NOVEMBER 29
BORN ON NOVEMBER 29
1978 – Lauren German, appeared in “The Divide,” “Hostel: Part II,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003]” and “Dead Above Ground.”
1976 – Anna Faris, starred as “Cindy” in the “Scary Movie” as well as appearing in “May” and “Lovers Lane.”
1961 – Kim Delaney, starred in “Metalbeast,” and “Body Parts.”
1961 – Tom Sizemore, actor in “The Relic,” “Dreamcatcher,” “Bottom Feeder,” “Paranormal Movie [2013],” “The Intruders,” “Halloweed,” “Black Wake,” “The Litch,” “Amber Road,” “Hell Girl,” “Impuratus,” “Night of the Tommyknockers” and many more.”
1959 – Frank Wildhorn, composer for the TV Movie “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical [2001].”
1956 – Hinton Battle, appeared in an episode of the TV Series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
1952 – Jeff Fahey, starred in “Psycho III,” “Body Parts” and “The Lawnmower Man,” and also appeared in “Planet Terror” and “Grindhouse.”
1946 – Hugo Koolschijn, actor in the short “Binary [2024].”
1943 – Peter Elbling, appeared in “Once Bitten,” “Phantom of the Paradise” and “Demon Seed.”
1940 – Francis Zambon – aka “Mark James,” soundtrack writer for “Army of the Dead” and “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”
1939 – Concha Velasco, actress in “Malasaña 32 (2020).”
1938 – Romano Scandariato, assistant director for “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer,” “Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade” and “Zombie Holocaust.”
1935 – Diane Ladd, actress in “The Devil’s Daughter,” “Embryo,” “Carnosaur,” “Mother [1995],” “Grave Secrets” episodes of “Kingdom Hospital” and “Deadtime Stories.”
1918 – 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.
1916 – Fran Ryan, actress in “Eyes of Fire,” “Nick Knight – TV Movie,” “Lucky Stiff,” “Scream, Evelyn, Scream” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1915 – James Nolan, actor in “The Brute Man,” “The Toolbox Murders” and the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”
1910 – Fumiko Honma, starred in “Varan, the Unbelievable” and “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 29
2023 – Laura Montalvo, actress in “Satanico Pandemonium [1975].”
2022 – Brad William Henke, actor in “Love Object,” “The Zodiac,” “Altered,” “Split,” “Wounds” and the TV Series “The Stand.”
2022 – Derek Granger, produced the TV Movies “Haunted: The Ferryman” and “Haunted: Poor Girl.”
2021 – David Gulpilil, actor in “Dark Age” and the TV Series “Cargo.”
2021 – Tommy Lane, actor in “Ganja & Hess” and “Island Claws.”
2019 – Makio Inoue, starred in “Akumaizâ surî.”
2004 – John Drew Barrymore, appeared in the films “The Clones” and “War of the Zombies.”
2004 – Jack De Shields, production designer for “Pandemonium” and art director for the TV Movie “This House Possessed.”
2003 – Norman Burton, appeared in “Deep Space,” “Hand of Death,” “Mausoleum,” “Fade to Black,” “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud,” “The Terminal Man,” “Simon, King of the Witches,” and many more.
1993 – George Fowler, producer for “Doctor Blood’s Coffin,” “The Snake Woman,” production manager for “The Brain,” “The Day of the Triffids,” “Die! Die! My Darling!,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “The Reptile,” “The Legend of Spider Forest” and “Virgin Witch.”
1992 – Robert Shayne, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” “Teenage Caveman” and “The Giant Claw.”
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, starred in “The Wolf Man,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1986 – Cary Grant, starred in “North by Northwest,” “Notorious,” “Suspicion,” “Arsenic and Old Lace” and more.
1981 – Natalie Wood, starred in the films “Brainstorm” and “Meteor.”
1981 – Sally Nicholl, casting director for “The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again,” “Frenzy,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “The Mutations” and assistant producer for the TV Movie “Frankenstein: The True Story.”
1976 – Godfrey Cambridge, starred in “Beware the Blob.”
1965 – Lu Juergens, appeared in “The Hound of Baskerville – Part 6: The House Without Windows.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 29
The Black Sheep [1956]
The Tomb of Ligeia [1964] – London
The Man and the Beast [1973]
Someone’s Watching Me! [1978] – TV Movie
Transmutations aka Underworld [1985] – London
Head of the Family [1996] – video premiere
Godzilla: Final Wars [2004] – Hollywood
The Mangler Reborn [2005]
Nightmare Cinema [2018] – NYC Horror Film Festival
The Man in the Trunk [2019]
************* ********************* *****************
NOVEMBER 30
BORN ON NOVEMBER 30
1985 – Kaley Cuoco, actress in “The Hollow,” “The Nightmare Room – TV Series,” “Killer Movie” and “Killer Movie: Director’s Cut.”
1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, starred in “House of Wax [2005],” “Captivity” and the TV Series “Are You Afraid of the Dark.”
1979 – David Howard Thornton, starred in “Terrifier,” “Terrifier 2,” “Terrifier 3,” “The Mean One,” “Stream” and “The Dark Offerings.”
1978 – Robert Kirkman, one of the creators of “The Walking Dead” comics which the series is based on, also created “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series” and “Outcast – TV Series.”
1976 – Peter Sullivan, producer/writer for “The Sandman,” “The Crooked Man,” “Finders Keepers,” “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” “Killer Mountain,” “Cucuy: The Boogeyman” and more.
1959 – Cherie Currie, actress in “Parasite,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft” and “Spirit Riser.”
1952 – Henry Selick, stop-motion animator and director of “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
1952 – Mandy Patinkin, appeared in “Alien Nation”.
1951 – June Chadwick, actress in “Forbidden World,” “The Last Horror Film,” “The Comeback,” “The Head Hunter,” “The Evil Below,” “Return of the Family Man” and “Distortions.”
1948 – Stan Rogow, executive producer for the TV Mini-Series “Valemont (2009)” and “Woke Up Dead (2009).”
1939 – M. Mani, producer for “Dhrona 2010 (2010).”
1937 – Eduard Artemyev, composer for the TV Movie “Burial of the Rats.”
1937 – Ridley Scott, producer/director whose film credits include “Prometheus,” “Alien,” “Alien: Covenant,” “Blade Runner,” “Hannibal’ and the TV remake of “The Andromeda Strain” and many more.
1933 – Warren Munson, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” “Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes,” “Ed and His Dead Mother,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “Raging Angels.”
1928 – Rex Reason, starred in “The Creature Walks Among Us” and “This Island Earth.”
1927 – Richard Crenna, starred in the films “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell” and “The Evil.”
1927 – Robert Guillaume, starred in “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”
1916 – Michael Gywnn, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Revenge,” “Scars of Dracula” and the original “Village of the Damned.”
1911 – Harry Andrews, appeared in “Theater of Blood.”
1911 – Joseph E. Kenney, assistant director for “Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff,” “It Came from Outer Space,” “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “The Monolith Monsters” and “The Leech Woman.”
DIED ON NOVEMBER 30
2024 – Steve Alaimo, actor in “Stanley [1972].”
2022 – Christine McVie – Member of Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack for “iZombie – Episode: Twenty-Sided, Die – song (Don’t Stop}.”
2021 – Marie-Claire Blais, screenwriter for “The Beautiful Beast.”
2020 – Betty Bobbitt, actress in Salem’s Lot [2004].”
2020 – Anne Sylvestre, appeared in “Swamp!”
2019 – María Concepción Hidalgo, appeared in “The Monk,” and “Mistress of Suspense – Episode: The Cat Brought It In.”
2013 – Paul Walker, appeared in “Joy Ride” and “Monster in the Closet.”
2009 – Jacinto Molina Alvarez, a.k.a. the great Paul Naschy, appeared in “Nights of the Werewolf” “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “The Werewolf vs the Vampire Women,” “Doctor Jekyll & The Werewolf” and “Tomb of the Werewolf.”
2006 – Jackie Blaisdell, worked on the films “Earth vs the Spider” and Attack of the Puppet People.”
2005 – Herbert L. Strock, directed “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “How to Make a Monster” to name a few.
2003 – Earl Bellamy, directed episodes of “The Munsters,” and the film “Munsters, Go Home!”
1981 – Robert H. Harris, appeared in “How to Make a Monster,” TV Movie “How Awful About Allen,” episodes of TV Series “Suspense,” “Tales of Tomorrow,” “Inner Sanctum,” “Thriller” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1979 – Allen Vincent, screenwriter for “The Face Behind the Mask” and appeared in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
1973 – 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.”
1957 – Fred F. Sears, directed “The Giant Claw,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “The Werewolf.”
FILMS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 30
The Man Who Could Cheat Death [1959] – UK
The Undertaker and His Pals [1966]
Misery [1990]
Blood Riders: The Devil Rides with Us [2013] – Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (premiere)
Sick: Survive the Night [2012] – Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival
Plague [2014] – Melbourne Monster Fest
************* ********************* *****************