'Slumber Party Massacre' actor Michael Villella dead age 84

Horror movie prima Michael Villella has died astatine the property of 84, according to TMZ. 

The actor's girl Chloe Villella told the outlet helium died connected Saturday day aft suffering aggregate organ failure. He had been successful the infirmary for the past month. 

She besides shared a little connection astir his passing connected Facebook. 'May you remainder successful bid daddy,' Chloe wrote, alongside a bosom emoji. 

Her words captioned a representation of a lit candle beside a photograph of her begetter connected a achromatic room countertop. 

Villella is champion known for playing Russ Thorn successful 1982 cult favourite The Slumber Party Massacre, starring alongside Michelle Michaels and Robin Stille. 

Produced by Amy Jones and written by Rita Mae Brown, the crippled follows a precocious schoolhouse senior's slumber enactment successful Los Angeles which is disturbed by a powerfulness drill-wielding slayer played by Villella.

He besides starred successful Love Letters, Wild Orchid II, and Gotham. 

Fans mourned Villella's passing online, with galore paying tribute to his relation successful The Slumber Party Massacre. 

One X idiosyncratic said Villella 'portrayed a terrific, underrated villain' successful the film. 

'His publication to the fearfulness genre has ever been woefully underrated,' different idiosyncratic agreed. 

A Reddit idiosyncratic described Villella arsenic 'one of my favourite slasher villains'. 

'Ok that’s it nary much fearfulness icons are allowed to dice until 2025,' different idiosyncratic connected the level wrote - after Tony Todd, who played the titular serial slayer successful the Candyman fearfulness franchise, besides died connected November 6 aged 69.

He died of earthy causes astatine location in Marina Del Rey, LA, according to his typical Jeffrey Goldberg, who told TMZ helium did not person a circumstantial origin of death.

Over the people successful 4 decades successful amusement business, Todd lent his talents to aggregate tentpoles, including the Transformers and Final Destination movie series.

He besides played the Starship Enterprise's Commander Kurn connected aggregate Star Trek shows, including The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. 

Todd besides enjoyed a varied signifier career, including a tally successful the Broadway accumulation of the philharmonic Aida with songs by Tim Rice and Elton John.