It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that legendary director Albert Pyun has passed away at the age of 69 years old. Pyun was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and dementia many years ago and spent his final days in a hospice with his wife, producer Cynthia Curran reading him personal messages from fans. The sad news of his passing was revealed on her Facebook page:
“I sat with him for his last breath that sounded like he was releasing the weight of the world.”
Pyun shot to fame with 1982’s The Sword and the Sorcerer, and would go onto direct Radioactive Dreams, Alien from L.A, Cyborg, Bloodmatch, Dollman, Nemesis, Vicious Lips, Raven Hawk, Brainsmasher…A Love Story, Down Twisted, Captain America (1990), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor, Nemesis 2, Nemesis 3: Prey Harder, Omega Doom, Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon, Bulletface, Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark Rift and a whole lot more.
Directed by Albert Pyun, Raven Hawk follows Rhyia Shadowfeather (Rachel McLish), a Native American woman who is framed for the murder of her parents at the age of 12 years Read more
Written and directed by Albert Pyun, Brainsmasher... A Love Story follows the adventures of Ed "Brainsmasher" Malloy (played by Andrew Dice Clay). Malloy is a bad ass bouncer from Portland, Oregon who Read more
Los Angeles, 2027. Troubled cyborg cop Alex (Olivier Gruner) is ordered by police commissioner Farnsworth (Tim Thomerson, Near Dark) to apprehend his former partner and lover Jared (Marjorie Monaghan, Regarding Read more
In the cold of space, they're the hottest band around! When Vicious Lips bandmates Bree (Gina Calabrese), Mandoa (Shayne Farris), and Wynzi (Linda Kerridge) get their one shot to make Read more
Co-written and directed by Albert Pyun, Nemesis is an American cyberpunk action movie which stars Olivier Gruner, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brion James, and Tim Thomerson. It would go on the spawn three sequels: Nemesis Read more
Directed by Albert Pyun, Dollman follows Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson), a rough around the ages cop on the planet Arturos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWHd5h-e6dg Note: This Brick Bardo is no relation to the Brick Bardo Read more
Bloodmatch is written by K. Hannah and directed by Albert Pyun and follows Brick Bardo (Thom Mathews) who is out to avenge the death of his brother, who was set up in a Read more
Written by Kitty Chalmers and Daniel Hubbard-Smith, and directed by Albert Pyun, Cyborg is an American martial-arts cyberpunk film which stars Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker - a mercenary who battles a group Read more
Written by Regina Davis, Albert Pyun, and Debra Ricci, and directed by Pyun, Alien from L.A. follows L.A. social misfit Wanda Saknussemm (Kathy Ireland) who, after being dumped by her boyfriend for "not having Read more
Brett Summers
Brett founded CultFaction.com in 2014 a website and podcast that deals with cult film and tv. He also has a strong interest in grappling martial arts both as a practitioner and as a historian.