Luigi Cozzi

Luigi Cozzi (born 7 September 1947 in Busto Arsizio, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. At a young age, Luigi became a fan of science fiction and began his career as an overseas correspondent for Western film magazines.

After directing his first film The Tunnel Under the World (1969), Luigi befriended director Dario Argento and began working with him in film and television. He received screenplay credits for Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) and The Five Days (1973), special effects credits for Phenomena (1985), and was second united director for Two Evil Eyes (1990) and The Stendhal Syndrome (1996).

Film directed by Luigi himself include The Killer Must Kill Again (1975), Starcrash (1979), Contamination (1980), Hercules (1983), Monster Shark (1984), Hercules II (1985), Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989), Paganini Horror (1989), and The Black Cat (1990).

I have met Luigi twice. The first time was in the shop he co-owns with Dario Argento, Profondo Rosso, when I visited Rome in October 2024. I bought a book co-written by Luigi, which he kindly signed for me. I met him for the second time at Weird Worcester in July 2026 where he signed a Contamination Blu-ray sleeve for me.

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Profondo Rosso Store

Blu-ray sleeve, also signed by Ian McCulloch

Meeting Luigi for the second time in Worcester

Outside the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome

Meeting Luigi at Profondo Rosso

Pam Grier

Pamela Suzette Grier (born 26 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. She achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation and women-in-prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award and a Saturn Award.

Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975) and Friday Foster (1975). She also played alongside Richard Pryor as his character Wendell Scott’s wife in the film Greased Lightning (1977). She portrayed the title character in Jackie Brown (1997), which happens to be one of my favourite Quentin Tarantino films. I also know her for roles in Above the Law (1988), Escape from L.A. (1996), and Mars Attacks! (1996).

I received Pam's autograph through Monopoly Events' pre-order service after she appeared at Comic Con Liverpool in October 2026.

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Robyn Lively

Robyn Elaine Lively Johnson (born 7 February 1972 in Powder Springs, Georgia, USA) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Louise Miller in Teen Witch (1989) and Jessica Andrews in The Karate Kid Part III (1989), as well as the TV shows Twin Peaks (1991-91), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1991-93), Savannah (1996-97), and Saving Grace (2007-08). She reprised the role of Jessica Andrews in one episode of Cobra Kai (2022).

I obtained Robyn's autograph through Monopoly Events' pre-order service when she appreared at Comic Con Northern Ireland in September 2026.

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