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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...

R.I.P.: Artist Bernie Wrightson has passed away at age 68

Posted 9 years ago

Over the weekend we lost a legend of the horror genre, something that has been happening way too frequently in recent years. As announced on his official website, artist Bernie Wrightson has passed away at age 68 after a long...

R.I.P.: The Blob producer Jack H. Harris has passed away

Posted 9 years ago

The man responsible for bringing one of my favorite sci-fi horror creatures to the screen has passed away. That man was producer Jack H. Harris, who died at his home yesterday at the age of 98. The creature is The...

R.I.P.: Bill Paxton has passed away at age 61

Posted 9 years ago

Bill Paxton is known and loved for his roles in such films as THE TERMINATOR, WEIRD SCIENCE, ALIENS, NEAR DARK, PREDATOR 2, TOMBSTONE, TRUE LIES, APOLLO 13, TWISTER, TITANIC, A SIMPLE PLAN, FRAILTY, and CLUB DREAD (among many others), and...

R.I.P.: The Exorcist author William Peter Blatty has passed away

Posted 10 years ago

Many people work in the horror genre, but only a select few can even hope to make as much of an impact on the genre as author William Peter Blatty did with his 1971 novel The Exorcist. Collaborating with director...

R.I.P.: Night of the Living Dead sheriff George Kosana has passed away

Posted 10 years ago

I have mentioned several times that George A. Romero's 1968 classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is one of my all-time favorite films and likely the movie I have watched more than any other. It's cinematic comfort to me, something...

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