• R.I.P. Joel M. Reed, 86, COVID-19

    From lenona321@yahoo.com@1:229/2 to All on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 10:29:57
    https://www.horrorgeeklife.com/2020/04/14/bloodsucking-freaks-director-joel-m-reed-dies-at-86/

    ‘Bloodsucking Freaks’ Director Joel M. Reed Dies at 86

    By Jeremy Dick -
    April 14, 2020


    More sad news is coming in tonight as it’s now apparent veteran filmmaker Joel M. Reed has tragically passed away from coronavirus complications at the age of 86. Word of the Bloodsucking Freaks director’s death comes from Reed’s brother, Elliott
    Reed, in a post left for Reed’s fans on his personal Facebook page.

    “It is with deep sorry to announce, that our brother Joel passed away two days ago, from the coronavirus,” Elliott says in the post. “Joel will surely be missed by his friends, fans and family. He had a remarkable career as
    a writer and film maker.
    At this time we are living in, Joel will not have a service or formal funeral. He was a soldier during the Korean War and will have a military funeral without
    services.”

    Reed is particularly famous with horror fans for his 1976 film Bloodsucking Freaks, which was distributed by Troma Entertainment. Some of his other works as a filmmaker include Career Bed, Night of the Zombies, The G.I. Executioner, and Sex by
    Advertisement. Reed also appeared in several movies as an actor as well, which includes the memorable lead role of Uncle Joe in in Louis Affortunato’s 2011 horror movie Dead Eye. He also appeared in a documentary called Reed Unbound: The Joel M. Reed
    Story, and you can see him in the trailer for that film below.

    Reed is the latest of multiple celebrities to fall victim to the deadly coronavirus, as the contagion recently led to the death of Jaws actress Lee Fierro among many others. It really is a dark and depressing time we are now living in, and moving forward,
    we all need to continue with our collective efforts to slow the spread of the virus. 2020 really, really hasn’t been shaping up to be a good year at all.



    Lenona.

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  • From Blackwingbear@1:229/2 to leno...@yahoo.com on Tuesday, May 05, 2020 00:10:37
    From: blackwingbear@gmail.com

    On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 5:30:00 PM UTC, leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
    ‘Bloodsucking Freaks’ Director Joel M. Reed Dies at 86

    Oh, fucking Hell.

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  • From lenona321@yahoo.com@1:229/2 to All on Sunday, May 24, 2020 21:43:14
    This obit doesn't mention this, but his most notorious movie also made the Number 1 spot on the list "The Goriest Films Ever Made," on pages 16-17 of "The
    Signet Book of Movie Lists" (1979). The whole list was:

    Incredible Torture Show
    I drink your blood
    Night of the bloody apes
    twitch of the death nerve
    three on a meathook
    last house on the left
    undertaker and his pals
    terror circus
    shriek of the mutilated
    love butcher
    ilsa, she wolf of the ss


    Obit:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/obituaries/joel-m-reed-dead-coronavirus.html

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