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TV Guide praise Cohen for his intelligence, creativity and originality and further comment that '[Cohen] successfully combines a film noir crime story with a good old-fashioned giant monster movie' and that 'Michael Moriarty turns in a brilliant performance as Jimmy Quinn [...]'.
Larry Cohen (1936-2019) was an independent maverick who created low-budget horror films with social commentary, such as It's Alive, The Stuff, and Maniac Cop. IMDb provides his biography, awards, credits, photos, videos, and trivia.
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Mar 24, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Cohen, the maverick B-movie director of cult horror films “It’s Alive” and “God Told Me To,” has died. He was 77. Cohen’s friend and spokesman, the actor Shade Rupe, said Cohen passed away Saturday in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones.
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He becomes well known for his inventive low-budget horror and science-fiction films, such as God Told Me To or Q- The Winged Serpent, all of them characterized by a provocative social commentary. In 1977 he directs his most ambitious project, a biopic on the life and work of FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover.
Mar 24, 2019 · Larry Cohen, the avant-garde writer and director who made his mark in the horror and blaxploitation genres with such innovative cult classics as It’s Alive , God Told Me To , Black Caesar and...
- Chris Koseluk
Mar 24, 2019 · Larry Cohen, best known for his work as a B-movie producer and director in the ’70s and his later work in screenwriting, has died. He was 82. Cohen’s friend, actor and...
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Mar 24, 2019 · The director and writer of cult classics like "It's Alive" and "God Told Me To" passed away at 77. He also wrote "Maniac Cop" and "Phone Booth" and was honored in New York and Los Angeles.
