BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 4

1992 – Grace Phipps, has appeared in “Fright Night” remake, “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Tales of Halloween” and “Scream Queens (TV Series).”
1992 – Ashley Rickards, has appeared in “American Horror Story (TV Series)”, “A Haunted House 2″ and “At The Devil’s Door.”
1983 – Jesse Moss, has appeared in “iZombie (TV Series)”, “WolfCop”, “Extraterrestrial”, “13 Eerie”, “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil”, “The Uninvited” and more.
1977 – Emily Perkins, who starred in the “Ginger Snaps” series of films, and “Stephen King’s It.”
1965 – Michael McGee, who has done special effects work on the films “Minority Report,” “Armageddon” and “Beyond Re-Animator.”
1964 – Juliette Cummins, has appeared in “Camp Fear”, “Click: The Calendar Girl Killer”, “Deadly Dreams”, “Slumber Party Massacre II”, “Psycho III”, “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.”
1961 – Mary Beth McDonough, who appeared in the films “Mortuary” and “Midnight Offerings.”
1955 – Joseph Mariono, who appeared in “Day of the Dead 2: Contagium” and “CrossBones.”
1954 – Pia Zadora who played “Girmar” in “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”
1947 – Richard Jenkins, who appeared in “Let Me In,” “Wolf”, “The Witches of Eastwick” and “The Cabin in the Woods.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 4

2009 – Jane Randolph, who starred in “Cat People,” “Curse of the Cat People” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” passed away at the age of 92.
2004 – Hugh Gillin, who appeared in “Psycho II & III” and “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,” passed away at the age of 78.
2002 – John Kohn, who wrote the screenplays for the films, “The Strange Vengeance of Rosilie” and “Theater OF Blood,” passed away at the age of 76.
2002 – Elizabeth Russell, who appeared in the films “Bedlam,” “Cat People” and “Weird Woman,” passed away at the age of 85.
1998 – Composer Albert Glasser passed away at the age of 82. His many film scores included, “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Earth vs. the Spider,” ” The Amazing Colossal Man,” and “The Indestructible Man.”
1984 – Diana Dors who appeared in the films “Berserk!,” “Theatre of Blood,” and “From Beyond the Grave,” passed away at the age of 52.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 4

The Shape of Things to Come 1979
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie 1990
The Mummy Returns 2001
And Then They Were Dead… 2004
Spider-Man 3 2007
Meadowoods 2010
God of Vampires 2010