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R.I.P. ‘Piranha’ Star Heather Menzies
Sad news during the holiday season this year, as we’ve learned that actress Heather Menzies-Urich passed away on Christmas Eve at 68, succumbing to brain cancer.
Born December 3, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Heather Menzies-Urich got her start in Hollywood as Louisa in 1965’s The Sound of Music, subsequently becoming a star in the world of horror with both Sssssss and Joe Dante’s Piranha in the ’70s.
Dante remembered Menzies in a touching tribute on Twitter.
“A lovely person who was immensely helpful and supportive as the star of PIRANHA, my first solo directing job,” Dante tweeted. “She and Brad Dillman made an amusing mismatched couple and carried the John Sayles script to a level of success that surprised even me.”
Menzies, who married Robert Urich in 1975, also starred in “The Farmer’s Daughter,” “Logan’s Run,” and “The Love Boat.” She played Dr. Wendy Day in 1979’s Captain America.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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