Charlie Richard Balun (June 12, 1948 – December 18, 2009) was an American writer and
film critic
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for several
horror
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** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
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magazine
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s including ''
Fangoria
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'' and ''Gorezone''.
He died in
California
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of
cancer
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on December 18, 2009, aged 61.
Books
*''The Connoisseur's Guide to the Contemporary Horror Film'' (1983)
*''Deep Red Horror Handbook'' Fantaco Enterprises (July 1989)
*''The Gore Score'' Fantaco Publications (June 1987)
*''Gore Score 2001: The Splatter Years'' Obsidian Books (November 2000)
*''Horror Holocaust'' Fantaco Enterprises, 1986
*''Beyond Horror Holocaust: A Deeper Shade of Red'' Fantasma Books (December 15, 2003)
*''More Gore Score: Brave New Horrors'' Key West, FL : Fantasma Books, c1995.
*''Lucio Fulci : beyond the gates''. 2nd ed. Key West, FL: Fantasma Books, 1997;
*''Ninth and Hell Street'' (novel) Fantaco Enterprises (April 1990);
References
External links
*
Interview
1948 births
2009 deaths
American film critics
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
Deaths from cancer in California
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
American male novelists
20th-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers
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