AUGUST 1
BORN ON AUGUST 1
1989 – Devanny Pinn, appeared in “Dead Sea,” “Truth or Dare,” “The Devil’s Nightmare,” “Hold Your Breath,” “The Black Dahlia Haunting,” “Party Bus to Hell,” “Scary Story Slumber Party,” “Dwelling,” “Camp Pleasant Lake,” “The Family Business” and more.
1988 – Sasha Jackson, appeared in “China Bigfoot: Legend of the Yeren” and “Night Junkies.”
1987 – CJ de Silva, graphic designer/colorist/production manager for “San Lazaro (2011).”
1979 – Jason Momoa, appeared in “The Bad Batch,” “Debug,” “Pipeline” and “Wolves”.
1973 – Kris Holden-Ried, appeared in “The Returned,” “Underworld: Awakening,” “The Death of Alice Blue” and “Night of the Demons III.”
1970 – Guthrie Lowe, composer for “12-24,” “Sacrament,” “Overdue,” “Desert Shadows,” “Night of the Zomghouls,” Valentine Bluffs,” sound mixer for “The Orange Man,” “From Hell to the Wild West,” “Cry Havoc,” “Clown Motel 2,” “Ghost Town,” “Natty Knocks,” “Amityville Shark House,” “Hellhouse,” “Amityville Bigfoot” and more.
1964 – Melanie Shatner, appeared in “Syngenor,” “Cthulhu Mansion,” “Bloodstone: Subspecies II” and “Bloodlust: Subspecies III.”
1964 – Demián Bichir, actor in “Perdita Durango,” “Alien: Covenant,” “The Nun,” “The Grudge” and the TV Series “Let the Right One In.”
1958 – Michael Penn, composer for the TV Movie “Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein.”
1948 – Armand Mastroianni, director of TV series “Tales from the Darkside [1983-1988],”
Friday the 13th: The Series [1987-1990],” “War of the Worlds [1988-1990],” as well as “Nightmare Café,” “The Clairvoyant,” “Distortions,” “Dante’s Inferno 3D” and more.
1943 – John Goldschmidt, director for 3 episodes of the TV Series “Play for Today.”
1941 – Betty A. Bridges, actress in the short “Dogcatchers [2013” and Moonlight – S1.E10.”
1934 – Won Namkung, actor in “A Bloodthirsty Killer,” “Space Monster Wangmagwi,” “Insect Woman,” “Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death,” “The Hut” and “Eob [1988].”
1896 – Erle C. Kenton, director of “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Island of Lost Souls”
1892 – Eddie Parks, appeared in “House of Wax [1953]” and “Inner Sanctum.”
DIED ON AUGUST 1
2025 – Jonathan Kaplan, director for “Witches of East End – S1.E2 [2013]” and appeared in “The Howling [1981].”
2025 – Frank Grimes, actor in “The Funhouse [1981]” and “Dark Realm – S1.E10 [2001].”
2024 – Leonard Engelman, makeup artist for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas [2000],” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Ghostbusters [1984],” “Cat People,” “Saturn 3” and “Night Gallery – S3. E7.”
2024 – Rainer Brandt, actor in “Horrors of Spider Island,” “The Avenger [1960]” and “The Horror of Blackwood Castle.”
2022 – Rosa de Castilla, actress in “The Hell of Frankenstein.”
2022 – Paul Eenhoorn, actor in “Eyes in the Dark” and the short “Springtime for Thomas.”
2022 – Hiroshi Ôtake, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Don Dracula.”
2021 – Gino Renni, appeared in “The Monster Killers in the Mansion of Terror.”
2020 – Wilford Brimley, actor in “Resurrection Mary,” Progeny,” Mutant Species,” “The Thing [1982],” Death Valley” and “China Syndrome.”
2020 – Thomas Philip Pollock, producer for “Ghostbusters [2016],” “Hitchcock [2012],” “Disturbia [2007]” and “The Uninvited [2009].”
2013 – Gail Kobe, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits.”
2009 – Howard Smit, Makeup Department “The Birds” “Marnie” and ”Satan’s School for Girls.”
1998 – Eva Bartok, appeared in “The Gamma People.”
1993 – B.J. Turner, appeared in “Night Angel” and “Scarecrows [1988].”
1980 – Strother Martin appeared in “Sssssss,” “The Brotherhood of Satan” and “Nightwing.”
1947 – Walter DeLeon, screenwriter for “The Ghost Breaker [1922],” “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Ghost Breakers,” “The Time of Their Lives” and “Scared Stiff.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 1
Murders in the Rue Morgue [1914]
The 39 Steps [1935]
Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1953]
The Mummy [1959] – Japan
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet [1965]
Destroy All Monsters [1968] – Japan
The Omega Man [1971]
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [1973] – New York City
Nightmare Circus – aka Terror Circus [1974]
Obsession [1976] – New York City
Killer’s Delight [1978]
The Clonus Horror [1979]
Mutant [1984]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [1986]
Ginger Snaps [2000] – Germany [München Fantasy Filmfest]
The Mummy’s Kiss [2003]
Dorm of the Dead [2006]
Horror Grindshow Double Feature [2008]
The Midnight Meat Train [2008]
Tales of Poe [2014]
Zeta: When the Dead Awaken [2019] – Indonesia
Devour [2025]
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AUGUST 2
BORN ON AUGUST 2
1996 – Kansas Bowling, actress in “B.C. Butcher,” “American Nightmares,” “It’s Just a Game,” “Tales from the Grave: The Movie,” “Christmas Bloody Christmas,” “Psycho Ape!,’ “Spirit Riser” and more.
1993 – Cassidy Gifford, appeared in “Ten [2017],” “The Gallows” and “Synkhole.”
1977 – Edward Furlong, starred in “Pet Sematary II,” “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” “Brainscan,” “The Zombie King,” “Arachnoquake,” “Aftermath,” “Night of the Demons [2009]” and more.
1972 – Jacinda Barrett, starred in “The Following – TV Series,” “Urban Legends: Final Cut,” “Millennium – TV Series” and “Campfire Tales.”
1970 – Kevin Smith, director, writer, producer of “Tusk,” “Red State,” and “Holidays.”
1963 – Inger Lorre (Singer for Nymphs), soundtrack for “Pet Sematary II [1992] ‘Revolt.’
1955 – Caleb Carr, writer for “Exorcist: The Beginning [2004] – Story” and “Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist [2005].”
1953 – Butch Patrick, starred in “The Munsters – TV Series,” appeared in “Scary Movie,” “Hand of Death” and “Frankenstein vs The Creature of Blood Cove.”
1945 – Joanna Cassidy, appeared in the films “Ghosts of Mars,” “Blade Runner” and “The Grudge 2.”
1944 – Susan Denberg, starred as the creature in Hammer’s “Frankenstein Created Woman.”
1943 – Max Wright, appeared in “The Shadow” and the TV mini-series, “The Stand.”
1939 – Wes Craven, known for “The Last House on the Left,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Deadly Blessing,” “Swamp Thing,” “Deadly Friend,” and of course “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “New Nightmare,” “Shocker,” “Scream,” Scream 2,″ “Scream 3” and more.
1936 – Jean-Claude Bernardet, actor in “FilmeFobia [2008].”
1932 – Peter O’Toole, appeared in “Creator” and “Phantoms.”
1924 – Bill Lewthwaite, editor for “The Day of the Triffids [1963].”
1914 – Beatrice Straight, appeared in “Poltergeist,” “Wes Craven’s Chiller,” “Inner Sanctum – TV Series,” and more.
1906 – Milton Rosen, provided work in the Music Department for “The Creeper,” “Hold That Ghost,” “Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man,” “The Black Castle,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “Revenge of the Creature,” “Curse of the Undead,” “The Leech Woman,” and also the Soundtracks of The Mad Ghoul [1943] and House of Frankenstein [1944] and many more films.
1899 – Charles Bennett, screenwriter for “The Lost World” and “Curse of the Demon.”
1897 – Lynton Brent, appeared in “The Thirteenth Guest,” “King Kong [1933]” and “Life Returns.”
DIED ON AUGUST 2
2025 – Kelley Mack, actress in “Broadcast Signal Intrusion,” “Shot in the Dark,” “Delicate Arch,” “ Knock at the Door (short)” and 5 episodes of “The Walking Dead.”
2025 – Norman Eshley, appeared in “The Confessional” and episodes of the TV Series “Mystery and Imagination,” “Department S,” “Play for Today,” “Thriller – S1.E5,” “The Wide World of Mystery” and “Supernatural.”
2025 – Madhan Bob, actor in “Chandramukhi [2005]” and “50/50 [2019].”
2023 – Tom Kempinski, actor in The Damned [1962].”
2021 – Lilia Aragón, actress in “Poison for the Fairies” and “Morgana.”
2019 – Roberto Bodegas, writer for “Leonor [1975].”
2018 – Birgit Stein, actress in “Amoklauf,” “Sanctimony” and “House of the Dead.”
2013 – Barbara Trentham, actress in “The Possession of Joel Delaney” and the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
2003 – Lesley Woods, actress in the TV Movies “A Man for Hanging,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “Bad Ronald” and “The Uninvited [1996].”
1995 – Al Adamson, Writer/Actor/Producer for “Brain of Blood,” “Horror of the Blood Monsters” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”
1995 – Edward Mannix, voice dubbing for “Pieces,” “Manhattan Baby,” “The House by the Cemetery,” “Zombie,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror,” “Nightmare City,” “Zombie Holocaust,” “Inferno,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “The Church,” “The New York Ripper” and many more.
1995 – Lillian Bronson, appeared in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,’ “The Devil’s Daughter” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre” and “Thriller.”
1994 – Bert Freed, actor in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?,” “Till Death,” “Barracuda,” “episodes of “The Munsters,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Darkroom,” “The Outer Limits,” and “The Sixth Sense.”
1976 – Fritz Lang, directed “Metropolis.”
1975 – Jean Yarbrough, directed “The Devil Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “The She-Wolf of London.”
1952 – J. Farrell MacDonald, actor in “The Ghost Breaker,” “While Paris Sleeps,” “Those Who Dare,” “The Thirteenth Guest,” “The Living Ghost,” “The Ape Man,” “Woman Who Came Back” and “Pillow of Death.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 2
The Eyes of Laura Mars [1978]
Contamination [1980] – Italy
Fright Night [1985]
Phenomena [1985]
Weird Science [1985]
Prime Evil [1988]
Body Parts [1991]
Hollow Man [2000] – Los Angeles – premiere
The Others [2001]
Signs [2002]
The Machine Girl [2008] – Japan
Quarantine 2: Terminal [2011] – USA limited
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda [2014] – TV Movie
The Meg: The Trench [2023]
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AUGUST 3
BORN ON AUGUST 3
1985 – Max Landis, screenwriter for “Victor Frankenstein,” “Shadow of the Dead,” “Chronicle,” “Fear Itself – TV Series” and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”
1985 – Georgina Haig, starred in “Road Kill.”
1984 – Emily Baldoni, actress in “Criticsized,” “The Lost Tribe,” “Grizzly Park” and “Killer Pad.”
1982 – Jonah Ray, actor in “Victor Crowley,” “Satanic Hispanics,” “Christmas Bloody Christmas,” “Suitable Flesh,” “Destroy All Neighbors,” episodes of the TV Series “Into the Dark,” “Deadwax” and “Stan Against Evil.”
1979 – Rhoda Jordan, appeared in “The Mummy’s Kiss,” “Rule of 3,” “Death Factory” and “Aquanoids.”
1979 – Evangeline Lilly, appeared in “Little Evil”, “Kingdom Hospital – TV Series” and “Freddy vs. Jason.”
1972 – Melissa Ponzio, appeared in “Teen Wolf – TV Series,” “The Walking Dead – TV Series,” “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series” and more.
1963 – James Hetfield, is the guitarist and vocalist for heavy metal band Metallica.
1961 – Molly Hagan, actress in “The Dentist,” “Sometimes They Come Back…Again,” “Red State,” “Beneath,” “Navy Seals vs. Zombies,” “The Keeping Hours” and more.
1959 – John C. McGinley, has appeared in “Stan Against Evil – TV Series,” “The Belko Experiment,” “The Nightmare Room,” “Se7en” and more.
1957 – Carol Goldwasser, casting director for “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [2010] – TV Movie.”
1951 – Mona Houghton, appeared in an episode of “The Twilight Zone [1961].”
1950 – John Landis, director of “An American Werewolf in London,” “Amazon Women on the Moon,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Schlock”, “Innocent Blood”, and “Michael Jackson: Thriller” video. He has also contributed to the “Masters of Horrors” series.
1947 – Dick Pope, cinematographer for “The Reflecting Skin,” “The Illusionist” and “Angelica.”
1940 – Martin Sheen, appeared in “The Final Countdown,” “The Dead Zone,” “Spawn,” “Firestarter [1984],” “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane,” “The Believers,” as well as episodes of “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Outer Limits.”
1937 – Richard Foronjy, actor in “Ghostbusters II,” TV Movie “Shark Kill” and an episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1937 – Steven Berkoff, appeared in “Konga,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cottage,” “Perfect Life,” “Dead Cert,” “Strippers vs. Werewolves,” “Fanged Up,” “Exorcist Vengeance” and more.
1927 – Elliot Silverstein, director for “Nightmare Honeymoon,” “The Car,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1919 – Lilyan MacBride, actress in “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils.”
1902 – David Buttolph, musical director for “The Gorilla.”
1895 – Leslie I. Carey, sound department on Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [1948], Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff [1949], Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man [1951]; The Black Castle [1952], It Came from Outer Space [1953] Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1953], Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954], Tarantula [1955] and many more.
DIED ON AUGUST 3
2025 – Loni Anderson, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Amazing Stories – S1.E9 (1985)” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch – S2.E9 (1997).”
2025 – Nando Angelini, actor in “Bloody Pit of Horror [1965]” and “The Young, the Evil and the Savage [1968].”
2024 – George Schenck, writer for “Superbeast,” “Turkey Shoot,” TV Movies “The Phantom of Hollywood,” “Deathmoon” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
2023 – Carl Davis, composer for “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “I, Monster,’ “What Became of Jack and Jill?,” “Frankenstein Unbound” and 4 episodes of “The Hound of Baskervilles [1992.”
2023 – Mark Margolis, actor in “Pi,” “Christmas Evil,” “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “End of Days,” “Infested,” “Headspace,” “Beneath,” “The Abandoned,” “The Girl Next Door” and more.
2023 – Walter Charles, actor in the TV Movie “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [1982].”
2022 – Mithilesh Chaturvedi, appeared in “Aks” and “Aahat – Episode: Hotel.”
2021 – Jørgen Langhelle, actor in “Whore,” “The Thing [2011],” “Inside the Whore,” “Christmas Blood” and “Valley of Shadows.”
2020 – Billy Goldenberg, composer for the TV Movies “Fear No Evil,” “Ritual of Evil,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The House Possessed” as well as the soundtrack for “Annabelle Comes Home.”
2020 – Isabelle Weingarten, actress in “The Territory.”
2007 – James T. Callahan, appeared on episodes of the TV series’ “Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Invaders,” and appeared in “Return of the Living Dead III.”
1995 – Ida Lupino, appeared in the films “The Devil’s Rain” and “Food of the Gods”.
1988 – Colin Higgins, writer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter [1973].”
1983 – Carolyn Jones, who played Morticia on “The Addams Family” TV show and also appeared in the films “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “House of Wax” and “Eaten Alive”.
1960 – Warren Newcombe, special effects for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941],” “The Mask of Fu Manchu,” “Forbidden Planet” as well as visual effects for “The Picture of Doran Gray [1945]” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
1942 – James Cruze, who played the title role in the 1912 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 3
Piranha [1978]
Rats: Night of Terror [1984]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II [1993]
Rebirth of Mothra [1999] – video premiere
Tale of the Mummy [1999] – Germany [München Fantasy Filmfest]
Cremains [2001]
Bleed [2002] – Saints and Sinners Film Festival
Mortuary [2005] – Germany [München Fantasy Filmfest]
Wind Chill [2007]
Toxic Shark [2017] – TV Movie
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AUGUST 4
BORN ON AUGUST 4
1981 – Abigail Spencer, appeared in “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia,” “Jekyll” and “Campfire Stories.”
1979 – Kavan Reece, actor in “The Haunted Casino,” “Grizzly Park,” “Train [2008],” “The Taker” and an episode of the TV Series “Dante’s Cove.”
1977 – Julius Berg, director of “The Owners [2020].”
1976 – David Lewis, appeared in “Lake Placid,” “Child’s Play [2019],” “Halloween Resurrection,” “The Cleanse,” “Evangeline,” “Beyond Loch Ness,” “Shevenge,” “The Curse of Willow Song” and many more.
1960 – Bernard Rose, director of “Candyman [1992],” “Frankenstein [2015],” “sxtape,” and “Snuff-Movie.”
1960 – Otig Pakis, actor in “Pocong 2,” “Pocong 3,” “Offering,” “The Returning,” “I Know When You Dead: Suicide Village” and the TV Mini Series “Blood Curse.”
1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, appeared in “Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town,” “Hunters Blood” and “Gray Knight”.
1955 – Lori Lethin, actress in “Bloody Birthday,” “The Prey [1983],” “Return to Horror High” and an episode of the tv series “Werewolf.”
1951 – Ty Church, boom operator for “Popcorn,” “Black Magic (TV Movie),” transportation coordinator for “Grizzly Park” and “The Conjuring.”
1947 – Klaus Schulze, Klaus Schulze, composer/soundtrack for “Barracuda,” “Next of Kin,” “Angst ” and “Manhunter.”
1944 – Richard Belzer, appeared in “The Puppet Masters” and “Species II.”
1943 – Georgina Hale, actress in “The Watcher in the Woods,” “Beyond Bedlam,” “Cockneys vs. Zombies” and an episode of the TV Series “Hammer House of Horror.”
1943 – Margaret Lee, actress in “Double Face,” “Venus in Furs,” “Dorian Gray [1970],” “Night of the Blood Monster” and “Asylum Erotica.”
1923 – Tom Hennesy, stuntman and actor who played the “Gillman” on land in “Revenge of the Creature.”
1918 – Noel Willman, actor in “The Reptile,” “The Kiss of the Vampire” and an episode of the TV Series “Target.”
1918 – Yoshifumi Tajima, starred in the films “Rodan,” “Mothra” and “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
DIED ON AUGUST 4
2025 – Terry Reid, music department/guitar/performer in “Frost [2022].”
2025 – Dominique Maurin, actor in the short “Black Moon [2014]” and French Voice Dubbing for “Goliath and the Vampires [1961].”
2025 – Song Young-kyu, actor in the TV Series “Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020).”
2024 – Charles Cyphers, actor in “Assault on Precinct 13 [1976],” “Halloween [1978],” “The Fog [1980],” “Halloween II [1981],” “Grizzly II: Revenge,” “Hunter’s Blood,” “Methodic” and “Halloween Kills” and more.
2024 – Lily Y. Monteverde, producer for “Regal Shocker,” “Shake, Rattle & Roll 2,” “Multo in the City,” “Vampira,” “White Lady,” “Tarot,” “Third Eye,” “The Debutantes,” “Haunted Forest,” “The Heiress,” “The Doll: Creation” and many more.
2023 – Luis Alarcón, actor in “Chilean Gothic [2000].”
2022 – John Michael Herndon, actor in the shorts “They Watch,” “Lanrete,” “Little Reaper” and “Mother.”
2022 – Adriana Roel, actress in “La loba – aka She-Wolf,” “A Woman Possessed” and “Alucarda.”
2020 – Catherine Daisy Coleman, appeared in “Texas Death Trippin’” and “Texas Death Trippin Ax-Tended Cut.”
2020 – Brent Carver, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Hidden Room [1991],” “The Twilight Zone [1989],” “War of the Worlds [1989]” and the TV Movie “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
2019 – Stuart M. Rosen, voice director for “Gahan Wilson’s Diner.”
1981 – Melvyn Douglas, starred in “The Old Dark House,” “The Vampire Bat” and “Ghost Story”.
1973 – Sam Katzman, producer for “Spooks Run Wild,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Werewolf”.
1973 – Thomas Pratt, editor for “The Walking Dead [1936],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Terror.”
1972 – Sam Katzman, produced “Spooks Run Wild,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea” and “The Werewolf.”
1963 – Tom Keene, appeared in “Red Planet Mars” and “Plan 9 From Outer Space”.
1961 – Maurice Tourneur, director for “While Paris Sleeps,” “Carnival of Sinners,” the shorts “Dr. Goudron’s System” and “Figures de cire.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 4
White Zombie [1932]
Rear Window [1954] – New York City (premiere)
Yog, Monster from Space – aka Space Amoeba [1971] – New York City
Night of Dark Shadows [1971]
Cannibal Apocalypse – aka Cannibals in the Streets [1980] – Italy
Hollow Man [2000]
Psycho Beach Party [2000] – NY & NJ
Sorum [2001]
Evil Eyes [2004]
Red Eye [2005] – Los Angeles [premiere]
Motor Home Massacre [2005]
Mutant Chronicles [2008] – DVD premiere
Zombie Dearest [2009]
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AUGUST 5
BORN ON AUGUST 5
2008 – Hudson Meek, appeared in “Legacies – S4.E13 [2022].”
1991 – Wi Ha-joon, actor in “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum [2018].”
1970 – James Gunn, screenwriter for “Tromeo & Juliet,” “Scooby Doo,” “Scooby Doo 2,” “Thir13teen Ghosts,” “Dawn of the Dead [2004]” and “Slither.”
1965 – Jeff O’Brien, screenwriter for “Ghost in a Teeny Bikini,” “Famine,” “Insecticidal,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches,” “Prey for the Beast,” “Alien Incursion” and “Bad Building.”
1961 – Tawny Kitaen, starred in “Witchboard”.
1951 – John Jarratt, starred in “Wolf Creek 1 & 2,″ “100 Bloody Acres,” “Shiver,” “Rogue,” “Boar,” “Next of Kin” and more.
1950 – Bill Hutton, actor in “The Ghosting [1992].”
1945 – Loni Anderson, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Amazing Stories – S1.E9 (1985)” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch – S2.E9 (1997).”
1941 – Bob Clark, directed “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things,” “Black Christmas” and “Deathdream.”
1936 – John Saxon, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Queen Of Blood,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Blood Beach,” “The Night Caller From Outer Space,” “Black Christmas [1974]” and more.
1935 – Wanda Ventham, actress in “The Blood Beast Terror,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Department S” and “Out of the Unknown.”
1934 – Zakes Mokae, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Slaughter of the Innocents,” “Dust Devil,” “Body Parts,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow” and more.
1931 – Janusz Majewski, director/writer for “Markheim (short),” 3 episodes of “Theatre Macabre” as well as the TV Movies “Boarded Window” and “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether.”
1920 – Selma Diamond, actress in “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
1918 – Tom Drake, appeared in “The Cyclops,” “House of the Black Death” and “The Crackle of Death,” which was a combination of two episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1906 – John Huston, starred in “Tentacles,” “The Visitor” and “The Bermuda Triangle.”
1900 – Sol Murgi, actor in “The Fly [1958],” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” “The Giant Claw,” “The Werewolf,” “The Corpse Vanishes,” “Creature with the Atom Brain,” “Zombies of Mora Tau” and an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1850 – Guy de Maupassant, came up with the story for “Diary of a Madman,” “Black Sabbath,” “Violent Blood Bath” and many more.
DIED ON AUGUST 5
2025 – Stanley McGeagh, actor in “Burke & Hare [1972]” and Play for Today – S3.E3 [1972].”
2024 – John Aprea, actor in “Sweet Kill,” “The Stepford Wives [1975],” “Dark Image [2017]” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Tales from the Darkside.”
2024 – Patti Yasutake, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt – S1. E1 [1989].”
2023 – Arthur Schmidt, editor for “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Jaws 2,” “Death Becomes Her,” “What Lies Beneath” and Tales From the Crypt – Episode: You, Murderer.”
2022 – Michael Lang, soundtrack for “The Devil’s Advocate,” “music department/piano/keyboards for “Audrey Rose,” “The Sentinel,” “Gremlins,” “Arachnophobia,” “Constantine,” Empire of the Ants” and more.
2022 – Clu Gulager, actor in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “The Return of the Living Dead,” “From a Whisper to a Scream,” “Uninvited,” “Puppet Master 5,” “Feast,” “Children of the Corn: Runaway,” “Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein” and more.
2022 – Cherie Gil, actress in “Devil Woman,” “The 13th Chapter,” “Mana” and “Tía Madré.”
2021 – Reg Gorman, art department for “Inn of the Damned” and appeared in “The Pawn.”
2020 – Gésio Amadeu, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1991].”
2019 – Teresa Ha Ping, actress in “Evil Seducers,” “Bloody Parrot,” “Hell Has No Boundary,” “Evil Cat,” “Ghost Lantern,” “House of Invisibles” and many more.
2000 – Alec Guinness, appeared in “Mute Witness.”
2014 – Marilyn Burns, starred in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974],” also appeared in “Sacrament,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D,” “Butcher Boys,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation,” “Eaten Alive” and more.
2000 – Alec Guinness, appeared in “Mute Witness.”
1999 – David Munro, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV series “Out of the Unknown.”
1995 – Clarice Blackburn, who played “Mrs. Johnson” on the daytime nightmare soap opera “Dark Shadows”.
1991 – Oliver Drake, wrote the screenplay for “The Mummy’s Curse.”
1988 – Colin Higgins, writer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter [1973].”
1988 – Ralph Meeker, appeared in “The Night Stalker” and “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1984 – Richard Burton, starred in “The Medusa Touch,” “Doctor Faustus” and “The Exorcist II: The Heretic.”
FILMS RELEASED ON August 5
13 Ghosts [1960] – New York City
Castle of the Living Dead [1964] – Italy
The Beast That Killed Women [1965]
The Murder Mansion [1972] – Italy
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back [1988]
The Blob [1988]
Intensity [1997] – TV Movie
Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later [1998]
Arachnia [2003]
Deep Shock [2003] – TV Movie
Baby Blues [2008]
Shadows Light [2008]
Howl [2015] – Germany – Fantasy Filmfest
Coffin 2 [2017]
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AUGUST 6
BORN ON AUGUST 6
2001 – Ty Simpkins, actor in “Insidious,” “Insidious: Chapter 2,” “Insidious: The Last Key,” “Insidious: The Red Door,” “Hangman” and “Where’s Rose.”
1995 – Amy Forsyth, actress in “Torment,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Hell Fest,” “We Summon the Darkness,” “Stucco – short” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Channel Zero” and “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.”
1982 – Adrianne Curry, appeared in “Tales of Halloween and “Fallen Angels.”
1979 – Megumi Okina, actress in “Night Head,” “Tales of the Unusual,” “St. John’s Wort,” “Ju-on: The Grudge,” “Shutter” and “Howling Village.”
1976 – Melissa George, appeared in “Gothica,” “Bag of Bones,” “Triangle,” “30 Days of Night,” “Turistas,” “The Amityville Horror [2005]” and more.
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, appeared in “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings” and the TV movie “Piranha.”
1974 – Ever Carradine, starred in “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Vera Farmiga, starred in “Bates Motel – TV Series,” “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2,”
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” “Orphan,” “The Nun,” “Annabelle Comes Home” and more.
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, writer/director of “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs” and “The Happening.”
1958 – Takuro Tatsumi, appeared in the film “Godzilla vs. Destroyah.”
1959 – Joyce Sims, soundtrack for “Species.”
1951 – Catherine Hicks, starred in “Child’s Play [1988].”
1949 – Lillian Boutte, actress in “Angel Heart [1987].”
1946 – Peter Simonischek, actor in “Sukkubus” and “Biest.”
1941 – Dianne Crittenden, casting director for “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Monkey Shines” and “Captivity [2007].”
1939 – Grant Page, stunts for “Patrick [1978],” “Death Ship,” “The Island,” “Pandemonium [1987],” “The 13th Floor,” “Primal,” “Patrick: Evil Awakens” and more.
1938 – Paul Bartel, appeared in “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” “Escape From L.A” and more.
1931 – Umbert Lenzi, director for “City of the Walking Dead,” “Make Them Die Slowly,” “Cannibal Ferox,” “Eaten Alive!” “Demoni 3” and more.
1928 – Andy Warol, produced “Blood for Dracula” and “Flesh for Frankenstein.”
1903 – Richard Towers, cinematographer “Doctor X (b&w version)” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1881 – Leo Carrillo, actor in “Horror Island” and “Phantom of the Opera [1943].”
DIED ON AUGUST 6
2024 – Jay Kanter, executive producer for “The Nightcomers [1971]” and “Death Line [1972].”
2023 – David LaFlamme, soundtrack/songwriter for “Wolves at the Door [2016] – White Bird.”
2022 – David Lea, actor in “The Prophecy II,” “The Crow: Salvation,” “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” “April Apocalypse,” “TNTW Project 1” and stunts for “Howling IV: The Freaks.”
2021 – Les Vandyke – aka “Johnny Worth,” soundtrack for “The Death Wheelers aka Psychomania.”
2003 – Larry Taylor, actor in “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Creeping Flesh [1973],” “The Death Wheelers (aka Psychomania),” “The Mangler,” “And Now the Screaming Starts” and more.
2001 – Robert Dunham appeared in “Dagora, the Space Monster,” “The Green Slime” and “Godzilla vs. Megalon”.
1965 – Everett Sloane, appeared in TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller,” “Lights Out” and “Inner Sanctum.”
1964 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke starred “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
1965 – Everett Sloane, appeared in various episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Thriller,” “Lights Out” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1959 – Preston Sturges, contributing writer for “The Invisible Man [1933].”
1938 – Warner Oland, starred in “WereWolf of London,” “The Drums of Jeopardy,” and “Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of ‘The Wolf Man’.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 6
The Brotherhood of Satan [1971]
Watch Me When I Kill [1977] – Italy
A Blade in the Dark [1983]
The Meteor Man [1993]
My Boyfriend’s Back [1993]
The Sixth Sense [1999]
Vampire Whores from Outer Space [2005]
Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film [2009]
Jack the Ripper [2011] – DVD Premiere
D-Railed [2018]
The Night Sitter [2018]
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party [2019]
Maneater [2022]
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AUGUST 7
BORN ON AUGUST 7
1984 – Hannah Landberg, actress in “Rabid Love,” “Blood Reservoir,” “Axeman 2: Overkill,” “Reaptown” and “Axeman at Cutters Creek 1.”
1981 – Randy Wayne, actor in “Grizzly Park,” “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” “Ghost Town [2009],” “Hold Your Breath,” “Paranormal Island,” “Hellraiser: Judgement,” “Clown Fear,” “The Flood,” “Don’t Look at the Demon,” “Model House” and more.
1980 – Matt Copko, appeared in “Werewolf Rising,” “Harvest Moon” and “Devil’s Prey.”
1978 – Alexandre Aja, either wrote, produced, and or directed “Horns,” “Piranha 3D,” “Mirrors”, “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “High Tension”, “47 Meters Down,” “47 Meters Down: Uncaged,” “Crawl [2019]” and more.
1978 – Lincoln Frager, appeared in “Triassic Attack” and “Spiders [2013].”
1978 – Simone Kaye, actress in “Dead of Nite” and “Kick.”
1975 – Charlize Theron, starred in “Children of the Corn III,” “Mighty Joe Young [1998],” “The Astronaut’s Wife” and “Prometheus.”
1967 – Charlotte Lewis, starred in “Embrace of the Vampire.”
1963 – Harold Perrineau, starred in “Constantine – TV Series,” “Z Nation – TV Series,” “Blade – TV Series,” “30 Days of Night: Dark Days,” “28 Weeks Later” and more.
1963 – Ramon Estevez, appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “Alligator II: The Mutation,” “Whispers” and “Sandman.”
1960 – David Duchovny, star of the TV series “The X-Files” and the movies based on the series.
1958 – Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden and starred in “The Incubus” and “Chemical Wedding.” The song “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter” was on the soundtrack for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child.” The video below is for that song and features clips to “City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel.”
1955 – Wayne Knight, appeared in “Jurassic Park,” “Dead Again” and “Basic Instinct.”
1944 – John Glover, appeared in “The Incredible Shrinking Woman” and “Robocop 2.″
1942 – Michele Massimo Tarantini, director/writer for “Women in Fury,” “Massacre in Dinosaur Valley,” assistant director for “The Case of the Bloody Iris” and “Torso.”
1942 – Tobin Bell, plays serial killer “Jigsaw” in the “Saw” films. He also appeared in “Boogeyman 2 & 3,″ “Manson Family Vacation,” “Dark House,” episode of “Creepshow [2019]” and more.
1939 – Anjanette Comer, actress in “Netherworld,” “Dead of Night – TV Movie,” “The Baby,” “Night of 1000 Cats,” “Five Desperate Women – TV Movie” and an episode of “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1932 – Jock Livingston, appeared in the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and an episode of “Night Gallery.”
1904 – 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.”
DIED ON AUGUST 7
2024 – Jack Russell, singer/songwriter for Great White
2024 – Patrice Laffont, actor in “Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994).”
2023 – William Friedkin, director of “The Exorcist,” “The Guardian [1990],” “Bug [2006],” “The Devil and Father Amorth” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
2023 – William Perry, Jr. – aka “DJ Casper,” soundtrack for Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania [2022] – “Cha Cha Slide (Hardino Mix).”
2022 – Roger E. Mosley, actor in the TV Movie “Cruise Into Terror” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “Good vs Evil.”
2021 – Markie Post, actress in the TV Movie “I’ve Been Waiting For You,” episodes of the TV Series “Santa Clarita Diet” and “Scene of the Crime.”
2021 – Dalal Abdulaziz, actress in “Basamat fawk al maa – aka Prints on the Sea.”
2021 – Bradley James Allan, stuntman for “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [2010],” “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “Sinister 2” and assistant director for “Wolves.”
2021 – Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas, soundtrack for “Us” and “Scream Queens – Episode: Handidates.”
2021 – Jane Withers, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Munsters.”
2020 – Nando Angelini, actor in “Bloody Pit of Horror” and “The Seventh Grave.”
2020 – Mahchehreh Khalili, appeared in “Sayeh Vahshat.”
2020 – Viktor Glukhov, producer for “Progulka po eshafotu.”
2018 – Richard H. Kline, cinematographer for “King Kong [1976],” “The Fury,” “The Terminal Man” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
2012 – Fritzi Jane Courtney, actress in “Jaws 2” and “Jaws: The Revenge.”
2004 – Thomas Tuttle, makeup artist for the TV Movies “Moon of the Wolf” and “Bad Ronald.”
1999 – Brion James, starred in the film “The Horror Show”.
1994 – Robert Hutton, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt,” “Trog” and “Cry of the Banshee”.
1992 – John Anderson, appeared in “Psycho [1960],” “The Satan Bug,” “Thriller – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” and many more.
1985 – Grayson Hall, starred as “Dr. Julia Hoffman” in “Dark Shadows,” and appeared in the TV movie “Gargoyles.”
1972 – Joi Lansing, actress in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House” and “Bigfoot.”
1960 – Ivan Thomas, assistant director/appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 7
A-Haunting We Will Go [1942]
Invisible Agent [1942]
Dementia 13 [1963]
Student Bodies [1981]
Raising Cain [1992]
12 Days of Terror [2004] – TV Movie
Beneath [2007]
Harbinger Down [2015]
Pledges [2018] – Digital & DVD Premiere
The Exorcism of Karen Walker [2018]
Haunt [2019] – Popcorn Frights Film Festival
Ice Cream Man [2026]
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AUGUST 8
BORN ON AUGUST 8
1981 – Meagan Good, appeared in “Venom,” “The Unborn,” “One Missed Call,” “The Intruder,” and “Saw V.”
1958 – Harry Crosby, played “Bill” in “Friday the 13th.”
1955 – Branscombe Richmond, actor in “Deathmoon,” “The Hidden,” “The City of Gold,” “The Unhealer,” “Maneater [2022],” 3 episodes of the tv series “Tremors,” stunts for “They Live” and “Innocent Blood.”
1952 – Lon Poff, actor in “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1945 – Guy Bonnet, composer for “Seven Women for Satan [1976].”
1944 – Brooke Bundy, played “Elaine Parker” in “Nightmare on Elm Street” 3 & 4.
1938 – Connie Stevens, starred in “Two on a Guillotine” and an episode of “Tales from the Darkside.”
1937 – Adam Roarke, appeared in “Frogs.”
1934 – Keith Barron, appeared in “Nothing But the Night,” episodes of “Out of the Unknown,” “Thiller,” “The Wide World of Mystery,” “Leap in the Dark” and “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1930 – Nita Talbot, appeared in “Frightmare,” “Puppet Master II” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1930 – Terry Nation, wrote the screenplays for “The House in Nightmare Park,” and “And Soon Darkness.”
1928 – Stanley Mann, writer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Damien: Omen II,” “Theatre of Blood,” producer for “Class of 1999” and “Tam Lin.”
1926 – Richard Anderson, starred in “The Night Strangler.”
1922 – Rory Calhoun, played farmer “Vincent Smith” in “Motel Hell.”
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, producer for “Firestarter [1984],” “Army of Darkness,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Hannibal.”
1915 – Ian McLellan Hunter, writer for “The Amazing Mr. X” and the TV Movie “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
1910 – Sylvia Sidney, actress in “Death at Love House,” “God Told Me To,” “Snowbeast,” “Damien: Omen II,” “Mars Attacks!,” “Beetlejuice,” episodes of “Tales of Tomorrow” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1900 – Robert Siodmak, directed “Son of Dracula,” “Cobra Woman” and “Phantom Lady.”
DIED ON AUGUST 8
2024 – Mitzi McCall, actress in “War of the Satellites,” “Deep Blood,” “Monster In My Pocket: The Big Scream,” “Crimson Peak” as well as episodes of “The Twilight Zone,” “Gravedale High,” “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters” and “The Grim Adventures of Bill & Mandy.”
2024 – Otig Pakis, actor in “Pocong 2,” “Pocong 3,” “Offering,” “The Returning,” “I Know When You Dead: Suicide Village” and the TV Mini Series “Blood Curse.”
2023 – Shelley Smith, actress in “Class Reunion” and the TV Movie “This House Possessed.”
2023 – Johnny Hardwick, actor in “Natural Selection” and the short “The Collegians Are Go!!.”
2022 – Olivia Newton-John, appeared in “Sharkando 5: Global Swarming,” soundtrack for “Ash vs Evil Dead – Episode: Home Again,” “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate” and “Disturbing Behavior.”
2022 – Lamont Dozier, soundtrack for “The Fan ,” “Jack’s Back ,” “Gothika ,” “Cold Prey ,” “Vanishing on 7th Street,” “Climax,” “Annabelle Comes Home,” “Last Night in Soho” and “Carrie.”
2021 – Anupam Shyam, actor in “Raaz: The Mystery Continues.”
2019 – Ernesto Colón Sierra, comic writer and penciler for comics some of which include “Creepy,” “Eerie,” and others.
2019 – Jean-Pierre Mocky, writer for “The Big Scare” and “Litan.”
2013 – Karen Black, appeared in “Ooga Booga,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Children of the Night,” “Invaders from Mars,” “Burnt Offerings,” “Trilogy of Terror” and many more.
2010 – Patricia Neal, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
2010 – Horst Dantz, costume designer for “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1968].”
2004 – Fay Wray, starred in “The Vampire Bat,” “Doctor X,” “Mystery Of The Wax Museum” and the film that made her a star “King Kong [1933].”
2001 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1991 – Gianluca Favilla, actor in “Submission of a Woman.”
1988 – Alan Napier, appeared in “The Mole People,” “The Uninvited” and “The Invisible Man Returns.”
1984 – Richard Deacon film credits included “The Birds,” “Invaders From Mars” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”
1981 – Ermelinda De Felice, actress in “So Sweet… So Preverse,” “Seven Blood-Stained Orchids,” “Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key” and “Torso.”
1965 – Shirley Jackson, who wrote the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” on which the film “The Haunting” was based.
1952 – Lon Poff, actor in “Dante’s Inferno,” “The Man Who Laughs” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1946 – Paul Porcasi, appeared in “Svengali” and “King Kong [1933].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 8
Hold That Ghost [1941]
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster [1959] – Italy
Frankenstein Conquers the World [1965]
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu [1980]
A Cat in the Brain [1990]
Subspecies [1991]
Body Bags [1993] – TV Movie
Komodo [2000] – video premiere
My Wife and My Dead Wife [2007]
Blackspot [2008] – Rhode Island International Film Festival
Apostle of Dracula [2012] – DVD premiere
Patient: 23 [2013] – Wizard World Chicago
Weapons [2025]
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