Obituaries
Final farewells to beloved cast and crewmembers responsible for your favorite horror, fantasy, and science fiction films classics
John Barry: A Wordless Poet Dies
On January 30, 2011, iconic – and very prolific – composer John Barry passed away, after being in ill health for some time. He was seventy-seven years old. There is little doubt a great many will be saddened at the loss of one of film’s truly cherished friends.
Barry was an emotionally introspective and poetic composer [...]
Alien & the Ill-Advised World of Prequels: The Cinefantastique Roundtable Podcast 2:3
ALIENS (1986)
Seems that it was a good call, us taking the news portion of The Cinefantastique Podcast and mating it with what had to date been called the Cinefantastique Post-Mortem Podcast. Word that Ridley Scott is turning his scheduled ALIEN prequel into a kinda non-prequel puts Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons in a [...]
Pete Postlethwaite R.I.P.
Pete Postlethwaite as Spyros in CLASH OF THE TITANS (2010)
The Guardian reports that Pete Postlethwaite died on January 2 of cancer. The 64-year-old thespian, who earned fame and respect for his Oscar-nominated performance in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993), had a wide-ranging resume that extended back to 1975; included were numerous genre titles: ALIEN [...]
Verne Langdon, Makeup Artist, R.I.P.
Multi-talented artist, mask maker, musician, composer, record producer, writer passes at 69.
Fred Foy, Lone Ranger Announcer, RIP
Fred Foy, who invited us to return to the Golden Days of Yester-year, passes away at 89.
Dino De Laurentiis, R.I.P.
Dino De Laurentiis, Larger than Life movie producer of epics, lover of spectacle.
RIP Roy Ward Baker – Genre Director
UK film director best known to genre fans for his Horror and Science Fiction films for Hammer Studios passes.
Actress Gloria Stuart dies
Gloria Stuart with Boris Karloff in THE OLD DARK HOUSE
Gloria Stuart, who earned an Oscar nomination at the age of 87 for TITANIC, died Sunday night, September 26. The 100-year-old actress had been diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago, according to the Los Angeles Times. Although Stuart is most well known to modern audiences [...]
Actor Kevin McCarthy dead at 96
Kevin McCarthy in INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that actor Kevin McCarthy, who starred in the 1956 science fiction classic INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, has died of natural causes at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Although McCarthy had a varied career, his performance in BODY SNATCHERS earned him [...]
