RIP: Larry Buchanan (1923-2004)

Film Director Larry Buchanan died from complications of a collapsed lung on December 2.

Buchanan, age 81, made nearly 30 motion pictures, including Curse of the Swamp Creature, Mars Needs Women, and It’s Alive! His memoir, It Came From Hunger: Tales of a Cinema Schlockmeister was published in 1996.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Jane, and four children.