AUGUST 9
BORN ON AUGUST 9
1990 – Bill Skarsgård, starred in “Nosferatu [2024],” “Barbarian,” “The Crow [2024],” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “It [2017]” “It Chapter Two,” “Villains” and “Castle Rock – TV Series.”
1990 – Adelaide Kane, appeared in Blood Punch [2014], “Teen Wolf [TV Series],” “The Devil’s Hand,” “The Purge“ and “Donner Pass.”
1989 – Jackie Adragna, actress in “Catch of the Day,” “I Know Where She’s Buried,” “Terrifier 2,” “A Last Laugh – short” and an episode of the TV Series “Twisted Fiction.”
1985 – Anna Kendrick, “Life After Beth,” and an episode of “Fear Itself.”
1982 – Kate Siegel, appeared in “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Hush,” “Demon Legacy,” “Oculus,” “The Curse of the Black Dahlia,” episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.
1977 – Lin Oeding, director for “Office Uprising,” stunts for “Reunion,” “Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning,” “Detention” and the short “Project S.E.R.A.”
1976 – Rhona Mitra, appeared in “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Doomsday,” “The Number 23,″ “Skinwalkers,” “Hollow Man” and episodes of “The Strain.”
1968 – Gillian Anderson, starred in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The X Files” feature film, and “The X Files: I Want to Believe” as well as episodes of “Hannibal.”
1963 – Paul Bunnell, writer/director of “That Little Monster,” “Terrifying Tales” and “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.”
1959 – Amanda Bearse, starred in “Fright Night [1985]” and the TV movie “Here Comes The Munsters.”
1959 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1959 – Ted Prior, appeared in “Killer Workout,” “Sledgehammer,” “Surf Nazis Must Die,” “Possessed by the Night,” “The Last House,” “Night Claws,” “Mutant Species” and “Breath of Hate.”
1957 – Melanie Griffith, starred in “Body Double.”
1956 – Ron Lynch, production management for “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Children of the Corn: Runaway,” producer for “Bed Rest,” “Abigail,” “Scream: The TV Series,” “Scream [2022],” “Scream VI” and “Scream 7.”
1949 – Martin Kitrosser, writer for “Friday the 13th: Part 3,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker,” script supervisor for “Friday the 13th,” “Friday the 13th: Part 2,” “Deadly Blessing” and “Silent Madness.”
1944 – Gajirô Satô, actor in “Nuns That Bite.”
1944 – Sam Elliot, starred in “Frogs,” “The Legacy” and “Ghost Rider.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1934 – Oswald d’Andrea, music department for “Censor [2021].”
1927 – Robert Shaw, starred in “Jaws” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1918 – Robert Aldrich, directed “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.”
1906 – Robert Surtees, cinematographer in “The Other [1972].”
1905 – Leo Genn, actor in “Frightmare [1974],” “The Bloody Judge,” “Psycho-Circus” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1903 – Tom Tyler, played “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand.”
DIED ON AUGUST 9
2025 – Ray Brooks, actor in “The Flesh and Blood Show,” “House of Whipcord” and an episode of the TV Series “Play for Today.”
2023 – Robbie Robertson, soundtrack/writer for “1408 [2007] – “The Weight.”
2023 – Doreen Mantle, actress in “The Turn of the Screw [1992].”
2023 – Robert Swan, actor in “The Childhood Friend” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
2022 – Evgeniy Korzhenkov, cinematographer for the TV Movie “Hellfire.”
2021 – Patricia Hitchcock [daughter of Sir Alfred Hitchcock], appeared in “Strangers on a Train,” “Psycho [1960]” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2021 – Alex Cord, actor in “The Dead Are Alive,” “Chosen Survivors,” “Inn of the Damned,” “Uninvited [1987]” as well as episodes of several TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Monsters,” “War of the Worlds” and “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
2021 – Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya, appeared in 2 episodes of “Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion.”
2020 – Martin Birch, music producer & sound engineer for Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, and Iron Maiden.
2020 – Rolf Göran Forsmark, appeared in “En Drink med Dracula” and an episode of “Chock.”
2020 – Duane Tatro, composer/stock music for the 1972 TV Movie “When Michael Calls.”
2014 – Ed Nelson, starred in “Night of the Blood Beast,” “The Brain Eaters” and “The Boneyard.”
2007 – Matthew McGrory, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” and “The Dead Hate The Living.”
2006 – Gianfranco Bellini, voice dubbing for “Eyes Without a Face,” “The Cat o’ Nine Tails,” “The Case of the Bloody Iris,” “Torso,” “Play Motel,” “The Beyond,” “Don’t Look in the Attic,” “Dagger Eyes,” “Terminator II” and more.
2003 – Gregory Hines, starred in “Eve of Destruction” and “Wolfen.”
1969 – Sharon Tate, starred in “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” and “Eye of the Devil.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 9
The Thirteenth Guest [1932]
The Bat [1959]
A Taste of Blood [1967]
Majin – aka Daimajin [1968]
Night of Bloody Horror [1969] – New Orleans
Night Watch [1973] – New York City
Anthropophagus [1980]
The Abyss [1989]
Escape from L.A. [1996]
Vampire Assassin [2005]
Don’t Go to the Reunion [2013]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark [2019]
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AUGUST 10
BORN ON AUGUST 10
1990 – Lucas Till, starred in “Wolves,” “Crush,” “The Disappointments Room,” “Kristy,” “The Curse of Downers Grove” and more.
1989 – Brenton Thwaites, actor in “Ghosts of War,” “Office Uprising” and “Oculus.”
1979 – Robert Conway, director/writer/producer for “The Covenant,” “Krampus: Origins,” “Krampus: The Reckoning,” “The Encounter,” “Exit to Hell” and more.
1979 – Ted Geoghegan, writer for “Satanic Panic,” “Mohawk,” “We Are Still Here,” “Sweatshop,” “Don’t Wake the Dead,” “Demonium,’ producer for “Dark Ritual,” “Frank & Zed,” “Fearmakers,” “100 Tears,” “Slasher” and “ABCs of Death 2.”
1971 – Justin Theroux, actor in “False Positive” and “American Psycho.”
1965 – Claudia Christian, appeared in “The Haunting of Hell House,” “Mom [1991],” “Hexed,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “The Hidden” and the TV movie “Strays.”
1965 – Eric Thal, starred in “The Puppet Masters” and “The Shaft.”
1964 – Beverly Randolph, will forever be known for playing “Tina” in “The Return of the Living Dead.”
1960 – Antonio Banderas, starred in “Interview with a Vampire” and “The Skin I Live In.“
1959 – Rosanna Arquette, appeared in “The Divide,” “Black Rainbow,” “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home” and “Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.”
1954 – Rick Overton, actor in “Ghosts of Fear Street,” “Devil in the Flesh,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Comedy Hell,” “The Tripper,” “Cloverfield,” “Dark Seduction,” “Dave Made a Maze” and more.
1953 – Eric Alan Edwards, assistant camera for “Unhinged [1982].”
1942 – John Bailey, cinematographer for “Open Window,” “Premonition,” “Cat People,” “Incident at Loch Ness,” camera/electrical for “The Initiation of Sarah” and Cursed.”
1939 – Kate O’Mara, appeared in the Hammer films “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “The Vampire Lovers” and “Night Creatures.”
1924 – Joseph Cates, producer for the TV Movie “The Cradle Will Fall.”
1923 – Vernon Washington, actor in “The Dark [1979],” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
1920 – Tony Tenser, producer for “The Black Torment,” “Repulsion,” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Witchfinder General,” “The Body Stealers,” “Horror House,” “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” “Frightmare [1974],” “Doomwatch,” “The Creeping Flesh” and more.
1918 – Martin Benson, appeared in “Gorgo,” “The Cosmic Monsters” and “The Omen”.
1914 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “The Boston Strangler,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in a Cage,” “The Lottery,” “Something Evil,” and episodes of “Night Gallery,” and others.
1913 – Noah Beery Jr., appeared in “The Cat Creeps.”
1912 – Wilbur Stark, executive producer for “The Thing [1982]” and “Vampire Circus.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, who portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original version of “Frankenstein.”
1908 – Alexander D’Arcy, appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”
1902 – Curt Siodmak, created the legend of the “Wolf Man.” His screenplays include “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Son of Dracula,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” & “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.” He also directed “Bride of the Gorilla” and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon.”
DIED ON AUGUST 10
2025 – David Ketchum, actor in “Love at First Bite [1979]” and an episode of “The Munsters.”
2024 – Rachael Lillis, voice actress for “Berserk – 10 episodes,” “Descendants of Darkness (TV Series” and “Exte: Hair Extensions.”
2024 – Peggy Moffitt, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2023 – Robert Arevalo, actor in “The Healing [2012].”
2023 – William Elias George – aka “Butchie,” actor in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Document of the Dead” and “Severe Injuries.”
2023 – Antonella Lualdi, actress in “Death on the Fourposter [1964].”
2022 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, appeared in the short “Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre.”
2022 – Bidur Pandey, cinematographer for “Kagbeni.”
2021 – Don Jones, director of “Schoolgirls in Chains,” “The Love Butcher,” “The Forest,” “Molly and the Ghost,” cinematographer for “Inside Amy,” “The House of Seven Corpses,” “sound department for “Blood of the Iron Maiden” and “The Psycho Lover.”
2021 – Sabina Ajrula, actress in “Shadows [2007].”
2021 – Giorgio Lopez, voice dubbing for “Opera [1987]” and “Into the Labyrinth.”
2021 – Dilys Watling, actress in “Theatre of Death.”
2020 – Raymond Gilmore Allen, actor in “Fight That Ghost.”
2019 – Freda Dowie, appeared in “The Omen [1976],” “The Monk,” and “Fragile.”
2019 – Piero Tosi, worked in the costume department for “Spirits of the Dead.”
2012 –Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special makeup effects legend on “Silver Bullet,” “Alien,” “King Kong [1976],” “Deep Red” and many more.
2008 – Harriet L. Stark, actress in “Slugs [1988].”
2008 – Isaac Hayes appeared in “Return to Sleepaway Camp,” “Uncle Sam,” “Soul Survivors,” “Escape from New York” and more.
1982 – Jack Van Evera, actor in “Black Christmas [1974],” “Funeral Home,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “The Incubus” and “Deadly Eyes.”
1979 – Dick Foran, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1976 – Ray “Crash” Corrigan, appeared in “The Ape,” “It, the Terror from Beyond Space” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau.”
1968 – Barney A. Sarecky, associate producer for “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man,” “Crazy Knights” and screenwriter for “The Whispering Shadow.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 10
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu [1929]
Dinosaurus! [1960]
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die [1962]
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane [1976] – New York City
Prophecy [1979] – North Dakota
Flatliners [1990]
In the Mouth of Madness [1994] – Germany: Frankfurt Fantasy Filmfest
King Cobra [1999] – video premiere
The Others [2001]
Session 9 [2001]
Blade of Death [2004]
Creep [2004] – Germany: Frankfurt Fantasy Filmfest
Skinwalkers [2006]
Fraid [2009]
Along Came the Devil [2018]
The Meg [2018]
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AUGUST 11
BORN ON AUGUST 11
1983 – Chris Hemsworth, starred in “The Cabin in the Woods.”
1972 – Dean Zanuck, producer for “Tontine,” “Dead Lawyers – TV Movie,” production executive for “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007].”
1969 – Jonathan Slavin, actor in the TV Movie “Backwoods” and episodes of the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet.”
1965 – Embeth Davidtz, appeared in “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Fallen,” “Army of Darkness” and “Mutator.”
1965 – Viola Davis, appeared in the short film “Touch of Evil.”
1959 – Miguel A. Núñez Jr., actor in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “The Return of the Living Dead,” “Shadowzone,” “Carnosaur 2,” “Leprechaun 4,” “Tara,” “2016,” “The Pining,” “Ride Scare” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1954 – Terry Porter, re-recording mixer for “Friday the 13th: Part 3,” “Time Walker,” “Mausoleum” “Silent Night, Dealy Night,” “Prince of Darkness,” “Bad Dreams,” “Leviathan,” “Arachnophobia,” “The Haunted Mansion [2003],” “World War Z” and more.
1953 – Hulk Hogan, appeared in “Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]” and the video game “World War Z (2019).”
1949 – Eric Carmen, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Grinch (All By Myself) [2018]” and “Dark Shadows (Go All the Way) [2012].”
1947 – Stuart Gordon, directed “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “Dolls,” “Castle Freak” and “Dagon” just to name a few.
1946 – Duncan Preston, appeared in “Howl” as well as episodes of “Shades of Darkness” and “Thriller.”
1946 – Pradip Mukherjee, actor in “Bhoot Chaturdashi – aka The Night of the Ancestors.”
1945 – David Horovitch, actor in “The Chamber [2016],” “The Nun,” “The Nun II,” “The Creeping” and episodes of the TV Series “Thriller” and “Play for Today.”
1942 – Akira Nakao, actor in “The Vampire Doll,” “Death at an Old Mansion,” “Island of the Evil Spirits,” “Garo the Movie: Red Requiem” and several “Godzilla” movies.
1939 – Josef Laufer, actor in “Beauty and the Beast [1978].”
1937 – Anna Massey, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Frenzy” and “The Vault of Horror.”
1937 – Shel Talmy, music director for “Scream and Scream Again [1970].”
1905 – Georges Rigaud, appeared in “Eye of the Devil,” “Santo vs. Dr. Death” and “Horror Express.”
1901 – Lyle B. Reifsnider, set decorator for “House of Wax [1953]” and “Devil’s Partner.”
DIED ON AUGUST 11
2025 – Nazima, actress in “Tower House (1962)” and “Khooni Darinda (1987).”
2024 – Ángel Salazar, actor in “A Stranger Is Watching,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Vamp Bikers Dos” and “Vamp Bikers Tres.”
2023 – Darren Kent, actor in “The Little Stranger,” “The Outer Darkness,” “Infected,” “Community,’ “Asylum Blackout,” “Mirrors” and more.
2022 – Anne Heche, actress in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Psycho [1998],” “Volcano,” “Suffering Man’s Charity,” “Nothing Left to Fear,” “Armed Response,” “My Friend Dahmer” and “The Vanished.”
2022 – Darius Campbell, producer for “House Red.”
2022 – Manuel Ojeda, actor in “The Man in White,” “Perversión,” “Outside the Law” and “Asesina.”
2021 – Paulo José, actor in the TV Series “Vamp.”
2021 – Peter Fleischmann, director, producer, writer for “Die Hamburger Krankheit.”
2020 – George Christy, appeared in “Outbreak,” Se7en” and “Predator 2.”
2019 – Barbara March, actress in the TV Movie “Blood Ties.”
2017 – Sandy Berman, sound effects for “Cataclysm,” “The House on Sorority Row,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Jaws 3D,” “Strange Invaders” and “Fatal Games.”
2014 – Robin Williams, acclaimed comedian and actor starred in “Insomnia” and “One Hour Photo.”
1994 – Peter Cushing, thrilled us in “The Mummy [1959],” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “The Hound of Baskervilles [1959],” “House of Long Shadows,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Horror Express,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “Horror Express,” “Island of Terror,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” and many more.
1993 – Philip Martell, music department for “The Evil of Frankenstein,” “The Horror of It All,’ “The Earth Dies Screaming,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Quartermass and the Pit,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “The Oblong Box,” “Countess Dracula,” “Hands of the Ripper,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” and many more.
1988 – Anne Ramsey, appeared in “Deadly Friend,” “Class Reunion,” “Meet the Hollowheads,” and “Doctor Hackenstein.”
1982 – Folmar Blangsted, editor for “The Other,” “Face of Darkness,” TV Movies “The Night Strangler” and “All the Kind Strangers.”
1975 – Howard Wendell, appeared in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”.
1973 – Peggie Castle appeared in “Beginning of the End” and “Back from the Dead”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 11
King Kong vs. Godzilla [1962] – Japan
Attack of the Mushroom People – aka Matango [1963] – Japan
Dogora The Space Monster [1964]
Beast of Morocco [1968]
Mardi Gras Massacre [1978]
City of the Living Dead [1980] – Italy
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child [1989]
Pulse [2006]
Splatter Disco [2007]
Vampire Black: Trail of the Dead [2008]
The Last Resort [2009] – DVD premiere
Artik [2019]
Infection [2019]
Last Voyage of the Demeter [2023]
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AUGUST 12
BORN ON AUGUST 12
1987 – Joshua Sohn, composer for “Grizzly II: The Revenge” and “The Attic.”
1986 – Elise Avellan, appeared in “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof.”
1985 – Jade Tailor, appeared in “Cam2Cam,” “True Blood – TV Series,” “Dark Reel,” “Crimson” and “You’re So Dead.”
1981 – Natalie Mendoza, starred in “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Blood Drive – TV Series” and “Surviving Evil.”
1976 – Wednesday 13, appeared in “Bite School” and “Killer Waves 2.”
1972 – Rebecca Gayheart, appeared in “Urban Legend,” “Scream 2,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3,” “Santa’s Slay” and the Showtime series “Dead Like Me.”
1964 – David Bear, second assistant director for “Mutant Vampire Zombies from the ‘Hood!” Guardian [2009],” “Elevator [2012]” and appeared in “Zombie Strippers!”
1958 – Rit Wallis, editor for “My Bloody Valentine [1981]” and “The Gate [1987].”
1956 – Bruce Greenwood, appeared in “Disturbing Behavior,” “Gerald’s Game,” “Below” and “Doctor Sleep.”
1954 – Sam J. Jones, appeared in “Revamped.”
1950 – Jim Beaver, starred in several TV Series “Supernatural,” “Crimson Peak”, “Tremors,” “The X-Files” and much more.
1942 – Howard R. Cohen, writer/director whose credits include “Saturday the 14th” and “The Vampire Hookers”.
1939 – George Hamilton, starred in “Love At First Bite,” “The Power” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1936 – Elizabeth Shepherd, actress in “The Tomb of Ligeia,” “Damien: Omen II,” “The Spreading Ground,” as well as episodes of “Tales from the Cryptkeeper,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy” and “The Hidden Room.”
1931 – William Goldman who wrote the screenplays for “The Stepford Wives,” “Magic,” “Dreamcatcher,” and “Misery.”
1928 – Dan Curtis, produced the original and 1990 versions of the TV series “Dark Shadows” and films “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and “Trilogy of Terror.”
1922 – Fulton Mackay, appeared in “Nothing But the Night,” “Sleepwalker,” episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1904 – Edward Ashley, appeared in “Waxworks.”
1898 – Eddie Hart, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Air Hawks.”
1898 – Oskar Homolka, appeared in “The Invisible Woman,” “Mr. Sardonicus” and the 1968 TV version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
1893 – Howard Smith, appeared in “I Bury the Living.”
1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, director/producer for “The Ghost Breaker.”
1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, screenwriter for “The Bat [1959],” “The Unknown [1927]” and “The Bat Whispers.”
DIED ON AUGUST 12
2025 – Ronnie Rondell Jr., stunts for “The Night Stalker,” “Maniac Cop,” “The Seventh Sign,” “They Live,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “The Ambulance,” “Predator 2,” “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Stigmata,” “End of Days” and more.”
2024 – Kim Kahana, stunts in “Jeepers Creepers,” “Grinders” and the TV Movie “Voodoo Moon.”
2022 – Teddy Ray, actor in “Ciaran the Demon Hunter.”
2021 – Tarcísio Meira, actor in “O Beijo do Vampiro – aka The Vampire Kiss.”
2020 – Mónica Luiza Miguel, actor in “Hot Snake.”
2014 – Lauren Bacall, actress in “The Fan” and “Presence of Mind.”
2007 – Aida Young, produced many Hammer films including “Hands of the Ripper”, “Scars of Dracula”, “Taste the Blood of Dracula”, “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave”, “One Million Years B.C.” and more.
2004 – Peter Woodthorpe, appeared in “The Skull,” “The Evil of Frankenstein” and the TV Movie “The Tale of Sweeney Todd.”
2000 – Loretta Young, appeared in “Seven Footprints to Satan.”
1999 – 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.
1982 – Henry Fonda, starred in “The Boston Strangler,” “Tentacles” and “The Swarm.”
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.
1982 – Henry Fonda, starred in “The Swarm,” and “Tentacles.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 12
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941]
Phantom of the Opera [1943] – Los Angeles
Back From the Dead [1957]
The Unknown Terror [1957]
Black Sunday [1960] – Italy
The Pit And The Pendulum [1961]
Suspiria [1977]
Funeral Home [1980]
Manhattan Baby [1982]
Cujo [1983]
Mindwarp [1992] – video premiere
The Skeleton Key [2005]
Final Destination 5 [2011]
Shark Waters [2022]
Blind Waters [2023] – internet
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AUGUST 13
BORN ON AUGUST 13
1983 – Sebastian Stan, appeared in “The Covenant” and “The Apparition.”
1972 – Crystal Allen, appeared in “Ghost Storm,” “Anacondas: Trail of Blood” and “Anaconda III.”
1952 – Brandon Smith, actor in “Dark Angel,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Maidenhead,” “Spirit Camp,” “Jeepers Creepers III” and an episode of the TV Series “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
1952 – Prathap Pothen, actor in “Ezra [2017].”
1950 – Katsumi Yanagijima, director of photography for “The Grudge 2” and “Shutter.”
1941 – Allen S. Epstein, producer for the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “I, Desire” and the TV Mini-Series “It.”
1935 – Abe Polsky, producer/writer for “The Baby [1973].”
1920 – Neville Brand, appeared in “The Psychic Killer,” “Eaten Alive” and the TV movie “Killdozer.”
1909 – John Beal, appeared in “The Vampire,” “Amityville 3D” and the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
1899 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Great Master of Suspense, directed such films as “Psycho,” “The Birds,” “Frenzy,” “North By Northwest,” “Rear Window,” “Vertigo,” “Rope,” “Strangers on a Train” and many more.
DIED ON AUGUST 13
2025 – Michael Sloan, executive producer/writer for 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Outer Limits.”
2025 – Jacques Martial, appeared in “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre” as well as episodes of “The Hitchhiker” and “Chillers.”
2024 – Sergio Donati, screenwriter for “Orca,” “The Chosen [1977]” and “The Island of the Fishmen.”
2022 – Denise Dowse, actress in “Killer Rats,” “The Call,” “A Cloud So High” and “The X-Files – Episode: Plus One.”
2022 – Robyn Griggs, actress in “Minds of Terror,” “Zombiegeddon,” “Dead Clowns,” “Final Curtain,” “Slashers Gone Wild,” “The Absence of Light,” “Demon Divas and the Lanes of Damnation,” “Hellweek” and more.”
2020 – Giancarlo Ferrando, cinematographer for “Troll 2,” “House of Lost Souls,” “American Rickshaw,” “Devil Fish,” “The Great Alligator,” “Slave of the Cannibal God,” “Torso,” “All the Colors of the Dark” and more.”
2019 – Lily Leung Shun-Yin, appeared in “Fatal Obsession.”
2004 – Martin Becker, special effects for “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th The Final Chapter,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “Friday the 13th the New Blood,” “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “April Fool’s Day [1986],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare.”
1999 – Charles Macaulay appeared in “The House of Seven Corpses,” “The Twilight People” and “Blacula”.
1986 – Helen Mack, appeared in “Son of Kong”.
1984 – Alberto Lupo, appeared in “The Atom Age Vampire”.
1948 – Edwin Maxwell, actor in “The Gorilla,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Night of Terror” and “The 9th Guest.”
1946 – H.G. Wells, author of such classic novels as “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Shape of Things to Come,” “The Time Machine,” “The War of the Worlds,” “The Food of the Gods,” “Empire of the Ants,” all of which have been adapted into films, some of them multiple times.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 13
Man of a Thousand Faces [1957] – New York City premiere
Yongary, Monster from the Deep [1967]
Targets [1968]
The Land That Time Forgot [1975]
Futureworld [1976]
Friday the 13th Part III [1982]
Braindead aka Dead Alive [1992] – New Zealand
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [1993]
Terror Toons [2002]
Freddy vs. Jason [2003] – premiere
Operation: Nazi Zombies [2003] – TV Movie
Alien vs Predator [2004]
Gozu [2004] – Los Angeles
Case 39 [2009] – New Zealand
Sinister Visons [2013] – Doylestown, PA – premiere
Megalodon [2018] – TV Movie
Swim [2021] – internet
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AUGUST 14
BORN ON AUGUST 14
1983 – Mila Kunis, starred in “American Psycho II: All American Girl,” “Piranha [1995]” and “Milo.”
1968 – Ben Bass, appeared in “Night Visions – TV Series,” “The Hunger – TV Series,” “Bride of Chucky” and “Forever Knight – TV Series.”
1966 – Halle Berry, starred in “Gothika,” “The Call” and “Dark Tide.”
1960 – Lucinda Dickey, actress in “Cheerleader Camp.”
1959 – Stephen Sachs, stuntman for “The Dorm That Dripped Blood.”
1957 – Tony Moran, portrayed “Michael Myers” in “Halloween [1978]” and was also in “Death House,” “Clown Motel: Spirits Arise” and more.
1950 – Jim Wynorski, director of “Chopping Mall,” “The Return of Swamp Thing,” “Transylvania Twist,” “976-Evil II,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Vampirella,” “The Bare Wench Project” and many more.
1946 – Antonio Fargas, appeared in the “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV Series and the films “Firestarter” and “Howling VI.”
1936 – Aurora Clavel, actress in “Dr. Satán y la magia Negra – aka Dr. Satan Versus Black Magic,” “Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampire – aka Chanoc vs. The Tiger and the Vampire” and “The Man in White.”
1926 – Alice Ghostley, appeared in “Blue Sunshine”, and played ‘Granny” in “Addams Family Reunion.”
1924 – Eduardo Fajardo, appeared in “Nightmare City,” “Lisa and the Devil,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Evil Eye,” “Cross of the Devil,” “La Llorona [1960],” “Oasis of the Zombies” and “The Murder Mansion.”
1923 – George Sawaya, actor in “The Black Sheep,” “Hands of a Stanger,” “Diary of a Madman,” “Moon of the Wolf,” “The Devil’s Rain,” “Embryo,” “Curse of the Faceless Man” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1920 – Nehemiah Persoff, appeared in “The Power,” “The Psychic Killer” and in the 1973 TV movie “Dracula.”
1909 – Joan Ingram, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968].”
1909 – Angela Clarke, actress in “House of Wax [1953],” “Nightmare Honeymoon” and an episode in the TV Show “The Outer Limits.”
1906 – Irving Lande, casting director for “Willard [1971],” “Ben,” “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.”
1903 – Joan Ingram, appeared in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968].”
1901 – George Worthing Yates, screenwriter for “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “Them!”
1901 – J. Peverell Marley, cinematographer for “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “House of Wax [1953]” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954].”
DIED ON AUGUST 14
2025 – Ingeborg Elzevier, actress in “Grimm [2003].”
2024 – Gena Rowlands, actress in “The Skeleton Key” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Circle of Fear” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2014 – Madeleine Collinson, appeared “Twins of Evil.”
2012 – Ron Palillo, appeared in “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Hellgate” and “Trees 2: The Root of All Evil.”
1987 – Sydney Bromley, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Prehistoric Women” and “An American Werewolf in London”.
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Black Cat [1941]” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge”.
1984 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted” on which the film “The Old Dark House” is based.
1982 – Patrick Magee appeared in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Asylum,” “Dementia 13,″ “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Monster Club” and “A Clockwork Orange”.
1972 – Eddie Carmel, starred in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”.
1970 – Steve Darell, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and “Tarantula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 14
It! The Terror from Beyond Space [1958] – New York City – premiere
Witchfinder General [1968] – New York City
Deadly Blessing [1981]
The House by the Cemetery [1981]
The Monster Squad [1987]
Single White Female 1992
Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1996]
Vengeance of the Dead [2001]
Unearthed [2004]
Bikini Girls on Ice [2009] – Fright Night Film Festival
District 9 [2009]
Psychopath [2009]
Grace [2009] – USA limited
Raven [2009] – Los Angeles
The Id Proxy [2009]
The Possession of Michael King [2014] – Singapore
Shark Exorcist [2015]
Shin Godzilla [2016]
Show Yourself [2016]
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AUGUST 15
BORN ON AUGUST 15
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, starred in “Mother!” and “House at the End of the Street.”
1985 – Emily Kinney, starred in “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, starred in “Why?” “Species,” “Species II,” “Species III,” “Ghosts of Mars” and the TV series “The Secret Circle.”
1972 – Ben Affleck appeared in “Phantoms,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
1972 – Dave Scott, choreographer for “Prom Night [2008].”
1970 – Anthony Anderson, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Scary Movie 3 & 4″ and “Urban Legends: Final Cut.”
1968 – Rico Devereaux, appeared in “Neron,” “Presence,” “Mutant Vampire Zombies from the ‘Hood!” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1963 – Waide Aaron Riddle, producer/writer for the shorts “Something Wicked Dwells,” “A Haunting in Arkansas” and appeared in “Necromancer.”
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, composer for “Bug Buster” and songwriter for “Fright Night [1985] – Give It Up.”
1950 – Gaylen Ross, in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Madman” and “Creepshow.”
1936 – Pat Priest, played “Marilyn Munster” on the series “The Munsters,” and appeared in the film “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant.”
1933 – Lori Nelson, starred in “Revenge of the Creature,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Naked Monster.”
1929 – Gordon Russell, wrote for the original “Dark Shadows” and wrote the screenplay for “House of Dark Shadows.”
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, director for “Puffball: The Devil’s Eyeball,” “The Witches [1990],” “Don’t Look Now,” cinematographer for “Masque of the Red Death” and “Dr. Crippen.”
1928 – Nosher Powell, appeared in “The Legend of Spider Forest” and an episode of the TV Series “Department S.”
1922 – Peter Berkos, sound editor/effects for “The Creature Walks Among Us [1956]” and “Nightmares [1983].”
1919 – Huntz Hall, directed “Spooks Run Wild” and “Ghosts on the Loose.”
1903 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” the 1932 version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “War of the Worlds.”
1903 – Ellsworth Hoagland, editor for “Dr. Cyclops [1940]” and “The Ghost Breakers.”
1900 – Steve Carruthers, had uncredited rolls in “She Devil,” “House of Wax [1953],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “Them!,” TV Series “The Outer Limits,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1897 – Aben Kandel, writer for “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula,” “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “The Headless Ghost,” “How to Make a Monster,” “Konga,” “Black Zoo,” “Berserk,” “Trog” and more.
DIED ON AUGUST 15
2025 – Tristan Rogers, actor in “The Flesh and Bone Show,” “Soulmates,” “Raven [2010],” “The Los Angeles Ripper,” episodes of “The Protectors,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
2024 – Joe Chambers, singer/songwriter with The Chamber Brothers, soundtrack for “Supernatural – S2.E2 (Time Has Come Today.)”
2022 – Steve Grimmett – former singer of the 80s metal band Grim Reaper, composer/singer for the music videos “See You In Hell,” “Fear No Evil” and “Rock You To Hell” and more.”
2021 – Gianfranco D’Angelo, appeared in “Io zombo, tu zombi, lei zomba – aka I Zombie, You Zombie, She Zombie.”
2013 – Gerry Arbeid, production manager for “Curtains” and appeared in “Black Christmas [1974].”
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Amityville: Dollhouse,” “The X-Files – TV Series” and “Terror in the Shadows.”
2007 – Anthony Carras, producer of “Comedy of Terrors” and “Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”.
1996 – Joe Seneca, appeared in “Friday the 13th – TV Series and “The Blob” remake.
1988 – Ronald Stein, composer for “Spider Baby” and “The Haunted Palace.”
1979 – William Schramm, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 15
The Phantom of the Opera [1962]
Horror Castle [1963] – Italy
Targets [1968]
Manhunter [1986]
The Fly [1986]
Event Horizon [1997]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1992]
Freddy vs Jason [2003]
Mutation [2006]
Snakes on a Train [2006]
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer [2007] – USA limited
Mirrors [2008]
47 Meters Down: Uncaged [2019] – Spain
Witchboard [2024]
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