BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 26

1986 – Ashley Bell, starred in “The Last Exorcism”, “The Last Exorcism Part II”, “The Walking Dead (TV Mini-Series).”
1975 – Nicki Aycox, who appeared in the films “Jeepers Creepers II” and “Dead Birds.”
1974 – Matthew Currie Holmes, who co-starred in the films “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End and “The Fog” (2006).
1973 – Rocky Costanzo who wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred in “Hallowed” and also appeared in “Last Rites.”
1966 – Helena Bonham Carter who played “Ari” in the remake of “Planet of the Apes” and also played “Elizabeth” in the 1994 version of “Frankenstein.”
1963 – Musetta Vander, appeared in “Under the Bed”, “Transylmania”, “Monster Night”, “Project: Metalbeast”, “Oblivion”, and morre.
1960 – Doug Hutchinson, who appeared in the films “Batman & Robin” (1997), “The Green Mile” and “The Burrowers.” He was probably best known for portraying “Eugene Victor Tooms” in two of the scariest episodes of “The X-Files (TV Series)” of all time.
1949 – Pam Grier who starred in the films “The Twilight People,” “Scream Blacula Scream” and “Ghosts of Mars.”
1923 – James Arness, who starred in the title role of “The Thing From Another World” (1951) and “Them.”
1913 – The late great Peter Cushing, who besides being a mainstay of Hammer Films, starred as “Grand Moff Tarkin” in the original “Star Wars.”
1908 – English character actor Robert Morley, who appeared in the films “Theatre of Blood,” the 1963 comedy “The Old Dark House” and “A Study In Terror.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 26

2005 – Eddie Albert, best known for his role as “Oliver Wendell Douglas” on “Green Acres,” passed away at the incredible age of 99.” He appeared in countless TV episodes including “The Outer Limits,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. His films include “Escape To Witch Mountain” and “The Devil’s Rain.”
2003 – Burr DeBenning, had appeared in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child”, “Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series)”, “Wolfen”, “The Incredible Melting Man”, “Alien Zone” and many more. He passed away at the age of 66.
1993 – George Randall, who appeared in the movies “Biohazard” and “Scalps”
1983 – Charles Keane, who has appeared in the films “The Leech Woman,” “Curse of the Undead” and “Project Moonbase,” passed away at the age of 61.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MAY 26

The Gorilla 1939
The Scarlet Claw 1944
Batman and Robin 1949
Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970
Doppelganger 1993
Casper 1995
Johnny Mnemonic 1995
Curse of the Puppetmaster 1998
Dungeons and Dragons 2000
Beneath Still Waters 2005
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
Beneath the Flesh 2009
Ghost Month 2009
Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus 2009
The Devil’s Tomb 2009