Larry Cohen, director of fondly remembered cult thrillers such as Black Caesar, It’s Alive and Q: The Winged Serpent, has died aged 77, it has been reported.
In 1988, Cohen started another exploitation franchise with Maniac Cop, writing all three instalments, and directed Bette Davis’ last screen role in Wicked Stepmother (1989).
Cohen then came up with another phone-oriented thriller, Cellular, that became a vehicle for Kim Basinger.
Cohen’s second coming eventually tailed off, but he appeared in the 2017 documentary tribute King Cohen, in which he defended his film-making habits: “I don’t know what exploitation means.