JUNE 21
BORN ON JUNE 21
1985 – Josh Russell, special makeup effects for “Halloween II [2009],” “After Dark,” “Southbound,” “The Devil’s Dolls,” “Holidays,” “Beyond the Gates,” “XX,” “Psychopaths,” “The Ritual,” “Open 24 Hours,” “Bloodline,” “Corporate Animals,” “VFW,” “Christmas Bloody Christmas” and many more.
1978 – Erica Durance, appeared in “The Untold,” and “House of the Dead.”
1971 – Juliette Lewis starred in “Ma,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The 4th Floor,” “Sacred Lies – TV Series” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1964 – David Morrissey, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series” and “The Reaping.”
1952 – David J. Skal, author for “Dark Carnival,” “Something in the Blood,” “V Is for Vampire,” “The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror,” “Vampires: Encounters With The Undead,” “Hollywood Gothic,” “Romancing the Vampire : From Past to Present,” “Fright Favorites” and many more.”
1947 – Meredith Baxter, actress in “Ben,” the TV Movies “The Cat Creature,” “The Invasion of Carol Enders” and an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1947 – Michael Gross, starred in “Tremors” and all the sequels as well as the short-lived TV series of the same name.
1944 – Tony Scott, directed “The Hunger [1983],” “The Hunger – TV Series” and producer for “Tell Tale.”
1941 – Joe Flaherty, actor in “Blue Monkey,” “Nightlife [2014] – short” as well as episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker” and “Monsters.”
1940 – Mariette Hartley, starred in “The Return of Count Yorga,” and the TV movies “The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t” and “Earth II.”
1932 – Lalo Schifrin, composer for “The Exorcist [1973] – unused music,” “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and “Tales of Halloween [2015] – main theme.”
1921 – Joan Tetzel, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre” and “Thriller.”
1917 – Russell Wade appeared in “The Body Snatcher,” “Ghost Ship” and “The Leopard Man.”
1903 – 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!”
1871 – DeWitt Jennings, actor in “Seven Footprints to Satan,” “The Bat Whispers” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JUNE 21
2022 – Artie Kane, composer for “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell,” “The Bat People ,” music department for “King Kong [1976],” “Audrey Rose,” “The Car,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Freighters,” “Alien Resurrection,” “Mars Attack!” and more.
2022 – David Pugh, actor in “A Warning to the Curious,” “Burke & Hare,” “The Man Outside – Episode: A Persistent Coffin” as well as the TV Movies “The Stalls of Barchester,” “A Warning to the Curious” and “The Ash Tree.”
2022 – Duncan Henderson, assistant director for “Halloween II [1981]” and producer for “Deep Blue Sea.”
2022 – Leon Lissek, actor in “Countess Dracula,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “Bloodmoon” and the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown.”
2021 – Nina Divísková, actress in “The Great Unknown,” “Morgiana” and “Wolf’s Hole.”
2021 – Nobuo Hara, actor in “Snake Woman’s Curse.”
2020 – Jürgen Holtz, appeared in “Love, Death and the Railroad – TV Movie” and “Hamlet X.”
2019 – William Simons, actor in “The Witchmaker,” “Necromancy,” “The Killing Kind,” and the TV Movie “The Woman in Black.”
2015 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
2013 – Diane Clare, actress in “The Haunting [1963],” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Witchcraft,” “The Vulture” and “Beast of Morocco.”
2010 – Bobby Walker, part of the art department on the “Son of Svengoolie” show.
2007 – Robert Witthans, appeared in the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
2006 – Nazzareno Natale, actor in “Slugs.”
2001 – Carroll O’Connor, starred in the TV movie “Fear No Evil” and episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
2001 – Vernon Sewell, director for “Ghost Ship [1952],” “House of Mystery [1961],” “The Blood Beast Terror,” “The Crimson Cult” and “Burde & Hare.”
1975 – David Tamkin, orchestrator for “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Tarantula,” “The Mole People” and “The Monolith Monsters.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 21
The Ghost Breakers [1940]
Frenzy [1972]
Beware the Blob! [1972]
Lifeforce [1985]
Cheerleader Camp [1988]
Children of The Corn V: Field of Terror [1998]
Dahmer [2002] – Los Angeles
2001 Maniacs [2005] – DVD premiere
The Abandoned [2007] – Portugal
Rise of the Gargoyles [2009] – TV Movie
Child’s Play [2019]
Ouija Room [2019]
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JUNE 22
BORN ON JUNE 22
1981 – Amanda Brooks, appeared in “Chillerama” and episodes of “The Birch.”
1968 – Paula Irvine, starred in “Phantasm II,” “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead” and “Bates Motel – TV Movie].”
1965 – Uwe Boll, writer/producer/director, whose films include “House of the Dead,” “Seed,” “The Profane Exhibit,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Bloodrayne” and more.
1963 – Heidi Kozak, appeared in “Society”, “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Slumber Party Massacre II” and “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
1962 – Nicholas Lea, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series” “V – TV Series” and more.
1958 – Bruce Campbell, starred in “The Evil Dead [1981],” “Army of Darkness,” “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series,” “Bubba Ho-Tep,” “Maniac Cop,” “The Wretched,” and many more.
1953 – Cyndi Lauper, soundtrack for “The Talisman” and the TV Show “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate.”
1952 – Maria Richwine, appeared in “Freddy’s Nightmares – Season 2 #21.”
1949 – Lindsay Wagner, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1942 – Ashraf Abdel Ghafour, actor in “The Madness of Youth [1975].”
1941 – Michael Lerner, appeared in “Strange Invaders,” “Godzilla [1998]” and “Anguish.”
1936 – Kris Kristofferson, actor in “The Last Horror Film,” “No Place to Hide,” “Blade,” “Blade II,” “Blade: Trinity” and “For Sale by Owner.”
1931 – Vera Marzot, costume designer for “Torso [1973].”
1924 – Carl Biddiscombe, set decorator for “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”
1920 – Paul Frees, voice of the “Ghost Host” in Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
1914 – Tim Herbert, appeared in “Soylent Green,” the TV movies “Duel” and “The Boston Strangler.”
1904 – Norman Breedlove, special effects for “The Mole People,” “The Unknown Terror,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Monolith Monsters” and “Diary of a Madman.”
DIED ON JUNE 22
2025 – Aki Aleong, actor in “Devil’s Express,” “The Force,” “Dark World,” “Paranormal Activity Sequrity Squad,” “Abduction,” episodes of “The Outer Limits,” “War of the Worlds,” “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction” and more.
2025 – Joe Marinelli, actor in “Cutting Room [2006].”
2022 – Patrick Adams, soundtrack for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and “Devil’s Express.”
2022 – Robert Katz, producer for “The Ambulance,” “The Lost Platoon” and “It’s Alive.”
2021 – Poovachal Khader, Lyricist for “Manasariyathe” and “Veendum Lisa.”
2021 – Antonio Salines, appeared in “Il fascino dell’insolito – aka The Charm of the Unusual
Episode: Vampirismus – aka Vampirism.”
2020 – Joel T. Schumacher, directed “Blood Creek,” “Flatliners” and “The Lost Boys.”
1992 – Chuck Mitchell, actor in “The Hearse,” “Frightmare [1983],” “Ghost Chase” and “Don’t Answer the Phone!”
1988 – Bramwell Fletcher, starred in “The Mummy [1932],” and “The Undying Monster.”
1987 – Fred Astaire, starred in “Ghost Story.”
1983 – David MacDonald, directed “Devil Girl from Mars,” the 1968 TV movie “Jack the Ripper” and “The Veil” TV series.
1979 – Hope Summers, actress in “The Couch,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Evil Town,” “Homicidal” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1969 – Judy Garland, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005]” song “Get Happy.”
1965 – David O. Selznick, producer for “King Kong [1933],” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Thirteen Women” and suggested character for “Dracula’s Daughter.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 22
The Lost World [1925]
It Came from Beneath the Sea [1955] – France
Alien [1979]
Nightwing [1979]
Faceless [1988]
Robocop 2 [1990]
Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster [2004]
1408 [2007]
The Wizard of Gore [2007]
Fish Bait: The Movie [2009]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [2012]
Antisocial 2 [2015] – Turkey
The Rezort [2015] – Long Beach
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JUNE 23
BORN ON JUNE 23
1976 – Emmanuelle Vaugier, who appeared in “Ripper,” “Unearthed,” “Saw II & IV” and more.
1974 – Joel Edgerton, has starred in “It Comes at Night,” “The Gift,” “Acolytes” and “The Thing [2011].”
1972 – Selma Blair, has appeared in “Hellboy,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”, “The Fog [2005],” “Scream 2,” “Mom and Dad,” “In Their Skin” and more.
1969 – Martin Klebba, appeared in the three “Feast” films, “Van Helsing,” “Eliose [2016],” “Range 15,” “Blood Shot,” “Clown Motel: Spirts Arise,” “House of Mirrors” and more.
1966 – Simon Webb, editor for the TV Movies “Black Swarm,” “Carny,” “Rise of the Gargoyles,” “Hellhounds,” “Sand Serpents,” episodes of “Being Human,” “The Hunger” and more.
1964 – Joss Whedon, writer for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Alien: Resurrection” and “Cabin in the Woods [2011].”
1962 – Billy Wirth, appeared in “Lost Boys,” “Seven Mummies,” “Body Snatchers,” “Echoes,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1962 – Kevin Yagher, makeup effects artist worked on “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and also created the “Chucky” animatronic puppet for the “Child’s Play” films.
1959 – Duane Whitaker, appeared in “The Devil’s Rejects,” “3 From Hell,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Feast,” “Hobogoblins,” “Night of the Scarecrow,” “American Nightmares” and more.
1958 – Dan Sales, producer for “Skinner,” “Legion of the Night,” “House of the Dead,” “The Bone Snatcher,” “Alone in the Dark” and BloodRayne.”
1957 – Frances McDormand, starred in “Blood Simple” and “Dark Man.”
1955 – Glenn Danzig, musician and avid horror fan was the lead singer of horror punk band The Misfits, which sung almost exclusively about horror movies and later went on to form the bands Samhain and Danzig, also director of “Verotika [2019].”
1953 – Russell Mulchay, directed “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Razorback,” “Resurrection,” and writer for “Bait,”
1948 – Myles Goodwyn, soundtrack/songwriter for “Supernatural – Episode: Keep Calm and Carry On (2016) – Bad Boys” and “iZombie – Episode: Goon Struck (2018) – Roller.”
1930 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga.”
1915 – Dennis Price, appeared in “Son of Dracula,” “Theater of Blood,” “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein,” “Drácula contra Frankenstein,” “Horror on Snape Island,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Horror House” and many more.
1900 – Jack Shea, appeared in “Satan’s Satellites” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
1884 – Werner Krauss, appeared in the 1926 version of “The Student of Prague” and in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON JUNE 23
2025 – Lea Massari, costumer for “Neverlake [2013].”
2025 – Tang Chia, stunts for “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires,” “The Ghost Story [1979]” and “Human Lanterns.”
2025 – Rebekah Del Rio, actress in the short “Rabbits [2002].”
2024 – Bud S. Smith, editor for “The Exorcist (Iraq Sequence),” “Cat People,” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Darkman,” “Christina’s House,” producer for “Virus” and “Driftwood.”
2023 – Frederic Forrest, actor in “It Lives Again,” “Return,” “Trauma” and “The Spreading Ground.”
2023 – Sheldon Harnick, soundtrack for Addams Family Values [1993] (Sunrise, Sunset).”
2023 – Willem Nijholt, actor in “Gruesome School Trip [2005].”
2022 – Massimo Morante, composer for “Suspiria [1977],” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Tenebrae,” soundtrack for “Shaun of the Dead,” music department for “Deep Red,” “Patrick,” “The Church” and more.
2022 – Chumei Watanabe, composer for “The Depths,” “Black Cat Mansion,” “The Ghost of Yotsuya,” “Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters,” “Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts,” “Jigoku – aka Hell” and “The Haunted Castle.”
2021 – Robert Sacchi, appeared in “The French Sex Murders” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt.”
2021 – Clare Peploe, directed “Chillers – Episode: Sauce for the Goose.”
2019 – Andrey Igorevich Kharitonov, directed “Zazda strasti.”
2015 – Dick Van Patten, appeared in “Beware! The Blob,” “Groom Lake,” “Violent Midnight,” “The Midnight Hour” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2015 – Elizabeth MacLennan, actress in “Hands of the Ripper” and “The House in Nightmare Park.”
2013 – Richard Matheson, acclaimed writer of such novels and screenplays as “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” “Burn, Witch, Burn,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “I Am Legend (The Last Man on Earth [1964]),” “The Devil Rides Out,” “‘It’s Alive!’” “Duel,” “The Night Stalker,” “The Legend of Hell House” and many more.
2006 – Aaron Spelling, created and produced many TV series and movies including “Kindred; The Embraced,” “Crowhaven Farm” and “Satan’s School For Girls.”
1998 – Maureen O’Sullivan, actress in “The Devil-Doll,” “Too Scared to Scream” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”
1944 – Otto Hoffman, appeared in “The Haunted Bedroom,” “The Terror,” “King of the Wild,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Night of Terror,” “Mad Love,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 23
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy [1955]
Terror-Creatures from the Grave [1965] – Italy
Ben [1972]
Logan’s Run [1976]
The Sender [1998] – Greece video premiere
Hobgoblins 2 [2009]
Legend of the Bog [2009]
Arachnoquake [2012]
The Facility [2012] – UK
Rebound [2014]
Jurassic Prey [2015]
Damned Memory [2016] – TV Movie
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JUNE 24
BORN ON JUNE 24
1980 – Minka Kelly, appeared in “The Pumpkin Karver” and “Devil’s Highway.”
1978 – Christian Sellers, writer for “Jurassic Predator” and “Summerhouse Slaughter.”
1969 – Jensen Daggett, starred in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.”
1959 – Crispian Sallis, set decorator for “Event Horizon,” production designer for “The Cottage,” “My Little Eye,” art director for “Alien” and “Horizon Line.”
1958 – Tommy “Tiny” Lister, appeared in “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Dracula 3000″ and “Vegas Vampires.”
1956 – Joe Penny, actor in “Bloody Birthday,” TV Movies “Deathmoon,” “Reign of the Gargoyles” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1955 – Tim McGovern, visual effects for “Hideaway,” “Stigmata,” “Supernova,” “The Shaft,” “Feardotcom,” “A Sound of Thunder” and “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.”
1950 – Nancy Allen, starred in “Terror in the Aisles,” “Dressed To Kill,” “Robocop, “Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return” and “Carrie.”
1947 – Peter Weller, starred in “Robocop,” “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai,” “Screamers [1999]” and “Leviathan.”
1944 – Julian Holloway, actor in “Scream and Scream Again,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter,” “Uncle Creepy Returns” and an episode of the TV Series “Dead of Night.”
1936 – Paul L. Smith, appeared in “Haunted Honeymoon,” “Crimewave,” “Dune,” “Pieces” and more.
1929 – Victor Carrabotta, actor in “Haunted Thrills.”
1891 – Irving Pichel appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed “The Most Dangerous Game.”
1842 – Ambrose Bierce, wrote the story on which the “Twilight Zone” episode “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” was based.
DIED ON JUNE 24
2025 – Alvaro Vitali, actor in “Frankenstein: Italian Style [1975].”
2024 – Seth ‘Shifty Shellshock’ Binzer, actor in “Dead 7 [2016].”
2023 – Dodie Heath, appeared in “Welcome to Arrow Beach,” episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
2019 – William Eugene Burrows Jr. [Stage Name: Billy Drago], actor “Night of the Templar,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Tremors 4: The Legend Begins,” “Vamp,” “Children of the Corn: Genesis,” and more.
2014 – Eli Wallach, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series,” “The Sentinel,” “Lights Out – TV Series” and more.
2003 – Alex Gordon, produced “The She Creature,”” and “Voodoo Woman.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 24
The Masque of the Red Death [1964] – USA & UK
Ruby [1977]
The Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983]
Land of the Dead [2005]
Flight of the Living Dead [2007]
Desert of Blood [2008]
No Place Like Home [2008]
The Lodge [2008]
The Shallows [2016]
Midsommar [2019]
The Black Phone [2021] – Los Angeles
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JUNE 25
BORN ON JUNE 25
1987 – Scott Terra, appeared in “Eight Legged Freaks [2002].”
1975 – Linda Cardellini, starred as “The Curse of La Llorona” and “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.”
1961 – Timur Bekmambetov, Writer/producer/director on films “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” “Night Watch” and “Day Watch.”
1954 – Lina Romay, actress in “Snakewoman,” “Killer Barbys vs. Dracula,” “Incubus,” “Vampire Junction,” “Helter Skelter,” “Dr. Wont’s Virtual Hell,” “Vampire Blues,” “Mansion of the Living Dead” and more.
1951 – Ernest R. Dickerson, cinematographer and director of “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Sleepy Hollow – TV Series,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series” and “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”
2024 – Joe Chambers, singer/songwriter with The Chamber Brothers, soundtrack for “Supernatural – S2.E2 (Time Has Come Today.)”
1930 – George Murdock, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II,” “Nightmare Classics – TV Series,” “Night Gallery – TV Series” and more.
1925 – John Briley, screenwriter for “Children of the Damned [1964].”
1903 – Gus Robinson, appeared in for “King Kong [1933]” and “Tomorrow at Seven.”
1888 – Inez Wallace, original story for “I Walked With a Zombie” and “Ritual.”
1875 – William V. Mong, actor in “Seven Footprints to Satan,” “House of Horror” and “The Vampire Bat.”
DIED ON JUNE 25
2024 – Bill Cobbs, actor in “The People Under the Stairs,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” “The Final Patient,” “The Morgue,” “The Tenant,” “Vampires in Venice,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Caroltyn” and more.
2022 – Konstantinos Tzoumas, actor in “Dracula of Exarcheia.”
2021 – John Erman, director/casting/production for the TV Series “The Outer Limits.”
2019 – Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli, appeared in “Bewitched [1969].”
2019 – Bryan Marshall, acted in “The Witches,” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Quatermass and the Pit,” and episodes of “Thriller [1973],” and “Tales of the Unexpected [1983].”
2018 – Tom Pace, actor in “The Astro-Zombies,” “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
2015 – Patrick Macnee starred in “The Howling,” “Waxwork,” “Waxwork 2: Lost In Time,” “Transformations” and many more.
2009 – Farrah Fawcett, starred in “Saturn 3” “Logan’s Run”.
2009 – Michael Jackson, wrote and starred in “Thriller.”
2007 – Carmen Dirigo, hair stylist for “House of Dracula,” “The Spider Woman Strikes Back,” “The Brute Man,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “The Vampire [1957],” “Diary of a Madman” and the TV Movie “A Taste of Evil.”
2006 – Kenneth Griffith, actor in “The Starfish,” “Circus of Horrors,” “The House in Nightmare Park” and “The Man Outside – Episode: A Persistent Coffin.”
1999 – Robert Silliphant, writer for “The Beach Girls and the Monster,” “The Creeping Terror” and “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Because Mixed-Up Zombies!!?”
1972 – Charles Sullivan, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The Soul of a Monster,” “The Phantom Speaks,” “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Donovan’s Brain.”
1966 – Chuck Davis, chief grip for “Mystery of the Wax Museum [1933].”
1937 – Colin Clive, starred in 1931 “Frankenstein,” “Bride of Frankenstein” and “Mad Love,” in 1935.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 25
Robot Monster [1953]
The Curse of Frankenstein [1957]
The Giant Gila Monster [1959] – Dallas, TX
The Killer Shrews [1959] – Dallas, TX
Night Creatures [1962] – UK
The Phantom of the Opera [1962] – UK
The Omen [1976]
Dracula Rises [1982]
The Thing [1982]
Mindhunters [2004]
Abduction 101 [2019]
Yummy [2019]
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JUNE 26
BORN ON JUNE 26
1986 – Shawna Craig, actress in “Movie Madness,” “Story of Eva,” “Cry Baby” and “Quarantine L.A.”
1952 – Peter Crombie, actor in “The Blob [1988],” “Se7en [1995]” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “House of Frankenstein [1997].”
1951 – Robert Davi, appeared in “Feast of Fear,” “Sicilian Vampire,” “Swamp Shark,” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Predator 2” and more.
1946 – Leo Rossi, appeared in “Mutant Species,” “Maniac Cop,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “Relentless,” “Dead On: Relentless II,” “Relentless 3,” “Halloween II [1981]” and more.
1943 – John Beasley, actor in “Lost Souls,” “The Gift,” “Haunted Maze,” “Sinister 2,” “Stoker Hills,” “The Purge: Anarchy,” “Firestarter [2022]” and more.
1938 – Francisco Nicholson, writer for “Satan’s Five Warnings.”
1937 – Hans Wahlgren, actor in “Sensuous Sorceress [1970].”
1922 – Dick Smith, Makeup effects wizard, techniques in such films as “Dark Shadows [TV Series],” “The Exorcist,” “The Sentinel,” “Altered States,” “Ghost Story,” “Spasms,” “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Scanners,” and many more.
1918 – Charles Bradstreet, actor in “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
1913 – Harold F. Kress, editor for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “The Swarm.”
1904 – Peter Lorre, starred in “The Comedy of Terrors,” “The Raven,” “Route 66 – TV Series,” “Tales of Terror,” “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” “The Beast with Five Fingers” and “Mad Love.”
1891 – Carl Pierson, editor for “The Ape Man,” “Voodoo Man,” “Return of the Ape Man,” “Bluebird,” “She Devil” and “Hand of Death.”
DIED ON JUNE 26
2025 – Lalo Schifrin, composer for “The Exorcist [1973] – unused music,” “The Amityville Horror [1979]” and “Tales of Halloween [2015] – main theme.”
2025 – Rick Hurst, actor in “Venomous [2001]” and “Return of the Killer Shrews [2012].”
2025 – Monika Hansen, actress in “Killer Condom [1996].”
2024 – Gary Grant, music department/trumpet for “Predator,” “Hocus Pocus” and “What Lies Beneath.”
2024 – Renauld White, actor in “Central Park [2017].”
2023 – Nicolas Coster, actor in “The Last Exorcist,” “The Deep Ones,” “Plot 7,” “Natural Selection (TV Movie,” “A Helping Hand (short)” and an episode of “War of the Worlds.”
2022 – Mary Mara, actress in “Prom Night [2008],” “Saint Sinner – Tv Movie” and “Good vs Evil – Episode: Evilator.”
2022 – Frank Williams, actor in “Journey to the Unknown – Episode: The Indian Spirit Guide” and “The Ray Bradbury Theater – Episode: Punishment Without Crime.”
2021 – Johnny Solinger, soundtrack for “Blood Reunion.”
2021 – Fernand Guiot, appeared in the TV Movie “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
2021 – Hans Holtegaard, appeared in “The Substitute.”
2021 – John Langley, producer for “Reality Check,” “Vampire Clan” and screenwriter for “Deadly Sins.”
2021 – Jon Hassell, music department (trumpet) for “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” and soundtrack for One Hour Photo.”
2020 – Faqir Nabi, appeared in “Aatma.”
2020 – Kelly Adam Asbury, animation for “The Addams Family [2019]” and art department for “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
2020 – Ramon Revilla, appeared in “Pepeng Agimat,” “The Mysterious World of Elias Panik,” “Fight, Satan” and “Night of Darkness.”
2020 – Taryn Stephanie Power, actress in “The Sea Serpent.”
2020 – Stuart Cornfeld, producer for “Vamps,” “The Ruins,” “Mimic,” “The Fly [1986],” “The Fly II” and also appeared in “Ravager.”
2019 – Édith Scob, actress in “Eyes Without a Face,” “Fantasmagorie,” “The Detour,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” and episodes of “The Bloody Doll.”
2019 – Douglas Fielding, appeared in an episode of “Mystery and Imagination called ‘Feet Foremost’ [1968].”
2019 – George Edward Maxwell Wright, actor in various episodes of “Tales from the Darkside,” “The Stand,” and “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [1996].”
2010 – Chris Hansen, first assistant camera for “Christina’s House,” “House of the Dead,” TV Movies “Devil’s Diary” and “Beyond Loch Ness.”
2001 – William Bryant, appeared in “Death Scream,” “Experiment in Terror,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea” and more.
1981 – Don Megowan, appeared in “Scream of the Wolf,” “The Creation of the Humanoids,” “Tales of Frankenstein,” “The Werewolf,” “The Creature Walks Among Us” and more.
FILM RELEASED ON June 26
Stag Night [2008] – Cinepocalypse
Machete Maidens Unleashed [2011]
Gags the Clown [2018]
Camp [2025]
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JUNE 27
BORN ON JUNE 27
1999 – Chandler Riggs, actor in “The Spider [2024],” “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Keep Watching,” “Mercy” and “Jesus H. Zombie.”
1982 – Roshawn Franklin, appeared in “Recoil” and the TV Movie “Backwoods.”
1958 – Erin Agostino, appeared in “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “Girl House,” “Being Human – TV Series,” “The Howling: Reborn” and “Supernatural: The Animation – TV Series.”
1979 – Eric Spudic, actor in “Land Shark,” “Dire Wolf,” “Halloween Night,” “Werewolf in a Women’s Prison,” “Clawed,” “Supercroc,” “Zombiegeddon,” “Psycho Santa,” “Dead Clowns” and more.
1978 – Courtney Ford, appeared on “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series” and “Alien Raiders.”
1966 – J.J. Abrams, producer for “Overlord,” “Cloverfield,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Lovecraft Country – TV Series,” “Castle Rock – TV Series,” “Lisey’s Story,” and more.
1965 – Anjana Sultana, actress in “Rajbari (1984).”
1961 – Bernie Mireault, comic book penciler for “The Blair Witch Project (1999),” “The Blair Witch Chronicles (2000),” comic book colorist for “Ghostbusters: Haunted Holidays (2010),” “Ghostbusters: Tainted Love (2010)” and “Ghostbusters: Omnibus (2012).”
1955 – Isabelle Adjani, appeared in “Diabolique,” “The Last Horror Film,” “Possession,” “Nosferatu: The Vampyre” and “The Tenant.”
1951 – Julia Duffy, actress in “Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker,” “Wacko” and an episode of “Scream Queens.”
1944 – Will Jennings, soundtrack/songwriter for “The Addams Family [2019] “My Heart Will Go On.”
1944 – Dardano Sacchetti, writer for “Demons [1985],” “Zombie,” “The Beyond,” “A Bay of Blood,” “City of the Living Dead,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “The New York Ripper,” “Killer Crocodile” and many more.
1936 – Shirley Anne Field, actress in “Horrors of the Black Museum,” “Peeping Tom,” “The Damned,” “House of the Living Dead” and the short “The Green Door.”
1919 – Fred Stuthman, portrayed horror host Jeepers’ Keeper, as well as appeared in “The Sentinel,” “and “Private Eyes.”
1912 – Patrick Crean, actor in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1910 – Mary Adams, actress in “Blood of Dracula,” “Diary of a Madman,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1884 – 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].”
DIED ON JUNE 27
2024 – Martin Mull, actor in “Cutting Class” and the TV Series “Danny Phantom.”
2024 – Kinky Friedman, actor in “The Being,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “Zombex” soundtrack for “The Being “Sold American” (Western Union Wire).”
2023 – Carmen Sevilla, actress in “Glass Ceiling,” “Cross of the Devil,” “Beatriz” and “Rostros.”
2021 – Bill Terezakis, special makeup effects for “Friday the 13th Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Deep Rising,” “Cabin By the Lake,” “Children of the Corn: Revelation,” “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Bones,” “House of the Dead,” “Freddy vs. Jason,” “White Noise,” “They Wait,” “Trick ‘r Treat,” “Ditched” and more.
2020 – Julian Burnlee Curry, actor in “Hollow China,” “Seven Days to Live,” “Ghost Chase” and the TV Movie “The Wyvern Mystery.”
2020 – Linda Cristal, actress in “The Fiend Who Walked the West” and the TV Movie “The Dead Don’t Die.:
2019 – Vijaya Nirmala, appeared in “Bhoot Mera Saathi.”
2019 – Ben Barenholtz, starred in “Dawn of the Dead [1978]” and produced “Martin” and “Bruiser.”
1987 – Ramon Gow, hairdresser for “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Son of Dracula” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
1973 – Germán Valdés, starred in “Face of the Screaming Werewolf,” “Chanoc Against the Tiger and the Vampire” and “Madness of Terror.”
1973 – Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz, starred in “Mother Joan of the Angels.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 27
The Thing That Couldn’t Die [1958] – NYC
Scream Blacula Scream [1973]
Deep Evil [2004] – TV Movie (Brazil)
Hood of Horror [2006] – Los Angeles Film Festival
M3GAN 2.0 [2025]
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