and editor for “The Beach Girls and the Monster.”
2007 – Thomas Moore, produced “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [1976]” and “Mark of the Witch [1970].”
2003 – Anne Gwynne, appeared in the Universal classics “Black Friday,” “The Black Cat [1941]” [a.k.a. “The Black Cat Murders”] and “House of Frankenstein.”
1988 – Pierangelo Civera, voice dubbing for “The Conspiracy of Torture,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and appeared in “Nightmare City.”
1973 – George Woodbridge, appeared in “Tower of Terror,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Jack the Ripper [1959],” “The Mummy [1959].” “The Flesh and the Fiends,” “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Reptile”, and many more.
1951 – Ralph Forbes, appeared in the 1939 versions of “The Tower of London,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.
1952 – Roland West, starred in “The Monster,” “The Bat” and “The Bat Whispers.”
1855 – Charlotte Brontë, writer for “I Walked with a Zombie” and 1 episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 31
Murders in the Zoo [1933]
Hound of the Baskervilles [1939]
The Ambulance [1990]
Dog Soldiers [2002]
Slither [2006]
Autopsy [2008] – USA DVD premiere
Satanic Panic [2019]
Malum [2023] – Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival
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