BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

1989 – Lily James, has appeared in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”, “Wrath of the Titans.”
1986 – Anna Sophia Berglund, appears in “The Taker”, “Unlucky Charms” and more.
1984 – Marshall Allman who plays “Tommy” on “True Blood.”
1971 – Krista Allen, who starred in “The Final Destination” (2009), “Alien Presence”, “Feast” and more.
1961 – Lisa Zane, appeared in “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare”, “Terrified.”
1956 – Wrestler Diamond Dallas Page has appeared in “Gallowwalkers”, “Zombie Family (TV Series)”, “Driftwood”, “Hood of Horror”, “The Devil’s Rejects”, and many more.
1952 – Mitch Pileggi who portrayed FBI Assistant Director “Walter Skinner” on the “X-Files” and “Colonel Steven Caldwell” on “Stargate Atlantis.”
1946 – Jane Asher who appeared in the films “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Quatermass Xperiment.”
1941 – Michael Moriarty, who starred in many genre films including “Salem’s Lot 2,” “Troll” and “Q.”
1939 – Roger Davis who played “Peter Bradford” in the original “Dark Shadows” series.
1933 – Frank Gorshin who played “The Riddler” on TV’s “Batman” series, as well as appearing in genre films like “Invasion of the Saucermen” and “The Creature Of The Sunny Side Up Trailer Park.”
1926 – Director Roger Corman, king of the B movies. He has too many film credits to list here, but I would highly recommend reading his book “How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime.”
1917 – Author Robert Bloch, who penned the novel “Psycho,” and wrote the screenplays for the films “The Cabinet of Calagari,” “Strait-Jacket,” “The Skull,” plus countless TV shows such as “Star Trek” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller.”
1916 – Gregory Peck who starred in “Cape Fear,” “The Boys From Brazil” and “The Omen.”
1908 – Kurt Neumann, who directed “The Fly,” “Kronos” and “Rocketship X-M.”
1908 – Actress Bette Davis, whose genre films included “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane,” “The Nanny,” and “Burnt Offerings.”
1901 – Melvyn Douglas who appeared in “Ghost Story” and “The Changeling.”
1900 – Spencer Tracy who played “Jekyll/Hyde” in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”

Krista Allen

Mitch Pileggi

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DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

2008 – Charlton Heston, legendary actor known for “The Ten Commandments”, “Planet of the Apes”, “The Omega Man”, “Soylent Green”, “The Awakening”, “In The Mouth Of Madness” and many more. He passed away on this date at the age of 84.
2007 – Fuyuki Murakami, who appeared in the films “Monster Zero,” “Rodan,” “The Human Vapor” and “Varan The Unbelievable,” passed away at the age of 95.
2005 – Debralee Scott, who appeared in the film “The Reincarnation Of Peter Proud” and the the TV movie “Deathmoon.” She passed away 3 days after her 52nd birthday.
2001 – Brother Theodore who appeared in “The ‘burbs,” “Nocturna,” and “Horror of the Blood Monsters,” passed away at the age of 94.
1972 – Brian Donlevy who starred in the films “Gamera,” “Curse of the Fly,” and portrayed “Professor Quatermass” in the first two film versions of the “Quatermass” series, passed away at the age of 71.

Charleton Heston

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FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

One Million B.C. 1940

I Vampiri 1957
The Degenerates 1967
Theatre of Blood 1973
Dead Air 1999
Scream Queen 2003
Ancient Evil 2: Guardian of the Underworld 2005
The Reaping 2007
Black Devil Doll 2007
The Despair 2009