ROSALIND CASH— FrancescoFrancavilla (@f_francavilla) February 2, 2019
Starring in several horror movies, her role as LISA in Boris Sagal's THE OMEGA MAN (1971, 2nd adaptation of Matheson's classic "I AM LEGEND") was one of the first leading roles in a mainstream movie for a black actress. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHorrorMonth #Day2 pic.twitter.com/XHiczZrEGH
BERNIE CASEY— FrancescoFrancavilla (@f_francavilla) February 7, 2019
In DR BLACK, MR HYDE (1976, directed by BLACULA's William Crane & filled with themes surrounding ideas of race, class and black power), Bernie is a respected black doctor whose experiments turn him into a maniacal white man. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHorrorMonth #Day6 pic.twitter.com/wiGrFL5HKI
KEVIN PETER HALL— FrancescoFrancavilla (@f_francavilla) February 22, 2019
After ALIEN, I had to go w/ another icon of the Horror/SciFi movie genre: PREDATOR, 1987! Played by 7'2" gentle giant Kevin Peter Hall, who also played the beloved bigfoot Harry in HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS, among others#BlackHorrorMonth #BlackHistoryMonth #Day21 pic.twitter.com/V4fGcd8ljE