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Horror Almanac – July 26

Monsterman's Horror Almanac

BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

  • 1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, starred in “Animal”, “The Death and Return of Superman.”
  • 1973 – Kate Beckinsale who starred in “Underworld,” “Underworld: Evolution,” “Underworld Awakening”, “Vacancy” and “Van Helsing.”
  • 1964 – Sandra Bullock, who starred in “Premonition,” “Murder By Numbers” and “The Demolition Man.”
  • 1959 – Kevin Spacey who starred in “Se7en,” “K-Pax” and as “Lex Luthor” in “Superman Returns.”
  • 1950 – Susan George, who appeared in the films “Village of the Giants,” “The Sorcerers” (with Boris Karloff) and “The House Where Evil Dwells.”
  • 1944 – Celeste Yarnall who played “The Velvet Vampire.”
  • 1931 – Robert Colbert who co-starred in “The Time Tunnel” TV series and appeared in “Amazon Woman on the Moon.”
  • 1928 – The late Stanley Kubrick, who directed “The Shining,” “A Clockwork Orange” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.,”
  • 1926 – James Best who was best known for playing “Roscoe P. Coltrane” on “The Dukes of Hazzard.” He also appeared in the films “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” and “The Killer Shrews.”
  • 1922 – Jason Robards who appeared in “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and “A Boy and His Dog.”
  • 1894 – Aldous Huxley who wrote the novels “Brave New World” and “The Devils of Loudon.”
Elizabeth Gillies

Elizabeth Gillies

Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey
Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

  • 2012 – Mary Tamm, appeared in “Doghouse”, “Twisted Tales (TV Series)”, “The Odessa File”, “Tales That Witness Madness.” She was 62.
  • 2009 – Clayton Hill who appeared in “Knightriders,” “Hellraiser III” and as the “escalator” or “sweater zombie” in the original “Dawn of the Dead,” passed away at the age of 78.
  • 1984 – Serial Killer Ed Gein passed away at the age of 77. He was the inspiration for the films “Psycho,” “Deranged” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
Mary Tamm

Mary Tamm
Clayton Hill

Clayton Hill
Ed Gein

Ed Gein

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Mission Mars 1968
The Night Evelyn Came Out Of Her Grave 1972, filmed in 1971 as La Notte Che Evelyn Uscì Dalla Tomba
Night of the Seagulls aka The Blind Dead 4 1975
The Dark Backward 1991
Deep Blue Sea 1999
Bikini Girls On Dinosaur Planet 2005
The Hazing 2005

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

Night of the Seagulls

Deep Blue Sea movie poster

 

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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