BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 28

• 1986 – Lady Gaga, starred in “American Horror Story (TV Series)” Season 6, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”, “Machete Kills.”
• 1981 – Julia Stiles, has appeared in “Out of the Dark”, “Dexter (TV Series)”, “The Omen” remake, “Wicked”, and more.
• 1977 – Annie Wersching, appeared in “Angel (TV Series)”, “Charmed (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Revolution (TV Series)” and more.
• 1972 – Nick Frost, who played “Ed” in “Shaun of the Dead” and co-starred in the movie “Paul”, he also appeared in “Attack the Block” and “The World’s End.”
• 1970 – Vince Vaughn, who appeared in the film “The Lost World: Jurassic Park II,” starred as “Norman Bates” in the 1998 remake of “Psycho” and “The Cell.”
• 1969 – Brett Ratner, who directed “Red Dragon” and “X-Men: The Last Stand.”
• 1955 – Country singer Reba McEntire, who appeared in the film “Tremors.”
• 1948 – Dianne Wiest, who co-starred in the films “The Lost Boys” and “Edward Scissorhands.”
• 1945 – Richard Backus, who played “Andy” in the film “The Night Andy Came Home” a.k.a. “Deathdream.”
• 1942 – Mike Newell, who directed “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and “The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.”
• 1936 – Jun Fujimaki, who starred in the films “The Giant Majin” and “100 Monsters.”

Annie Wersching

Vince Vaughn

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DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 28

• 2013 – Richard Griffiths, appeared in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, “Sleepy Hollow” and more. He was 65.
• 2005 – Robert Slatzer, who wrote and directed the film “Bigfoot,” passed away at the age of 77.
• 1999 – Gil Perkin, who appeared in the films “Teenage Monster,” “Valley of the Dragons” and the 1966 movie “Batman,” passed away at the age of 91.
• 1987 – “Doctor Who # 2,” Patrick Troughton, passed away at the age of 67. His numerous film appearances include the 1962 Hammer version of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Gorgon,” “Scars of Dracula,” “Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell” and “The Omen.”
• 1976 – Richard Arlen, who starred in the films “The Island of Lost Souls,” “The Lady and the Monster,” “The Crawling Hand” and “The Human Duplicators,” passed away at the age of 77.

Richard Griffiths

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FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 28

• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 1920
  Adventures of Captain Marvel 1941
  Horror Island 1941
  Man Made Monster 1941
  The Manster 1962 filmed in 1960 as Kyofu
  The Birds 1963
  Phantasm 1979
• Don’t Go in the House 1979
  The Changeling 1980
• Zombie Holocaust 1980
  Leprechaun in the Hood 2000
  Deadly Stingers 2003
  American Zombie 2008
  Terror in the Pharaoh’s Tomb 2008