BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 28

1981 – Jessica Alba, who appeared in the short lived TV series “Dark Angel,” the horror spoof, “Idle Hands,” as “The Invisible Girl” in “The Fantastic Four” films and the American version of “The Eye” as well as “Machete”, “Machete Kills”, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “The Veil.”
1974 – Penélope Cruz, who starred in “Vanilla Sky” and “Gothika.”
1971 – Bridget Moynahan, has appeared in “I, Robot”, “Prey” and “Battle Los Angeles.”
1967 – Kari Wuhrer, appeared in “Swamp Thing (TV Series)”, “Thinner”, “Anaconda”, “Malevolent”, “Eight Legged Freaks” and more.
1965 – Steve Blum, whose tremendous body of voice-over work includes “Wolverine” in “Wolverine and the X-Men,” “Super Hero Squad,” “Hulk vs.” and numerous video games.”
1957 – Composer Christopher Young, he scored many genre films including “The Dorm That Dripped Blood”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge”, “Invaders from Mars”, “Trick or Treat”, “Hellraiser”, “Hellbound: Hellraiser II”, “The Fly II”, “The Dark Half”, “Species”, “Urban Legend”, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and over one hundred more.
1929 – The one and only “Morticia,” the late Carolyn Jones. Her films included “House of Wax,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and Tobe Hooper’s “Eaten Alive.”
1908 – Carl Laemmle, Jr., the son of Universal founder Carl Laemmle. He produced many Universal films including “The Werewolf of London,” “The Raven,” and “The Bride Of Frankenstein.”
1906 – Writer Pierre Boileau. Many of his novels were adapted to the screen, such as “Diabolique,” “Vertigo,” “Eyes Without a Face” and “Body Parts.”
1878 – Lionel Barrymore who appeared in the films “Mark of the Vampire,” “The Devil Doll,” and the original 1929 version of “Mysterious Island.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 28

2008 – Writer Donald James whose work included screenplays for the TV shows “The Champions,” “Space 1999,” “UFO” and the theatrical film “Journey To the Far Side of the Sun,” passed away at the age of 76.
2007 – Dabbs Greer, who appeared in the films “It, The Terror from Beyond Space,” “The Green Mile’ and “House IV,” passed away at the age of 90.
2001 – Ken Hughes , who directed “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Night School,” passed away at the age of 79.
1999 – Rory Calhoun who appeared in the films, “Hell Comes To Frog Town,” “Night of the Lepus,” and “Motel Hell,” passed away at the age of 76.
1998 – Jerome Bixby who wrote the screenplays for the films “It The Terror From Beyond Space,” “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “Fantastic Voyage,” and many TV series including “Star Trek,” and “The Twilight Zone,” passed away at the age of 75.
1978 – Arch Hall, Sr., who appeared in the films “Eegah,” “The Thrill Killers,” and was technical director on the film “Werewolf of London,” passed away at the age of 69.
1970 – Ed Begley, who co-starred in the film “The Dunwich Horror” and episodes of the TV seies’ “The Invaders” and “The Wild Wild West.”

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 28

Seven Footprints To Satan 1929
House of Horror 1929
The Manitou 1978
Bloody Birthday 1981
The Horror Show 1989
Village of the Damned 1995
Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorâ filmed in 1991 released in the US in 1998 as Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Gojira vs. Mosura filmed in 1992 release in the US in 1998 as Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
Scream 3 2000
Frequency 2000
Zombie Honeymoon 2004
The Monster of Phantom Lake 2006
The Terminators 2009