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Born on this day in horror history – August 12

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August 12

1986 – Electra Avellan, has appeared in “Hidden in the Woods”, “Machete Kills”, “Machete”, “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”, “Planet Terror”, and “Death Proof.”

1986 – Elise Avellan, twin sister of Electra, has appeared in “Machete Kills”, “Machete”, “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”, “Planet Terror”, and “Death Proof.”

1980 – Dominique Swain, appears in “Nazis at the Center of the Earth”, “Trance”, “Nightfall”, and more.

1972 – Rebecca Gayheart who appeared in the films “Urban Legend,” “Scream 2,” “From Dusk Til Dawn 3,” ” Santa’s Slay” and the Showtime series “Dead Like Me.”

1956 – Bruce Greenwood, who appeared in the films “Disturbing Behavior,” “I, Robot” and as “Christopher Pike” in the 2009 remake of “Star Trek.”

1954 – Sam Jones who played the title role in the 1980 version of “Flash Gordon” and appeared in the film “Revamped.”

1947 – John Nathan-Turner, who produced the “Dr. Who” TV series from 1980 to 1989.

1939 – George Hamilton, who played “Count Dracula” in “Love At First Bite,” and starred in the film “The Power” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”

1931 – William Goldman who wrote the screenplays for the films “The Stepford Wives,” “Magic” and “Misery.”

1928 – Dan Curtis who produced the original and 1990 versions of the TV series “Dark Shadows” and such films as “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and “Trilogy of Terror.”

1898 – Oskar Homolka, who appeared in the films “The Invisible Woman,” “Mr. Sardonicus” and the 1968 TV version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”

1893 – Howard Smith who appeared in the films “I Bury the Living” and “Face of Fire.”

Electra Avellan
Electra Avellan

 

Elise Avellan
Elise Avellan

 

Dominique Swain
Dominique Swain
George Hamilton
George Hamilton

 

Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis

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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