BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 18

1992 – Spencer Breslin, who appeared in the mini-series “Storm of the Century,” written by Steven King, and co-starred in “The Happening.”
1982 – Emmy Robbin, has appeared in “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (TV Series)”, “Machete Kills”, “Planet Terror”, “Sin City.”
1980 – Matt Long who played the “young Johnny Blaze” in “Ghost Rider” and appeared in the film “Reflections”
1969 – Jonathan Glickman, who produced the films “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy,” “The Invisible” and “Reign of Fire.”
1968 – Cynthia Preston, has appeared in “Lost Girl (TV Series)”, “Carrie” remake, “Hannibal (TV Series)”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “The Outer Limits (TV Series)”, “Forever Knight (TV Series)”, “Friday’s Curse (TV Series)”, “Prom Night III: The Last Kiss.” and more.
1955 – Yun-Fat Chow who starred in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “The Killer” and several other Hong Kong films, not to mention “Pirate’s of the Caribbean: At Worlds End.”
1941 – Miriam Margolyes, who plays “Professor Pomona Sprout” in the “Harry Potter” films. She also appeared in “The Awakening,” “End of Days” and “Ed and His Dead Mother.”
1927 – Yoshio Tsuchiya who appeared in the Toho films “Yog Monster From Space,” “Destroy All Monsters” and “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.”
1924 – Priscilla Pointer (mother of Amy Irving, which made her the mother-in-law of Steven Spielberg). She has appeared in the films “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3,” “Chud II: Bud the Chud” and “Carrie.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 18

2004 – Lincoln Kilpatrick, who co-starred in the films “The Omega Man,” “Soylent Green” and “Chosen Survivors,” passed away at the age of 72.
1995 – Alexander Godunov, a renowned ballet dancer, had a short, but memorable career in Hollywood. He co-starred in the blockbuster film “Die Hard” and also in the genre films “The Runestone” and “Waxwork II: Lost in Time.” He passed away at the young age of 45 from natural causes.
1995 – Elizabeth Montgomery of “Bewitched” fame, passed away at the age of 62.
1995 – Elisha Cook Jr., who passed away at the age of 91. His many film credits included the TV movies “Salem’s Lot” and “The Night Stalker.” His film credits include the original “House on Haunted Hill,” “Blacula” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”
1992 – Marshall Thompson who starred in the TV series “Daktari,” passed away at the age of 66. He was a staple of 50’s sci-fi films, appearing in “It, the Terror From Beyond Space,” “First Man Into Space” and “Fiend Without a Face.”

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 18

The Brighton Strangler 1945 (NY premiere)
War of the Satellites/Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman 1958
The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971
Fangs Of The Living Dead 1973 filmed in 1969 as Malenka
Battlestar Galactica 1978
Teenage Space Vampires 1999
Hard Ride To Hell 2010