Horror History: ANTON YELCHIN Would Have Been 32 Today
Mike Sprague
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On this day in horror history, Anton Yelchin was born in Russia in 1989. He is best known as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond.
But we know him best for his genre contributions. These include Stephen Sommers’s Odd Thomas, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Joe Dante’s Burying the Ex, Cory Finley’s Thoroughbreds, and McG’s Terminator Salvation. Not to mention Charley Brewster in Craig Gillespie’s Fright Night remake.
His non-genre credits include Delivering Milo, Hearts in Atlantis, House of D, Alpha Dog, Charlie Bartlett, Like Crazy, and Jodie Foster’s The Beaver with Mel Gibson. He was also the subject of the must-see documentary Love, Antosha.
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Yelchin died on June 19, 2016. He got out to check his mail outside his house in Studio City. Then his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled down his driveway and trapped him against a security fence. Friends found by just before midnight pinned between his Jeep and a brick pillar gate. Cops described his death a “freak accident”. They pronounced Yelchin dead at the scene at the age of 27.
In my opinion, his best film was Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room. Co-starring Imogen Poots and Patrick Stewart, the film focuses on a punk band attacked by neo-Nazi skinheads after witnessing a murder at a remote club in the Pacific Northwest.
The near-perfect motion picture sports a 90% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes. The Critics Consensus reads: Green Room delivers unapologetic genre thrills with uncommon intelligence and powerfully acted élan.
What’s your favorite Anton Yelchin movie?
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