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Born on this day in horror history – December 24

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December 24

1974 – Stepahnie Meyer, who wrote the “Twilight” books.

1966 – Diedrich Bader, best know for playing “Oswald Lee Harvey” on “The Drew Carey Show.” He does the voice of “Batman” on the animated series “Batman: The Brave and the Bold.”

1957 – Scott Spiegel, good friends with Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert, he directed and wrote such films as “Intruder”, “From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money”, “Hostel: Part III”, and wrote “Evil Dead II”.

1954 – Kazunori Itô who wrote the screen plays for the films “Gamera, Guardian of the Universe,” “Necronomicon,” “Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion” and “Gamera 3: The Awakening of Iris.”

1945 – Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer of the heavy metal band “Motorhead”, he also appeared in such films as “Hardware”, “Terror Firmer”, “Tromeo and Juliet”, “Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1”.

1945 – Nicholas Meyer, who directed the films “Time After Time,” “Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn” and “Star Trek IV: the Undiscovered Country.”

1944 – Katsuhiko Saski, who appeared in the films “Terror of Mechagodzilla,” “Godzilla vs. Biolante” and “Evil of Dracula.”

1931 – Robert Ridgely,  did voice over work, lending his voice to many cartoon series’ including “Thundarr the Barbarian,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo.”

1923 – David F. Friedman, who has produced such films as “Blood Feast,” “2,000 Maniacs” and “2001 Maniacs.”

1910 – Writer Fritz Leiber, Jr., who penned the novel “Conjure Wife” on which the films “Weird Woman” and “Burn, Witch Burn” were based. He also appeared in the 1970 film “Equinox.”

1906 – Composer Franz Waxman, who did the scores for such films as “The Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Invisible Ray,” “Devil-Doll,” and the original “Twilight Zone” TV series.

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Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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