AUGUST 1
BORN ON AUGUST 1
1989 – Devanny Pinn, appeared in “Dead Sea,” “Truth or Dare,” “The Devil’s Nightmare,” “Hold Your Breath,” “The Black Dahlia Haunting,” “Party Bus to Hell,” “Scary Story Slumber Party,” “Dwelling,” “Camp Pleasant Lake,” “The Family Business” and more.
1988 – Sasha Jackson, appeared in “China Bigfoot: Legend of the Yeren” and “Night Junkies.”
1987 – CJ de Silva, graphic designer/colorist/production manager for “San Lazaro (2011).”
1979 – Jason Momoa, appeared in “The Bad Batch,” “Debug,” “Pipeline” and “Wolves”.
1973 – Kris Holden-Ried, appeared in “The Returned,” “Underworld: Awakening,” “The Death of Alice Blue” and “Night of the Demons III.”
1970 – Guthrie Lowe, composer for “12-24,” “Sacrament,” “Overdue,” “Desert Shadows,” “Night of the Zomghouls,” Valentine Bluffs,” sound mixer for “The Orange Man,” “From Hell to the Wild West,” “Cry Havoc,” “Clown Motel 2,” “Ghost Town,” “Natty Knocks,” “Amityville Shark House,” “Hellhouse,” “Amityville Bigfoot” and more.
1964 – Melanie Shatner, appeared in “Syngenor,” “Cthulhu Mansion,” “Bloodstone: Subspecies II” and “Bloodlust: Subspecies III.”
1964 – Demián Bichir, actor in “Perdita Durango,” “Alien: Covenant,” “The Nun,” “The Grudge” and the TV Series “Let the Right One In.”
1958 – Michael Penn, composer for the TV Movie “Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein.”
1948 – Armand Mastroianni, director of TV series “Tales from the Darkside [1983-1988],”
Friday the 13th: The Series [1987-1990],” “War of the Worlds [1988-1990],” as well as “Nightmare Café,” “The Clairvoyant,” “Distortions,” “Dante’s Inferno 3D” and more.
1941 – Betty A. Bridges, actress in the short “Dogcatchers [2013” and Moonlight – S1.E10.”
1934 – Won Namkung, actor in “A Bloodthirsty Killer,” “Space Monster Wangmagwi,” “Insect Woman,” “Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death,” “The Hut” and “Eob [1988].”
1896 – Erle C. Kenton, director of “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Island of Lost Souls”
1892 – Eddie Parks, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Inner Sanctum.”
DIED ON AUGUST 1
2024 – Leonard Engelman, makeup artist for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas [2000],” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Ghostbusters [1984],” “Cat People,” “Saturn 3” and “Night Gallery – S3. E7.”
2024 – Rainer Brandt, actor in “Horrors of Spider Island,” “The Avenger [1960]” and “The Horror of Blackwood Castle.”
2022 – Rosa de Castilla, actress in “The Hell of Frankenstein.”
2022 – Paul Eenhoorn, actor in “Eyes in the Dark” and the short “Springtime for Thomas.”
2022 – Hiroshi Ôtake, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Don Dracula.”
2021 – Gino Renni, appeared in “The Monster Killers in the Mansion of Terror.”
2020 – Wilford Brimley, actor in “Resurrection Mary,” Progeny,” Mutant Species,” “The Thing [1982],” Death Valley” and “China Syndrome.”
2020 – Thomas Philip Pollock, producer for “Ghostbusters [2016],” “Hitchcock [2012],” “Disturbia [2007]” and “The Uninvited [2009].”
2013 – Gail Kobe, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits.”
2009 – Howard Smit, Makeup Department “The Birds” “Marnie” and ”Satan’s School for Girls.”
1998 – Eva Bartok, appeared in “The Gamma People.”
1993 – B.J. Turner, appeared in “Night Angel” and “Scarecrows [1988].”
1980 – Strother Martin appeared in “Sssssss,” “The Brotherhood of Satan” and “Nightwing.”
1947 – Walter DeLeon, screenwriter for “The Ghost Breaker [1922],” “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Time of Their Lives” and “Scared Stiff.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 1
Murders in the Rue Morgue [1914]
The 39 Steps [1935]
Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1953]
The Mummy [1959] – Japan
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet [1965]
Destroy All Monsters [1968] – Japan
The Omega Man [1971]
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [1973] – New York City
Nightmare Circus – aka Terror Circus [1974]
Obsession [1976] – New York City
Killer’s Delight [1978]
The Clonus Horror [1979]
Mutant [1984]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [1986]
Ginger Snaps [2000] – Germany [München Fantasy Filmfest]
The Mummy’s Kiss [2003]
Dorm of the Dead [2006]
Horror Grindshow Double Feature [2008]
The Midnight Meat Train [2008]
Tales of Poe [2014]
Zeta: When the Dead Awaken [2019] – Indonesia
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AUGUST 2
BORN ON AUGUST 2
1996 – Kansas Bowling, actress in “B.C. Butcher,” “American Nightmares,” “It’s Just a Game,” “Tales from the Grave: The Movie,” “Christmas Bloody Christmas,” “Psycho Ape!,’ “Spirit Riser” and more.
1993 – Cassidy Gifford, appeared in “Ten [2017],” “The Gallows” and “Synkhole.”
1977 – Edward Furlong, starred in “Pet Sematary II,” “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” “Brainscan,” “The Zombie King,” “Arachnoquake,” “Aftermath,” “Night of the Demons [2009]” and more.
1972 – Jacinda Barrett, starred in “The Following – TV Series,” “Urban Legends: Final Cut,” “Millennium – TV Series” and “Campfire Tales.”
1970 – Kevin Smith, director, writer, producer of “Tusk,” “Red State,” and “Holidays.”
1963 – Inger Lorre (Singer for Nymphs), soundtrack for “Pet Sematary II [1992] ‘Revolt.’
1955 – Caleb Carr, writer for “Exorcist: The Beginning [2004] – Story” and “Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist [2005].”
1953 – Butch Patrick, starred in “The Munsters – TV Series,” appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Hand of Death” and “Frankenstein vs The Creature of Blood Cove.”
1945 – Joanna Cassidy, appeared in the films “Ghosts of Mars,” “Blade Runner” and “The Grudge 2.”
1944 – Susan Denberg, starred as the creature in Hammer’s “Frankenstein Created Woman.”
1943 – Max Wright, appeared in “The Shadow” and the TV mini-series, “The Stand.”
1939 – Wes Craven, known for “The Last House on the Left,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Deadly Blessing,” “Swamp Thing,” “Deadly Friend,” and of course “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “New Nightmare,” “Shocker,” “Scream,” Scream 2,″ “Scream 3” and more.
1932 – Peter O’Toole, appeared in “Creator” and “Phantoms.”
1924 – Bill Lewthwaite, editor for “The Day of the Triffids [1963].”
1914 – Beatrice Straight, appeared in “Poltergeist,” “Wes Craven’s Chiller,” “Inner Sanctum – TV Series,” and more.
1906 – Milton Rosen, provided work in the Music Department for “The Creeper,” “Hold That Ghost,” “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Leech Woman,” and also the Soundtracks of The Mad Ghoul [1943] and House of Frankenstein [1944] and many more films.
1899 – Charles Bennett, screenwriter for “The Lost World” and “Curse of the Demon.”
1897 – Lynton Brent, appeared in “The Thirteenth Guest,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Life Returns.”
DIED ON AUGUST 2
2023 – Tom Kempinski, actor in The Damned [1962].”
2021 – Lilia Aragón, actress in “Poison for the Fairies” and “Morgana.”
2019 – Roberto Bodegas, writer for “Leonor [1975].”
2018 – Birgit Stein, actress in “Amoklauf,” “Sanctimony” and “House of the Dead.”
2013 – Barbara Trentham, actress in “The Possession of Joel Delaney” and the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
2003 – Lesley Woods, actress in the TV Movies “A Man for Hanging,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Bad Ronald” and “The Uninvited [1996].”
1995 – Al Adamson, Writer/Actor/Producer for “Brain of Blood,” “Horror of the Blood Monsters” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”
1995 – Edward Mannix, voice dubbing for “Pieces,” “Manhattan Baby,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “Zombie,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror,” “Nightmare City,” “Zombie Holocaust,” “Inferno,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “The Church,” “The New York Ripper” and many more.
1995 – Lillian Bronson, appeared in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,’ “The Devil’s Daughter” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre” and “Thriller.”
1994 – Bert Freed, actor in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?,” “Till Death,” “Barracuda,” “episodes of “The Munsters,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Darkroom,” “The Outer Limits,” and “The Sixth Sense.”
1976 – Fritz Lang, directed “Metropolis.”
1975 – Jean Yarbrough, directed “The Devil Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “The She-Wolf of London.”
1952 – J. Farrell MacDonald, actor in “The Ghost Breaker,” “While Paris Sleeps,” “Those Who Dare,” “The Thirteenth Guest,” “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man,” “Woman Who Came Back” and “Pillow of Death.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 2
The Eyes of Laura Mars [1978]
Contamination [1980] – Italy
Fright Night [1985]
Phenomena [1985]
Weird Science [1985]
Prime Evil [1988]
Body Parts [1991]
Hollow Man [2000] – Los Angeles – premiere
The Others [2001]
Signs [2002]
The Machine Girl [2008] – Japan
Quarantine 2: Terminal [2011] – USA limited
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda [2014] – TV Movie
The Meg: The Trench [2023]
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