BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 9

1998 – Elle Fanning, appeared in “The Boxtrolls”, “Maleficent”, “Twixt”, “Super 8.”
1990 – Kristen Stewart who plays “Bella Swan” in “The Twilight Saga.” She also starred in the films “The Messengers” and “Jumper.”
1986 – Leighton Meester, star of TV’s “Gossip Girl”, she has also appeared in “Hangman’s Curse”, “Surface (TV Series)”, “Inside”, “Killer Movie”, and “The Roommate.
1974 – Porn star Jenna Jameson, who starred in “Zombie Strippers.”
1965 – Mark Pellegrino, has appeared in “Night Life”, “Brimstone (TV Series)”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “The Number 23″, “Lost (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Being Human (TV Series)”, “The Tomorrow People (TV Series).”
1959 – Writer/producer/director Fred Dekker, whose films include “The Monster Squad,” “Night of the Creeps” and Robocop 3.”
1954 – Dennis Quaid, who starred in the films “Innerspace,” “Enemy Mine,” “Pandorum” and “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.”
1921 – Producer George Weiss who gave Ed Wood his first directing job on the film “Glen Or Glenda?”
1895 – The person responsible for casting Bela Lugosi as the lead in the 1931 version of “Dracula,” Universal casting director Phil M. Friedman.

Elle Fanning

Kristen Stewart

Leighton Meester

Jenna Jameson

Dennis Quaid

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DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 9

2010 – Meinhardt Raabe, who played the “Munchkin Coroner” in “The Wizard of Oz.,” passed away at the age of 94.
2009 – Lee Madden, who directed the films “Night Creature” and “Ghost Fever,” passed away at the age of 82.
2005 – William A. Pancake Jr. who did special effects for the films “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” “Skeleton Key” and “War of the Worlds,” passed away at the age of 43.
1996 – Paul Leder, the director of “A*P*E*” and “I Dismember Mama,” passed away at the age of 70.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 9

The Baron of Terror a.k.a. The Brainiac 1969 filmed in 1962 as El Baron Del Terror
Curse of the Crying Woman 1969 filmed in 1961 as La Maldició de la Llorona
The Mephisto Waltz 1971
Family Plot 1976
Tremors II: Aftershocks 1996
The Back Lot Murders 2002
Shaun of the Dead 2004
Man With the Screaming Brain 2005