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Horror Almanac – October 10

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

  • 1989 – Aimee Teegarden, has appeared in “Rings”, “Beneath the Darkness”, “Scream 4.”
  • 1988 – Rose McIver, is the star of TV’s “iZombie (TV Series)”, “The Lovely Bones”, “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV Series)”, “Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series)” and more.
  • 1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, who appeared in the films “Ju-On,” “Kill Bill: Vol.1” and “Battle Royale.”
  • 1978 – Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, who appeared in the films “The Crow: Salvation,” “Out For Blood” and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.”
  • 1952 – Producer Mario Kassar, whose production credits include the films “Terminator” 2 & 3, “Terminator: Salvation,” “Stargate” and the TV series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”
  • 1949 – Jessica Harper who starred in the films “Shock Treatment,” “Phantom of Paradise” and “Suspiria.”
  • 1946 – Charles Dance, is a wonderful British actor who’s appeared in “Underworld: Blood Wars”, “Ghostbusters” remake, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”, “Victor Frankenstein”, “Dracula Untold”, “Patrick”, “Underworld: Awakening”, “Alien 3”, and many more.
  • 1942 – Peter Coyote, who appeared in the films “Endangered Species,” “E.T” and “Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave.”
  • 1927 – Rita Morley who appeared in “The Flesh Eaters.”
  • 1927 – Alice Nunn who appeared in the films “Snakes,” “The Fury” and “Trick or Treat.”
  • 1927 – Dana Elcar who appeared on the TV series “Dark Shadows,” and in the films “Fail Safe,” “The Boston Strangler” and “2010.”
  • 1926 – Richard Jaeckel who starred in the films “The Green Slime,” “Starman” and “The Dark.”
  • 1924 – The one and only Edward D. Wood Jr.
Aimee Teegarden

Aimee Teegarden

Rose McIver
Rose McIver

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe
Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper

Charles Dance
Charles Dance
Ed Wood

Ed Wood jr.

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

  • 2004 – Christopher Reeve, who beside playing the quintessential “Superman, starred in the TV remake of “Rear Window,” the feature films “Somewhere In Time,” the 1995 remake of “Village Of The Damned,” passed away at the age of 52 He also made an appearance on the series “Smallville.”
  • 2002 – Teresa Graves, who was best known for playing “Christie Love” on the TV series “Get Christie Love,” passed away at the age of 53. She also appeared in the film “Vampira” a.k.a. “Old Dracula.”
  • 1985 – The one and only Orson Welles, passed away at the age of 70.
  • 1985 – Yul Brynner passed away at the age of 70. He played the killer cowboy robot in the film “Westworld.”
  • 1983 – Ralph Richardson, who appeared in the films “Tales From the Crypt” (the original), “Rollerball” and “The Ghoul” (1933 with Karloff), passed away at the age of 80.
Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve
Orson Welles

Orson Welles
Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Captive Women 1952
The 39 Steps 1959
Barbarella 1968
They Came from Within aka Shivers 1975
Night of Horror 1978
Deadly Friend 1986
Jack-O 1995
Hangman’s Curse 2003
House of the Dead 2003
Bikini Girls From the Lost Planet 2006
Black Dahlia 2006
Monster Night 2006
The Mummy’s Kiss: 2nd Dynasty 2006
Fetus 2008
Quarantine 2008
Experiment 7 2009

They Came From Within movie poster

Deadly Friend

House of the Dead 2

Quarantine

 

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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