BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 14

1996 – Abigail Breslin, has starred in “Signs”, “Zombieland”, “Haunter”, “The Call”, “Maggie”, “Final Girls” and “Scream Queens (TV Series).”
1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Her films have included “Scream 2,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Scooby Doo 1 & 2″ and “The Grudge 1 & 2.”
1976 – Samuel Child who co-starred in “The Hamiltons” and “April Fools Day” (2008).
1973 – Adrien Brody, who starred in the 2005 remake of “King Kong,” “The Village” and “Hollywoodland.”
1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, who starred in the films “Edward Scissorhands,” “Weird Science” and the TV series “The Dead Zone.”
1961 – Robert Carlyle, who stars as “Dr. Nicholas Rush” on “SGU Stargate Universe” and in the films “28 Weeks Later” and “Eragon.” He also stars on the television show “Once Upon a Time (TV Series).”
1941 – Julie Christie who appeared in the films “The Demon Seed,” “Fahrenheit 451,” Don’t Look Now” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”
1936 – Comedian Kenneth Mars who appeared in the horror comedies “Young Frankenstein,” “Full Moon High,” as well as doing voice overs for numerous cartoons including “Scooby Doo.”
1930 – Bradford Dillman who starred in the films “The Mephisto Waltz,” “Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” and “Piranha.”
1925 – Rod Steiger who starred in the films “The Illustrated Man,” based on the book by Ray Bradbury, “The Amityville Horror,” and “Mars Attacks.”
1917 – The ever beautiful Valerie Hobson, who appeared in the films “Bride of Frankenstein,” (at the tender age of 18) “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” and “Werewolf of London.”
1906 – Henry Freulich, who was Cinematographer on such films as “Son of Dr. Jekyll,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and the television show “Thriller” hosted by Boris Karloff.
1904 – The late great Sir John Geilgud. Some of his genre appearances included the 1972 TV movie “Frankenstein The True Story,” the TV version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in 1982 and the 1984 TV movie “Frankenstein” where he played the “blind hermit.”

Abigail Breslin

Robert Carlyle

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 14

2012 – William Finley, appeared in “Sisters”, “Phantom of the Paradise”, “Eaten Alive”, “The Fury”, “Dressed To Kill”, “The Funhouse”, “Silent Rage”, “Night Terrors”, “The Black Dahlia” and more. He was 71.
2010 – Peter Steele, heavy metal musician from the bands Carnivore and Type O Negative. His music appeared in the films “Night of the Demons” and “Freddy vs. Jason.” He also wrote music for the films “Nosferatu: The First Vampire (TV Movie)” and “Living the American Nightmare (Documentary).” He was 48.
2004 – Henry Holt, who did animation work of the cartoon series’ “Frankenstein Jr.,” “Challenge of the Superfriends” and “The Herculoids,” passed away at the age of 93.
1999 – Ellen Corby, best known for playing “Grandma Walton,” passed away at the age of 87. She appeared in the movies “Bedlam,” “The Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters” and as an extra in “March of the Wooden Soldiers” and “Mighty Joe Young (1943).
1999 – All round entertainer Anthony Newley, passed away at the age of 67. He appeared in “X-The Unknown” and co-starred in the original “Dr. Doolittle.”
1999 – Aubrey Schenk, who produced the films “Voodoo Island,” “The Black Sleep,” and produced and wrote the screenplay for “Frankenstein 1970,” passed away at the age of 90.
1995 – Singer Burl Ives, passed away at the age of 85. He of course narrated “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” (as the voice of “Sam The Snowman,” and appeared in the film “Rocket to the Moon.”
1975 – Fredric March who played “Jekyll & Hyde” in the 1932 MGM version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “Prince Sirki” in the film “Death Takes a Holiday,” passed away at the age of 77.

William Finely

Fredrich March

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 14

Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928
Terror Aboard 1933
Beauty and the Beast 1934
The Satan Bug 1965
Beast in the Cellar 1970 (NY premiere)
The Blood on Satan’s Claw 1971
The Medusa Touch 1978
Edge of Sanity 1989
American Psycho 2000
Scary Movie 4 2006
Fear the Forest 2009