BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

1986 – Amanda Crew, appeared in “The Haunting in Connecticut” and “Final Destination 3″.
1977 – Navi Rawat, has appeared in “The Collection”, “Undead or Alive: A Zombedy”, “Feast”, “Angel (TV Series)”, “Roswell (TV Series).”
1971 – Mark Wahlberg, who starred in the 2001 remake of “Planet of the Apes,” “The Happening” and played the title role of “Max Payne.”
1960 – The late James Isaac, director of such films “Pig Hunt”, “Skinwalkers”, “Jason X”, and “The Horror Show.”
1950 – Daniel von Bargen, appeared in “The Faculty”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Thinner”, “Lord of Illusions”, “The Silence of the Lambs” and more.
1932 – Russell Streiner who produced the original “Night of the Living Dead” and wrote the story for “Return of the Living Dead.”
1929 – Robert Lansing who starred as the “4-D Man” and as “Gary Seven” in the “Star Trek” episode “Assignment: Earth.”
1905 – John Abbott who appeared in “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Cry of the Werewolf.”
1865 – Charles Ogle who appeared in over 250 silent films and was the first to portray the “Frankenstein monster” on the screen in Edison’s 1910 film version.

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

2015 – Richard Johnson, appeared in “The Raven (TV Movie)”, “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, “The Crucifer of Blood”, “What Waits Below”, “Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)”, “The Monster Club”, “Zombie”, “Screamers”, “The Haunting” and many more. He passed away at the age of 87.
2012 – Legendary author Ray Bradbury, many of his novels were filmed such as “The Halloween Tree”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, “The Martian Chronicles”, “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”, “It Came from Outer Space”, and so many more. He passed away at the age of 91.
2003 – Tom Laswell, who appeared in “Don’t Answer the Phone,” passed away at the age of 72.
2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for the group, The Ramones, passed away at the age of 50. Their music was used in many films including “Pet Sematary” (for which they wrote the theme song), “Pet Sematary 2″ and “House of 1000 Corpses.”
1998 – Jeanette Nolan, appeared in many films and TV shows including “The Manitou”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Chamber of Horrors”, “Thriller (TV Series)”, “Psycho”, and many more. She passed away at the age of 86.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Gog 1954
Corridors of Blood 1963, filmed in 1958
Werewolf In A Girl’s Dormitory 1963 filmed in 1961 as Lycanthropus
Final Exam 1981
Harry and the Hendersons 1987
Split Second 1992
Man With the Screaming Brain 2005
Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck 2007
Land of the Lost 2009
After Last Season 2009
The Commune 2009