Comments on: Horror fans. This is your chance. Say goodbye to Uncle Forry. http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/11/03/horror-fans-this-is-your-chance-say-goodbye-to-uncle-forry/ A celebration of cheap thrills Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Taylor http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/11/03/horror-fans-this-is-your-chance-say-goodbye-to-uncle-forry/comment-page-1/#comment-2506 Dan Taylor Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:16:17 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=668#comment-2506 I never really read FAMOUS MONSTERS but for those who did, Forry is nothing short of a legend. His influence on horror/sci fi fandom, the genres and the people who made and make the films cannot be debated. The news, while not unexpected, is still sad. I hope he's surrounded by friends and family, and can take some solace in the fact that he played such an important part in the cinema world he so obviously loved. My only personal contact with Forry came, somewhat embarassingly, as friends and I returned to our hotel after a night of drinking and getting drunk at a horror con in Baltimore many, many years ago. We waited in the lobby with Forry who politely overlooked our sodden countenance, chatted with us about the con, and laughed when we offered to give him the sign we had removed from a nearby newspaper receptacle. I never really read FAMOUS MONSTERS but for those who did, Forry is nothing short of a legend. His influence on horror/sci fi fandom, the genres and the people who made and make the films cannot be debated. The news, while not unexpected, is still sad. I hope he’s surrounded by friends and family, and can take some solace in the fact that he played such an important part in the cinema world he so obviously loved.

My only personal contact with Forry came, somewhat embarassingly, as friends and I returned to our hotel after a night of drinking and getting drunk at a horror con in Baltimore many, many years ago. We waited in the lobby with Forry who politely overlooked our sodden countenance, chatted with us about the con, and laughed when we offered to give him the sign we had removed from a nearby newspaper receptacle.

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