Born on this day in horror history – August 27

August 27

1988 – Alexa Vega, appeared in “Repo! The Genetic Opera”, “Mother’s Day”, “The Devil’s Carnival” and the upcoming “Machete Kills”.

1985 – Kayla Ewell, has appeared in “The Vampire Diaries” TV show and “The Demented”.

1962 – Dean Devlin who produced the films “Independence Day,” “Stargate” and the American version (yuck) 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, Swedish actor who has appeared in “8MM”, “Bruiser”, “Constantine”, “2001 Maniacs”, “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night”, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” 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 (another Bond girl). 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.”