BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 10

• 1993 – Halston Sage, stars in “Poker Night”, “Goosebumps” feature film, and “Scouts vs. Zombies.”
• 1985 – Odette Annable (Yustman), who appeared in “Cloverfield”, “Unborn” (2009), “And Soon the Darkness.”
• 1978 – Corri English, appeared in “Unrest”, “House of Fears”, “Killer Pad”, “Devil May Call”, and “Holliston (TV Series).”
• 1978 – Saturday Night regular Kenan Thompson, who starred in the films “Snakes on a Plane” and “Stan Helsing.”
• 1970 – Gina Philips, starred in “Jeepers Creepers”, “Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare”, “Dead & Breakfast”, “Ring Around the Rosie”, “The Sick House”, and “Chained.”
• 1968 – Erik Palladino, who appeared in the films “Return To the House on Haunted Hill” and “Dead and Breakfast.”
• 1961 – Teri Copley, appeared in “Transylvania Twist”, “Monsters (TV Series)”, and “New Year’s Evil.”
• 1948 – Meg Foster, who appeared in the films “Stepfather II,” “Shrunken Heads” and “They Live.”
• 1936 – The voice of “Space Ghost,” Gary Owens.
• 1914 – Charles McGraw who appeared in the film “The Mad Ghoul” and played “Chief Ed Masterson” in the TV movie, “The Night Stalker.”
• 1899 – The late great Fred Astaire who appeared in the film “Ghost Story.”
• 1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin who composed the scores for films such as “The Thing From Another World,” “Dial M For Murder” and “The Mummy’s Curse.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 10

• 2010 – Susan Oliver, appeared in “Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series)”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Thriller (TV Series)”, “Twilight Zone (TV Series)” and more. She passed away at the age of 58.
• 2010 – Frank Frazetta, is one of the most prolific and well-known illustrators of the 20th Century. He illustrated everything from comic books to record album covers. He illustrated a number of horror and suspense comics. He passed away at the age of 82.
• 2006 – Writer/director/producer Val Guest, passed away at the age of 94. His films include the first two “Quatermass” films, “The Abominable Snowman” and “The Day The Earth Caught Fire.”
• 2001 – Deborah Walley, who co-starred in the films “The Severed Arm,” “Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine” and “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini,” passed away at the age of 57.
• 2000 – Craig Stevens who appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” “The Deadly Mantis” and played the title role in the “Peter Gunn” TV series, passed away at the age of 81.
• 1995 – Hajime Sato who directed such films as “Goke, the Body Snatcher from Hell,” “The Golden Bat” and “Battle Beneath the Sea,” passed away at the age of 66.
• 1985 – Chester Gould who created “Dick Tracy,” passed away at the age of 84.
• 1977 – The great Joan Crawford who appeared in “Berserk!,” “Trog” and “Strait-Jacket,” passed away at the age of 72.
• 1970 – Mari Blanchard who starred in the films “Abbot & Costello Go To Mars,” “She Devil” and “Twice-Told Tales,” passed away at the age of 43.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 10

The Brighton Strangler 1945 (LA premiere)
The Phantom Speaks 1945
Bedlam 1946
The Invisible Monster 1950
Mothra 1962 filmed in 1961 as Mosura
It Lives Again 1978
Terminal Choice 1985
Chopper Chicks in Zombiewtown 1989
FX 2 1991
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice 1991
Battlefield Earth 2000
Dog Soldiers 2002