BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

1984 – Serinda Swan, appeared in “Jinn”, “The Tomorrow People (TV Series)”, “Creature”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Smallville (TV Series)”, “Beyond Loch Ness (TV Movie).”
1984 – Rachael Taylor, has appeared in “666 Park Avenue (TV Series)”, “The Darkest Hour”, “Ghost Machine”, “Shutter”, “Transformers”, “See No Evil”, “Man-Thing” and more.
1972 – Michael Rosenbaum, maybe best known for portraying “Lex Luthor” on “Smallville (TV Series).” He has also appeared in “Cursed”, “Urban Legend” and has provided voicework in many DC Superhero animated shows and movies.
1956 – Classic beauty Sela Ward, has appeared in “The Stepfather” remake, “The Day After Tomorrow”, “The Haunting of Sarah Hardy.”
1952 – Stephen Lang, who has appeared in “Salem (TV Series)”, “The Monkey’s Paw”, “Terra Nova (TV Series)”, “Conan the Barbarian”, “Avatar”, “Manhunter” and more.
1943 – Tom Holland who directed and wrote the screen plays for “Thinner,” “Fright Night” and “Child’s Play.” He also had bit parts in the TV min-series “The Stand,” “The Langoliers” and in the film “Psycho II”
1931 – 1950s teen idol, Tab Hunter, who appeared in the film “Grotesque” and the John Waters’ films “Polyester” and “Lust In the Dust.”
1926 – Patrick Wymark who appeared in the films “The Blood On Satan’s Claw,” “Journey To the Far Side of the Sun” and “The Conqueror Worm.”
1926 – Peter Brandon, who appeared in “Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice” and “Altered States.”
1894 – Benjamin H. Kline who was cinematographer on such films as “The Zombies of Mora Tau,” “The Man Who Turned To Stone” and “The Giant Claw.”

Tom Holland2 — Stephen Lang

Tom Holland

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

2007 – Rod Lauren, who appeared in “The Black Zoo” and “The Crawling Hand,” passed away at the age of 67.
2007 – Ricahrd Franklin who directed the films “FX2” and “Psycho 2,” passed away at the age of 58.
2006 – Barnard Hughes, who starred in “Tron,” “Sisters” and “The Lost Boys,” passed away at the age of 90. He also starred in Jack’s all time favorite Halloween episode of any show…The “Tales From The Crypt” pilot “Trick Or Treat.”
2004 – Frances Hyland, appeared in “PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series)”, “When the Dark Man Calls”, “Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV Series)”, “Tales of the Haunted”, “Happy Birthday to Me”, “The Changeling” and more. She was 77.
1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier, who appeared in “Clash of the Titans” and played Professor Abraham Van Helsing in the 1979 version of “Dracula,” passed away at the age of 82.
1971 – John W. Campbell Jr., writer of the story “Who Goes There?” which the original film “The Thing from Another World”, John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, and 2011’s remake of “The Thing” were based on.

Rod Lauren

Barnard Hughes

Frances Hyland

Sir Laurence Olivier

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Mark of the Devil 666: The Moralist 1995
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003
The Butcher 2006
After Sundown 2006
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix 2007
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008