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Edward Woodward - Obituary

Edward Woodward – Obituary

Edward Woodward (left) confronted by Christopher Lee (background) in THE WICKER MAN
79-year-old actor Edward Woodward – best known to genre fans for starring in the 1973 cult film THE WICKER MAN – died from pneumonia today at his home in Cornwall. He played a variety of roles in his career, earning good notices for a [...]

The One You Might Have Saved

The One You Might Have Saved

Riffing on an earlier essay at Arbogast on Film, Final Girl offers this opinion on why Barbra in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), is the one horror movie victim she would have saved if she had the chance. Barbra (Judith O’Dea) of course receives undue contempt from contemporary audiences because she is – realistically and [...]