SOURCE: thehorrortimes.com
SEPTEMBER 1
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 1
1975 – Scott Speedman, appeared in “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Out of the Dark,” “Anamorph,” “The Monsters,” “The Strangers” and “The Moth Diaries.”
1946 – Susan Backlinie, appeared in “Day of the Animals” and “Jaws.”
1944 – Beau Starr, appeared in “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.”
1943 – Don Stroud, appeared in “The Amityville Horror [1979],” “Carnosaur 2” and “The Alien Within.”
1929 – Anne Ramsey, appeared in “Deadly Friend,” “The Goonies” and “Doctor Hackenstein.”
1928 – George Maharis, appeared in “Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby”.
1926 – Gene Colan, Comic book artist created “Blade.”
1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, best known as Lily Munster in “The Munsters” and also starred in “The Silent Scream,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Satan’s Cheerleaders,” “American Gothic” and more.
1913 – Christian Nyby, directed “The Thing From Another World” and “Showdown with Rance McGrew” episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
1907 – Nathan Juran, directed “20 Million Miles To Earth,” “The Deadly Mantis,” “The Black Castle” and more.
1898 – Richard Arlen, appeared in “Island of Lost Souls,” “The Lady and the Monster” and “The Crawling Hand.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 1
2020 – Boris Klyuyev, appeared in “Blyustiteli poroka – Episode: Pechalnyi sonet [2001].”
2017 – Elizabeth Kemp, starred in “He Knows You’re Alone” and “The Clairvoyant.”
2008 – Michael Pate, starred in “Curse of the Undead,” “Howling III,” “Tower of London [1962] and “The Black Castle”.
2008 –Don LaFontaine, voice over master for “Halloween 4” and episodes of “Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction.”
1986 – Murray Hamilton, appeared in “Jaws” “Jaws 2,” “Amityville Horror [1979]” and William Castle’s “13 Frightened Girls.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 1
Isle of the Dead [1945]
Sorry, Wrong Number [1948] – NYC premiere
The Creeper [1948]
Nadja [1995]
The Prophecy [1995]
Altered Species [2001]
The Beast of Bray Road [2005]
The Wicker Man [2006]
Bell Witch: The Movie [2007]
The Levenger Tapes [2013]
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SEPTEMBER 2
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2
1981 – Gib Gerard, starred in “Desecrated.”
1971 – Shauna Sand, appeared in “Succubus: Hell-Bent,” “Dark Realm – TV Series” and “The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven.”
1968 – Kristen Cloke, appeared in “Black Christmas [2006],” “Willard [2003],” “Final Destination,” “Millennium – TV Series]” and “The X-Files – TV Series.”
1966 – Salma Hayek, starred in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Tale of Tales” and “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,”
1964 – Keanu Reeves, starred in “Dracula,” “The Neon Demon,” “The Gift” and “Constantine.”
1946 – Luis Avalos, appeared in “Ghost Fever,” “Criminal Act” and “Wishcraft.”
1940 – Beverly Sanders, appeared in “Magic” and the TV Movie “Look What Happened to Rosemary’s Baby.”
1927 – Francis Matthews, appeared in the Hammer films “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 2
2020 – Wanda Seux, actress in “Night Massacre.”
2001 – Troy Donahue, appeared in “The Monolith Monsters,” “Shock ‘Em Dead,” “The Chilling,” “Man of A Thousand Faces,” “Monster on Campus” and the TV Series “Monsters.”
2000 – Curt Siodmak, screenwriter for “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” and “House of Frankenstein,” as well as creating the legend of “The Wolf Man”.
1964 – Morris Ankrum, appeared in “Giant from the Unknown,” “The Giant Claw” and “Zombies of Mora Tau.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 2
See No Evil [1971]
The Man Who Haunted Himself [1971] – NYC
Lust for A Vampire [1971]
Deathstalker [1983] – USA – limited
Mortuary [1983]
Nightmares [1983] – NYC
Severed Ties [1992]
13th Child: Legend of The Jersey Devil [2002] – USA – video premiere
Carnival of the Damned [2008]
The Morgue [2008] – USA – DVD premiere
Carriers [2009]
Shark Night 3D [2011]
Apollo 18 [2011]
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SEPTEMBER 3
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 3
1982 – Angus Sutherland, appeared in “Lost Boys: The Tribe.”
1978 – Nichole Hiltz, appeared in “Trailer Park of Terror,” “Alien Autopsy,” “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series” and “May.”
1976 – Ashley Jones, appeared in “Grave Secrets,” “True Blood – TV Series” and “Devil’s Prey.”
1974 – Clare Kramer, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Big Ass Spider!” “Road to Hell,” “The Dead Ones,” “The Thirst,” “The Gravedancers” and more.
1965 – Costas Mandylor, starred in “Hyenas,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Dinocroc,” “Saw III,” “Saw IV,” “Saw V,” “Saw VI,” and “Saw 3D: The Final Chapter.”
1965 – Charlie Sheen, starred in “Scary Movie 3, 4, & V,″ “The Wraith,” “Grizzly II: Revenge,” and Postmortem.”
1963 – Daniel Myrick, writer and director of “The Blair Witch Project,” “Curse of the Blair Witch – TV Short Documentary],” “An Exploration of the Blair Witch Legend – Video short,” “Solstice,” “The Objective” and “Believers”.
1936 – Eileen Brennan, appeared in TV Movie “The Night That Panicked America,” as well as the films “Jeepers Creepers,” “The Hollow,” “Murder by Death” and episodes of “Tales From the Crypt and “Gravedale Hight.”
1902 – Mantan Moreland, starred in “King of the Zombies,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Rx,” “Revenge of the Zombies” and “Spider Baby.”
1892 – Esdras Hartley, art director for “The Return of Doctor X.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 3
2019 – Carol Lynley, appeared in “Howling VI: The Freaks,” “Dark Tower,” “Beware! The Blob,” “The Shuttered Room,” the TV movie “The Night Stalker,” and episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Night Gallery,” “Monsters,” “Thriller” and “The Evil Touch.”
2018 – Jacqueline Pearce, appeared in “The Reptile,” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Ghostlands,” and episodes of “Shadows” and “Dead of Night.”
2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, starred in “A Resurrection” and “The Green Mile”.
1998 – William Joyce, starred in “I Eat Your Skin”.
1991 – Frank Capra, director for “Arsenic & Old Lace”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 3
The Valley of Gwangi [1969] – NYC
Kalifornia [1993]
Martyrs [2008]
Clownado [2019]
Dark Figures [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 4
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 4
1978 – Wes Bentley, appeared in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Amnesiac,” “Final Girl,” “Underworld: Awakening,” “Jonah Hex,” “The Tomb,” “P2,” “The Ungodly” and “Ghost Rider.”
1957 – Patricia Tallman, played “Barbara” in the 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead” and appeared in “Army of Darkness”.
1943 – Michael Berryman, starred in “The Hills Have Eyes [1977],” “Deadly Blessing,” Mask Maker,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Necrosis,” “Ed Gein: The Butcher Of Plainfield,” “Shed of the Dead,” “Hell’s Kitty,” “Smothered,” “Cursed Films” and many more.
1928 – Dick York, appeared in several episodes of the “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” TV series and in one of my favorite “Thriller” episodes, “The Incredible Dr. Markesen” with Boris Karloff.
1911 – Reggie Nalder, played the vampire in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot,” and also appeared in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Dracula’s Dog,” “Crash!” and “Mark of the Devil.”
1911 – Billy Dix, appeared in “Giant from the Unknown” and “She Demons.”
1908 – Edward Dmytryk, directed “The Devil Commands” and “Captive Wild Woman”.
1887 – Roy William Neill, directed “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “The Black Room,” “The 9th Guest” and “Black Moon.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 4
2014 – Joan Rivers, appeared in “R.L. Stein’s Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Girlfriend?”
1993 – Hervé Villechaize, appeared in “Seizure” and “Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood.”
1991 – Tom Tryon, appeared in “I Married a Monster from Outer Space,” and wrote the novel “The Other” on which the film of the same name was based.
1981 – David Peel, known for his role of “Baron Meinster” in Hammer’s “The Brides of Dracula.” He also appeared in “The Hands of Orlac.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla [1952] – NYC
The Crawling Hand [1963] – Hartford, CT
He Knows You’re Alone [1981] – Finland
Curse Of the Wolf [2007]
Unholy [2007]
Sick for Toys [2018]
SEPTEMBER 5
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 5
1993 – Gage Golightly, appears in “Cabin Fever [2016],” “Exeter,” as well as the TV Series “Teen Wolf” and “iZombie.”
1973 – Rose McGowan, appeared in “Scream,” “Phantoms,” “Grindhouse,” “Planet Terror,” “Class of 1999,” ”The Sound” and “Rosewood Lane”.
1951 – Michael Keaton, starred in “Beetlejuice” and “White Noise.”
1948 – Scott H. Reiniger, starred in “Dawn of the Dead” as well as the remake in 2004.
1946 – Dennis Dugan, starred in “The Howling [1981].”
1944 – Rod Arrants, appeared in “APE,” “Helter Skelter” and “Dark Planet.”
1942 – Werner Herzog, directed the 1979 version of “Nosferatu.”
1940 – William Devane, appeared in “Hollow Man,” “Family Plot” and “The Dark.”
1908 – Gloria Holden, played the title role of “Dracula’s Daughter.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 5
2020 – Bing-Man Tam, appeared in “Vampire Expert.”
2020 – Jiří Menzel, appeared in “The Cremator,” “Ferat Vampire” and “The Sunken Cemetery.”
2019 – Rod Coneybeare, writer for an episode of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre: Mr. Kayne.”
2006 – Jonathan Ball, appeared in “Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills” and “The Zombie Diaries”.
1997 – Eddie Little Sky, appeared in “The Car.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 5
The Brides of Dracula [1960]
Vampire Queen [2002]
Blade of The Vampire [2005]
Kinky Kong [2006]
Making Monsters [2019] – Germany – Fantasy Filmfest
Re-Elected [2020] – USA – Scumdance
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SEPTERMBER 6
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 6
1976 – Naomie Harris, appeared in “Frankenstein [2011],” “Rampage” and “28 Days Later.”
1974 – Justin Whalin, portrayed “Andy Barclay” in “Child’s Play 3” and also appeared in “The House That Jack Built.”
1972 – Idris Elba, starred in “Prom Night [2008],” “The Unborn,” “28 Weeks Later,” “The Reaping,” “Demons Never Die,” “Prometheus” and the TV Series “Ultraviolet.”
1963 – Betsy Russell, played in some of the “Saw” films, “Cheerleader Camp,” “Chain Letter” and “Camp Fear.”
1953 – Anne Lockhart, appeared in “Troll,” “Revamped,” “Dark Tower” and others.
1949 – Tommy Lee Wallace, writer/director of “Vampires: Los Muertos,” “IT – TV Mini-Series,” “Fright Night Part 2” and “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.”
1934 – Paul Naschy portrayed all of the classic monsters in films like “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror,” “Assignment Terror,” “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman,” “Count Dracula’s Great Love,” “Horror Rises from the Tomb”, “Vengeance of the Zombies”, “The Mummy’s Revenge” and many more.
1891 – Rowland V. Lee, directed “Son of Frankenstein.”
1879 – Max Schreck, portrayed “Graf Orlok” in the silent film classic “Nosferatu” and also appeared in “The Strange Case of Captain Ramper.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 6
2020 – Kevin Dobson, appeared in “1408,” “Portal” and the TV Movie “Bering Sea.”
2004 – Tiny Doll, appeared in “Freaks [1932].”
1999 – Gil Herman, appeared in “Invaders from Mars” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”.
1974 – Otto Kruger appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter,” “The Colossus of New York” and “Jungle Captive.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 6
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]
The Terror [1928] – USA – sound version
The Ghastly Ones [1968]
The Thirsty Dead [1974]
Deranged [1990] filmed in 1987 – USA video premiere
Hellraiser: Hellworld [2005]
Pontypool [2008]
Blood Glacier [2013] – Toronto International Film Festival
Hex [2018]
Holiday Hell [2019]
Satanic Panic [2019]
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SEPTEMBER 7
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 7
1978 – Devon Sawa, starred in “Final Destination,” “Idle Hands,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley,” “A Resurrection,” “388 Arletta Avenue,” “Devil’s Den” and “Creature of Darkness.”
1976 – Oliver Hudson, starred in “Black Christmas [2006],” “The Breed” and episodes of the TV Series “Scream Queens.”
1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, appeared in “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Night of the Demons [2009]” “Jack Frost” and “Cursed.”
1970 – Tom Everett Scott, starred in “An American Werewolf in Paris” and episodes of the TV Series “Z Nation,” “Scream: The TV Series,” and “Beauty and the Beast.”
1969 – Angie Everhart, appeared in “Bigfoot,” “Downward Twin,” “The Gardener,” “Bordello of Blood,” and the TV Movie “Bugs.”
1954 – Doug Bradley starred in “Pumpkinhead: Ashes To Ashes,” “Scream Park,” and many of the Hellraiser films as Pinhead.
1954 – Corbin Bernsen, starred in “The Dentist,” “The Russian Bride,” “Dead Air,” ”Lizzie” and appeared in the “Masters of Horror” episode, “Right To Die” among others.
1940 – Dario Argento, directed “Suspiria [1977],” “Phenomena,” “Deep Red,” “Inferno,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,” “The Stendhal Syndrome,” “Two Evil Eyes,” and many more.
1937 – John Phillip Law, appeared in “Moon in Scorpio,” “Night Train to Terror,” “The Spiral Staircase,” “Eyes Behind the Wall” and more.
1926 – Ed Warren, investigated such hauntings as “The Amityville Horror,” “The Endfield Poltergeist,” and many more. The movies “The Conjuring,” “The Conjuring 2” and “The Conjuring 3” were based on the investigations.
1923 – Peter Lawford, appeared in the TV movie “The Phantom of Hollywood,” and the 1945 version of “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”
1894 – George Waggner, directed “The Wolf Man,” “Man Made Monster” and “Horror Island.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 7
2020 – Marichu Maceda, worked in the costume department for “Dobol Wedding.”
2019 – Robert Axelrod, appeared in “Tales of Frankenstein,” “The Blazing World,” “”The Revenant,” “Exorcism,” “Deep Freeze,” “A Light in the Darkness,” “Midnight,” “The Blob [1988],” “Sorority House Massacre” and many more.
2010 – Glenn Shadix, appeared in, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Sleepwalkers.” “Beetlejuice” and more.
2006 – Robert Earl Jones, appeared in “Sleepaway Camp,” “Maniac Cop 2” and “Sleepaway Camp”.
2003 – Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter who penned the immortal “Werewolves of London,”
2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, appeared in “From Hell”.
1996 – Bibi Besch, appeared in “Rattled”, “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Tremors,” “The Beast Within” and more.
1997 – Elisabeth Brooks appeared in “Deep Space,” “The Howling” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 7
Queen of Outer Space [1958]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1990]
Slumber Party Massacre III [1990]
Soul Survivors [2001]
Decoys [2004]
Unrest [2006] – USA – various film festivals
Hatchet [2006] – [Russia DVD – premiere
Zombie Farm [2007] – SoCal Independent Film Festival
They Wait [2007] – Toronto International Film Festival
The Boogeyman [2014]
SEPTEMBER 8
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 8
2002 – Gaten Matarazzo, starred in “Stranger Things – TV Series.”
1972 – Giovanni Frezza, appeared in “Demons [1985],” “A Blade in the Dark,” “Manhattan Baby” and “The House by the Cemetery.”
1971 – Brooke Burke-Charvet, appeared in “The Hazing” and “The Wraith.”
1971 – David Arquette starred in “Scream,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Eight Legged Freaks,” “Spree” an episode of “Creepshow: Season 1” as well as “Scream 2, 3, 4” and more.
1971 – Henry Thomas, starred in “Psycho IV: The Beginning” and “Dead Birds”.
1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, appeared in “Dracula – TV Series,” “Open Grave,” “Dracula 3D,” “The River – TV Series,” “Hostel: Part III,” “King Kong [2005],” “Resident Evil: Apocalypse” and more.
1957 – Heather Thomas, appeared in “Swamp Thing – TV Series” and “Red Blooded American Girl”.
1955 – Julian Richings, appeared in “Hannibal – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “The Witch,” “Dead Silence [2007],” “Septic Man,” “A Christmas Horror Story,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “Wrong Turn,” “Bag of Bones” and many more.
1952 – David R. Ellis, director/stuntman of “Final Destination 2,” “Snakes on a Plane,” ‘The Final Destination” and “Shark Night 3D.”
1941 – Christopher Connelly, appeared in “Manhattan Baby,” “The Invasion of Carol Enders,” as well as episodes of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” “Night Gallery” and “Circle of Fear.”
1923 – Arthur C. Pierce, director/writer of “The Navy vs. The Night Monsters,” “Mutiny in Outer Space” and “The Cosmic Man.”
1894 – William Fawcett, appeared in “The Return of Dracula,” “The Neanderthal Man” and “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 8
2020 – Tony Tanner, actor in “Exorcism [2003].”
2020 – David Clatworthy, appeared in “Tooth Fairy [2008]” and “District 9.”
2019 – John Wesley, appeared in “Jack’s Back,” “13th Child,” “Believers,” “The Midnighters,” and an episode of “Night Stalker.”
2014 – Kent Nolan, appeared in “Stage Fright,” “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead,” “Super Hybrid” and “Tideland.”
1991 – Brad Davis, appeared in episodes of “The Hitchhiker,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Deadly Nightmares” and more.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 8
A Bay of Blood [1971] – Italy
The Manson Massacre – aka The Cult – [1972] – Moorhead, MN [re-release]
King Kong [1976]
Nosferatu in Venice [1988]
Shadow Builder [1998] – video premiere
The Watcher [2000]
The Covenant [2006]
Stolen Souls [2006]
Uncharted [2009]
Saint Maud [2019] – Toronto International Film Festival
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SEPTEMBER 9
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 9
1980 – Michelle Williams, appeared in “Species” and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.”
1979 – Lukas Behnken, appeared in “Fangs.”
1971 – Henry Thomas, appeared in “Psycho IV: The Beginning,” “Doctor Sleep,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil,” “Dreamkatcher,” “Red Velvet,” episodes of the TV series “The Haunting of Hill House” and more.
1966 – Adam Sandler, was the voice of Dracula in “Hotel Transylvania,” “Hotel Transylvania 2” and “Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation.”
1965 – Michelle Johnson, appeared in “Specimen,” “Dr. Giggles,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Blood Ties,” “The Jigsaw Murders,” “Waxwork,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
1962 – Kevin Grevioux, writer and actor in such films as “Quicksilver Highway,” “Underworld,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” “I, Frankenstein” and more.
1954 – Jeffery Combs, starred in “Re-Animator,” “From Beyond,” “The Frighteners,” “Dark House,” “Return To House On Haunted Hill,” and the series “Creepshow” to name a few.
1952 – Angela Cartwright, played “Penny Robinson” on the “Lost in Space” TV series
1943 – Art LaFleur, appeared in the films “Jekyll & Hyde…Together Again,” “Trancers,” “The Blob [1988]” and “Jack the Bear.”
1932 – Sylvia Miles, appeared in “The Funhouse” and “The Sentinel.”
1928 – Edward Walsh, appeared in “Crypt of the Living Dead,” “Count Yorga, Vampire” and “The Return of Count Yorga.”
1927 – Bob Duncan, wrote for TV series’ such as “Land of the Giants,” “Lost in Space” and “The Time Tunnel.”
1923 – Cliff Robertson, appeared in “The 13th Child,” and “Escape From L.A” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1915 – Richard Webb, appeared in “Hillbillys in the Haunted House,” “Beware the Blob” and the TV movie “The Werewolf of Woodstock.”
1899 – Neil Hamilton, appeared in “The Cat Creeps,” “The Devil’s Hand” and episodes of “The Munsters” and “The Outer Limits.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 9
2019- Lito Legaspi, appeared in “Drakulita” and “Devil Woman.”
1997 – Burgess Meredith, appeared in numerous episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery” TV series as well as films “Torture Garden,” “The Sentinel,” “Beware the Blob” and “Burnt Offerings.”
1995 – Keith Wayne, co-starred as “Tom” in “Night of the Living Dead” and “Living Dead.”
1994 – Patrick O’Neal, appeared in the “Fear of Spiders” episode of the “Night Gallery” TV Series and in the film “Chamber of Horrors.”
1966 – Nestor Paiva, appeared in “Hold That Ghost,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Tarantula,” “The Mole People,” “Let’s Kill Uncle” and episodes of “The Addams Family” and “Matinee Theatre.”
1941 – James Ashmore Creelman, screenwriter for “The Last Performance,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “King Kong [1933]” and “King Kong [1976].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 9
The Cat and the Canary [1927]
Phobia [1980]
Nightmares [1983]
Grotesque [1988]
Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras [1999]
Shutter [2004]
Blood + Kisses [2005] – Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and the Supernatural
The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005]
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! [2008]
Albino Farm [2009]
Grave Encounters [2011]
Bloody Hell [2020] – Brazil
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SEPTEMBER 10
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 10
1985 – Elyse Levesque, appeared in “The Originals – TV Series,” “The Haunting of Sorority Row,” “Slumber Party Slaughter,” “Ready or Not,” and “Masters of Horror – TV Series.”
1974 – Ryan Phillippe, starred in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Wish Upon” and the TV movie “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare.”
1972 – James Duval, appeared in “Night of the Living Dead: Contagion,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Lazarus: Apocalypse,” “Dead Sea,” “Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales,” “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond,” “May,” “Donnie Darko” and many more.
1969 – Johnathon Schaech, appeared in “Flight 7500,” “Prom Night [2008],” “Quarantine” “Day of the Dead: Bloodline,” and “Jackals.”
1958 – Chris Columbus, writer for “Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” producer for “The Lighthouse,” and “The Witch.”
1954 – Fred Olen Ray, B movie writer/producer/director of “Super Shark,” “Minutes to Midnight,” “Tomb of the Werewolf,” “Bonehill Road,” “Evil Toons,” “Haunting Fear,” “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers” and many more.
1953 – Amy Irving, film appearances include “Carrie,” “The Fury” and “The Rage: Carrie 2.”
1953 – Joe Perry, did the soundtrack for episode “Like a Virgin” in the TV Series “Supernatural” as well as the movie “The Lost Boys.”
1951 – Bruce Reisman, directed/produced/wrote “The House That Jack Built,”
1948 – Judy Geeson, appeared in “31,” “The Lords of Salem,” “Monsters – TV Series,” “Horror Planet,” “Fear in the Night,” “Doomwatch” and many more.
1924 – Dermot Walsh, appeared in “Mania,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “Ghost Ship” [1952].
1915 – Edmond O’Brien, appeared in the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Dream No Evil.”
1914 – Robert Wise, director for “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Body Snatcher,” “Audrey Rose,” and “The Haunting [1963].”
1908 – Charles Lang, sound department for “House of Wax [1953],” “The Return of Doctor X” and “The Mysterious Doctor.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 10
2020 – Diana Rigg, actress in “Last Night in Soho,” “Theatre of Blood” and the TV Movie “The Haunting of Helen Walker.”
2020 – Barry Scott, appeared in “Goodbye Gemini” and “The Dead Center.”
2019 – Valerie Van Ost, appeared in “Corruption,” “Incense for the Damned” and “The Satanic Rites of Dracula.”
2014 – Richard Kiel, appeared in “The Humanoid,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV Series,” “House of the Damned,” “Eegah” and “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
2012 – Lance LeGault, appeared in “Coma,” “The Legend of Sasquatch,” “Dark Breed,” “Nightmare Beach,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
2011 – Cliff Robertson, appeared in “The 13th Child,” and “Escape From L.A” as well as episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight Zone.”
2007 – Loretta King, appeared in “Bride of The Monster.”
2004 – Richard Karlan, appeared in “Scared Stiff” and Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy”.
1993 – Michael Ross, appeared in the films “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “Ghost Chasers”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 10
The Hound of The Baskervilles [1922] – New York City
The Blob [1958]
Endangered Species [1982]
Witchboard 2: The Devil’s Doorway [1993]
Stigmata [1999]
Stir of Echoes [1999]
Malevolence [2004] – limited
Resident Evil: Apocalypse [2004]
Black Sheep [2006] – Toronto International Film Festival
Deadgirl [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Resident Evil: Afterlife [2010]
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare [2017]
Psycho Goreman [2020] – Brazil
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SEPTEMBER 11 – NEVER FORGET…
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 11
1980 – Kevin McDonagh, producer for “Idol of Evil” and the TV Series “The 7th Day”
1979 – Cameron Richardson, appeared in “The Evil Gene,” “Holy Ghost People,” “Rise: Blood Hunter,” “Open Water 2: Adrift,” “Harper’s Island – TV Series,” “Point Pleasant – TV Series” and more.
1979 – Tiffany Shepis, appeared in “Hallows’ Eve,” “Basement Jack,” “Caesar & Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Victor Crowley,” “She Wolf Rising,” “The Night Watchmen,” “Model Hunger,” “Night of the Demons,” “Extremity,” “Strange Nature,” “Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula,” “Wrath of Crows,” “Asylum of Darkness,” “Pickaxe,” “Terror Firmer,” “Scarecrow” and many more.
1979 – Ariana Richards, starred in “Tremors” and “Jurassic Park.”
1967 – Harry Connick Jr. appeared in “Bug [2006]” and as serial killer “Daryll Lee Cullum” in the film “Copycat.”
1963 – Virginia Madsen appeared in “Candyman,” “Zombie High” “Number 23” and the 1999 version of “The Haunting.”
1962 – Elizabeth Daily appeared in “One Dark Night” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1960 – Anne Ramsay appeared in “Critters 4.”
1958 – Scott Patterson, played in “Saw IV & V.”
1955 – Felton Perry, appeared in “Robocop 1, 2 & 3,” “Puppet Master 4” and “Hollywood Vampyr.”
1954 – Tibor Takács, director of “The Gate,” “The Gate 2,” “I, Madman,” “Rats,” “Mansquito,” “Ice Spiders,” “Mega Snake” and more.
1940 – Brian De Palma, film credits include “Dressed To Kill,” “The Black Dahlia,” “The Phantom of Paradise,” “Sisters” and Carrie [1976].
1926 – Lee Richardson, appeared in “The Exorcist III,” “The Fly II” and “The Believers.”
1917 – Herbert Lom, starred in “The Devil’s Daughter,” “The Masque of the Red Death [1989],” “The Dead Zone,” “And Now the Screaming Starts!,” “Count Dracula,” “Mark of the Devil,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1962]” and many more.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 11
2020 – Henryk Łapiński, actor in the TV Short “Heartbeat.”
2020 – Michael Dean Jacobs, provided the voice for “Black Circle Boys.”
2018 – Fenella Fielding, appeared in “The Old Dark House [1963],” “Carry on Screaming!”, “Wishbaby” and “Worst Fears.”
2016 – Alexis Arquette starred in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey Knight,” “Jack Be Nimble,” “Sometimes They Come Back… Again,” “Bride of Chucky” and “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.”
2015 – Paul Galloway, appeared in “J.D.’s Revenge” and “Zaat.”
2014 – Paul Barry starred in “Legacy of Satan.”
2010 – Harold Gould starred in “The Man from Planet X” and “The Couch.”
2010 – Kevin McCarthy, starred in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1956],” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978],” “Piranha,” “The Howling,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie”, “The Sleeping Car”, and more.
2009 – 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.
2009 – Darryl Theirse, starred in “Crocodile 2: Death Swamp.”
2003 – John Ritter, appeared in “Bride of Chucky” and The TV mini-series “It [1990].”
2002 – Kim Hunter, appeared in “Two Evil Eyes,” “The Seventh Victim,” “The Kindred,” “Dark August” and more.
2002 – Malcolm Nelthorpe, starred in “Rabid [1977],” “Scanners” and “Visiting Hours.”
2001 – Janine M. Clark, producer for “Antibody” and production manager on “Python 2.”
2001 – Diana Daubeney, producer for “The House That Vanished” and a writer on “Vampyres [1974].”
2001 – Berry Berenson, starred in Cat People [1982] and was a victim of the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, she was on board American Airlines Flight 11. She was wife to Anthony Perkins who starred in “Psycho [1960]” who passed on September 12, 1992.
2001 – Charles McCrann, director/writer/editor/producer/actor for “Toxic Zombies [1980].” He perished as homicide as a result of the World Trade Center attack.
2001 – Chuck Margiotta, stuntman in “The Addiction” and “Hannibal” and was also a Fireman with the 22nd Battalion in Staten Island died in the World Trade Center collapse.
2001 – Patricia J. Statz, appeared in “The Demons of Ludlow” died in the attack on the Pentagon.
2001 – Chad Keller was a good friend of The X-Files Producer/Director/Writer/Actor Chris Carter who was remembered on the “X-Files episode Nothing Important Happened Today II [2001].”
1994 – Jessica Tandy, starred in “The Birds”.
1970 – Chester Morris, appeared in “The Bat Whispers” and “She Creature”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 11
Maniac [1934]
Kiss of the Vampire [1963]
The Haunting of Julia [1977] – San Sebastian Film Festival
Hellraiser [1987] – UK
The Curse [1987] – limited
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [1992]
Cube [1997] – limited
Hellgate: The House That Screamed 2 [2001]
April Fools [2007]
Sorority Row [2009]
388 Arletta Avenue [2011]
The Editor [2014] – Toronto International Film Festival
Fear Pharm [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 12
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 12
1982 – Kat Castaneda, starred in “The Crate,” “The Sickness” and “Knock Knock.”
1962 – Amy Yasbeck, appeared in “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “House II: The Second Story.”
1960 – Robert John Burke, appeared in “Witchblade – TV Series,” “Thinner,” “RoboCop 3,” “Dust Devil” and “Nightmare Weekend.”
1956 – Leslie Cheung, starred in “A Chinese Ghost Story” and “Inner Senses.”
1938 – Anne Helm appeared in “Nightmare in Wax.”
1931 – Sir Ian Holms, starred in “From Hell” and the 1994 version of “Frankenstein.”
1927 – Freddie Jones, appeared in “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “The Satanic Rites of Dracula”.
1923 – John Chambers, make-up artist in “Sssssss” and “Halloween II.”
1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, appeared in “Curse of the Werewolf” and “Corridors of Blood.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12
2020 – Barbara Jefford, appeared in “Lust for a Vampire” and “Journey to the Unknown – Episode: Miss Belle [1968].”
2001 – Victor Wong, appeared in “Prince of Darkness [1987]” and “Tremors”.
1993 – Charles Lamont, film credits include “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man”.
1993 – Raymond Burr, appeared in the American versions of “Godzilla [1957]” and “Godzilla 1985,” as well as “Rear Window,” “Gorilla at Large” and “Bride of the Gorilla.”
1992 – Anthony Perkins, best known for “Norman Bates” in “Psycho [1960].”
1992 – Ed Peck, appeared in episodes of TV Series including “The Munsters,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Tales of Tomorrow.”
1978 – Craig Slocum, played “Harry Johnson” on the original “Dark Shadows” TV series.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 12
The Bad Seed [1956]
Horror Hotel – aka City of the Dead – [1961]
What A Carve Up! – aka No Place Like Homicide! – [1962] – New York City
Unearthly Stranger [1963]
Shock Waves 1980 filmed in 1977 – re-release
Prom Night [1980] – Canada
Bloody Murder [2000]
Cabin Fever [2002]
Hangman’s Curse [2003]
Plaga Zombie: Mutant Zone [2005] – New York City
Bloodz vs Wolvez [2006]
Are You Scared? [2006]
Eden Lake [2008]
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SEPTEMBER 13
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 13
1988 – Nikki Leigh, appeared in “Mummy Dearest,” “Del Playa,” “The Sand,” “Unlucky Charms,” “Do Not Reply” and “Mummy Dearest.”
1932 – Richard Kiel, appeared in “Hysterical,” “The Human Duplicators,” “The Awakened,” and episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Thriller.”
1926 – Johnny Craig, writer/illustrator whose work appeared in the famed line of EC horror comics.
1916 – Ronald Dahl, writer whose novels include “The Witches”.
1913 – Roy Engel, appeared in “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “The Man from Planet X” and “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.”
1895 – Ruth McDevitt, appeared in “Kolchak, the Night Stalker” TV series and “The Birds.”
1894 – J.B. Priestley, wrote the novel “Benighted,” on which the film “The Old Dark House” was based.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 13
2019 – Brian D. Turk, appeared in “Magus.”
2017 – Stewart Moss, appeared in “The Bat People” and “Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls.”
2001 – Scott Brady, appeared in “Gremlins,” “Castle of Evil” and “The Night Strangler.”
1948 – Paul Wegener, played in “The Golem.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 13
Bloodlust! [1961]
Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster [1965]
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare [1991]
Ted Bundy [2002] – Canada
One Hour Photo [2002]
Dead Birds [2004] – Toronto International Film Festival
Bloody Mallory 2005, filmed in 2002 – DVD premiere
Within the Woods [2005]
Haunt [2019]
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SEPTEMBER 14
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 14
1989 – Jesse James, starred in “The Amityville Horror [2005],” “Hide in the Light,” “Dead Souls,” The Darkroom,” “The Hollow One” and “Fear of the Dark.”
1973 – Andrew Lincoln, starred as “Rick Grimes” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1971 – Pat Healy, appeared in “The Pale Door,” “Velvet Buzzsaw,” “Pandemic,” “Tales of Halloween,” “Cheap Thrills,” “The Innkeepers,” “Night Stalker – TV Series” and more.
1959 – Mary Crosby, appeared in “The Night Caller,” “Cupid” and episodes of the TV Series “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
1947 – Sam Neil, starred in “Jurassic Park I & III,” “Event Horizon,” “Daybreakers,” “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” “In the Mouth of Madness” and more.
1916 – James H. Nicholson, American International Pictures cofounder, produced numerous films including “It Conquered the World,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Raven [1963],” “Frogs,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Legend of Hell House,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Haunted Palace,” “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” and many more.
1910 – Jack Hawkins, appeared in “Theatre of Blood” and “Tales That Witness Madness.”
1900 – Robert Florey, directed “Murders in the Rue Morgue [1932],” “The Beast With Five Fingers,” and several episodes of the TV series’ “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 14
2020 – Peter George Starkie, guitar/vocals for “Skyhooks.”
2020 – Al Kasha, worked on the soundtrack for “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return – Episode: Killer Fish [2018],” “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return – Episode: Reptilicus [2017],” “American Horror Story – Episode: Sojourn [2018]” and “American Horror Story – Episode: The End [2018].”
2009 – Henry Gibson, appeared in “The ‘Burbs,” “Gremlins 2: The New Batch,” and more.
2006 – Mickey Hargitay, appeared in “Lady Frankenstein,” “Bloody Pit of Horror” and “The Reincarnation of Isabel”.
2005 – Robert Wise, directed “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” “The Curse of the Cat People,” “The Haunting [1963]” “The Body Snatcher [1945]” and “Audrey Rose.”
2002 – La Wanda Page, appeared in “Mausoleum”.
1985 – Julian Beck, appeared in “Poltergeist II: The Other Side.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 14
The Legacy [1979]
Curtains [1983] – Canada
Repossessed [1990]
Grim Prairie Tales [1990]
Alien Terminator [1995] – Japan
Spooky Funny Halloween 2007
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning [2004] – DVD premiere
Resident Evil: Retribution [2012]
Bunni [2013]
The Basement [2018]
The Girl in the Crawlspace [2018]
Blood Vessel [2019] – FilmQuest
The Beach House [2019] – Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
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SEPTEMBER 15
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15
1981 – Jim Ford, appeared in “The Purge: Election Year,” “Exeter,” “Knock Knock,” “Frat House Massacre,” “Indiscretion,” “The Crate” and more.
1980 – Ben Woolf, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Haunting Charles Manson,” “Dead Kansas,” “Unlucky Charms,” “Insidious” and more.
1976 – Jonathan Liebesman, director of “Darkness Falls,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” and “Battle Los Angeles”.
1964 – Steven R. Monroe, directed “Sasquatch Mountain,” “Left in Darkness,” “Ogre,” “I Spit on Your Grave [2010],” “I Spit on Your Grave 2,” “The Exorcism of Molly Hartley” and more.
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, starred in “Eyes of Laura Mars” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1946 – Oliver Stone, directed “Seizure” and “The Hand.”
1928 – Henry Silva, appeared in “Thirst,” “Alligator” and “Possessed by the Night.”
1922 – Jackie Cooper, appeared in “Chosen Survivors.”
1907 – Fay Wray, appeared in “Doctor X,” “The Vampire Bat,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and of course “King Kong [1933].”
1904 – Tom Conway, appeared in “The Atomic Submarine,” “The She Creature,” and “Voodoo Woman.”
1903 – Yoshio Kosugi, appeared in “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster” and “Mothra.”
1890 – Agatha Christie, great mystery novelist who has sold over one billion books 2 include the films “Suspicions” and “Endless Night.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 15
2019 – Phyllis Newman, appeared in “The Naked Witch.”
2019 – David Hurst, appeared in “Vampire Over London,” “The Maltese Bippy,” and episodes of the TV Series “Dark Shadows” as Justin Collins.
2019 – Ric Ocasek, worked on the soundtrack for “Attack of the Killer Refrigerator,” “The Craft,” “Girls Against Boys” and an episode of “Stranger Things.”
2017 – Harry Dean Stanton, appeared in “Alien,” “Christine,” as well as episodes of the TV Series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Inner Sanctum.”
2011 – Frances Bay, appeared in “Nomads,” “Alien Nation – TV Series,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Arachnophobia,” “The Pit and the Pendulum [1991],” “Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive – TV Movie,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” “The X-Files” and many more.
2005 – Johnny Ramone, who played in the band “The Ramones.” Their music has been used in the films “Pet Sematary,” “Final Destination 3″ and ” House of 1000 Corpses”.
1996 – Tom Payne appeared in “Curucu, Beast of The Amazon”.
1987 – Harry Holcombe, appeared in “Empire of the Ants,” “The Psychic Killer” and played “Dr. Arnold Johnson” in the American version of “King Kong vs. Godzilla”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTERMBER 15
Planet of the Vampires [1965] – Italy
Horror of the Zombies – aka The Ghost Galleon [1974] – Spain
Tintorera [1978]
Edge of the Axe [1988]
Zombie Honeymoon [2005] – Temecula Valley International Film Festival
The Black Dahlia [2006]
The House of Usher [2006]
Silo Killer 2: The Wrath of Kyle [2009]
The Xlitherman [2009]
Call Girl of Cthulhu [2014]
Demons [2017]
It Came from the Desert [2017] – Fantasy Filmfest
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SEPTEMBER 16
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 16
1985 – Madeline Zima appeared in the films “The Collector,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” “Trance,” “Dimples” and “The Vampire Diaries – TV Series.”
1960 – Mike Mignola, an acclaimed comics artist and writer he is the creator of “Hellboy” comics.
1958 – Jennifer Tilly, starred in “Bride of Chucky” and “Seed of Chucky,” she also appeared in “Embrace of the Vampire.” and “The Haunted Mansion”.
1952 – Mickey Rourke, starred in “Nightmare Cinema,” “Fade to Black,” “Dead in a Tombstone,” “They Crawl” and “Angel Heart.”
1949 – Ed Begley Jr., appeared in the films “Addams Family Reunion,” and “Transylvania 6-5000.”
1930 – Anne Francis appeared in “Forbidden Planet”.
1924 – Lauren Bacall, starred in “Presence of Mind” and “The Fan.”
1908 – Steve Pendleton, appeared in “Killers from Space” and “Target Earth.”
1885 – Arthur Lucan, appeared in “Vampire Over London” and “My Son the Vampire.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 16
2003 – Sheb Wooley, recorded the song “Purple People Eater”.
2002 – James Gregory, appeared in episodes of the TV Series ”Thriller,” “Inner Sanctum” and the “Twilight Zone.”
2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American International Picture co-founder, and produced many horror films some of which include “Dressed to Kill,” “The Amityville Horror [1980],” “The Raven [1963]” and “Squirm.”
1996 – Gene Nelson, directed “Hand of Death,” and “The Invisible Man”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 16
Strange Invaders [1983]
Venom [2005]
Cry Wolf [2005]
Monster Movie [2008]
The Legend of Bloody Mary [2008]
They Wait [2008] – DVD premiere
The Day [2011] – Toronto International Film Festival
31 [2016]
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SEPTEMBER 17
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17
1996 – Ella Purnell, starred in “Army of the Dead” and appeared in “Intruders.”
1966 – Tracy Dali, appeared in “Paranormal Movie,” “The Backlot Murders” and “Click: The Calendar Girl Killer.”
1965 – Kyle Chandler, appeared in “King Kong [2005],” “The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008]” and an episode of “Freddy’s Nightmares.”
1951 – Cassandra Peterson a.k.a. “Elvira,” appeared in “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” “Elvira’s Haunted Hills” and many more.
1945 – Bruce Spense appeared in “Queen of the Damned,” “Winchester,” and the TV Movie “The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas.”
1938 – Paul Benedict, appeared in the films “The Addams Family,” “The Devil’s Advocate” and the 1993 version of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.”
1931 – Anne Brancroft, appeared in “Gorilla At Large” and “Dracula, Dead and Loving It.”
1928 – Curtis Harrington, directed the films “Queen of Blood,” “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell,” and various TV series including “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Logan’s Run” and the 1985 version of “The Twilight Zone.”
1928 – Roddy McDowall, appeared in the “Fright Night” films.
1917 – Ib Melchior, writer/producer for “The Angry Red Planet,” and “Planet of the Vampires.”
1910 – John Dodsworth, appeared in “The Mole People,” and “The Magnetic Monster.”
1904 – Edgar G. Ulmer, films include “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,” “The Man from Planet X” and the 1934 version of “The Black Cat.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 17
2019 – Suzanne Whang, appeared in “Constantine,” the TV Movie “Ring of Darkness” and an episode of “The Chronicle.”
2019 – Sathaar, actor in “Lisa,” “Sakthi,” “Manasariyathe” and the TV Movie “Mantra Shakti.”
2017 – Suzan Farmer, appeared in “Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1966],” “Rasputin: The Mad Monk,” “Monster of Terror,” “Persecution” as well as episodes of “Thriller” and “Out of the Unknown.”
2009 – Dick Durock, stuntman in “The Thing with Two Heads,” “Swamp Thing” “The Return of the Swamp Thing” and on the TV series of the same name.
1993 – Christian Nyby, directed “The Thing From Another World”.
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, appeared in “Mr. Sardonicus,” “The Vulture” and “The Black Sleep”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 17
Before I Hang [1940]
Revenge of the Zombies [1943]
Godzilla vs. the Thing [1964]
The House by the Lake [1976] – Canada
Messengers [2004] – BendFilm Festival
Devil [2010]
Stake Land [2010]
Abandoned Dead [2015] – Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival
Hellarious [2019]
Polaroid [2019]
Spiral [2019]
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SEPTEMBER 18
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 18
1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, appeared in “Dark Ride,” “The Hillside Strangler” and “Bundy.”
1979 – Alison Lohman, starred in “Drag Me to Hell,” “Gamer,” “Kraa! The Sea Monster,” and “The Vatican Tapes.”
1973 – James Marsden, appeared in “Disturbing Behavior” and “Campfire Tales.”
1972 – Michael Landes, appeared in “11-11-11,” “Possession” and “Final Destination 2.”
1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, appeared in the films “Scream 2” and “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”
1961 – Urbano Barberini, appeared in “Demons [1985],” “Opera,” “The Black Cat [1989]” and “The Eighteenth Angel.”
1944 – Veronica Carlson, appeared in “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “Horror of Frankenstein.”
1940 – Frankie Avalon, appeared in “Blood Song,” “Panic in Year Zero” and “Horror House.”
1939 – Fred Willard appeared in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot.”
1939 – Sandra Dorsey, actress in “Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland,” “Grizzly” and the TV Movie “Frankenstein [2004].”
1929 – Phyllis Kirk, appeared in “House of Wax [1953].”
1923 – Grayson Hall, portrayed “Dr. Julia Hoffman” on the “Dark Shadows” series.
1916 – Rossano Brazzi, appeared in “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks” and “Old Dracula.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 18
2019 – Shyam Ramsay, directed “Hotel [1981],” “The Monster [1994],” “Neighbours [2014]” and many more.
2008 – James Gavin, appeared in “The Werewolf” and in episodes of “The Twilight Zone”.
2005 – Richard E. Cunha, directed “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “She Demons” and “Giant from The Unknown”.
2005 – John Bromfield, appeared in “Revenge of the Creature,” “Manfish” and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon”.
2004 – Russ Meyer, films included “Motor Psycho” and “Black Snake.”
1999 – Harold F. Kress, editor for “The Swarm” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 18
The Slime People [1963] – Boston
The Haunting [1963] – New York City
X the Man with X-Ray Eyes [1963] – Miami
Street Trash [1987]
Hellraiser [1987]
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College [1991]
Replicant [2001] – video premiere
The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock ‘N’ Roll Musical [2003]
The Kung Fu Mummy [2005]
Mexican Werewolf In Texas [2005]
BloodRayne II: Deliverance [2007] – DVD premiere
Dark Floors [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Lynch Mob [2009]
Jennifer’s Body [2009]
Antebellum [2020]
Miranda Veil [2020]
No Escape [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 19
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 19
1989 – Lorenza Izzo, appeared in “Holidays,” “Lab Coats: Life After the Zombie Apocalypse – TV Short,” “Knock Knock,” “The Stranger,” “The Green Inferno,” “Hemlock Grove – TV Series,” “Aftershock” and more.
1988 – Katrina Bowden, appeared in “Great White,” “Nurse,” “Scary Movie 5,” “Hold Your Breath,” “Piranha 3DD” and “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.”
1987 – Danielle Panabaker, appeared in “Friday the 13th [2009],” “The Crazies [2010],” “Piranha 3DD,” “Girls Against Boys,” and “The Ward.”
1984 – Kevin Zegers, appeared in “Specimen,” “Wrong Turn” and “Dawn of the Dead [2004].”
1964 – Kim Richards, starred in “The Car” and the TV movie “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell.”
1948 – Jeremy Irons, appeared in the film “Dead Ringers”.
1942 – David Hess, appeared in “Ulli Lommel’s Zodiac Killer,” “Zombie Nation,” “Swamp Thing,” “House on the Edge of the Park” and “The Last House on the Left.”
1933 – David McCallum, played the title role in the 70’s TV series, “The Invisible Man.”
1908 – Tetsu Nakamura, appeared in “Yog, Monster from Space,” “Atragon” and “Mothra.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 19
2020 – Yôsuke Saitô, actor in “The Scissors Massacre,” “Love Ghost” and more.
2000 – Gloria Talbott, starred in “The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,” “The Cyclops” and “I Married a Monster from Outer Space”.
1986 – B. Jonathan Ringkamp, screenwriter for “The Clairvoyant.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 19
Satan’s School for Girls [1973]
Blue Velvet [1986] – limited
Wishmaster [1997]
Demon Hunters [1999]
Bubba Ho-Tep [2003] – USA limited
Underworld [2003]
Cold Creek Manor [2003]
Deadgirl [2008] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Zombie Strippers! [2008]
Open Graves [2009] – TV premiere
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead [2014] – Fantastic Fest
Evil Nature [2018]
Bride of the Werewolf [2019]
The Cleansing Hour [2019] – Fantastic Fest
The Deep Ones [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 20
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 20
1991 – Spencer Locke, appeared in “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” “Insidious: The Last Key,” “Monster House” and more.
1977 – Jon Bernthal, best known for playing “Shane Walsh” on “The Walking Dead – TV Series.”
1975 – Asia Argento, appeared in “Trauma,” “The Church,” “Demons 2,” “Dracula 3D,” “The Phantom of the Opera [1998],” “Land of the Dead” and more.
1965 – Robert Rusler, appeared in “Blood Feast [2016],” “Tales of Halloween,” “Amityville: A New Generation,” “Sometimes They Come Back,” “Vamp,” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.”
1956 – Gary Cole, starred in the TV series “American Gothic” also appeared in “The Ring 2” and other films.
1954 – Brinke Stevens, starred in “Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama,” “Teenage Exorcist” [which she co-wrote], “Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley,” “Caesar & Otto’s Paranormal Halloween,” “Caesar & Otto’s Deadly Xmas,” “Vampires vs Zombies,” and “Night of Something Strange,” “Bryan Loves You” and many more.
1940 – William Finley, appeared in “Masters of Horror – TV Series,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series,” “Night Terrors,” “Silent Rage,” “The Funhouse,” “The Fury,” “Eaten Alive,” “Phantom of the Paradise,” “Sisters” and others.
1925 – James Bernard, soundtrack for “The Damned,” “The Living Corpse,” composer for “Nosferatu [1922],” “Horror of Dracula,” “Scars of Dracula,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1966],” “The Gorgon” and many more.
1914 – Glen Robinson, special effects for “King Kong [1976],” “Demon Seed [1977],” “Amityville II: The Possession” and “Island Claws.”
1912 – Don Shelton, appeared in “Invasion of the Saucer Men” and “Them!”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 20
2020 – Michael Chapman, directed “Annihilator,” cinematographer for “The Howling,” “The Lost Boys” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978].”
2020 – Takashi Fujiki, appeared in “Kamen Rider Amazons: Reincarnation,” Kamen Rider Amazons: Awakening,” Shin Godzilla” and “Terror in the Streets.”
2020 – Alan Tomkins, art department for “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles [1994], “Tam Lin [1970],” art director for “Lifeforce [1985]” and “The Keep [1983].”
2019 – Jan Merlin, appeared in “Them!,” “The Twilight People,” TV Movies “Covenant,” “Buried Alive” and episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
2008 – Patricia Place, appeared in “Scanner Cop II” and “House of the Dead 2.”
2007 – Eleanor Beecroft, appeared in “Funeral Home” and the 1961 3D film “The Mask,”
1993 – Zita Johann, actress in “The Mummy [1932]” and “Raiders of the Living Dead.”
1973 – Glenn Strange, who played the Frankenstein monster in such Universal classics as “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 20
The Mummy’s Hand [1940]
Cellar Dweller [1988]
Living Dead Girl [2003]
Jack O’Lantern [2004] – DVD premiere
Attack of the Slime People [2008]
The Virgin Murders [2009]
Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 [2011]
Villains [2019]
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SEPTEMBER 21
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 21
1990 – Christian Serratos, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series” and “Flight 7500.”
1983 – Maggie Grace, starred in “The Fog [2005]” and episodes of the TV Series “Fear the Walking Dead.”
1980 – Autumn Reeser, appeared in “The Legend of La Llorona,” “The Whispers – TV Series,” “Lost Boys: The Tribe,” “Dead Trigger,” and “Nature of the Beast – TV Movie.”
1971 – Luke Wilson, starred in “Vacancy” and appeared in “Scream 2,” “Soul Survivors” and “Zombieland: Double Tap.”
1965 – David Wenham, appeared in “Nekrotronic” and “Van Helsing: The London Assignment.”
1961 – Nancy Travis, appeared in “The Vanishing,” and the TV mini-series “Stephen King’s Rose Red.”
1947 – Stephen King, Master of Horror, whose novels and short stories are way too extensive to list here was also born on this date. Beside writing, he directed “Maximum Overdrive” and appeared in “Creepshow 2” and “Diary of the Dead. “The Shining,” “Carrie” and “Christine” were made into movies.
1947 – Nick Castle appeared as The Shape in “Halloween” and as The Alien in “Dark Star.” He co-wrote the screenplays for “Escape From New York,” “Escape from L.A.” and also directed “The Last Starfighter.”
1945 – Jerry Bruckheimer, Producer whose credits include such films as “Cat People [1982]” and “Deliver Us from Evil.”
1945 – Tariq Anwar, editor for “Curve,” “Crucible of Terror” and “Beware My Brethren.”
1931 – Larry Hagman, directed and appeared in “Son of the Blob.”
1930 – Dawn Addams, appeared in “The Vampire Lovers,” “Vault of Horror” and “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll.”
1924 – Gail Russell, appeared in “The Uninvited [1944].”
1911 – Chuck Jones, directed “Gremlins: The New Batch” and appeared in “Gremlins.”
1894 – James Ashmore Creelman, writer for “King Kong [1933],” “King Kong [1976],” “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Last Performance.”
1866 – H.G. Wells, writer who is best known for “War of the Worlds.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 21
2020 – Michael Lonsdale, actor in “Successive Slidings of Pleasure.”
2019 – Sid Haig, appeared in “Blood Bath,” “Beware! The Blob,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “The Inflicted,” “Bone Tomahawk,” “3 From Hell,” “Hanukkah” and many more.
2019 – Aron Eisenberg, appeared in “The Horror Show,” “Playroom,” “Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge,” and the TV Movie “Amityville: The Evils Escapes.”
2019 – Jack Donner, appeared in “Hand of Death,” “Retro Puppet Master,” “Demon Under Glass,” “Plot 7,” “Brotherhood of Blood,” “Farm House,” “Night of Templar,” the pilot episode of “Fear the Walking Dead” and many more films.
2019 – Carmelo Chionglo, production designer for “The Rites of May” and “Wake Up, Maruja.”
2009 – Robert Ginty, starred in “The Exterminator”, “Exterminator 2”, “Madhouse”, “Maniac Killer”, “The Alchemist”, and more.
2007 – Alice Ghostley appeared in “Blue Sunshine” and played ‘Granny” in “Addams Family Reunion.”
2003 – Pamela Gordon, appeared in “Poltergeist II: The Other Side” and “Blood Stone: Subspecies II”.
2000 – R. Wright Campbell, wrote the screenplays for “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Man of a Thousand Faces”.
1991 – Angelo Rossitto, appeared in “Freaks” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 21
Wolfman [1979] – Mandan, ND
The Company of Wolves [1984]
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter [1994]
Vampiyaz [2004]
Days of Darkness [2007]
Resident Evil: Extinction [2007]
Alien Raiders [2008]
House at the End of the Street [2012]
The Dead Center [2018]
The Mortuary Collection [2019] – Fantastic Fest
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SEPTEMBER 22
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 22
1987 – Tom Felton, appeared in episodes of “Origin,” “as well as The Apparition,” “Night Wolf,” and “The Disappeared.”
1985 – Erin Marie Hogan, appeared in “House of Manson,” “Axeman at Cutter’s Creek,” “Hold Your Breath,” “The Theatre Bizarre,” “2 Jennifer,” “Paranormal Entity” and more.
1982 – Billie Piper, appeared in “Penny Dreadful – TV Series” and “Spirit Trap.
1981 – Mandy Kane, appeared in “Dead Country.”
1979 – MyAnna Buring, appeared in “Hyena,” “Kill List,” “The Descent,” “The Descent: Part 2,” “Devil’s Playground,” “Vampire Killers,” “Red Mist,” “Doomsday,” “Grindhouse,” “The Omen [2006]” and more.
1978 – Daniella Alonso, starred in “The Collector” and “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.”
1964 – Bonnie Hunt, starred in “The Green Mile.”
1952 – Paul Le Mat, starred in “Strange Invaders” and “The Puppet Master.”
1909 – Harry Thomas, make-up artist who worked on “Glen or Glenda,” “Plan 9,” “The Neanderthal Man,” “From Hell It Came,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” and many more.
1902 – John Houseman, appeared in “The Fog” and “Ghost Story.”
1985 – Erich von Stroheim, appeared in “Lady and the Monster,” “The Crime of Doctor Crespi,” “Mandragore” and wrote the screenplay for “The Devil-Doll.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 22
2007 – Karl Hardman appeared in “Night of the Living Dead [1968]” and “Santa Claws.”
2006 – Edward Albert, starred in “Galaxy of Terror,” “The House Where Evil Dwells” and more.
2005 – Teisho Arikawa, visual effects for “War of the Gargantuas,” “Gigantis The Fire Monster” and “King Kong vs Godzilla”.
2005 – Joseph Wolf, producer for “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Children of The Living Dead” and “Halloween II & III”.
1999 – George C. Scott, starred in “The Exorcist III,” “Firestarter” and “The Changeling”.
1987 – Dan Rowan, appeared in “The Maltese Bippy.”
1958 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, screenwriter for “The Bat Whispers” and “The Bat.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 22
Tormented [1960]
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster [1965]
Ghoulies II [1987] – UK
Se7en [1995]
Addams Family Reunion [1998]
Campfire Tales [1998] – video premiere
The Exorcist [2000] – re-stored version
Urban Legends: Final Cut [2000]
Feast [2005] – limited
The Devil’s Chair [2007]
Book of Blood [2009] – DVD premiere
Edges of Darkness [2008]
Strange Nature [2015]
The Sentinel [1977] – Released on Blu-ray in 2015 on this date
Werewolf Rising [2014] – UK
Garden Party Massacre [2017]
Red Summer [2017]
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SEPTEMBER 23
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 23
1975 – Jaime Bergman appeared in “Dark Wolf” and “Boa vs Python.”
1963 – Alex Proyas, directed “The Crow.”
1961 – Chi McBride, starred in “The Frighteners”.
1959 – Jason Alexander, movie debut in the film “The Burning” and also appeared in “Jacob’s Ladder.”
1956 – Maren Jensen, starred in “Deadly Blessing” and “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries – TV Series.”
1920 – Mickey Rooney, appeared in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [2017],” “Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker,” “The Intruder,” “The Thirsting,” as well as episodes of “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1894 – Walter Pidgeon, played “Morbius” in “Forbidden Planet.”.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 23
2020 – Juliette Gréco, actress in “Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre.”
1998 – Mary Frann, appeared in “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction – TV Series,” “Deadly Nightmares – TV Series,” aka “The Hitchhiker,” “Darkroom – TV Series” and more.
1994 – Robert Bloch, Author, wrote the novels “Psycho,” “Thriller,” “Night Gallery,” “Monsters” and “Tales from the Darkside.” His film screenplays include “The Night Walker,” “The Cabinet of Calagari” and “The House That Dripped Blood.” Of course, we all know that “Psycho” was made into a movie in 1960.
1993 – William Cort appeared in “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”.
1975 – Ian Hunter, appeared in “Doctor Blood’s Coffin” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 23
Dead Ringers [1988]
Mikey [1992] – video premiere
Hide and Creep [2004]
Corpse Bride [2005]
Screech of The Decapitated [2005] – Shockerfest International Film Festival]
The Living and The Dead [2006]
Feral [2017]
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SEPTEMBER 24
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 24
1987 – Brit Morgan, appeared in “Friend Request”, “The Frozen”, “True Blood [TV Series].”
1984 – Jessica Lucas, starred in “Cloverfield” and “The Covenant.”
1974 – Jackie Sandler, provided the voice in “Hotel Transylvania.”
1974 – Shirly Brener, appeared in “The Dunwhich Horror – TV Movie,” “30 Days to Die,” “Stitch,” “Tail Sting,” “Petrified” and the TV Series “Chronicles of the Dead.”
1969 – Jeffery Scott Lando, directed “ Decoys 2: Alien Seduction,” “House of Bones,” “Ghostquake,” “Goblin,” “Roboshark,” “Thirst,” “Boogeyman” and more.
1969 – Megan Ward, starred in “Trancers II,” “Trancers III” and “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time.”
1966 – Kelly Jo Minter, appeared in “The People Under the Stairs”, “Popcorn”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child”, and “The Lost Boys.”
1961 – John Logan, producer for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Bats” and the TV Series “Penny Dreadful.”
1958 – Kevin Sorbo, actor in “Sorority Party Massacre,” “Piranha Sharks,” “Julie X,” “Never Cry Werewolf” and more.
1923 – Gordon Urquhart, wrote the screenplay for “The Brain Eaters.”
1923 – Louis Edmonds, played “Roger Collins” on the original “Dark Shadows” soap opera.
1922 –Bert I. Gordon, producer/director/special effects films credits include “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the Puppet People” and “Earth vs. the Spider.”
1917 – Abel Salazar, starred in “The Brainiac,” “The Vampire” and “The Vampire’s Coffin.”
1906 – Victor Wong played in “King Kong” and “Son of Kong.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 24
1995 – Tom McBride, appeared in “Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981].”
1979 – Carl Laemmle Jr., produced “Dracula [1931],” “Frankenstein [1931],” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy,” and more.
1976 – Bruno VeSota, appeared in “Attack of the Mayan Mummy” and “The Haunted Palace”.
1948 – Warren William, starred in “The Wolf Man [1941].”
1939 – Carl Laemmle, produced “The Phantom of the Opera [1925],” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1913].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 24
Amityville II: The Possession [1982]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1986]
The Good Son [1993]
Warlock: The Armageddon [1993]
Spiders II: Breeding Ground [2002] – video premiere
Vampires: Los Muertos [2002] – video premiere
The Forgotten [2004]
Shaun Of The Dead [2004]
Rare Exports [2010]
Wendigo: Bound by Blood [2010]
Woe [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 25
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25
1994 – Piper Anderson-Klotz, art department for some episodes of “The X-Files.”
1978 – Rossif Sutherland, appeared in “Possessor,” “The Retreat,” “Trench 11,” “Hellions,” “Dead Before Dawn 3D,” and 3 episodes of “Haven.”
1977 – Clea DuVall, starred in “The Grudge,” “Ghosts of Mars” and “The Faculty.”
1973 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, appeared in “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, starred in “The Haunting [1999]”.
1968 – Will Smith, starred in “I Am Legend”.
1961 – Heather Locklear, starred in “The Return of the Swamp Thing” and “Firestarter.”
1958 – Michael Madsen, starred in “Species I & II,” “Ligeia,” and “Scary Movie 4.”
1952 – Christopher Reeve, starred in “Village of the Damned [1995]”.
1931 – Peter Woodthorpe, appeared in “The Evil of Frankenstein,” “The Skull” and “The Tale of Sweeney Todd.”
1926 – Aldo Ray, appeared in “The Psychic Killer,” “The Bog” and “The Haunted.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 25
2019 – Linda Porter, appeared in “Mercy,” and episodes of “Good vs. Evil,” and “American Horror Story.”
2002 – Maurice Manson, appeared in “The Creature Walks Among Us,” “The Undead” and many episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” and “The Munsters.”
1984 – Walter Pidgeon, starred as “Dr. Morbius” in “Forbidden Planet.”
FILMS RELEAED ON SEPTEMBER 25
Rope [1948]
Dementia 13 [1963] – Los Angeles
The Mutations [1974]
Innocent Blood [1992]
Urban Legend [1998]
Dead Creatures [2001]
My Stuffed Animal is a Monster [2009]
Pandorum [2009]
The Green Inferno [2013]
Another WolfCop [2017]
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SEPTEMBER 26
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 26
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie, starred in “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” “Halloween [2007],” “Halloween II [2009],” “31” and “The Lords of Salem”.
1969 – David Slade, directed “Hard Candy” and “30 Days of Night”.
1963 – Lysette Anthony, starred in “Trilogy of Terror II,” “Dracula Dead and Loving It” and played Angelique in the 1991 version of “Dark Shadows.”
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson, starred in “Happy Birthday to Me.”
1956 – Linda Hamilton starred in “Terminator I & II,” “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Children of the Corn”.
1944 – Victoria Vetri, appeared in “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,” “Invasion of the Bee Girls” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1941 – Martine Beswick, starred in “One Million Years B.C.,” “Prehistoric Women” and “Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde.”
1933 – Donna Douglas, appeared on many TV shows including “Thriller,” “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone.”
1932 – Joyce Jameson, appeared in “Tales of Terror,” “Comedy of Terrors” and “Son of Dr. Jekyll.”
1927 – Patrick O’Neal, starred in “The Stuff,” “Silent Night, Bloody Night” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
1918 – John Zacherle a.k.a. Zacherley, Horror Host, recording artist, The Cool Ghoul himself.
1911 – Michael Anthony, starred in “The Night of the Strangler.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 26
2010 – Gloria Stuart, starred in “The Old Dark House” and “The Invisible Man”.
2008 – Paul Newman, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Torn Curtain”.
2008 – Cirio H. Santiago, produced/directed “The Vampire People,” “Vampire Hookers,” “She Devils in Chains” and “Demon of Paradise”.
1981 – Ray Kellog, directed “The Giant Gila Monster” and “The Killer Shrews”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 26
The Quatermass Xperiment [1955] – London premiere
Carnival of Souls [1962] – Lawrence, KS – premiere
Curse of the Devil [1973] – Spain
The Rocky Horror Picture Show [1975] – Los Angeles
Without Warning [1980] – New York City
Phobia [1980] – Canada
Hunter’s Blood [1986]
House of Carnage [2006]
Scarewaves [2014]
Lycan [2017]
The First Date [2017]
The Stylist [2020] – Fantastic Fest
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SEPTEMBER 27
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 27
1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, starred in “Se7en”.
1968 – Charlie Spradling, appeared in “To Sleep with a Vampire,” “Bad Channels,” “Puppet Master II,” “Mirror Mirror,” “Meridian,” “Twice Dead” and “The Blob [1988].”
1968 – Patrick Muldoon, appeared in “Stigmata,” “Finders Keepers,” “Arrival II,” “Alpha Wolf,” “Bad Karma,” “Starship Troopers” and more.
1947 – Meat Loaf, appeared in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “BloodRayne.”
1934 – Edward Meeks, appeared in “Grizzly II: Revenge.”
1934 – Wilford Brimley, appeared in the 1982 version of “The Thing” and “Mutant Species.”
1921 – Milton Subotsky, writer/producer of “Horror Hotel,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and “Tales from the Crypt.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 27
2020 – Yūko Takeuchi, appeared in “Creepy,” Kidan Piece of Darkness,” “The Inerasable” and “Ringu.”
2020 – Kevin Burns, directed “Monster Mania,” produced “The Telling,” “Bride of Monster Mania,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania” and more.
2019 – Robert Scott Garrison, appeared in “Prom Night [1980].”
2015 – John Guillermin, directed “King Kong [1976] and produced “Melody in the Dark.”
2013 – Jay Robinson, appeared in “Skeeter,” “Ghost Ship,” “Dracula,” “Transylvania Twist” and “Nightmare Honeymoon.”
2012 – Herbert Lom, appeared in “Asylum,” “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “Dorian Gray,” “Count Dracula,” “Mark of the Devil,” “ “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Mysterious Island” and many more.
2003 – Donald O’Connor, made appearances on “Tales from The Crypt.”
2003 – Fay Helm, appeared in “Calling Dr. Death,” “Captive Wild Woman” and “Night Monster”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 27
The Frozen Dead [1967] – Boston – premiere
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989
The Bunker [2001]
Flesh for the Beast [2003]
Lust for Dracula [2004]
Exorcism [2005] – DVD premiere
Bliss [2019]
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SEPTEMBER 28
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 28
1992 – Keir Gilchrist, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Dark Summer,” “It Follows” and “Dead Silence.”
1979 – Bam Margera, appeared in “The Bates Haunting.”
1968 – Naomi Watts, starred in “King Kong [2005],” “The Ring 1 & 2,” “Funny Games,” “Shut In,” “Children of the Corn: The Gathering” and “The Shaft.”
1967 – Mira Sorvino, starred in “Mimic,” “Look Away,” “The Stuff” and “The Presence.”
1952 – Sylvia Kristel, starred in “Dracula’s Widow.”
1950 – John Sayles, who wrote the screenplays for “Alligator” and “The Howling.”
1947 – Michael Flynn, appeared in “The Cell 2,” “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,” “The Appearance,” “Werewolf – TV Series” and more.
1947 – Jeffery Jones, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Ed Wood” and “Beetlejuice.”
1946 – Fiona Lewis, appeared in “The Fury,” “Dr. Phibes Rises Again” and “Strange Invaders.”
1943 – J.T. Walsh, appeared in “Needful Things.”
1942 – Marshall Bell, appeared in “Manhunter,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge,” “Innocent Blood,” “Virus,” “The Puppet Masters,” “Director’s Cut” and more.
1934 – Brigitte Bardot, starred in “Spirits of the Dead.”
1934 – Janet Munro, appeared in “The Crawling Eye.”
1919 – Peter Bryan, screenwriter for “The Blood Beast Terror,” “The Hound of Baskervilles,” “The Brides of Dracula,” “Trog,” “Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eyes,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Projected Man.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 28
2019 – Alexander Davion, appeared in “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Paranoiac,” “Incense for the Damned,” “Dark Echoes” and more.
2007 – Charles B. Griffith, screenwriter for “Not of This Earth,” “It Conquered the World,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “Death Race 2000,” “Beast from Haunted Cave” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters.”
1973 – Mantan Moreland, appeared in “Zombies on Broadway,” “Spider Baby” and “Revenge of the Zombies”.
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 28
The Day the Earth Stood Still [1951] – Los Angeles
Dracula A.D. [1972] – UK
Eraserhead [1977] – New York City premiere
Impulse [1984]
I Come in Peace – aka “Dark Angel” [1990]
Ed Wood [1994] – USA limited
Vampire Hunter D [2001]
Hollywood Vampyr [2002] – Firelight Shocks Film Festival
Abominable [2006] – Austin Fantastic Fest
Muse [2017] – Vietnam
Hell Fest [2018]
A Werewolf in England [2020] – UK
Reaptown [2020]
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SEPTEMBER 29
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 29
1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, appeared in “Vampires: Los Muertos,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Urban Legend.”
1969 – Erika Eleniak, appeared in “Bordello of Blood,” the 1988 remake of “The Blob” and “Dracula 3000.”
1968 – Luke Goss, appeared in “Unearthed,” “Below,” “Blade II” and also played “The Creature” in the 2004 TV mini-series version of “Frankenstein.”
1962 – Tom Sizemore, starred in “Red Planet,” “The Relic,” and “Dreamcatcher.”
1955 – Ken Weatherwax, played “Pugsley” in the original “The Addams Family” TV series.
1945 – Reggie Bannister, starred in “Phantasm,” “Phantasm II,” “Phantasm III,” “Phantasm IV” and “Bubba Ho-Tep.”
1942 – Ian McShane, appeared in “American Horror Story – TV Series,” “Case 39,” and more.
1942 – Madeline Kahn, appeared in “Young Frankenstein”.
1939 – Larry Linville, appeared in the TV movie “The Night Stalker,” “Chopper” episode of “Kolchak; The Night Stalker” and in the film “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud.”
1931 – Anita Ekberg, appeared in “Abbott & Costello Go to Mars,” “Screaming Mimi” and in the title role of “Malenka, the Vampire”
1924 – Steve Forrest, appeared in “Phantom of the Rue Morgue”.
1920 – Nick Raymond, appeared in “Tomb of the Undead” and “Bigfoot.”
1918 – Gil Herman, appeared in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Invaders from Mars”.
1915 – Anne Nagel, appeared in “Man Made Monster,” “Black Friday” and “The Mad Doctor of Market Street”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 29
2019 – Beatriz Aguirre, appeared in “The Black Pit of Dr. M,” “Espiritismo” and “Cautivo del mas allá.”
2010 – Tony Curtis, appeared in “The Mummy Lives”, “Lobster Man from Mars”, “Brainwaves”, “The Manitou”, and a few more.
2007 – Lois Maxwell, appeared in the 1963 version of “The Haunting.”
2006 – George Lee, appeared in “Dracula Sucks” and “Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth”.
1988 – Charles Addams, creator of “The Addams Family”.
1970 – Edward Everett Horton, appeared in “The Terror” and episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 29
The Black Torment [1965] – Fargo, ND
King of Kong Island [1968]
Don’t Torture a Duckling [1972]
Terror of the Living Dead – “The Hanging Woman? [1975]
Burnt Offerings [1976] – New York City
Thirst [1979]
Amityville: A New Generation [1993]
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers [1995]
Jack Frost [1997] – Germany
Fist of the Vampire [2007]
Haunting of Winchester House [2009]
The Hills Run Red [2009]
Old 37 [2015]
Queen Crab [2015]
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SEPTEMBER 30
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 30
1985 – Greyston Holt, appeared in “See No Evil 2,” “Supernatural – TV Series,” “Bitten – TV Series” NS “Lost Boys: The Tribe.”
1982 – Lacey Chabert, starred in “Black Christmas [2006],” “Ghost of Goodnight Lane”, “Sanitarium”, “Thirst” and more.
1968 – John Polonia & Mark Polonia – brothers, directed “Feeders,” “Splatter Farm,” “Razorteeth,” “Black Mass,” “Church of the Damned” and many more.
1964 – Monica Bellucci, appeared in the 1992 version of “Dracula,” and “Brotherhood of the Wolf”.
1961 – Eric Stoltz, starred in “The Fly II,” “Anaconda” and “The Prophecy.”
1950 – Victoria Tennant, appeared in “The Legend of the Mummy,” “Horror Planet” and “Flowers in the Attic”.
1946 – Dan O’Bannon, wrote the screenplays for the films “Alien,” “Aliens,” “Alien Covenant,” “Lifeforce,” “The Return of the Living Dead,” “Total Recall” and “Dead and Buried.”
1943 – Ian Ogilvy, appeared in “And Now the Screaming Starts,” “From Beyond the Grave” and “The Conqueror Worm”
1931 – Angie Dickinson, starred in the TV movie “The Norliss Tapes” and in the film “Dressed To Kill.”
1921 – Deborah Kerr, starred in “The Innocents” and “Eye of the Devil.”
1904 – Frank Lawton, appeared in the films “Devil Doll” and “The Invisible Ray.”.
1887 – Lil Dagover, starred as “Jane” in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 30
2020 – Simon Eine, actor in “Requiem.”
2019 – Wayne Fitzgerald, misc. crew on various films “The Fly,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Incubus,” “Wolfen,” “The Dead Zone,” “Firestarter” and many more.
2013 – Sir Anthony Hinds, writer/producer of many Hammer films including “The Evil of Frankenstein”, “The Kiss of the Vampire”, “The Curse of the Werewolf”, “The Brides of Dracula”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Curse of Frankenstein” and many more.
2012 – Turhan Bey, appeared in “The Amazing Mr. X,” “The Mad Ghoul,” “The Mummy’s Tomb” and “Destination Unknown.”
1972 – Edgar G. Ulmer, producer/writer/director, for “The Black Cat [1934],” “Daughter of Dr. Jekyll” and “The Man from Planet X”.
1955 – James Dean, appeared in “Tales of Tomorrow – Episode: The Evil Within [1953].”
FILMS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 30
The Ape [1940]
Donovan’s Brain [1953]
Horror Express [1972] – Spain – Catalonian International Film Festival
Brainstorm [1983]
Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark [1988]
Meridian [1992] – video premiere
Evil Unleashed [2003]
Zombie Hunters[ 2007]
Pulse 2: Afterlife [2008]
Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back [2008]
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil [2010] – USA limited
SOURCE: thehorrortimes.com
