BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
- 1978 – Nichole Hiltz, appears in “Trailer Park of Terror”, “Alien Autopsy”, “Masters of Horror (TV Series)”, “All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)”, “May.”
- 1976 – Ashley Jones, has appeared in “Grave Secrets”, “True Blood (TV Series)”, “Devil’s Prey.”
- 1974 – Clare Kramer, appears in “Big Ass Spider!”, “Road to Hell”, “The Dead Ones”, “The Thirst”, “The Gravedancers”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)”, and more.
- 1965 – Costas Mandylor, stars in “Hyenas”, “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, “Dinocroc”, “Saw III”, “Saw IV”, “Saw V”, “Saw VI”, “Saw 3D: The Final Chapter.”
- 1965 – Charlie Sheen, who starred in “Scary Movie 3 & 4″ and Postmortem.”
- 1963 – Daniel Myrick, is the writer and director of “The Blair Witch Project”, “Curse of the Blair Witch (TV Short documentary)”, “An Exploration of the Blair Witch Legend (Video short)”, “Believers”, “Solstice”, “The Objective.”
- 1943 – Valerie Perrine who appeared in “Superman,” “Superman II” and “Slaughterhouse – Five.”
- 1936 – Eileen Brennan, who appeared in the TV movie “The Night That Panicked America,” as well as the films “Jeepers Creeper” and “Murder By Death.”
- 1902 – Comedian Mantan Moreland, who starred in the films “King of the Zombies,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Rx,” “Revenge of the Zombies” and “Spider Baby.”
DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
- 2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, starred in “Sin City”, “Daredevil”, “The Scorpion King”, “The Green Mile”, “Planet of the Apes” remake, and more. He passed away far to early at the age of 54 from respiratory failure.
- 1998 – William Joyce, who starred in “I Eat Your Skin,” passed away at the age of 67.
- 1991 – Director Frank Capra, whose films have included “Lost Horizon,” “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Arsenic & Old Lace,” passed away at the age of 94.
- 1980 – Barbara O’Neil, who appeared in the 1939 version of “Tower Of London,” passed away at the age of 70.
FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY
Catwoman of the Moon 1953
The Valley of Gwangi 1969
Kalifornia 1993
Martyrs 2008
Machete 2010