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R.I.P.: Friday the 13th Part 2 writer Ron Kurz has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

Victor Miller was the primary writer on the original FRIDAY THE 13TH, which is why he has taken director/producer Sean S. Cunningham to court in a battle over the U.S. copyright to that film. But Miller wasn't the only writer...

R.I.P.: Child’s Play 2 and Man’s Best Friend director John Lafia

Posted 6 years ago

CHILD'S PLAY originated as a spec script written by Don Mancini, who has been the main creative force behind all of the sequels (and didn't have any involvement with last year's remake), but it wasn't Mancini who created the idea...

R.I.P.: G.I. Joe artist Hector Garrido has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

I never knew his name until I saw the news that he had passed away, but the work of artist Hector Garrido had a major impact on my childhood, because it was his artwork that was featured on the packaging...

Sylvester Stallone pays tribute to First Blood co-star Brian Dennehy

Posted 6 years ago

We lost one of our greatest character actors when Brian Dennehy passed away from natural causes Wednesday night at the age of 81. Over the course of a career that lasted more than forty years, Dennehy earned acting credits on...

R.I.P.: Bloodsucking Freaks director Joel M. Reed

Posted 6 years ago

Director Joel M. Reed made a handful of genre movies over the course of his career – the 1975 anthology BLOOD BATH, the 1981 Nazisploitation/zombie movie combo NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES, the 1971 action movie THE G.I. EXECUTIONER – but...

R.I.P.: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome co-director George Ogilvie

Posted 6 years ago

George Miller has directed three of the four MAD MAX films himelf, but when tragedy struck during pre-production on the third film and his producing partner Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter accident, Miller felt the need to bring...

R.I.P.: Lee Fierro, Mrs. Kintner from Jaws, has passed away

Posted 6 years ago

Lee Fierro has passed away, and while you may not know her by name there's a good chance you recognize her. She only had three screen acting credits to her name, but the fact that she earned the first of...

R.I.P. Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon

Posted 6 years ago

We have some very sad news to share this morning, as word has come out that we have lost another one of our "masters of horror". The family of filmmaker Stuart Gordon confirmed to Variety that he passed away last...

R.I.P. John Carpenter’s cinematographer Gary B. Kibbe

Posted 6 years ago

Gary B. Kibbe earned cinematographer credits on sixteen different titles, and half of those were directed by John Carpenter: PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THEY LIVE, the TV movie BODY BAGS (which also had a segment directed by Tobe Hooper), IN THE...

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