Michael Villella, the actor recognized for taking part in killer Russ Thorn in The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), has died. He was 84.
The actor’s daughter Chloe Villella introduced her father’s death Saturday on Fb. “Might you relaxation in peace daddy,” she wrote with a photo of her dad displayed subsequent to a burning candle.
Michael died of a number of organ failure following greater than a month within the hospital, in response to TMZ.
Taking part in energy drill-weilding killer Russ Thorn, Michael made his onscreen debut in co-writer/director Amy Holden Jones’ Slumber Get together Bloodbath, which was conceived by co-writer and feminist activist Rita Mae Brown as a slasher parody however was in the end filmed as an easy horror. The film has impressed a cult following, in addition to a number of sequels and spin-offs through the years.
Michael has additionally appeared in such movies as Love Letters (1983), Gotham (1988) and Wild Orchid (1989), in addition to episodes of Wonderful Tales and Getting Away with Homicide.
The actor is survived by his daughter and ex-wife.
