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Sean S. Cunningham to Attend Bloody Disgusting’s ‘Friday the 13th’ Anniversary Event in LA This Friday!
Street Food Cinema (SFC), Los Angeles’ largest outdoor cinema series, is joining forces with Paramount Scares and Bloody Disgusting on Friday, June 13 for a very special Friday the 13th anniversary event, and we have a very special update: Director and producer Sean S. Cunningham and composer Harry Manfredini will be attending!
As previously reported, James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca from Bloody FM’s mega popular horror podcast Dead Meat will be hosting the festivities. Together, they will interview Cunningham and Manfredini prior to the screening, so plan to arrive early at The Autry Museum in Griffith Park (4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027).
Camp Crystal Lake is open for one night only and tickets are selling fast. Get yours now!
Guests can also look forward to themed photo ops courtesy of Paramount Scares and the Mystic Museum, swag giveaways, spooky marketplace, interactive horror trivia, and more. A lineup of LA’s favorite food trucks will be on-site, offering delicious eats for purchase, alongside a full bar serving specialty cocktails inspired by the film. There will also be live music from DJ Splyce.
Doors open at 8pm and programming starts at 10pm. General Admission Tickets are $25, but secure your tickets ASAP. After all, VIP is already sold out. Seating is first come, first serve for both General Admission and Reserved sections. Chairs are not included.
Originally released in 1980, Friday the 13th tells the terrifying story of a group of counselors at a remote summer camp who are stalked by an unseen killer as a dark secret from the camp’s past comes to light. The film became a landmark in the horror genre, launching a legendary franchise that has thrilled audiences for decades.
Additional SFC schedule announcements are coming soon and will continue throughout the season, including additional surprise special events.
SFC is owned and produced by TIL Events (www.tilevents.com).
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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