JUNE 14
BORN ON JUNE 14
1989 – Courtney Halverson, actress in “Unfriended,” “Death Valley – TV Series,” “St. Agatha,” “The Open Door” and the TV Movie “Red Clover.”
1989 – Lucy Hale, appeared in “Fantasy Island,” “Truth or Dare,” “Scream 4″ and “Fear Island.”
1987 – Jordan Hayes, appeared in “House at the End of the Street,” “Exit Humanity,” “Hidden 3D,” “The Toll,” Nostrum” and the TV series “Helix.”
1978 – Diablo Cody, wrote the screenplay for and produced the film “Jennifer’s Body.”
1968 – Taylor Wily, actor in “Radical [2017].”
1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, appeared in “The Force.”
1954 – Jan Rabson, actor in “Jaws: The Revenge,” “They Live,” voice actor in “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein” and the TV Series “Creepy Crawlers.”
1954 – Will Patton, starred in “Swamp Thing – TV Series,” “Halloween [2018],” “The Devil Below,” “Boarding School,” “The Fourth Kind,” “The Mothman Prophecies,” “The Puppet Masters” and many more.
1953 – David Thomas, soundtrack/songwriter for “My Friend Dahmer [2017] – (Final Solution RFTT).”
1940 – Murray Smith, screenwriter for “Die Screaming Marianne,” “Schizo,” “The Comeback” “Hammer House of Horror – Episode: Children of the Full Moon.”
1936 – Jan Schmid, actor in “Ferat Vampire [1982].”
1924 – Larry Vincent, portrayed Los Angeles Horror Host “Seymour, the Master of the Macabre and the Epitome of Evil,” appeared in “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant,” “The Witchmaster” and “Dr Death: Seeker of Souls.”
1920 – Lowell Grant, sculptor for “Diary of a Madman [1963].”
1921 – Gene Barry, appeared in “The 27th Day” “The War of the Worlds [1953]” and “War of the Worlds” [2005] remake.
1910 – Takeo Murata, wrote the screenplays for “Godzilla [1954]” “Godzilla Raids Again” and “Rodan.”
1902 – Carl Esmond, actor in “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “The Catman of Paris” and an episode of the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
DIED ON JUNE 14
2025 – Trent Dolan, actor in “Satan’s Triangle,” “The Swarm,” “When a Stranger Calls,” “Dreamscape,” “Satan’s Princess,” TV Movies “How Awful About Allan” and “The California Kid.”
2023 – Raimondo Crociani, editor for “The Suspicious Death of a Minor [1975].”
2022 – Hamid Gurkha, actor in “Zombies from Banana Village,” “Halim Munan” and “Sofazr the Movie: Jiwa Kacau.”
2022 – Dalimil Klapka, actor/sound department for “The Painted Bird.”
2022 – Everett Peck, animation department for Extreme Ghostbusters.”
2021 – Lisa Banes, appeared in “Brothel,” “A Cure for Wellness,” TV Movies “The Presence” and “A Family Torn Apart.”
2020 – Sushant Singh Rajput, assistant director for “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”
2019 – Maurice Bénichou, actor in “Time of the Wolf.”
2014 – Francis Matthews, appeared in “Do Not Disturb”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Corridors of Blood” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein.”
2008 – Alan Wells appeared in ‘Beginning of the End,” “The Cosmic Man” and “Cape Fear” [1962].
2004 – Max Rosenberg, produced the films “Tales from The Crypt,” “Madhouse,” “The Incredible Melting Man” and “Cat People” [1982].
2002 – Albert Band, produced and directed such films as “I Bury the Living,” “Mansion of the Doomed”.
1997 – Richard Jaeckel appeared in “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Green Slime,” “Latitude Zero” and “The Dark”.
1981 – Jimmy Cross, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Munsters – TV Series,” “Day of the Nightmare,” “The Addams Family – TV Series,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 14
The Tell-Tale Heart – aka “Bucket of Blood” [1934]
The Monster That Challenged the World [1957]
Anatomy of A Psycho [1961]
The Satanist [1968]
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter [1974] – Albuquerque, NM
The Stuff [1985] – Los Angeles
Deep in the Woods [2000]
The Crow: Salvation [2000]
Scooby Doo [2002]
Piñata: Survival Island [2002]
Cthulhu [2007]
Stonehurst Asylum [2014]
The Dead Don’t Die [2019] – Shanghai International Film Festival
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JUNE 15
BORN ON JUNE 15
1971 – Bif Naked, actress in “House of the Dead” and an episode of the TV Series “The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.”
1971 – Jake Busey, appeared in “Starship Troopers,” “The Predator,” “Dead Ant,” “Most Likely to Die,” “Hitchhiker II: I’ve Been Waiting,” “The Frighteners,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.
1969 – Ice Cube, starred in “Anaconda” and “Ghosts of Mars” as well as the soundtrack for “Us,” “Anaconda,” “Blade II” and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything.”
1964 – Courtney Cox, starred in the “Scream [1996],” “Scream 2,” “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,” “Scream [2022],” “Scream VI” and the TV Series “Shining Vale.”
1963 – Helen Hunt, actress in “I See You,” “The Spell – TV Movie,” “Trancers II,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Into the Badlands – TV Movie,” as well as episodes of “Darkroom” and “The Hitchhiker.”
1960 – Shawn Nightingale, executive producer for “Big Legend [2018].”
1959 – Eileen Davidson, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row” and “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time – TV Movie.”
1956 – Robin Curtis, appeared in “Ghost Story” “Hexed,” “Dark Breed,” and “The Unborn II.”
1954 – Bedia Ener, actress in “Azazil 2: Büyü – aka Stranger’s Curse 2 (2016).”
1949 – Rick Rosenthal, director of “Halloween II [1981],” “Halloween: Resurrection,” “The Birds II: Land’s Fall,” also appeared in “Lost After Dark” and more.
1949 – Jim Varney appeared in “Blood, Friends, and Money.”
1947 – Jerry Lazarus, actor in “The Redeemer: Son of Satan!”
1947 – Richard P. Rubinstein produced many films including “Dawn of the Dead [1978] & [2004],” “Creepshow,” “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Tales From the Darkside – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “Day of the Dead,” “The Langloliers,” “The Night Flier,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie” and many more.
1945 – Joy Bang, starred in “Messiah of Evil” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1934 – William Newman, actor in “Squirm,” “Silver Bullet,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Monkey Shines,” “Leprechaun,” “The Craft,” “Devil in the Flesh 2,” “Shadow: Dead Riot” and more.
1929 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, directed “Blood Feast,” “Two Thousand Maniacs!,” “Color Me Blood Red,” “The Gruesome Twosome,” “The Wizard of Gore.” “The Gore Girls” and “Herschell Gordon Lewis’ BloodMania.”
1928 – Morgan Jones, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Not of this Earth” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1923 – Gloria Clark, appeared in “Diary of a Madman” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
DIED ON JUNE 15
2024 – Erik Canuel, director for “Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher,” episodes of the TV Series “The Hunger,” “Big Wolf on Campus” and “Being Human.”
2022 – Maureen Arthur, appeared in episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2021 – Robert Desroches, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
2020 – Lilia Dizon, appeared in “Cries of the Grave,” “World Myths” and “Truth or Imagination?”
2019 – Beatriz Salomón, actress in “Galaxy of Terror.”
2019 – Bob Dorian, appeared in “The Evil Dead [1981]” and “Evil Dead [2013].”
2016 – Lois Duncan, author of books used for the basis of “Summer of Fear – TV Movie,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Down a Dark Hall.”
2014 – Casey Kasem, provided the voice for the voice of “Shaggy” in many “Scooby-Doo” adventures.
2008 – Stan Winston, films include “Aliens,” Gargoyles [1972], “Jurassic Park III” and the “Terminator” movies.
2003 – Philip Stone, had appeared in “The Shining”, “The Phantom of the Opera – TV Movie,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “Thriller – TV Series” and many more.
2003 – Hume Cronyn, starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of The Opera.”
1996 – Fred Applegate, script department for “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” Devil’s Partner” and “Space Probe Taurus.”
1995 – Charles Bennett, wrote the screenplay for the film “Curse of the Demon.”
1993 – Ray Molyneaux, set decorator for “Homebodies” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1989 – Geoffrey Alexander, appeared in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” as well as an episode each of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown” and “The Unforeseen.”
1977 – Geoffrey Denton, actor in “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “The House in Marsh Road,” “The Snake Woman” and “Nothing But the Night.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 15
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein [1948]
Them! [1954] – Madrid, Spain
The Beast with A Million Eyes [1955]
The Island Earth [1955]
Creature of the Walking Dead [1965]
Munster Go Home [1966] – NYC
The Loreley’s Grasp [1973]
The Legend of Hell House [1973]
Tentacles [1977]
Prophecy [1979] – NYC
Dr. Jekyll’s Dungeon of Death [1979]
The Driller Killer [1979]
Honeymoon Horror [1982]
Nightmare Sisters [1988]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]
Hayride Slaughter [2001]
Autopsy: A Love Story [2002]
Scarecrow Gone Wild [2004] – New York City
Woods of Evil [2005]
His Will Be Done [2009]
Women’s Studies [2010]
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JUNE 16
BORN ON JUNE 16
1987 – Kelly Blatz, appeared in “Prom Night [2008],” “From Within,” “Simon Says,” “Hex,” “Exeter,” “The 7,” “Reaver” and episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead.”
1986 – Jessica McNamee, actress in “The Meg,” “The Loved Ones,” “Black Water: Abyss” and an episode of the TV Series “Into the Dark.”
1969 – Winai Kraibutr, actor in “Nang Nak,” “Immortal Enemy” and “The Hotel!!”
1962 – Arnold Vosloo, starred in “The Mummy [1999],” and “The Mummy Returns,” Darkman” in “Darkman II & III” “Odd Thomas,” “Buried Alive” and more.
1957 – Ian Buchanan, appeared in “The Seventh Sign.”
1955 – Laurie Metcalf, starred in “Scream 2.”
1953 – Valerie Mahaffey, actress in “The Witch Files,” TV Movie “Children of the Mist,” episodes of the TV Series “Night Visions” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1951 – Sonia Braga, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter” and in the “Tales from the Crypt” episode “This’ll Kill Ya.”
1942 – Suzan Farmer, starred in “Thriller – TV Series,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “Monster of Terror,” “The Crimson Blade” and more.
1940 – Carole Ann Ford, actress in “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “The Day of the Triffids” and “Soul’s Ark.”
1938 – Charles B. Pierce, writer and director of “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”, “The Evictors”, “Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.”
1934 – Bill Cobbs, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Tenant,” “The Final Patient,” “A House Is Not a Home,” “Vampires in Venice” and the TV Series “The Others.”
1934 – Mel Novak, actor in “Force of Darkness,” “Family Reunion,” “Vampire Assassin,” “Vampire Assassin,” “An Hour to Kill,” “Tales of Frankenstein,” “Arachnado,” “Apex Predators,” “Ebola Rex,” “Zombi VIII: Urban Decay,” “Quakeasaurus,” “Last American Horror Show: Volume II,” “Hell of the Screaming Dead,” “The Beast Beneath” and many more.
1930 – Christopher Cary, actor in “The Sword and the Sorcerer,” “Watchers” and an episode of “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
1924 – Faith Domergue, appeared in “This Island Earth,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Atomic Man.”
1923 – Joseph Lenzi, associate producer for Damien: Omen II.”
1918 – Raymond Young, appeared in “The Flesh and Blood Show,” “The House That Vanished” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown” and “Department S.”
1910 – Ilona Massey, starred in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and appeared in the film “Invisible Agent.”
1907 – Bob Bonner, camera operator/photographer for “West of Zanzibar” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1907 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried,” “Man of a Thousand Faces” as well as episodes of “Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery.”
1901 – Arthur Pierson, dialogue director for “Hangover Square [1945].”
1895 – Joseph Small, production manager for “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “Beauty and the Beast [1962],” “Tower of London,” “Diary of a Madman” and “Twice-Told Tales.”
1888 – William B. Davidson, appeared in “The Thirteenth Ghost,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Man Made Monster” and “Hold That Ghost.”
1893 – Philo McCullough, appeared in “The Ape,” “The Lodger,” “House of Wax,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “Two on a Guillotine” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
DIED ON JUNE 16
2025 – Dave Scott, choreographer for “Prom Night [2008].”
2024 – Evans Evans, actress in “Prophecy [1979]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2023 – Paxton Whitehead, actor in “My Boyfriend’s Back” and the TV Movies “Child of Darkness, Child of Light “ and “Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream.”
2023 – Angela Thorne, actress in the TV Movie “Haunted: Poor Girl” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination” and “Shades of Darkness.”
2022 – Maria Lúcia Dahl, actress in the TV Mini-Series “The Phantom of the Opera [1991].”
2022 – Gordon Peters, actor in “Feardotcom” and “Tales from the Crypt – Episode: Report from the Grave.”
2022 – Tim Sale, comic book artist for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers – short story” and “Vampirella: Rebirth #1 – short story.”
2022 – Tyler Sanders, actor in the shorts “A Shot in the Dark,” “Milk Teeth” and an episode of “Fear the Walking Dead.”
2021 – Frank Bonner, appeared in “Equinox.”
2021 – Anatoly Susekov, cinematographer for “Dominus.”
2021 – Chandrashekhar, appeared in “Bhayaanak” and “7 Saal Baad – aka Seven Years Later”.”
2021 – Norman S. Powell, producer for “The Night Digger” and production manager for the TV Movie “Donor.”
2020 – Patrick Poivey, actor in “Vampire Party,” “Revolution,” voice actor in “The Terminator [1984],” “Manhunter,” “The Seventh Sign,” “Death Becomes Her,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Planet Terror” and more.
2019 – Adam Litovitz, received Special Thanks for “Antiviral.”
2012 – Susan Tyrrell, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Rockula,” “The Offspring,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series” and many more.
2011 – Bill Lewthwaite, editor for “The Day of the Triffids [1963].”
2011 – Claudia Bryar, appeared in “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “The Monolith Monsters,” “Psycho II,” as well as episodes of “The Veil” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2006 – Arthur Franz, starred in “Monster on Campus” “and Invaders from Mars.”
1988 – Kim Milford, appeared in “Laserblast,” “Nightmare Noon,” “Song of the Succubus – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1944 – Guy Usher, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Air Hawks,” “The Devil’s Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1938 – Robert Wiene, directed the 1924 version of “The Hands of Orlac” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 16
Ghost Catchers [1944]
Horror of Dracula [1958]
Psycho [1960] – NYC premiere
Lake of Dracula [1971] – Japan
Jaws 2 [1978]
The Comeback [1978]
Hellbound: Hellraiser II [1988]
Vampire’s Kiss [1988]
Ghostbusters II [1989]
Waxwork II: Lost in Time [1992] – video premiere
Trauma [1993] – UK
The Mutilation Man [1998]
Piranhaconda [2012]
Platoon of the Dead [2009] – DVD premiere
Terror At Blood Fart Lake [2009]
Piranhaconda [2012]
47 Meters Down [2017] – Madrid
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JUNE 17
BORN ON JUNE 17
1979 – Robert Oppel, appeared in “Reign of the Dead,” “Children of the Living Dead,” “Rapturous,” “The 9th Circle” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1976 – Heather Mazur, actress in “Night of the Living Dead [1990]” and “Darkness Rising [2017].”
1975 – Joshua Leonard, starred in “The Blair Witch Project [1999],” “Hatchet,” “Madhouse,” “Unsane,” “Shark Night,” “Prom Night [2008],” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Depraved” and more.
1967 – Sonya Eddy, actress in “Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood,” “The Hive,” “I Live Alone,” “Satanic Hispanics” and “V/H/S/99.”
1967 – Tori Welles, appeared in “Ice Cream Man” and “Les Vampyres.”
1966 – Jason Patric, starred in “The Abandoned,” “Becoming,” “The Lost Boys,” and “Frankenstein Unbound.”
1961 – Denis Lavant, appeared in “The Night Easts the World” and “Girls With Balls.”
1960 – Thomas Haden Church, starred in “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight”.
1951 – Joe Piscopo, starred in “Dead Heat [1988]” and appeared in “King Kong [1976].”
1947 – Christopher Allport, actor in “Jack Frost [1997],” “Dead & Buried,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Kindred: The Embraced,” “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Snowman,” “Savage Weekend” and an episode of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
1939 – Peter Sykes, director for “The Legend of Spider Forest,” “Demons of the Mind,” “The House in Nightmare Park” and “To the Devil a Daughter.”
1937 – Arthur Schmidt, editor for “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Jaws 2,” “Death Becomes Her,” “What Lies Beneath” and Tales From the Crypt – Episode: You, Murderer.”
1927 – Wally Wood, Comic artist created the “Mars Attacks!” trading card series.
1927 – Lucio Fulci, Italian goremeister known for “A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin [1971].” “Don’t Torture a Duckling [1972]” “Zombie [1979],” “City of the Living Dead [1980],” “The Beyond [1981],” “The House by the Cemetery [1981],” “Manhattan Baby [1982],” “The Wax Mask [1997],” and many more.
1919 – Patrick Cranshaw, appeared in “The Amazing Transparent Man,” “Nightmare Honeymoon” and the TV Movie “Curse of the Swamp Creature.”
1918 – Duncan Lamont, appeared in “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit” and “The Evil of Frankenstein.”
1904 – Ralph Bellamy appeared in “The Wolf Man” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby [1968].”
1897 – Eric Taylor, screenwriter for “Black Friday,” “Phantom of the Opera [1943],” “Son of Dracula,” “The Spider Woman Strikes Back” original story for “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
1866 – Reginald Barlow, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Bride of Frankenstein,” “Werewolf of London” and “the Mad Monster.”
DIED ON JUNE 17
2025 – Manuel Zarzo, actor in “Aborto Criminal,” “I Hate My Body,” “Nightmare City,” “Panic Beats,” “The Night of the Executioner” and “Serie B.”
2021 – Fane Flaws, music department/guitar for “Dead Alive.”
2020 – Lewis John Carlino, screenwriter for “A Reflection of Fear.”
2020 – Jean Brousseau, appeared in 2 episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
2002 – Monica Bannister, actress in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1984 – Nobuo Nakagawa, directed “The Vampire Moth,” “The Ghost of Kasane” and “Black Cat Mansion.”
1999 – Tom Corbett, technical advisor for “The Legend of Hell House [1973].”
1983 – George Benson, actor in “Vampire Over London,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and more.
1978 – Robert B. Williams, appeared in “The Bat,” “This Island Earth” and “Revenge of the Creature”.
1950 – Alexander Pollard, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “The Monster Maker” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
1936 – Henry B. Walthall appeared in the films “London After Midnight,” “The Devil-Doll” and “The Whispering Shadow”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 17
Mesa of Lost Women [1953]
Quatermass 2 [1957] – UK
The Man Who Could Cheat Death [1959] – UK
The Terror [1963] – Buffalo, NY
The Horror of Frankenstein [1971]
The Exorcist II: The Heretic [1977]
House of the Long Shadows [1983] – Negative Fest
Waxwork [1988] – Limited
Wolf [1994]
Clown [2014] – Negative Fest
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JUNE 18
BORN ON JUNE 18
1990 – Jacob Anderson, actor in “Overlord,” “Comedown,” “Demons Never Die,” “Chatroom,” “Pool Shark – short” and the TV Series “Interview with the Vampire.”
1979 – Kristina Klebe, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Extremity,” “Slay Belles,” “The Devil’s Carnival: Alleluia!” “Proxy,” “Killer Mermaid,” “Chillerama,” “Zone of the Dead,” “Halloween [2007]” and more.
1975 – Jonathan Levine, director for “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” and “Warm Bodies.”
1975 – Patrick Melton, wrote the screenplay for “Feast,” “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds,” “Saw IV & V, VI,” “Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “Piranha 3DD” and more.
1965 – Kim Dickens, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Hollow Man” and “The Gift.”
1955 – Kevin Burns executive producer of such documentaries as “Monstermania,” “The Omen Legacy” and more.
1955 – Steve Miner, directed “Friday the 13th” Part 2 & Friday the 13th Part III,” “Lake Placid,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “House [1985],” “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” and more.
1952 – Carol Kane, starred in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “When A Stranger Calls,” “Addams Family Values,” “When A Stranger Calls” and more.
1947 – Linda Thorson, actress in “Curtains,” “Straight Into the Darkness,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Tales from the Darkside” and “Monsters.”
1944 – Colin Skeaping, stunts for “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Horror Hospital,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “The Sender,” “Nightbreed,” “Split Second,” and “28 Days Later.”
1942 – Roger Ebert, legendary film critic and screenwriter.
1917 – Richard Boone, starred in “I Bury the Living” and “The Last Dinosaur.”
1917 – Ross Elliott, actor in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Tarantula,” “Indestructible Man,” “Monster on the Campus,” “The Crawling Hand,” “Crowhaven Farm,” “Act of Vengeance” and more.
1910 – Dick Foran, starred in “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1910 – E.G. Marshall, appeared in “Creepshow” and “Two Evil Eyes.”
1904 – Keye Luke, actor in “Gremlins,” “Mad Love,” “Godzilla Rises Again,” “The Cat Creature,” “Dead Heat” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1894 – Grant Whytock, editor for “It! The Terror from Beyond Space,” “Twice-Told Tales,” “The Magician,” “The Unholy Night,” “The Mad Magician,” “Curse of the Faceless Man” and “Diary of a Madman.”
DIED ON JUNE 18
2025 – Lou Christie, soundtrack/songwriter for “Strange Behavior [1981] “Lightning Strikes,” “Cheap [2005] “Two Faces Have I” and “A Wounded Fawn [2022] “His Actions Speak Louder Than Words.”
2025 – Mark Peploe, director/writer for “Afraid of the Dark [1991].”
2024 – Anthea Sylbert, costume designer for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “King Kong [1976].”
2024 – CJ de Silva, graphic designer/colorist/production manager for “San Lazaro (2011).”
2024 – Armando “Bing” Lao, writer/story for “Dear Diary,” “Butchered,” “The Strangers [2012],” creative consultant for “Sapi [2013]” and the short “Missing [2013].”
2023 – Sheldon Bergstrom, actor in the TV Movie “I Downloaded a Ghost [2002].”
2023 – Poojappura Ravi, actor in “Shakthi (1980).”
2023 – Rosario Zúñiga, actress in “We Are What We Are [2010].”
2022 – Nikolay Markin, production manager for “Viy.”
2022 – Adibah Noor, actress in “Hantu ke Lima – aka Ghost to Five” and “Selamat Hari X Jadi – aka Happy X Anniversary.”
2020 – Dame Vera Lynn, soundtrack for “The Dark Hour,” “Hellboy [2004],” “House of Voices,” “Stranger Things – Episode The Sauna Test [2019]” and “American Horror Story – Episode Monsters Among Us [2014].”
2007 – Vincent Sherman, who directed “The Return of Dr. X”.
2006 – Richard Stahl, appeared in “Beware The Blob!” and “Terminal Island”.
2004 – Writer/producer/actor George “Buck” Flowers, appearances in “The Fog” [1980] and “Body Bags.”
1999 – Aimée Delamain, actress in “I, Monster,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Haunted: The Ferryman,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “Shadows,” “Armchair Thriller” and “The Man Outside.”
1996 – Fred Applegate, script department for “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” Devil’s Partner” and “Space Probe Taurus.”
1988 – Marjorie Corso, costume department for “The She-Creature,” “The Spider,” “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Twice-Told Tales” and more.
1982 – Curd Jürgens, appeared in “The Mephisto Waltz,” “The Vault of Horror,” “The Sleep of Death” and “Hexen.”
1980 – Terence Fisher, directed “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Curse of the Werewolf” and many more.
1979 – Dave Milton, art director for “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Voodoo Man,” “Black Magic,” “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters,” “Spook Chasers,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “The Bat [1959],” “The Hypnotic Man” and more.
1973 – Roger Delgado played in “The Mummy’s Shroud” and “The First Man into Space.”
1942 – A.J. Prather, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 18
House of Usher [1960] – Palm Springs, CA – premiere
Frankenstein Created Woman [1967] – UK
The Mummy’s Shroud [1967] – UK
Eye of the Cat [1969] – NYC
Willard [1971] – NYC
The Food of the Gods [1976]
Body Snatchers [1993]
Haunted [1995]
Psycho Beach Party [2000] – San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Lake Mungo [2008] – Sydney Film Festival
Nightfall [2009]
Bitter Feast [2010]
Dark Souls [2010] – South Side Film Festival
Zombie Beach [2010] – Urban Suburban Film Festival
The Haunting of Helena [2012]
Blood Spirit [2020] – Internet
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JUNE 19
BORN ON JUNE 19
1981 – Robin McLeavy, actress in “The Loved Ones” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”
1974 – Jennifer Siebel Newsom, appeared in “April Fool’s Day” and “Dinocroc.”
1972 – Robin Tunney, starred in “Monster Party,” “The Zodiac,” “End of Days” and “The Craft.”
1967 – Mia Sara, who starred in “Apprentice to Murder,” “Daughter of Darkness” and “The Maddening.”
1965 – Sadie Frost, actress in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Crimetime,” “Presence of Mind,” and “Beyond the Rave.”
1951 – Drake Silliman, editor for “The Last Victim,” “Sweet Sixteen” and “Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.”
1950 – Alexander Gruszynski, cinematographer for “Twisted,” “Bad Dreams,” “Tremors,” “Cast a Deadly Spell” and “The Craft.”
1950 – Daria Nicolodi, starred in “Deep Red” wrote and starred in “Suspiria,” “Beyond the Door II,” “Inferno,” “Tenebrae,” “Phenomena,” “Opera” and “Mother of Tears”.
1950 – Ray Lovelock, appeared in “Autopsy,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Play Motel,” “The Last House on the Beach” and “Midday Demons.”
1941 – Mark Thomas, actor in “The Devil’s Daughter (TV Movie)” and additional crew for “Dead & Buried.”
1940 – William Cairncross, postproduction supervisor for the TV Movies “The Devil’s Daughter” and “Locusts.”
1938 – Rosalba Neri, actress in “The Castle of Fu Manchu,” “Asylum Erotica,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “The Devil’s Lover,” “Smile Before Death,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night, The Girl in Room 2A” and more.
1930 – Gena Rowlands, actress in “The Skeleton Key” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Circle of Fear” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1929 – Sam Strangis, executive producer for 24 episodes of the TV Series “World of the Worlds.”
1920 – David Peel, starred in “Brides of Dracula” and appeared in “The Hands of Orlac.”
1920 – Anthony Sagar, appeared in “X the Unknown,” “Jack the Ripper” and “Carry on Screaming.”
1919 – Louis Jourdan, starred in the 1977 BBC TV movie “Count Dracula” and appeared in the films “Swamp Thing” and “The Return of Swamp Thing.”
1914 – Harry Lauter appeared in “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” “Creature With the Atom Brain,” and “The Werewolf.”
1894 – Cliff Hess, composer/stock music for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JUNE 19
2025 – Jack Betts, actor in “A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services,” “The Chair [1988],” “Dead Men Don’t Die,” “Cut [2000] – TV Short” and “D-Railed [2018].”
2025 – Lynn Hamilton, actress in “The Vanishing [1993],” “Baby’s Breath [2003]” and an episode of the TV Series “Circle of Fear.”
2025 – Gailard Sartain, actor in “Sandman [1993].”
2024 – Katsue Miwa, voice actress for the TV Series “Monster Kid,” “Iria: Zeiram the Bounty Hunter” and “Kurayami Santa.”
2022 – Brett Tuggle, former keyboardist for David Lee Roth Band and Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack – song “Burnin’ in the Third Degree” for “Terminator [1984].”
2021 – Sayed Mustafa, actor in “A Cry from Beyond,” “Love and Revenge… With a Meat Cleaver,” “Circle of Death” and “The Deadly Call.”
2020 – Sir Ian Holm, starred in “Alien,” “From Hell,” “eXistenZ,” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Bless the Child” and more.
2019 – Peter Allan Fields, writer for the TV episode of “Darkroom: Guillotine [1982],” and “Darkroom: A Quiet Funeral [1981].”
2016 – Anton Yelchin, appeared in “Fright Night [2011],” “Terminator Salvation,” “Odd Thomas,” “Only Lovers Left Alive,” “Burying the Ex,” “Green Room” and more.
2012 – Richard Lynch, portrayals in “God Told Me To,” “Bad Dreams,” “Alligator II: The Mutation,” “Rob Zombie’s Halloween,” “The Lords of Salem” and the TV film “Vampire”.
2011 – Don Diamond, actor in “The Toolbox Murders [1978].”
1998 – Lawrence Keane, actor in “The House That Vanished [1973].”
1997 – Mark Patrick Carducci, wrote the screenplays for “Neon Maniacs,” “Pumpkinhead” and was writer/director/producer of “Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion.”
1991 – Jean Arthur, soundtrack for “False Positive” song “Who Am I?”
1963 – Phil Goldstone, producer for “The Drums of Jeopardy,” “White Zombie” and “The Vampire Bat.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 19
The Golem [1921]
Them! [1954]
I Was A Teenage Werewolf [1957]
King Kong Escapes [1968]
Cannibal Holocaust [1980] – West Germany
The X-Files [1998]
Exorcist Chronicles [2007]
The Tomb [2007]
Office Uprising [2018]
Oddity [2024]
Leviticus [2026]
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JUNE 20
BORN ON JUNE 20
1985 – Collins Pennie, starred in “Prom Night [2008].”
1971 – Josh Lucas, starred in “She Dies Tomorrow,” “Thinner,” “Child of Darkness, Child of Light – TV Movie,” “Session 9,″ “American Psycho,” Tell Tale,” “The Black Demon” and more.
1968 – Robert Rodriguez directed the films “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Sin City,” “Planet Terror” “Grindhouse,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.
1967 – Nicole Kidman starred in “The Others,” “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “Dead Calm,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Invasion.”
1965 – Chris Dawson, visual effects for “Army of Darkness,” “Insanitarium,” “Tales of the Dead,” “Demon Legacy,” “The Evil Within,” “Zombie Strippers!,” “Amusement,” “The Nun,” “Renfield” and more.
1952 – John Goodman, starred in “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Captive State,” “Red State,” “Arachnophobia” and “C.H.U.D.”
1947 – Candy Clark, appeared in “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “The Blob [1988],” “Zodiac [2007],” “Amityville 3D” and “Cat’s Eye.”
1945 – Claude Bessy, actor in “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries – Episode: Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula Part 1 & Part 2.”
1942 – Bran Wilson, songwriter for “After She Died [2002] ‘Don’t Worry Baby’.”
1936 – Dan Greenburg, novel/screenwriter/producer: for “The Guardian [1990].”
1933 – Brett Halsey, starred in “Return of the Fly,” and appeared in “Revenge of the Creature” and “Twice Told Tales.”
1929 – Bonnie Bartlett, actress in the TV Mini Series “Salem’s Lot.”
1928 – Martin Landau, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Without Warning,” “The Being,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Ed Wood” and more.
1928 – William Berger, actor in “Maya,” “I’m Dangerous Tonight,” “Dial Help,” “The Spider Labyrinth,” “Devil Fish,” “The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff,” “Five Dolls for an August Moon,” “The Murder Clinic” and more.”
1919 – Bruce Gordon, appeared in “Curse of the Undead,” “Tower of London” and “Piranha.”
1909 – Robb White, wrote screenplays for “Macabre,” “The Tingler,” House On Haunted Hill [1959], 13 Ghosts [1960], “Homicidal,” the story for “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and “Thir13en Ghosts” with his characters being the creation of Return to House on Haunted Hill [2007].
1886 – William Van Vleck, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JUNE 20
2024 – Donald Sutherland, actor in “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Shuttered Room,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Apprentice to Murder,” “The Puppet Masters,” “Virus,” “An American Haunting,” “The Calling,” TV Mini Series “Frankenstein,” “Salem’s Lot” and more.
2024 – Taylor Wily, actor in “Radical [2017].”
2021 – Joanne Linville, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Great Ghost Tales.”
2020 – Charles Philip Latham, actor in “Dracula: Prince of Darkness.”
2019 – Eduardo Verchez Garcia, actor in “Blood of the Vampires,” “Devil Woman,” “Beast of Blood,” “Living Dead,” “The Twilight People,” “Predictive Blood,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” and many more.
2019 – William Roderick Collins, appeared in “Howling III.”
2004 – Malcolm Stuart, production manager for the TV Movies “The Spell,” “Halloween with the New Addams Family,” “Night Cries,” “The Initiation of Sarah,” “Are You in the House Alone?,” program developer for “Scream of the Wolf” and “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence.”
1986 – Tim Herbert, who appeared in “The Boston Strangler” and “Duel.”
1984 – Estelle Winwood, starred in “The Cabinet of Calagari.”
1978 – Mark Robson, directed “Isle of The Dead,” “The 7th Victim” and “Bedlam.”
1964 – Edgar Barrier, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Giant Claw.”
1961 – Jack Dawn, make-up for “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 20
Curse of the Undead [1959]
The Invasion of the Vampires [1963]
Island of Terror [1966] – Chicago
Invasion of the Bee Girls [1973]
Jaws [1975]
The Hearse [1980]
Girls Nite Out aka “The Scaremaker” [1982]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1997] – Chicago, IL
Terror Firmer [1999] – New York City
Demon Under Glass [2002]
Dead Rising: Endgame [2016]
28 Years Later [2025]
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