BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 15

1990 – Emma Watson, who plays “Hermione Granger” in the “Harry Potter” films.
1983 – Alice Braga, who co-starred in the films “I Am Legend,” “Repo Men” and “Predators.”
1982 – Seth Rogen who provided the voice of “B.O.B.” in the animated film “Monsters vs Aliens” and starred as “The Green Hornet.”
1979 – Luke Evans, appeared in “Clash of the Titans”, “The Raven”, “No One Lives”, and the upcoming “Dracula Untold” and “The Crow” remake.
1978 – Anna Torv who plays “Agent Olivia Dunham” on the TV series “Fringe.” 1958 – Noted film historian Tom Weaver who was born in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
1963 – Marcus Nispel, writer/producer/and or director of such films as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” remake, “Frankenstein (TV Movie)”, “Friday the 13th” remake, “Conan the Barbarian” remake.
1952 – the late Glenn Shadix, he appeared in “Beetlejuice”, “Heathers”, “Sleepwalkers”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, and more.
1948 – Michael Kamen who has composed the scores for the films “The Dead Zone,” “Lifeforce,” and “The X-Men,” to name a few.
1940 – Robert Walker, Jr. who appeared in the films “Son of the Blob,” “The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe,” playing Poe himself, “The Devonsville Terror” as well as playing “Charlie Evans” in the Star Trek episode “Charlie X.”
1933 – “Samantha” herself, the late Elizabeth Montgomery. Besides “Bewitched,” she appeared in the “Twilight Zone” episode “Two,” the Thriller episode “The Masquerade,” and the TV movie “The Legend of Lizzie Borden,” as Lizzie Borden.
1917 – Hans Conreid who is known for his tremendous voice over work in numerous cartoons, as well as his appearances in the films “The Twonky” and “The Monster Who Challenged the World.”

Luke Evans

Anna Torv

Elizabeth Montgomery

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 15

2010 – Michael Pataki, he appeared in “The Andromeda Strain”, “The Return of Count Yorga”, “Grave of the Vampire”, “The Bat People”, “Dracula’s Dog”, “Love at First Bite”, “Dead & Buried”, “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and so many more. He passed away at 72.
2008 – Scream Queen, the eternally beautiful Hazel Court, passed away at the age of 82. Her numerous genre starring roles included “Dr. Blood’s Coffin,” “Masque of the Red Death” and her first, “Curse of Frankenstein.”
2004 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who wrote for the TV series’ “Gigantor” and “Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot,” passed away at the age of 69.
2001 – Joey Ramone, lead singer of punk pioneers The Ramones, passed away at the age of 49. Their music has appeared in numerous movies including “House of 1000 Corpses,” “Final Destination 3,” “Idle Hands” and the title song for “Pet Sematary.”
1999 – Al Nesor who played “Stobo” in “Santa Claus Conquers The Martians,” passed away at the age of 88.
1997 – Carlos Enrique Taboada who wrote the screen plays for such Mexican horror classics as “The Monster Demolisher,” “Orlak, The Hell Of Frankenstein,” and “The Curse of Notrodamus,” passed away at the age of 67.
1980 – Raymond Bailey who is most well known for playing “Milburn Drysdale” on the TV series “Beverly Hillbillies,” passed away at the age of 75. His film work included “Tarantula,” ” The Space Children,” “Black Friday,” and “The Incredible Shrinking Man.”
1980 – His co-star in “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” Paul Langton, also passed on the same day, at the age of 66, two days before his birthday on April 17. His other films included “Invisible Invaders,” “It The Terror From Beyond Space,” and “The Cosmic Man.”
1927 – Gaston Leroux, author of “The Phantom Of The Opera,” passed away at the age of 58.

Michael Pataki

Hazel Court

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 15

The Monster Maker 1944
Devil Bat’s Daughter 1946
Stage Fright 1950
Crack in the World 1965
Women of the Prehistoric Planet 1966
Curse of the Crimson Altar 1970 filmed in 1968
Horror House 1970 filmed in 1969
Brain Damage 1988
The Resurrected 1992
The St. Francisville Experiment 2000
Dark Wolf 2003
The Amityville Horror 2005
The Curse of El Charro 2005
The Curse of Lizzie Borden 2: Prom Night 2008
They Wait 2008
Orville 2009
Traveling Distance 2010
Scream 4 2011