Hammer Director and Producer VAL GUEST is dead

Hammer Films pioneer Val Guest passed away this week. He was a pioneering director for my one of my favorite horror studios, Hammer Films out of England. Val directed Hammer's first big hit, THE QUARTERMASS EXPERIMENT, and the sequel, QUARTERMASS AND THE PIT. I met him briefly in the 1980s, at some horror film convention whose name has receded into the mists of time. He was quite a gent, friendly and self-effacing, and always extremely polite.

It seems only fitting that FANGORIA should post an appreciation of Val's career.

We'll miss you, Val. Enjoy the Choir Celestial.