1982 – Adrianne Curry, has appeared in “Tales of Halloween” and “Fallen Angels.”
1976 – Melissa George, has appeared in “Gothica”, “Bag of Bones”, “Triangle”, “30 Days of Night”, “Turistas”, “The Amityville Horror” remake, and more.
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, best known for playing “Punky Brewster.” She appeared in the film “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings” and the TV movie “Piranha.”
1974 – Ever Carradine, granddaughter of John Carradine. She starred in the film “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Vera Farmiga, starred in “Bates Motel (TV Series)”, “The Conjuring.”
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, writer/director of the films “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs” and “The Happening.”
1968 – Lisa Boyle, who appeared in the films “Earth Girls Are Easy” “Alien Terminator” and the TV series “Black Scorpion.”
1958 – Takuro Tatsumi, who appeared in the film “Godzilla vs. Destroyah.”
1951 – Catherine Hicks who starred in the films “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” “Child’s Play” and the TV series “Tucker’s Witch.”
1938 – Writer/director/actor Paul Bartel, who appeared in the films “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall” and “Escape From L.A.”
1931 – Italian writer/director Umbert Lenzi whose films include “City of the Walking Dead,” “Make Them Die Slowly” and “Demoni 3.”
1928 – Artist Andy Warhol, who produced the films “Blood For Dracula” and “Flesh For Frankenstein.”
Adrianne Curry
Melissa George
Vera Farmiga
Catherine Hicks
DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
2001 – Robert Dunham who appeared in the films “Dagora, the Space Monster,” “The Green Slime” and “Godzilla vs. Megalon,” passed away at the age of 70.
1964 – Considered one of the greatest character actors of all time, Sir Cedric Hardwicke passed away at the age of 71. He starred in the films “The Invisible Man Returns,” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
1938 – Warner Oland, who starred as “Charlie Chan” in a series of films in the 30’s, and as “Dr. Yogami” in the film “WereWolf of London,” passed away at the age of 57.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Warner Oland (L)
FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965
The Brotherhood of Satan 1971
Let’s Scare Jessica To Death 1971
Watch Me When I Kill 1977
A Blade in the Dark 1983
The Meteor Man 1993
My Boyfriend’s Back 1993
Mystery Men 1999
The Sixth Sense 1999
Vampire Whores From Outer Space 2005
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