BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

• 1988 – Alexa PenaVega, best known for playing in all the “Spy Kids” films. She has also appeared in “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”, “The Tomorrow People (TV Series)”, “Machete Kills”, “Abandoned Mine”, “The Devil’s Carnival”, “Mother’s Day” and more.
• 1985 – Kayla Ewell, appears in “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)” and “The Demented.”
• 1962 – Dean Devlin who produced the films “Independence Day,” “Stargate” and the American version of “Godzilla.”
• 1955 – Diana Scarwid, best known for playing Joan Crawford’s daughter in the film “Mommie Dearest.” She also appeared in “What Lies Beneath,” “Strange Invaders” and “Psycho III.”
• 1953 – Peter Stormare, has appeared in “Dark Summer”, “Clown”, “Bad Milo”, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”, “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night”, “2001 Maniacs”, “Fargo” and many more.
• 1950 – The voice of “Roger Rabbit,” Charles Fleischer. He has also appeared in the films “Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight,” “A Nightmare On Elm Street,” “Deadly Friend” and “Zodiac.”
• 1947 – Barbara Bach. She appeared in the films “Black Belly of the Tarantula,” “Screamers” and “Humanoid.”
• 1925 – Producer Herman Cohen whose film credits include “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” and “Trog.”
• 1911 – Johnny Eck who was known in the sideshow circuit as “The Half Boy,” and who appeared in Tod Browning’s “Freaks.”
• 1896 – Character actor Morris Ankrum, who appeared in such films as “Rocketship X-M,” “Invaders From Mars” and “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

• 2004 – DJ and newscaster Larry McCormick passed away at the age of 71. He appeared in the films “The Punisher” (1989), “Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines” and in the TV movie “The Case Of The Hillside Stranglers.”
• 1996 – Greg Morris who played “Barney Collier” on “Mission: Impossible,” passed away at the age of 62 . He appeared in episodes of many TV shows such as “Wonder Woman,” “Superboy” and “The Twilight Zone.”
• 1996 – Akiji Kobayashi, who played “Captain Muramatsu” in the “Ultraman” TV series, and appeared in the films “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah,” the 1992 version of “Godzilla vs. Mothra” and “Gamera 2: The Advent of Legion,” passed away at the age of 65.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Doctor X 1932
Phantom of the Opera 1943
The Earth Dies Screaming 1965
The Incubus 1981
Needful Things 1993
The Thirteenth Warrior 1999
The Astronaut’s Wife 1999
Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid 2004
Suspect Zero 2004
The Last Exorcism 2010