Rest in Peace Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan. For fans of 80’s films the man is nothing short of a legend. It’s with a truly heavy heart that we report today that his truly explosive genius is no longer with us. Read on for details, and pay tribute to the man who gave us so very much.
According to Yahoo! Movies, Golan, co-founder of The Cannon Group production company and Israeli cinema pioneer, has died. He was 60. According to multiple Israeli news outlets, Golan lost consciousness while visiting the city of Jaffa with family members in the early hours of Friday evening.
Ambulances immediately rushed to the scene, and following attempts to resuscitate him, paramedics pronounced him dead.
With cousin and partner Yoram Globus, Golan ran Cannon Films for a decade, releasing more than a dozen films a year in its prime. They bought the ailing company, which was launched in 1967, for $500,000 in 1979 and fueled an appetite for B-films that was created by the invention of the VCR. For a time, Cannon was on the brink of becoming the seventh Hollywood “major” studio.
Golan produced more than 200 films including horror hits like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Night of the Living Dead (1990), The Godsend, Schizoid, and New Year’s Evil in addition to more action movies than anyone could ever imagine.
At this time Dread Central would like to extend our sincerest of condolences to Golan’s many friends, family members, and constituents. Your vision and your films will play on into eternity, sir. Thanks for all of the memories.
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