NOVEMBER 22
BORN ON NOVEMBER 22
1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, appeared in “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and episodes of the TV Series “Stranger Things.”
1981 – Jacob Cooney, screenwriter for “Flight 666,” “3-Headed Shark Attack,” “5-Headed Shark Attack” and “Isle of the Dead.”
1981 – Joleigh Fioreavantim, actress in “Hatchet,” “Hatchet II” and “Trespassers.”
1978 – Johnny Hawkes, actor in “No Tell Motel,” “Zombie Strippers!,” “Allegoria” and the short “The Harrowing of Marcus Muller.”
1967 – Mark Ruffalo, actor in “The Dentist,” “Shutter Island” and “Zodiac.”
1966 – Richard Stanley, directed “The Color Out of Space,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996],” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “Dust Devil,” “Hardware” and writer for “Replace,”
1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, played the title role in “Hannibal – TV Series.”
1964 – Stephen Geoffreys, appeared in the films “Fright Night,” “976-EVIL,” “Moon 44” and “Sick Girl.”
1961 – Mariel Hemingway, appeared in “Bad Moon”.
1959 – Lenore Zann, actress in “Happy Birthday to Me,” “Visiting Hours,” “Murder by Phone,” “American Nightmare” as well as episodes of various TV Series “The Mummy,” “Forever Knight,” “Kingdom Hospital,” “Beyond Reality” and “Serial Experiments Lain.”
1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, best known for portraying “Laurie Strode” in “Halloween [1978]” and the sequels as well as starring in “Terror Train,” “Prom Night [1980],” “The Fog [1980],” “Haunted Mansion [2023]” and episodes of the TV Show “Scream Queens.”
1957 – Mackenzie Gray, actor in “Grave Encounters,” ” “Rabid,” “The Basement,” “Poe: Last Day of the Raven,” episodes of “R.L. Stein’s The Haunting Hour,” “Beyond Belief: Factor of Fiction,” “V-Wars,” “Forever Knight” and “Supernatural.”
1954 – Craig Huxley, music department for “Schizoid,” “Forbidden World,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Boogeyman II,” “Dreamscape,” “10 Cloverfield Lane” “Doctor Sleep” and more.
1943 – Lynnette Gaza, actress in “The Taking,” “The Nun,” the shorts “Unwelcome,” “The Cobbler’s Daughter” and an episode of the TV Series “Horror Haiku.”
1935 – Michael Callan, actor in “The Photographer,” “The Cat and the Canary [1978],” “Double Exposure,” “Dark Dreams,” “Leprechaun 3,” episodes of the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown” and “Swamp Thing.”
1932 – Robert Vaughn, appeared in “Demon Seed.”
1904 – Roland Winters, appeared in the film “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer.”
1882 – Steve Clemente, appeared in “Lightning Bryce,” “Most Dangerous Game,” “The Mask for Fu Manchu,” ““King Kong [1933]” and “Son of Kong.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 22
2025 – Jonathan Farwell, actor in “Frankenstein General Hospital,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud,” “The Haunting of Morella,” “Watchers II” and “Vampire Sheriff.”
2025 – Toshio Gotō, editor for “The Ghost of Yotsuya,” “The Depths,” “Black Cat Mansion” and “The Sinners of Hell.”
2024 – Jürgen Thormann, voice actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 1: Nächte der Angst,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Freddy’s rache,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Party des schreckens,” “Kiss Me Monster,” “Two Undercover Angels” and “The Unnaturals.”
2022 – Victor Carrabotta, actor in “Haunted Thrills.”
2021 – Paolo Pietrangeli, assistant director for “Flesh for Frankenstein” and “Blood for Dracula.”
2021 – Joanne Shenandoah, actress in “The Last Winter.”
2021 – Bernard Holley, actor in episodes of the TV Series “Out of the Unknown,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Thriller.”
2020 – Carlo Ausino, directed “Don’t Look in the Attic.”
2020 – Mustafa Nadarević, actor in “Reflections.”
2014 – Luis Avalos, appeared in “Wishcraft,” “Ghost Fever” and “Criminal Act.”
2002 – Joan Barclay, appeared in “The Corpse Vanishes,” “Black Dragons” and “The Seventh Victim.”
1994 – Norma Donaldson, actress in “The Unholy [1988].”
1986 – Scatman Crothers, appeared in “The Shining” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie”.
1984 – John Gilling, directed “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “The Reptile,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Blood Beast from Outer Space,” “The Flesh and the Fiends,” “Vampire Over London” and more.
1983 – Michael Conrad, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”
1959 – Frank O’Connor, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong,” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Man Mad Monster,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945],” “The Vampire’s Ghost,” “The Brute Man,” “Master Minds,” “The Strange Door” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 22
You’ll Find Out [1940]
Feast of Satan [1971] – Barcelona
The Antichrist [1974] – Italy
The Savage Bees [1976] – TV Movie
Necropolis Awakened [2002]
Creature of the Mist [2002]
Bloodshed [2005]
Silent Night, Zombie Night [2009] – Tromadance Film Festival
Contracted [2013]
The Hatching [2014] – UK Bath Film Festival
Night of Something Strange [2016]
The Houses October Built 2 [2017]
The Assent [2019] – Shockfest Film Festival Vegas
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NOVEMBER 23
BORN ON NOVEMBER 23
1979 – Kelly Brook, starred in “Piranha [2010],” “Survival Island” and “Ripper.”
1973 – Tobias Fleig, re-recording mixer for “House of the Dead,” “Hotel,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Open Water 2: Adrift,” “The Killing Gene,” “The Children,” “Goodnight Mommy” and “Little Joe.”
1970 – Oded Fehr, starred in “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “The Mummy [1999]” and “The Mummy Returns.”
1959 – Dominique Dunne, starred in the film “Poltergeist.”
1952 – Gary Friedkin, actor in “Hard Rock Zombies” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading.”
1941 – Dennis Virkler, editor for “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973],” “Satan’s Triangle” “Burnt Offerings,” “Chosen Survivors,” “The Turn of the Screw,” “Dead of Night,” “Cruise Into Terror,” “The Fog [2005],” “The Wolfman [2010],” “Shark Night” and more.
1938 – Sara Karloff, appeared in “Deader Country” and “My Lovely Monster.”
1934 – Robert Towne, screenwriter for “Orca,” “The Tomb of Ligeia,” “Last Woman on Earth” an episode of “The Outer Limits” as well as appeared in “Suspect Zero,” “Creature from the Haunted Sea” and “The Zodiac Killer.”
1933 – Paul Maslansky, producer for “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “She Beast,” “Death Line” and “Race with the Devil [1975].”
1932 – Ian Lewis, production manager for “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit,” “The Devil Rides Out” and producer for the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1932 – Joel Lawrence, appeared in “The Clonus Horror” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1924 – Paula Raymond, appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Hand of Death” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”
1923 – Keiju Kobayashi, appeared in “Godzilla 1985.”
1917 – John Newland, director for “Crawlspace,” “The Legend of Hillbilly John,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery,” “Thriller” and One Step Beyond.”
1916 – Michael Gough, starred in “Horror of Dracula,” “Konga,” “Horrors of the Black Museum” and “Sleepy Hollow.”
1902 – Ted Cheesman, film editor for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and “Mighty Joe Young [1949].”
1898 – Bess Flowers, appeared in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Mad Ghoul,” “The Lodger,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Scared Stiff,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Fly [1958]” and more.
1887 – Boris Karloff, The one and only King of the Monsters whose films include “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Raven [1963],” “Black Sabbath,” “Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy [1932],” “The Ghoul,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “The Walking Dead [1936],” “Isle of the Dead” and many more.
DIED ON NOVEMBER 23
2025 – Udo Kier, actor in “Mark of the Devil,” “Flesh for Frankenstein,” “Blood for Dracula,” “Suspiria [1977],” “Blade,” “End of Days,” “Feardotcom,” “Dracula 2000,” “BloodRayne,” “Headspace,” “Grindhouse,” “Halloween [2007],” “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich,” “The Painted Bird,” “Skeletons in the Closet” and more.
2024 – Michael Villella, actor in “The Slumber Party Massacre” and “Amazing Stories – S2.E14.”
2023 – Rona Hartner, actress in “Trancers 4: Jack of Swords” and “Hot Hell.”
2023 – Helmert Woudenberg, actor in “Amsterdamned (1988).”
2022 – Tamari Skhirtladze, actress in “Veld.”
2022 – António da Cunha Telles, producer for “O Crime de Aldeia Velha.”
2021 – Mary Collinson, actress in “Twins of Evil.”
2020 – Abby Dalton, actress in “Prank.”
2019 – Asunción Balaguer, actress in “Exorcism’s Daughter” and “The Baby’s Room.”
2014 – Stanley Lebor, appeared in “Nothing But the Night,” “Sharon’s Baby,” episodes of the TV Series “Department S,” “The Frighteners,” “The Protectors” and “Hammer House of Horror.”
2012 – Larry Hagman, appeared in “Beware! The Blob.”
2010 – Ingrid Pitt, the voluptuous star of “The Asylum,” “The Wicker Man,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” “Countess Dracula” and “The Vampire Lovers.”
2010 – Vanessa Howard, actress in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Corruption,” “Girly,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1973] – TV Movie” and “What Became of Jack and Jill?”
2018 – 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.”
2003 – Jack Pollexfen, writer/director/producer film work includes “The Indestructible Man,” “The Atomic Brain,” “Son of Dr. Jekyll” and “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll.”
2002 – Dick Stilwell who appeared in the films “Mimic 2” and “Beneath Loch Ness.”
1995 – Louis Malle, director & writer for “Black Moon” and “Spirits of the Dead.”
1992 – Rita Corday, starred in the films “The Body Snatcher” and “The Black Castle”.
1991 – Klaus Kinski, actor in “Nosferatu [1979],” “Vampire of Venice,” “Creature With the Blue Hand,” Crawlspace” and “Count Dracula.”
1990 – Roald Dahl, writer whose novels include “The Witches,” “The Night Digger” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 23
The Return of Doctor X [1939] – New York City
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein [1957]
The Angry Planet [1959]
Zaat [1971] – Tampa
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [1973]
Zombie Beach Party [2003]
[Rec] [2007]
Boar [2017] – Monster Fest, Australia
Ugly Sweater Party [2018] – Internet
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NOVEMBER 24
BORN ON NOVEMBER 24
1990 – Sarah Hyland, appeared in “Vampire Academy,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Monster Heroes.”
1978 – Katherine Heigl, appeared in “Bride of Chucky.”
1964 – Brian T. Jaynes, producer for “Dead Sea,” “Boggy Creek,” “The Shadow People,” “Humans vs Zombies,” “The Black Dahlia Haunting” and “Entity.”
1964 – Jim Van Bebber, directed “Deadbeat at Dawn,” “The Manson Family” and more.
1964 – Garret Dillahunt, starred in the series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and the 2009 remake of “Last House on the Left.”
1963 – Debra Lamb, appeared in “The American Scream,” “Beverly Hills Vamp,” “The Invisible Maniac”, “The G-string Horror” and more.
1962 – Joshua Leppard, actor in “The House That Vanished [1973].”
1960 – Amanda Wyss, appeared in “To Die For” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984].”
1957 – Denise Crosby, starred in “Pet Sematary,” “Dolly Dearest,” “Born,” “The Watcher,” “Mutant Species,” “Relative Fear” and “Mortuary.”
1955 – Steven Anderson, actor in “When a Stranger Calls,” “Bad Dreams,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” “Mother [1995],” episodes of “The Stand” and “American Horror Story.”
1953 – Glenn Withrow, director/producer for “The Mooring,” appeared in “Sweet Sixteen” and “Nightflyers.”
1941 – David Nichols, production designer for “Swamp Thing [1982]” and “The Serpent and the Rainbow.”
1930 – Joel Schiller, art director for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1929 – Jack Hogan, appeared in “Target – Episode: The Last Stop (1958).”
1916 – Forrest J. Ackerman, appeared in “The Howling,” “Dead Alive,” “King Kong [1976],” “Return of the Living Dead II,” “Michael Jackson: Thriller,” “Queen of Blood,” and many more.
1913 – Howard Duff, appeared in “Monster in the Closet.”
1930 – Joel Schiller, art director for “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Illustrated Man” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1899 – Norbert Schiller, appeared in “Young Frankenstein,” “Frankenstein [1958],” “The Return of Dracula,” “The Thing from Another World” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1963].”
1888 – Rudolph Klein-Rogge, appeared in the film “Metropolis” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 24
2025 – Jack Shepherd, actor in the TV Movies “Count Dracula [1977]” and “The Hospice [1991].”
2025 – Jill Freud, actress in Worst Fears (2016)” and the short “Tincture of Vervain (2011).”
2024 – Jany Gastaldi, actress in “Baxter [1989].”
2023 – Elliot Silverstein, director for “Nightmare Honeymoon,” “The Car,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2023 – Rajkumar Kohli, director/producer for “Jaani Dushman – aka “Beloved Enemy.”
2023 – Luca Sabatelli, costume designer for “The Cat o’ Nine Tales,” “Slave of the Cannibal God” and “The Dead Are Alive!”
2023 – Marc Thorpe, visual effects/model maker: ILM for “Poltergeist [1982].”
2022 – Marcin Kudelka, soundtrack for the short “Fallen Art.”
2021 – Ian Curteis, director for “The Projected Man” and Out of the Unknown – Episode: Walk’s End.”
2021 – Yvonne Wilder, actress in “The Return of Count Yorga.”
2020 – Montserrat Carulla, actress in “The Orphanage.”
2019 – Nimish Pilankar, sound department for “Bhram.”
2019 – Joan Staley, actress in “Cape Fear [1962],” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and an episode of “The Munsters.”
2005 – Pat Morita, appeared in the films “When Time Ran Out,” “Full Moon High” and “King Cobra.”
2002 – Noel Regney, composed the music scores for the films “The Flesh Eaters,” “Gremlins,” and episodes of “American Horror Story.” He composed “Do You Hear What I Hear” a famous & popular Christmas Song which plays in this video from “Gremlins.”
1990 – Robb White, wrote such screenplays for “13 Ghosts,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959]” and “The Tingler.”
1977 – Richard Carlson, starred in “The Ghost Breakers,” “Hold That Ghost,” Tormented,” “It Came From Outer Space,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” “The Valley of Gwangi” and more.
1971 – Walter Taylor, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 24
The Innocents [1961]
Crowhaven Farm [1970] – TV Movie
Reflections of Murder [1974] – TV Movie
The Bees [1978]
Of Unknown Origin [1983]
The Toxic Avenger III: The Last Temptation of Toxie [1989]
Puppet Master 4 [1993] – video premiere
End of Days [1999] – Norway
Blood Moon Rising [2009]
Fear Level [2017] – Salt Lake City
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NOVEMBER 25
BORN ON NOVEMBER 25
1986 – Katie Cassidy, appeared in “Black Christmas [2006],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Supernatural” and “The Scribbler.”
1985 – Haley Webb, appeared in “Final Destination.”
1980 – Ricky Brava, co-executive producer for “Big Legend [2018].”
1974 – Kenneth Mitchell, actor in “Blood Honey [2017].”
1966 – Billy Burke, actor in “Lights Out” and “Red Riding Hood.”
1965 – Dougray Scott, actor in “Dead Water,” “The Vatican Tapes,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “The Rezort,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2008],” “Perfect Creature” and the TV Series “Hemlock Grove.”
1964 –Robert Kurtzman, makeup effects whiz for “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Scream,” “It Follows,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Vampires,” “Evil Dead II,” “Army of Darkness,” “Ma,” “All Cheerleaders Die,” “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Shark Lake,” and many more.
1961 – Simon Fisher-Becker, actor in “Beg!,” “Coveted Desires,” the short “Pundemic” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Afterlife” and “Abnormal Stories.”
1955 – Bruno Tonioli, art director for “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1954 – Clem Burke – Drummer for Blondie, soundtrack for “Night Teeth (One Way or Another)” and “American Horror Story – S10.E5 (Rapture).”
1947 – Tracey Walter, actor in “Out of the Dark,” “The Devil’s Child,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Beloved,” “Ted Bundy,” “Aaah! Zombies!,” “Trailer Park of Terror,” “Dark Real,” “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “Alyce Kills,” “31” and more.
1947 – John Larroquette, narrated at the beginning “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974]” and also appeared in “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight.”
1947 – Jonathan Kaplan, director for “Witches of East End – S1.E2 [2013]” and appeared in “The Howling [1981].”
1944 – Will MacMillan, actor in “The Crazies,” “Christmas Evil,” “Cards of Death,” “Dark Romances Vol. 1” and an episode of the TV Series “Werewolf.”
1933 – Kathryn Grant Crosby, actress in “Rear Window” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1926 – Ray Molyneaux, set decorator for “Homebodies” and the TV Movie “The Initiation of Sarah.”
1924 – Geoffrey Haine, production manager for “Night of the Eagle,” “Unearthly Stranger,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1920 – Ricardo Montalban, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1920 – Shelagh Fraser, actress in “The Witches,” “The Body Stealers,” “Doomwatch,” “Nothing But the Night,” “episodes of the tv series “Shadows” and “Beasts.”
1919 – Steve Brodie, appeared in “The Giant Spider Invasion,” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Donovan’s Brain” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1907 – Julian Gunzburg, visual consultant for “House of Wax [1953].”
1907 – Glen Glenn, sound recordist for “Invisible Ghost,” “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Return of the Ape Man” and more.
1899 – Ethan Laidlaw, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “Murders in the Zoo,” “King Kong [1933]” and “The Body Snatcher.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 25
2025 – Lee Soon-jae, actor in “Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)” and “Lady Hong the Beauty (1969).”
2024 – Earl Holliman, actor in “Scared Stiff,” “Forbidden Planet,” The Twilight Zone – Where Is Everybody?,” TV Movie “Doberman Patrol” and “Matinee Theatre – S2.E179.”
2023 – Aldo Lado, director/writer for “Short Night of Glass Dolls” and “Last Stop on the Night Train.”
2023 – Marty Krofft, writer/characters for the video game “The Banana Splits: Sloopy Nights (2020).”
2022 – Héctor Bonilla, appeared in “Muerte, miseria y pecado (Death, Misery, Sin),” “Answer Me” and the shorts “La casa al final de la calle (The House at the End of the Street)” “Entre vivos y Muertos (Between the Living and the Dead).”
2021 – Don Phillips, casting director for “The Prophecy,” “Phantoms” and “Feast.”
2021 – Carol Gould, writer/script editor for the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1988).”
2020 – Chuck Bail, actor in “The House of Seven Corpses” and stuntman in “Werewolves on Wheels” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
2020 – Flor Silvestre, appeared in “The Mark of Satan,” “The Headless Horseman,” “The Head of Pancho Villa” and “Taste of Blood.”
2018 – Gloria Katz, producer/writer/actress for “Messiah of Evil.”
2017 – Rance Howard, actor in “Locusts [1974],” “Ticks,” “Ed and His Dead Mother,” “The Night Caller,” “Psycho [1998],” “A Crack in the Floor,” “Toolbox Murders [2004],” “Grizzly Park,” “Sasquatch Mountain,” “The Rosewood Lane,” “Huff” and more.
2016 – Ron Glass, appeared in “Deep Space” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.
2014 – John Tomerlin, writer for the TV Movie “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
2009 – Beatrice Gray, appeared in “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff.”
1997 – Charles Hallahan, character actor who appeared in “Things That Go Bump,” “Warlock: The Armageddon,” “Cast a Deadly Spell,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Nightwing” and “The Thing.”
1985 – Clive Smith, sound editor for “Curse of the Fly,” “Asylum,” “The Vault of Horror,” “Vampyres, ”The Beast Within,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and “And Now the Screaming Starts!”
1982 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Scream, Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga,”.
1981 – Jack Albertson, appeared in “Dead and Buried” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”
1973 – Laurence Harvey, appeared in “Night Watch,” “Welcome to Arrow Beach,” “House of Darkness,” episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Night Gallery.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 25
The Ghoul [1933]
Necromancy [1972] – re-release
Dark Places [1974]
The Lift [1983] – Germany
The Wind [1986]
Pin [1988] – Montréal
Cheerleader Autopsy [2003]
ThanXgiving [2006]
Feed the Gods [2014] – Internet
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NOVEMBER 26
BORN ON NOVEMBER 26
1994 – Park Ji-hyun, actress in “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum,” “The Divine Fury” and “The Anchor.”
1976 – Joshua Park, actor in “Bog Creatures,” “Blood Relic” and “Fort Doom.”
1973 – Peter Facinelli, who appeared in “Countdown,” “Supernova,” “The Damned,” “Hollow Man II” and producer for “Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word.”
1973 – Kristin Bauer, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Eli Roth’s History of Horror,” “The Boy Behind the Door” and “Sacred Lies – TV Series.”
1972 – Adam J. Harrington, actor in “Sanctimony,” “House of the Dead,” “Deep Evil,” episodes of the TV Series “Millenium,” “The Outer Limits,” “The Secret Circle,” “Supernatural” and more.
1970 – Lorissa McComas, appeared in “Piranha [1995],” “Vamps,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “Raptor” and more.
1948 – Gianfranco Manfredi, screenwriter for “The Spider Labrinth (1988)” and the TV Series “Valentina (1988).”
1944 – Anke Syring, actress in “The Devil’s Plaything.”
1944 – Michael Gregory, appeared in “Lawnmower Man,” “Nomads,” “Ghosts,” “Sublime,” “Fangs,” episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and more.
1943 – Jerry Jameson, directed “The Bat People” and the TV Movie “Hotline.”
1942 – Marianne McAndrew, starred in “The Bat People.”
1939 – Mark Margolis, appeared in “End of Days,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1991],” “Christmas Evil,” “Headspace,” episodes of the TV Series “American Horror Story,” “Constantine” and more.
1939 – Tina Turner, appeared in “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1985].”
1933 – Robert Goulet, appeared in “Beetlejuice.”
1933 – Stanley A. Long, director/producer for “Screamtime,” director of photography for “The Sorcerers” and “The Blood Beast Terror.”
1932 – Evans Evans, actress in “Prophecy [1979]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1929 – Betta St. John, starred in “Horror Hotel” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1926 – Ed Williams, actor in “Carnosaur [1993]” and “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – S3.E5 [1999].”
1913 – Grace Lenard, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1909 – Frances Dee, starred in “I Walked with a Zombie.”
1888 – Robert Strange, appeared in the film “Mad Monster,” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 26
2025 – Pam Hogg, costume designer/actress in “Boy Meets Girl (1994).”
2025 – Tony Germano, actor in “As Núpcias de Drácula (Dracula’s Nuptials),” “Phantom Summer,” “Labyrinth of Lost Boys” and the short “The Angel in the Pit.”
2024 – Scott L. Schwartz, actor in “Shock ‘Em Dead,” “Blood Ranch,” “Jurassic Predator: Xtinction” and the short “The Drifter [2005].”
2024 – Karin Baal, actress in “Doctor Without Scruples,” “Dead Eyes of London,” “The Horror of Blackwood Castle,” “What Have You Done to Solange?” and “Vinzent.”
2024 – Jim Abrahams, screenwriter for “Scary Movie 4 [2006].”
2024 – Katinka Faragó, production manager for “The Night Visitor [1971].”
2023 – Geordie Walker, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Covenant [2006] – The Death and Resurrection Show.”
2022 – Albert Pyun, director for “Death Heads: Brain Drain,” “Left for Dead,” “Cool Air,” “Infection,” “Urban Massacre,” “Vicious Lips” and more.
2022 – Vikram Gokhale, actor in “Karishma Kali Kaa,” “Hum Kaun Hai? – aka Who Are You?” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa – aka The Maze.”
2021 – Stephen Sondheim, music/lyrics/soundtrack for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982],” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007.”
2021 – Óscar Catacora, screenwriter for “Bloody Adventure.”
2021 – Balbinder Dhami, starred in the TV Series “The Zee Horror Show.”
2020 – Daria Nicolodi, actress in “Deep Red,” Suspiria [1977],” “Inferno,” “Tenebrae,” “Phenomena,” “Delirium,” “Paganini Horror,” “The Sect,” “All the Colors of Giallo” and more.
2019 – Vittorio Congia, appeared in “The Cat o’ Nine Tails.”
2018 – Dominick Brascia, actor in “They’re Playing with Fire,” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” ” Once Bitten,” “Evil Laugh” and “Rush Week.”
2006 – Renee Harmon, starred in the films “Frozen Scream” and Night of Terror”.
1992 – Philip Leakey, makeup artist who worked on many Hammer Films including “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “X: The Unknown,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “The Abominable Snowman,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein” and many more.
1980 – Rachel Roberts, appeared in “When a Stranger Calls,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Reckoning” and more.
1976 – Marcel Delgado, worked on many of the miniatures used on such films as King Kong [1933], “Mighty Joe Young,” “Son of Kong” and the 1925 silent classic, “Lost World,”.
1958 – Pat Harmon, appeared in “The Last Warning,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931],” “King Kong [1933]” and “Night of Terror.”
1957 – Billy Bevan, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jyde [1941],” “I Married a Witch,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Lodger [1944],” “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945].”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 26
Dreamaniac [1986] – video premiere
Alien: Resurrection [1997]
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon [2002] – video premiere
The Haunted Mansion [2003]
Bleed with Me [2020] – Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival
Devil’s Triangle [2021]
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NOVEMBER 27
BORN ON NOVEMBER 27
1983 – Sabine Crossen, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Six Hot Chicks in a Warehouse.”
1975 – Brice Kennedy, appeared in “Splatter Beach,” “Black Mass,” “Razorteeth,” “NightThirst,” “Peter Rottentail,” “Blood Red Planet” and “Hellgate: The House That Screamed 2.”
1973 – Robert Hall, make-up department for “Mary, “Body Snatchers,” Night of the Scarecrow,” “Wishmaster,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Frankenfish,” “Vacancy,” “The Burrowers,” “Paranormal Activity 2,” Locke & Key,” “Area 51,” “Bedeviled” and many, many more.
1964 – Rebecca Ferratti, actress in “Cheerleader Camp,” “Embrace of the Vampire” and “WildCat.”
1963 – Fisher Stevens, appeared in the film “The Burning.”
1954 – Kimmy Roberstson, appeared in the films “My Mom’s a Werewolf” and “Leprechaun 2.”
1953 – Deborah Winters, appeared in “The Outing,” “Blue Sunshine” and the TV Movie “Tarantulas: The Dead Cargo.”
1949 – Gerrit Graham, starred in “Phantom of the Paradise,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and “Child’s Play 2.”
1947 – Ronaldo Valdez, actor in “Mad Doctor of Blood Island [1968]” and “Lilet [1971].”
1945 – Barbara Anderson, appeared in the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1941 – Tom Morga, stunts for “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “Jaws: The Revenge,” “Jack’s Back,” “Halloween 4,” “Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge,” “The Exorcist III,” “Child’s Play 3,” “Army of Darkness,” “Toolbox Murders,” “Dead Air” and more.
1940 – Ron Kurz, writer/characters for “Friday the 13th,” Friday the 13th Part 2,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” “Eyes of a Stranger,” “Friday the 13th: Mother’s Day,” the shorts “Michael vs. Jason,” “An Unfortunate Friday the 13th,” “The Curse of Camp Blood,” “Friday the 13th: Origin of Evil” and more.
1937 – Stewart Moss, starred in “The Bat People” and “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls.”
1930 – John Dullaghan, starred in “Garden of the Dead,” “Terror at Orgy Castle” and “Sex and the Single Vampire.”
1927 – Peter Lilienthal, director/writer for the TV Movie “Horror [1969].”
1925 – Marshall Thompson, starred in “Fiend Without a Face” and “It the Terror from Beyond Space.”
1898 – Edward J. Kay, musical director for “The Ape,” “King of the Zombies,” “Bowery at Midnight,” “The Ape Man,” “Ghosts on the Loose,” “Revenge of the Zombies,” “Voodoo Man,” “Spook Busters” and more.
DIED ON NOVEMBER 27
2025 – Almeno Gonçalves, actor in “O Dez (2010).”
2025 – Yutaka Nakajima, actress in “Island of the Evil Spirits (1981)” and “Tomie: Re-birth (2001).”
2024 – Adam Somner, second assistant director for “Mary Reilly [1996]” and “Event Horizon [1997].”
2024 – Claudio Isaac, director/writer for “Hora marcada – S1.E3 (1988].”
2024 – Morgan Lofting, voice actress in “Total Recall [1990].”
2024 – Thanos Papadopoulos, actor in “Frost [2010].”
2023 – Frances Sternhagen, actress in “Communion,” “Misery,” “Raising Cain,” “The Mist,” episodes of the TV Series “Golden Years,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Outer Limits.”
2023 – Victor J. Kemper, cinematographer for “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “Audrey Rose,” “Coma,” “Eyes of Laura Mars,” “Magic [1978]” and “The Final Countdown.”
2021 – Eddie Mekka, soundtrack for “Evils of the Night.”
2020 – Parviz Poorhosseini, appeared in “The Spell” and “Leila’s Dream.”
2020 – Dave Prowse, appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Vampire Circus,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” as well as the TV Movies “Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror” and “The 100 Greatest Scary Moments.”
2019 – Godfrey Gao, appeared in “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
2019 – Bala Singh, appeared in “Bhoot Bangla.”
2018 – 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.”
2011 – Ken Russell, director of “The Lair of the White Worm,” “Gothic,” “Altered States,” “The Devils” and more.
2010 – Irvin Kershner, directed “Eyes of Laura Mars,” “Never Say Never Again” and “Robocop 2.”
2002 – Billie Bird, appeared in “Werewolf – Episode: Amazing Grace.”
1988 – John Carradine, actor in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “The Howling,” “The Sentinel” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 27
Night Monster [1942]
The Living Ghost [1942]
The Undying Monster [1942]
Daikaijû Gamera [1965]
Viy [1967]
Illusion of Blood [1968]
Frankenstein Island [1981] – Kokomo, Indiana
Just Before Dawn [1981]
Dollman [1991] – video premiere
The Crucible [1996]
They [2002]
Species III [2004]
Shapeshifter [2005]
Bled White [2009] – Tabloid Witch Awards
Life Blood [2009] – Germany (DVD premiere)
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NOVEMBER 28
BORN ON NOVEMBER 28
1986 – Johnny Simmons, appeared in “Jennifer’s Body,” “My Ambition” and “Boogeyman 2.”
1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, starred in the “Death Proof,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Black Christmas [2006],” “Final Destination 3,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” “The Thing [2011]” and more.
1976 – Ryan Kwanten, appeared in the HBO series “True Blood,” “Dead Silence,” “Flight 7500,” “Sacred Lies – TV Series” and “Them – TV Series.”
1975 – Sunny Mabrey, starred in the films “Species III” and “Snakes on a Plane.”
1969 – Todd A. Robinson, actor in “Crimps,” “Exorcist: The Fallen,” “All Hell Breaks Loose” and “Big Legend.”
1958 – Thom Mathews, appeared in “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Nemesis” and “Heatseeker.”
1950 – Ed Harris, starred in “The Abyss,” “Needful Things” and “Creepshow.”
1949 – Alexander Godunov, appeared in “The Runestone” and “Waxwork II: Lost in Time.”
1946 – Joe Dante, director of “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2,” “Piranha [1978],” “The Howling,” “Burying the Ex” and “Matinee.”
1940 – Thomas R. Burman, makeup artist for “Frogs,” “The Food of the Gods,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Manitou,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Prophecy,” “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “Cat People,” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” “Body Snatcher” and more.
1939 – Patrick Wright, appeared in “Maniac Cop,” “Frightmare,” “Graduation Day,” “Devil’s Ecstasy,” “Track of the Moon Beast,” “The Night of the Strangler” and more.
1932 – Ethel Ennis, sang the title song “Mad Monster Party.” She also sang the “Monster Party Song” in the film “Boltneck.”
1927 – Chuck Mitchell, actor in “The Hearse,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Ghost Chase” and “Don’t Answer the Phone!”
1923 – James Karen, appeared in “The Unborn,” “The Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2,” “Poltergeist” and many more.
1917 – Ramón Gay, starred in Mexican horror classics “The Aztec Mummy,” “Face of the Screaming Werewolf” and “Curse of the Doll People.”
1910 – Russell Napier, actor in “It! [1967], “The Blood Beast Terror” and an episode of “Target.”
1885 – John Willard, writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Cat Creeps” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 28
2025 – Ingrid van Bergen, actress in “The Avenger [1960],” “Grimm’s Fairy Tails for Adults,” “The Vampire Happening,” “Horror Vacui “ and the TV Movie “Shaknado 5: Global Swarming.”
2023 – Thomas Augsberger, producer for “Incident at Loch Ness,” “Mr. Brooks,” “Humans” and “Tucker and Dale vs Evil.”
2022 – Clarence Gilyard Jr., actor in “Little Monsters [2012].”
2022 – Cliff Emmich, actor in “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “Barracuda,” “Halloween II [1981],” “Hell Hole,” “Return to Horror High” and “Bug Buster.”
2021 – Kichiemon Nakamura, actor in “Black Cat [1968].”
2020 – David Prowse, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “Vampire Circus.”
2019 – Jan Nygren, appeared in “Mask of Murder.”
2011 – Dan Meaden, actor in “House of Mystery,” “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Ghoul [1975]” and “Dracula [1979].”
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, starred in “Scary Movie 3-4,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” “Repossessed,” “Creepshow,” “Prom Night,” “Day of the Animals,” “Night Gallery – TV Series” and more.
2009 – Tony Kendal, appeared in “The Whip and the Body,” “Mark of the Devil 5: Return of the Blind Dead” and “When the Screaming Stops”.
2008 – Bill Finnegan, executive producer for the film “Night of the Creeps” and the TV series “She Wolf of London”.
2007 – Jeanne Bates, actress in “The Soul of a Monster,” “Back from the Dead,” “The Strangler,” “Eraserhead,” “Mom [1990],” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation” and more.
1993 – June Gittelson, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “Mark of the Vampire” and “The Raven [1935].”
1991 – Gianpaolo Saccarola, appeared in “Midnight Killer,” “Tenebrae,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “The Beyond” and more.
1990 – Tamara De Treaux, appeared in “Ghoulies,” “Rockula” and the TV Movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
1983 – Christopher George, actor in “City of the Living Dead,” “Grizzly,” “Graduation Day,” “Mortuary,” “Day of the Animals,” “Pieces,” “Gates of Hell” and more.
1978 – André Morell, starred in “Quaternmass and the Pit,” “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Plague of the Zombies” and “The Giant Behemoth.”
1974 – Gay Sheridan, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1967 – Arthur Hammond, assistant director for “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man” and “Crazy Knights.”
1950 – Russ Powell, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “King Kong [1933],” “Mad Love [1935]” and “Son of Frankenstein [1939].”
1859 – Washington Irving, wrote the short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and was made into a movie in 1999.
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 28
Bloody Pit of Horror [1965] – Italy
Home for the Holidays [1972] – TV Movie
Deadtime Stories [1986]
Psycho Cop [1989] – video premiere
Theatre of the Dead [2013] – Canberra, Australia (premiere)
Save Yourself [2015]
Mercy Christmas [2017]
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