JUNE 7
BORN ON JUNE 7
1964 – Judie Aronson, appeared in “Hannibal,” “The Sleeping Car,” “Weird Science,” “After Midnight” and “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
1957 – LeeAnne Locken, starred in “My Best Friend Is a Vampire.”
1955 – William Forsythe, appeared in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Hack!” “I Am Fear,” “The Rig,” “Infected [2013],” “Sharkman,” “Larva – TV Movie,” “Inkubus” and more.
1953 – Robert Trebor, actor in “My Demon Lover,” “The Devil’s Rejects” and “Tales from the Crypt – S4.E5 [1992].”
1952 – Liam Neeson, starred in “The Haunting [1999].”
1948 – Pamela Susan Shoop, actress in “Halloween II [1981],” “Empire of the Ants” and “Night Gallery – TV Series.”
1943 – Eric van Haren Noman, cinematographer for “Friday the 13th Part 2,” “The Burning,” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” as well as the TV Movies “The Sins of Dorian Gray [1983]” and “Terminal [1996].”
1941 – Blasco Giurato, cinematographer for “I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe – aka “The Fantastic Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” – TV Miniseries and an episode of “I giochi del diavolo – aka “The Devil’s Game.”
1938 – Erik L. Nelson, art department/props for “Count Yorga,” The Return of Count Yorga,” “Bloody Orgy of the She-Devils,” “Homebodies,” “Phantom of Paradise” and “Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks.”
1933 – Gary Kent, appeared in “The Thrill Killers,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Targets.”
1929 – William T. Naud, director/producer/writer for “Island of Blood” and writer for “Necromancer.”
1921 – Simmy Bow, actor in “Mansion of the Doomed,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “End of the World,” “Laserblast,” “Alligator,” “Vamp” and “Beetlejuice.”
1907 – Ivory Williams, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
1909 – Jessica Tandy, starred in “The Birds.”
1902 – Hope Summers, actress in “The Couch,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Evil Town,” “Homicidal” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1902 – 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.”
DIED ON JUNE 7
2025 – Vladimír Smutný, cinematographer for “Uncle Cyril [1989],” “The Vampire Wedding [1993]” and “The Painted Bird [2019].”
2023 – Lia Mortensen, actress in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010].”
2022 – Tommy Dysart, actor in “Next of Kin,” “Body Belt,” “Crazy in the Night – short” and the TV Series “Alice to Nowhere.”
2022 – Raivo Trass, actor in “Vikatimehe poeg – aka Son of the Scythe Man” and “The Twin.”
2021 – Douglas S. Cramer, producer for “The Dead Don’t Die [1972],” “The Cat Creature,” “Snowbeast,” “Cruise Into Terror” and “Don’t Go to Sleep.”
2021 – Augusto Salvador, editor for “Wake Up, Maruja,” “Tiyanak,” “Valentina” and more.
2020 – Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor in “Whistle” and “Aake.”
2019 – Julie Anne Payne, appeared in an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Graduating Class [1959].”
2019 – Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor – some of his films include “Who Can Kill a Child,” “The House That Screamed,” “Master of Horror,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1960],” “The Wax Figure,” “Trip Straight to Hell,” “The Man Who Returned from Death,” and many more.
2019 – Nonnie Griffin, actress in “The Believers,” and episodes of TV shows “Bitten,” “Forever Knight,” and “Strange Paradise.”
2019 – Lafayette Galvão, actor in “The Phantom of the Opera [1991].”
2019 – Ryszard Bugajski, directed episodes of “The Twilight Zone” in the 1980s.
2015 – Christopher Lee, one of the last gentleman of horror; appeared in countless films including “Count Dracula,” “Horror Express,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” “The Wicker Man [1973],” “The City of the Dead,” “House of the Long Shadows,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and many more.
2012 – J. Michael Riva, art director for “Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks,” art department for “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” production designer for “Halloween II [1981] and “The Hand.”
2009 – David Dalzell, camera operator for “Act of Vengeance” and appeared in “Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey.”
2004 – Quorthon, Lead singer of Bathory considered as one of the pioneering figures of extreme metal genres, particularly black metal with the first Bathory album. He worked on the soundtrack for “Soul Looting and “Lords of Chaos – see track below.”
2003 – Trevor Goddard, appeared “Hollywood Vampyr,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Deep Rising” and more.
1994 – William Marshall, wrote and directed the film “Phantom Planet.”
1988 – Vernon Washington, actor in “The Dark [1979],” “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
1986 – Tony Wright, actor in “The Creeping Flesh” and “The House in Marsh Road.”
1966 – Dan Duryea, starred in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1938 – James Donlan, appeared in “Thirteen Women” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 7
The Curse of the Werewolf [1961]
Shadow of the Cat [1961]
Taste the Blood of Dracula [1970]
The Legend of Boggy Creek [1972] – Canada
The Purge [2013]
Blood Relic [2005]
Hellraiser: Deader [2005]
Dracula II: Ascension [2003]
Hatchetman [2003]
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June 8
BORN ON JUNE 8
1984 – Torrey DeVitto, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “The Rite,” “Amy Makes Three” “The Hoaxing,” “Killer Movie,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer” and more.
1981 – Alex Band, appeared in the films “Doctor Mordrid” and “Puppet Master II.”
1977 – Nate Dushku, appeared in “The Zodiac,” “The Alphabet Killer” and “Blood Night.”
1973 – Lexa Doig, starred in “Jason X.”
1966 – Juliana Margulies, starred in “Ghost Ship [2002]” and “Snakes on a Plane.”
1961 – Clyde Klotz, art director for “When a Stranger Calls Back – TV Movie,” “The McPherson Tape – TV Movie,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series,” and production designer for “Final Days of Planet Earth.”
1958 – Tane McClure, actress in “Crawlspace,” “Death Spa,” “Death House,” “Revenge of the Calendar Girls,” “Night Shade,” “Trance,” “Revamped” and the TV Movie “Fatal Kiss.”
1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, wrote, appeared in and produced “Scary Movie 1 & 2.”
1956 – Kelly Nichols, appeared in “The Toolbox Murders,” “C.H.U.D.” and “Feast [1992].”
1955 – Griffin Dunne, appeared in the films “An American Werewolf in London” and “The Fan.”
1949 – Partho Ghosh, director for “100 Days [1991].”
1948 – Lorna Heilbron, actress in “The Creeping Flesh,” “Symptoms” and “Dramarama – Episode: Mr. Stabs.”
1945 – Jack Sholder, director and writer of “Alone in the Dark,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “The Hidden,” “The Omen – TV Movie” “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Arachnid,” “12 Days of Terror” and more.
1939 – Bernie Casey, starred in “Dr. Black & Mr. Hyde” and appeared in “Gargoyles [1972].”
1936 – James Darren, director for episodes of “Something Is Out There,” “Werewolf” as well as appeared in “Venus in Furs” and “City Beneath the Seas.”
1933 – Joan Rivers, appeared in “R.L. Stein’s Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Girlfriend?”
1931 – Dana Wynter who appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “The Questor Tapes.”
1923 – Myron Healey, starred in “The Unearthly,” “Varan the Unbelievable” and “The Incredible Melting Man.”
1910 – John W. Campbell, wrote the novel “Who Goes There?” on which the “The Thing From Another World [1951]” and The Thing [1982] was based.
1893 – Ernest B. Schoedsack, produced and directed “King Kong” and “Son of Kong” as well as directed “Mighty Joe Young” and “Dr. Cyclops.”
DIED ON JUNE 8
2025 – Ewa Dalkowska, actress in “Medium [1985].
2024 – Francis Zambon – aka “Mark James,” soundtrack writer for “Army of the Dead” and “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”
2023 – Peter Belli, appeared in “Koko-di Koko-da (2019).”
2022 – David Lloyd-Jones, soundtrack for “Quatermass and the Pit” and “New Guy.”
2022 – Shandii Bacolod, producer for “Ang tulay ng San Sebastian – aka The Bridge of San Sebastian” and assistant director for “The Sign.”
2020 – Marion Hänsel, actress in “Fantômas – Episode: L’étreinte du diable [1980].”
2013 – Don Barton, director/producer/writer for “Zaat.”
2012 – Frank Cady, appeared in “Monster Squad – TV Series,” “7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” “The Bad Seed,” “When Worlds Collide” and many more.
2010 – Gerald C. Wheatley, production accountant for “The Haunting of Julia” and “Blueblood.”
2006 – Robert Donner, appeared in “The Horror at 37,000 Feet.”
1994 – Ray Romero, makeup artist for “Night Nurse,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and “The Black Castle.”
1978 – Ruth Rose, writer for “King Kong [1933],” “Son of Kong [1933]” and “King Kong [1976].”
1959 – Cliff Hess, composer/stock music for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 8
Eegah [1962] – Atlanta, GA
Cannibal Girls [1973]
Ghostbusters [1984]
Gremlins [1984]
May [2002] – Florida & Seattle Film Festivals
Countess Dracula’s Orgy of Blood [2004]
Fangoria: Blood Drive [2004]
Tomb of the Werewolf [2004]
Hostel: Part 2 [2007]
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June 9
BORN ON JUNE 9
1994 – Owen Campbell, actor in “Bitter Feast,” “Depraved,” “X [2022],” “Candy Land,” “Birthrite” and more.
1981 – Natalie Portman, starred in “Annihilation” and produced “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
1980 – James DeBello, who starred in the films “Ghouls,” and “Cabin Fever.”
1978 – Brian Patrick Wade, actor in “Death by Engagement [2005].”
1965 – Conrad Chase, stunts for the TV Movie “The Lost [2009].”
1963 – Johnny Depp, starred in “Sleepy Hollow,” “The Ninth Gate,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “From Hell,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”, “Dark Shadows [2012],” “Tusk,” also on the soundtrack for both “Dark Shadows” and “Sweeney Todd.”
1961 – Michael J. Fox starred in “The Frighteners,” “Mars Attacks!” and “Teen Wolf.”
1951 – James Newton Howard, composer for “Flatliners,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Stir of Echoes,” soundtrack for “Split” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1949 – Francis Monkman, soundtrack for “An American Werewolf in London – “Rebel.”
1948 – Tim Sullivan, actor in “The Laughing Dead,” “Deadly Tales,” “Eyes of the Werewolf ,” “Camp Blood,” “Hollywood Mortuary,” “Vampyre Femmes ,” “Hunting Season,” “The Mark of Dracula,” “Deadly Scavengers,” “The Naked Monster” and more.
1946 – Antonio Avati, producer for “The Room Next Door,” “The Childhood Friend,” “Revenge of the Dead,” “Macabre,” “The House With Laughing Windows” and more.”
1943 – Veliko Stoianov, actor in the TV Movie “Alien Lockdown [2004].”
1935 – Federico Savina, sound department for “Two Evil Eyes,” “Midnight Ride,” “Santa Sangre,” “The Curse [1987],” “Opera [1987],” “Demons [1985],” “Demons 2,” “Phenomena,” “Suspiria [1977]” and more.
1935 – Peter Renaday, actor in “An Eye for an Eye,” “Mystery in Dracula’s Castle,” “Strange Tales,” “Terrifying Tales,” “That Little Monster” and more.”
1931 – Joe Santos, appeared in “A Knife for the Ladies” and an episode of the “Twilight Zone.”
1927 – R. Wright Campbell wrote the screenplays for “Teenage Caveman,” “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Man of a Thousand Faces.”
1920 – Sheila Keith, actress in “House of Whipcord,” “Frightmare [1974],” “The Confessional,” “The Comeback,” “House of the Long Shadows” and an episode of “Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible.”
1910 – Bernard Woolner, producer for “Attack of the 50 ft. Woman,” and “Hillbillies in a Haunted House.”
DIED ON JUNE 9
2025 – Chris Robinson, actor in “Beast from Haunted Cave,” “Stanley,” “The Intruder,” TV Movie “Sweet, Sweet Rachel” and episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2025 – Pik Sen Lim, voice actress in “Psychoville – S2.E0,” “Blood Drive – S1.E9” as well as video games “Dark Souls (2011),” “Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss (2012” and “Dark Souls: Remastered (2018).”
2025 – Partho Ghosh, director for “100 Days [1991].”
2024 – Yoshiko Kuga, actress in “Godzilla vs. Biollante [1989].”
2023 – Dinah Faust, actress in the TV Movie “Carmilla: Le coeur pétrifié.”
2022 – Julee Cruise, soundtrack for “Nutcracker [2001],” “The Dream – short” and “Scream.”
2022 – Billy Kametz, voice actor for the TV Series “High Rise Invasion,” “Resident Evil: infinite Darkness” and the video game “The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners.”
2022 – Dario Parisini, actor in “Obsession: A Taste of Fear.”
2022 – Don Pippin, composer for “Eat and Run [1987].”
2014 – Rik Mayall, appeared in “An American Werewolf in London,” “Shock Treatment,” “Cold Dark,” “The Legend of Harrow Woods,” “Evil Calls,” “Highway to Hell” and more.
1998 – Norman Stuart, appeared in the movie “Arnold.”
1993 – Peter Coe who appeared in “House of Frankenstein” and “The Mummy’s Curse”.
1990 – James Carreras, the founder of Hammer Films and served as production manager on “The Curse of Frankenstein [1957].”
1987 – Grandon Rhodes, appeared in “House of Wax [1953],” “Them!,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” episodes of “Thriller” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1985 – Clifford Evans, appeared in Hammer films’ “The Curse of the Werewolf” and “The Kiss of the Vampire.”
1980 – Claude Hutchinson, gaffer for “Night Nurse” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 9
Old Mother Riley’s Ghosts [1941]
The Invisible Man’s Revenge [1944] – Los Angeles
Homicidal [1961]
Damien: Omen II [1978]
The Manitou [1978]
Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil [1993]
Congo [1995]
Alien Agenda: Endangered Species [1998]
American Psycho II: All American Girl [2002]
Zombie Farm [2007] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival
June 9 [2008]
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JUNE 10
BORN ON JUNE 10
1983 – Leelee Sobieski, starred in “The Wicker Man [2006],” “Night Train” and “In a Dark Place.”
1983 – Shanna Collins, actress in “Sublime,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” and the TV Movie “Death Row.”
1978 – DJ Qualls, appeared in “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Cherry Falls,” “The Core” and more.
1978 – Shane West, who starred in “Dracula 2000,” “Here Alone,” “Red Sands,” “The Presence” and “Salem – TV Series.”
1962 – Gina Gershon, appeared in “Voodoo Dawn” and “Demonlover.”
1959 – Phillip J. Roth, producer for “Python,” “Antibody,” “Deep Shock,” “Dark Waters,” “Manticore,” “Lake Placid 2,” “Bats: Human Harvest,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow,” “Ghost Town,” “Dark Relic,” “Triassic Attack,” “Black Forest,” “Boogeyman [2012],” “Doom: Annihilation” and many more.
1957 – Patrick Tantalo, special effects for “Slugs,” “Waxwork,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Demons at the Door,” “2001 Maniacs,” “Bug [2006],” “Cemetery Gates,” “Halloween II [2009],” “For Sale by Owner” and “Fable: Teeth of Beasts.”
1955 – Andrew Stevens, appeared in “The Fury,” “Massacre at Central High” and the TV movie, “The Werewolf of Woodstock.”
1950 – Ed Naha, writer for “Troll,” “Dolls,” “Spellcaster,” “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud” and 2 episodes of Tales from the Cryptkeeper.”
1947 – Yuriko Hishimi, appeared in “Godzilla vs. Gigan.”
1945 – John De Troia, transportation department/driver for “Candyman: Day of the Dead,” “Exorcism [2003]” and stunt driver for “Laserblast.”
1941 – Enrique Liporace, actor in “Drácula [1999] – TV Mini Series,” “Death Knows Your Name [2007]” and “Dying God [2008].”
1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, appeared in “Primeval,” “House of the Dead,” “Dark Asylum,” “Ripper,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and “The Keep”.
1939 – Alexandra Stewart, appeared in “Black Moon,” “The Uncanny” and “Phobia.”
1931 – George Eugeniou, appeared in “Peeping Tom [1960] (uncredited).”
1927 – José Luis Merino, directed “Scream of the Demon Lover” and “Beyond the Living Dead.”
1922 – Judy Garland, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005]” song “Get Happy.”
1920 – Lou Frizzel, appeared in “The Other” and the TV movie “Duel.”
1873 – Vera Lewis, appeared in “Night Nurse,” “King Kong [1933],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “the Smiling Ghost.”
DIED ON JUNE 10
2025 – Paul Thomas, director for “Out for Blood,” “Chasey Saves the World” appeared in “Lucifer’s Women,” “Devil’s Playground” and “Dracula Sucks.”
2023 – Giannis Markopoulos, composer for “He and She [1967].”
2020 – Sarunyu Wongkrachang, appeared in “13: Game of Death.”
2020 – Alice Bueñaflor Lake, appeared in “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Lovingly Yours, Helen- TV Movie,” “Kill Barbara with Panic,” “Demons [2000],” “Séance,” “Morgue” and more.
2020 – William Hale, director for “The Demon Murder Case – TV Movie” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
2019 – Crazy Mohan, writer for “Devil 2 [2019].”
2019 – Girish Karnad, acted in “Nandhini” and “Chandrika.”
2019 – Yuzuru Fujimoto, acted in “Sword for the Truth,” “Judge,” and 2 episodes of “Bleach [2006].”
1998 – Lawrence Keane,
1996 – Jo Van Fleet, starred in Satan’s School For Girls [1973] and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller” and “Inner Sanctum”.
1993 – Richard Webb, appeared in “Hillbillies in the Haunted House,” “Beware the Blob” and the TV movie “The Werewolf of Woodstock”.
1971 – Michael Rennie who starred in the films “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “Assignment Terror” and “The Lost World”.
1969 – Frank Lawton, appeared in the films “The Devil Doll” and “The Invisible Ray”.
1967 – Spencer Tracy, starred in “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 10
The Believers [1987]
Poltergeist III [1988]
Embryo [2001]
High Tension [2003]
Bloodsucking Redneck Vampires [2004]
Rottweiler [2004]
High Tension [2005]
The Slaughter [2006]
Leeds Point [2008] – Hoboken International Film Festival
Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming [2013] – DVD premiere
Ghost of Goodnight Lane [2014] – Bismarck, ND
Crawlers [2025]
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JUNE 11
BORN ON JUNE 11
1988 – Claire Holt, starred in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow” and “47 Meters Down.”
1986 – Shia LaBeouf, who starred in “Disturbia,” “Constantine” and “Maniac.”
1978 – Joshua Jackson who starred in the films “Shutter” “Scream 2,” “Cursed” and “Urban Legend.”
1969 – James Porotlese, producer for “The Decade,” “It’s Alive,” “Prowl,” “Seconds Apart,” “Husk,” “51,” “Fertile Ground,” “Re-Kill” and the TV Movie “Scream of the Banshee.”
1962 – Brian Wade, special makeup effects for “The Thing [1982],” “Piranha II: The Spawning,” “Psycho II,” “Dreamscape,” “House [1985],” “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” “The Bob [1988],” “The Wretched,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Army of the Dead,” “Insidious: Red Door,” “Saw X,” “Night Swim” and many more.
1949 – Sherman Howard, starred in “Day of the Dead,” “The Stand – TV Mini-Series,” “Dark Angel,” “Freddy’s Nightmares – TV Series,” “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and many more.
1945 – Adrienne Barbeau, starred in “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Unearth,” “Two Evil Eyes,” “Death House,” “Hoax,” “The Thing [1982],” “Gates of Darkness,” “Exorcism at 60,000 Feet,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Escape From New York” and more.
1944 – Ian Crafford, editor for “Dream Demon” and “Snow White: A Tale of Terror.”
1933 – Gene Wilder, starred in “Haunted Honeymoon” and “Young Frankenstein.”
1931 – Roger Kastel, poster artist for “Jaws [1975].”
1922 – John Bromfield, appeared in “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon,” “Manfish” and “Revenge of the Creature.”
1920 – Shelly Manne, music department/percussion for “The Vampire,” “The Return of Dracula,” “I Bury the Living,” “The Omen [1976],” “Poltergeist [1982],” “Friday the 13th Part 3,” “Psycho II” and “ Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1919 – Richard Todd, appeared in “House of the Long Shadows,” “Bloodbath” and “Asylum.”
1914 – Dudley Manlove, appeared in “Plan Nine from Outer Space” and “Creation of the Humanoids.”
1914 – Gerald Mohr, starred in “The Angry Red Planet,” “The Monster and the Girl”.
1909 – Paul Schreibman, produced the American versions of “First Spaceship on Venus” and “Gigantis the Fire Monster.”
1883 – Virginia Brissac, actress in “Black Friday [1940],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Phantom of the Rue Morgue.”
DIED ON JUNE 11
2025 – Bran Wilson, songwriter for “After She Died [2002] ‘Don’t Worry Baby’.”
2025 – Paul ‘Salty’ Brincat, sound department for “Gargantua,” “Pitch Black,” “Ghost Ship [2002],” “House of Wax [2005],” “The Ruins [2008],” “Backtrack,” “The Shallows” and “The Invisible Man [2020].”
2025 – Ayumu Saitô, actor in “Ju-On: The Grudge 2,” “Marebito” and Trick – S2. E3 & 4 [2002].”
2025 – Douglas McCarthy, soundtrack/songwriter for “Firestarter [2022] ‘Control, I’m Here’.”
2024 – Tony Lo Bianco, director for “Too Scared to Scream,” appeared in in “God Told Me To,” “Endangered Species” and “The Twilight Zone – S1.E5.”
2023 – Rob Young, sound department for “The Food of the Gods,” “The Fly II,” “Deep Rising,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Final Destination 3,” “Jennifer’s Body,” “The Uninvited [2009]” and more.”
2023 – Silvia Nastase, actress in “Phantom Town” and “Teenage Space Vampires.”
2023 – Michael Noonan, appeared in “The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: Touched with Fire.”
2023 – Rubén Moya, actor in “Narcosatanicos diabolicos” and “Masacre en Teques.”
2021 – John Gabriel, appeared in the TV Movie “Fantasies.”
2021 – Sando Harris,” appeared in “Que Sera – aka What Will Be.”
2021 – Kay Hawtrey, actress in “Funeral Home,” “The Intruder,” “Videodrome” “Urban Legend,” “Octoberfeast,” “Haunted by Her Past,” “American Psycho II: All American Girl” and more.
2020 – Mel Winkler, appeared in “Full Eclipse – TV Movie” and “Maniacts.”
2020 – Rosa María Sardà, actress in “Rojo sangre.”
2020 – Dennis Joseph O’Neil, comic book artist for ““Devil Night” – Haunt of Horror August 1973” and “Chamber of Darkness #3–5 [1970].”
2007 – Mala Powers, starred in “Unknown Terror,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Doomsday Machine.”
2005 – Robert Clarke, wrote, produced, directed and starred in “The Hideous Sun Demon,” “The Astounding She Monster,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Body Snatcher.”
2003 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream, Blacula, Scream,” and “Abby.”
1979 – John Wayne, starred in “Haunted Gold.”
1966 – Wallace Ford, appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand,” Freaks [1932], “The Ape Man” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1956 – Ralph Morgan, appeared in “The Monster and the Ape,” “The Creeper” and “Weird Woman.”
1936 – Robert E. Howard, writer for “Solomon Kane” and “Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 11
The Oblong Box [1969]
Humongous [1982]
Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart [1992] – USA video premiere
Jurassic Park [1993]
Harvest of Fear [2004] – Digital Release
Open Water [2004] – Waterfront Film Festival
The Stepford Wives [2004]
Ice Road Terror [2011]
Hallowed Ground [2019] – UK (internet)
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JUNE 12
BORN ON JUNE 12
1992 – Georgina Campbell, actress in “The Ministry of Stories Anthology,” “Floor 9.5 – short,” “All My Friends Hate Me,” “Barbarian” and “Otherkin – short.”
1989 – Valentina de Angelis, appeared in “Malibu Horror Story,” “The Midnight Game,” “Camp Hell” and “Bereavement.”
1988 – Cody Horn, starred in “Demonic” and “Occupant.”
1985 – Dave Franco, actor in “The Shortcut,” “Fright Night [2011],” “Bad Meat,” “Warm Bodies” and “Day Shift.”
1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, appeared in “Sharknado 3: Oh, Hell No!,” “Scary Movie 5” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1974 – Jason Mewes, appeared in “Halloweed,” “Devil’s Tower,” “Zombie Hamlet,” “Vampire Apocalypse,” “Feast,” “Scream 3”, and more.
1965 – Cathy Tyson, actress in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and the podcast series “The Sandman.”
1965 – Florence Guérin, actress in “The Black Cat [1989]” and “Faceless.”
1964 – Paula Marshall, appeared in “Full Eclipse”, “Warlock: The Armageddon”, “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.
1953 – Gary Farmer, appeared in “Sawtooth,” “Route 666,” “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight,” “The Dark Wind,” “Forever Knight – TV Series,” “The Believers” and more.
1928 – Bernie Hamilton, appeared in “Scream, Blacula Scream.”
1919 – Uta Hagen, appeared in “The Other.”
1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, Producer and co-founder of American International Pictures – some of his films include “The Visitor,” “The Haunting [1999],” “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Q,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “The Town that Dreaded Sundown,” “Pit and the Pendulum” and many more.
1916 – Irwin Allen, directed “The Swarm.”
1913 – Ben Frommer, appeared in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “Bride of the Monster” and “Psycho II.”
DIED ON JUNE 12
2025 – Shiho Fujimura, actress in “The Show Woman [1968],” “Gemini [1999]” and “Inugami [2001].”
2024 – Fermí Reixach, actor in “Faust [2000],” “Darkness [2002]” and “Apartment 143 [2001].”
2023 – Treat Williams, actor in “Age of Dinosaurs,” “Mask Maker,” “Venomous,” “Deep Rising,” “Dead Heat” and “The Phantom.”
2023 – Carol Higgins Clark, actress in the TV Movie “Stillwatch.”
2023 – Hiroe Tsukamoto, producer for the TV Series “Serial Experiments Lain,” “Hellsing,” “Demon Lord Dante,” “Requiem from the Darkness” and “Blue Exorcist.”
2022 – Philip Baker Hall, actor in “The Zodiac,” “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Lost Souls,” “Psycho [1998],” the TV Movies “Terror Out of the Sky” and “This House Possessed.”
2022 – Walter Maestosi, actor in “Lilith: A Vampire Who Comes Back” and voice dubbing for “Night of the Devils.”
2021 – Dennis Berry, directed “The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau” and appeared in “Spirits of the Dead.”
2020 – Wlodzimierz Bednarski, actor in the video games “The Witcher” and “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.”
2019 – Sylvia Miles, acted in “The Funhouse,” “The Sentinel,” and “Violent Midnight.”
2019 – Juan José Alonso Millán, writer for “The National Mummy” and an episode of “After the Closed Door [1964]”
2018 – Robert Alan Browne, actor in “Hysterical,” “Psycho II,” “Psycho III,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes” and “The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals.”
2015 – Rick Ducommun, appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Brimstone – TV Series,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Little Monsters” and more.
2015 – Monica Lewis, appeared in “Dead Heat” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
2014 – Carla Laemmle, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1925]” and in the original 1931 “Dracula.”
2006 – Hugh Latimer, who appeared in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Cosmic Monster”.
2003 – Gregory Peck, starred in “The Omen,” “Cape Fear” 1962, and appeared in the 1991 version.
1998 – Theresa Merritt, actress in “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and “Voodoo Dawn.”
1983 – George Benson, actor in “Vampire Over London,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Journey Into Darkness,” “What Became of Jack and Jill?” and more.
1962 – Frank Shaw, assistant director for “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Tarantula” and an episode of the TV Series “One Step Beyond.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 12
Rosemary’s Baby [1968]
Count Yorga, Vampire [1970]
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage [1970]
Flavia, the Heretic [1974] – UK
Predator [1987] – Milan, Italy
The Witches of Eastwick [1987]
Witchcraft 8: Salem’s Ghost [1996]
Forest of the Dead [2007]
What Really Frightens You [2009]
Black Rain [2009]
Doghouse [2009]
Time of Day [2025]
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JUNE 13
BORN ON JUNE 13
1987 – Caitlyn Folley, actress in “Dark Honeymoon,” “SX_Tape,” “Nightmare Code” and “Restraint.”
1978 – Ethan Embry, appeared in “Late Phases,” “The Guest,” “The House Across the Street,” “Vacancy,” “FreakyLinks – TV Series,” “They,” “Disturbing Behavior,” “The Prophecy II” and more.
1974 – Brande Roderick, appeared in “Hood of Horror” and “Dracula II: Ascension.”
1974 – Missy Crider, appeared in “The Others – TV Series,” “Quicksilver Highway – TV Movie,” “Demons – TV Movie” and “The Beast – TV Series.”
1973 – Kim Sønderholm, appeared in “Cannibal Fog,” “Silverthread,” “Sinister Visions,” “Zombie Ed,” “The Killing Games,” “Blood Fare,” “Vidar the Vampire,” “Supernatural Tales,” “The Horror Vault 3,” and many more.
1967 – Natasha Hovey, starred in “Demons [1985].”
1962 – Ally Sheedy, starred in “Man’s Best Friend” “Buried Alive II,” “The Fury Within” and more.
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, starred in “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Dominion” and “The Killing Gene.”
1951 – Richard Thomas, starred in “Stephen King’s It”.
1950 – Belinda Bauer, appeared in “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Servants of Twilight,” “RoboCop 2,” “The Hitchhiker – TV Series” and “The Sins of Dorian Gray – TV Movie.”
1949 – Simon Callow, starred in “Chemical Wedding,” “The Dead Room – TV Movie,” “Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty” and “Blanche Dumas from B to Z.”
1943 – Malcolm McDowell, starred in “Cat People,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween,” “Halloween II” “31,” “Silent Night,” “Sanitarium” and more.
1942 – Roy Deverell, editor for “The House That Vanished [1973].”
1935 – Javier Aguirre, director/writer for “Count Dracula’s Great Love” and “Hunchback of the Morgue.”
1935 – Terry Ballard, art department for “Ants!,” “Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo,” “Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV Movie),” episodes of “Something is Out There,” and also appeared in “Friday the 13th Part 3” and “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
1919 – Richard Collier, appeared in “Eve of Destruction,” Pet Sematary [1989] and “Christine.”
1918 – Ben Johnson, appeared in “Terror Train,” “The Swarm,” “The Savage Bees” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”
1915 – Mary Wickes, starred in “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”
1900 – Ian Hunter [the actor, not the musician], appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Doctor Blood’s Coffin.”
1892 – Sir Basil Rathbone, starred in “Son of Frankenstein,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939],” “Tales of Terror,” “The Comedy of Terrors,” “Queen of Blood” and more.
DIED ON JUNE 13
2022 – Henri Garcin, actor in “Murder Syndrome.”
2022 – Julieta Vallina, actress in “Dead Man Tells His Own Tale” and “Terrified.”
2021 – Ned Beatty, actor in “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” “The Unholy [1988],” “Repossessed,” “Ed and His Dead Mother” and the TV Movie “Dying Room Only.”
2021 – David Lightfoot, producer for “Scratch,” “Wolf Creek” and “Rogue.”
2020 – Sabiha Khanum, actress in “Deewana.”
2019 – William Leonard Sean McCann, “The Uncanny,” “The Neighbor,” episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “The Hidden Room” and “Haven.”
2019 – Nobuyuki Ishida, appeared in “Vamp” and “Mirrorman.”
2019 – Edith González Fuentes, actress in “Alucarda,” “Cyclone,” “Hell’s Trap,” “The Dead,” “The Quarterer,” and the TV Movie “The Death Motel.”
2005 – Lane Smith, appeared in “Dark Night of the Scarecrow.”
2004 – Robert Lees, who wrote the screenplays for “Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” “Hold That Ghost” and “The Black Cat” [1941].”
1979 – Darla Hood, appeared in “The Bat.”
1979 – Barry Shear, directed several episodes of the TV series “Night Gallery.”
1979 – George Cisar, appeared in “The Giant Claw,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “The Werewolf,” “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula” and an episode of “The Addams Family.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 13
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms [1953]
The Revenge of Frankenstein [1958]
The Children [1980]
Maniac Cop 2 [1991] – USA video premiere
Silent Predators [1999] – TV Movie
A Tale of Two Sisters [2003]
The Lost [2006] – Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival
The Happening [2008]
Animal [2014] – Los Angeles – premiere
Inner Demons [2014] – Portland Horror Film Festival
Big Legend [2018] – NYC – premiere
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