Here it is, my latest Look Back in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s happenings that are of particular interest to this site, as well as a listing of notable deaths. I’ll apologize in advance for all the political content, but the fact is that’s where we are right now. Hence…
Politics in Cinema: the 2018 Edition
Last year, writing about WONDER WOMAN, I bemoaned that “I hate it when a Hollywood blockbuster is politicized.” Silly me: in 2018 every movie was a political event, 
although the political furor generally concerned what the movies’ participants did off rather than onscreen.
An example would be the awards contender GREEN BOOK, whose Oscar chances are said to have been nixed after, among other things, its director Peter Farrelly was revealed to have repeatedly flashed his penis to various women back in the nineties. Similarly, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY and BAFTA were hit with controversy after the film’s credited director Bryan Singer, who has a history of sex abuse allegations, was nominated for an award by that organization. Even the universally beloved (though not by me) A STAR IS BORN garnered some controversy due to the fact that among its credited producers was Jon Peters, who is (deservedly) among the #MeToo targets yet has a stake in the property (meaning he had to be included in the credits).
The takeaway? That political concerns about movies’ principals is the new (ab)normal—and that everyone involved in the making of any movie from now on had better be completely scandal-free.
The More Things Change…
The abovementioned political snafus, you may have noticed, all emanate from one distinct side of the political spectrum—and it ain’t the right. This is quite different from how things were in years past, when the right dominated all cultural discourse. I’m referring to the eighties and nineties, my formative years, when “family values” was the all-important buzzword, and concern about America’s “moral fiber” was at the forefront of seemingly all media discussion. Back then political action groups like the American Family Association and the Parents Television Council made sure American media towed the conservative line through letter writing campaigns and advertiser boycotts. The AFA and PTC are still active, but media executives are no longer scared of them. What they are scared—scared shitless, in fact—of are the liberal pundits on social media, particularly those associated with the #MeToo Movement.
What’s resulted is a new set of left-leaning fun police whose rallying cry, “freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequence,” is essentially a wordier variant on the popular conservative mantra “freedom isn’t free.” Popular songs were yanked from radio stations in decades past, just as they were in 2018 (that Satanic anthem “Baby its Cold Outside” in particular). Even some of the same pop-culture targets of the right wing are now in the crosshairs of the left, with Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID, once a popular conservative whipping boy due to a penis that was allegedly depicted on its VHS cover and a supposed erection in one scene, now being pilloried by the #MeToo crowd for its alleged racial stereotypes and a song that is apparently “misogynistic and dismissive of consent.”
I fully expect to see more such controversies in the coming months, as our moral fiber is further strengthened by partisan-based censorship.
Most Noteworthy Cinematic Trend
Female empowerment was a major theme of 2018’s movies, and as we all know, in Hollywood “empowerment” is synonymous with vengeance (as was stated in an exploitation movie poster tagline from the eighties, “Justice is another word for revenge”). To that end we got a ton of female revenge themed movies, including ACRIMONY, THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, PYEWACKET, UNSANE, THOROUGHBREDS, DESTROYER, WIDOWS, LIKE ME, WILDING, the new HALLOWEEN and the appropriately titled REVENGE. And there are quite a few more such films on tap for 2019 (the most promising of which IMO is the Gina Rodriguez headlined MISS BALA).
Make of this trend what you will. The sociopolitical underpinnings of these movies are pretty blatant, although it seems to me they’re just more examples of corporate America trying to appear woke (as in those already-notorious Gillette “Toxic Masculinity” ads, which have annoyed both sexists and feminists). I’m wondering why Hollywood doesn’t save itself the trouble and simply rerelease THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE or I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE.
Most Noteworthy Publishing Trend
There’s never been any shortage of celebrity bios, but they hit some kind of nadir in 2018. Among the more noteworthy were BRAVE by Rose McGowan (who publicly imploded while promoting it), the Robin Williams bio ROBIN by Dave Itzkoff and the Rock Hudson remembrance ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS by Mark Griffin, as well as NEVER GROW UP by Jackie Chan, REBEL by Nick Nolte, BLOWING THE BLOODY DOORS OFF by Michael Caine, I CAN’T MAKE THIS UP by Kevin Hart, ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE by Eric Idle and IN PIECES by Sally Field. 
The latter was especially popular in the media for the dirt it contained on Burt Reynolds. Similarly, THIS WILL ONLY HURT A LITTLE by Busy Phillips was promoted heavily for its unsavory revelations about James Franco (something that upset Phillips, who complained “I’m a woman in this industry who wrote a very personal book…and the headlines were all about a man”). Furthering the trend was former Howard Stern staffer “Stuttering” John Melendez, who dished quite a bit on his old boss in EASY FOR YOU TO SAY, and Anthony Cumia of Opie and Anthony infamy, who told his side of the story in PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED.
As it happens, I actually read a number of these books, and can assert that at least a couple of them (ROBIN and REBEL) are worth your time.
Favorite Discoveries, Literary and Cinematic, of 2018
AOOM
Jodorowskian bizarrie from Spain’s Gonzalo Suarez involving witchcraft, sentient dolls, astral projection and peerlessly ominous seaside locations.
BARRABAS
A heretofore unknown (to me) 1919 crime serial by the incomparable Louis Feuillade. Not great, but still a first-rate piece of old school entertainment.
BILLY THE MOST HORRIBLE BOY IN THE WORLD By MICHAEL DUGAN, BRETT COLQUHOUN
An Australian relic from 1980 that’s quite possibly the most wonderfully evil kids’ book you’ll ever read.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS By HUGH FLEETWOOD
A superlative psycho thriller by the talented, if shamefully underrated, Hugh Fleetwood.
JAILBIRDS
A French WIP-er, starring a never-better Sophie Marceau, that ranks with the finest prison films ever made.
JEANS BLUES: NO FUTURE
The Japanese “pinky” version of BONNIE AND CLYDE, with enough sex, gore and bad behavior to fill a dozen Hollywood thrillers.
KUSAH HAKWAAN
Apparently the first Alaskan film made entirely by Alaskans, a no-budget horror fest inspired by Northern folklore.
THE LITTLEST PIRATE KING By DAVID B., PIERRE MAC ORLAN
A stunning kid-oriented graphic novel from France that deals with some decidedly grown-up themes, namely the inevitability of death and its continuing effects on the living.
MALEVIL By ROBERT MERLE
One of the absolute best after-the-bomb novels in existence, and much better than the 1980s film adapted from it.
THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT
An altogether fascinating British TVM consisting of an operatic adaptation of the Oliver Sacks case study “The Man who Mistook his Wife for A Hat” that’s set to music by Michael Nyman.
PURGATORY
A wrenching nineties war movie from the Russkies that deserves (but probably won’t get) a much wider audience than it heretofore received.
ROBOT
Lollywood lunacy—think ROBOCOP meets THE TERMINATOR meets I ROBOT, with added comedy and romance. A sequel, FYI, was released in ‘18.
THE ULIMITED DREAM COMPANY
Among eccentric J.G. Ballard documentaries (of which there exist quite a few) this 1983 entry is one of the oddest.
Remembering Those Who’ve Passed on:
YVES AFONSO (1944-2018) Actor: WEEKEND (1967), THE CLOCKMAKER, ONE DEADLY SUMMER
HARRY ANDERSON (1952-2018) Actor: TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE (TV), TANNER ‘88, IT (1990), TALES FROM THE CRYPT (TV)
MICHAEL ANDERSON (1920-2018) Director: 1984 (1956), LOGAN’S RUN, ORCA, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (TV)
SUSAN ANSPACH (1942-2018) Actor: THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN, MONTENEGRO, BLUE MONKEY, INTO THE FIRE
ALEKSANDR ASKOLDOV (1932-2018) Director: COMMISSAR
STEPHANE AUDRAN (1932-2018) Actor: LES BICHES, LA FEMME INFIDELE, LE BOUCHER, THE LADY IN A CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN, THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGOEISE, WEDDING IN BLOOD, THE BIG RED ONE, COUP DE TORCHON, MORTELLE RANDONNEE, THE CRY OF THE OWL, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND
ART BELL (1945-2013) Broadcaster/Author/Nut: THE COMING GLOBAL SUPERSTORM, I KNOW WHO KILLED ME
EDDY C. BERTIN (1944-2018) Author: THE WHISPERING HORROR
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI (1941-2018) Director: THE SPIDER’S STRATAGEM, LA LUNA
DAVID BISCHOFF (1951-2018) Novelist/Screenwriter: NIGHTWORLD, WARGAMES, GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, THE BLOB (1989), MUTANTS AMOK
STEVEN BOCHCO (1943-2018) Screenwriter/Producer: SILENT RUNNING, THE INVISIBLE MAN (TV), VAMPIRE (1979), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1986)
FRANCOIS BONNOT (1939-2018) Film editor: Z, FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET, THE TENANT, TOP SECRET!, TITUS
MARTIN BREGMAN (1926-2018) Producer: PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, SCARFACE (1983)
PASQUALE BUBA (1946-2018) Editor: EFFECTS, KNIGHTRIDERS, CREEPSHOW, DAY OF THE DEAD, MONKEY SHINES, STEPFATHER II, TWO EVIL EYES, TALES FORM THE CRYPT (TV), THE DARK HALF, THE BRAVE, WILDE SALOME
MARLEY CARIB/GARON TSUCHIYA (1947-2018) Manga scripter: OLDBOY, ASTRAL PROJECT
DEBBIE LEE CARRINGTON (1959-2018) Actor/Stuntwoman: RETURN OF THE JEDI, AMAZING STORIES (TV), HOWARD THE DUCK, INVADERS FROM MARS, THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE, TOTAL RECALL
GLEN CHIN (1948-2018) Actor: JEKYLL AND HYDE: TOGETHER AGAIN, HARD TICKET TO HAWAII, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, GODZILLA 2000
ANNE V. COATES (1925-2018) Film Editor: 11 HARROWHOUSE, THE LEGACY, THE ELEPHANT MAN, RAW DEAL, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
ANDREW COBURN (1932-2018) Novelist: THE TRESPASSERS, THE BABYSITTER, SWEETHEART
PAUL DE MEO (1953-2018) Screenwriter: TRANCERS, ZONE TROOPERS, THE ROCKETEER
BRADFORD DILLMAN (1930-2018) Actor: COMPULSION, THE MEPHISTO WALTZ, 99 AND 44/100% DEAD, BUG (1975), THE SWARM, PIRANHA, GUYANA: CRIME OF THE CENTURY
STEVE DITKO (1927-2018) Comic book creator/artist: STRANGE WORLDS, STRANGE TALES, SHADE THE CHANGING MAN, EERIE, CREEPY
FRANK DOUBLEDAY (1945-2018) Actor: THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, ABAR THE FIRST BLACK SUPERMAN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, NOMADS
STAN DRAGOTI (1932-2018) Director: DIRTY LITTLE BILLY, LOVE AT FIRST BITE
CARL DUERING (1923-2018) Actor: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, KING QUEEN KNAVE, THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, POSSESSION
HARLAN ELLISON (1934-2018) Novelist/Essayist/Editor/Screenwriter: ELLISON WONDERLAND, I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM, DANGEROUS VISIONS, DEATHBIRD STORIES, A BOY AND HIS DOG, AN EDGE IN MY VOICE, MEFISTO IN ONYX, HARLAN ELLISON’S WATCHING
R. LEE ERMEY (1944-2018) Actor: APOCALYPSE NOW, FULL METAL JACKET, THE RIFT, BODY SNATCHERS, TALES FROM THE CRYPT (TV), SEVEN, STARSHIP TROOPERS, MEGIDDO: THE OMEGA CODE 2
CHOI EUN-HEE (1926-2018) Actor: PHANTOM QUEEN, A KIM JONG-IL PRODUCTION, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT
CARLOS EZQUERRA (1947-2018) Comics artist: JUDGE DREDD, HITMAN, PREACHER
MILOS FORMAN (1932-2018) Director: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, MAN ON THE MOON, GOYA’S GHOSTS
BRIAN GARFIELD (1939-2018) Novelist/Screenwriter: DEATH WISH, DEATH SENTENCE, THE LAST HARD MEN, RECOIL, THE STEPFATHER
JOHN GAVIN (1931-2018) Actor: PSYCHO, SPARTACUS
PAMELA GIDLEY (1965-2018) Actor: CHERRY 2000, HIGHWAY TO HELL, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
BILL GOLD (1921-2018) Poster artist: BARBARELLA, THE WILD BUNCH, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, DELIVERANCE, THE EXORCIST, O LUCKY MAN, 99 AND 44/100% DEAD, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, CLASH OF THE TITANS
WILLIAM GOLDMAN (1931-2018) Novelist/Screenwriter: NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, THE STEPFORD WIVES, MAGIC, CONTROL, MISERY, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS, THE BIG PICTURE, DREAMCATCHER
JORGE GRAU (1930-2018) Screenwriter/Director: CEREMONIA SANGRIENTA, VIOLENT BLOODBATH, LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE
SAMUEL HADIDA (1953-2018) Producer: TRUE ROMANCE, NECRONOMICON, CRYING FREEMAN, FREEWAY, FREEWAY II: CONFESSIONS OF A TRICK 
BABY, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, SPIDER, SILENT HILL, PERFUME, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
BARBARA HARRIS (1935-2018) Actor: WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN AND WHY IS HE SAYING THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME?, FAMILY PLOT, GROSSE POINTE BLANK
SHINOBU HASHIMOTO (1918-2018) Screenwriter: RASHOMON, SEVEN SAMURAI, I LIVE IN FEAR, THRONE OF BLOOD, THE BAD SLEEP WELL, SWORD OF DOOOM
DIETER THOMAS HECK (1937-2018) TV host/Actor: DAS MILLIONENSPIEL, PANKOW ‘95
JURAJ HERZ (1934-2018) Director: THE CREMATOR, MORGIANA, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE NINTH HEART, FERAT VAMPIRE, DARKNESS
YURIKO HOSHI (1943-2018) Actor: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA, GHIDORAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER
TAB HUNTER (1931-2018) Actor: TRACK OF THE CAT, THE LOVED ONE, SWEET KILL, POLYESTER, OUT OF THE DARK, CAMERON’S CLOSET
TROY HURTUBISE (1963-2018) Inventor: PROJECT GRIZZLY
RICKY JAY (1946-2018) Magician/Actor: MYSTERY MEN, INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS, THE PRESTIGE
JAMES KAREN (1923-2018) Actor: FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER, RIVALS, CAPRICORN ONE, POLTERGEIST, TIME WALKER, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, INVADERS FROM MARS (1986), RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II, THE UNBORN, APT PUPIL, MULHOLLAND DRIVE
GLORIA KATZ (1942-2018) Screenwriter/Producer: MESSIAH OF EVIL, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, HOWARD THE DUCK
TAMIO KAWACHI (1938-2018) Actor: STORY OF A PROSTITUTE, TOKYO DRIFTER, BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY
LINDSAY KEMP (1938-2018) Dancer/Actor: THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, THE WICKER MAN (1973), JUBILEE, VELVET GOLDMINE
ROBERT KERMAN (1947-2018) Actor: CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, EATEN ALIVE, CANNIBAL FEROX, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, SPIDER-MAN
JACK KETCHUM (1946-2018) Novelist/Screenwriter: OFF SEASON, COVER, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, OFFSPRING, JOYRIDE, RED, THE LOST, BOOK OF SOULS, THE WOMAN
MARGOT KIDDER (1948-2018) Actor: SISTERS, BLACK CHRISTMAS, SUPERMAN, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, MR. MIKE’S MONDO VIDEO, WHITE ROOM, TRIBULATION
RICHARD H. KLINE (1926-2018) Cinematographer: CHAMBER OF HORRORS, THE BOSTON STRANGLER, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, HAMMERSMITH IS OUT, SOYLENT GREEN, THE TERMINAL MAN, MANDINGO, KING KONG (1976), THE FURY, DEATH WISH II, HOWARD THE DUCK
ARNOLD KOPELSON (1935-2018) Producer: FALLING DOWN, OUTBREAK, SEVEN, THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, TWISTED
GARY KURTZ (1940-2018) Producer: STAR WARS, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE DARK CRYSTAL, RETURN TO OZ, SLIPSTREAM
RINGO LAM (1955-2018) Director: CITY ON FIRE, PRISON ON FIRE, FULL CONTACT, BURNING PARADISE, VICTIM
JACQUES LANGUIRAND (1931-2018) Actor: MARS AND APRIL
CLAUDE LANZMANN (1925-2018) Documentarian: SHOAH
URSULA K. LE GUIN (1929-2018) Novelist: THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, THE LATHE OF HEAVEN, THE DISPOSSESSED
STAN LEE (1922-2018) Comic book writer/creator: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, DOCTOR STRANGE, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, STRANGE TALES
SONDRA LOCKE (1944-2018) Actor/Director: WILLARD, NIGHT GALLERY (TV), THE SECOND COMING OF SUZANNE, DEATH GAME, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (TV), AMAZING STORIES (TV), RATBOY
JOHN MAHONEY (1940-2018) Actor: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, FRANTIC, BARTON FINK, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
RICHARD MARKS (1943-2018) Editor: APOCALYPSE NOW, THE HAND, THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION, DICK TRACY, I’LL DO ANYTHING, TIMELINE
PENNY MARSHALL (1943-2018) Actor/Director: THE SAVAGE SEVEN, WHERE’S POPPA?, HOCUS POCUS
PETER MASTERSON (1934-2018) Actor/Screenwriter: THE EXORCIST, MAN ON A SWING, THE STEPFORD WIVES, NIGHT GAME
ANTONIO MERCERO (1936-2018) Director: LA CABINA
VICTOR MILAN (1954-2018) Novelist: THE CYBERNETIC SAMURAI, RED SANDS
LAURIE MITCHELL (1928-2018) Actor: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, WOMEN’S PRISON, ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE, MISSILE TO THE MOON
DONALD MOFFAT (1930-2018) Actor: NIGHT GALLERY (TV), THE TERMINAL MAN, EARTHQUAKE, THE THING (1982)
JOHN MORRIS (1926-2018) Composer: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, BLAZING SADDLES, THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROBBY MULLER (1940-2018) Cinematographer: JONATHAN, THE GLASS CELL, REPO MAN, MYSTERY TRAIN, UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
GEOFF MURPHY (1938-2018) Director: UTU, THE QUIET EARTH, FREEJACK, DON’T LOOK BACK, FORTRESS 2
YOSUKE NATSUKI (1936-2018) Actor: THE H-MAN, YOJIMBO, DOGORA, GHIDORAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER
PETER NICHOLLS (1939-2018) Author/Editor: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION, FOUNDATION: THE REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION
DERRICK O’CONNOR (1941-2018) Actor: THE FINAL PROGRAMME, JABBERWOCKY, BLOODY KIDS, TIME BANDITS, BRAZIL
TIM O’CONNOR (1927-2018) Actor: THE TWILIGHT ZONE (TV), THE OUTER LIMITS (TV), ACROSS 110th STREET, SSSSSSS, BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY (TV)
JENS OKKING (1939-2018) Actor: THE KINGDOM
ERMANNO OLMI (1931-2018) Screenwriter/Director: THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS, THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY DRINKER, GREENERY WILL BLOOM AGAIN
ADAM PARFREY (1957-2018) Editor/Publisher: APOCLAYPSE CULTURE, CULT RAPTURE, APOCALYPSE CULTURE II, SIN-A-RAMA
GIANFRANCO PAROLINI/FRANK KRAMER (1925-2018) Director: THE THREE FANTASTIC SUPERMEN, IF YOU MEET SARTANA…PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH, SABATA, YETI: GIANT OF THE 20th CENTURY
RICHARD PECK (1934-2018) Novelist: THE GHOST BELONGED TO ME, ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE?
WILLIAM EDWARD PHIPPS (1922-2018) Actor: FIVE, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), INVADERS FROM MARS (1953), THE TWONKY, CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON, THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN, DUNE
JEAN PIAT (1924-2018) Actor: THE MILKY WAY, LES ROIS MAUDITS (TV)
LUCIAN PINTILIE (1933-2018) Director: RECONSTRUCTION (1970), PAVILION IV, TOO LATE
CHARLOTTE RAE (1926-2018) Actor: WAY OUT (TV), THE WORST WITCH
DOUGLAS RAIN (1928-2018) Actor: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, SLEEPER, 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT
TULSI RAMSAY (1944-2018) Director: DARWAZA, SABOPOT, DAHSHAT, HOTEL, PURANA MANDIR, TELEPHONE, VEERANA, PURANI HAVELI, BANDH DARWAZA, AJOOBA KUDRAT KAA
SIEGFRIED RAUCH (1932-2018) Actor: THE BIG RED ONE, CONTAMINATION
BURT REYNOLDS (1936-2018) Actor: SHARK!, SKULLDUGGERY, DELIVERANCE, EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX* (*BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK), AT LONG LAST LOVE, THE END, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
NICOLAS ROEG (1928-2018) Director/Cinematographer: THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, FAHRENHEIT 451, PERFORMANCE, DON’T LOOK NOW, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, BAD TIMING, INSIGNIFICANCE, TRACK 29, THE WITCHES, COLD HEAVEN, PUFFBALL
MARIA ROHM (1945-2018) Actor: 99 WOMEN, MARQUIS DE SADE: JUSTINE, VENUS IN FURS, COUNT DRACULA, DORIAN GRAY
PHILIP ROTH (1933-2018) Novelist: PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT, THE BREAST, THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
MARGIT SANDEMO (1924-2018) Novelist: THE LEGEND OF THE ICE PEOPLE
HUGO SANTIAGO (1939-2018) Director/Actor: INVASION (1969), LES AUTRES, ECOUTE VOIR, COLLOQUE DE CHIENS
NELSON PEREIRA DOS SANTOS (1928-2018) Director: HOW TASTY WAS MY LITTLE FRENCHMAN, QUEM E BETA?, MEMORIAS DO CARCERE
CLAUDE SEIGNOLLE (1917-2018) Author: THE ACCURSED, THE NIGHTCHARMER AND OTHER TALES, THE MAN WITH SEVEN WOLVES, THE BLACK CUPBOARD
DAVID SHERWIN (1942-2018) Screenwriter: IF…, O LUCKY MAN!, BRITANNIA HOSPITAL
WITOLD SOBOCINSKI (1929-2018) Cinematographer: THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM, O-BI O-BA: THE END OF THE CIVILIZATION, FRANTIC
SRIDEVI (1963-2018) Actor: SADMA, MR. INDIA, KHUDA GAWAH
STEVEN HILLIARD STERN (1937-2018) Director: THE GHOST OF FLIGHT 401, THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN, MAZES AND MONSTERS, THE PARK IS MINE
DAVID OGDEN STIERS (1942-2018) Actor: THX-1138, MAGIC, BETTER OFF DEAD, THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER, LADY IN THE WATER
KIN SUGAI (1926-2018) Actor: GODZILLA (1954), VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE, THE BAD SLEEP WELL, THE PORNOGRAPHERS, NEW BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY, VENGEANCE IS MINE (1979)
DUDLEY SUTTON (1933-2018) Actor: THE DEVILS, FELLINI’S CASANOVA, VALENTINO, THE ISLAND (1980), TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (TV), ORLANDO, STEVEN BERKOFF’S TELL TALE HEART
PIOTR SZULKIN (1950-2018) Director: BEWITCHING EYES, GOLEM, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: NEXT CENTURY, O-BI O-BA–THE END OF CIVILIZATION, GAG-GAG: GLORY TO THE HEROES
ISAO TAKAHATA (1935-2018) Screenwriter/Director/Producer: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, THE RED TURTLE
VITTORIO TAVIANI (1929-2018) Screenwriter/Director: PADRE PADRONE, THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS, KAOS
RONNIE TAYLOR (1924-2018) Cinematographer/Camera operator: THE DEVILS, THEATRE OF BLOOD, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, TOMMY, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977), THE RAINBOW THIEF, POPCORN, SLEEPLESS
VERNE TROYER (1969-2018) Actor: BABY’S DAY OUT, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
MASAHIKO TSUGAWA (1940-2018) Actor: GAMERA 3: THE REVENGE OF IRIS, GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK, DEATH NOTE, HIDEO NAKATA’S KAIDAN
YALE UDOFF (1935-2018) Screenwriter: HITCHHIKE!, BAD TIMING, EVE OF DESTRUCTION
VENANTINO VENANTINI (1930-2018) Actor: SEVEN DEATHS IN A CAT’S EYE, EMMANUELLE IN BANGKOK, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, CONTRABAND, CANNIBAL FEROX, EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000
WILL VINTON (1947-2018) Animator: THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, RETURN TO OZ, SHADOW PLAY
GUS WEILL (1933-2018) Novelist: FLESH, THE FUHRER SEED
MURRAY WESTGATE (1918-2018) Actor: RITUALS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, KNIGHT RIDER (TV), COUNTDOWN TO LOOKING GLASS, SCANNERS II: THE NEW ORDER
KATE WILHELM (1928-2018) Novelist: ABYSS: TWO NOVELLAS, THE INFINITY BOX, THE CLEWISTON TEST
HUGH WILSON (1943-2018) Director/Screenwriter: POLICE ACADEMY, ROUGH RIDERS, BLAST FROM THE PAST
SCOTT WILSON (1943-2018) Actor: IN COLD BLOOD, CASTLE KEEP, LOLLY-MADONNA XXX, THE PASSOVER PLOT, THE NINTH CONFIGURATION, THE EXORCIST III, FLESH AND BONE, THE HOST, RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH
PAUL JUNGER WITT (1941-2018) Producer/Director: A COLD NIGHT’S DEATH, THREE KINGS, INSOMNIA (2002)
TOM WOLFE (1930-2018) Author/Journalist: THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST, RADICAL CHIC & MAU-MAUING THE FLAK CATCHERS
PETER WYNGARDE (1927-2018) Actor: THE INNOCENTS, NIGHT OF THE EAGLE, FLASH GORDON