JULY 19
BORN ON JULY 19
1988 – Daniel Rindress-Kay, actor in “Fear of the Dark” and “Warm Bodies.”
1982 – Jared Padalecki, starred in “Supernatural,” “Cry Wolf,” “House of Wax [2005],” “House of Fears,” and “Friday the 13th [2009].”
1980 – Mark Webber, actor in “13 Sins,” “Jessabelle,” “Uncanny,” “Green Room,” “Antibirth” and the short “Welcome to Willits: After Sundown.”
1977 – Erin Cummings, appeared in “Bitch Slap,” “Dark House,” “”Night of the Wolf,” Late Phases,” “Dante’s Cove – TV Series” and more.
1976 – Vinessa Shaw, has appeared in “Stag Night,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Clinical,” “Family Blood,” “We Need to Do Something,” “Come Out and Play” and “Home Sweet Home.”
1964 – Alexandra Curtis, starred in “The Gold of Love.”
1962 – Anthony Edwards, appeared in “Pet Sematary II.”
1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese director of “Ring,” “Ring 2,″ “Dark Water,” “Chatroom” and more.
1960 – Elizabeth Kaitan, appeared in “Silent Madness,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2,” “Assault of the Killer Bimbos,” “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Necromancer,” “Nightwish” and more.
1957 – Terri Treas, starred in “House IV,” “Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor,” “Alien Nation – TV Series,” TV movies “The Terror Within,” “The Nest,” “Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell,” and many more.
1956 – Peter Barton, appeared in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and “Hell Night.”
1951 – Dan Hicks, appeared in “Evil Dead II,” “Maniac Cop,” “Intruder,” “Darkman,” “Wishmaster,” “2001 Maniacs” and more.
1951 – Debra Byrd, voice for the videogame “Choose Your Own Nightmare: Night of the Werewolf (1998).”
1951 – Abel Ferrara, writer and director of The Addiction,” “Body Snatchers,” “Ms .45” and “The Driller Killer.”
1950 – Tom McLoughlin, writer and/or director of “She-Wolf of London – TV Series,” “They Came from Outer Space – TV Series,” “Sometimes They Come Back,” “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “One Dark Night” and more.
1943 – David Griffin, appeared in “Trog” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”
1940 – Charley Scalies, actor in 12 Monkeys [1995].”
1938 – Sergio Martino, director for “Torso,” “All the Colors of the Dark,” “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,” “Slave of a Cannibal God,” “The Great Alligator,” “The Scorpion with Two Tales,” “American Rickshaw” and more.
1924 – Daisy White, appeared in “Curtains [1983].”
1924 – Pat Hingle appeared in “Tarantula: The Deadly Cargo.”
DIED ON JULY 19
2023 – Anita Carey, actress in “The Wyvern Mystery [2000].”
2022 – William Richert, appeared in “Millennium – Episode: Exegesis.”
2021 – Iván Noel, director/producer/writer/composer for “Vuelve” “They Returned” and “Children of the Night.”
2020 – Sonia Darrin, appeared in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
2019 – Jeremy Kemp, appeared in “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1983]” and an episode of “Shades of Darkness [1983].”
2019 – Rutger Hauer, appeared in “Bone Daddy,” “Flying Virus,” “The Reverend,” “Hemogloben,” “Corbin Nash,” “Minotaur,” “Dracula 3D,” “The Rite,” “Split Second,” and many more
2014 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, appeared in “Sick Boy,” “Boogeyman,” “Firestarter 2: Rekindled” and “The Darkling.”
2004 – Irvin S. Yeaworth, wrote the screenplays and directed “The 4D Man” and “The Blob [2008]”.
1999 – Richard Marion, appeared in “Child’s Play 3″ and “The Godmonster of Indian Flats”.
1976 – Gene Roth, appeared in “Attack of the Giant Leeches [1959],” “The Spider,” “Tormented,” “Twice Told Tales,” “Tower of London,” “She Demons” and more.
1968 – Jack Pierce, make-up genius who created “Frankenstein,” “The Wolf Man,” “The Mummy,” “The Invisible Man,” “Bride of Frankenstein,” “Dracula, “The Old Dark House,” “White Zombie,” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” House of Dracula,” “Dracula’s Daughter,” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 19
La Llorona [1935]
The Dunwich Horror [1970] – UK
The Thing with Two Heads [1972]
SS Hell Camp [1977]
Delirium [1979] – St. Louis
Day of the Dead [1985] – Los Angeles – premiere
The Frighteners [1996]
Alien Hunter [2003]
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary [2005]
Stalled [2013] – South Korea – Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
The Wretched [2019] – Fantasia International Film Festival
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JULY 20
BORN ON JULY 20
1991 – Montanna Gillis, actress in “The Vatican Tapes” and “Bloodline Killer.”
1977 – Penny Vital, actress in “The Slaughter,” “You’re So Dead,” “The Cook,” “Necrosis” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1975 – Judy Greer, appeared in “Halloween Kills,” “Halloween [2018],” “Jurassic World,” “Cursed,” “Carrie [2013],” “The Village” and more.
1973 – Omar Epps, appeared in the films “Trick,” “Dracula 2000″, “Scream 2.″
1973 – Roberto Orci, executive producer for “The Mummy [2017],” TV Movies “Locke & Key,” “Tales from the Darkside [2015]” and the TV Series “Sleepy Hollow.”
1957 – Donna Dixon, actress in “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Lucky Stiff” and “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.”
1953 – Lee Garlington, actress in “Psycho II,” “Psycho III,’ “The Seventh Sign,” “Mortuary,” “House By the Lake,” “Summer of Fear” and more.
1947 – Camille Keaton, starred in “I Spit on Your Grave [1978],” “Kung Fu Cannibals,” “Chop,” “The Lords of Salem” and “I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà vu.”
1946 – Bob Heatlie, composer the theme song for the TV Series “The Trap Door”
1944 – Jo Carroll Pierce, soundtrack/writer for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation – “Ruby.”
1941 – Koji Ishizaka, who appeared in “Godzilla 1985.″
1938 – Gary Graver, cinematographer for “They’re Playing with Fire,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “The Toolbox Murders,” “Mortuary,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “Blood Mania,” “The Attic” and many more.
1938 – Diana Rigg, appeared in “Theatre of Blood.”
1936 – Ken Johnson, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses” and the TV Movie “The California Kid.”
1927 – Byrd Holland, make-up artist for “The Undertaker and His Pals,” “The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals,” “Terror Circus,” “The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe,” “Rabid [1977],” “Dead Men Don’t Die” and “Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural.”
1925 – Lola Albright, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and the TV Show “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1917 – Paul Hubschmid, appeared in “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
1915 – Robin Wentworth, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Nothing But the Night” and an episode of the TV Series “Sherlock Holmes.”
DIED ON JULY 20
2025 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, actor in “King of the Underground,” “Dexter – S1.E10” and 3 episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story [2014-2015].”
2025 – Tom Troupe, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2024 – Sener Kökkaya, actor in “Sacred Demijohn 2 [2010].”
2022 – Cas Enklaar, actor in the shorts “Dokter Vogel” and “Hybris.”
2020 – Bijay Mohanty, appeared in “Mita Basichi Mu Bhuta Sathire.”
2012 – Simon Ward, appeared in “The Monster Club,” “Deadly Strangers,” “Dracula [1973],” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and more.
2006 – Robert Cornthwaite, appeared in “The Naked Monster,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” “The War of the Worlds [1953],” “The Thing from Another World” and many more.
2005 – James Doohan, appeared in “Skinwalkers: Curse of The Shaman.”
1996 – Randy Stuart, played the wife of “The Incredible Shrinking Man.”
1995 – Steve Ritch, starred in “The Werewolf.”
1992 – Herman King, produced “Gorgo.”
1987 – Richard Egan, appeared in the films “Gog” and “The House That Wouldn’t Die.”
1986 – Helen Craig, actress in the TV Movie “The Legend of Lizzie Borden” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1974 – Allen Jenkins, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Tomorrow at Seven.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 20
The Picture of Dorian Gray [1917]
Francis in the Haunted House [1956] – New York City
Frankenstein 1970 [1958]
The Devil Rides Out [1968] – UK
Dracula [1979]
Train to Busan [2016] – South Korea
3-Headed Shark Attack [2015]
Unfriended: Dark Web [2018]
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JULY 21
BORN ON JULY 21
1989 – Ali Cobrin, actress in “Jack Turner and the Reluctant Vampire” and “Girl House.”
1978 – Josh Hartnett, starred in “The Faculty,” “Halloween H2O,” “30 Days of Night” and episodes of “Penny Dreadful.”
1976 – Jaime Murray, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Warehouse 13 – TV Series,” “Fright Night 2,” “Devil’s Playground,” “Demons – TV Movie,” “The Deaths of Ian Stone,” “The Nanny [2018]” and more.
1964 – Susan Swift, appeared in “Audrey Rose” and “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.”
1960 – Lance Guest, appeared in “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Halloween 2.″
1955 – Adrienne King, starred in “Friday the 13th [1980[” “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981],” “Psychic Experiment,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming” and “Tales of Poe.”
1951 – Robin Williams., starred in “The Night Listener,” “Insomnia” and “One Hour Photo.”
1951 – Michael Cutt, actor in “Night of the Demon [1980],” “ Sweet Sixteen,” and 2 episodes of the Mini-Series “Something Is Out There.”
1948 – Art Hindle, appeared in “Black Christmas [1974],” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]” and “The Brood.”
1946 – Anne Libert, actress in “A Virgin Among the Living Dead,” “Daughter of Dracula,” Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein” and more.
1945 – Sergio Calderón, actor in “The Ruins.”
1943 – Edward Herrmann, appeared in “The Lost Boys” and “My Boyfriend’s Back.”
1929 – John Woodvine, best be remembered for portraying “Dr. Hirsch” in “An American Werewolf in London.”
1927 –Paul Blaisdell, AIP creature creator, “It Conquered the World,” “The Day the World Ended,” “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and many more.
1924 – Don Knotts, starred in “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and “The Private Eyes.”
1910 – Motoyoshi Oda, appeared in “The Invisible Avenger,” “Gigantis the Fire Monster” and “Ghost Man.”
1863 – C. Aubrey Smith, appeared in “The Monkey’s Paw” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
DIED ON JULY 21
2025 – June Wilkinson, actress in “Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie [1984].”
2024 – Evelyn Thomas, actress in the short “PDA Massacre [2004].”
2023 – Tony Bennett, soundtrack for “War of the Worlds [1985],” as well as episodes of “The X-Files” and “The Stand.
2023 – Jerome Coopersmith, writer for the TV Movies “The Cradle Will Fall,” “The Sins of Dorian Gray [1983]” and an episode of “The Evil Touch.”
2023 – Robert Lister, actor in “The Casebook of Eddie Brewer [2012].”
2023 – Juliette Mayniel, actress in “Eyes Without a Face” and “Dog Lay Afternoon.”
2022 – Taurean Blacque, actor in “DeepStar Six” and Tara.”
2022 – Mercedes Carreño, actress in “Baron Brakola.”
2020 – Annie Ross, actress for “Basket Case 2,” “Witchery,” “The Beast Must Die,” “The Wicker Man [1973]” and also worked on the soundtrack for “Basket Case 3.”
2019 – Paul Krassner, writer for “The Last of the Manson Girls.”
2004 – Jerry Goldsmith, great composer whose film scores include the 1999 versions of “The Haunting,” “The Mummy,” as well as “Alien,” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Hollow Man,” “Gremlins,” “Leviathan,” “The Omen,” “Psycho II,” “Deep Rising,” “Coma,” and many more.
1996 – Luana Anders, appeared in “Night Tide,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “Dementia 13,″ “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and “Doppelganger.”
1975 – Gordon Bau, make-up dept for “House of Wax [1953],” “Phantom of the Rue Morgue,” “Frankenstein 1970,” “Chamber of Horrors,” “Them!,’ “The Illustrated Man” and more.
1967 – Basil Rathbone, starred as “The Son of Frankenstein,” “Sherlock Holmes” and in the numerous films such as “The Black Sleep” and “Tales of Terror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 21
Rituals [1977]
Spawn of The Slithis [1978]
The House of the Baskervilles [1978]
Vampire Hookers [1978]
What Lies Beneath [2000]
Hellborn [2003]
Monster House [2006]
Dead Moon Rising [2007] – Big Damn Film Festival
Death Proof [2007] – New York City
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow [2009]
Orphan [2009] – Westwood, CA (premiere)
Basement [2011]
Sator [2019] – Brazil
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JULY 22
BORN ON JULY 22
1983 – Sharni Vinson, starred in “You’re Next,” “House on Willow Street,” “Patrick: Evil Awakens” and “Bait.”
1982 – Sarah Lind, appeared in “Jakob’s Wife,” “WolfCop,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” “Blade: The Series,” “Severed,” “Stephen King’s Dead Zone – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series” and more.
1978 – A.J. Cook, appeared in “Wer,” “Mother’s Day,” “Night Skies,” “Bloodsuckers,” “Final Destination 2,” “Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell,” “Ripper,” episodes of the TV series “Goosebumps” and more.
1976 – Karen Cliche, appeared in “Lost Girl – TV Series,” “Saw VI,” “Pact with the Devil,” “Vampire High = TV Series,” “Big Wolf on Campus – TV Series,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2000]”, and more.
1971 – Oliver Robins, starred in “Poltergeist” and “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”
1965 – Patrick Labyorteaux, appeared in the thriller “Heathers,” and horror films “Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College”.
1964 – John Leguizamo, appeared in “Land of the Dead” and “The Happening.”
1963 – Joanna Going, appeared in “Phantoms” and as “Victoria Winters” in the 1993 TV version of “Dark Shadows.”
1962 – Steve Albini, composer for “Girl on the Third Floor [2019].”
1962 – Roman Madyanov, actor in “Ghouls [2017].”
1955 – Willem Dafoe, appeared “Shadow of the Vampire” “The Lighthouse [2019],” “Siberia,” “Odd Thomas,” “Antichrist” and more.
1952 – Mary & Madeleine Collinson, were identical twins who starred in the Hammer film, “Twins of Evil.”
1951 – Tisa Farrow, starred in “The Grim Reaper,” “Zombie” and the TV Movie ““The Initiation of Sarah.”
1947 – J. Kenneth Campbell, appeared in “The Changeling,” “Waxwork” and an episode of the TV Series “Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction.”
1945 – Danny Glover, actor in “Predator 2,” “Beloved,” “Saw,” “Night Train,” “Day of the Mummy,” “Toxin,” “The Curse of Buckout Road” and “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1944 – Peter Jason, actor in “Trick or Treats,” “Dreamscape,” “Prince of Darkness,” “They Live,” “Arachnophobia,” “Village of the Damned,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Willow Creek,” “Body Bags – TV Movie” and more.
1938 – Terence Stamp, appeared in “The Company of Wolves,” “The Hunger – TV Series,” “The Haunted Mansion,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Link” and more.
1936 – Nancy Dow, actress in “The Ice House.”
1934 – Louise Flecther, appeared in “Exorcist II: The Heretic”.
1933 – Pat McNamara, actor in “The Silence of the Lambs” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows [1966.”
1929 – Marcia Henderson, appeared in “The Hypnotic Eye” and “World of the Giants.”
1922 – Edward B. Randolph, appeared in “She-Beast” and “Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype.”
1917 – Jane Farrar, actress in “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Climax.”
1905 – Louis Diage, set decorator for “The Return of the Vampire” and “13 Ghosts [1960].”
1889 – James Whale, directed “The Invisible Man,” “The Old Dark House,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and Frankenstein [1931].
1896 – Fred Schuessler, casting director for “The Monkey’s Paw,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Before Dawn.”
DIED ON JULY 22
2025 – Ozzy Osbourne appeared in the film “Trick or Treat,” as “Reverend Aaron Gilstrom.”
2025 – George Kooymans, soundtrack/writer for “Car Trouble, Darlin’ [1994] – Radar Love,” Raging Angels [1995] – Twilight Zone” and “Wicked Lake [2008] – Radar Love.”
2025 – Julian LeFay, video game director for “The Terminator (1991)” and “The Terminator 2029 (1992).”
2024 – Saeed Rad, actor in “The Bondwoman [1974].”
2023 – Lelia Goldoni, actress in “Theatre of Death,” “Good Against Evil,” “The Spell,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “The Unseen” and “The Devil Inside.”
2022 – Don Pomes, actor in “Deathmoon [1978].”
2021 – Zentaro Watanabe, soundtrack for “Exte: Hair Extensions.”
1988 – Duane Jones who played “Ben” in “Night of the Living Dead,” Jones was the first African American to have a starring role in a horror film! He also appeared in “Ganja & Hess” and “Fright House.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 22
Return of the Fly [1959]
King Kong Escapes [1967] – Japan
Cry of the Banshee [1970]
Lucifer’s Women [1974] – Seguin, TX
The Hills Have Eyes [1977]
Orca [1977]
Jaws 3D [1983]
Delta Die! [2003]
The Devil’s Rejects [2005]
Swamp Zombies!!! [2005] – Pittsburgh, PA [premiere]
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JULY 23
BORN ON JULY 23
1989 – Daniel Radcliffe, starred in “The Woman in Black” and “Victor Frankenstein.”
1984 – Matthew Campbell, art department/greensman for “Sea Beast,” “Into the Grizzly Maze,” “Death Note,” episodes of “Witches of East End,” “The Returned” and more.
1982 – Tom Mison, starred as “Ichabod Crane” on “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series.”
1978 – Pearry Reginald Teo, director/producer/writer for “The Assen,” “The Curse of the Sleeping Beauty,” “Ghosthunters [2016],” “Necromentia,” “The Evil Inside” and more.
1977 – Silvia Colloca, actress in “Vampire Killers,” “Sting” and “Van Helsing.”
1973 – Kathryn Hahn, appeared in “The Visit” and voiceover in “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.”
1972 – Vince Yoshida, makeup artist for “Lake Placid,” “Final Destination 2,” “House of the Dead,” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “White Noise,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Beneath,” “The Thaw,” “The Midnight Man,” “Polaroid,” “The Grudge,” “Antlers” and more.
1961 – Woody Harrelson, starred in “Natural Born Killers,” “Zombieland,” “Zombieland: Double Tap,” and the TV movie “Bay Coven.”
1953 – Lydia Cornell, appeared in “Bloodtide” and an episode of the TV Series “Monsters.”
1950 – Belinda Montgomery, actress in “Ritual of Evil,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Silent Madness” and “Phantom Town.”
1930 – Chuck Courtney, appeared in “Pet Sematary [1989],” “Food of the Gods” and “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula.”
1938 – Juliet Anderson, starred in “The Beast That Killed Women” and “Tattoo Vampire.”
1938 – Ronny Cox, appeared in “The Car,” “Robocop” and “The Beast Within.”
1922 – Sydney Lassick, appeared in “Carrie [1976],” “Alligator,” “Lade In White,” “Pandemonium,” “Silent Madness,” “The Unseen” and more.
1919 – Don Isaacs, sound editor for “The Fly [1958],” “Summer Camp Nightmare” and “Waxwork.”
1912 – Michael Wilding, actor in “Frankenstein: The True Story,” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Target.”
1888 – James Donlan, appeared in “Thirteen Women” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JULY 23
2024 – Teresa Gimpera, actress in “Count Dracula,” “The Feast of Satan,” “The Night of the Scorpion,” “Naked Girl Murdered in the Park,” “Night of the Devils,” “Crypt of the Living Dead,” “Love Brides of the Blood Mummy,” “Creation of the Damned,” “The People Who Own the Dark” and “Second Name.”
2023 – Inga Swenson, actress in the TV Movie “Bay Cove [1987].”
2022 – Jered Barclay, actor in “War of the Satellites,” “Howling VI: Freaks,” “Matinee Theatre – Episode: The Suicide Club” and 3 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2022 – Boy Alano, actor in “Mga bata ng lagim – aka Children of Horror” and #ParangNormal Activity – Episode: Lolo Boys.”
2022 – Diane Hegarty, Co-Founder of the Church of Satan, editor of “Many of Anton LaVey’s Books” and made an appearance in “Stock footage of obscure 1970s occult horror films.”
2021 – Jean-Yves Lafesse, appeared in “Baby Blood.”
2021 – Mike Mitchell, actor in “The Planet,” “Apocalypse Z” and “Dark Highlands.”
2020 – Jacqueline Scott, appeared in “Empire of the Ants,” Macabre,” episodes of TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Matinee Theater.”
2019 – Gabe Khouth, appeared in “It [1990],” “Home Invasion,” and TV Episodes of “Millennium,” “Supernatural,” and “iZombie.”
2019 – Danny Keogh, actor in “The Mangler,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter,” “Ed Gein,” “Slash,” “Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell,” and TV episodes of “Domination,” “Blood Drive,” and more.
2009 – Ted Swanson, production manager for “Island Claws,” TV Movies “The Presence,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” first assistant unit director for “Jaws: The Revenge” and producer for the TV Movie “The Tale of Sweeney Todd [1997].”
2002 – Leo McKern, starred in “X-The Unknown” and “Damien: The Omen II.”
1997 – David Warbeck, appeared in “Razor Blade Smile,” “Fatal Frames,” “The Beyond,” “The Black Cat” and “Twins of Evil.”
1994 – Hans Salter, wonderful composer for “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “The Wolf Man,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man, “The Island Earth,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “House of Frankenstein,” “Hold That Ghost,” and also worked on the soundtrack for “Happy Death Day 2U.”
1982 – Vic Morrow, appeared in “Humanoids from the Deep,” “Message from Space” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1978 – Charles Horvath, appeared in “The Thing That Wouldn’t Die” and “The Man of a Thousand Faces.”
1970 – Leith Stevens, stock music for “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Night of the Ghouls,” “I Married a Monster from Outer Space” and more.
1965 – G. Raymond Nye, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1948 – D.W. Griffith, director/writer/producer for “One Exciting Night” and “The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 23
The Haunting [1999]
Dagon [2002] – video premiere
Trancers 6 [2002]
Impetigore [2019]
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JULY 24
BORN ON JULY 24
1982 – Trevor Matthews, actor in “Girl House,” “The Shrine,” “Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer” and “Teen Massacre.”
1979 – Rose Byrne, has starred in “Insidious,” “Insidious: Chapter 2,” “Insidious: The Last Key,” “Just Buried,” and “28 Weeks Later.”
1970 – Jennifer Lopez, starred in “Anaconda,” “The Boy Next Door” and “The Cell.”
1965 – Doug Liman, executive producer for “The Killing Floor,” “Cry Wolf” and 10 episodes of the TV Series “Nightflyers.”
1965 – Kadeem Hardison, appeared in “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Cult – TV Series,” “Def by Temptation,” “Escapee,” “B.C. Butcher,” “Ashes” and the TV Movie “Run for Your Life.”
1959 – David Alan Graf, appeared in “Witchcraft 7″ and “Witchcraft XI.”
1952 – Gus Van Sant, directed the 1998 version of “Psycho.”
1947 – Robert Hays, actor in “Cat’s Eye,” “Paranormal Movie,” as well as TV Movies “The Initiation of Sarah,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare” and “Sharknado 2: The Second One.”
1946 – Vlastimil Harapes, actor in “Beauty and the Beast [1978].”
1942 – Chris Sarandon, appeared in “The Sentinel,” “Fright Night [1985],” “Whispers [1990],” “Child’s Play” and more.
1940 – Kim Richmond, composer for Ants! [1972].”
1936 – Ruth Buzzi, actress in “The Being,” “My Mom’s a Werewolf,” “Fallen Angels” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Gravedale High” and “The Addams Family (Animated) [1992].”
1935 – Eddy Donno, stunts for “Race With the Devil,” “The Entity,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Invaders from Mars,” “My Best Friend Is a Vampire,” “Grotesque,” “Hocus Pocus,” “The Mothman Prophecies” and more.
1925 – John McMamara, appeared in “From Hell It Came,” “The Return of Dracula” and “War of the Colossal Beast.”
1916 – Betty Goode, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JULY 24
2025 – Hulk Hogan, appeared in “Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]” and the video game “World War Z (2019).”
2025 – Henri Szeps, appeared in the TV Movie “The Plumber [1979]” and the short “No Junk Mail [2009].”
2025 – Don Zimmerman, editor for “Men in Black³ [2012].”
2022 – David Warner, actor in “From Beyond the Grave, “The Omen,” “Waxwork,” “Grave Secrets,” “Pulse Pounders,” “Body Bags – TV Movie,” “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Ice Cream Man,” “Scream 2,” “Ice Cream Man,” “Sweeney Todd [2006] – TV Movie,” “Nightwing,” “The Company of Wolves” and more.
2022 – Carla Cassola, actress in “Demonia,” “The Sect,” “The Torturer,” “Into the Labyrinth,” “Letto numero 6” and the TV Movie “The House of Clocks.”
2021 – Alfie Scopp, actor in “The Mask [1961].”
2019 – Nam Gi-Nam, Directed “Three Evil Spirits,” “Night Fairy,” “The Cemetery Under the Moon,” and others.
2019 – Sergio Di Giulio, appeared in “Zombie” and “Versipellis.”
2012 – Sherman Hemsley, appeared in “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Love at First Bite” and more.
2002 – Robert Easter, screenwriter for “The Toolbox Murders.”
1997 – Brian Glover, appeared in “Alien 3,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror” and “An America Werewolf in London.”
1989 – Ernest Morrison, appeared in “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Ape Man” and the short “Haunted Spooks.”
1985 – Eddie Parks, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1982 – Everett Alton Brown, sound department for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Hidden Hand.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 24
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster [1971]
Wolfen [1981]
Afraid of the Dark [1991] – New York City
Disturbing Behavior [1998]
Demonicus [2001] – video premiere
Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank [2006] – DVD premiere
The Crate [2007]
100 Feet [2008] – South Korea
Crawler [2009]
Mutilation Mile [2009]
Orphan [2009]
The Sphere of the Lycanthrope [2009]
The House That Drips Blood on Alex [2010]
Dark Was the Night [2014]
The Vatican Tapes [2015] – USA (limited)
Pledge [2018] – Fantasia Film Festival
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JULY 25
BORN ON JULY 25
1987 – Michael Welch, appeared in “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane,” “Hansel & Gretel Get Baked,” “The Final Wish,” “The Demented” and more.
1985 – Ashley Bell, appears in “Carnage Park,” “The Last Exorcism,” “The Last Exorcism Part II,” “Witch Hunt,” “Voices,” “The Day,” “Psychopaths” and more.
1985 – Shantel VanSanten, appeared in “Something Wicked” and “The Final Destination.”
1982 – Ben Ketai, writer for “Tales from the Grudge,” “Suck (short),” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days,” “The Forest,” “The Strangers Prey at Night,” “Malevolent” and more.
1973 – David Denman, appeared in “Brightburn,” “The Gift,” “Shutter,” “When a Stranger Calls,” “Outcast – TV Series,” “Night Stalker – TV Series,” “The X-Files TV Series” and more.
1968 – Michael Karen, director for “Falshback” and the TV Movie “Killer Bees.”
1965 – Illeana Douglas, appeared in the films “Otis,” and “Stir of Echoes”.
1943 – Irwin Yablans, executive producer for the first three “Halloween” films, “Hell Night” and “Fade to Black.”
1938 – Renée Victor, actress in “The Prophecy II,” “Paranormal Activity II,” “The Unspeakable (short)” and the animated TV Series “The Addams Family [1992].”
1933 – George Dickerson, actor in “Psycho II” and “Terrifying Tales.”
1929 – Al Adamson, Actor/producer/director whose credits included “Horror of the Blood Monsters,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Blood of Ghastly Horror.”
1921 – Kevin Stoney, appeared in “The Shadow of the Cat,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
1917 – Stephen Roberts, actor in “Gog,” “Terrified,” “Diary of a Madman,” episodes of “One Step Beyond” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1910 – Gil Galvano, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders [1978].”
1905 – Red Turner, art department/props for “House of Wax [1953].”
1890 – Arthur Lubin, directed “The Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “Hold That Ghost.”
DIED ON JULY 25
2023 – Michele Kalamera, voice dubbing for “Kong Island,” “Hotel Fear” and “The Dead Are Alive!”
2022 – Paul Sorvino, actor in “Bad Impulse,” “The Stuff,” “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Chiller – TV Movie,” “The Devil’s Carnival,” “Sicilian Vampire,” “The Hybrids Family” and “Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival.”
2022 – Jennifer Bartlett, actress in “Another Son of Sam.”
2022 – Geir Børresen, actor in “Noe helt annet – aka Something Else” and the TV Series “Horror Bizarre.”
2022 – Yôko Shimada, actress in “The Inugami Family,” “Village of Eight Gravestones” and “Dear heart: Furuete nemure.”
2022 – Camelia Zorlescu, actress in “Bloodlust: Subspecies III” and “Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm.”
2020 – John Saxon, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “Black Christmas [1974],” “Queen of Blood [1966],” “Blood Beach,” “Death House,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Hellmaster,” “The Arrival,” “Beyond Evil,” “The Evil Eye,” “Cannibals in the Streets” and many more.
2020 – Božena Böhmová, appeared in the TV Movie “Hrabe Drakula.”
2020 – Turíbio Ruiz, appeared in “The Hour of Fear” and “Horas Fatais.”
2005 – Ford Rainey, appeared in a “Halloween II [1981],” “A Howling in the Woods,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and many more.
2003 – John Schlesinger, directed “The Believers.”
2003 – Michael Mundell, actor in “the Blood Beast Terror” and “Tam Lin.”
2000 – Don Weis, director for TV shows “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Freddy’s Nightmares” and the TV film “The Munster’s Revenge.”
1996 – 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.
1988 – Judith Barsi, actress in “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1984 – Akihiko Hirata, appeared in “Godzilla [1954],” “Godzilla, King of the Monsters! [1956],” “Rodan,” “The Mysterians,” “The H-Man,” “Daikaijû Baran,” “Mothra,” “Gorath,” “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Atragon,” “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster,” “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,” “Son of Godzilla” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JULY 25
Haunted Honeymoon [1986]
Maximum Overdrive [1986]
Last Gasp [1995]
Beyond Re-Animator [2003]
The X Files: I Want to Believe [2008]
GoatSucker [2009] – Madisonville, KY
Malibu Shark Attack [2008] – TV Movie
Lavalantula [2015] – TV Movie
House of Eden [2025]
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