A great producer. RIP Dino De Laurentiis

R.I.P. Dino

Terrible, terrible news. A big loss.

Army of Darkness, Dune, the Conan films, the Hannibal films, Serpico, Dead Zone, Flash Gordon, Barbarella, Death Wish, King Kong, Silver Bullet, Battle of the Bulge, Amityville II...

A really sad day for fans worldwide.

RIP Dino De Laurentiis.

A legend indeed...RIP.

RIP Dino De Laurentiis. A great loss for world cinema indeed.

Vila i frid. :(

very sad:(

Last of the greats, I often looked forward to his name fading up on the screen, just pure class.:cool:

Ugh! Just saw the confirmation and I am struck speechless...


'Queen of horror' Pitt dies aged 73

(UKPA) – 32 minutes ago

Actress Ingrid Pitt, dubbed Hammer Films' Queen of Horror, has died aged 73, her daughter said.

The Polish-born star collapsed in London last week while on her way to an event hosted by members of her fan club.The Polish-born star passed away at a hospital in south London after collapsing a few days ago.

She was regarded by many fans as the queen of Hammer Horror films.

The star's death comes weeks after film-maker Roy Ward Baker, who directed Pitt in The Vampire Lovers, died at the age of 93.

Pitt's daughter Stephanie Blake told the BBC News website that her mother's death had come as a "huge surprise".

After the actress collapsed recently, doctors had told her was she suffering from heart failure.

"She could be incredibly generous, loving, and she'll be sorely missed," Mrs Blake said.

She added that she wanted her mother to be remembered as the Countess Dracula with the "wonderful teeth and the wonderful bosom".

Official Hammer historian Marcus Hearn paid tribute to the star, calling her a "talented actress and fine writer".

He added: "She was partly responsible for ushering in a bold and brazen era of sexually explicitly horror films in the 1970s, but that should not denigrate her abilities as an actress."

A good friend of the actress, Mr Hearn said she was "gloriously uninhibited" and "great fun to be with".

Although she was not the first female star of a Hammer film, Mr Hearn said she had always been "very proud" of becoming the first prominent female protagonist in a Hammer after her role in The Vampire Lovers.

"All fans of Hammer and of British horror are going to miss her terribly," he said.

She began her career with fairly minor roles in several Spanish films in the mid-1960s.

But in 1968 she landed a supporting role in war movie Where Eagles Dare, appearing alongside Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton.

The actress got her breakthrough role two years later in the horror thriller The Vampire Lovers, which was a box office success.

Several Hammer movies followed, firmly establishing her as one of the key women of British horror of the 1970s.

Her other film credits included The Wicker Man (1973), Who Dares Wins (1982), Smiley's People (1982) and Wild Geese II (1985).

Pitt made regular appearances at horror conventions and penned several books about her career in the genre.



A really, really sad day for the genre. The flag of HDC will fly at half-mast till the end of the month, in honor.

R.I.P. Ingrid. You take with you several broken hearts, and plenty of memories...

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