BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

1997 – Bella Thorne, stars in “Amityville: The Awakening”, “Home Invasion”, “Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?”, “The Seer”, and “Scream: The TV Series.”
1979 – Kristanna Loken, who starred in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” and “BloodRayne.” On TV she played “Taja” on “Mortal Kombat: Conquest.”
1969 – Dylan Neal, who starred in the TV series “Blood Ties,” and appeared in the films “Chupacabra Terror” and “Prom Night III: The Last Kiss.”
1954 – Michael Dudikoff, who appeared in “Tron” and “Bloody Birthday.”
1949 – Sigourney Weaver, she starred in the “Alien” saga. She also starred in “Copycat,” “Galaxy Quest” and “The Village.”
1943 – “Goosebumps” author R. L. Stine.
1930 – James Olson, who appeared in the films “Amityville II: The Possession,” “Andromeda Strain” and “Moon Zero Two.”
1928 – Ray Stricklyn who appeared in “The Return of Dracula.”
1920 – Frank Herbert, author of “Dune.”
1910 – Kirk Alyn, who played the first screen “Superman.”
1906 – René Cardona, who directed the films “Night of the Bloody Apes,” “The Brainiac” and “Santo vs. the Evil Brain.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

1983 – Joan Hackett, who appeared in the films “The Terminal Man” and “Dead of Night,” passed away at the age of 49.
1982 – Fernando Lamas (father of Lorenzo) passed away at the age of 67. He apperaed in the 1960 version of “The Lost World,”
1978 – Karl Swenson, had appeared in “The Birds” and “A Howling in the Woods.” He passed on at the age of 70.
1953 – Nigel Bruce, who played “Dr. Watson” to Basil Rathbone’s “Sherlock Holmes,” passed away at the age of 58.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla 1952
Mr. Sardonicus 1961
Kill Baby…Kill! 1968 filmed in 1966 as Operazione Paura
Demolition Man 1993
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering 1996
Apt Pupil 1998
Hell’s Highway 2002
Stakes 2002
The Hillside Strangler 2004

Halloweentown High 2004
Skull & Bones 2007
My Soul to Take 2010
I Spit on Your Grave 2010