...And Now Dan O'Bannon?? Good Grief!

Dan O'Bannon, writer of Aliens and director of Return of the Living Dead, passed away today. While he wasn't working much in the last 15 years or so, his contributions to genre film will undoubtedly be missed. RIP...







A couple of notable O'Bannon films:

Return of the Living Dead (Director)



Lifeforce (Screenplay)



Dead & Buried (Screenplay)

Paul Naschy (1934-2009)

Long-time Spanish horror autuer Paul Naschy (Jacinta Molina) passed away today after a long battle with cancer. Sad times indeed. From fearnet:

Paul Naschy, often referred to as 'the Spanish Lon Chaney' has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 75.

Naschy's career began in the 60's when he created the werewolf character Waldemar Daninsky, a character that he played in over 12 films. While Naschy is primarily known for his films from the 60's through the 80's (titles like Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf, Horror Rises From the Tomb and Panic Beats), Naschy never stopped working (writing, directing, producing, acting) right up until his death. In 2004, Naschy wrote and starred in a semi-autobiographical film called Rojo Sangre about a down on his luck veteran actor.

His list of films is immense and vastly varied in quality, but I've never seen one I didn't have a lot of fun with. Here's his IMDB page, and a video of a DVD collection that is a great little vignette of his work:



RIP Mr. Naschy.