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Gene Curtis Harrington (September 17, 1926 – May 6, 2007) was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films and horror films. He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema.
- May 6, 2007 (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Gene Curtis Harrington, September 17, 1926, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Director: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. Curtis Harrington was an excellent and shamefully underrated writer and director who specialized in marvelously offbeat and atmospheric low-budget independent horror pictures. Harrington was born on September 17, 1926, in Los Angeles and grew up in Beaumont, California.
- Director, Writer, Actor
- September 17, 1926
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- May 6, 2007
May 10, 2007 · May 10, 2007. Curtis Harrington, who dived under his seat while watching his first horror film as a child, then went on to be a filmmaker known for his elegant, edgy cinematic forays into the...
Director: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. Curtis Harrington was an excellent and shamefully underrated writer and director who specialized in marvelously offbeat and atmospheric low-budget independent horror pictures. Harrington was born on September 17, 1926, in Los Angeles and grew up in Beaumont, California.
- September 17, 1926
- May 6, 2007
Oct 11, 2013 · Curtis Harrington began making movies as a teenager in Los Angeles during World War II. His debut was a poignant rendition of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher.
- Zeena Schreck
May 10, 2007 · May 10, 2007 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Curtis Harrington, a onetime experimental filmmaker who earned a reputation in the 1960s and ‘70s as a master of the macabre with films such as...
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The art of director Curtis Harrington is a varied lot. From the 1960 cult fave Night Tide to his classic 1971 grand guignol horror What's the Matter with Helen? to his self-professed 1978 howler Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, a consummate Harrington toiled across a variety of mediums: theatrical features, television horror films, experimental ...