Ihad the privilege of interviewing the late, great Udo Kier several years ago, and he had a notable insight into death. Kier appeared in hundreds of movies in his career, expertly handling both serious dramatic roles and utterly freakish characters with equal aplomb. Most of his characters were killed, allowing Kier to die dozens of times in his career. Kier revealed, when talking to me, that he liked playing death scenes, but also that he insisted on a specific detail for each one. Notably, he always wanted to keep his eyes open. He wanted to die with open eyes. Now that Kier has passed, that desire takes on a twinge of poetry.

One of Kier's most notorious films was easily Paul Morrissey's 1973 freakout "Flesh for Frankenstein," also known as "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein," as the famed

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