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R.I.P.: Tanya Roberts of Tourist Trap and The Beastmaster has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

UPDATE: A phone call from the hospital informing Tanya Roberts' longtime boyfriend Lance O'Brien that she was still alive gave us a few extra hours of hope, but now it has been confirmed that Roberts has passed away. Despite some...

R.I.P.: Day of the Dead’s Gary Klar has passed away at age 73

Posted 6 years ago

The George A. Romero Foundation has confirmed that 2020 took one last genre star from us in its final hours, as Day of the Dead cast member Gary Klar passed away on December 31st after a battle with ALS. He...

R.I.P.: David Giler, Alien franchise writer/producer, has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

Earlier this year, we heard the intriguing news that Alien producers Walter Hill and David Giler had written a 50 page treatment for a sequel that would bring Sigourney Weaver back to the series and tell a scary story while...

Hugh Keays-Byrne: R.I.P. Mad Max’s Toecutter, Fury Road’s Immortan Joe

Posted 6 years ago

Hugh Keays-Byrne had a screen acting career that lasted around fifty years, and in that time he earned over fifty credits, including on Australian cult classics Stone, The Man from Hong Kong (a.k.a. The Dragon Flies), and Mad Dog Morgan –...

R.I.P. Daria Nicolodi: Argento collaborator, Italian genre icon passed away

Posted 6 years ago

On Wednesday we were discussing the 1977 horror classic SUSPIRIA here on Arrow in the Head, and in a sad coincidence the film's co-writer Daria Nicolodi passed away soon after. Nicolodi's daughter Asia Argento announced the passing of her mother...

R.I.P.: Ken Jones, Phantasm caretaker and sphere victim, has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

Although Kenneth V. Jones (usually credited as Ken Jones) only had three screen acting credits to his name, one of the roles he took on did make quite an impact. Genre fans might not have known his name off the...

R.I.P.: Ben Cross of Dark Shadows and The Unholy has passed away at 72

Posted 6 years ago

English actor Ben Cross got into acting early, starting off with roles in grammar school plays, and he kept acting right up until the very end of his life: just ten days after completing his work on the Lionsgate horror...

R.I.P. Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin, editor of Fangoria from 1979 to 1986

Posted 6 years ago

Fangoria magazine has had a rough time in recent years, and now what appeared to be a triumphant comeback has run into some trouble due to issues at the company that purchased the brand. But back in the day, Fangoria...

R.I.P.: Wilford Brimley of The Thing and Cocoon has passed away at age 85

Posted 6 years ago

Character actor Wilford Brimley was a major presence in my household as I was growing up, as the guy seemed to show up on the TV screen nearly every day. If it wasn't in films he starred in, like COCOON,...

RIP Richard Ricci, 1st zombie to take a headshot in Night of the Living Dead

Posted 6 years ago

Richard Ricci is probably not a name that's known by every horror fan, but he did play a very important role in horror history. When it comes to the average zombie, everyone knows, "kill the brain and you kill the...

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