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[R.I.P.] Oscar Nominated ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ Actor Michael J. Pollard Has Passed Away

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Rob Zombie brings us the sad news today that another member of the House of 1000 Corpses family has left us. Veteran actor Michael J. Pollard, who starred alongside the late Sid Haig as Stucky in Zombie’s debut feature, has passed away at the age of 80.

“I woke up to the news that Michael J. Pollard had died,” Zombie wrote on his Facebook page this morning, sharing the above photograph. “I have always loved his work and his truly unique on screen presence. He was one of the first actors I knew I had to work with as soon as I got my first film off the ground. He will be missed.”

Zombie added, “I can’t believe all three of my friends in this picture are now gone.”

In 1968, Michael J. Pollard was nominated for “Best Supporting Actor” and “Most Promising Newcomer” at the Golden Globes for his performance in Bonnie and Clyde, a role that also landed Pollard an Oscar nomination for “Best Actor in a Supporting Role” that year.

In the immediate wake of that breakout role, Pollard starred in films such as The Smugglers, Hannibal Brooks and Dirty Little Billy, and his career was taken into the 1980s with roles in Melvin and Howard, Heated Vengeance, The American Way, Roxanne, American Gothic, Scrooged, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland and Tango & Cash.

Pollard also starred in Dark Angel, Dick Tracy, “Toxic Crusaders” and “Tales from the Crypt.”

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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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