"She Demons," "Missile to the Moon" director Rick Cunha dies at 83

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Richard E. Cunha, director of cult horror films, dies

OCEANSIDE, California -- Richard E. Cunha, a cinematographer who directed the 1950s cult horror films "She Demons," "Missile to the Moon" and "Frankenstein's Daughter," has died. He was 83.

Cunha died of heart failure Sept. 18 at his home near San Diego, his son, Rick, said Monday. The filmmaker had undergone triple-bypass heart surgery last December.

Born in Honolulu, Cunha served as an Army Air Forces cameraman in World War II then formed a production company that did industrial films and commercials.

Cunha worked on the early TV shows "The Adventures of Marshal O'Dell" and "Captain Bob Steele and the Border Patrol" and was a director of photography on "Death Valley Days" and "Branded." He directed a handful of low-budget films, the four best known coming in the late 1950s: "Giant From the Unknown, "She Demons," "Missile to the Moon" and "Frankenstein's Daughter." (AP)

October 4, 2005

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