In life, death aka the Grim Reaper stalks us all, no one can beat this hunter, many of us either mark our flesh with his image or have his likeness on our walls, desks, and shelves, all to force us to strive forward, knowing it seeks us out at some point. As many artists want accolades and glory, just enough to be remembered, The Horror Times recognizes their contributors to this great genre each month.
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APRIL 1
Sergey Bystritskiy
June 12, 1963 – April 1, 2026
Actor:
Day Watch [2006]
APRIL 2
Dee Freeman
June 6, 1959 – April 2, 2026
Actress:
The Landlady [1998]
The X-Files – S7.E12 [2000]
Dexter – S3.E7 [2008]
APRIL 3
Michele Massimo Tarantini
August 7, 1942 – April 3, 2026
Director/Writer:
Women in Fury [1984]
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley [1985]
Writer/Story:
The Torturer [2005]
Assistant Director:
The Case of the Bloody Iris [1972]
Torso [1973]
The Suspicious Death of a Minor [1975]
APRIL 4
Arne Olsen
1962 – April 4, 2026
Screenwriter:
Grizzly Rage [2007] – TV Movie
Hybrid [2007] – TV Movie
Actor:
Ain’t No Way Back [1988]
APRIL 5
José Ulloa
January 18, 1934 – April 5, 2026
Assistant Director:
The Killer Wore Gloves [1974]
Memoria [1976]
APRIL 6
Angela Pleasence
September 17, 1941 – April 6, 2026
Actress:
The Possessed [1969] – TV Mini-Series
From Beyond the Grave [1974]
Symptoms [1974]
Play for Today – S5.E10 (1975)
The Godsend [1980]
Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible – S1.E6 (2001)
APRIL 8
Mario Adorf
September 8, 1930 – April 8, 2026
Actor:
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [1970]
Short Night of Glass Dolls [1971]
Sabbath – S1.E2 (1989)
No Sky Over Whales (2009) – TV Movie
APRIL 10
Sid Krofft
July 30, 1929 – April 10, 2026
Writer/Characters:
The Banana Splits: Sloppy Nights (2020) – Video Game
Peter Terry
1951 – April 10, 2026
Actor:
The Evil Below [1989]
No Man Is an Island [2014]
APRIL 11
John Nolan
May 22, 1938 – April 11, 2026
Actor:
Thriller – S3.E4 (1974)
Terror (1978)
Mike Westbrook
March 21, 1936 – April 11, 2026
Composer:
Play for Today – S3.E4 (1972)
APRIL 12
Frank Stack
October 31, 1937 – April 12, 2026
Actor:
A Horrible Way to Die [2010]
V/H/S [2012]
APRIL 14
Joy Harmon
May 1, 1938 – April 14, 2026
ADR Voice:
Dr. Giggles [1992]
Alexander Morton
March 24, 1945 – April 14, 2026
Actor:
Play for Today – S9.E17 (1979)
Play for Today – S11.E24 (1981)
Dramarama – S4.E9 (1986)
Don’t Go Home, She Knows! (2017) – Short
Sue Prado
May 18, 1981 – April 14, 2026
Actress:
Aswang (2011)
Haunted Mansion (2015)
Aurora (2018)
Unveiling: The Horse Demon (2019)
Clairvoyant (2021) – Short
Talahib (2024)
APRIL 15
Lucha Moreno
April 23, 1939 – April 15, 2026
Actress:
Suicidal Revenge (1992)
APRIL 16
Don Schlitz
August 29, 1952 – April 16, 2026
Soundtrack/Songwriter:
iZombie – S4.E17 (2018) (The Gambler)
Supernatural – S6.E4 (2010) & S10.E17 (2015) (The Gambler)
APRIL 17
Nathalie Baye
July 6, 1948 – April 17, 2026
Actress:
La machine (1994)
John Hockridge
April 2, 1947 – April 17, 2026
First Assistant Director:
They Nest [2000] – TV Movie
The Mothman Prophecies [2002]
Mariclare Costello
February 3, 1936 – April 17, 2026
Actress:
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death [1971]
Nightmares [1983]
Shadow of the Blair Witch [2000] – TV Movie
APRIL 18
Rif Hutton
November 28, 1955 – April 18, 2026
Actor:
Stillwatch [1987] – TV Movie
Nick Knight [1989] – TV Movie
Dark Shadows – S1.E1 [1991]
The Borrower [1991]
The Force [1994]
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest [1995]
Believers [2007]
Hotel Transylvania [2012]
Resident Evil: Vendetta [2017]
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation [2018]
American Horror Story – S10.E6 [2021]
Additional Crew:
The Skeleton Key [2005] – ADR Voice
Venom [2005] – ADR Voice
Dead Tone [2007] – Looping Artist
Primeval [2007] – ADR Voice
The X-Files: I Want to Believe [2008] – Voice
Scream 4 [2011] – Voice
Bad Samaritan [2018] – Additional Voice
Bird Box [2018] – ADR Voice
Sick [2022] – Loop Group Actor
Nadia Farès
December 20, 1968 – April 18, 2026
Actress:
Storm Warning [2007]
APRIL 19
Patrick Muldoon
September 27, 1968 – April 19, 2026
Actor:
Starship Troopers [1997]
Arrival II [1998]
Stigmata [1999]
Bad Karma [2001]
Project Viper [2002] – TV Movie
Ice Spiders [2007]
Point of Entry [2007] – TV Movie
Spiders [2013]
Finders Keepers [2014] – TV Movie
The Wicked Within [2015]
Little Dead Rotting Hood [2016]
Alpha Wolf [2018]
Stay at Home [2025]
Executive Producer:
The Dreadful [2026]
Ben Bartlett
March 17, 1965 – April 19, 2026
Composer:
Blood Trails [2006]
Empathy [2007] – TV Movie
APRIL 21
Jean-Benoît Meybeck
January 29, 1973 – April 21, 2026
Comic Book Author/Illustrator:
CosmoBacchus – Lucifer (2018)
APRIL 22
Dean Tavoularis
May 18, 1932 – April 22, 2026
Production Designer:
The Ninth Gate [1999]
APRIL 24
Benoît Rousseau
August 17, 1959 – April 24, 2026
Actor:
Rise of the Gargoyles [2008] – TV Movie
APRIL 26
Gerry Conway
September 10, 1952 – April 26, 2026
Comic Book Writer:
DC Comics: Kong the Untamed #3-5 (1975-1976)
DC Comics: Swamp Thing #19-20, #23-24 (1975-1976)
DC Comics: House of Secrets: #81, 83, 85-86, 88-89, 94, 111-112, 140, 150 (1969-1978)
Warren Publications: Creepy #38, 103 (1971-1978)
Warren Publications: Eerie #32 (1971)
Writer:
Monsters – S3.E6 (1990)
Man-Thing (2005) – creator
Werewolf by Night (2022) – TV Movie
Dion Anderson
August 6, 1938 – August 26, 2026
Actor:
The X-Files – S3.E12 [1996]
Adolfo Aristarain
October 19, 1943 – April 26, 2026
Second Assistant Director:
Strange Invasion [1965]
APRIL 27
Steve Maslow
October 17, 1944 – April 27, 2026
Re-Recording Mixer:
Halloween II [1981]
Halloween III: Season of the Witch [1982]
Poltergeist [1982]
The Beast Within [1982]
The Entity [1982]
The Thing [1982]
Christine [1983]
Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983]
Gremlins [1984]
Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
Angel Heart [1987]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1988]
Fatal Pulse [1988]
Pulse [1988]
Spellbinder [1988]
Pet Sematary [1989]
Tales from the Crypt – S1.E6 [1989]
Lisa [1990]
Repossessed [1990]
The Vanishing [1993]
Scary Movie 2 [2001]
The Crazies [2010]
The Conjuring [2013]
The Conjuring 2 [2016]
Daughter of Dismay [2019] – Short
