“You know how every year at the Oscars they do an ‘In Memoriam’ for all the people that died that year, and they always leave out all the people we horror fans care about? We’re gonna do our own,” horror host Joe Bob Briggs (“The Last Drive-In”) began a touching tribute last year to the many horror actors, filmmakers and artists we lost, and he’s back this year to do the same.
This year’s “In Memoriam 2021” tribute video once again honors the “departed luminaries from the world of horror that tend to be overlooked and undervalued by the Academy.”
The video pays tribute to folks like Angel Heart director Alan Parker, Interview With the Vampire writer Anne Rice, The Blob actor Art LaFleur, My Bloody Valentine 3D‘s Chris Carnel, SFX artist Cleve Hall, Krampus actress Conchata Ferrell, Evil Dead II actor Danny Hicks, actress/writer Daria Nicolodi, Sleepaway Camp actress Desiree Gould, Day of the Dead actor Gary Klar, “The Addams Family” star Felix Silla, Zombi 2 SFX artist Giannetto De Rossi, Them! actress Joan Weldon, Child’s Play 2 director John Lafia, and Phantasm actor Kenneth V. Jones.
Watch the full “In Memoriam 2021” video below to join Joe Bob in paying tribute to the men and women we lost last year, many of them key players in our favorite movies and shows.