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R.I.P. ‘Alien’ Star and Acting Legend Harry Dean Stanton

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Actor. Musician. Legend.

Sad news tonight as we’ve just learned that prolific character actor Harry Dean Stanton has died of natural cases at the age of 91.

Throughout the course of his 60+ year acting career, Harry Dean Stanton appeared in just under 200 films and television shows, making a handful of memorable stops in the horror genre. Most notably, he played the role of Samuel Brett in Ridley Scott’s Alien, the engineering technician aboard the commercial towing vehicle USCSS Nostromo. Brett was the very first victim of the full-grown Xenomorph.

Harry Dean Stanton also starred in Escape from New York, Christine and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Most recently, he reprised the role of Carl Rodd across five episodes in Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” revival.

Other beloved roles on Harry Dean Stanton’s lengthy resume include the films Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Red Dawn, Pretty in Pink and The Green Mile.

Rest in Peace, legend.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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