APRIL 6
BORN ON APRIL 6
1983 – Diora Baird, starred in “Stan Helsing,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” “Night of the Demons [2009],” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days” and “Brain Blockers.”
1983 – Kamal Angelo Bolden, actor in “Ravers.”
1955 – Michael Rooker who starred in “Brightburn,” “The Belko Experiment,” “Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Slither,” “Hypothermia,” “The Walking Dead – TV Series” and many more.
1947 – John Ratzenberger, appeared in “Motel Hell” and “House II: The Second Story.”
1942 – Barry Levinson, director/writer/producer for “The Bay.”
1940 – Pedro Armendáriz Jr., actor in “Las vampiras,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Chosen Survivors,” “Darker Than Night” and more.
1937 – Terrence Hardiman, actor in “Mask of Murder,” “A Demon in My View,” “Distant Shadow” as well as episodes of “Dead of Night,” “Urban Gothic” and “The Demon Headmaster.”
1933 – Yasuo Muramatsu, voice actor for “Vampire Hunter D (1985)” and “Wicked City (1987).”
1929 – Joi Lansing, actress in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House” and “Bigfoot.”
1927 – Arthur Herzog III, wrote the novel which the movie “The Swarm” is based.
1918 – Amando de Ossorio, writer/director of “The Blind Dead 3,” “Malenka” “Tombs of the Blind Dead” and “Return of the Blind Dead,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “The Loreley’s Grasp” and “Night of the Seagulls.”
1916 – Phil Leeds, actor in “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie,” “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
DIED ON APRIL 6
2024 – María del Carmen Farías, actress in “The Exorcism of Carmen Farias [2021].”
2024 – Ernesto Gómez Cruz, actor in “Satanic Sect: The Sent One of God,” “El trono del infierno – aka The Throne of Hell” and “Cháman, viento de muerte – aka Shaman, Wind of Death”.”
2023 – Nick Levenduski, visual effects for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” “The Meg,” as well as episodes of “Blood Drive” and “Fear the Walking Dead.”
2023 – Norman Reynolds, production designer for “Alien³,” and assistant art director for “Phase IV.”
2023 – Taeko Tomioka, screenwriter for “Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees.”
2022 – Rae Allen, actress in the TV Series “The Fearing Mind.”
2022 – Christopher Muncke, actor in “Saturn 3.”
2022 – John van de Rest, actor in the TV Series “Geisterjäger John Sinclair.”
2021 – Walter Olkewicz, appeared in “Comedy of Horrors,” “Stillwatch,” “The Surgeon,” “Milo,” several episodes of TV Series including “Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction,” “Good vs. Evil” and “Twin Peaks.”
2021 – Prathima Devi, appeared in “Jagan Mohini” and “Pathala Mohini.”
2021 – Grischa Huber, appeared in the TV Movie “Vampira.”
2020 – Bullet Prakash, appeared in “David Kannada Film” and “Jerk.”
2020 – James Child Drury Jr., appeared in “The Devil and Miss Sarah – TV Movie” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Episode: The Right Kind of House.”
2019 – Nadja Regin, starred in “The Man Without a Body.”
2015 – James Best, made some genre appearances in “Death Mask,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “The Killer Shrews” and “Return of the Killer Shrews.”
2014 – Mickey Rooney, appeared in “Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker,” “Phantom of the Megaplex” and “The Thirsting.”
1992 – Frank Logan, actor in “My Brother Has Bad Dreams,” “Barracuda,” “Nightmare Beach” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1991 – Milton Gunzburg, 3D Supervisor in “House of Wax [1953].”
1989 – Alfred R. Bird, sound department for “House of Usher,” “The Evil Eye,” “Diary of a Madman,” “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,” “Black Sabbath,” “Twice-Told Tales” and “Panic in Year Zero!”
1987 – Philip M. Jefferies, production designer for “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and “Damien: Omen II.”
1987 – Ralph Butler, sound department for “The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “Spook Chasers,” “House on Haunted Hill [1959],” “The Bat [1959],” “Diary of a Madman” as well as episodes of “The Munsters,” “The Outer Limits” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 6
The Thing from Another World [1951] – USA
I Vampiri – aka Lust of the Vampire [1957] – Turin
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse [1966] – Boston
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini [1966]
Rasputin the Mad Monk [1966]
The Reptile [1966]
Audrey Rose [1977]
The First Power [1990]
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter [2001] – Wisconsin Film Festival
Zombie vs. Mardi Gras [2001] – USA
Eternal Blood [2002]
Grindhouse [2007]
Haunted Forest [2007] – Oxford International Film Festival
Denizen [2010]
Malpractice [2010]
ATM [2012]
Battledogs [2013] – TV Movie
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APRIL 7
BORN ON APRIL 7
1999 – Parker Love Bowling, actress in “B.C. Butcher,” “Mystery Phone,” “The Third Saturday in October Part V,” “Spirit Riser” and the shorts “Beaty Juice” and “Our Lacy Crucifixion.”
1988 – Ed Speleers, appeared in “Howl,” “The House that Jack Built,” “Love Bite” and “Zoo.”
1978 – Isaac Meisenheimer, appeared in and assistant director of the 2008 remake of “Day of the Dead.”
1970 – Keith Jefferson, actor in “Day Shift [2022].”
1964 – Lesleh Donaldson, actress in “Funeral Home,” “Happy Birthday To Me,” “Deadly Eyes,” “Curtains,” “Octoberfeast,” “Tales of Poe,” “Swamp Freak” and more.
1963 – Nikki Fritz, actress in “Burial of the Rats,” “Night Shade,” “Hybrid,” “The Bare Wench Project,” “The Vampire Hunters Club,” “The Bare Wench Project – sequels,” “Cheerleader Massacre” and more.
1960 – Pete Lee-Wilson, actor in “A Demon in My View,” “Crimetime,” “Blade II,” “Blood and Chocolate,” “Spiders,” “Kick” and “Kick: Sudden Death.”
1956 – Lawrence Steven Meyers, producer for “Return of the Living Dead III,” “An American Haunting” and “Sacrifice [2016].”
1954 – Jackie Chan, actor/stunts in “The Twins Effects.”
1946 – Stan Winston, make-up effects legend for “Terminator,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “Aliens,” “Predator,” “The Thing [1982],” “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981],” “Friday the 13th Part III,” “The Monster Squad,” “Leviathan,” “Congo,” “The Relic” and many more.
1941 – Allan Silliphant, writer for the TV Movie “The Creeping Terror.”
1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, directed “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Dementia 13,” “Twixt,” “The Terror” and producer for “Sleepy Hollow.”
1935 – Fred J. Brown, sound department for “The Exorcist,” “DeepStar Six,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou,” “Psychic Killer” and more.
1934 – Ian Richardson, appeared in “From Hell,” “Dark City,” and in the TV version of “Hound of the Baskervilles.”
1933 – Wayne Rogers, appeared in “Chamber of Horrors,” and co-wrote the screenplay for and was executive producer of “The Astro Zombies.”
1921 – Bill Butler, cinematographer for “The Return of Count Yorga,” “Deathmaster,” “Something Evil,” “Jaws,” “Demon Seed,” “Damien: Omen II,” “Child’s Play [1988],” “Anaconda,” “Frailty,” “The Plague,” “Evil Angel” and more.
1917 – R. G. Armstrong, appeared in the “Friday the 13th” TV series, as well as appearing in films such as “The Car,” “Devil Dog; The Hound Of Hell” and “Predator.”
1915 – Stanley Adams, appeared in “The Night Stalker,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “The Devil’s Platform” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV series.
1913 – Louise Currie, actress in “You’ll Find Out,” “The Ape Man” and “Voodoo Man.”
1908 – Carl Erickson, screenwriter for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1901 – Gavin Gordon, appeared in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Bat [1959],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” episodes of the TV Series “One Step Beyond,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Lights Out.”
1882 – Natalie Kalmus, color director/technicolor for “Dr. Cyclops,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Climax.”
DIED ON APRIL 7
2024 – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, soundtrack for “The Lost Boys [1987] – (Ain’t Got No Home.)
2024 – Edgar Burcksen, editor for “Amnesia,” Art School of Horrors” and visual effects editor for “The Shallows.”
2021 – Anne Beatts, writer for the TV Movie “Nightlife.”
2021 – James Hampton, appeared in “Jacob” and the TV Series “Teen Wolf.”
2021 – Olga Pashkova, appeared in the TV Movie “Burial of the Rats.”
2020 – Ghyslain Tremblay, actor in “La Plante.”
2020 – Sasi Kalinga, appeared in “Kerala Café” and “Paathi: The Half.”
2020 – Allen Garfield, appeared in “Diabolique,” “Night Visitor” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
2000 – Greta Vayan, actress in “Balsamus l’uomo di Satana – aka Blood Relations.”
2019 – Mya-Lecia Naylor, starred in “Code Red.”
2019 – Seymour Joseph Cassel, acted in “Double Exposure,” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside [1987]” and “The Twilight Zone [1964].”
2015 – Geoffrey Lewis, appeared in “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto,” “Wicked Little Things,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Song of the Vampire,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Night of the Comet,” “Salem’s Lot” and many more.
2010 – Christopher Cazenove, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt,” “Fox Mystery Theater,” “Hammer House of Horror” and “Thriller.”
2002 – John Agar, film credits include “King Kong [1976],” “Nightbreed,” “The Mole People,” “Revenge Of The Creature,” “Tarantula,” “Invisible Invaders,” “The Brain From Planet Arous” and “The Hand Of Death.”
2001 – Beatrice Straight, starred in “Poltergeist [1982],” TV movies “The Dain Curse” and “Wes Craven’s Chiller.”
1987 – Grace Lenard, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1983 – Gavin Gordon, appeared in “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Bat [1959],” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” episodes of the TV Series “One Step Beyond,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Lights Out.”
1983 – Kenyon Hopkins, worked in the music department for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and composed Nightmare!! on MGM Records.
1972 – Victor Wong, portrayed “Charlie the Cook” in both “King Kong” and “Son of Kong”.
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 7
Seven Footprints to Satan [1929]
King Kong [1933]
The Thing from Another World [1951]
Peeping Tom [1960] – London
Blood and Black Lace [1965]
Succubus [1969]
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter [1974] – UK
Beyond Dream’s Door [1989]
Dead Calm [1989]
I, Madman [1989]
Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker! [2001]
The Amityville Horror [2005] Hollywood premiere
Kaw [2007]
Cold Earth [2009]
Bled [2009]
Disturbed [2009]
Murder Is Like Sex [2009]
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APRIL 8
BORN ON APRIL 8
1981 – Taylor Kitsch, appeared in the films “The Covenant” and “Snakes on a Plane.”
1980 – Katee Sackhoff, appeared in “Halloween: Resurrection,” “White Noise 2: The Light,” “Riddick,” “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia,” “Don’t Knock Twice,” “Oculus” and the TV Series “The Fearing Mind.”
1977 – Ana de la Reguera, starred in “Army of the Dead,” “The Forever Purge,” “The Anguish,” “Jessabelle” and appeared in episodes of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
1973 – Emma Caulfield Ford, starred in the film “Darkness Falls.”
1972 – Renata Adamidov, production associate for “Grizzly Park.”
1968 – Patricia Arquette, starred in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors,” “Nightwatch” and “Stigmata.”
1960 – John Schneider, appeared in “Penance Lane,” “The Curse,” “Conjurer,” “Ogre,” “Lake Placid 2,″ “Return of the Killer Shrews,” “Smothered,” “Snow Beast,” “Super Shark” and more.
1957 – Pamela Gordon, appeared in “Poltergeist II,” “Subspecies II” and “III.”
1955 – Kane Hodder, starred in the films “Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield,” “Smothered,” “Old 37,” “Muck,” “Charlie’s Farm,” “Hatchet,” “Hatchet II,” “Hatchet III,” “Victor Crowley,” “The Afflicted,” “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Alligator,” “The Haunting of Alice D,” “Hack!” and many more.
1950 – Chantal Contouri, actress in “Thirst” and “Ribspreader.”
1949 – Jim Lampley, appeared in “Zombie Strippers!”
1946 – Tim Thomerson, starred in the “Trancers” films, “Near Dark, “Live Evil” and more.
1944 – Burny Bos, producer/writer for “Gruesome School Trip [2005].”
1931 – Beryl Vertue, producer for “The House in Nightmare Park” and the TV Series “Jekyll.”
1931 – John Gavin, co-starred in “Psycho [1960].”
1923 – Edward Mulhare, starred in the TV series “The Ghost & Mrs. Muir,” as well as the film “Eye of the Devil”.
1921 – Alfie Bass, appeared in “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”
1903 – Eugène Lourié, production designer for “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Giant Behemoth,” “Burnt Offerings,” art director for “The Strangler,” “Haunts of the Very Rich” and “What’s the Matter with Helen?”
DIED ON APRIL 8
2023 – Bob Heatlie, composer the theme song for the TV Series “The Trap Door”
2023 – Michael Lerner, actor in “Tale of the Mummy,” “Omen IV: The Awakening,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Anguish,” “Class Reunion,” “Reflections of Murder” and more.”
2023 – Peter Palmér, appeared in “Chock – Episode: Förbjuden frukt (aka Forbidden Fruit).”
2022 – David Jones, visual effects for “Alien 3,” “Species” and episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”
2022 – Minori Matsushima, voice actress for the TV Movie “Monster of Frankenstein.”
2021 – Richard Rush, appeared in “Distortions.”
2013 – Richard Brooker, portrayed “Jason Voorhees” in “Friday the 13th Part III” and appeared in “Deathstalker.”
2000 – Mark Eiges, foley editor for “Invaders from Mars,” post-production supervisor for “Soul Survivors” and “Zombie Strippers!”
1996 – León Klimovsky, writer and director of Spanish films “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo,” “Vengeance of the Zombies,” “Night of the Walking Dead” and “The People Who Own the Dark”.
1996 – Ben Johnson, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Mighty Joe Young [1949]” and “Terror Train.”
1992 – Nelson Olmsted, actor in “Diary of a Madman,” TV Movie “She Wait,” episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “Thriller,” “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Lights Out.”
1970 – Charles D. Hall, art director for “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Last Warning,” “The Unearthly” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 8
I Walked With a Zombie [1943] – Cleveland, OH – premiere
Colossus: The Forbin Project [1970]
Rabid [1977]
Demon Seed [1977] – NYC
Bad Dreams [1988]
976-Evil II [1992] – Germany
Leprechaun 2 [1994]
Evil Obsession [1997]
Day of the Dead [2008]
The Red Cell [2008] – DVD premiere
The Dark Lurking [2009] – Australia
Atelophobia: Chapter 2 [2018]
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APRIL 9
BORN ON APRIL 9
1990 – Kristen Steward, starred in “The Messengers,” “Underwater,” “Crimes of the Future” and executive producer for the TV Series “Living for the Dead.”
1982 – Brandon Stacy, actor in “Dead Men Walking,” “Suffering Man’s Charity,” “Breathing Room,” “Lost Tales from Camp Blood,” “Rabid Love,” “The Penny Dreadful Picture Show,” “Piranha Sharks” and more.
1975 – David Gordon Green, director/producer/writer for “Halloween [2018],” “Halloween Kills” and “Halloween Ends.”
1974 – Jenna Jameson, starred in “Zombie Strippers!”
1959 – Cameron Dye, actor in “Out of the Dark,” “Mister Limbo,” “Poor Man’s Mermaid – short” and the TV Movie “Natural Selection.”
1959 – Fred Dekker, directed “The Monster Squad,” “Night of the Creeps,” produced “The Yellow Sign” appeared in “Wolfman’s Got Nards” and “Nightmare in Blood.”
1954 – Dennis Quaid, starred in “Pandorum,” “Jaws 3D,” “Dreamscape,” “Beneath the Darkness,” “Are You in the House Alone?” and the TV Series “Fortitude.”
1953 – John Beaird, writer for “My Bloody Valentine [1981],” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “My Bloody Valentine [2009]” and “Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film.”
1951 – Fred Dekker, screenwriter for “The Monster Squad [1987],” “House [1985],” “House II: The Second Story,” “Night of the Creeps,” “The Return of Godzilla” and episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”
1948 – Badja Djola, appeared in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Millenium – Episode: Sense and Antisense.”
1941 – Hannah Gordon, appeared in an episode each of “Fox Mystery Theater” and “Out of the Unknown.”
1931 – Ralph Helfer, additional crew “Alligator,” “Fright Night [1985],” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “13 Ghosts [1960],” “Wolfen,” “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “Monster Squad [1976],” episodes of “The Addams Family,” “The Munsters” and many more.
1909 – Robert Helpmann, actor in “Patrick [1978].”
1904 – Lyle Latell, appeared in “One Body Too Many,” “House of Wax [1953],” “Scared Stiff,” “Indestructible Man,” “Beginning of the End” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
1900 – Allen Jenkins, appeared in “King Kong [1933]” and “Tomorrow at Seven.”
DIED ON APRIL 9
2024 – Toby Simkin, producer for “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical [2001].”
2024 – Paola Gassman, actress in “I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe – aka The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.”
2024 – Sujith Raj Kochukunju, actor/playback singer for “Kinavally (2018).”
2023 – Richard Ng, actor in “Heaven Can Help,” “Those Merry Souls,” “The Noctune Demon,” “Ghost Punting,” “Rigor Mortis,” “Bio Raiders,” “Mr. Zombie,” “Walk With Me” and more.
2023 – Donald W. Ernst, editor for “Thirty Dangerous Seconds,” sound editor for “The Hidden,” music editor for “The Killing Kind,” “Parasite” and “Silent Rage.”
2022 – Uwe Bohm, actor in “A Demon In My View.”
2022 – Jeremy Young, actor in “The Haunted Strangler,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
2021 – DMX, appeared in “The Bleeding.”
2011 – Theo Barnes, actor in “Big Thumbs” and “Brain Damage.”
2009 – Lee Madden, directed “Night Creature” and “Ghost Fever.”
1996 – Paul Leder, directed “A*P*E*” and “I Dismember Mama.”
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 9
House of Wax [1953] – NYC
The Mephisto Waltz [1971] – USA
Family Plot [1976]
Tremors II: Aftershocks [1996]
The Back Lot Murders [2002]
Shaun of the Dead [2004] – UK & Ireland
Infected [2013] – DVD premiere
Blood Craft [2019] – DVD premiere
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APRIL 10
BORN ON APRIL 10
1992 – Daisy Ridley, starred in “Scrawl.”
1990 – Sarah Dumont, actress in “Acid Girls,” “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse,” “Serpent” and “The Accursed.”
1988 – Haley Joel Osment, starred in “The Sixth Sense” and “Tusk.”
1985 – Christie Laing, actress in “Tucker & Dale vs Evil,” the TV Movies “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” “Sea Beast” as well as episodes of “iZombie,” “Fear Itself” and “Supernatural.”
1983 – Jamie Chung, starred in “Sorority Row,” “Flight 7500” and the TV Series “Lovecraft Country.”
1983 – Ryan Merriman, actor in “Halloween: Resurrection,” “Rings,” “The Ring Two,” “Final Destination 3,” “Fortune Cookie,” “The Jurassic Games,” “Portal” and the TV Movie “Backwoods.”
1968 – Orlando Jones, starred on “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” “Primeval,” and “From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter.”
1958 – Robert R. Shafer, appeared in “Caged,” “Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves,” “Zombeavers,” “The Temple,” “Super Shark,” “Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus,” “Maneater,” “Monster Man,” “Psycho Cop,” “Psycho Cop Returns.” and more.
1954 – Peter MacNicol, appeared in “Ghostbusters II” and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It.”
1948 – Angelo Nicotra, voice dubbing for “Oasis of Fear,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “Cannibal Ferox” and “Mystère.”
1929 – Max Von Sydow, starred in “The Exorcist,” “The Wolfman [2010],” “Sleepless,” “Needful Things,” “Dreamscape,” “The Night Visitor” and “Hour of the Wolf.”
1929 – Tom Sachs, production manager for “The Vampire Lovers,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Scars of Dracula,” “Fright [1971],” “Twins of Evil,” “Vampire Circus,” producer for “The Spiral Staircase,” “The Appointment,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “It! [1967]” and more.
1921 – Chuck Connors, appeared in “Tourist Trap” and in “Werewolf – TV Series.”
1909 – Harry Woolman, special effects for “The Slime People,” “Bigfoot,” “A Scream in the Streets,” “Rattlers,” “End of the World,” “The House of the Dead,” “Evilspeak,” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – TV Movie,” “Don’t Go Near the Park,” “The Unseen” and many more.
1879 – Kathryn Stuberg, additional crew/wax figures for “House of Wax [1953].”
DIED ON APRIL 10
2024 – Dan Wallin, score mixer for “Chamber of Horrors,” “The Terminal Man,” “King Kong [1976],” “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “The Pack,” “The Swarm,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Motel Hell,” “Wolfen,” “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Crow,” “Wolf [1994],” “Species,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Craft,” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers” “Ghost in the Machine” and many more.
2024 – Dusty Kay, writer for “The Twilight Zone – Season 1, Episode 22 (2002).”
2024 – Trina Robbins, writer for the comic book “Vampirella (1996).”
2022 – Shivkumar Subramaniam, actor in “Aatma.”
2021 – Shu-Tong Wong, appeared in “The Green-Eyed Demoness,” “The Butterfly Murders,” “The Trail,” “Vampire Expert” and assistant director for “Taoism Drunkard.”
2021 – Satish Kaul, appeared in “Khooni Mahal,” “Kabrastan,” “Bandh Darwaza aka The Closed Door” and “Khooni Mahal.”
2020 – Carlo Sabatini, appeared in “Tenebrae” and “The Omen [2006].”
2020 – Diane Rodriguez, appeared in “Psycho III.”
2020 – Nobuhiko Obayashi, directed “House [1977]” and composer for “Death at an Old Mansion.”
2007 – Jack Williams, stuntman for the film “Billy the Kid vs Dracula.”
2006 – Jerry James, appeared in “War of the Worlds [1953]” and “Psychic Killer.”
2000 – Arnold Johnson, actor in “My Demon Lover,” “The Seventh Sign” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Amazing Stories” and “The Hitchhiker.”
2000 – Larry Linville, appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series” and “C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud.”
1991 – Kevin Peter Hall, portrayed many creatures in “Prophecy,” “Without Warning,” “Predator,” “Misfits of Science – TV Series,” “Predator 2″ and more.
1991 – Paul Stader, stunts for “House of Wax [1953],” “Cruse Into Terror,” “The Swarm,” “The Island,” “The Monster Squad” and “Repossessed.”
1979 – Nino Rota, soundtrack for “Let Me In” as well as composer for “Toby Dammit” and “Spirits of the Dead.”
1972 – Harry Strang, film appearances included “The Mysterious Dr. Satan,” The Face Behind the Mask” and “Mighty Joe Young.
1965 – Linda Darnell, starred in “The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe.”
1962 – Michael Curtiz, director for “Alraune,” “The Mad Genius,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “The Walking Dead [1936]” and writer for “Dracula’s Death.”
1959 – Ira H. Morgan, cinematographer for “The Vampire Bat,” “Fog Island” and “The Cyclops.”
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 10
Blood and Lace [1964] – Rome
Multiple Maniacs [1970]
Tombs of the Blind Dead [1972] – Spain
Female Vampire [1973]
Night of the Werewolf [1981]
The Howling [1981]
Knightriders [1981]
Night of the Werewolf aka “The Craving” [1981] – Barcelona
Gothic [1987] – USA
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 [1987]
Sleepwalkers [1992]
Species II [1998]
Dr. Horror’s Erotic House of Idiots [2004]
Toolbox Murders [2004] – Philadelphia International Film Festival
Abominable [2006]
Skin Crawl [2007]
Vampiress: Lady of the Night [2010]
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection [2013] – NYC
Awaken the Devil [2014] – DVD premiere
We Summon the Darkness [2019]
Death Ranch [2020]
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APRIL 11
BORN ON APRIL 11
1987 – Stephanie Danielson, appeared in “Muck,” “Paranormal Whacktivity,” “Late Fee,” “Long Live the Dead,” “Celebrity Ghost Stories” and more.
1973 – Jennifer Esposito, appeared in “Mary,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Dracula 2000.”
1969 – Simon Reynolds, appeared in “Saw IV,” “Gate II: Trespassers” and “Dark Water.”
1947 – Meshach Taylor, appeared in “Hyenas,” “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “Warning Sign,” “The Beast Within,” “The Howling,” “Damien: Omen II” and more.
1930 – Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan and a technical adviser as well as an actor in “The Devil’s Rain.”
1930 – Clive Exton, screenwriter for “Doomwatch, “The House in Nightmare Park,” “The Awakening,” “Stigma – short,” as well as episodes of “The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells,” “Out of the Unknown” and “Out of This World.”
1923 – Emilio Ruiz del Río, visual effects for “Mystery on Monster Island,” “Cat’s Eye,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” model maker for “The Murder Mansion,” “Devil’s Possessed,” “The Rift,” special effects for “The Blancheville Monster” and “Slugs.”
1916 – Howard W. Koch, producer/director of “Frankenstein 1970,” “The Pharaoh’s Curse” and “The Black Sleep.”
1895 – Gustav Von Wangenheim, starred in the 1922 version of “Nosferatu.”
1881 – 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.
DIED ON APRIL 11
2024 – Lorena Velázquez, actress in “Santo vs. the Vampire Women,” “Santo vs. the Zombies,” “Doctor of Doom,” “The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy,” “The Diabolical Axe,” “The Witches Attack,” “The Mummies of San Angel” and more.
2024 – Yasuo Muramatsu, voice actor for “Vampire Hunter D (1985)” and “Wicked City (1987).”
2023 – Carol Locatell, actress in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “13 Fanboy” and the TV Movie “The Bad Seed [1978].”
2023 – Jung Chae-Yul, actress in the TV Series “Zombie Detective.”
2023 – Maeliosa Stafford, actor in the TV Series “Drop Dead Weird.”
2021 – Giannetto De Rossi, make-up department for “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Cannibals in the Streets,” “Zombie,” “Cannibals in the Streets,” “The Beyond,” The House by the Cemetery,” “Killer Crocodile” and more.
2021 – Daisuke Ryû, appeared in “Tenshu monogatari” and “Nezulla.”
2021 – Enzo Sciotti, art department for “The Mountain of the Cannibal God” and “The Beyond.”
2021 – Zoran Simjanović, composer for “Variola vera” and “Reflections.”
2020 – Margot Hartman, appeared in “Violent Midnight,” “The Curse of the Living Corpse,” “Do You Wanna Know a Secret?” and “Descendant.”
2020 – Paul Haddad, appeared in “Tomorrow’s Killer,” the TV Series “Monster Force” and “Tales from the Cryptkeeper – Episode: Cave Man.”
2016 – Francisco Nicholson, screenwriter for “Os 5 Avisos de Satanás.”
2013 – Jonathan Winters, appeared on “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “The Shadow,” “Little Dracula – TV Series,” “Gravedale High – TV Series,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.
2009 – Marilyn Chambers, appeared in “Rabid”.
2005 – John Bennett, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf”.
1996 – Wanda McKay, co-starred in “Voodoo Man,” “Bowery at Midnight” and “The Monster Maker”.
1987 – Kent Taylor, appeared in “The Crawling Hand” “Brides of Blood,” “The Phantom of 10,000 Leagues, “Brain of Blood” and more.
1960 – Leo Curley, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 11
The Toxic Avenger [1986] – USA
Critters [1986]
Anaconda [1997]
The House That Screamed [2000]
Hell Asylum [2002]
House of 1000 Corpses [2003]
The Last Horror Movie [2003] – Philadelphia International Film Festival
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie [2006] – USA
Prom Night [2008]
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APRIL 12
BORN ON APRIL 12
1994 – Saoirse Ronan, appeared in “Great Performances: Horror Show,” “Lost River”, “The Host” and “Byzantium.”
1986 – Clarke Wolfe, actress in “The Drawing,” “Satanic Panic,” “Deathcember,” “Torn Hearts,” “Malum” and the short “Who Are You?”
1983 – Matt Muschamp, art department for “Dark House,” “Forget Me Not,” “House of Bones,” “Mask Maker,” “Cold Moon,” “Trailer Park Shark,” “Nightmare Shark” and “You Might Be the Killer.”
1978 – Riley Smith, actor in “Lovers Lane,” “Voodoo Academy,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Spring Break Shark Attack,” “Gallowwalkers” and “Bleed.”
1974 – Marley Shelton, appeared in the TV Movie “Dark Shadows,” “Planet Terror,” “Grindhouse,” “Scream 4” and “Valentine.”
1971 – Dessy Tenekedjieva, appeared in “Killer Rats.”
1971 – Shannen Doherty, starred “Satan’s School for Girls [2000] – TV Movie,” “Bethany,” “Almost Dead,” “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys – TV Movie” and more.
1971 – Nicholas Brendon, starred in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “Coherence,” “Redwood,” “Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest,” “Survival Island,” “Psycho Beach Party” and more.
1959 – Tracy Tormé, writer for “Spellbinder,” episodes of the TV Series “Intruders” and “The Outer Limits.”
1953 – Vlad Paunescu, producer for “Mirrors,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “Seed of Chucky,” “Them,” “Incubus,” “Hellraiser: Deader,” “Mimic: Sentinel,” “Saint Ange,” “Serpent’s Lair,” “Vampire Journals,” “Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes,” “The Prophecy: Uprising” and many more.
1951 – Tom Noonan, appeared in “House of the Devil,” “Manhunter,” “The Roost,” “Wolfen,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “The House of the Devil,” “Night of the Wolf,” “The Monster Squad” and more.
1941 – Manuel de Blas, actor in “Cauldron of Blood,” “Assignment Terror,” “Hunchback of the Morgue,” “The Vampires Night Orgy,” “The Ghost Galleon,” “The Dead, the Devil and the Flesh,” “Slugs,” The Monk,” “The Elderly,” “Something Is About to Happen” and more.
1925 – Frank Logan, actor in “My Brother Has Bad Dreams,” “Barracuda,” “Nightmare Beach” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1923 – Jack De Shields, production designer for “Pandemonium” and art director for the TV Movie “This House Possessed.”
1886 – Lillian Young, appeared in ““King Kong [1933].”
1881 – Doran Cox, assistant director for “Thirteen Women,” “King Kong [1933],” “Cat People” and “Bedlam.”
1878 – Leo Curley, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”
DIED ON APRIL 12
2024 – Eleanor Coppola, set decorator for “Dementia 13 [1963].”
2023 – Doug Tibbles, writer for 12 episodes of the TV Series “The Munsters.”
2023 – Uttara Baokar, actress in “X-Zone – Episode: 666.”
2022 – Gilbert Gottfried, appeared in “Highway to Hell,” “Hysterical Psycho,” “Miss December,” “Director’s Cut,” “Sharknado 4,” “Sharknado 5,” “The Last Sharknado” and the TV Series “Critters: The New Batch.”
2020 – Joel M. Reed, director/writer for “Blood Bath,” “Bloodsucking Freaks,” “Night of the Zombies” and appeared in “Dead Eye,” “I Spill Your Guts,” “The Fappening,” “Killer Waves” and more.
2020 – Daniel Goldman, casting director for “Godzilla 1985” appeared in “Young Frankenstein” and “Beware! The Blob.”
2020 – Keiji Fujiwara, appeared in “Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust,” Trinity Blood,” “Blood+ – Series,” Blood-C: The Last Dark,” “Mob Psycho 100 – Series” and “Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga – Series.”
2020 – Tim Brooke-Taylor, appeared in “Under the Bed.”
2019 – John McEnery, acted in “Schizo” and episode #6 in “Chiller.”
2019 – Georgia Bright Engel, appeared in an episode of “CBS Library’s Misunderstood Monsters [1981].”
2010 – Peter Haskell, appeared in “Child’s Play 2 & 3,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series” and the TV Movie “The Phantom of Hollywood.”
2009 – Fumio Tanaka, produced “Godzilla 1985,” “Yog, Monster from Space” and “Evil of Dracula.”
2007 – Robert Miles, appeared in “Snake Island,” and performed the stunts in “The Slime People” and “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.”
2003 – Sydney Lassick, appeared in Carrie [1976], “An American Vampire Story,” “Future Shock,” “Curse II: The Bite,” “Lady in White,” “Silent Madness,” “Pandemonium,” “Alligator,” and “The Unseen.”
2001 – Richard Shores, co-starred in the TV movie “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle” and in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”.
FILMS RELEASED ON APRIL 12
Dr. Cyclops [1940]
Black Friday [1940]
Dead Men Walk [1943]
Cape Fear [1962] – Miami
Nosferatu the Vampyre [1979]
Cat’s Eye [1985]
Class of Nuke ‘Em High II: Subhumaniod Meltdown [1991] – New York City
Frailty [2002] – USA
Mask Maker [2011]
Babysitter Massacre [2013]
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