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‘My Bloody Valentine’ Star Paul Kelman Has Passed Away at 72
Very sad news here in the horror world this week, as we’ve learned that Paul Kelman, star of the original My Bloody Valentine, has passed away at 72 due to health complications.
Born on September 26, 1949 in London, England, Paul Kelman forever became a member of the horror family through playing Tom “T.J.” Hanniger in 1981’s Canadian slasher movie My Bloody Valentine, the main protagonist of the beloved classic directed by George Mihalka.
Paul Kelman also starred in director John Fasano’s 1988 horror movie Black Roses later in the decade, along with appearing in the TV shows “Police Surgeon,” “The Littlest Hobo,” “For the Record,” “Street Legal,” and “Class of ’96” throughout his career as an actor. He also had roles in other movies including Caged Men in 1971, his debut, and later Gas in 1981.
Fans are paying tribute to Paul Kelman over on the actor’s official Facebook page, where he regularly interacted with fans and often developed personal bonds with My Bloody Valentine fans. As Fright Rags owner Ben Scrivens recalls in a Facebook tribute of his own, Kelman always had time for his fans, and was always happy to embrace his place in slasher history.
All of us here on Bloody Disgusting send our love and deepest condolences to Paul Kelman’s family, friends, and fans. We’ll be drinking a Moosehead in his honor this Valentine’s Day.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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