Obituaries
Final farewells to beloved cast and crewmembers responsible for your favorite horror, fantasy, and science fiction films classics
Ray Harryhausen has passed on to “the land beyond beyond”
Ray Harryhausen, the special effects genius who used stop-motion effects to enchant a generation of film-goers, has passed away. According to The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page, Harryhausen died in London today, May 7 (less than two months short of what would have been his 93rd birthday).
Harryhausen caught the filmmaking bug after watching [...]
Jon Finch, R.I.P.
The UK’s Hastings Observer reports that 70-year-old British actor Jon Finch has died of natural causes at his home in Hastings. Although he spent most of his career on the stage, Finch is well remembered to all of us at Cinefantastique for a handful of screen appearances in horror, fantasy, and science fiction films in [...]
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
A belated note on the passing of America’s best fantasist, author of FARENHEIT 451 and THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Ralph McQuarrie, R.I.P.
The artist who helped design STAR WARS and other genre favorites passes.
Richard Gordon, R.I.P.
Well-liked Producer of 1950’s-`80’s Science Fiction and Horror films passes away.
Cliff Robertson, R.I.P.
Noted actor was in several genre productions, including his Oscar-winning role in the science fiction classic CHARLY.
RIP Jimmy Sangster, Writer/Director
Jimmy Sangster, one of the major creative shapers of Hammer Studios’ horror output and the 1950’s-60’s British horror boom, passed away August 19th.
