Hello kiddies...boils and ghouls...ladies and mentalmen...it's your old friend Halloween Jack coming to you from the basement of a sweltering Haunted Theatre. If it keeps getting this hot, they're going to start calling me the Incredible Melting Man. Well, before any important parts come off, let me hit ya with a few hot items from the bygone era of Horror History.......
 

1972 - Alessandro Nivola, who co-starred in "The Eye" and "Jurassic Park III."

1948 - Kathy Bates who starred in "Misery," "Dolores Claiborne," " The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008) and "My Best Friend Is a Vampire," as well as "The Stand" in an uncredited part ("Rae Flowers"). She also directed an episode of "Six Feet Under."

1946 - Bruce Davison who played "Senator Robert Kelly" in "The X-Men," "Lionel Dahmer" in the film "Dahmer" and the title role in the original version of "Willard."

1926 - Mel Brooks who directed and appeared in "Young Frankenstein," "Space Balls" and "Dracula: Dead and Loving It."

deaths 

1992 - Joan Marshall who starred in "Homicidal" (using the name Jean Arless) and played "Phobe Munster" in the pilot episode of "The Munsters," passed away at the age of 61.

1985 - James Craig who appeared in the films "The Cyclops," "Bigfoot" and "The Doomsday Machine," passed away at the age of 73.

1975 - "Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery" creator Rod Serling passed away at the age of 50. In my opinion, he was one of the greatest writers of our time.

films released on this date

Dead of Night 1946 filmed in 1945
Beginning of the End/The Unearthly 1957
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss 1990
The Reflecting Skin 1991
Scanners II: The New Order 1991
Sorority House Vampires 2001 filmed in 1997
The Nutty Professor 1996
The Slaughterhouse Massacre 2005
War Of The Worlds 2005
Superman Returns 2006
 

June 29

1962 - Amanda Donohoe who starred in "The Lair of the White Worm" and "Starship Troopers 3: Marauder."

1957 - Maria Conchita Alonso who co-starred in the films "The Running Man," "The Dead One" and "Predator 2."

1944 - Gary Busey who starred in the films "Silver Bullet," "Predator 2" and "Succubus: Hell Bent."

1934 - Corey Allen who directed for "Star Trek The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine."

1933 - Jayne Mansfield who appeared in the film "The Fat Spy" and the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" in an episode entitled "Hangover."

1920 - Ray Harryhausen. If I have to list his vast accomplishments for you, then you shouldn't be reading this column. Get out!!

1919 - Slim Pickens who appeared in "The Howling," Dr. Strangelove" and "The Black Hole."

1911 - Composer Bernard Herrmann who scored the films "Psycho," "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad," to name a few.

1907 - Comedienne Joan Davis who appeared with Abbott & Costello in "Hold That Ghost."

1901 - Singer Nelson Eddy who co-starred with Claude Rains in the 1943 version of "The Phantom of the Opera."

films released on this day

1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio who appeared in "Ed Wood" (as Orson Welles), "Men In Black" and "The Thirteen Floor."

1955 - David Alan Grier who appeared in "Tales From the Hood," "Amazon Women On the Moon," "Bewitched" and "Jumanji."

1936 - Tony Musante who is best known for playing the title role in the TV series "Toma" and who starred in the film "The Bird With the Crystal Plumage."

1935 - Master magician Harry Blackstone, Jr.

1905 - Character actor Nestor Paiva who appeared in the 1939 version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Mighty Joe Young," "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "Revenge of the Creature."

1899 - Madge Bellamy who co-starred in "White Zombie.".

1891 - Wrestler Man Mountain Dean who grappled with "Mighty Joe Young."

1977 - Liv Tyler who starred in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Armageddon," 'The Strangers" and "The Incredible Hulk" (2008).

1967 - Pamela Anderson who played "Barbed Wire" and appeared in "Scary Movie 3" and "Superhero Movie."

1959 - Dale Midkiff who starred in the films "Pet Sematary," "The Crow: Salvation," "Flight Of The Living Dead" and the TV series "Time Trax."

1952 - Dan Aykroyd who starred in the "Ghostbusters" films, 'Twilight Zone: The Movie," the remake of "Earth vs. the Spider" and served as host of "Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal."

1951 - Terrence Mann who appeared in "Critters," "Critters 2," "Critters 3" and "Critters 4."

1945 - Debbie Harry who appeared in "Videodrome," "Body Bags" and "Tales From the Darkside: The Movie."
　
1942 - Geneviève Bujold who starred in "Coma," "Dead Ringers" and "Murder By Decree." .

1942 - Karen Black who starred in "Trilogy of Terror," "House of 1000 Corpses" (as "Mother Firefly") and "Plan 10 From Outer Space."

1935 - "Luke....it is my birthday!" David Prowse who played "Darth Vader" (in body only) and "The Monster" in both "Horror Of Frankenstein" and "Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell."

1934 - Jean Marsh who appeared in "Frenzy," "The Changeling" and "The Unearthly Stranger."

1934 - "Corporal/Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger" himself, Jamie Farr. He appeared in the film "Curse II: The Bite" and was one of the only two members of the M*A*S*H cast to have actually served in the Korean War.

1920 - Harold Sakata who played Oddjob in "Goldfinger" and appeared in the film "Dimension Five."

1916 - Olivia De Havilland who starred in "The Swarm," "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" and "Lady In a Cage."

1899 - The late great Charles Laughton. He was married to the "Bride of Frankenstein," Elsa Lanchester."　

deaths

films released on this date
The Mask Of Dimitrios 1944
Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom 1952
The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T 1953

How To Make A Monster 1958
Enter The Devil 1972
Innerspace 1987
The Shadow 1994
Zombie Cult Massacre 1998 filmed in 1997
Armageddon 1998
Halloween: Resurrection 2002