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Burt Reynolds didn’t get to work on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Posted 8 years ago

For a period of time from the 1970s into the early '80s, Burt Reynolds was the top box office draw in Hollywood, and it was around then when he starred in several of my favorite films – the one I revisit...

R.I.P.: Harry Anderson has passed away at age 65

Posted 8 years ago

Magician-turned-actor Harry Anderson has been on my mind a lot lately, largely due to the fact that he was one of the stars of the 1990 IT mini-series, and IT is big news these days. I grew up watching Anderson...

R.I.P.: Psycho’s John Gavin has passed away at 86

Posted 9 years ago

Over the course of a career that lasted twenty-five years, actor John Gavin racked up credits on more than forty film and television projects, but there is one specific film that fans of the horror genre will know him from:...

R.I.P.: My Bloody Valentine’s Alf Humphreys has passed away

Posted 9 years ago

With the Valentine's Day holiday coming up, horror fans will soon be revisiting director George Mihalka's classic 1981 slasher MY BLOODY VALENTINE… but this year viewings of the film will have a new touch of sadness to them, as the...

Horror writers, directors, and stars pay tribute to Tobe Hooper

Posted 9 years ago

Yesterday, the horror community was shocked to hear the news that genre icon Tobe Hooper had passed away. I tried my best to pay respectful tribute to the man when I wrote the article about his passing, but tributes are...

R.I.P.: Tobe Hooper has passed away at 74

Posted 9 years ago

Just one month after George A. Romero passed away, the horror genre has lost another of its masters and fans have lost another hero. The Los Angeles County Coroner has announced that Tobe Hooper passed away yesterday in Sherman Oaks,...

R.I.P.: George A. Romero has passed away at the age of 77

Posted 9 years ago

George A. Romero had been booked to appear as one of the celebrity guests at the Days of the Dead convention in Indianapolis last month, which seemed very fitting, given the name of the event. Unfortunately, he had to cancel...

R.I.P.: The Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme has passed away

Posted 9 years ago

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme was not a frequent contributor to the horror genre, in fact the only horror feature he directed was THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. But what a contribution that was. Demme took the Thomas Harris source material about...

R.I.P.: Friday the 13th Part III’s Gloria Charles has passed away

Posted 9 years ago

Actors don't always get a lot of screentime in a FRIDAY THE 13TH film before their characters are bumped off in some crowd-pleasingly violent way, but some of them don't need a lot of screentime to leave an indelible impression...

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