2022: A Look Back in Bedlam

• Most Annoying
• Elon Musk
• Marvel and DC
• Unexpected Disturbance
• Scary Stuff
• Fav Publisher
• Fav DVD/Blue Ray
• Fav Discoveries
• Those Who’ve Passed On

The latest installment of my annual Look Back in Bedlam overview arrives after an especially impacting year for entertainment media.  I’ve already covered much of it in my monthly email updates, so here are the portions I haven’t yet covered, including…

Back in 2016, when FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE was premiering on TBS, we were shown billboards proclaiming “Watch Or You’re Sexist.”  That slogan was meant in jest, of course, the implication being that FULL FRONTAL, a rare female fronted late night talk show (although not, as was erroneously claimed, the “first”), was strong enough to attract viewers without having to resort to such lazy and confrontational promotion.

Fast-forward six years, when Hollywood didn’t merely embrace the “Watch Or You’re Racist/Sexist/Homophobic” approach, but incorporated it into its advertising campaigns, with “Toxic Fandom” becoming a common refrain among Hollywood’s media shills.  Fair enough, but I’d advise keeping in mind that movie promotion is a lot like life, in that you get out of it what you put into it.

BTW, Paramount has gone against the anti-fan tide in selling its product, providing brief video clips of actors introducing movies to theatrical audiences, and thanking them for showing up.  In TOP GUN: MAVERICK, in which Tom Cruise provided the intro, the gambit appears to have paid off, but in BABYLON, in which Margot Robbie and Diego Calva did the honors, it evidently didn’t work.

I don’t care.  Next topic…

In last year’s Look Back I wrote of how it seemed as if the movie arms of these two brands were poised to suck up whatever money remains in the known universe.  Now, it seems, Marvel and DC have been rather severely weakened.

The reasons are myriad: shoddy special effects, lax quality control, a lack of overall vision and, yes, politics.  This has made for a lot of strife in what previously seemed a conflict-free subgenre—note the outrage that has surrounded James Gunn’s takeover of DC—and movies that have failed to recapture the widespread appeal that pre-2020s Marvel and DC fare had.  I don’t know anyone who liked Marvel’s THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, nor DC’s BLACK ADAM—although DC’s other major ‘22 release THE BATMAN was okay, so I guess that means they’re currently in the lead.

Also…

Speaking of Marvel and DC, let’s talk about their comic book divisions.  It was comic books, let’s not forget, that birthed all the iconic movie characters, and according to the mainstream media things have been going swimmingly in that arena.  Yet recent reports from the people who actually create the content for that industry tell a different story.  It seems non-payment has become a big issue, with the worst offenders being midlevel outfits like Valiant and Aftershock.

No surprise there (indie publishing is a legendarily unstable industry, as I can personally attest), but the issues, according to the reports, are now affecting the industry’s higher echelons—as artist Will Robson claimed, “I’ve struggled ALL year with ALL the large companies I work for to get paid on the agreed time.”  The fact that he doesn’t name names renders Robson’s admonition a mite suspect, although the words “ALL the large companies” are pretty all-encompassing, and, given that Robson does indeed work for “ALL the large companies” (Marvel and DC included), quite damning.

Prior to the advent of 2022 I had no idea who Doomcock, Nerdrotic or The Critical Drinker were, and I strongly doubt Hollywood at large did, either.  Yet we all know now, with these three troublemakers and several others (including, unexpectedly enough, FILM THREAT’S Chris Gore) using YouTube to terrorize Tinseltown in the way Harry Knowles once did: by sharing (alleged) insider gossip, test screening results and unpopular opinions.  Say what you like about the political attitudes these guys espouse, but I say anyone who shakes up Hollywood like they have deserves some credit.

Doomcock—or at least a very obvious stand-in—was immortalized as the main bad guy in SHE-HULK, and appears to have helped persuade Disney to reshoot the heavily contentious ending of the upcoming INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY.  Based on what I’ve heard about this ending (I won’t give it away but info on it is easy to find) that’s a heroic act Dr. Jones himself would be hard-pressed to top.

It’s been said that Hollywood’s output represents the subconscious of its audiences.  This means the horrific fare excreted by H’wood in 2022, and the outsized success it enjoyed, says a lot about our collective state of mind.

A few years ago, the big horror movie hit was A QUIET PLACE, whose success was put down by many to widespread fears of cancel culture.  In 2022 the scary movie smash was SMILE, about an insanity plague that results in reality distortion and creepy smiles amid its users.  What real life events might be making those things resonate with audiences?  Take your pick…

Spurl Editions isn’t new, and nor is it prolific, but it is a vital publisher.  Having provided affordable trade paperback reprintings of several must-read publications from years past, such as THE BIG LOVE, THE STRANGE WORLD OF WILLIE SEABROOK and ONE, NO-ONE AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND, Spurl can be viewed as the modern-day answer to fringe outfits from past eras like Amok Press and Creation Books, with packaging and cover art that’s unique and distinct.  I don’t know how much longer Spurl Editions will last (fringe publishing is a dicey proposition even in the best of times), but I sincerely hope they stay afloat forever.

Yes, I know DVDs and Blu-rays are supposed to be “obsolete,” but I still like ‘em.  Plus, they’re still being put out, with 2022’s premiere home video manufacturer and distributor being the one and only Criterion Collection.  I don’t mean to take anything away from Kino Lorber or Arrow, but Criterion was and remains the top of the heap in this particular arena.

Its ‘22 output included extras-packed releases of Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogma 95 masterpiece THE CELEBRATION and Ronald Bronstein’s Mumblecore classic FROWNLAND, as well as Michael Haneke’s “Emotional Glaciation” trilogy, Mai Zetterling’s never-before-released-on-home-video-in-the-US NIGHT GAMES (as part of a three-disc set), Věra Chytilová’s anarchic Czech outrage DAISIES and several others.  And they’re not done, with upcoming releases that include special editions of Lars Von Trier’s EUROPE TRILOGY, David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE and John Woo’s LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY, all of which promise to be must-owns.

ACT OF VIOLENCE IN A YOUNG JOURNALIST

The subject of the popular 2021 doco STRAIGHT TO VHS was this little-seen (in the US) 1988 relic from the Uruguayan video underground, a truly astounding piece of crapola that deserves to be designated a Bad Movie Classic.

ALEISTER CROWLEY: WANDERING THE WASTE

The life of Aleister Crowley is related in the form of a 108-page graphic novel that functions as both a refutation of the sensationalistic claims that have surrounded Crowley and a confirmation of his magical abilities (or at least his belief in them).  Impressive.

THE BURNING BUDDHA MAN

Cut-out animation, H.R. Giger-esque grotesquerie and Buddhism—an irresistible combination, I say, in a 2013 film that qualifies as a work of undeniable psychotic genius.  Its writer-director went on to make VIOLENCE VOYAGER, but in my view this earlier film is better.

FANTASIA OF COLOR IN EARLY CINEMA

A coffee table hardcover from 2015 that presents a wholly unique and eye-popping look at the silent movie era with a most unexpected emphasis: color, as depicted in museum-worthy full-page stills.

MAGIC MIRROR

A 2010 collection of 1980s and 90s era comic strips by England’s Ed Pinsent, who combines several underground comix tropes (including a deceptively childlike aesthetic and an overall concentration on death and destruction) with an intelligence that belies the expected cheap shocks and gross-out excess.

MANY DEAD THINGS: THE SPECIMENS OF LORD MERRYLIN

A most unique melding or art and fiction that involves a long-dead collector of rare animal specimens.  His findings are presented in the form of three-dimensional sculptures created by the British artist Alex CF, who also wrote, designed and published this 2011 book (and really needs to bring it back into print!).

THE SLAVE TREE by ALAN PETER RYAN

An altogether fascinating mix of travel writing and horror fiction by the late Alan Peter Ryan.  Here, in a novel drafted in 1998 and published in 2013, Ryan relates the allegedly true account of a trip to Rio De Janeiro, and the discovery of a tree that sprouts pods containing human bodies.

TOPOR AND ME

The only film ever directed by the late actress/artist Sylvia Kristel was this eleven-minute animated short from 2004, which dramatizes her meeting with the infamous painter/author Roland Topor, and in so doing imparts an impressive amount of thematic heft.

JOSEF ABRAHAM (1939-2022) Actor: HAPPY END, VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS, MORIGANA, KAFKA

Kirstie Alley

KIRSTIE ALLEY (1951-2022) Actor: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN, MASQUERADE (TV), RUNAWAY, THE HITCHHIKER (TV), SUMMER SCHOOL, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1995), SCREAM QUEENS (TV)

JOHN ANISTON (1933-2022) Actor: AIRWOLF (TV), STAR TREK: VOYAGER (TV)

EDUARD ARTEMYEV (1937-2022) Composer: SOLARIS, MIRROR, STALKER, MOON RAINBOW, RETURN FROM ORBIT, THE INVISIBLE MAN (1984), THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D

ANGELO BADALAMENTI (1937-2022) Composer: BLUE VELVET, WILD AT HEART, TWIN PEAKS (TV), ON THE AIR (TV), HOTEL ROOM (TV), TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, WITCH HUNT, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, LOST HIGHWAY, THE STRAIGHT STORY, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, RABBITS, THE WICKER MAN (2006), DARK WATER, DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST

JULES BASS (1935-2022) Director/Animator: THE DAYDREAMER, MAD MONSTER PARTY?, THE LAST UNICORN

GREG BEAR (1951-2022) Novelist: BLOOD MUSIC, HEADS

JEAN-JACQUES BEINEIX (1946-2022) Director: MOON IN THE GUTTER, BETTY BLUE, IP5, MORTAL TRANSFER

PETER BOGDANOVICH (1939-2022) Screenwriter/Director: TARGETS, VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN

MICHEL BOUQUET (1925-2022) Actor: NIGHT AND FOG, THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE, MALPERTUIS

LIGIA BRANICE (1932-2022) Actor: LA JETEE, GOTO ISLAND OF LOVE, BLANCHE, BEHIND CONVENT WALLS

DAVID BRENNER (1962-2022) Editor: THE DOORS, FEAR, INDEPENDENCE DAY, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, WANTED, 2012, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, JUSTICE LEAGUE, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

RAYMOND BRIGGS (1934-2022) Author/Illustrator: FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS

PETER BROOK (1925-2022) Director: LORD OF THE FLIES, MARAT/SADE, KING LEAR (1971)

KENNETH H. BROWN (1936-2022) Novelist/Playwright: THE BRIG, HITLER’S ANALYST

James Caan

JAMES CAAN (1940-2022) Actor: LADY IN A CAGE, COUNTDOWN, SLITHER (1973), ROLLERBALL, LATHE OF HEAVEN (1980), ALIEN NATION, DICK TRACY, MISERY, THE DARK BACKWARD, FLESH AND BONE

COLIN CANTWELL (1932-2022) Conceptual Designer: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, STAR WARS, WAR GAMES

LINO CAPOLICCHIO (1943-2002) Actor: THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS, THE BLOODSTAINED SHADOW

IRENE CARA (1959-2022) Actor/Singer: GUYANA TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF JIM JONES, KILLING ‘EM SOFTLY, CERTAIN FURY

VERONICA CARLSON (1944-2022) Actor: DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED, THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN, VAMPIRA, THE GHOUL

BRIAN CATLING (1948-2022) Novelist: THE VORRH, THE ERSTWHILE, THE CLOVEN

JOHN R. CHERRY III (1948-2022) Director: DR. OTTO AND THE RIDDLE OF THE GLOOM BEAM, ERNEST SCARED STUPID

BARBARA CHILCOTT (1922-2022) Actor: STOP ME BEFORE I KILL!, THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1988; TV), M. BUTTERFLY

ROBBIE COLTRANE (1950-2022) Actor: FLASH GORDON, DEATH WATCH, BRITANNIA HOSPITAL, KRULL, EAT THE RICH, FROM HELL

COOLIO (1963-2022) Musician/Actor: BATMAN & ROBIN, JUDGMENT DAY, DRACULA 3000, PTERODACTYL

LAWRENCE DANE (1937-2022) Actor: THE CLOWN MURDERS, RITUALS, SCANNERS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

RUGGERO DEODATO (1939-2022) Director: JUNGLE HOLOCAUST, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK, BODY COUNT, DIAL: HELP, THE WASHING MACHINE

LENNY VON DOHLEN (1958-2022) Actor: ELECTRIC DREAMS, TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE (TV), DRACULA’S WIDOW, TWIN PEAKS (TV), JENNIFER 8, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, TEETH

Tony Dow

TONY DOW (1945-2022) Actor/Director: DEATH SCREAM, GET A LIFE (TV), FREDDY’S NIGHTMARES (TV), THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ZOOM IN OUTER SPACE

DAVID ENGLISH (1946-2022) Actor: LISZTOMANIA, LIFEFORCE

NIKKI FINKE (1953-2022) Columnist/Blogger: DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD

LOUISE FLETCHER (1934-2022) Actor: EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, NATURAL ENEMIES, STRANGE BEHAVIOR, STRANGE INVADERS, FIRESTARTER (1984), INVADERS FROM MARS (1986), FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, BLUE STEEL, GIORGINO, VIRTUOSITY, GRIZZLY 2: REVENGE

JEAN-LUC GODARD (1930-2022) Director: ALPHAVILLE, PIERROT LE FOU, WEEKEND (1967), HAIL MARY

ALAN GRANT (1949-2022) Comic Book Writer: BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT, JUDGE DREDD MAGAZINE

CLU GULAGER (1928-2022) Actor/Director: THE KILLERS (1964), A DAY WITH THE BOYS, THE INITIATION, AUTOMAN (TV), RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE, HUNTER’S BLOOD, THE HIDDEN, PUPPET MASTER 3: THE FINAL CHAPTER, FEAST, PIRANHA 3DD, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

PHILIP BAKER HALL (1931-2022) Actor: COMA, THREE O’ CLOCK HIGH, GHOSTBUSTERS II, EYE FOR AN EYE, THE TRUMAN SHOW, PSYCHO (1998), THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, LOST SOULS, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (2005), ZODIAC

ANNE HECHE (1969-2022) Actor: WILD SIDE, AGAINST THE WALL, VOLCANO, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, PSYCHO (1998), BIRTH, MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, MY FRIEND DAHMER

DUNCAN HENDERSON (1949-2022) Producer: OUTBREAK, DEEP BLUE SEA, OBLIVION, MALEFICENT

HOWARD HESSEMAN (1940-2022) Actor: TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY CARGO, THE GHOST OF FLIGHT 401, THE BIG BUS, AMERICATHON, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER (TV), THE OUTER LIMITS (TV; 1996), HALLOWEEN II (2009)

MIKE HODGES (1932-2022) Screenwriter/Director: GET CARTER, THE TERMINAL MAN, DAMIEN: OMEN II, FLASH GORDON, MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE, BLACK RAINBOW

BO HOPKINS (1938-2022) Actor: THE WILD BUNCH, TENTACLES, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, SUPERTRAIN (TV), MUTANT, THE HITCHHIKER, PHANTOMS, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2: TEXAS BLOOD MONEY

WILLIAM HURT

WILLIAM HURT (1950-2022) Actor: ALTERED STATES, EYEWITNESS, BODY HEAT, UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, THE PLAGUE, LOST IN SPACE, DARK CITY, FRANK HERBERT’S DUNE (TV), A.I.: ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE, FRANKENSTEIN (2004; TV), THE VILLAGE, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, NIGTHMARES AND DREAMSCAPES (TV), THE LEGEND OF SASQUATCH, MR. BROOKS, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE COUNTESS, THE HOST, WINTER’S TALE

RUTAM IBRAGIMBEKOV (1939-2022) Screenwriter: THE WHITE SUN OF THE DESERT, CLOSE TO EDEN

JUST JAECKIN (1940-2022) Director/Screenwriter: THE STORY OF O, THE PERILS OF GWENDOLINE IN THE LAND OF THE YIK-YAK

CONRAD JANIS (1928-2022) Actor: MY FAVORITE MARTIAN (TV), THE CABLE GUY, V: THE SERIES (TV), MANEATER

NEAL JIMENEZ (1960-2022) Screenwriter: RIVER’S EDGE, WHERE THE RIVER RUNS BLACK, HIDEAWAY

AXEL JODOROWSKY (1965-2022) Actor: SANTA SANGRE, THE DANCE OF REALITY, THE VOICE THIEF

BRAD JOHNSON (1959-2022) Actor: ALWAYS, PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT II, THE BIRDS II: LAND’S END, LEFT BEHIND (2000)

L.Q. JONES (1927-2022) Actor/Director: THE WILD BUNCH, THE HUNTING PARTY, THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN, A BOY AND HIS DOG, THE INCREDIBLE HULK (TV), THE BEAST WITHIN, TIMERIDER, CASINO

MAX JULIEN (1933-2022) Actor: PSYCH-OUT, THE SAVAGE SEVEN, THE MACK

Sally Kellerman

SALLY KELLERMAN (1937-2022) Actor: THE OUTER LIMITS (TV), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (TV), BREWSTER McCLOUD, SLITHER (1973), MASH, THE BIG BUS, MOVING VIOLATIONS, THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER, DOPPELGANGER, DEADTIME STORIES

WILLIAM KLEIN (1926-2022) Director: WHO ARE YOU POLLY MAGGOO?, MR. FREEDOM

ALINE KOMINSKY-CRUMB (1948-2022) Comic Book Artist/Editor: TWISTED SISTERS, DIRTY LAUNDRY, WEIRDO, CRUMB

PETER KOPER (1947-2002) Screenwriter/Producer: HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR, ISLAND OF THE DEAD

ALAN LADD, JR. (1937-2022) Producer: THE NIGHTCOMERS, THE PHANTOM

GUNTER LAMPRECHT (1930-2022) Actor: WORLD ON A WIRE, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, DAS BOOT

ANGELA LANSBURY (1925-2022) Actor: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945), THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962), THE LAST UNICORN, THE COMPANY OF WOLVES

LINDA LAWSON (1936-2002) Actor: ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (TV), NIGHT TIDE

RAY LIOTTA (1954-2022) Actor: SOMETHING WILD, ARENA BRAINS, GOODFELLAS, NO ESCAPE, UNFORGETTABLE, TURBULENCE, HANNIBAL, DEAR DRACULA, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

LEON LISSEK (1939-2022) Actor: MARAT-SADE, COUNTESS DRACULA, TIME BANDITS, THE TRIAL (1993)

MICHAELANGELO LA NEVE (1959-2022) Graphic Novelist: DYLAN DOG, NATHAN NEVER

JEAN-CLAUDE MEZIERES (1938-2022) Illustrator/Conceptual Artist: VALERIAN AND LAURELINE, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

GAVIN MILLAR (1938-2022) Director: CREAM IN MY COFFEE, DREAMCHILD, THE CROW ROAD, COMPLICITY

YVETTE MIMIEUX (1942-2022) Actor: THE TIME MACHINE, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL, THE BLACK HOLE, CIRCLE OF POWER

ROGER E. MOSLEY (1938-2022) Actor: DARKTOWN STRUTTERS, UNLAWFUL ENTRY, ROBOCOP (TV)

Kitten Navidad

KITTEN NATIVIDAD (1948-2022) ACTOR: BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS, THE TOMB (1986)

LOUIS NEGIN (1929-2022) Actor: CAN HEIRONYMUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS?, RABID, DEADLINE, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, COWARDS BEND THE KNEE, THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!, MY WINNIPEG, PONTYPOOL, KEYHOLE, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM,

GARY NELSON (1934-2022) Director: THE BLACK HOLE, ALLAN QUARTERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

RAY NELSON (1931-2022) Novelist: THE GANYMEDE TAKEOVER, BLAKE’S PROGRESS, THE PROMETHEUS MAN

MACE NEUFELD (1928-2022) Producer: THE OMEN, DAMIEN: OMEN II, THE FUNHOUSE, TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000, ASYLUM

NICHELLE NICHOLS (1932-2022) Actor: STAR TREK (TV), TRUCK TURNER, THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTIN ZOOM IN OUTER SPACE, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (TV), SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING

ROBERT VINCENT O’NEIL (1930-2022) Screenwriter/Director: THE MIGHTY GORGA, VICE SQUAD, ANGEL, WHAT WAITS BELOW, AVENGING ANGEL

KEVIN O’NEILL (1953-2022) Comic Book Illustrator: JUDGE DREDD, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN

IRENE PAPAS (1929-2022) Actor: THE ODYSSEY (1968), DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING, BLOOD WEDDING, ERENDIRA

JACQUES PERRIN (1941-2002) Actor: THE SLEEPING CAR MURDERS, DONKEY SKIN (1970), BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF

FRANK PESCE (1946-2022) Actor: SORCERER, FINGERS, KILLER FISH, MANIAC, VIGILANTE, EUREKA, MANIAC COP, CAMERON’S CLOSET, MANIAC COP 2, MANIAC COP III: BADGE OF SILENCE

WOLFGANG PETERSON (1941-2022) Director: SMOG, THE NEVERENDING STORY, ENEMY MINE, OUTBREAK, THE PERFECT STORM

TOM PHILLIPS (1937-2022) Artist/Director: A HUMANIST, DANTE’S INFERNO (1985 edition), A TV DANTE: THE INFERNO

CECILE PINEDA (1932-2022) Novelist: FACE

Sydney Poitier

SYDNEY POITIER (1927-2022) Actor/Director: NO WAY OUT (1950), BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, SHOOT TO KILL, GHOST DAD

GERALD POTTERTON (1931-2022) Director/Animator: THE YELLOW SUBMARINE, HEAVY METAL

ANDREW PRINE (1936-2022) Actor: SIMON KING OF THE WITCHES, CRYPT OF THE LIVING DEAD, KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (TV), NIGHTMARE CIRCUS, GRIZZLY, THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, THE EVIL, AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION, V: THE FINAL BATTLE (TV), FREDDY’S NIGHTMARES (TV), BAYWATCH NIGHTS (TV), LORDS OF SALEM

BIAGIO PROIETTI (1940-2022) Screenwriter: DEATH OCCURRED LAST NIGHT, THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS, THE BLACK CAT (1981)

ALBERT PYUN (1953-2022) Director: THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER, RADIOACTIVE DREAMS, CYBORG, NEMESIS

BOB RAFELSON (1933-2022) Director/Producer/Screenwriter: HEAD, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981), BLACK WIDOW

MICHAEL REED (1929-2022) Cinematographer: THE GORGON, DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS, RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK, PREHISTORIC WOMEN

IVAN REITMAN (1946-2022) Producer/Director: SHIVERS, THE HOUSE BY THE EDGE OF THE LAKE, HEAVY METAL, GHOSTBUSTERS, EVOLUTION

WILLIAM RICHERT (1942-2022) Director/Screenwriter/Actor/Novelist: AREN’T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE?, WINTER KILLS, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO

TOM RICHMOND (1950-2022) Cinematographer: REPO MAN, HARD ROCK ZOMBIES, CHOPPING MALL, TROLL, WALKER, AMITYVILE 4: THE EVIL ESCAPES, DEATH AND THE COMPASS, THE SINGING DETECTIVE (2003), HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, INLAND EMPIRE, RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR

BOB SAGAT (1956-2022) Actor/Director: DIRTY WORK, QUANTUM LEAP (1992), CASPER’S SCARE SCHOOL

TIME SALE (1956-2022) Comic Book Artist: GRENDEL, BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, BATMAN: DARK VICTORY

MIKE SCHANK (1969-2022) Actor: COVEN, AMERICAN MOVIE, STORYTELLING

ANN SHULGIN (1931-2022) Author: PIHKAL: A CHEMICAL LOVE STORY, TIHKAL

Henry SIlva

HENRY SILVA (1926-2022) Actor: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962), THE OUTER LIMITS (TV), NIGHT GALLERY (TV), ALMOST HUMAN, SHOOT, THIRST (1979), VIRUS, ALLIGTOR, MEGAFORCE, ALLAN QUARTERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, DICK TRACY

TONY SIRICO (1942-2022) Actor: FINGERS, DEFIANCE, GOODFELLAS, INNOCENT BLOOD, CASINO

ALFRED SOLE (1943-2022) Director/Screenwriter/Production Designer: ALICE SWEET ALICE, TANYA’S ISLAND, PANDEMONIUM, FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH: THE SERIES (TV), S. DARKO

PAUL SORVINO (1939-2022) Actor: WHERE’S POPPA?, THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN, CRUISING, THE STUFF, WES CRAVEN’S CHILLER, DICK TRACY, GOODFELLAS, THE ROCKETEER, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (TV), AMERICAN PERFEKT, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA

JOHN STEINER (1941-2022) Actor: MARAT/SADE, BEDAZZLED (1967), WORK IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD, EL BOSQUE DEL LOBO, WAVES OF LUST, SALON KITTY, SHOCK (1977), CALIGULA, TENEBRAE, ZOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE, THE ARK OF THE SUN GOD, CUT AND RUN, BODY COUNT, JULIA AND JULIA

AUSTIN STOKER (1930-2022) Actor: BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, HORROR HIGH, ABBY, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976), TIME WALKER

JEAN-MARIE STRAUB (1933-2022) Director: CLASS RELATIONS

PETER STRAUB (1943-2022) Novelist: JULIA, IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW, GHOST STORY, SHADOWLAND, FLOATING DRAGON, THE TALISMAN, LOST BOY LOST GIRL

AL STROBEL (1939-2022) Actor: SHADOW PLAY, MEGAVILLE, TWIN PEAKS (TV), CHILD OF DARKNESS CHILD OF LIGHT, TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN

NADER TALEBZADEH (1953/54-2022) Director: THE MESSIAH

ALAIN TANNER (1929-2022) Director: IN THE WHITE CITY, A FLAME IN THE HEART, THE DIARY OF LADY M.

RICHARD L. TIERNEY (1936-2022) Novelist/Poet/Critic: THE HOUSE OF THE TOAD, THE DRUMS OF CHAOS, SAVAGE MENACE AND OTHER POEMS OF HORROR

JEAN-LOUIS TRINTINGNANT (1930-2022) Actor: THE SLEEPING CAR MURDERS, TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS, DEATH LAID AN EGG, LES BICHES, THE GREAT SILENCE, THE SECRET, MALEVIL, BUNKER PALACE HOTEL, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN,

Doug Trumbull

DOUGLAS TRUMBULL (1942-2022) Director/Visual Effects Supervisor: 2001: A SPACE OSYSSEY, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, SILENT RUNNING, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, BLADE RUNNER, BRAINSTORM, THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT

JOE TURKEL (1927-2022) Actor: THE KILLING, PATHS OF GLORY, THE DEVIL’S 8, CYCLE PSYCHO, THE SHINING, BLADE RUNNER, THE DARK OF THE MOON

GASPARD ULLIEL (1984-2022) Actor: BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, HANNIBAL RISING

VANGELIS (1943-2022) Composer: BLADE RUNNER, BITTER MOON

TOM VEITCH (1941-2022) Comic Book Writer/Novelist: SKULL COMICS, DEATH RATTLE, DEVIANT SLICE, ANIMAL MAN, THE NAZZ

LEON VITALI (1948-2022) Actor: BARRY LYNDON, EYES WIDE SHUT

MONICA VITTI (1931-2022) Actor: RED DESERT, THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY, THE MYSTERY OF OBERWALD

FRED WARD (1942-2022) Actor: MIAMI BLUES, TREMORS

DAVID WARNER (1941-2022) Actor: WORK IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD, STRAW DOGS (1971), FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, THE OMEN, PROVIDENCE, NIGHTWING, THE ISLAND, TIME AFTER TIME, TIME BANDITS, TRON, THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS, THE COMPANY OF WOLVES, MY BEST FRIEND IS A VAMPIRE, WAXWORK, TWIN PEAKS (TV), STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER, TALES FROM THE CRYPT (TV), STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, THE LOST WORLD (1991), H.P. LOVECRAFT’S NECRONOMICON, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, SCREAM 2, PLANET OF THE APES (2001), BLACK DEATH

KENNETH WELSH (1942-2022) Actor: PHOBIA, OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER (TV), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1988; TV) TWIN PEAKS (TV), TIMECOP, HIDEAWAY, HABITAT, THE X-FILES (TV), THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, THE VOID

NICK ZEDD (1958-2022) Director/Actor/Writer: THEY EAT SCUM, GEEK MAGGOT BINGO, TOTEM OF THE DEPRAVED, TERROR FIRMER

And last but certainly not least…

ROBERT LAWRENCE (1964-2022).  No, this guy, a Canadian born environmental planner and my brother-in-law, wasn’t affiliated with the entertainment industry in any way, but was an important part of my life and, by extension, this site.

Happy trails, Rob.  We miss you.