BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 19

• 1979 – Kate Hudson, who starred in “The Skeleton Key.”
• 1978 – James Franco who played the son of “The Green Goblin,” “Harry Osborn” in “Spider-Man” 1, 2 & 3, “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, “This is the End”, and the upcoming “The Ten O’Clock People”.
• 1968 – Ashley Judd who starred in “Eye of the Beholder,” “Bug” and “Kiss the Girls.”
• 1946 – Tim Curry, appeared as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and Pennywise the Clown in “Stephen King’s It” miniseries, Darkness in “Legend”.
• 1934 – Professional wrestler Ox Baker, he was known for playing heavies in a handful of films including “Escape from New York”, “Blood Circus” and “Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear.”
• 1930 – The late Rhodes Reason, brother of Rex, starred in “King Kong Escapes.”
• 1930 – Dick Sargent, who became “Darrin # 2″ on the TV show “Bewitched.”
• 1921 – Writer/director Don Sharp, was known for his contributions to Hammer Films in films such as “The Kiss of the Vampire”, “The Devil-Ship Pirates”, “Rasputin: The Mad Monk”, “Hammer House of Horror (TV Series).” His non Hammer films he directed include “Witchcraft”, “The Curse of the Fly”, “Dark Places”, “The Death Wheelers”, “What Waits Below” and more.

Kate Hudson

James Franco

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 19

• 2013 – Allan Arbus, appeared in numerous films and television roles including “M*A*S*H (TV Series)”, “Salvage 1 (TV Series)”, “Damien: Omen II”, “Wonder Woman (TV Series)” and so many more. He passed away at the age of 95 – wow!
• 2005 – George P. Cosmatos, who directed “Of Unknown Origin” and “Leviathan,” as well as action films such as “Cobra”, “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and “Tombstone” passed away at the age of 64.
• 1994 – Michael Carreras, producer of many Hammer classics, including “Curse Of The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Curse of Frankenstein,” and “Horror of Dracula,” passed away at the age of 66.
• 1989 – Daphne Du Maurier who wrote the story “The Birds,” passed away at the age of 81.
• 1970 – George Blair who directed many episodes of the original “Superman” TV series as well as the film “The Hypnotic Eye,” passed away at the age of 64.
• 1824 – One of the most influential poet/writers of his time and friend of the Shelly’s (Percy & Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin), Lord Byron passed away at the age of 36.

Allan Arbus

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 19

• The Lodger 1932
• Soylent Green 1973
• Night of the Werewolf aka The Craving 1981
• The Company of Wolves 1984
• Sorority Babes in the Slime Bowl-O-Rama 1988
• Intruder 1989
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie 1996
• eXistenZ 1999
• Murder By Numbers 2002
• Reeker 2005
• Stem Cell 2009
• Dark House 2009
• Hyenas 2011