JUNE 28
BORN ON JUNE 28
1991 – Daniel Zovatto, actor in “Beneath [2013],” “Innocence,” “It Follows,” “Don’t Breathe,” “The Pope’s Exorcist,” episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” “Dimension 404” and “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.”
1979 – Felicia Day, appeared in TV shows “Supernatural” and “Mystery Science Theater 3000.”
1978 – Blair Butler, screenwriter for “Hell Fest,” “Polaroid,” “The Invitation,” “Helstrom – Episode: Viaticum” and producer for the TV Series “Helstrom.”
1978 – Maya Hazen, actress in “Shrooms,” “Shutter” and “Vile.”
1976 – Camille Guaty, appeared in “The Exorcist – TV Series,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series,” “Fear Itself – TV Series,” “Love Object” and more.
1974 – Kirsty Mitchell, appeared in “Triassic Attack” and “Lake Placid 3.”
1967 – Gil Bellows, appeared in “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “House at the End of the Street,” “Show White: A Tale of Terror,” “Extraterrestrial,” “She Creature,” “Chasing Sleep,” “Infected” and more.
1966 – John Cusack, starred in “1408”, “Cell,” “Igor” and “The Raven [2012].”
1965 – Mark Steensland, writer for “Jakob’s Wife,” “The Special,” director for the shorts “The Weeping Woman,” “Dead@17,” “Peekers,” “Lovecraft’s Pillow,” “The Ugly File” and “Sucker.”
1954 – Alice Krige, appeared in “Ghost Story,” “Haunted Summer,” “Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers,” “The Little Vampire” and “Silent Hill”.
1948 – J. Michael Riva, production designer for “Halloween II [1981],” “The Hand” and art department for “House on Haunted Hill [1999].”
1948 – Kathy Bates, starred in “My Best Friend Is a Vampire,” “Misery,” “Dolores Claiborne,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and the third season of “American Horror Story: Coven”.
1946 – Bruce Davison, appeared in “Willard [1971],” “Dahmer,” “The Dead Girl,” “Munger Road,” “Coffin,” “Return of the Killer Shrews” and “The Lords of Salem.”
1933 – Nora Orlandi, composer for “The Sweet Body of Deborah,” “Double Face” and “The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh.”
1929 – Barbara Claman, appeared in “The Chill Factor,” casting department for “Grizzly II: Revenge,” “The Changeling,” “The Entity,” “976-EVIL,” “Crimewave” and the TV Movie “Cry for Strangers.”
1926 – Mel Brooks, legendary writer/producer/actor/director of “Young Frankenstein,” “High Anxiety” and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” with many more.
1924 – Donald P. Desmond, set construction for “House of Wax [1953]” and “The Bad Seed [1956],” transportation department for “Carrie [1976]” and TV Movies “Cry for Strangers” and “Shark Kill.”
DIED ON JUNE 28
2025 – Ron Johanson, director of photography for “Cut [2000].”
2025 – Tim Pollard, actor in “Dracula’s Orgy of the Damned,” “Werewolf Massacre at Hell’s Gate” and “Cult of the Shadow People.”
2024 – Txema Blasco, actor in “The White Room – TV Movie,” “The Refuge of Evil,” “Witches Pact,” “Sleep” shorts “Last Night I Dreamed That You Had Died” and “8.”
2022 – Cüneyt Arkin, actor in “Ghoul [2014].”
2020 – Louis Felix Danner Mahoney, actor in “The Final Conflict,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Voodoo Blood Death” and episodes of the TV Series “Being Human.”
2018 – Denis Akiyama, appeared in “Blood Relations,” “Dead Ringers,” “Buried Secrets,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife” as well as episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series,” “War of the Worlds,” “Monster Force” and “Freaky Stories.”
2014 – Meshach Taylor appeared in “Hyenas,” “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – TV Series,” “Warning Sign,” “The Beast Within,” “The Howling,” “Damien: Omen II” and more.
2008 – Dick Beebe, writer for “House on Haunted Hill [1999],” “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2,” “Into the Badlands – TV Movie” and an episode of “Tales from the Crypt.”
2002 – Roger Til, actor in “Topaz.”
2000 – Michael Ripper, appeared in almost every Hammer film include “X: The Unknown,” “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “The Curse of the Werewolf,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Creeping Flesh” and many more.
1991 – Joe Austin, appeared in the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” episodes of the TV Series “The Unforeseen” and “Strange Paradise.”
1975 – Rod Serling, writer/producer/director and legend worked on such films and TV shows as “Twilight Zone,” and “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery.”
1966 – Inez Wallace, original story for “I Walked With a Zombie” and “Ritual.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 28
The Unearthly [1957]
Beginning of the End [1957]
The Ghost Galleon [1974]
Crocodile [1979]
Copperhead [2008] – TV Movie – New York City
L.A. Slasher [2015]
A Quiet Place: Day One [2024]
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JUNE 29
BORN ON JUNE 29
1991 – Addison Timlin, actress in “Blackout,” “The Town That Dreaded Sundown,” “Odd Thomas,” “Depraved” and “Like Me.”
1982 – Lily Rabe, starred in “American Horror Story – 2nd season,” “The Whispers – TV Series” and “The Veil.”
1977 – Jeff Baena, director/writer for “Life After Beth [2014].”
1969 – Mark Thornton, art department/designer for “Tales from the Crypt – S7.E13 [1996].”
1967 – Melora Hardin, appeared in “Caged,” “Drive Thru,” “Falling Skies – TV Series” and more.
1957 – Maria Conchita Alonso, appeared in “Vampire’s Kiss,” “Predator 2,″ “The Dead One,” “Dark Moon Rising” and “The Lords of Salem”.
1947 – Richard Lewis, actor in “Vamps” and “Tales from the Crypt – Season 6, Episode 3.”
1946 – Alice Arno, appeared in in “Only a Coffin,” “Endless Night,” “Female Vampire” and “A Virgin Among the Living Dead.”
1944 – Gary Busey, appeared in “Hex,” “Silver Bullet,” “Predator 2,″ “The Gingerdead Man” and “Piranha 3DD.”
1931 – Ed Gilbert, appeared in “The Norliss Tapes,” “InHumanoids: The Movie,” “Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf,” “Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken” as well as episodes of the TV Series “InHumanoids” and “Aaaahh!!! Real Monsters.”
1930 – Ariadne Welter, actress in “The Vampire’s Coffin,” “The Devil’s Hand,” “The Brainiac,” “100 Cries of Terror,” “The Panther Women,” “Suicidal Revenge” and more.
1926 – Denys Graham, actor in episodes of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected” and “The Gift [1990].”
1925 – John Fujioka, appeared in “Private Eyes,” “Paint It Black,” episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares” and “Friday the 13th: The Series” and “The Munsters Today.”
1920 – Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion effects legend who worked on films as “Mighty Joe Young,” “It Came from Beneath the Sea,” “20 Million Miles to Earth” and many more.
1919 – Slim Pickens, western star one lone venture in “The Howling”.
1911 – Bernard Herrmann, film composer scored such films as “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, “Psycho”, “Mysterious Island”, “Twilight Zone” and countless others.
1902 – Ellen Pollock, actress in “Horror Hospital [1973].”
1901 – Frieda Inescort, actress in “The Return of the Vampire,” “The She-Creature,” “The Alligator People” and an episode of the TV Series “Thriller.”
1901 – Nelson Eddy, appeared in the 1943 version of “Phantom of the Opera.”
1891 – Robert Frazer, actor in “White Zombie,” “The Vampire Bat,” “The Whispering Shadow” and “Condemned to Live.”
1890 – Edward T. Lowe Jr., writer for “House of Dracula,” “House of Frankenstein,” “The Vampire Bat,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]” and the short “The Devil’s Signature.”
1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, starred in “The Wolf Man” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man”.
DIED ON JUNE 29
2025 – Bob Elmore, stunts for “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “The Monster Squad” and “Dr. Giggles.”
2023 – Alan Arkin, starred in “Edward Scissorhands” and “Full Moon High.”
2023 – Farimah Farjami, actress in “Poisonous Honey [2003].”
2021 – Stuart Damon, appeared in the TV Movie “Fantasies” and an episode of “Thriller.”
2021 – Alí Humar, director of “Lola Calamidades – aka Lola Calamities.”
2020 – Carl Reiner, appeared in an episode of “Night Gallery [1971].”
2020 – John Alfred Mandel, worked on the soundtrack for “Anatomy 2.”
2008 – Don S. Davis, appeared in “Watchers,” “Needful Things,” “Beneath” and “The Uninvited”.
2009 – Jan Rubes, appeared in “The Kiss,” “Nightmare Man,” “The Amityville Curse” and episodes of “The X-Files”.
1997 – William Hickey, appeared in “The Maddening,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” The Runestone,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Puppet Master,” “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and “The Sentinel”.
1995 – Lana Turner, actress in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “Persecution” and “Witches’ Brew.”
1978 – Bob Crane, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – TV Series,” “Twilight Zone – TV Series” and more.
1973 – Cecil Holland, makeup artist for “Go and Get It,” “The Lost World [1925]” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
1967 – Bert Glennon, cinematographer for “Lightning Bryce” and “House of Wax [1953].”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 29
The Amazing Mr. X [1948]
Up from the Depths [1979]
Empire of the Ants [1977] – NYC
Arachnid [2001]
War of the Worlds [2005]
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JUNE 30
BORN ON JUNE 30
1982 – Lizzy Caplan starred in “Cloverfield” and appeared on the TV Series “True Blood” and “Castle Rock.”
1981 – Tom Burke, actor in “Donkey Punch,” “Death In Charge (short),” TV Movies “Number 13” and “Dracula [2006].”
1971 – Monica Potter, starred in “Saw,” and “Last House on the Left [2009].”
1969 – Aaron Christensen, appeared in “Dead Weight,” “Gags the Clown,” as well as the shorts “Wich,” “Body(s),” “The Woman Without a Face,” “Tape” and “A Haunted House.”
1966 – Marton Csokas, appeared in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” “Evilenko” and an episode of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.”
1966 – Peter Outerbridge, appeared in “Shut In,” “Land of the Dead,” “Silent Hill: Revelation,” “Saw VI,” “Population 436,” as well as episodes of TV Series “V-Wars,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Nightmare Café,” “Millennium,” “The Outer Limits,” “Forever Knight” and more.
1959 – Vincent D’Onofrio appeared in “Ed Wood,” “The Thirteen Floor” and “Jurassic World.”
1943 – Sener Kökkaya, actor in “Sacred Demijohn 2 [2010].”
1933 – Lea Massari, costumer for “Neverlake [2013].”
1936 – Nancy Dussault, actress in “The Nurse.”
1936 – Tony Musante, starred in “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.”
1905 – Nestor Paiva, appeared in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1939],” “Mighty Joe Young,” “The Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “Revenge of the Creature.”
1904 – Glenda Farrell, appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum” episodes of “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1899 – Madge Bellamy who appeared in “White Zombie.”
1874 – Daisy Belmore, appeared in “Dracula [1931].”
DIED ON JUNE 30
2025 – Kenneth Colley, actor in “The Blood Beast Terror [1968]” and “Greetings [2007].”
2025 – Donald Macdonald, actor in “The Haunting of Hewie Dowker [1976].”
2024 – Ileana Stana Ionescu, actress in “Bloodlust: Subspecies III [1994].”
2023 – Judi Farr, actress in “The Interpretaris (Mini-Series,” episode of “The Evil Touch” and the TV Movie “Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America.”
2023 – Monte Cazazza, director/actor for “SXXX-80 (1980) – short.”
2020 – Dan Hicks, actor in “Army of Darkness,” “Evil Dead II,” “Wishmaster,” “Porkchop,” “The Demonologist,” “Maniac Cop,” “The Blood Hunter,” “2001 Maniacs,” “My Name Is Bruce” and more.
1999 – Shane Dixon, who performed the stunts for “They Live,” “Village of the Damned,” “Species II,” “ Night of the Demon,” “The Night Stalker,” and more.
1987 – King Donavan, appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “The Magnetic Monster”.
1980 – Thomas Browne Henry, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” “The Thing That Couldn’t Die,” “Blood of Dracula,” “The Brain from Planet Arous,” “20 Million Miles to Earth,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 30
Strangers on a Train [1951]
The Monster of the Opera [1964]
Postmortem [1998] – USA video premiere
The Final Curtain [2007]
Sea Beast [2008] – TV Movie
Fear Girls: Volume 2 [2009]
Murder Loves Killers Too [2009]
Killer Shorts [2009]
Second Coming [2009]
The Garbage Man [2009]
Flight of the Living Dead [2007] – Los Angeles Film Festival
Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas [2012]
Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 [2013]
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