AUGUST 30
BORN ON AUGUST 30
1987 – Johanna Braddy, appeared in “Hurt,” “The Levenger Tapes,” “The Collection,” “Paranormal Activity 3” and “The Grudge 3.”
1984 – Emily Montague, appeared in “Resolution” and “Fright Night” remake.
1978 – Stacy Fuson, appeared in “Paranormal Island”, “Room 6”, “Dead of Night – TV Series” and “Nightmare Next Door.”
1963 – Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus of the metal band GWAR, appeared in “Digging up the Marrow,” “Hatchet III,” “GWAR: Gor-Gor” and more.
1961 – Ely Pouget, appeared in “Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace,” “Death Machine” and “Dark Shadows – TV Series.”
1956 – Julian Richings, actor in “Urban Legend,” “Mimic,” “Rats,” “Wrong Turn [2003],” “Skinwalkers,” “Dead Silence,” “Saw IV,” “Survival of the Dead,” “The Colony,” “Hellmouth,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Spare Parts,” “Vicious Fun,” “Campton Manor” and many more.
1951 – Timothy Bottoms, appeared in the 1986 remake of “Invaders from Mars” and “Uncle Sam”.
1949 – Brian Yuzna, writer/producer/director of “Re-Animator,” “Society,” “Bride of Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “Necronomicon: Book of Dead,” “Beyond Re-Animator,” “The Dentist,” “Dagon,” “Return of the Living Dead III” and more.
1944 – Lorraine Fennell, additional crew for “Persecution,” “Legend of the Werewolf,” “The Ghoul [1975],” “Sleepy Hollow” and 12 episodes of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt.”
1936 – Stanley McGeagh, actor in “Burke & Hare [1972]” and Play for Today – S3.E3 [1972].”
1928 – Bill Daily, appeared in the film “Alligator II: The Mutation.”
1925 – Frank Ray Perilli, screenwriter for “Alligator,” “Laserblast,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Mansion of the Doomed,” “The Best of Sex and Violence” and “End of the World.”
1797 – Mary Shelley, author of a little novel entitled “Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 30
2022 – Ty Church, boom operator for “Popcorn,” “Black Magic (TV Movie),” transportation coordinator for “Grizzly Park” and “The Conjuring.”
2022 – Fauziyya Hassan, actress in “Reyvumun.”
2020 – Don Keeslar, directed “Bog.”
2020 – Jacques Galipeau, appeared in “The Pyx” an episode of the TV Series “The Hunger [1998].”
2019 – Franco Columbu, actor in “The Terminator [1984],” “The Running Man,” an episode of “Tales from the Crypt,” and did stunts for “End of Days.”
2019 – Valerie Harper, appeared in “Don’t Go to Sleep,” “The People Across the Lake” and “Shiver.”
2015 – Joshua Park, actor in “Bog Creatures,” “Blood Relic” and “Fort Doom.”
2015 – Wes Craven, writer/producer/director gave us such films as “The Last House on the Left [1972],” “The Hills Have Eyes [1977],” “Deadly Blessing,” “Swamp Thing [1982],” “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “New Nightmare,” “Deadly Friend,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Shocker”, “The People Under the Stairs”, “Vampire in Brooklyn”, “Scream 1, 2, 3, 4”, “Cursed” and appeared in “Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film” and many more.
2006 – Glenn Ford, appeared in “Happy Birthday to Me,” “The Visitor” and “Virus.”
2003 – Charles Bronson, played “Igor” in the 1953 version of “House of Wax.”
2003 – Reg Thomason, appeared in “The Crawling Eye,” “Berserk,” “The Oblong Box,” “Horror House,” “Trog,” “Fragment of Fear,” “I, Monster,” “Dracula A.D.,” “The Creeping Flesh,” “Madhouse,” “Sharon’s Baby,” Queen Kong,” “Dr. and Mr. Hyde [1973],” “The Shining” and more.
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, directed “Eye of the Devil” and the 1961 version of “Cape Fear.”
1985 – Tom Howard, visual/special effects for “The Haunting [1963],” “Children of the Damned,” “The Gamma People,” “Village of the Damned,” “Gorgo” and “The Legend of Hell House.”
1942 – John Willard, writer for “The Cat and the Canary,” “The Cat Creeps” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 30
The Last House on the Left [1972]
Deathdream aka Dead of Night [1974]
Relentless [1989]
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time [1991]
Child’s Play 3 [1991]
The Crow: City of Angels [1996]
Fallen Angels [2002]
FearDotCom [2002]
Hood of The Living Dead [2005]
Uchuujin from Outer Space [2007]
Mutants [2008]
Dread [2009] – UK Film4 FrightFest
Night of the Demons [2009] – UK Film4 FrightFest
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) [2009] – London FrightFest
Most Likely to Die [2015] – UK Film4 FrightFest
Itsy Bitsy [2019]
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AUGUST 31
BORN ON AUGUST 31
1986 – Johnny Wactor, actor in “Trapper’s Edge,” “Dead Talk Tales: Volume 1,” shorts “Mr. and Mrs. Kill,” “F***, Mary, Kill,” “The Relic [2020]” as well the TV Series “Siberia” and “The Passenger [2020].”
1983 – Jelynn Sophia, actress in “Grizzly Park” and the short “Tooth List.”
1982 – Clayton Boyd, appeared in “Hell Trip” and “Last Sacrament.”
1976 – Shar Jackson, appeared in “The House That Jack Built” and “Blood Effects.”
1974 – Zach Ward, appeared in “Freddy vs. Jason,” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” “Dark House [2014],” “Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys,” “The Devil’s Tomb,” “Restoration,” “Z Nation – TV Series,” “American Horror Story” and more.
1970 – Debbie Gibson, appeared in “Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark,” “Mega Python vs. Gatoroid,” “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus,” “Soulkeeper” and “Ghostbusters [1984].”
1965 – Daniel Bernhardt, starred in “Children of Wax.”
1949 – Richard Gere, starred in “Primal Fear” and “The Mothman Prophecies.”
1942 – Carole Wells, appeared in “The House of the Seven Corpses.”
1941 – Thomas L. Miller, produced the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter.”
1939 – Jerry Allison, soundtrack for “Terror Squad” and the TV Movie “Hollyweird.”
1937 – Warren Berlinger, starred in the 1941 version of “The Wolf Man.”
1932 – Roy Castle, appeared in “Legend of the Werewolf” and “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors.”
1930 – Charles Kay, actor in episodes of the TV Series “Supernatural,” “Play for Today” and the podcast “Haunted: Tales of the Supernatural.”
1928 – James Coburn starred in “Looker” and hosted the short-lived TV anthology “Dark Room.”
1920 – David Lowell Rich, director for “Eye of the Cat,” “Satan’s School for Girls,” “The Horror at 37,000 Feet,” episodes of the TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1914 – Richard Basehart, appeared in “Mansion of the Doomed,” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1977].”
1911 – Robert E. Kent, writer for “Gildersleeve’s Ghost,” “Zombies on Broadway,” “The Werewolf [1956],” “Tower of London,” “Diary of a Madman.” “Twice-Told Tales” producer for “It! Ther Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” “Curse of the Faceless Man” and more.
1908 – Edward Colmans, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue [1954],” “Curse of the Undead,” “Diary or a Madman,” as well as episodes of “Matinee Theatre,” “Target,” “The Outer Limits” and “Night Gallery.”
1897 – Fredric March who played the title role in the 1932 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ and played “Death” in “Death Takes a Holiday.
DIED ON AUGUST 31
2025 – Obi Ndefo, actor in “Vampires in Venice [2013]” and “Angel – S1.E2.”
2025 – José Manuel Poncelis, actor in “Aztech,” “Disappear Completely” and “The Envoys – S1.E8.”
2023 – Gayle Hunnicutt, actress in “Eye of the Cat,” “Fragment of Fear,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Voices,” “The Spiral Staircase,” episodes of “Thriller,” “Tales of the Unexpected” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
2023 – Aparna Nair, actress in “British Bungalow [2019].”
2021 – Theresa Plummer-Andrews, producer for the TV Series “Zombie Hotel.”
2021 – Mahal, actress in 2 episodes of “#ParangNormal Activity.”
2020 – Bent Vejlby, appeared in “Reptilicus.”
2020 – Cloyd Robinson, directed “Bloody Mary, The Movie” appeared in “Goods” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
2020 – Haldun Boysan, appeared in the TV Movie “Uninvited” and “Mihrez: Cin Padisah.”
2020 – Norman Spencer, appeared in “Trilogy of Terror II” and an episode of “Forever Knight [1994].”
2020 – Pietro Mário, actor in “My Sweet Nurse.”
2019 – Michael Lindsay, appeared in “Perfect Blue,” “Serial Experiments Lain,” episode of “Bleach: Burîchi” and the video game “Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.”
2006 – William Aldrich, produced “What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?”.
2000 – Patricia Owens, starred in “Ghost Ship [1952]” and “The Fly [1958].”
1999 – Marguerite Chapman, appeared in “The Amazing Transparent Man.”
1997 – Will Hare, appeared in “Eyes of Fire,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Grim Prairie Tales” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales of the Unexpected.”
1973 – John Ford, director and writer of “The Craving.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 31
Circus of Horrors [1960] – New York City
Lake of Dracula [1973]
Microwave Massacre [1979]
C.H.U.D. [1984]
Night of the Comet [1984] – limited
Terror in the Aisles [1984] – Louisville, KY
Night of the Demons 2 [1994] – USA video premiere
Dark Angel: The Ascent [1994]
Blood Dolls [1999] – USA video premiere
Jeepers Creepers [2001]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus [2003] – USA TV premiere
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack [2003] – USA TV premiere
Realms of Blood [2004]
Halloween [2007]
The Seamstress [2009] – Germany (DVD premiere)
Zombie Women of Satan [2009] – UK
Blood Fest [2018]
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