Rest In Peace, Eddie Romero

Legendary Filipino writer, director and producer Eddie Romero passed away Tuesday night of prostate cancer. He was eighty eight.

Named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003 Romero achieved cult status abroad as a key figure in a host of Philippines based horror and exploitation films, though his filmography runs far deeper than that. The director of more than fifty features, you'd be hard pressed to find a genre or topic Romero didn't tackle during his long and successful career and his passing marks the end of an era.