MARCH 30
BORN ON MARCH 30
1990 – Cassie Scerbo, appeared in “Sharknado,” “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No!” “Sharknado: Global Swarming,” “The Last Sharknado: It’s About time,” “Agoraphobia,” “Bering Sea Beast,” “Truth or Dare [2017] and was part of a song on the soundtrack for “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time:
1984 – Helena Mattsson, appeared in “Drowning Ghost,” “Species: The Awakening” and the TV Series “666 Park Avenue.”
1977 – Rebecca Love, starred in “The Hills Have Thighs,” “Cleavagefield”, “Bewitched Housewives”, “Ghost in a Teeny Bikini,” “The Witches of Breastwick 2” and “Camp Cuddly Pines: Powertool Massacre.”
1968 – Donna D’Errico, appeared in “Candyman: Day of the Dead.”
1965 – Juliet Landau, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders,” “Repossessed,” “A Place Among the Dead,” “Hack!” and “Ed Wood”.
1964 – Ian Ziering, over work for many cartoon series such as “Godzilla,” and starred in all 5 of the “Sharknado” films and the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”
1963 – Susannah Hoffmann, actress in “The Brain,” “Pay the Ghost” as well as episodes of “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Goosebumps,” “The Outer Limits” and “Slasher.”
1958 – Maurice LaMarche, voice actor for episodes of “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated,” “The Mummy,” “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman,” “Gravedale High” and more.
1957 – Paul Reiser, appeared “Aliens,” “Life After Beth,” “The Darkness,” “The Tower” and the TV Series “Stranger Things.”
1950 – Robbie Coltrane, starred in “From Hell,” “Van Helsing” and “Van Helsing: The London Assignment.”
1938 – Zofia Merle, actress in the TV Movie “Pozarowisko (1969.”
1933 – Frank Novak, costume designer for the TV Movies “Deathmoon,” “Deadly Encounter” and “Are You Alone In the House?”
1930 – John Astin, who played “Gomez” on the “Addams Family” TV series, starred in “The Frighteners,” “The Return of the Killer Tomatoes” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
1930 – Rolf Harris, soundtrack/songwriter for “Wolf Creek 2 [2013].”
1922 – Turhan Bey, appeared “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “Captive Wild Woman.”
1919 – Will Hare, appeared in “Eyes of Fire,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
DIED ON MARCH 30
2024 – Tim McGovern, visual effects for “Hideaway,” “Stigmata,” “Supernova,” “The Shaft,” “Feardotcom,” “A Sound of Thunder” and “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.”
2023 – Johan Leysen, actor in “The Johnsons,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” “Tattoo,” “Grimm [2003],” “Despite the Night” and “Noise.”
2023 – Laura Gómez-Lacueva, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Zone.”
2023 – Elemér Ragályi, cinematographer for “The Phantom of the Opera [1989],” “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Dracula – Episode #1.1” and “Dracula – Episode #1.2.”
2023 – Steve Skeates, comic book writer for “The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves #2-13 (1967-1969).”
2021 – Evelyn Sakash, production manager for 2 episodes of the TV Series “The Langloliers.”
2020 – William Harrison Withers Jr., did the soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Bound in Flesh.”
2015 – Robert Z’Dar, starred in “Maniac Cop,” “Grotesque,” “Hellhole,” “The Night Stalker,” “A Blood Story,” “Soultaker,” “The Rockville Slayer” and more.
2014 – Kate O’Mara, Hammer films scream queen who appeared in “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “The Vampire Lovers.”
1995 – William Randall, sound mixer for “The Terminal Man,” “Race With the Devil,” “The Possessed [1977],” “Deathmoon,” “Summer of Fear,” “Blood Beach,” “Dead & Buried,” “Class Reunion” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
1986 – James Cagney, who portrayed Lon Chaney Sr. in the film “Man of a Thousand Faces”.
1963 – Walter Daniels, assistant director for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong” and production manager for “The Thing from Another World.”
1954 – Griffin Jay, screenwriter for “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “Captive Wild Woman,” “The Return of the Vampire,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “Cry of the Werewolf” and “Devil Bat’s Daughter.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 30
House of Mystery [1934]
Bloodbath at the House of Death [1984] – Detroit – premiere
Beetlejuice [1988]
Transylvania Twist [1989] – NYC
Santa Sangre [1990] – Los Angeles
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss [1990] – Toronto
Cronos [1993] – USA limited
Progeny [1999]
Lord of the Vampires [2002]
Zombie Nation [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Screaming Dead [2004]
Zodiac Killer [2005] – Fearless Tales Genre Festival
Ghostly Revenge [2007]
Into the Woods [2008]
Zombeavers [2014]
Witness Infection [2021]
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MARCH 31
BORN ON MARCH 31
1985 – Jessica Szohr, appeared in “House at the End of the Drive,” “Somebody Help Me,” “Love Bite” and “Piranha 3D.”
1983 – Melissa Ordway, appeared in “Odd Thomas” and “Escapee.”
1975 – Adam Green, directed “Hatchet,” “Hatchet 2,″ “Frozen [2010],” “Victor Crowley,” “Holliston – TV Series,” “Horrified – TV Series,” “Chillerama” and “Digging Up The Marrow.”
1950 – Gianluca Favilla, actor in “Submission of a Woman.”
1943 – Christopher Walken, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Dead Zone,” “The Prophecy” and its sequels, “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “The Sentinel,” “The Addiction” and more.
1929 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.
1924 – Kathleen O’Malley, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders” episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Munsters.”
1922 – Patrick Magee, starred in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “Dementia 13,” “The Monster Club,” “The Black Cat [1981],” “Monster of Terror” and more.
1918 – Ted Post, director of the TV Movie “Five Desperate Women,”” “The Baby,” “Nightkill,” “episodes of “Thriller” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1901 – Ralph Littlefield, appeared in “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man” and “Voodoo Man.”
1809 – Nikolay Gogol, writer/story for “Black Sunday,” “A Holy Place,” “Viy,” “Vedma,” “Fern Flower” and more.
DIED ON MARCH 31
2024 – Barbara Rush, actress in “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Unknown” and the TV Movie “Moon of the Wolf.”
2024 – Barbara Baldavin, casting director for “Don’t Go to Sleep,” “Satan’s Princess,” appeared in “Skeeter” and an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2022 – Patrick Demarchelier, camera department for “The Believers.”
2021 – Cleve Hall, special effects for “Nightmare,” “Ghoulies,” “TerrorVision,” “Troll,” make-up department for “Nightmare Sisters,” “Book of Fire,” “MMI Crew for “Re-Animator” and many more.
2020 – Julie Bennett, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”
2020 – Andrew Jack, dialogue coach for “A Demon in My View,” “Paranoid,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “The Wolfman [2010]” and “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
2020 – Vincent Marzello, appeared in “The Witches” and episodes of the TV Series “Devil Man – Volume 1: The Birth.”
2017 – Radley Metzger, director/writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” sound department/editor for “The Flesh Eaters” and editor for “The Beach Girls and the Monster.”
2007 – Thomas Moore, produced “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [1976]” and “Mark of the Witch [1970].”
2003 – Anne Gwynne, appeared in the Universal classics “Black Friday,” “The Black Cat [1941]” [a.k.a. “The Black Cat Murders”] and “House of Frankenstein.”
1988 – Pierangelo Civera, voice dubbing for “The Conspiracy of Torture,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and appeared in “Nightmare City.”
1973 – George Woodbridge, appeared in “Tower of Terror,” “Horror of Dracula,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Jack the Ripper [1959],” “The Mummy [1959].” “The Flesh and the Fiends,” “Curse of the Werewolf,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Reptile”, and many more.
1951 – Ralph Forbes, appeared in the 1939 versions of “The Tower of London,” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.
1952 – Roland West, starred in “The Monster,” “The Bat” and “The Bat Whispers.”
1855 – Charlotte Brontë, writer for “I Walked with a Zombie” and 1 episode of “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON MARCH 31
Murders in the Zoo [1933]
Hound of the Baskervilles [1939]
The Ambulance [1990]
Dog Soldiers [2002]
Slither [2006]
Autopsy [2008] – USA DVD premiere
Satanic Panic [2019]
Malum [2023] – Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival
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