JULY 12
BORN ON JULY 12
1989 – Phoebe Tonkin, appeared in “Bait,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Originals – TV Series” and “The Secret Circle – TV Series.”
1984 – Natalie Martinez, starred in “Keep Watching,” “The Stand – TV Series,” “Into the Dark – TV Series” and “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
1980 – Kristen Connolly, appeared in “The Bay,” “The Cabin in the Woods,” “The Whispers – TV Series,” “Evil – TV Series,” and “The Happening.”
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, appeared in “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “The Breed,” “BloodRayne” and “Resident Evil.”
1977 – Steve Howey, starred in “Stan Helsing” and “Day Shift.”
1969 – Jeffrey Reddick, writer for “Final Destination,” “Final Destination 2,” “Final Destination 3,” “The Final Destination,” “Final Destination 5,” “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” “Return to Cabin by the Lake,” “Tamara,” “Day of the Dead,” “Good Samaritan,” “Dead Awake,” “The Final Wish” and “Don’t Look Back.”
1966 – Bunky Jones, actress in “The Kindred,” “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “Grotesque” and “Hide and Go Shriek.”
1961 – Glen Morgan, producer/writer for “Black Christmas [2006],” “Final Destination,” “Final Destination 3,” “Willard [2003]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The X-Files,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Lore,” “The River,” “The Others” and “Millennium.”
1957 – Taso N. Stavrakis, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Day of the Dead,” “Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh” and “The Control Group.”
1949 – Bernice Stegers, actress in “Macabre [1980],” “Xtro” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1946 – Everett De Roche, screenwriter for “Patrick,” “Long Weekend,” “Road Games,” “Razorback,” “Storm Warning,” “9 Miles Down, “Patrick: Evil Awakens” and more.
1946 – Sian Barbara Allen, actress in “You’ll Like My Mother,” “Scream, Pretty Peggy” and “Darkroom – S1.E8.”
1945 – Edwin Neal, appeared in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974],” “Halloween: Harvest of Souls″, “Butcher Boys”, “Holy Hell”, “The Man Who Came Back”, “Shudder”, “Murder Set Pieces,” “Satan’s Playground” and many more.
1943 – Christine McVie – Member of Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Twenty-Sided, Die – song (Don’t Stop}.”
1939 – Valeriy Bassel, actor in “Dark Waters [1993].”
1939 – Jürgen Schornagel, actor in “Antibodies [2005].”
1933 – Donald E. Westlake, screenwriter for “The Stepfather [1987],” “Stepfather II,” “Stepfather III,” “24th Street” and an episode of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown.”
1928 – Richard M. Sherman, soundtrack/writer for “Haunted Mansion [2023] – (It’s a Small World).”
1927 – Jerry Ito, appeared in the films “Mothra,” “Message from Space” and “The Manster.”
1886 – Jean Hersholt, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
1882 – Tod Browning, director, producer, writer for “London After Midnight,” “Dracula,” “Freaks,” “The Devil-Doll” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
DIED ON JULY 12
2025 – Rudolf van den Berg, director/actor in “The Johnsons [1992].”
2025 – Jean-Claude Bernardet, actor in “FilmeFobia [2008].”
2024 – Noriko Ohara, voice actress in “Don Dracula – S1, E2 [1982].”
2023 – Daniel Goldberg, producer for “Cannibal Girls” and the TV Series “Extreme Ghostbusters.”
2023 – John Nettleton, appeared in “And Soon the Darkness,” episodes of the TV Series,” “Worlds Beyond,” “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Shadows,” “Out of the Unknown” and “Department S.”
2022 – Tõnu Saar, actor in “Tear of the Prince of Darkness.”
2021 – Ladislav Potměšil, appeared in “The Great Unknown.”
2020 – Kelly Preston, actress in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Spellbinder” and “Christine.”
2020 – Raymundo Capetillo, appeared in “Bestia nocturna.”
2001 – James Bernard, composer who did music for “Nosferatu [1922],” “Horror of Dracula,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959],” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and many more.
1981 – Lynton Brent, appeared in “The Thirteenth Guest,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Life Returns.”
1973 – Lon Chaney Jr. played all the monsters in Universal’s arsenal, including The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein and many more. He will forever be known for his role of “Lawrence Talbot” in “The Wolf Man”, “Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man”, “House of Frankenstein”, “House of Dracula”, “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and many more.
1966 – Sailor Vincent, actor in “King Kong [1933],” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Tarantula,” episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 12
The Unholy Three [1930]
Mad Love [1935]
Frogs [1974] – Portugal
Slave of the Cannibal God [1978] – France
Skinner [1993]
Halloween: Resurrection [2002]
Dracula III: Legacy [2005]
Ghouls [2008] – TV Movie
Model Hunger [2016] – USA DVD premiere
Trespassers [2018]
Crawl [2019]
Darlin’ [2019]
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JULY 13
BORN ON JULY 13
1981 – Fran Kranz, actor in “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “The Cabin in the Woods [2011],” “It’s Not You It’s Me (short),” “Bloodsucking Bastards” and “You Might Be the Killer.”
1977 – Ashley Scott, appeared in “Summoned”, “Fear Itself – TV Series” and “Evil Remains.”
1972 – Ken Ward, appeared in “The Straun House” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1970 – Jaason Simmons, appeared in “Sharknado,” “3-Headed Shark,” “Bloody Mary,” “Mad Cowgirl,” “The Devil’s Tattoo” and “Frankenstein Reborn!”
1965 – Scott B. Smith, screenwriter for “The Ruins.”
1942 – Harrison Ford, starred in “What Lies Beneath” and the TV Movie “The Possessed.”
1941 – Robert Forster who starred in “Alligator,” “Psycho [1998].”
1941 – Txema Blasco, actor in “The White Room – TV Movie,” “The Refuge of Evil,” “Witches Pact,” “Sleep” shorts “Last Night I Dreamed That You Had Died” and “8.”
1940 – Patrick Stewart, starred in “Green Room” and ”Lifeforce.”
1932 – Dana Ghia, actress in “Smile Before Death,” “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes,” “Together Forever” and “Nine Guests for a Crime.”
1928 – Mace Neufeld, produced the films “Transylvania 6-5000,” “The Funhouse” and “The Omen [1976].”
1927 – Steven Marlo, actor in “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Swarm.”
1921 – Kenneth Utt, produced “The Silence of the Lambs.”
1918 – Larry Taylor, actor in “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Creeping Flesh [1973],” “The Death Wheelers (aka Psychomania),” “The Mangler,” “And Now the Screaming Starts” and more.
1900 – Cornelius Keefe, actor in “Tomorrow at Seven” and “The Brain Eaters.”
1895 – Sidney Blackmer, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Lady and the Monster.”
DIED ON JULY 13
2025 – Dave Cousins, soundtrack/writer for “Some Jerk with a Camera – S2.E2 (2012).”
2025 – Jörgen Liik, actor in “November [2017]” and “Azrael [2024].”
2025 – Kota Srinivasa Rao, actor in” Nandanavanam 120 kms,” “Darling,” “Aa Intlo” and “Aranmanai.”
2024 – Shannen Doherty, starred “Satan’s School for Girls [2000] – TV Movie,” “Bethany,” “Almost Dead,” “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys – TV Movie” and more.
2024 – Neill Fearnley, director for TV Movie “Strange Frequence 2” as well as several episodes of the TV Series “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “War of the Worlds,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” “The Outer Limits” and “R.L. Stein’s the Haunting Hour.”
2024 – James Sikking, actor in “The Strangler,” “The Night God Screamed,” “The Terminal Man,” “Bay Cove – aka Bay Coven,” “Seduced by Evil” and more.”
2024 – Ivan Red Wolverton, stunts/wrangler for “Shadowhunter [1993].”
2023 – Josephine Chaplin, actress in “Jack the Ripper [1976].”
2020 – Grant Masaru Imahara, appeared in “Robocop 2” and an episode of the TV Series “Amazing Stories.”
2019 – Bill Luxton, appeared in 2 episodes of “Strange Paradise [1969].”
2019 – Charles Levin, appeared in episodes of “Tales from the Darkside [1985],” and “The Twilight Zone [1985].”
2019 – Richard Carter, actor in “The Howling III,” and TV movie “The Wicked.”
2013 – Cory Monteith appeared in “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Hybrid,” “Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep,” “Final Destination 3″ and “Bloody Mary.”
2012 – Richard D. Zanuck, legendary producer of such films as “Jaws,” “Jaws 2,″ “Sssssss,” “Dark Shadows,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and more.
2010 – Alan Hume, director of photography for “The Kiss of the Vampire,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Carry on Screaming,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “From Beyond the Grave,” “The Legacy,” “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Lifeforce” and more.
2007 – Michael Reardon, appeared in “Cabin Fever”.
1954 – Irving Pichel, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed the film “Destination Moon”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 13
The Ghost of Rashmon Hall [1948]
The Lost World [1960]
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes [1963] – El Paso, TX
Hands of The Ripper [1971]
Hunchback of the Morgue [1973] – Spain
Screams of a Winter Night [1979]
Splatter University [1984]
The Invisible Maniac [1990]
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion [1996]
Vampire Clan [2002]
Dead End Massacre [2004]
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy [2007] – France
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JULY 14
BORN ON JULY 14
1981 – Teri Reeves, actress in “Island Zero.”
1979 – Scott Porter, actor in “Prom Night [2008],” “The Walking Dead: Season Two – Video Game” as well as episodes of “Outcast” and “Into the Dark.”
1976 – Paul Sizemore, actor in “Mansion of Blood [2015].”
1970 – Nina Siemaszko, appeared in “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Darkling,” “The Hatred,” “Sawbones,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, portrayed “Freddy Krueger” in the remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” appeared in “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence”, and more.
1952 – Joel Silver, producer whose credits include “Predator,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Ghost Ship [2002],” “Orphan” and many more.
1942 – Vladimír Smutný, cinematographer for “Uncle Cyril [1989],” “The Vampire Wedding [1993]” and “The Painted Bird [2019].”
1939 – Sid Haig, starred in “Spider Baby,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “House of 1000 Corpses” “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Night of The Living Dead 3D.”
1938 – Tommy Vig, composer for “Terror Circus,” “The Last Victim” and “Sweet Sixteen.”
1934 – Ángel del Pozo, actor in “Assignment Terror,” “Horror Express,” “The Killer Wore Gloves,” “Demon Witch Child” and “Leonor.”
1931 – Helga Liné, actress in “The Blancheville Monster,” “Nightmare Castle,” “Exorcism’s Daughter,” “Horror Express,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb,” “The Dracula Saga,” “The Killer Dolls,” “The Mummy’s Revenge” and more.
1926 – Harry Dean Staton, appeared in “Alien,” “Escape from New York,” “The Green Mile” and “Alien Autopsy.”
1924 – Val Avery, appeared in original “Amityville Horror” and “Too Scared to Scream.”
1920 – Norman Warwick, director of photography for “Torture Garden,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “The Godsend,” “The Doctor and the Devils” and 4 episodes of “Hammer House of Horror.”
1918 – Ingmar Bergman, director and writer for “Hour of the Wolf,”
1918 – Larry Reynolds, actor in “Virus,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Killer Workout,” episodes of “War of the Worlds” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1911 – Terry Thomas, appeared in “Things to Come,” “Munster, Go Home” and “The Abominable Dr. Phibes.”
1910 – William Hanna, Director/Producer/Writer of Hanna-Barbera Productions and created Scooby-Doo.
1906 – Arthur Hammond, assistant director for “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man” and “Crazy Knights.”
1904 – Zita Johann, starred as “Helen Grosvenor/Princess Anckesen-Amon” in the 1932 version of “The Mummy” and appeared in the film “Raiders of the Living Dead.”
DIED ON JULY 14
2025 – Eileen Fulton, actress in “The Life Zone [2011].”
2024 – Salvatore Puntillo, actor in “Top Sensation,” “Deep Red,” “The Psychic” and “What Have They Done to Your Daughters?”
2024 – M. Mani, producer for “Dhrona 2010 (2010).”
2023 – Nick Benedict, actor in “Disconnected” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
2022 – William Hart, soundtrack for “Them – Episode: Day 3.”
2022 – Germano Longo, actor in “The Murder Clinic.”
2021 – Don Jurwich, producer for episodes of the TV Series “Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo” as well as the TV Movie “Scooby Goes to Hollywood.”
2020 – Gaylyn Görg, appeared in “RoboCop 2.”
2019 – Rony Bridges, appeared in “Jemima: Photographic Trophy.”
2019 – Karl Shiels, acted in “Stitches.”
2016 – Alvin Greenman, script supervisor for “Dead & Buried” and appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
2013 – Dennis Burkley, actor in “Bummer,” “Nightmare Honeymoon,” “Laserblast” and an episode of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”
2006 – June Carr, directed “Burning Hell” and “The Monster and The Stripper”.
2006 – Carrie Nye, appeared in “Too Scared to Scream” and “Creepshow”.
2000 – Meredith MacRae, appeared in “The Werewolf of Woodstock,” “Earthbound” and “Vultures”.
1970 – Preston Foster, appeared in “Doctor X” and “The Time Travelers”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 14
The Swarm [1978]
Hobgoblins [1988]
Nightmare Beach [1989] – Milan, Italy
The Atomic Space Bug [1999]
Elvira’s Haunted Hills [2001]
Supergator [2007]
Found [2012] – Bloomington, IN – premiere
The Flood [2023] – Internet
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JULY 15
BORN ON JULY 15
1994 – Sarah Desjardins, appeared in “Van Helsing – TV Series,” “Into the Grizzly Maze” and “Supernatural – TV Series.”
1981 – Taylor Kinney, appeared in “The Forest,” “Furnace” and the TV Series “The Vampire Diaries.”
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, appeared in “Gods and Monsters,” “Raising Cain” and “Friday the 13th: The Series.”
1961 – Forest Whitaker, starred in “The Body Snatchers” and “Species”.
1952 – Terry O’Quinn, starred in “The Stepfather [1987]” appeared in “Silver Bullet,” the TV series “The X-Files,” “666 Park Avenue,” “Millennium” and more.
1951 – Jesse Ventura, appeared in “Predator” and “Repossessed.”
1948 – Richard Franklin, directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2.”
1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, appeared in many film and TV shows including “Ice Cream Man,” “Abducted II: The Reunion,” “Xtro II: The Second Encounter,” “Haunting Fear,” “Alienator,” “Damnation Alley” and more.
1942 – Meena Ganesh, actress in “Bhadra (2001).”
1938 – Larry Cohen, directed the films “Q,” “It’s Alive,” “A Return To Salem’s Lot,” created the series “The Invaders.”
1933 – Guido Crepax, writer/actor for “Baby Yaga [1973].”
1928 – Tom Troupe, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1927 – Joe Turkel, appeared in “The Shining” and “Tormented.”
1925 – Philip Carey, appeared in “Scream of the Wolf” and “The Kolchak” episodes that were made into the TV movie “Crackle of Death.”
1911 – Robert H. Harris, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” TV Movie “How Awful About Allen,” episodes of TV Series “Suspense,” “Tales of Tomorrow,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Thriller” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1908 – Howard Vernon, actor in “The Awful Dr. Orlof,” “The Diabolical Dr. Z,” “Only a Coffin,” “Succubus,” “The Blood Rose,” “The Invisible Dead,” “Daughter of Dracula,” “Zombie Lake,” “Howl of the Devil” and more.
1895 – Sidney Hickox, cinematographer for “The Return of Doctor X,” “The Gorilla” and “Them!”
DIED ON JULY 15
2025 – Judy Loe, actress in “Absolutely Anything,” episodes of “Play for Today” and “Fox Mystery Theater.”
2025 – Dheeraj Kumar, actor in “Purana mandir – aka “The Haunted Temple” (1984).”
2024 – Whitney Rydbeck, actor in “Love at First Bite,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives” episodes of the TV Series “Monster Squad” and “The Next Step Beyond.”
2024 – Jacques Boudet, actor in “Dracula and Son [1976] and Super Z [2021].”
2024 – Ewa Ciepiela, actress in “The Third Part of the Night [1971].”
2022 – Prathap Pothen, actor in “Ezra [2017].”
2021 – William F. Nolan, screenwriter for “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Turn of the Screw,” “Trilogy of Terror,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy of Terror II” and appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows.”
2020 – Maurice Roëves, appeared in “The Dark,” The Sight” and “The Nightmare Man.”
2017 – Martin Landau, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow [1999],” “Alone in the Dark,” “Without Warning,” “The Being,” episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and more.
2008 – Heather Ames, actress in “Blood of Dracula” and “How to Make a Monster.”
2007 – Kieron Moore, starred in “Dr. Blood’s Coffin,” “Day of The Triffids” and “Crack in The World.”
1990 – Alison Leggatt, actress in “Nevet Take Candy from a Stranger” and “The Day of the Triffids.”
1987 – Alfie Bass, appeared in “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”
1983 – Eddie Foy Jr., appeared in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1980 – Norman Stevans, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The She-Creature,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “War of the Satellites,” “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,” “The Swarm” and more.
1977 – Wade Walker, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1969 – Peter van Eyck, starred in the film “The Brain,” a remake of “Donovan’s Brain.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 15
The Black Room [1935]
It Conquered the World [1956]
Kwaidan [1965] – USA (premiere)
Vampyros Lesbos [1971] – Germany
Shock Waves [1977]
Orca [1977]
Mountaintop Motel Massacre [1983] – Opelousas, Louisiana
The Bloody Ape [1997]
Reality Check [2002]
The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting [2003]
Insanitarium [2008] – video
The Conjuring [2013] – Hollywood (premiere)
Haunted Mansion [2023] – Disneyland (premiere)
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JULY 16
BORN ON JULY 16
1988 – Summer Spiro, actress in “Stream,” “Big Legend” and “Alone.”
1987 – AnnaLynne McCord, starred in “Dante’s Hotel,” “Titanic 666,” “Scorned,” “Excision,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “Tone-Deaf” and “Trash Fire.”
1971 – Corey Feldman, starred in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “The Lost Boys,” “Gremlins” and “Lost Boys: The Tribe.”
1967 – Brian Baker, appeared in “Feeding Billy [1997].”
1963 – Phoebe Cates, starred in “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2.”
1957 – Faye Grant, appeared in the TV series “V” and the TV movie “Omen IV: The Awakening.”
1956 – John Paul Young, appeared in “Cinofrenic,” “The Gate,” “I, Madman” and “Killer Rats.”
1949 – Vincenzo Crocitti, actor in “Torso.”
1948 – Ruben Blades, appeared in “Predator 2,” “The Cradle Will Rock” and “The X-Files” TV show.
1946 – Ann Turkel, appeared in “The Hunger – TV Series,” “The Fear,” “Deep Space,” “Humanoids from the Deep,” “Ravagers” and more.
1931 – Edward K. Milkis, producer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter [1973].”
1926 – Dodie Warren, makeup artist for “Blood of the Iron Maiden,” script supervisor for “The Astro-Zombies” and “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils.”
1915 – Barnard Hughes, appeared on the “Dark Shadows” TV series and in the films “Sisters,” “Tron” and “The Lost Boys.”
1911 – Ginger Rogers, soundtrack for “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Isn’t This a Lovely Day To Be Caught in the Rain.”
1903 – Mary Philbin, unmasked Lon Chaney as “The Phantom of the Opera” in 1925.
DIED ON JULY 16
2025 – Connie Francis, soundtrack for “The Craft (Fallin’) [1996].”
2024 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, music consultant for “Beloved [1998].”
2023 – Jane Birkin, actress in “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes” and “Dark Places.”
2023 – Ricky Rivero, actor in “The Gifted [2014].”
2023 – Mark Thomas, composer for “Dog Soldiers,” “Rottweiler,” “Wilderness” and the short “Orbits.”
2021 – Biz Markie, appeared in the TV Movie “Sharknado 2: The Second One.”
2021 – Surekha Sikri, appeared in “Ghost Stories.”
2020 – Phyllis Somerville, appeared in “Diane” and an episode of the series “Castle Rock.”
2020 – Jonathan Oppenheim, editor for “The Bruce Diet.”
2019 – Sonia López, appeared in “Sex Monster,” “Museum of Horror,” “Beaks: The Movie,” “Death on the Beach,” and produced “The Hidden Pleasures.”
2017 – George A. Romero, director for “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “Day of the Dead [1985],” “Creepshow,” “Monkey Shines,” “The Crazies [1973],” “Diary of the Dead,” “Survival of the Dead,” “Land of the Dead,” also writer for “Day of the Dead: Bloodline,” “Night of the Living Dead [1990],” episodes of “Tales from the Darkside” and many more.
2010 – James Gammon, appeared in numerous films and TV shows including “Altered,” “Silver Bullet,” “Monster Squad – TV Series” and more.
2004 – Tom Fox, produced “Return of the Living Dead” “Return Of The Living Dead 2,” “Blue Monkey,” “Return Of The Living Dead: Rave To The Grave” and “Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis”.
2004 – Peter Baird, appeared in “Howling III.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 16
Zombies of the Stratosphere [1952]
The Fly [1958]
The Alligator People [1959]
The Devils [1971]
Swamp Thing [1982] – Sweden
Amityville 1992: It’s About Time [1992]
Lake Placid [1999]
Bereavement [2010] – Long Island International Film Expo
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JULY 17
BORN ON JULY 17
1986 – Brando Eaton, actor in “Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero,” “Some Kind of Hate,” “Lake Alice” and episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story [2011.”
1979 – Mike Vogel, appeared in “Bates Motel – TV Series,” “Open Graves,” “Cloverfield,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003],” “The Boy” and “Across the Hall.”
1965 – Alex Winter, appeared in “The Lost Boys” and “Freaked,” which he also directed.
1964 – Heather Langenkamp, starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3″ and “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.”
1962 – Jim Carrey, appeared in “The Bad Batch” and “Once Bitten.”
1955 – Francesca Marciano, actress in “The House with Laughing Windows.”
1952 – David Hasselhoff, appeared in “Piranha 3DD,” “Anaconda 3: Offspring,” “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No,” “Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens,” “Witcher” and more.
1950 – P.J. Soles, appeared in “Carrie,” “Blood Bath,” “The Possessed,” “Halloween [1978],” “Uncle Sam,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “The Tooth Fairy,, “Halloween [2018],” “Candy Corn,” “Hanukkah,” and several more.
1949 – Nick Maley, makeup department for “The Shining [1980],” “Lifeforce,” “The Keep,” “Inseminoid,” “Satan’s Slave,” “The Awakening,” “Scream for Help,” “Spectre” and “Screamtime.”
1935 – Donald Sutherland, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Alone,” “Virus,” “An American Haunting,” “Dr Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Puppet Masters,” “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “The Shuttered Room” and many more.
1934 – Donald Sutherland who appeared in “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Don’t Look Now,” “The Puppet Masters” and “An American Haunting,”
1933 – Jim Patterson, segment producer for “Patient Seven [2016].”
1922 – Nathan Kaproff, music department for “House of Usher,” “King Kong [1976],” “Empire of the Ants,” “The Fury,” “Wolfen,” “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Predator.”
1921 – Acquanetta, appeared in “Jungle Woman,” “Captive Wild Woman” and “Dead Man’s Eyes.”
1917 – Phyllis Diller, provided the voice of “The Monster’s Mate” in “Mad Monster Party”.
1914 – Lucille Benson, actress in “Private Parts [1972],” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Reflections of Murder,” “The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver” and Halloween II [1981].”
1899 – James Cagney, portrayed Lon Chaney in “The Man of a Thousand Faces.
DIED ON JULY 17
2024 – Pinche Peach, member of death metal band “Brujeria” (Spanish for Witchcraft).
2024 – Donna Berwick, costume designer for “You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You” and the TV Series “Hemlock Grove.”
2024 – Pei-Pei Cheng, actress in “The Counting House,” “They Wait,” “Huan hun – aka Blood Ties” and “Tong tong de fengling mishi – aka Bell Chamber.”
2021 – Pilar Bardem, actress in “Exorcism’s Daughter,” “Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll,” “The Mummy’s Revenge” and “The Witch Affair.”
2019 – Donald W. Thompson, director/writer/producer for “A Thief in the Night.”
2008 – Paul Sorenson, appeared in an incredible array of films and TV shows, including episodes of “Land of the Giants” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1995 – Harry Guardino, appeared in episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1978 – Thayer David, portrayed Professor Ben Stokes in the TV series “Dark Shadows” and appeared in the film “The Werewolf of Washington.”
1893 – Arthur Hornblow Jr., producer for “The Cat and the Canary [1939]” and “The Ghost Breakers [1940].”
FILMS RELEASED ON 17
Return of the Ape Man [1944]
Robocop [1987]
Jaws the Revenge [1987]
The Frighteners [1996]
Laughing Dead [1998]
Mimic 2 [2001]
Eight Legged Freaks [2002]
Forest Of The Dead [2007] – USA – DVD premier
Babysitter Wanted [2008] – Fantasia Film Festival
Let the Right One In [2008] – Maine International Film Festival
Tales of the Dead [2008]
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JULY 18
BORN ON JULY 18
1989 – Paul Teal, actor in “The Walking Dead – S1.E7 [2020]” and “Fear Street: Part Two [2021].”
1985 – Chace Crawford, appeared in “The Covenant,” “Eloise,” “The Haunting of Molly Hatley” and “Cry of Fear.”
1980 – Kristen Bell, starred in “Scream 4″ and “Pulse.”
1976 – Elsa Pataky, appeared in “Snakes on a Plane,” “Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt,” “A Christmas Tale,” and “Beyond Re-Animator.”
1961 – Jeff Burr, director for “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy,” “Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,” “Night of the Scarecrow,” “Puppet Master 4 ,” “Phantom Town,” “Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!,” “Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre,” “Devil’s Den” and more.
1960 – Travis McKenna, actor in “Cheerleader Camp,” “Twice Dead,” “Skeeter” and “Ed Gein.”
1940 – James Brolin who appeared in The Car, “Trapped,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor,” “The Haunted Sea,” “Westworld,” “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and more.
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, directed “The Hollow Man,” “Starship Troopers” and “Robocop [1987]”.
1937 – Edwin Craig, appeared in “Hellbound: Hellraiser,” “Lake Dead,” “Alien Abduction,” “Trance” and “Brain Blockers.”
1929 – Eva Bartok, appeared in “The Gamma People” and “Blood and Black Lace.”
1929 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins who had a hit with the song “I Put a Spell on You.”
1920 – Dolph Sweet, actor in “Sisters [1972],” “Deathmoon – TV Movie” and an episode of “Dark Shadows.”
1911 – Hume Cronyn, starred in the 1943 version of “Phantom of The Opera.”
1903 – Riza Royce, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The Bat [1959],” “Hollywood Horror House” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “One Step Beyond.”
DIED ON JULY 18
2025 – Gary Smith, executive producer for “Incarnation [2022].”
2025 – Michael Melski, director/writer/producer for “The Child Remains [2017].”
2025 – Harry Standjofski, actor in “The Neighbor,” episodes of “Are You Afraid of the Dark,” “Big Wolf on Campus,” “Being Human,” video games “Still Life” and “Outlast.”
2025 – Jimmy Hunt, actor in “Invaders from Mars [1953]” and “Invaders from Mars [1986].”
2025 – Homayoon, actor in “Sarasm – aka “Delirium” (1965).”
2025 – Velu Prabhakaran, director for “Nalaya Manithan,” “Adisaya Manithan,” “Asuran” and appeared in “Pizza 3: The Mummy.”
2024 – Bob Newhart, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Svengoolie.”
2024 – Jerry Fuller, appeared in “The Twilight Zone – S2, E20 [1961].”
2023 – Viktor Melikhov, actor in “The Vampire [1991].”
2022 – Rebecca Balding, actress in “The Silent Scream,” “The Boogens” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.”
2021 – Milan Lasica, actor in “Freckled Max and the Spooks” and the TV Series “Frankenstein’s Aunt.”
2020 – Elize Cawood, actress in “Tooth Fairy.”
2020 – Haruma Miura, appeared in “Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge.”
2019 – Robert Milli, appeared in “The Fly [1958],” “The Cat Creature,” and tv episodes of “Journey to the Unknown [1968]” and “The Wild World of Mystery [1974].”
2001 – Mimi Fariña, soundtrack for “The Invitation [2015] – songs Dopico, Miles, Swallow Song.”
1993 – John Beck, produced the American version of “King Kong vs. Godzilla”.
1993 – Davis Roberts, appeared in “The Demon Seed,” and in the TV series’ “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1973 – Jack Hawkins, appeared in “Tales That Witness Madness” and “Theatre of Blood.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 18
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [1973] – Los Angeles (premiere)
Shriek of the Mutilated [1974]
Zombie [1979]
Prom Night [1980]
Vamp [1986]
Aliens [1986]
Arachnophobia [1990]
Jurassic Park III [2001]
Dead House [2014] – Slovenia – Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival
The Purge: Anarchy [2014]
I Know What You Did Last Summer [2025]
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