Lina Romay the Spanish Horror and sexploitation actress passed away on February 15th due to cancer. Thinking about doing a little tribute to her for next Horror Rises from Spain. If you are interested in being part of it please contact me.
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NaschyCast #25 – OPERATION MANTIS
The greatest Rod Barnett and Troy Guinn has just uploaded a new naschycast. In this case they are covering Operación Mantis. AS the fan of them I am I cannot but say it is a must listen. More info here.
Josep Lluis Fonoll passed away
I’ve just read on Latarnia boards that the Spanish actor Josep Lluis Fonoll passed away some months ago, he made several b flicks and Spanish sexploitation. It was posted by our friend Nzoog and he says the following:
The Catalan actor Josep Lluis Fonoll, remembered as the cross-dressing SWAT member in HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD, died several months ago. Cause and date undisclosed.
A regular in the films in Iquino in the seventies, he also acted for Manuel Esteba and even landed a co-lead role in Fracesc Herrera’s Catalan comedy Locos, locos carrozas. His career faltered with the decline of the Catalan film industry and he bought a bar in Sitges, whicvh he was still running at the time of his death.
Thanks to Ricard Reguant for this information.
New book about J.P. Simon now available
I’ve just read on El Necronomicon de los Templarios, that the book about J.P. Simon is now available. There will be a lecture about it at FantCast,VIII Muestra de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Castellón this Friday Feb 18.
The book has been coordinated by Jorge Juan Adsuara and in it you’ll find also David García,Javier G. Romero,Antonio Garcinuño,Domingo Lizcano,Mirek Lipinski,Diego Morán,Jesús Parrado,Luis Silvestre,Miguel Ángel Plana,Antonio Busquets,Sergio Blasco,Olatz Azurmendi,Pedro Adell, Rubén Higueras,Juan Ángel Saiz,Ana Martí,Larry Ann Evans and more collaborations.
For the moment it is only publisehd in Spanish, but who knows if there will be an English friendly edition!!
Sad news: Frank Braña passed away
I have just read the sad news, the Spanish actor Frank Braña (http://www.imdb.es/name/nm0106394/ ) has passed away. I do not have more information for the moment, but as you can see imdb he made many movies for Spanish and Italian cinema. Brana was one of the most prolific actors of the spaghetti Western genre, usually in supporting roles. He played one of the three bounty hunters in the opening scene ofThe Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Vote for Horror Rises from Spain at the Rondo Awards!!!!
Horror Rises from Spain is one of the candidates at the RONDO AWARDS! I cannot still believe it, thanks to the ones who nominated us!
All the info, all candidates and how to vote here
Documentary about Mario Bava: Operazione Paura
Documentary about Mario Bava made by Gabriele Acerbo and Roberto Pisoni.
You can see the following people taken part in it: Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Tim Burton, Roman Coppola, Roger Corman, Luigi Cozzi, Joe Dante, Dino De Laurentiis, John Landis, Fulvio Lucisano, Mario Monicelli, Ennio Morricone, Daria Nicolodi, Carlo Rambaldi, Elke Somme, Barbara Steele, Sergio Stivaletti, Quentin Tarantino…
Comic: [REC]0
Paco Plaza together with Jaume Balaguero and Hernán Migoya will publish a comic with 5 new stories based on [REC] movies universe drawn by 5 different illustrators: Feliciano García Zecchin, Salvador Sanz, Andrea Jen, Álvaro Ruilova and Joan marín. La niña Medeiros will be the character who will introduce all the stories, as in Creepy and traditional horror comics.
The cover and back cover are designed by Alejandro Colucci.
It will be published on March 12 by Glénat. I don’t know if there will be an English friendly version but I will keep you updated.
Vote for us at the Rondos
Horror Rises from Spain is one of the candidates at the RONDO AWARDS! All the info, all candidates and how to vote here
