DECEMBER 14
BORN ON DECEMBER 14
1988 – Vanessa Hudgens, appeared in “Freaks of Nature” and producer for “#15SecondScare.”
1979 – Sophie Monk, appeared in “Life Blood,” “The Hills Run Red,” “Blood Feast” and “Monster!”
1975 – KaDee Strickland, appeared in “The Grudge,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” “The Stepford Wives” and “The Sixth Sense.”
1975 – Marysia Kay, actress in “Forest of the Damned,” “When Evil Calls,” “Zombie Women of Satan,” “Colour from the Dark,” “Ouija Board,” “Karl the Butcher vs Axe,” “The Scar Crow” and more.
1965 – Ted Raimi appeared in “Drag Me To Hell,” “Army of Darkness,” ‘The Midnight Meat Train” and “Shocker.”
1962 –Ginger Lynn Allen, appeared in “Samhain” and “The Devil’s Reject’s.”
1956 – William J. Males, makeup artist/line producer for “Necromancer.”
1953 – Wade Davis, wrote the novel “The Serpent and the Rainbow” which was turned into a movie in 1988.
1949 – Dee Wallace, starred in “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Stepford Wives [1975],” “The Howling,” “The Frighteners,” “Cujo”, “Red Christmas,” “Halloween [2007],” “ZK: Elephant’s Graveyard,”
“Haunting of Cellblock 11,” and many more.
1946 – Patty Duke appeared in “The 4D Man,” “Amityville; The Evil Escapes” and “The Swarm.”
1946 – Lynne Marie Stewart, actress in “Pandemonium,” “Elivra: Mistress of the Dark” and “Here Come the Munsters.”
1944 – Richard Kerr, composer/soundtrack for : Beware My Brethren – aka “The Fiend” [1972].”
1943 – Alan Ormsby, writer/director/makeup for the films “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things,” “Cat People,” “Popcorn,” “Not Quite Human” and more.
1938 – Janette Scott, starred in “Day of the Triffids,” “The Old Dark House” and “Crack in the World.” She is mentioned in the opening title song of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
1937 – Jerry Eisenberg, character designer for an episode of “Fangface” storyboard artist for “Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” and “Scooby Doo and the Goblin King.”
1935 – Lee Remick, starred in “Experiment in Terror” and “The Omen.”
1935 – Barbara Leigh-Hunt, actress in “Frenzy [1972]” and “Thriller [1974] – S2.E8.”
1935 – Lewis Arquette, appeared in “Scream 2,” “The Horror Show,” “Chopper Chicks in Zombietown” as well as episodes of the following TV Series “FreakyLins,” “Gravedale High” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
1932 – Abbe Lane, appeared in “My Friend, Dr. Jekyll,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and an episode of the TV Series “Amazing Stories.”
1919 – Samuel Newman, screenwriter for “Invisible Invaders” and “The Giant Claw.”
1918 – Norman Stevans, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The She-Creature,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “War of the Satellites,” “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,” “The Swarm” and more.
1917 – Elyse Knox, starred in “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1916 – Norman Stevans, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “The She-Creature,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “War of the Satellites,” “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,” “The Swarm” and more.
1916 – Shirley Jackson, wrote the novels “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Lottery.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 14
2024 – George Eugeniou, appeared in “Peeping Tom [1960] (uncredited).”
2023 – Selma Archerd, actress in “Fantasies” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Episode: The Vampire.”
2023 – Daniela Costa, actress in “Faraday (2013).”
2023 – Ra. Sankaran, actor in “Pathimoonam Number Veedu” and “Jameen Kottai.”
2022 – Christopher Tucker, make-up department for “Old Dracula,” “The Company of Wolves,” “The Comic [1985],” “The Passage” and “She Wolf of London [1990-1991] – TV Series – 11 episodes.”
2021 – Kevin Billington, director for “Voices.”
2020 – Piotr Machalica, appeared in “Medium,” “Labirynt” and “Szamanka.”
2020 – Hanna Stankówna, actress in “The Third Part of the Night” and the TV Short “System.”
2019 – Chuy Bravo, appeared in “The One: Horror – Cupido, Divinitas [2017].”
2019 – John Briley, screenwriter for “Children of the Damned [1964].”
2016 – Colin M. Brewer, executive producer for “The Keep [1983],” production manager for “Tam Lin” assistant unit director for “Frenzy” and “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?”
2016 – Bernard Fox, actor in “The House of the Dead,” “Arnold,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1972] – TV Movie” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2013 – Peter O’Toole, starred in “Phantoms,” “Highway to Hell,” “High Spirits” and many more.
2011 – Don Sharp, writer/director of “What Waits Below,” “Hammer House of Horror – TV Series,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Curse of the Fly,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and more.
2009 – Conard Fowkes, played Frank Garner in early episodes of “Dark Shadows”.
2007 – Roger George, special effects for “Invisible invaders,” “Castle of Evil,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “Necromancy,” “Blacula,” “The Norliss Tapes,” “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Howling,” “Saturday the 14th, Ghoulies,” “Chopping Mall,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Night of the Demons [1988],” “The Terminator” and many more.
2006 – Ralph Miller, appeared in “Outbreak” and the 1995 version of “Village of the Damned”.
1998 – Norman Fell, appeared in “Transylvania 6-5000,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and in numerous TV series such as “The Invaders,” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1996 – Edward K. Milkis, producer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter [1973].”
1993 – Myrna Loy, screen legend who starred in the TV movie “Ants!” “Thirteen Women” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
1991 – Rit Wallis, editor for “My Bloody Valentine [1981]” and “The Gate [1987].”
1984 – Joseph E. Kenney, assistant director for “Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “The Monolith Monsters” and “The Leech Woman.”
1964 – William Bendix, appeared “Lifeboat [1944]” and an episode of “Lights Out.”
1945 – Forrester Harvey, actor in “Kongo,” “The Invisible Man [1933],” “Mystery of Edwin Drood,” “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Wolf Man,” “The Mysterious Doctor” and “The Lodger [1944].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 14
Pillow of Death [1945]
Starman [1984]
Hide and Go Shriek [1988] – Australia (video premiere)
Edward Scissorhands [1990]
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah [1991]
Rebirth of Mothra [1996]
King Kong [2005]
I Am Legend [2007]
Shark in Venice [2008] – TV Movie
Bigfoot County [2012]
Creeps: A Tale of Murder and Mayhem [2013]
************* ********************* *****************
DECEMBER 15
BORN ON DECEMBER 15
1984 – Amy Holt, appeared in “Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre,” “Dinocroc vs. Supergator” and “Girls Gone Psycho.”
1983 – Camilla Luddington, appeared in “The Pact II” and “True Blood – TV Series.”
1981 – Brendan Fletcher, appeared in “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour – TV Series,” “Altergeist,” “Leprechaun: Origins,” “13 Eerie,” “BloodRayne: The Third Reich,” “Freddy vs. Jason” and many more.
1972 – Stuart Townsend, who played “LeStat” in “Queen of the Damned,” and the new “Kolchak” in the short-lived series “The Night Stalker.”
1969 – Ralph Ineson, actor in “From Hell,” “Intruders,” “The Witch,” “Brahms: The Boy II,” “The Pope’s Exorcist,” “The First Omen,” “Nosferatu [2024]” and more.
1965 – Anjul Nigam, actor in “Cloverfield,” “Crescent City,” episodes of the TV Series “Supernatural” and “Extreme Ghostbusters.”
1963 – Ellie Cornell, appeared in “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “Halloween 5,” “House of the Dead,” “House of the Dead 2,” “All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos,” “The Thirst,” “Femme Fatales – TV Series” and more.
1960 – Walter Werzowa, composer for “Hellraiser: Inferno,” “Cherry Falls,” “Mimic 2,” “The Hunted” and “American Mummy.”
1949 – David Niven Jr., produced the film “Psycho Cop Returns.”
1942 – Kerry Magness, producer/writer for “Night of the Cobra Woman,” camera department for “The Silent Scream” and “An Eye for an Eye.”
1937 – 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.
1936 – Joe D’Amato, directed “Buried Alive,” “The Grim Reaper,” “Troll 2,” “Frankenstein 2000,” “Cannibal Love,” “Absurd,” “Caligula: The Untold Story,” “Beyond Darkness,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and more.
1934 – Elisa Montés, actress in “Island of the Doomed [1967]” and “99 Women [1969].”
1922 – Gibson Holley, art director for the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
1901 – Gail Bonney, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff,” “The Tingler,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” episodes of the TV Series “One Step Beyond,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Night Gallery” and “Kolchak: The Knight Stalker.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 15
2022 – Michael Reed, director of photography for “The Gorgon,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and “Rasputin: The Mad Monk.”
2022 – James J. Murakami, art director for “The Relic.”
2021 – Bridget Hanley, actress in “Circle of Fear – Episode: Legion of Demons.”
2020 – Caroline Cellier, appeared in “Transit.”
2019 – Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson, appeared in “Witchfinder General,” “Psychomania,” “Truth or Die” and episodes of TV Series “The Green Man” and “Seagull Island.”
2013 – Joan Fontaine, starred in the Hammer film “The Witches”.
2012 – Bernadette Milnes, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “She-Wolf of London” and “The Quatermass Experiment.”
2010 – Jean Rollin, directed “The Rape of the Vampire,” “The Nude Vampire,” “Requiem for a Vampire,” “The Shiver of the Vampires,” “Zombie Lake,” “The Living Dead Girl” and many more.
2007 – Giuseppe Rinaldi, voice dubbing for “Black Sunday,” “Castle of Blood,” “The Long Hair of Death,” “The Possessed [1965],” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Toby Dammit,” “Web of the Spider,” “Baron Blood,” “The Antichrist,” “Godzilla [1977],” “Dagger Eyes” and more.
2003 –Edward Montagne, director/producer whose films include “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” and the TV movie “The Munsters’ Revenge.”
1991 – James Whitworth, starred as “Jupiter” in Wes Craven’s “The Hills Have Eyes” and “The Hills Have Eyes Part II.”
1989 – Freddie Vale, casting director for “The Blood Beast Terror” and “Witchfinder General.”
1986 – John Zaremba, actor in “The Magnetic Monster,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” episodes of “One Step Beyond,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Munsters.”
1973 – Spencer Reeve, editor for “Frankenstein Created Woman,” “Quatermass and the Pit,’ “The Devil Rides Out,” “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “Lust for a Vampire” and “Twins of Evil.”
1962 – Charles Laughton, starred in “Island of Lost Souls,” “The Strange Door” and “The Old Dark House” alongside Boris Karloff.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 15
Killer Ape [1953]
Frankenstein’s Daughter [1958]
The Innocents [1961]
Gamera the Invincible [1966]
Young Frankenstein [1974]
Ghost Story [1981]
The Corpse Grinders 2 [2000]
Something to Scream About [2003] – Kenosha, WI (premiere)
Mental Scars [2009]
************* ********************* *****************
DECEMBER 16
BORN ON DECEMBER 16
1967 – Miranda Otto, appeared in “I, Frankenstein,” “The Silence,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Annabelle: Creation,” “The 13th Floor” and more.
1961 – Shane Black, appeared in “Predator,” “Night of the Creeps,” “Wolfman’s Got Nards,” “Dead Heat” and wrote the screenplay for “The Monster Squad.”
1955 – Xander Berkeley, appeared in “The Dark and the Wicked,” “The Guardian [1990],” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “Candyman [1992],” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series,” “Being Human – TV Series,” “Salem – TV Series” and many more.
1947 – Ben Cross, appeared in “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Wicked Little Things,” “Species: The Awakening,” starred as “Barnabas Collins” in the 1990 TV remake of the series “Dark Shadows.”
1946 – Terence Knox, actor in “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Distortions,” “Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice,” “The House That Jack Built,” “Deadly Renovations,” “The Hunters” and more.
1936 – Katinka Faragó, production manager for “The Night Visitor [1971].”
1933 – Gloria Romero, actress in “Living Dead,” “The Witch [1975],” “Bloody Mary, The Movie,” “Spirit Warriors the Shortcut,” “Tarot” and “Spooky Nights – S1.E28.”
1928 – Terry Carter, actor in “Abby [1974].”
1901 – Lenita Lane, actress in “Murder by the Clock,” “The Mad Magician” and “The Bat [1959].”
DIED ON DECEMBER 16
2023 – Sebastiano Lo Monaco, actor in “Body Puzzle” and “Lilith’s Hell.”
2023 – Kenpachirô Satsuma, actor in “Godzilla vs. Hedorah,” “The Return of Godzilla,” “Godzilla 1985,” “Japanese Hell,” “Blind Beast vs Dwarf” and more.
2022 – Doreen Brownstone, actress in “Silent Night [2012]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Todd and the Book of Pure Evil” and “Channel Zero.”
2022 – Hans Peter Hallwachs, actor in “A Demon in My View.”
2021 – Doug Robinson, stuntman in “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll,” “An American Werewolf in London,” “The Keep,” “Lifeforce” and “Nightbreed.”
2021 – Derrick Wyatt, animation department for the TV Series “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.”
2020 – Emil Cadkin, soundtrack for “Night of the Living Dead [1968],” “Paranormal Activity 4,” “Frankenweenie” and composer for “The Killer Shrews.
2011 – Nicol Williamson, appeared in “The Exorcist III.”
2010 – Angela Clarke, actress in “House of Wax [1953],” “Nightmare Honeymoon” and an episode in the TV Show “The Outer Limits.”
2008 – Sam Bottoms, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Project Shadowchaser III,” “Dolly Dearest” and “Up from the Depths.”
2001 – Lincoln Tate, associate producer & actor in “Grotesque [1988].”
1993 – Moses Gunn, appeared in “Firestarter” and “Amityville II: The Possession.”
1989 – Lee Van Cleef, appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “It Conquered the World” and “Escape From New York.”
1989 – Silvana Mangano, appeared in “Slugs [1988].”
1962 – Lew Landers directed “Return of the Vampire,” the 1935 version of “The Raven” with Karloff and Lugosi, as well as “The Mask of Dijon.”
1955 – Horace McCoy, script assistant for “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 16
The Mummy [1959]
Son of Godzilla [1967]
The Keep [1983]
Grandmother’s House [1988]
Godzilla vs. Biollante [1989]
Hellmaster [1992]
Deformed Monsters [1997]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus [2000]
Necrosis [2009] – Czech Republic (DVD premiere)
HogMaul: The Legend of Abrams County [2013]
Hotel Inferno [2013]
Dead of Night [2015] – DVD premiere
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini [2015]
Deformed Monsters [2017]
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savani [2015]
************* ********************* *****************
DECEMBER 17
BORN ON DECEMBER 17
1986 – Vanessa Zima, appeared in “The Absent.”
1986 – Emma Bell, who played “Amy” on the AMC series “The Walking Dead.” She also appeared in the films “Hatchet II,” “Why?” and “Final Destination 5.”
1984 – Shannon Woodward, appeared in “The Veil,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “The Shortcut” and an episode of the TV Series “Etheria.”
1978 – Douglas Tait, actor in “Annabelle Comes Home,” “Wild Boar,” “Attack of the Unknown,” “Hellboy [2019],” “Tales of Frankenstein,” “Unfriended: Dark Web,” “Havenhurst,” “Bloodlines,” “Jack the Reaper,” “Stitch,” “Dead South” and more.
1977 – Katheryn Winnick, appeared in “The Gates – TV Series,” “Amusement,” “Hellraiser: Hellworld,” “The Dark Tower,” “Choose” and “Satan’s Little Helper.”
1975 – Milla Jovovich, starred in “The Fifth Element,” “Resident Evil,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” and “Resident Evil: Retribution”.
1974 – Sarah Paulson, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “American Gothic – TV Series,” “Bug [2002],” “Bird Box” and “Run.”
1970 – Sean Patrick Thomas appeared in “Halloween Resurrection,” “Dracula 2000” and “The Burrowers.”
1964 – Eric Brown, actor in “They’re Playing with Fire,” “Waxwork,” “Rock-A-Die Baby” and “Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy.”
1969 – Laurie Holden, starred as “Andrea” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.” She also appeared in “The Mist,” “Silent Hill,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series” and more.
1956 – Peter Farrelly, producer for the short “The Black Ghiandola.”
1953 – Bill Pullman, starred in “The Grudge,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Scary Movie 4” and “Independence Day.”
1953 – Barry Livingston, appeared in “Tremors 3: Back to Perfection” and “Maniac 3: Badge of Silence.”
1954 – Ernie Hudson, starred in “Ghostbusters [1984] and Ghostbusters II,” “Leviathan,” “The Crow” and “Hood of Horror.”
1946 – Eugene Levy, appeared in “Cannibal Girls” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: Skeleton.”
1945 – R. Michael Stringer, grip/camera operator for “Blood Mania,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls,” “The Attic,” “Freddy’s Nightmares,” “Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge,” “Pinocchio’s Revenge,” “The Prophecy II,” “House of 1000 Corpses” and more.
1945 – Richard Young, appeared in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Amazing Stories” and “Salem’s Lot.”
1944 – Bernard Hill, actor in “Gothika,” “The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse” and “The Moor,”
1943 – Christopher Cazenove, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt,” “Fox Mystery Theater,” “Hammer House of Horror” and “Thriller.”
1934 – Peter Schrum, appeared in “Trancers,” “Terminator 2″ and Demonic Toys.”
1933 – Marilyn Eastman, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”
1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, appeared in “The X-Files [1998].”
1927 – Richard Long, played “Lance Schroeder” in the original “House on Haunted Hill.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 17
2024 – Marisa Paredes, actress in “The Awful Dr. Orlof,” “In a Glass Cage” and “The Devil’s Backbone.”
2023 – James McCaffrey, actor in “Hide and Seek” “Camp Hell,” “The Orphan Killer,” “A Cry from Within,” “A Good Woman Is Hard to Find” as well as voiced many video games.
2023 – Ronaldo Valdez, actor in “Mad Doctor of Blood Island [1968]” and “Lilet [1971].”
2022 – Mike Hodges, writer for “Damien: Omen II,” director for “The Terminal Man,” “Black Rainbow,” as well as episodes of “The Frighteners” and “The Hitchhiker.”
2021 – Sung-Young Chen, actor in “Hello Dracula.”
2021 – Burt Prelutsky, actor in “Sssssss.”
2020 – David Ashford, appeared in “Quatermass – Episode: What Lies Beneath.”
2020 – Freddie Santos, producer for “Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings.”
2020 – Jeremy Bulloch, appeared in “The Final Conflict” and “Thriller – Episode: Only a Scream Away.”
2019 – Shreeram Lagoo, appeared in “Gehrayee,” “Chehre Pe Chehra” and “Nache Nagin Gali Gali.”
2009 – Dan O’Bannon, writing credits include the screenplays for “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien: Covenant,” “Lifeforce,” “Screamers,” “Dead & Buried,” “Return of the Living Dead” [which he also directed] and “Total Recall.”
2002 – James Hazeldine, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Tales of Unease,” “The Omega Factor,” “Armchair Thriller” and “Worlds Beyond.”
1999 – Warren Ball, starred in “The Corpse Grinders,”.
1992 – Dana Andrews, starred in the films “Curse of the Demon” and “The Frozen Dead.”
1988 – Jerry Hopper, director whose credits include the TV series’ “The Addams Family.”
1972 – Floyd Shackelford, appeared in “King of the Wild,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Vampire’s Ghost” and an episode of the TV Series “Jungle Jim.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 17
Calling Dr. Death [1943]
The Tell-Tale Heart [1953]
Monster on the Campus [1958]
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster [1966]
Four Flies on Grey Velvet [1971]
King Kong [1976]
Homewrecker [1992] – TV Movie
The Halfway House [2004] – Valley Film Festival
Sweet Dreams [2019]
************* ********************* *****************
DECEMBER 18
BORN ON DECEMBER 18
1978 – Katie Holmes, starred in “Brahms: The Boy II,” “The Gift,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, “Disturbing Behavior” and “Teaching Mrs. Tingle.”
1976 – Erin Simms, appeared in “The Possession,” “The Howling: Reborn,” “Fringe – TV Series” and “Are You Afraid of the Dark? – TV Series.”
1970 – Rob Van Dam, appeared in “3-Headed Shark Attack” and an episode of the TV Series “The X-Files.”
1968 – Casper Van Dien, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Dracula 3000,” “Starship Troopers,” “Alpha Wolf,” and “Darkness Reigns.”
1963 – Brad Pitt starred in “Interview with a Vampire,” “12 Monkeys”, “Se7en,” “Cutting Class” and “World War Z.”
1962 – Lucas Donat, starred in “Damien: Omen II [1978].”
1962 – James Sie, actor in “Bats,” episodes of the TV Series “Red Leaf Complex” and “All of Us Are Dead.”
1961 – Angie Stone, actress in “Scary Movie V [2013].”
1958 – Geordie Walker, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Covenant [2006] – The Death and Resurrection Show.”
1955 – Ray Liotta, starred in the films “Hannibal,” and “Identity.”
1953 – Jeff Kober, wonderful character actor who has appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Hills Have Eyes II,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Kindred: The Embraced -TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The First Power,” “Alien Nation” and many more.
1953 – Melanie Kinnaman, actress in “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “I Spill Your Guts 2,” “The Once and Future Smash” and the short “Slasher Fest ’85.”
1946 – Steven Spielberg, directed “Jaws,” “Duel”, “Jurassic Park,” “Something Evil – TV Movie” and also producer for “Poltergeist [1982],” “Gremlins,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “The Haunting [1999],” “Arachnophobia,” “The Whispers” and many more.
1938 – Wes Dawn, makeup artist for “Night of the Lepus,” “Carrie [1976],” TV Movies “The Initiation of Sarah” and “The Midnight Hour.”
1934 – Jim Parker, composer for Tales of the Unexpected – Episode “Stranger In Town” and “Tales of the Unexpected – Episode “The Colonel’s Lady.”
1925 – Peggy Cummins, starred in “Curse of the Demon.”
1922 – Marshall Grauer, appeared in “Zaat.”
1917 – Ossie Davis, who played “Portifoy” in the TV movie “Night Gallery” and also appeared in the TV mini-series ‘The Stand” and the film “Bubba Ho-Tep.”
1899 – Rex Wimpy, second camera operator for “Psycho [1960]” and special effects for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1894 – Bobby Barber, appeared in “Supernatural [1933],” “The Monster and the Girl,” “Hold That Ghost,” “The Frozen Ghost,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
1885 – Sam Kaufman, makeup artist for “King Kong [1933],” “The Monkey’s Paw” and appeared in “Suspense [1913].”
DIED ON DECEMBER 18
2024 – Waymond Lee, actor in “Puppet Master X: Axis Rising,” “Zulu Six,” “The Cleaning Lady” and the TV Movie “Zombie Apocalypse [2011].”
2023 – Dan Greenburg, novel/screenwriter/producer: for “The Guardian [1990].”
2020 – Peter Lamont, art department for “Burn, Witch Burn,” “Unearthly Stranger” and Production Designer for ” Aliens.”
2019 – Claudine Auger, appeared in “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “A Bay of Blood” and “The Bermuda Triangle.”
2012 – Danny Steinmann, director/writer for “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” “The Unseen” and producer for the TV Movie “Spectre.”
2010 – Romano Scandariato, assistant director for “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer,” “Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade” and “Zombie Holocaust.”
2009 – Chas Balun, horror fan and writer for Fangoria magazine; also published the magazine “Deep Red.”
2006 – Joseph Barbera, writer/producer for “Scooby-Soo” movies as well as soundtrack for the movies “Dark Shadows [2012]” and “The Curse of La Llorona.”
2002 – Edward Norris, appeared in “The Gorilla.”
1986 – George Amy, editor for “The Gorilla,” “Doctor X” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1986 – Sidney Clifford, set decorator for “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Mad Room.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 18
The Devil Rides Out [1968]
Lorna the Exorcist [1974] – France
Nightkill [1980]
Ghost Story [1981]
Alligator II: The Mutation [1991]
Hatchet [2006]
AVH: Alien vs Hunter [2007]
Infection [2007]
The New Daughter [2009]
Sint [2010]
Monster Party [2018] – DVD premiere
Secret Santa [2018]
The Farm [2018] – Brazil (DVD premiere)
Yummy [2019] – Belgium
Hunter Hunter [2020] – Canada
************* ********************* *****************
DECEMBER 19
BORN ON DECEMBER 19
1990 – Casey Hartnett, actress in “Dr. Liebenstein” and “Terrifier 2.”
1983 – A.J. Lamas, actor in “Séance.”
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, starred in “Relic,” ”Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Life,” “Zodiac” and “Nightcrawler.”
1977 – Irina Voronina, appeared in “Piranha 3DD,” “Hood of Horror” and “Ring of Darkness.”
1973 – Blake Lindsley, actress in the TV Movie “Backwoods” and the short “Dysmorphia.”
1972 – Alyssa Milano, appeared in “The Canterville Ghost,” “Embrace of the Vampire” an episode of “The Outer Limits” and more.
1969 – Kristy Swanson, starred in “Deadly Friend,” “Flowers in the Attic [1987],” “Killer Under the Bed,” “Mimesis Nosferatu,” “Swamp Shark,” “Highway to Hell” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
1968 – Steven Kriozere, writer for the TV Movie “Dead & Deader.”
1963 – Paul Rhys appeared in “From Hell,” “The Haunting of Helen Walker” and “Hellraiser: Deader.”
1963 – Jennifer Beals, appeared in “Vampire’s Kiss,” “The Grudge 2,” “The Prophecy II” and episodes of the TV Series “Swamp Thing.”
1960 – Mike Lookinland, assistant camera man on “Halloween 4,” “Halloween 5” and the TV mini-series “The Stand, ” in which he had a small role.
1957 – John Gulager, director of “Feast,” “Feast II: Sloppy Seconds,” “Feast III: The Happy Finish,” “Piranha 3DD” and “Zombie Night.”
1956 – Tom West, key grip for “Demented,” “Terror on Tour,” “Home Sweet Home,” “Chopping Mall,” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “Witchboard,” “Amityville Horror: Evil Escapes,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “End of Days.”
1949 – Marlene Clark, actress in “Lord Shango,” “Black Mamba,” “The Beast Must Die,” “Ganga & Hess,” “Beware! The Blob” and “Night of the Cobra Woman.”
1949 – Nancy Keyes, appeared in “Assault on Precinct 13,” “The Fog,” “Halloween [1978],” “Halloween II 1981],” “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” and more.
1948 – Dave Mallow, voice actor in episodes of “Apocalypse Zero,” “Vampire Princess Miyu,” “Nightwalker: Midnight Detective,” “Requiem from the Darknes,” “Blue Exorcist” and more.
1928 – Anne Evelyn Bunting – aka “Eve Bunting”, author for “Scary, Scary Halloween (1986),” “The Ghost Children (1989)” and “The Presence: A Ghost Story (2003).”
1924 – Edmund Purdom, actor in “Don’t Open Till Christmas,” “Absurd,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks,” “The Devil’s Lover,” “Pieces,” “Together Forever,” “Fracchia vs. Dracula” and “The Rift.”
1923 – Gordon Jackson, appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment,” “Spectre,” as well as episodes of “Supernatural [1977]” and “Mystery and Imagination.”
1918 – Lee Rich, producer for “Innocent Blood,” TV Movies “Bad Ronald,” “The Stranger Within,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “Dying Room Only.”
1917 – Paul Brinegar, actor in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954],” “The Vampire [1957],” “How to Make a Monster,” “The Creature Wasn’t Nice” and “Annihilator.”
1916 – Roy Ward Baker, directed “The Monster Club,” “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!” “The Vault of Horror,” “Asylum,” “Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The Vampire Lovers,” and “Five Million Years to Earth.”
1902 – Ralph Richardson, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt [1972],” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?” “The Ghoul [1933]” and the TV movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1897 – Jimmy Dime, appeared in “Chandu the Magician,” “Island of Lost Souls,” “King Kong [1933],” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle” and “The Deadly Mantis.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 19
2024 – Meena Ganesh, actress in “Bhadra (2001).”
2024 – Joanna Tope, actress in “The Omega Factor – 4 episodes – TV Series.”
2024 – Fabrizio Capucci, actor in “Violent Shit: The Movie [2015].”
2023 – Turan Mehrzad, actress in “The Bondwoman (1974).”
2022 – Sonya Eddy, actress in “Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood,” “The Hive,” “I Live Alone,” “Satanic Hispanics” and “V/H/S/99.”
2022 – Andrei Svislotski, director for “Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest” and 19 episodes of the TV Series “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1994-1997].”
2021 – Sally Ann Howes, actress in “Dead of Night,” “Death Ship” and the TV Movie “The Hound of Baskervilles [1972].”
2020 – David Giler, producer for “Alien,” “Alien 3,” “Alien Resurrection,” “Alien vs. Predator,” “Alien Covenant,” “Bordello of Blood,” “Ritual,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” and many more.
2020 – Rosalind Knight, actress in “Afraid of the Dark” and “Demons Never Die.”
2020 – Hermina Pipinic, appeared in “Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy.”
2020 – Eileen Pollock, appeared in “Psychosis” and “50 Kisses.”
2005 – Yu Fujiki, starred in “King Kong vs Godzilla,” “War of the Gargantuas,” “Godzilla vs The Thing [a.k.a. Mothra]” and “Yog, Monster from Space”.
2003 – Les Tremayne, whose numerous films included “Attack of the B-Movie Monster,” “The Monster of Piedras Blancas,” “War of The Worlds,” and “The Monolith Monsters”. He also appeared as the narrator of the American version of “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
2003 – Hope Lange, best known for playing “Mrs. Muir” on the 1968 TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” as well as appeared in “A Nightmare On Elm Street” and “Crowhaven Farm.”
1999 – Cyprian R. Dube, actor in “Jaws,” “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
1999 – Desmond Llewelyn, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Corridors of Blood.”
1991 – Paul Maxwell, actor in “Blood of Dracula,” “How to Make a Monster,” “The Haunting [1963],” “It! [1967],” “Aliens” as well as episodes of “Out of the Unknown” and “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1978 – Duncan Lamont, films included “Evil of Frankenstein,” “Quatermass and the Pit,” “The Creeping Flesh” and “Frankenstein Created Woman.”
1977 – Jacques Torneur, directed “Curse of the Demon,” “Cat People” and “I Walked with a Zombie.”
1953 – Lew Harvey, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 19
The Feathered Serpent [1948]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1956] – France
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero [1965]
King Kong Lives [1986]
Opera [1987]
Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
Cannibal Cult [1999]
Altered [2006]
The Housemaid [2025]
************* ********************* *****************
DECEMBER 20
BORN ON DECEMBER 20
1981 – Brinton Bryan, producer for “Vamp U,” “The Blazing World,” assistant director for “Timber Falls,” “Legion [2010],” “Keep Watching” and the TV Movie “Backwoods.”
1970 – Nicole de Boer, starred in the TV series “Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil,” as well as TV episodes of “Forever Knight,” “Beyond Reality” and “The Outer Limits.”
1968 – Eduardo Sánchez, writer/producer/director of such films as “The Blair Witch Project,” “Altered,” “Lovely Molly,” “V/H/S/2,” “Exists,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series [TV Series]” and more.
1963 – Jörg Buttgereit, writer/director of “Nekromantik,” “Nekromantik 2,” “Der Todesking: The Death King,” “Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer,” “Green Frankenstein” and more.
1959 – Neil Giuntoli, actor in “Child’s Play [1988],” “The Borrower” and an episode of “Tales from the Crypt.”
1952 – Jenny Agutter, starred in “An American Werewolf in London” and “Child’s Play 2.”
1949 – Claudia Jennings, appeared in ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth” and “Sisters of Death.”
1945 – Peter Criss, drummer for the rock group “Kiss,” starred in “The Phantom of the Park” and also appeared on the “Paul Lynde Halloween Special” in 1976.
1943 – Jacqueline Pearce, starred in the Hammer films “The Reptile” and “Plague of the Zombies.”
1935 – Bill Wistrom, sound editor for “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “I, Madman,” the TV Movies “Dying Room Only,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Stranger Within,” “This House Possessed” and “Child of Rage.”
1934 – Harvey Flaxman, writer, producer, actor in “Grizzly.”
1925 – Nicole Maurey, actress in “The Day of the Triffids.”
1912 – Ernest Morrison, appeared in “Spooks Run Wild,” “The Ape Man” and the short “Haunted Spooks.”
1905 – Albert Dekker, played the title role in the film “Dr. Cyclops” and appeared in the original “Gamera” film.
DIED ON DECEMBER 20
2020 – Inés Moreno, actress in “Masterworks of Terror.”
2020 – Ned Wynn, screenwriter for the TV Movie “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
2009 – Brittany Murphy starred in “Deadline” and “The Prophecy II.”
2001 – Foster Brooks, appeared in episodes of “The Munsters”.
1999 – James Wainwright, appeared in the TV movie, “Killdozer.”
1992 – Peter Brocco, appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein [1958],” “Dark Intruder,” “What’s the Matter with Hellen?,” “The Killing Kind,” “Homebodies,” “The Twilight Zone: The Movie” and more.
1973 – Bobby Darin, his music used in “The X-Files,” “Krueger: Tales from Elm Street,” and also appeared in the “Dead Weight” episode of “The Night Gallery.” Here’s a clip of his music that was used in “Bates Motel: There’s No Place Like Home.”
1948 – C. Aubrey Smith, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “The Monkey’s Paw.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 20
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster [1964]
Hiroku Kaibyoden [1969]
Black Christmas [1974]
Enemy Mine [1985]
The Banker [1989] – video premiere
Monster High [1989]
Scream [1996]
Creep [2004]
Santa’s Slay [2005]
Monsterland [2008]
************* ********************* *****************