BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 13

1986 – Robert Pattinson, who plays every teen girl’s dream vampire “Edward” in the “Twilight” films as well as “Cedric Diggory” in “Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire” and “The Order of the Phoenix.”
1987 – Candice Accola, who starred in the film “Dead Girl” and plays “Caroline Forbes” on the TV series “The Vampire Diaries.”
1985 – Corey Hawk, who co-starred in “Knight of the Living Dead” and “Class of Nuke ‘Em High 2.”
1971 – Imogen Boorman, starred as “Tiffany” in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.”
1950 – Joe Johnston, who directed the 2010 version of “The Wolfman,” “Jurassic Park III” and “The Rocketeer.”
1939 – Harvey Keitel who has appeared in the films “Two Evil Eyes,” “From Dusk To Dawn,” “Red Dragon” and “Saturn 3.”
1939 – Zohra Lampert who played the title role in “Let’s Scare Jessica To Death,” and appeared in “The Exorcist III.”
1936 – Rafael Campos who appeared in the films “Astro Zombies,” ” The Doll Squad” and the TV series “V.”
1922 – Don Weiss who directed such TV shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Batman,” ” Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Planet of the Apes” and the film “The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.”
1907 – Daphne Du Maurier who wrote the story “The Birds.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 13

2008 – John Phillip Law, who portrayed super thief “Diabolik,” “Sinbad” in “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad,” and as “Pygar” in “Barberella,” passed away at the age of 70.
2001 – Jason Miller, who starred in “The Exorcist,” “Exorcist III” and “The Dain Curse,” passed away at the age of 62.
2000 – Paul Bartel who appeared in the films “Piranha,” ” Chopping Mall” and “Escape From L.A.,” passed away at the age of 61.
1995 – Alexander Godunov, starred in “Waxwork II: Lost in Time”,”The Runestone” and starred as the lead heavy in “Die Hard.” He passed away at 45 due to hepatitis.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 13

Werewolf of London 1935
A Haunting We Will Go 1949
The Hands of Orlac 1964 filmed in 1960
The Car 1977
Day of the Animals 1977
The House Where Evil Dwells 1982
Mad Max 1983 filmed in 1979
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1988
Maniac Cop 1988
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil 1992
Scream Bloody Murder 2003
Mindhunters 2005
Frontiers(s) 2008 filmed in 2007 as Frontière(s)
Unremembered 2009
Giallo 2009
Letters To Mother 2009
Attack the Block 2011
Priest 2011