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Hello kiddies...boils &
ghouls...ladies and mentalmen...it's your old
friend Halloween Jack coming to you from the
basement of the Haunted Theatre. Contrary to
what Ghastlee and I say, Count Gore does
unshackle us from our computers once in a while
to see the light of day.
Ahhhhhhhh!! Bright light!!! Bright light!!
Well, I'll never do that again. Besides, it's
too cold to play outside, even too cold for a
dead stiff like me. The Wolf Man's fur isn't
even enough to protect him, and Dracula is
complaining that the bite is being put on
him...the frost bite that is. What's that Gore?
Enough with the Henny Youngman routines? Stop
trying to be like Ghastlee? Gee...I never have
any fun around here. Oh well, back to work......
January 29
births
1970 - Heather Graham, who starred in the films
"From Hell," " Stab" (the film within "Scream
2"), portrayed "Judy Robinson" in the 1998
remake of "Lost in Space" and appeared on the TV
series "Twin Peaks."
1962 - Nicholas Turturro, best known for his
role as "James Martinez" on the TV show "N.Y.P.D.
Blue." He appeared in the films "Hellraiser:
Inferno" and "The Hillside Strangler"
1948 - Marc Singer, who starred in the films "Beastmaster,"
"Watchers II" and the TV series "V."
1945 - Kathryn Leigh Scott, who starred as
"Maggie Evans" on the soap opera "Dark Shadows."
She also appeared in an episode of "Star Trek:
The Next Generation."
1940 - Katharine Ross, who starred in the films
"The Stepford Wives," "The Legacy," "The Swarm"
and "Donnie Darko."
1915 - Victor Mature, who starred in the film
"One Million B.C."
1909 - Alan Marshall, who appeared in "House on
Haunted Hill" and the 1939 version of "The
Hunchback of Notre Dame."
2005 - Joan Tompkins, who appeared in numerous TV shows including "Night Gallery," "Boris Karloff's Thriller" and "Bewitched," passed away at the age of 89.
2004 - Andrew J. Kuehn, the producer/director of the film "Terror In The Aisles, passed away at the age of 66.
2003 - Peter Shaw, who played the "Little Devil ' in the bottle in ' Bride of Frankenstein," passed away at the age 84. He also doubled for Ernest Thesiger in the film.
2002 - Barbara Townsend, who made appearances on the TV shows "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Quantum Leap," passed away at the age of 88. She also portrayed "Mildred Potter," first as a picture sitting on "Colonel Potter's" desk, then in the flesh on the short lived spin-off "After M*A*S*H."
1986 - Leif Erickson who co-starred in the films "Strait-Jacket," " I Saw What You Did" and "Invaders From Mars (1953), passed away at the age of 74.
1976 - Michael Gwynn who appeared in "Jason and the Argonauts," and the Hammer films "Scars of Dracula" and "Revenge of Frankenstein," passed away at the age of 59.
1972 - Hugh McDermott, who appeared in the films "Devil Girl From Mars" and "First Men in the Moon," passed away at the age of 63.
films released on this date
One Glorius Day 1922
Children of the Damned 1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the Bomb 1964
Venom 1981
Soroity Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 1988
Lobster Man From Mars 1989
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice 1993
Nemesis 1993
Matinee 1993
Trekkies 1997
American Nightmare 2002
Chupacabra Terror 2005
January 30
births
1990 - Jake Thomas, who appeared
in the films "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," "Dinocroc"
and "Monster Night."
1974 - Christian Bale, who starred in "The
Prestige," as "American Psycho," as "Batman" in
"Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" and as "John
Connor" in "Terminator Salvation."
1914 - David Wayne, who appeared in the films "The
Andromeda Strain," the 1951 version of "M" and also
played "The Mad Hatter" on the "Batman" TV series.
1911 - Hugh Marlowe who starred in the films "Earth
vs. the Flying Saucers," "The Day the Earth Stood
Still" and "World Without End."
1910 - James Carreras, the founder of Hammer Films.
1906 - Terry O. Morse, who directed the films "Space
Children," "Curucu, Beast of the Amazon" and the
American footage of Raymond Burr used in the 1956
American release of "Godzilla, King of the
Monsters."
deaths
1999 - Huntz Hall, who played
"Sach" of the Bowery Boys, and crossed paths with
Bela Lugosi on two occasions in "Spooks Run Wild"
and "Ghosts on the Loose," passed away at the age of
79.
1998 - Ferdy Mayne, who starred in the films "The
Fearless Vampire Killers," "The Vampire Lovers" and
"Frightmare," passed away at the age of 81.
1994 - Pierre Boulle, author of the novel "Planet of
the Apes," passed away at the age of 81.
1973 - Jack MacGowran, who appeared in the films
"The Brain" (1964) and "The Fearless Vampire
Killers," passed away at the age of 54. He portrayed
"Burke Dennings" who had his head turned around by
Linda Blair in "The Exorcist,"
1969 - Jack Dietz who produced the films "The Corpse
Vanishes," "The Black Scorpion" and "The Beast From
20,000 Fathoms," passed away at the age of 67.
films released on this date
Silent Scream 1980
The Incredible Shrinking Woman 1981
Monster In The Closet 1987
Bad Girls From Mars 1991
Silence Of The Lambs 1991
Haunting Fear 1992 filmed in 1990
Deep Rising 1998
Final Destination 2 2003
Monster 2004
The Temptress 2003
Freakshow 2007
Prey 2007
The Uninvited 2009
January 31
births
1959 - Kelly Lynch, who starred in the film "Virtuosity."
1959 - Anthony LaPaglia, who starred in the film "Innocent Blood.
1947 - Jonathan Banks, who appeared in the films "Gremlins," "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" and provided the voice of "Pin..."
1940 - Jessica Walters, who starred in the film "Play Misty For Me" and the TV movies "Dr. Strange" and "Vampire." She also provided the voice of "Fran Sinclair" on the TV series "Dinosaurs."
1934 - The late James Franciscus, who starred in the films "Beneath the Planet of the Apes," "The Valley of Gwangi" and "Marooned."
1929 - Jean Simmons, who played "Elizabeth Stoddard/Collins" in the 1990 remake of "Dark Shadows," and provided the voice of "Grandma Sophie" in the animated film "Howl's Moving Castle."
1929 - Andy Milligan, who directed the films "The Ghastly Ones," "Bloodthristy Butchers" and "The Rats Are Coming, The Werewolves Are Here."
1923 - Larry Buchanan, who wrote and directed "Zontar, the Thing From Venus," "The Eye Creatures" and "Curse of the Swamp Creature."
1921 - The late great John Agar, who starred in the films "The Brain From Planet Arous," "Revenge of the Creature" and "Tarantula."
1911 - Eddie Byrne, who appeared in the films "Jack the Ripper," "Island of Terror," and as "General Willard" in "Star Wars."
deaths
2007 - Lee Bergere who appeared in countless
TV shows, including "The Munsters," "The
Addams Family," "Star Trek" (where he played
Abraham Lincoln) and "Wonder Woman," passed
away at the age of 88.
2000 - Comic artist/writer Gil Kane, passed
away at the age of 73. He created the "Death
of Gwen Stacy" story line, which had a
definite influence on Sam Raimi's film
version of "Spider-Man."
Shock 'em Dead 1991
Star Wars re-release 1997
Killers 2: The Beast 2002
Final Destination 2 2003
Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers 2006
The Spiderwicke Chronicles 2008
Creature of Darkness 2009
February 1
births
1999 - Lola
Forsberg, who appeared in the films "Snakes On A Train,"
"Halloween Night" and "Night Of The Dead."
1984 - Lee Thompson Young, who appeared in the film "The
Hills Have Eyes II" (2007).
1969 - Brian Krause, who starred in the films
"Sleepwalkers" and '2012: Supernova."
1965 - Sherilyn Fenn, who starred in the TV series "Twin
Peaks," and appeared in the films "Meridian," "Zombie
High" and "The Wraith. '
1965 - The late Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee. He
starred in the movie, "The Crow." It was on the set of
this film where he was accidentally shot, and lost his
life.
1954 - Bill Mumy, who starred as "Will Robinson" on the
TV series "Lost In Space." He also starred in the
"Twilight Zone" episode "It's a Wonderful Life," and
appeared in the films "Twilight Zone: the Movie,"
"Captain America," and the TV series "Babylon 5." He was
the original choice to play "Eddie Munster" on the the "Munsters"
TV series.
1948 - Elisabeth Sladen, who played "Dr. Who" companion
"Sarah-Jane."
1946 - Bart Braverman, who played "Binzer" on the
"Vega$" TV series. He also played the cowboy wannabe, "Pepe,"
in the film "20 Million Miles To Earth," under the stage
name of Bart Bradley.
1942 - Monty Python alumni, Terry Jones. He wrote the
screenplay for the film "Labyrinth."
1942 - The late Bibi Besch, who has appeared in such
films as "Tremors," "Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn"
and "The Beast Within."
1937 - Saturday Night Live alumni Garrett Morris, who
appeared in the films "The Stuff," "Children of the
Night" and "Severed Ties."
1926. - Stuart
Whitman, who starred in the films "Night of the Lepus,"
"Ruby" and "The Monster Club."
1919 - Andrea King, who appeared in the films "The Beast
With Five Fingers," "Red Planet Mars" and "Blackenstein."
1908 - Director George Pal, whose films include "The Seven
Faces of Dr. Lao," "The Time Machine" and "Atlantis, the
Lost Continent."
1906 - Helen Chandler who played "Mina Seward" in the
original "Dracula." She was married for five years, to actor
Bramwell Fletcher. Fletcher portrayed "Ralph Norton," who
went mad at the beginning of the original "Mummy" when he
saw him, as he put it, "go for a walk."
deaths
2007 -
Stuntman George Robotham, who worked on the films
"The Manitou," "Mars Attacks" and "Something Wicked
This Way Comes,' passed away at the age of 86.
2005 - Melanie Morse MacQuarrie, who appeared in the
film "Prom Night" (1980), passed away at the age of
59.
2005 - John Vernon, best known for playing "Dean
Wormer" in "Animal House." He has appeared in
numerous TV shows and in the films "The Uncanny" and
"Curtains." In the 60's, he was the voice of "Prince
Namor, The Sub Mariner," "Iron Man" and "Major Glenn
Talbot" for the "Marvel Superheroes" TV series. He
passed away at the age of 72.
2002 - Earl Rowe, who played "Lieutenant Dave" in
the original version of "The Blob," passed away at
the age of 81.
1988 - Heather O'Rourke, who starred in the
"Poltergeist" films, passed away at the age of 12.
1967 - Make-up artist Ern Westmore of the famous
Westmore family, passed away at the age of 62.
1966 - Comedian Buster Keaton, who appeared in the
"Once Upon A Time" episode of "The Twilight Zone,"
passed away at the age of 70.
1966 - Actress turned Gossip columnist, Hedda
Hopper, passed away at the age of 80. She appeared
in the films "Dracula's Daughter," "One Frightened
Night" and "Topper."
1851 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who wrote the
novel....well, you know, passed away at the age of
53.
films released on this
date
Flash Gordon's
Trip to Mars 1938
The Flying Serpent 1946
Shock 1946
Terror By Night 1946
Scared To Death 1947
The Mummy's Ghost 1944 re-release 1948
The Mummy's Tomb 1942 re-release 1948
The Invisible Ray 1936 re-release 1949
The Invisible Woman 1940 re-release 1948
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965
Horror of the Blood Monsters 1970
Popcorn 1991
Meet the Applegates 1991
Night Terrors 1993
Valentine 2001
The Vampire Hunters Club 2001
Andre The Butcher a.k.a. Dead Meat 2005
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 2006
The Lycanthrope 2007
Shrooms 2008 filmed in 2006
The Eye 2008
February 2
births
1982 - Kristie Marsden, who has appeared in
episodes of the TV shows, "Supernatural,"
"Masters Of Horror," "Wolf Lake" and the TV
movie "I Was A Teenage Faust."
1949 - Brent Spiner, who played "Data" on the TV
series "Star Trek: The Next Generation." He also
appeared in the films "Independence Day" and
"Shocker."
1947 - Charlie's most famous angel, Farrah
Fawcett, who appeared in the sci-fi films
"Logan's Run" and "Saturn 3."
1942 - Bo Hopkins, who appeared in the films
"Phantoms," "Uncle Sam," "Tentacles" and "From
Dusk Til Dawn 2."
1936 - The late Duane Jones who starred as "Ben"
in "Night of the Living Dead." He also appeared
in the films "Dracula: a Love Story" and "Ganja
and Hess." He had the distinction of being the
first black male lead in a horror film.
2008 - Barry Morse who
appeared in the films "Asylum" (1972),
"Funeral Home" and "The Changeling," passed
away at the age of 89. He played "Lieutenant
Girad" who pursued "The Fugitive" for four
seasons.
2004 - John Ensign, who appeared in the film
"Teen-Age Strangler," at the age of 86.
2004 - Bernard McEveety, who directed
numerous episodes for numerous TV shows and
the film "The Brotherhood Of Satan," passed
away at the age of 79.
1995 - Donald Pleasence, who played "Sam
Loomis" in the "Halloween" films (a role
originally offered to Christopher Lee),
passed away at the age of 75. He also
appeared in the films "The Mutations,"
"Escape From New York" and the "James Bond"
film, "You Only Live Twice" where he played
"Blofeld."
1994 - Pierre Boulle, author of the novel,
"Planet of the Apes," passed away at the age
of 81.
1969 - On a very sad day, we lost our
"King." Boris Karloff, who passed away at
the age of 81. His accomplishments are too
vast to list here, but needless to say, he
was the greatest horror star that ever
lived.
1946 - Rondo Hatton, who starred in the
films "The Brute Man," "Pearls of Death" and
"House of Horrors," passed away the age of
51.
films released on this date
The Lost World 1925
Scream and Scream Again 1970 filmed in 1969
The Return Of Count Yorga 1972
A Clockwork Orange 1972 filmed in 1971
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords 1994
Valentine 2001
Jan-Gel 2: The Beast returns 2001
The Quick And The Undead 2006
The Messengers 2007
Return To Yucca Flats: Desert Man-Beast 2007
February 3
births
1965 - Kathleen
Kinmont, who appeared in the films "Halloween 4: The Return
of Michael Myers," "Roller Blade Warriors" and "Midnight."
1950 - Morgan Fairchild, who starred in the films "The
Seduction," "Freaked" and "Phantom of the Mall: Erik's
Revenge."
1938 - Victor Buono, who played "King Tut" on the "Batman"
TV series. He also appeared in the films "The Strangler,"
"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" and "Beneath the Planet of the
Apes."
1924 - Writer/director/producer Leslie Stevens, whose work
includes the TV series' "The Outer Limits," "The Invisible
Man" and "Battlestar Galatica."
1911 - Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, who
appeared in the films "Maniac Cop 2" and "Sleepaway Camp."
deaths
2008 -
Charles Fawcett, who appeared in the films "I Vampiri,"
"Face of Fire" and "The Secret of Dr. Mabuse," passed
away at the age of 92.
2006 - Joseph Adams, who appeared in "Cabin Fever,
passed away at the age of 38.
2006 - "Patty Duke's mom," Jean Byron, passed away at
the age of 80. She starred in the films, "Invisible
Invaders" and "The Magnetic Monster." She was born in
(are you listening Count?) Paducah, Kentucky.
2006 - Rick Dean, who appeared in the films "Island Of
Blood," "The Unborn" and "Tales From The Hood."
2006 - The one and only "Grampa" Al Lewis,who passed
away at the incredible age of 95. As everyone knows, he
played "Grampa" on "the Munsters" and even took a turn
as a horror host for TBS' "Super Scary Saturday." His
amazing career spanned decades and included roles in
several TV shows and movies, including "Night Gallery"
and "The Night Strangler."
1994 - Caroll Borland, who played "Luna" alongside Bela
Lugosi, in the film "Mark of the Vampire," passed away
at the age of 79. She was so taken with Lugosi in
"Dracula," that she wrote a story entitled "Countess
Dracula" and sent it to him. He was so impressed he gave
her the role of "Lucy" in the stage adaptation of
"Dracula" and later the role of "Luna." She retired from
acting, but later appeared in the Fred Olen Ray films
"Scalps" and "Biohazard."
films released
on this day
The Devil Commands
1941
In the Mouth of Madness 1995
Scream 3 2000
Dead and Rotting 2002
Shower Of Blood 2004
When A Stranger Calls 2006
Killer Movie 2009
February 4
births
1970 - Gabrielle Anwar, who plays "Fiona" on the TV
series "Burn Notice." She starred in the films "Body
Snatchers," "The Grave" and the TV movies "The
Ripper" and "Mysterious Island."
1960 - Adrienne King, who played "Alice" in "Friday
the 13th" and "Friday the 13th Part 2."
1951 - Patrick Bergin, who starred in the films
"Highway to Hell," "Ghostwood," "Lawnmower Man 2,"
the TV movie "The Ripper" and the 2002 TV
mini-series, "Dracula."
1948 - Vincent Damon Furnierbetter known as horror
rocker Alice Cooper. He did the title song for the
film "Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives," and his
music has appeared in such films as "Scream," "The
Faculty" and the 2007 version of "Halloween." He
took a turn as an actor in the films "Monster Dog,"
"Prince of Darkness" and "Freddy's Dead: The Final
Nightmare" where he played "Freddy's father."
1944 - Toshio Kurosawa, who starred in the films
"Evil of Dracula," "Blood Snow" and "Catastrophe
1999: The Prophecies of Nostradamus."
1940 - "Night of the Living Dead," "Dawn of the
Dead" and "Day of the Dead" director George A.
Romero.
1938 - Gary Conway who played the title role in "I
Was a Teenage Frankenstein," and also starred in
"How To Make a Monster" and "The Viking Women and
the Sea Serpent." He also starred as "Captain Steve
Burton" in the TV series "Land Of The Giants."
1914 - Ida Lupino, who appeared in the films "The
Devil's Rain" and "The Food of the Gods."
1912 - James Craig, who appeared in the films "The
Cyclops," "Ghost Diver" and "The Doomsday Machine."
deaths
2009 - Erick Lee
Purkhiser a.k.a. Lux Interior, passed away at the age of
62. He was lead singer of the incredibly inventive punk
band "The Cramps" who performed songs with such titles
as "The Surfin' Dead," "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" and
"The Creature From the Black Leather Lagoon," obviously
inspired by the horror & sci-fi genres. Their music was
used in the films "Return of the Living Dead," "The Boys
Next Door" and "Boltneck." Lux also provided the voice
of the lead singer of "The Bird Brains" for the "SpongeBob
Squarepants" episode "SpongeBob's House Party."
2007- TV staple Barbara McNair, who also appeared in the
films "Paroxismus" and the TV film "Fatal Charm," passed
away at the age of 72.
2005 - Ozzie Davis who played "Portifoy" in the pilot
episode for "Night Gallery," passed away at the age of
87. He also appeared in the TV mine-series "The Stand"
and the starred in the film "Bubba-ho-Tep."
2003 - Charles Biddle, who appeared in the film "Terror
Train" and " Zombie Nightmare."
2003 - Archie Savage who appeared in the films "Space
Men," "Assignment Outer Space" and "The Claw Monsters,"
passed away at the age of 88.
2002 - George Nader, who appeared in the films "Robot
Monster," "The Human Duplicators" and "Beyond Atlantis,"
passed away at the age of 80.
1987 - The ultimate showman, Liberace, passed away at
the age of 67. He appeared in the "The Dead Ringers" and
"The Devil's Fingers" episodes of the "Batman" TV
series, playing "Chandel" and his twin brother "Harry."
And he did a fantastic job, if I do say so myself.
1959 - Delightful character actress, Una O'Connor, who
appeared in the films "The Invisible Man," "Bride of
Frankenstein" and "The Canterville Ghost," passed away
at the age of 78.
films released on this date
Visit to a Small Planet 1960
The Honeymoon Killers 1970
The Entity 1981
Videodrome 1983
Scream 3 2000
Abomination: The Evil Maker II 2003
Boogeyman 2005
Slipstream 2005
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