SOURCE: thehorrortimes.com
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” and more.
1988 – Sasha Jackson, appeared in “China Bigfoot: Legend of the Yeren” and “Night Junkies.”
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.”
1964 – Melanie Shatner, appeared in “Syngenor,” “Cthulhu Mansion,” “Bloodstone: Subspecies II” and “Bloodlust: Subspecies III.”
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.
1896 – Erle C. Kenton, director of “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Island of Lost Souls”
DIED ON AUGUST 1
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].”
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.”
1980 – Strother Martin appeared in “Sssssss,” “The Brotherhood of Satan” and “Nightwing”.
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
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]
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AUGUST 2
BORN ON AUGUST 2
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.”
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.
1932 – Peter O’Toole, appeared in “Creator” and “Phantoms.”
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.”
DIED ON AUGUST 2
2019 – Roberto Bodegas, writer for “Leonor [1975].”
1995 – Al Adamson, Writer/Actor/Producer for “Brain of Blood,” “Horror of the Blood Monsters” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”
1976 – Fritz Lang, directed “Metropolis”.
1975 – Jean Yarbrough, directed “The Devil Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “The She-Wolf of London”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 2
The Eyes of Laura Mars [1978]
Contamination [1980] – Italy
Fright Night [1985]
Phenomena [1985]
Weird Science [1985]
Body Parts [1991]
Hollow Man [2000] – Los Angeles – premiere
The Others [2001] – USA – premiere
Signs [2002]
The Machine Girl [2008] – Japan
Quarantine 2: Terminal [2011] – USA limited
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda [2014]
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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.”
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.
1959 – John C. McGinley, has appeared in “Stan Against Evil – TV Series,” “The Belko Experiment,” “The Nightmare Room,” “Se7en” and more.
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.
1940 – Martin Sheen, appeared in “The Final Countdown,” “The Dead Zone,” “Spawn,” “Firestarter,” “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane,” “The Believers,” as well as episodes of “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Outer Limits.”
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
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”.
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]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II [1993]
Rebirth of Mothra [1999] – video premiere
Tale of the Mummy [1999] – Germany [München Fantasy Filmfest]
Cremains [2001]
Mortuary [2005] – Germany [München Fantasy Filmfest]
Wind Chill [2007]
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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.”
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.”
1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, appeared in “Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town,” “Hunters Blood” and “Gray Knight”.
1944 – Richard Belzer, appeared in “The Puppet Masters” and “Species II.”
1923 – Tom Hennesy, stuntman and actor who played the “Gillman” on land in “Revenge of the Creature.”
1918 – Yoshifumi Tajima, starred in the films “Rodan,” “Mothra” and “King Kong vs. Godzilla.”
DIED ON AUGUST 4
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.”
1963 – Tom Keene, appeared in “Red Planet Mars” and “Plan 9 From Outer Space”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 4
White Zombie [1932]
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
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.
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.
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.”
DIED ON AUGUST 5
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.
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.”
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 – 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]
The Beast That Killed Women [1965]
The Murder Mansion [1972] – Italy
Intensity [1997] – TV Movie
The Blob [1988]
Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later [1998]
Arachnia [2003]
Baby Blues [2008]
Shadows Light [2008]
Howl [2015] – Germany – Fantasy Filmfest
Coffin 2 [2017]
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AUGUST 6
BORN ON AUGUST 6
1982 – Adrianne Curry, appeared in “Tales of Halloween and “Fallen Angels.”
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.”
1951 – Catherine Hicks, starred in “Child’s Play [1988].”
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.”
DIED ON AUGUST 6
2001 – Robert Dunham appeared in “Dagora, the Space Monster,” “The Green Slime” and “Godzilla vs. Megalon”.
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.”
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]
D-Railed [2018]
The Night Sitter [2018]
Slaughterhouse Slumber Party [2019]
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AUGUST 7
BORN ON AUGUST 7
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.
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 – 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.
DIED ON AUGUST 7
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.”
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.”
FILMS RELEASED ON August 7
A-Haunting We Will Go [1942]
Invisible Agent [1942]
Student Bodies [1981]
Raising Cain [1992]
Beneath [2007]
Harbinger Down [2015]
Haunt [2019] – Popcorn Frights Film Festival
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.”
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”
1930 – Nita Talbot, appeared in “Frightmare,” “Puppet Master II” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1926 – Richard Anderson, starred in “The Night Strangler.”
1922 – Rory Calhoun, played farmer “Vincent Smith” in “Motel Hell.”
1919 – Producer Dino De Laurentiis, whose films include “Army of Darkness,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Hannibal.”
1900 – Robert Siodmak, directed “Son of Dracula,” “Cobra Woman” and “Phantom Lady.”
DIED ON AUGUST 8
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.
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.”
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.”
1965 – Shirley Jackson, who wrote the novel “The Haunting of Hill House” on which the film “The Haunting” was based.
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)
Komodo (2000) – video premiere
My Wife and My Dead Wife (2007)
Blackspot (2008) – Rhode Island International Film Festival
Apostle of Dracula [2012]
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AUGUST 9
BORN ON AUGUST 9
1990 – Bill Skarsgård, starred in “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “It [2017]” “It Chapter Two,” “Villains” and “Castle Rock – TV Series.”
1990 – Adelaide Kane, appeared in Blood Punch (2014), “Teen Wolf (TV Series),” “The Devil’s Hand,” “The Purge“ and “Donner Pass.”
1985 – Anna Kendrick, “Life After Beth,” and an episode of “Fear Itself.”
1982 – Kate Siegel, appeared in “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Hush,” “Demon Legacy,” “Oculus,” “The Curse of the Black Dahlia,” episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.
1976 – Rhona Mitra, appeared in “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “Doomsday,” “The Number 23,″ “Skinwalkers,” “Hollow Man” and episodes of “The Strain.”
1968 – Gillian Anderson, starred in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The X Files” feature film, and “The X Files: I Want to Believe” as well as episodes of “Hannibal.”
1963 – Paul Bunnell, writer/director of “That Little Monster,” “Terrifying Tales” and “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.”
1959 – Amanda Bearse, starred in “Fright Night [1985]” and the TV movie “Here Comes The Munsters.”
1959 – Robert Jacks, appeared in Scary Movie [1991], he also appeared in, was the composer and soundtrack for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.”
1959 – Ted Prior, appeared in “Killer Workout,” “Sledgehammer,” “Surf Nazis Must Die,” “Possessed by the Night,” “The Last House,” “Night Claws,” “Mutant Species” and “Breath of Hate.”
1957 – Melanie Griffith, starred in “Body Double.”
1944 – Sam Elliot, starred in “Frogs,” “The Legacy” and “Ghost Rider.”
1927 – Robert Shaw, starred in “Jaws” and “A Reflection of Fear.”
1934 – Dick Anthony Williams, appeared in “Grizzly II: The Revenge.”
1918 – Robert Aldrich, directed “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.”
1906 – Robert Surtees, cinematographer in “The Other [1972].”
1903 – Tom Tyler, played “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand”.
DIED ON AUGUST 9
2020 – Martin Birch, music producer & sound engineer for Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fleetwood Mac, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, and Iron Maiden.
2020 – Rolf Göran Forsmark, appeared in “En Drink med Dracula” and an episode of “Chock.”
2020 – Duane Tatro, composer/stock music for the 1972 TV Movie “When Michael Calls.”
2007 – Matthew McGrory, appeared in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” and “The Dead Hate The Living.”
2003 – Gregory Hines, starred in “Eve of Destruction” and “Wolfen.”
1969 – Sharon Tate, starred in “The Fearless Vampire Killers,” and “Eye of the Devil.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 9
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
The Bat (1959)
A Taste of Blood (1967)
Majin – aka Daimajin (1968)
Anthropophagus (1980)
The Abyss (1989)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Vampire Assassin (2005)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark [2019]
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AUGUST 10
BORN ON AUGUST 10
1990 – Lucas Till, starred in “Wolves,” “Crush,” “The Disappointments Room,” “Kristy,” “The Curse of Downers Grove” and more.
1971 – Justin Theroux, starred in “False Positive.”
1965 – Claudia Christian, appeared in “The Haunting of Hell House,” “Mom (1991),” “Hexed,” “Maniac Cop 2,” “The Hidden” and the TV movie “Strays.”
1965 – Eric Thal, starred in “The Puppet Masters” and “The Shaft.”
1964 – Beverly Randolph, will forever be known for playing “Tina” in “The Return of the Living Dead.”
1960 – Antonio Banderas, starred in “Interview with a Vampire” and “The Skin I Live In.“
1959 – Rosanna Arquette, appeared in “The Divide,” “Black Rainbow,” “The Dark Secret of Harvest Home” and “Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy.”
1939 – Kate O’Mara, appeared in the Hammer films “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “The Vampire Lovers” and “Night Creatures.”
1918 – Martin Benson, appeared in “Gorgo,” “The Cosmic Monsters” and “The Omen”.
1914 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “The Boston Strangler,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in a Cage,” “The Lottery,” “Something Evil,” and episodes of “Night Gallery,” and others.
1913 – Noah Beery Jr. appeared in “The Cat Creeps.”
1912 – Wilbur Stark, executive producer for “The Thing [1982]” and “Vampire Circus.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, who portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original version of “Frankenstein.”
1908 – Alexander D’Arcy, appeared in “Horrors of Spider Island” and “Blood of Dracula’s Castle.”
1902 – Curt Siodmak, created the legend of the “Wolf Man.” His screenplays include “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Son of Dracula,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” & “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.” He also directed “Bride of the Gorilla” and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon.”
DIED ON AUGUST 10
2020 – Raymond Gilmore Allen, actor in “Fight That Ghost.”
2019 – Freda Dowie, appeared in “The Omen (1976),” “The Monk,” and “Fragile.”
2019 – Piero Tosi, worked in the costume department for “Spirits of the Dead.”
2012 –Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special makeup effects legend on “Silver Bullet,” “Alien,” “King Kong (1976),” “Deep Red” and many more.
2008 – Isaac Hayes appeared in “Return to Sleepaway Camp,” “Uncle Sam,” “Soul Survivors,” “Escape from New York” and more.
1979 – Dick Foran appeared in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Mummy’s Tomb”
1976 – Ray “Crash” Corrigan, appeared in “The Ape,” “It, the Terror from Beyond Space” and “The Zombies of Mora Tau”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 10
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
Dinosaurus! (1960)
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) – New York City
Prophecy (1979) – North Dakota
Flatliners (1990)
King Cobra (1999) – video premiere
The Others (2001)
Session 9 (2001) – limited
Blade of Death (2004)
Skinwalkers (2006)
Fraid (2009)
Along Came the Devil [2018]
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AUGUST 11
BORN ON AUGUST 11
1983 – Chris Hemsworth, starred in “The Cabin in the Woods.”
1965 – Embeth Davidtz, appeared in “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Fallen,” “Army of Darkness” and “Mutator.”
1947 – Stuart Gordon, directed “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “Dolls,” “Castle Freak” and “Dagon” just to name a few.
1937 – Anna Massey, appeared in “Peeping Tom,” “Frenzy” and “The Vault of Horror.”
1905 – Georges Rigaud, appeared in “Eye of the Devil,” “Santo vs. Dr. Death” and “Horror Express.”
DIED ON AUGUST 11
2020 – George Christy, appeared in “Outbreak,” Se7en” and “Predator 2.”
2019 – Barbara March, actress in the TV Movie “Blood Ties.”
2014 – Robin Williams, acclaimed comedian and actor starred in “Insomnia” and “One Hour Photo”.
1994 – Peter Cushing, thrilled us in “The Mummy (1959),” “The Hound of Baskervilles (1959),” “House of Long Shadows,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” “Horror of Dracula,” “Horror Express,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “Island of Terror,” “The House That Dripped Blood,” and many more.
1988 – Anne Ramsey, appeared in “Deadly Friend,” “Class Reunion,” “Meet the Hollowheads,” and “Doctor Hackenstein.”
1975 – Howard Wendell, appeared in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake”.
1973 – Peggie Castle appeared in “Beginning of the End” and “Back from the Dead”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 11
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) – Japan
Attack of the Mushroom People – aka Matango (1963)
Dogora The Space Monster (1964)
Beast of Morocco (1968)
City of the Living Dead (1980) – Italy
A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Pulse (2006)
Splatter Disco (2007)
Vampire Black: Trail of the Dead (2008)
The Last Resort (2009) – DVD premiere
Artik (2019)
Infection (2019)
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AUGUST 12
BORN ON AUGUST 12
1987 – Joshua Sohn, composer for “Grizzly II: The Revenge” and “The Attic.”
1986 – Elise Avellan, appeared in “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof.”
1985 – Jade Tailor, appeared in “Cam2Cam,” “True Blood – TV Series,” “Dark Reel,” “Crimson” and “You’re So Dead.”
1981 – Natalie Mendoza, starred in “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Blood Drive – TV Series” and “Surviving Evil.”
1976 – Wednesday 13, appeared in “Bite School” and “Killer Waves 2.”
1972 – Rebecca Gayheart, appeared in “Urban Legend,” “Scream 2,” “From Dusk Till Dawn 3,” “Santa’s Slay” and the Showtime series “Dead Like Me.”
1956 – Bruce Greenwood, appeared in “Disturbing Behavior,” “Gerald’s Game,” “Below” and “Doctor Sleep.”
1954 – Sam J. Jones, appeared in “Revamped.”
1950 – Jim Beaver, starred in several TV Series “Supernatural,” “Crimson Peak”, “Tremors,” “The X-Files” and much more.
1939 – George Hamilton, starred in “Love At First Bite,” “The Power” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1931 – William Goldman who wrote the screenplays for “The Stepford Wives,” “Magic,” “Dreamcatcher,” and “Misery.”
1928 – Dan Curtis, produced the original and 1990 versions of the TV series “Dark Shadows” and films “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and “Trilogy of Terror.”
1898 – Oskar Homolka, appeared in “The Invisible Woman,” “Mr. Sardonicus” and the 1968 TV version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
1893 – Howard Smith, appeared in “I Bury the Living.”
1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, screenwriter for “The Bat [1959],” “The Unknown [1927]” and “The Bat Whispers.”
DIED ON AUGUST 12
2020 – Mónica Luiza Miguel, actor in “Hot Snake.”
2014 – Lauren Bacall, appeared in “The Fan” and “Presence of Mind.”
2007 – Aida Young, produced many Hammer films including “Hands of the Ripper”, “Scars of Dracula”, “Taste the Blood of Dracula”, “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave”, “One Million Years B.C.” and more.
2004 – Peter Woodthorpe, appeared in “The Skull,” “The Evil of Frankenstein” and the TV Movie “The Tale of Sweeney Todd.”
2000 – Loretta Young, appeared in “Seven Footprints to Satan.”
1999 – Ross Eliot, appeared in “Tarantula,” “Monster on Campus” and “The Indestructible Man.”
1982 – Henry Fonda, starred in “The Swarm,” and “Tentacles.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 12
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941) – New York City
Back From the Dead (1957)
The Unknown Terror (1957)
Black Sunday (1960) – Italy
The Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
Suspiria (1977)
Funeral Home (1980)
Cujo (1983)
Mindwarp (1992) – video premiere
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Final Destination 5 (2011)
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AUGUST 13
BORN ON AUGUST 13
1983 – Sebastian Stan, appeared in “The Covenant” and “The Apparition.”
1972 – Crystal Allen, appeared in “Ghost Storm,” “Anacondas: Trail of Blood” and “Anaconda III.”
1920 – Neville Brand, appeared in “The Psychic Killer,” “Eaten Alive” and the TV movie “Killdozer.”
1909 – John Beal, appeared in “The Vampire,” “Amityville 3D” and the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
1899 –Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Great Master of Suspense, directed such films as “Psycho,” “The Birds,” “Frenzy,” “North By Northwest,” “Vertigo,” “Rope,” “Strangers on a Train” and many more.
DIED ON AUGUST 13
2019 – Lily Leung Shun-Yin, appeared in “Fatal Obsession.”
1999 – Charles Macaulay appeared in “The House of Seven Corpses,” “The Twilight People” and “Blacula”.
1986 – Helen Mack, appeared in “Son of Kong”.
1984 – Alberto Lupo, appeared in “The Atom Age Vampire”.
1946 – H.G. Wells, author of such classic novels as “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Shape of Things to Come,” “The Time Machine,” “The War of the Worlds,” “The Food of the Gods,” “Empire of the Ants,” all of which have been adapted into films, some of them multiple times.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 13
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) – New York City premiere
Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
Futureworld (1976)
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Braindead aka Dead Alive (1992) – New Zealand
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Terror Toons (2002)
Alien vs Predator (2004)
Gozu (2004) – Los Angeles
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AUGUST 14
BORN ON AUGUST 14
1983 – Mila Kunis, starred in “American Psycho II: All American Girl,” “Piranha [1995]” and “Milo.”
1968 – Ben Bass, appeared in “Night Visions – TV Series,” “The Hunger – TV Series,” “Bride of Chucky” and “Forever Knight – TV Series.”
1966 – Halle Berry, starred in “Gothika,” “The Call” and “Dark Tide.”
1959 – Stephen Sachs, stuntman for “The Dorm That Dripped Blood.”
1957 – Tony Moran, portrayed “Michael Myers” in “Halloween [1976]” and was also in “Death House,” “Clown Motel: Spirits Arise” and more.
1950 – Jim Wynorski, director of “Chopping Mall,” “The Return of Swamp Thing,” “Transylvania Twist,” “976-Evil II,” “Dinosaur Island,” “Vampirella,” “The Bare Wench Project” and many more.
1946 – Antonio Fargas, appeared in the “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV Series and the films “Firestarter” and “Howling VI.”
1926 – Alice Ghostley, appeared in “Blue Sunshine”, and played ‘Granny” in “Addams Family Reunion”.
1924 – Eduardo Fajardo, appeared in “Nightmare City,” “Lisa and the Devil,” “The House of Exorcism,” “Evil Eye,” “Cross of the Devil,” “La Llorona [1960],” “Oasis of the Zombies” and “The Murder Mansion.”
1920 – Nehemiah Persoff, appeared in “The Power,” “The Psychic Killer” and in the 1973 TV movie “Dracula.”
1901 – George Worthing Yates, screenwriter for “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “Them!”
DIED ON AUGUST 14
2020 – Ash Christian, producer for “Stranger in the House,” “Show Yourself” and “Kindred Spirits.”
2014 – Madeleine Collinson, appeared “Twins of Evil.”
2012 – Ron Palillo, appeared in “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI,” “Hellgate” and “Trees 2: The Root of All Evil.”
1987 – Sydney Bromley, appeared in “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Prehistoric Women” and “An American Werewolf in London”.
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, “The Cat and the Canary [1939],” “The Black Cat [1941]” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge”.
1984 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted” on which the film “The Old Dark House” is based.
1982 – Patrick Magee appeared in “Tales From the Crypt,” “Asylum,” “Dementia 13,″ “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Monster Club” and “A Clockwork Orange”.
1972 – Eddie Carmel, starred in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”.
1970 – Steve Darell, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters” and “Tarantula.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 14
Witchfinder General (1968) – New York City
Deadly Blessing (1981)
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Single White Female 1992
Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1996)
Vengeance of the Dead (2001)
Unearthed (2004)
Bikini Girls on Ice (2009)
District 9 (2009)
Psychopath (2009)
Grace (2009) – USA limited
Raven (2009) – Los Angeles
The Id Proxy (2009)
Shark Exorcist [2015]
Show Yourself (2016)
AUGUST 15
BORN ON AUGUST 15
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, starred in “Mother!” and “House at the End of the Street.”
1985 – Emily Kinney, starred in “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, starred in “Why?” “Species,” “Species II,” “Species III,” “Ghosts of Mars” and the TV series “The Secret Circle.”
1972 – Ben Affleck appeared in “Phantoms,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
1970 – Anthony Anderson, appeared in “The Town That Dreaded Sundown [2014],” “Scary Movie 3 & 4″ and “Urban Legends: Final Cut.”
1950 – Gaylen Ross, in “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Madman” and “Creepshow.”
1936 – Pat Priest, played “Marilyn Munster” on the series “The Munsters,” and appeared in the film “The Incredible Two Headed Transplant.”
1933 – Lori Nelson, starred in “Revenge of the Creature,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Naked Monster.”
1929 – Gordon Russell, wrote for the original “Dark Shadows” and wrote the screenplay for “House of Dark Shadows.”
1919 – Huntz Hall, directed “Spooks Run Wild” and “Ghosts on the Loose.”
1903 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” the 1932 version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “War of the Worlds.”
DIED ON AUGUST 15
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, appeared in “Poltergeist: The Legacy – TV Series,” “Amityville: Dollhouse,” “The X-Files – TV Series” and “Terror in the Shadows.”
2007 – Anthony Carras, producer of “Comedy of Terrors” and “Ghost in the Invisible Bikini”.
1996 – Joe Seneca, appeared in “Friday the 13th – TV Series and “The Blob” remake.
1988 – Ronald Stein, composer for “Spider Baby” and “The Haunted Palace.”
1979 – William Schramm, appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 15
The Phantom of the Opera [1962]
Targets [1968]
Manhunter [1986]
The Fly [1986]
Event Horizon [1997]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1992]
Freddy vs Jason [2003]
Mutation [2006]
Snakes on a Train [2006]
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer [2007] – USA limited
Mirrors [2008]
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AUGUST 16
BORN ON AUGUST 16
1991 – Evanna Lynch, appeared in the TV Series “Apex.”
1988 – Rumer Willis, starred in “The Ganzfeld Haunting,” “Sorority Row” and “From Within.”
1985 – Agnes Bruckner, appeared in “Occult,” “The Pact,” “Vacancy 2: The First Cut,” “Blood and Chocolate,” “The Woods,” “Venom,” episodes of the TV Series “The Returned,” and more.
1982 – Cam Gigandet, appeared in “Priest,” “Pandorum,” “The Unborn”, “Tenement,” and “Assimilate.”
1960 – Timothy Hutton, appeared in “The Dark Half,” “Secret Window,” and episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House.”
1958 – Rachel Talalay, producer/director for “Ghost in The Machine,” “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Wolf Lake – TV Series” and more.
1958 – Angela Bassett, appeared in “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “Innocent Blood,” “The Lazarus Child,” “Critters 4” and episodes of “American Horror Story.”
1954 – James Cameron, producer/writer/director some include “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “Piranha II: The Spawning,” “The Abyss” and more.
1953 – Caitlin O’Heaney, appeared in “Late Phases,” “Wolfen,” “He Knows You’re Alone” and “Savage Weekend.”
1937 – Lorraine Gary, appeared in “Jaws,” “Jaws 2″ and “Jaws the Revenge.”
1933 – Julie Newmar, starred in “Deep Space,” “Evils of the Night” and episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1930 – Robert Culp starred in “The Demon with the Glass Hand” episode of the original “Outer Limits” TV show and “Santa’s Slay,” “The Chill Factor” and the film “Silent Night, Deadly Night 3.”
1910 – Mae Clarke, portrayed “Elizabeth” in the original “Frankenstein.”
1899 – Glenn Strange who played the “Frankenstein Monster” in the later Universal horror films such as “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 16
2020 – Bahman Mofid, appeared in “Ghoul [1973].”
2019 – Peter Fonda, “Spirits of the Dead,” “Race With the Devil,” “Dance With Dwarfs,” “Spasms,” “Nadja,” and “Ghost Rider.”
2015 – David A. Prior, director and writer for “Killer Workout,” Sledgehammer,” “Mutant Species,” “Night Trap,” “Night Claw,” “Zombie Wars,” “Night Wars” and “The Lost Platoon.”
2004 – Acquanetta, played “The Ape Woman” in both “Jungle Captive” and “Captive Wild Woman,” also co-starred in “The Lost Continent” and “Dead Man’s Eyes.”
2002 – Jeff Corey, appeared in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Lady in the Cage,” “Something Evil,” “The Premonition,” episodes of “The Outer Limits,” and more.
1956 – Bela Lugosi, starred in “Dracula,” “The Wolf Man,” “Island of Lost Souls,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “White Zombie,” “The Black Cat,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein,” “The Raven,” and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 16
The Unholy Three [1925]
The Bride [1985]
The Return of the Living Dead [1985]
The Borrower [1991] – Chicago
Bordello of Blood [1996]
The Fan [1995]
The Sisters [2004]
Dementia: An Experiment in Terror [2006]
The Slasher [2009]
Sharkenstein [2016]
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AUGUST 17
BORN ON AUGUST 17
1994 – Taissa Farmiga, starred in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “50 States of Fright – TV Series,” “The Nun” and “The Final Girls.”
1982 – Mark Salling, appeared in “The Graveyard” and “Children of the Corn: The Gathering.”
1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, appeared in, “The Sixth Sense,” “Dead Silence” and “Saw II, III & IV.”
1968 – Helen McCrory, appeared in “Interview with a Vampire,” “Frankenstein – TV Movie,” “Penny Dreadful – TV Series” and “The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.”
1961 – Ashlie Rhey, appeared in “Pot Zombies 2: More Pot, Less Plot,” “Dead Country,” “Cannibal Taboo,” “No Rest for the Wicked,” “Witchcraft 7: Judgement Hour,” “Body Count,” The Summoned” and more.
1959 – Kate McNeil, appeared in “The House on Sorority Row,” “Monkey Shines” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Them.”
1951 – Robert Joy, appears in “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Land of the Dead,” “Resurrection,” “Amityville 3-D,” and more.
1949 – Bub Asman, editor for “Grizzly,” “Day of the Animals,” “The Manitou,” “Three on a Meethook,” “Abby” and “The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow.”
1946 – Shane Briant, appeared in “Straight on Till Morning,” ”Demons of the Mind,” “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell,” “Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
1943 – Robert De Niro, starred in “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Hide and Seek,” “Red Lights,” “Angel Heart,” and episodes of “100 Years of Horror.”
1930 – Glenn Corbett appeared in “Homicidal” and made appearances in the TV shows “Night Gallery,” and “Manimal.”
1923 – Julius Harris, appeared in “King Kong [1976],” “Friday the 13th The Series,” “Crimewave,” “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence,” “Shrunken Heads,” “Full Moon High” and more.
1918 – Evelyn Ankers, appeared in the Universal films “The Wolf Man,” “The Mad Ghoul” and “The Ghost of Frankenstein.”
DIED ON AUGUST 17
2004 – Kathy Lutz, who lived in the house in Amityville which she and her family proclaimed to be haunted, on which the book and movie, the “Amityville Horror” was based.
1995 – Helen Christie, she appeared in “Lust for a Vampire” and “Rasputin: The Mad Monk.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 17
The Man They Could Not Hang [1939]
The Soul of a Monster [1944]
Cry of the Werewolf [1944]
Lost Continent [1951]
Dreamscape [1984]
The Exorcist III [1990]
The Cell [2000] – Century City, CA premiere
Biker Zombies [2001]
Dead Moon Rising [2007] – Fright Night Film Festival
The Invasion [2007]
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich [2018]
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AUGUST 18
BORN ON AUGUST 18
1969 – Christian Slater, who has starred in the films “Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,” “Hollow Man II,” “Alone in The Dark” and “Interview with the Vampire.”
1968 – Griffin Drew, starred in “The Bare Wench Project,” and “Dinosaur Island.”
1968 – Julie K. Smith, appeared in “The Bare Wench Project”, the 1995 remake of “The Wasp Woman” as well as “Sorceress II: the Temptress”.
1951 – Teri McMinn, starred in the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Butcher Boys.”
1936 – Robert Redford, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
1923 – Katherine Victor, appeared in “Mesa of Lost Women,” “Frankenstein Island,” “Invasion of the Animal People,” “Teenage Zombies,” “House of Black Death,” “The Cape Canaveral Monsters,” “Curse of the Stone Hand” and “Creature of the Walking Dead.”
1922 – Shelly Winters, appeared in “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”
DIED ON AUGUST 18
2020 – Ben Cross, appeared in “Master of Dark Shadows,” “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Wicked Little Things,” “Species: The Awakening,” “Dark Shadows [1991],” “The Unholy [1988] and many more.
2019 – Encarna Paso, appeared in “Glass Ceiling.”
1991 – David Gale, starred in “Re-Animator” and “Bride of the Re-Animator”.
1970 – Soledad Miranda, appeared in “She Killed in Ecstasy,” “Vampyros Lesbos,” “Count Dracula,” “Nightmares Come at Night” and “Sound of Horror.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 18
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave [1971] – Italy
Godzilla [2000]
The Cell [2000]
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies [2001]
Snakes on A Plane [2006]
6-Headed Shark Attack [2018]
Open 24 Hours [2018]
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AUGUST 19
BORN ON AUGUST 19
1978 – Michelle Borth, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Trespassers,” “The Sisterhood,” “Silent Warnings,” “Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders” and “Komodo vs. Cobra.”
1972 – Greg Bryk, appeared in “Saw V,” Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Rabid,” “Blood Ties,” “Red: Werewolf Hunter,” “Grindstone Road,” “Bloodthirsty” and the TV Series “V-Wars.”
1965 – Kevin Dillion, starred in “The Blob [1988].” and “Out for Blood,” and “Tales from The Crypt” episode entitled “House of Horror.”
1963 – Darcy DeMoss, appeared in “666: Devilish Charm,” “666: Kreepy Kerry,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Pale Blood,” “Night Life,” “Return to Horror High” and “Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI.”
1961 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
1956 – Adam Arkin, appeared in “Halloween H2O” and “Full Moon High.”
1955 – Peter Gallagher, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and the film “Mother’s Boys.”
1938 – Diana Muldaur, appeared in “The Other [1972]” and “Chosen Survivors.”
1933 – Debra Paget appeared in “The Haunted Palace” and “Tales of Terror.”
1926 – Angus Scrimm, best known for portraying “The Tall Man” in the “Phantasm” series of films, he also appeared in “Chopping Mall,” “Wishmaster” and more.
1924 – William Marshall, starred in “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “The Boston Strangler,” “Abby” and “Dinosaur Valley Girls.”
1903 – Claude Dauphin, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue”.
1899 – Olga Baclanova, appeared in “Freaks.”
1894 – Harvey B. Dunn, appeared in “Teenagers from Outer Space,” “Night of the Ghouls” and “Bride of the Monster.”
DIED ON AUGUST 19
2019 – James Riley Alexander, sound department for “The Car,” “Jaws 2,” “Ghost Story,” “Nightmares,” “Psycho II,” and “The Guardian.”
2011 – Jimmy Sangster, was a writer/producer/director of such films as “The Horror of Frankenstein”, “Lust for a Vampire”, “Fear in the Night”, “The Crawling Eye,” “The Curse of Frankenstein”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Mummy”, “The Brides of Dracula”, “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and many more films.
2005 – Mel Welles, starred in “Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy,” “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The She Beast” and the original “Little Shop of Horrors”.
1991 – Oliver Drake, wrote the screenplays for “The Mummy’s Curse” and “The Feathered Serpent”.
1987 – Hayden Rorke appeared in “The Night Walker” and “When Worlds Collide”.
1984 – George Meeker, appeared in “The Invisible Monster,” and “Dead Man’s Eyes”.
1961 – Charles Gemora, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” “War of the Worlds,” “Island of Lost Souls” [1933] and “The Unholy Three” [1930].
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 19
The Horror of It All [1963] – Phoenix
Aenigma [1987] – Portugal
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1988]
Dead Doll [2004]
Red Eye [2005]
Fright Night [2011]
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AUGUST 20
BORN ON AUGUST 20
1982 – Meghan Ory, appeared in “Dark House”, “Nightmare”, “Vampire High [TV Series].”
1974 – Misha Collins, is best known for portraying “Castiel” in “Supernatural [TV Series].”
1974 – Amy Adams, appeared in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series]” and “Psycho Beach Party.”
1953 – Peter Horton, appeared in “Children of the Corn,” “Fade to Black,” and starred in the TV show “Brimstone.”
1947 – Ray Wise, appeared in “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales”, “Big Ass Spider!”, “Chillerama”, “Jeepers Creepers II”, “The Crow”, “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces [TV Series]”, “Robocop” “Tone-Deaf” and many more.
1943 – Sylvester McCoy appeared in “Dracula [1979],” “Slumber,” and “Conjuring: The Book of the Dead.”
1937 – Anthony Ainley appeared in “The Blood on Satan’s Claw,” and “The Land That Time Forgot.”
1915 – Tom Duggan who appeared in “Frankenstein 1970.”
1907 – André Morell, who appeared in the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Shroud.”
1890 – H.P. Lovecraft many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” [Haunted Palace, The Resurrected] “Herbert West – Re-Animator” [Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator] and “The Color Out of Space” [The Curse, Die Monster Die].
DIED ON AUGUST 20
2019 – Alexandra Ivanovna Nazarova, actress in “Night Watch.”
2019 – Frederick B. Reyes, appeared in “Howlers [2018].”
2012 – Phyllis Diller, appeared in “Casper’s Scare School”, “The Boneyard”, “Doctor Hackenstein”, “Tales from the Darkside [TV Series]”, “Night Gallery [TV Series]”, “Mad Monster Party?” and more.
2001 – Walter Reed who appeared in the films “Flying Disc Men from Mars” and “How to Make a Monster”.
1974 – Ilona Massey who portrayed “Baroness Elsa Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 20
Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? [1969]
Teaching Mrs. Tingle [1999]
Universal Soldier: The Return [1999]
Blood: The Last Vampire [2001] – Portugal
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula [2001]
Exorcist: The Beginning [2004]
Open Water [2004]
Jingles the Clown [2009]
Piranha 3D [2010]
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AUGUST 21
BORN ON AUGUST 21
1989 – Hayden Panettiere, appeared in “Scream 4”.
1975 – Alicia Witt who appeared in “Urban Legend” and episodes of the TV series “Supernatural,” “The Exorcist,” “Lore,” and “The Walking Dead.”
1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss appeared in “Disturbia,” “The Bye Bye Man,” “Silent Hill: Revelation,” “Frankenstein [2015],” “Fido,” and “Terrified.”
1956 – Kim Cattrall, appeared in “Modern Vampires,” “Split Second” and episodes of “Creature” and “The Outer Limits.”
1945 – Patricia McCormak played in “The Bad Seed,” “Bug” and “Saturday the 14th Strikes Back.”
1920 – Earl Rowe played in “The Blob [1958].”
1912 – Paul Landres directed films “The Return of Dracula,” “The Flame Barrier,” and “The Vampire.”
1895 – Marie Blake, who was best known for her role of “Grandmama Addams” in “The Addams Family [TV Series].” She also appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue,” “She Devil,” and countless other films.
DIED ON AUGUST 21
2000 – John Hayes, directed “Grave of the Vampire” and “Dream No Evil,”.
1988 – Jerry Warren, produced/wrote/directed the films “Teenage Zombies,” “Manbeast” and “The Incredible Petrified World,” and who Americanized many Mexican horror films.
1987 – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, composer for “Gorgo [1961],” “The Castle of the Living Dead,” “Queens of Evil,” “Goliath and the Vampires,” “Something Creeping in the Dark” and “Hypnosis.”
1981 – Eddie Byrne, appeared in “Jack the Ripper” [1959], “The Mummy” [1959] and “Island of Terror”.
1958 – Kurt Neumann, directed “The Fly [1958],” “She Devil,” “Secret of the Blue Room,” “Kronos” and writer/treatment for “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Return of the Vampire” and “She Devil.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 21
The Seventh Victim [1943]
An American Werewolf in London [1981]
Blade [1998]
Carnival of Souls [1998]
Devil in the Flesh [1998] – USA TV premiere
Reptilian aka Reptile [2001] – USA video premiere
The Risen [2004]
Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep [2005]
Rising Dead [2007]
The Minstrel Killer [2009]
AUGUST 22
BORN ON AUGUST 22
1984 – Katie Stuart, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “The Returned – TV Series” and the TV Movie “Intensity.”
1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, appeared in “The Resort,” “Ghost in the Machine” and “The People Under the Stairs.”
1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, appeared in “The Thing [2011]” and “The Mummy Returns.”
1965- Courtney Gains, appeared in “Halloween [2007],” “Candy Corn,” “Mimesis”, “The Funhouse Massacre,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “The ‘Burbs,” “Alien Encounter”, “King Cobra” “Children of the Corn,” and more.
1958 – Colm Feore, appeared in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “The Prodigy,” “Highwaymen,” and episodes of “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Outer Limits,” “Lore,” “Friday the 13th: The Series,” and War of the Words.”
1945 – David Chase wrote for the TV series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and the screenplay for the film “Grave of the Vampire”.
1920 – Ray Bradbury, works made into films include “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” “It Came from Outer Space” and “The Illustrated Man.”
1916 – Joan Houseman, appeared in an episode of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour [1963].”
1900 – Jean Yarbrough, directed “The Devil Bat,” “King of the Zombies” and “She-Wolf of London.”
DIED ON AUGUST 22
2020 – Allan Rich, appeared in “Rise: Blood Hunter” and “The Entity.”
2019 – Morton Tubor, supervising film editor for “The Bees,” editor “Dementia 13,” and sound department “The Unearthly.”
2005 – Romi Koch, starred in “Dead Doll.”
2000 – Toru Tanaka, appeared in “Alligator II: The Mutation” and “Dead Heat.”
1980 – Norman Shelley, starred in “Jack the Ripper – TV Mini-Series,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” “Daughter of Darkness” and more.
1977 – Sebastian Cabot, appeared in “Twice Told Tales” and episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Circle of Fear.”
1991 – Colleen Dewhurst appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “When a Stranger Calls,” and provided the voice of “Satan” in the film “Exorcist III”.
1963 – Perry Ivins, appeared as “Fritz” in “Son of Frankenstein,” “Thriller – TV Series” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 22
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff [1949]
Curse Of the Voodoo aka Voodoo Blood Death [1965]
Night of the Creeps [1986]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [1986]
Mimic [1997]
Forest Of The Damned [2006]
I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer [2006]
Satan’s Playground [2006]
Cthulhu [2007] – USA limited
Victor Crowley [2017] – Los Angeles premiere
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AUGUST 23
BORN ON AUGUST 23
1983 – Ruta Gedmintas, appeared in “The Strain – TV Series,” “Ripper Street – TV Series” and “Prowl.”
1970 – Jay Mohr, appeared in “Cherry Falls,” “Hunter’s Moon” and episodes of the TV Series “Night Visions.”
1929 – Vera Miles, starred in “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho II” and “Brain Waves.”
DIED ON AUGUST 23
2020 – Augusto Caminito, screenwriter for “Vampire in Venice” and the TV Series “Seagull Island.”
2020 – Benny Chan, producer for “Hong Kong Show Girls” and presenter for “Fatal Love.”
2020 – Lori Nelson, actress in “Day the World Ended,” “Revenge of the Creature” and “The Naked Monster.”
2019 – Sheila Steafel, appeared in “Quatermass and the Pit” and “Bloodbath at the House of Death.”
2006 – Ed Warren, 1/2 of the husband and wife demonologist team i.e. The Amityville Haunting was based on. He and his wife were portrayed in the blockbuster hits “The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2.”
2005 – Brock Peters, appeared in “Soylent Green,” and “Alligator II: The Mutation”.
2002 – Dennis Fimple, played in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Fangs,” “King Kong [1976]” and “Creature from Black Lake.”
1975 – Hank Patterson, appeared in “Monster on the Campus”, “Earth vs the Spider”, “Attack of the Puppet People”, “The Amazing Colossal Man”, “Beginning of the End”, “Tarantula” and more.
1966 – Francis X. Bushman, starred in “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini,”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 23
Pit and the Pendulum [1961]
The Horrible Dr. Hitchcock [1962] – Milan
Pieces [1982] – Spain
Godzilla [1985]
Teen Wolf [1985]
Warning Sign [1985]
The Island of Dr. Moreau [1996]
Exorcism [2003] – Beverly Hills
Ringu 0: Bâsudei [2005] – USA DVD premiere
You’re Next [2011]
Slaxx [2020] – Fantasia International Film Festival
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AUGUST 24
BORN ON AUGUST 24
1981 – Chad Michael Murray, starred in “Camp Cold Brook,” “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia”, “House of Wax [2005]” and an episode of “Scream Queens [2015].”
1975 – James D’Arcy, appeared in “Hitchcock,” “In Their Skin,” “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “An American Haunting,” “Exorcist: The Beginning” and more.
1973 – Ele Keats, appeared in “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Insidious: Chapter 3,” “Mother [1995]” and “Night Stalker – TV Series.”
1961 – Jared Harris, starred in “Poltergeist [2015],” “The Quiet Ones”, “The Ward”, “From Within”, “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and more.
1960 – Takashi Miike, producer and director of “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “One Missed Call, “Ichi the Killer,” “Audition” and more.
1963 – Dawna Lee Heising, appeared in “2 Jennifer,” “Ballet of Blood”, “After School Massacre,” “Legend of the Red Reaper,” “Deadly Revisions,” “Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead,” “Slink,” “Consumption” and many more.
1945 – Ronee Blakley, appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984],” “A Return to Salem’s Lot”, “Tales from the Darkside – TV Series” and more.
1937 – Connie Mason, appeared in “2000 Maniacs,” “Blood Feast,” and “Black Mamba.”
1935 – Vernon Weddle, appeared in “White Dog” and the TV Movie “Scream of the Wolf.”
1934 – Kenny Baker appeared in “Circus of Horrors” and “Time Bandits.”
1923 – Helena Carter, appeared in the 1953 version of “Invaders from Mars.”
1923 – Joan Chandler, appeared in “How to Make a Monster” and “Rope.”
1909 – Larry Barton, appeared in “Hillbillys in a Haunted House,” “Raiders from Beneath the Sea” and “The Human Duplicators.”
1908 – Helena Grant, appeared in “Werewolf of London” and “The Uninvited.”
1900 – Preston Foster appeared in “Doctor X.”
1897 – Richard Bartell, appeared in “The Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
1895 – Victor Halperin, directed “White Zombie” and “Revolt of the Zombies.”
DIED ON AUGUST 24
2013 – Julie Harris, starred in “The Haunting,” “The Outer Limits – TV Series,” “Lucifer’s Child,” “The Dark Half,” “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series” and more.
2011 – Jack Hayes, music orchestrator for “Jaws: The Revenge” and “Grizzly.”
1998 – E.G. Marshall appeared in “Creepshow,” and “Two Evil Eyes.”
1949 – Rita Carlyle, appeared in “Vampire Bat” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [1941].”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 24
Spook Busters [1946]
The Uncanny [1977] – Montreal Film Festival
Boogeyman II [1983]
Darkman [1990]
Ghosts of Mars [2001]
Corpses [2004]
Vampz [2004]
Autopsy [2008] – London FrightFest
The Cleaning Lady [2018] – London FrightFest
Halloween Party [2019] – London FrightFest
The Oak Room [2020] – Fantasia Film Festival
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AUGUST 25
BORN ON AUGUST 25
1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, starred in “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Stand – TV Series” and “Hidden.”
1961 – Ally Walker, appeared in “Mischief Night,” “By Appointment Only” as well as “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and “Ghosted TV Series”
1958 – Tim Burton, directed “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Ed Wood.”
1949 – John Savage, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Demon Legacy,” “Bermuda Tentacles,” “Bereavement,” “Carnosaur 2” and many more.
1949 – Gene Simmons, appeared in “Runaway,” “Trick or Treat” and “KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park.”
1939 – John Badham, directed “Dracula [1979],” as well as “Supernatural” and “Night Gallery” TV series.
1933 – Tom Skerritt, appeared in, “Alien,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “The Dead Zone.”
1917 – Mel Ferrer, appeared in “Blood & Roses,” “City of the Walking Dead” and “The Hands of Orlac.”
1909 – Michael Rennie, starred in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Assignment Terror”.
DIED ON AUGUST 25
2019 – Gloria Lerma Yatco [aka Mona Lisa], appeared in “The Rites of May.”
2019 – Fernanda Young, writer for “Vade Retro.”
2006 – Joseph Stefano, screenwriter for “Psycho [1960],” “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Eye of the Devil” and “The Outer Limits – TV Series.”
2001 – Aaliyah, starred in “Queen of the Damned.”
1963 – Edward L. Cahn, directed “The She Creature,” “Creature with the Atom Brain” and “Invasion of the Saucer Men”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 25
The Disembodied [1957]
From Hell It Came [1957]
The Skull [1965]
Blacula [1972]
Burnt Offerings [1976] – USA premiere
Zombie [1979] – Italy
Lord of Illusions [1995]
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde [1995]
Nadja [1995] – New York City
Severance [2006]
Red Christmas [2016]
Anyone Home? [2018]
Camp Cold Brook [2018]
The Convent [2018] – London FrightFest
Spiral [2019]
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AUGUST 26
BORN ON AUGUST 26
1991 – Dylan O’Brien, starred in the TV Movie “Teen Wolf: Back to the Pack.”
1980 – Chris Pine, starred in “Carriers.”
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder,” “The Midnight Hour” and an episode of “American Horror Story [2021].}
1974 – Meredith Eaton, starred in “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” and “Paranormal Activity 3.”
1960 – Ola Ray, appeared in “Michael Jackson: Thriller” also in “The Night Stalker.”
1941 – Akiko Wakabayashi, appeared in “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster”.
1939 – Yvette Vickers starred in “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “Attack of the Giant Leeches” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”
1909 – Jim Davis, appeared in “Frankenstein vs. Dracula,” “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter” and “Monster from Green Hell.”
DIED ON AUGUST 26
2020 – Joseph Ruby, screenwriter for many of the Scooby Doo animated films & “Rumpelstiltskin.”
2019 – Charles Raymond Henwood ONZM, appeared in “Under ConTROL, and episodes of “Helmut Krauss” and “The Ray Bradbury Theatre.”
1986 – Ted Knight, appeared at the end of the film “Psycho” as one of the officers guarding “Norman Bates”.
1930 – Lon Chaney Sr., starred in “Man of a Thousand Faces,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “London After Midnight,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923],” “The Monster [1925],” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 26
War of the Worlds [1953]
The Abominable Snowman [1957] – UK
Strip Nude for Your Killer [1975]
Natural Born Killers [1994]
The Cave [2005]
Vampire Diary [2007] – USA DVD premiere
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark [2010]
Don’t Breathe [2016]
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AUGUST 27
BORN ON AUGUST 27
1988 – Alexa PenaVega, appeared in “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” “The Remaining,” “Abandoned Mine,” “The Devil’s Carnival” and “Mother’s Day [2010].”
1985 – Kayla Ewell, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series” and “The Demented.”
1962 – Dean Devlin, produced “Independence Day,” “Stargate” and the American version of “Godzilla [1998].”
1955 – Diana Scarwid, appeared in “Mommie Dearest,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Strange Invaders” and “Psycho III.”
1953 – Peter Stormare, appeared in “Dark Summer,” “Clown,” “Bad Milo,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night,” “2001 Maniacs,” “Constantine” and many more.
1950 – Charles Fleischer, appeared in “Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight,” “A Nightmare On Elm Street [1984],” “Deadly Friend” and “Zodiac.”
1947 – Barbara Bach, appeared in “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “Screamers” and “Humanoid.”
1925 – Herman Cohen, producer for “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” “Berserk,” “Blood of Dracula,” “Craze,” “Konga,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Trog” and more.
1911 – Johnny Eck known in the sideshow circuit as “The Half Boy,” and appeared in Tod Browning’s “Freaks.”
1896 – Morris Ankrum, appeared in “Invaders from Mars” and “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”
DIED ON AUGUST 27
2020 – Peter Licassi, actor in “Killer Klowns from Outer Space.”
2004 – Larry McCormick, appeared in “Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines” and in the TV movie “The Case Of The Hillside Stranglers.”
1996 – Akiji Kobayashi, appeared in “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah,” the 1992 version of “Godzilla vs. Mothra” and “Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 27
Doctor X [1932]
Phantom of the Opera [1943]
The Earth Dies Screaming [1965] – Bismarck, ND
The Incubus [1982]
Needful Things [1993]
The 13th Warrior [1999]
The Astronaut’s Wife [1999]
Anacondas: The Hunt for The Blood Orchid [2004]
Suspect Zero [2004]
The Last Exorcism [2010]
Lycanimator [2018]
Open 24 Hours [2018] – London FrightFest
Big Top Evil [2019]
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AUGUST 28
BORN ON AUGUST 28
1984 – Sarah Roemer, appeared in “Asylum,” “Algorithm: BLISS” and “The Grudge 2.”
1980 – Carly Pope, appeared in “Demonic [2021],” “Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon,” “Beneath,” “Disturbing Behavior” and more.
1978 – Kelly Overton, appeared in “True Blood – TV Series,” “The Ring Two,” episodes of “Van Helsing” and more.
1965 – Amanda Tapping, appeared in “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Millennium – TV Series,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “The Haunting of Lisa,” “Goosebumps – TV Series,” “Forever Knight – TV Series” and more.
1962 – David Fincher, directed “Se7en,” “Alien 3,” “Panic Room,” “Zodiac” and many more.
1959 – Brian Thompson, actor in “Flight of the Living Dead,” “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series,” “Kindred: The Embraced – TV Series,” “Fright Night Part 2,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and many more.
1957 – Daniel Stern, appeared in “Little Monsters,” “C.H.U.D,.” “Leviathan” and “Otis.”
1943 – David Soul, starred in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot”.
1915 – Simon Oakland, appeared in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV series.
1879 – E.E. Clive, appeared in “The Invisible Man,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON AUGUST 28
2020 – Chadwick Boseman, starred in “The Appointment.”
2020 – David S. Cass Sr., actor and or stunts in “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “My Demon Lover,” “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “The Island,” “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” “Black Noon,” “Blue Sunshine” and more.
2020 – Manuel “Loco” Valdés, appeared in “Panther Women,” “Frankenstein the Vampire and Company” and “Horror Madness.”
2019 – Michel Aumont, actor in “La septième dimension.”
1987 – John Huston, appeared in “Tentacles”.
1985 – Ruth Gordon, appeared in “Rosemary’s Baby,” and “Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice”.
1978 – Robert Shaw, who appeared as “Captain Quint” in the film “Jaws”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 28
Rope [1948] – New York City Premiere
Black Sabbath [1963] – Rome
The Haunted Palace [1963] – Cincinnati, OH
The Gruesome Twosome [1967]
Hell Night [1981]
House II: The Second Story [1987]
Slaughterhouse [1987]
Pet Semetary II [1992]
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992]
Frankenstein Reborn [2005]
Halloween II [2009]
The Horde [2009]
The Final Destination [2009]
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AUGUST 29
BORN ON AUGUST 29
1973 – Tom Six, Writer/Producer/Director, for “The Human Centipede – First Sequence,” “The Human Centipede II – Full Sequence” and “The Human Centipede III – Final Sequence.”
1964 – Stacey Travis, appeared in “Venom,” “Ghost World,” “Dracula Rising,” “Hardware,” “Doctor Hackenstein,” “Phantasm II” and more.
1958 –Michael Jackson, genre fans will forever love his mega hit song “Thriller.”
1950 – Frank Henenlotter, writer/director of such cult exploitation films as “Basket Case,” “Basket Case 2,” “Basket Case 3,” “Brain Damage,” “Frankenhooker” and “Bad Biology.”
1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, appeared in “Identity,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”, the TV mini-series “The Shining”, “Apartment 1303 3D”, and “Mother’s Day.”
1939 – Joel Schumacher, directed “The Lost Boys,” “Flatliners,” and “Blood Creek.”
1938 – Elliott Gould, appeared in “The Shining – TV Series,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “The Twilight Zone – TV Series,” “Night Visitor” and “Dead Men Don’t Die.”
1935 – William Friedkin, director of “The Exorcist” and “Bug.”
1928 – Charles Gray, appeared in “The Unknown Terror,” “The Devil’s Bride” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
1923 –Richard Attenborough who played “John Hammond” in “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.”
1915 – Ingrid Bergman, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
1908 – George Macready, appeared in “Count Yorga,” “The Return of Count Yorga” and “The Alligator People.”
DIED ON AUGUST 29
2019 – Terrance Dicks, Script Editor for episodes of TV series “The Hound of Baskervilles” and “The Invisible Man.”
2000 – Rose Hobart, appeared in “Night Gallery – TV Series,” “The Cat Creeps,” “Isle of the Dead,” “The Soul of a Monster,” “The Mad Ghoul,” “Tower of London” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931].”
1987 – Lee Marvin, appeared in 2 episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
1985 – Evelyn Ankers, appeared in “The Wolf Man [1941],” “Hold That Ghost,” “Son of Dracula,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and more.
1983 – Simon Oakland, appeared as “Tony Vincenzo” in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “The Night Strangler – TV Movie,” “The Night Stalker – TV Movie,” “Psycho” and more.
1982 – Ingrid Bergman, starred in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
1973 – Michael Dunn, appeared in the 1971 version of “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Werewolf Of Washington” and “The Mutations.”
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 29
The Whip and the Body [1963] – Italy
He Knows You’re Alone [1980]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation [1997] – USA limited
Jeepers Creepers 2 [2003]
The Curse of Lizzie Borden [2006]
The Zodiac [2006] – USA DVD premiere
The Damned [2013]
Night of the Living Deb [2015]
The Evil in Us [2016]
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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.”
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.
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
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 – 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.”
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, directed “Eye of the Devil” and the 1961 version of “Cape Fear”.
FILMS RELEASED ON AUGUST 30
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]
Most Likely to Die [2015]
Itsy Bitsy [2019]
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AUGUST 31
BORN ON AUGUST 31
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 “House of the Seven Corpses.”
1932 – Roy Castle, appeared in “Legend of the Werewolf” and “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors.”
1928 – James Coburn starred in “Looker” and hosted the short-lived TV anthology “Dark Room.”
1914 – Richard Basehart, appeared in “Mansion of the Doomed,” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau [1977].”
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
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 “Trillogy 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”.
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 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]
Blood Fest [2018]
SOURCE: thehorrortimes.com
