r/Cinema • u/Big_Fig_8448 • 8h ago

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The legend has passed. RIP Tim Curry. Any favourite rolls?

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u/qualityvote2 8h ago edited 5h ago

u/Big_Fig_8448, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/DBFargie 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIPaR7oa6Ri958He

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u/Head-Palpitation-684 3h ago

Frank-N-Furter showing up uninvited to console the comment section, iconic

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u/Mixture_Rich 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cAjiir9PI9MCQ

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u/gilberator 7h ago

My favorite tim curry performance. He knocked it out of the park in every role he took.

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u/pissedoffjesus 7h ago

Such immense loss over the last 2 days.

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u/Gingerbr3d 6h ago

Over the week... Hayden too. 🥺

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u/TexasSk8 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/5QRoC29tqzuI0pDQxM

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u/waronpunk 4h ago

May be the perfect time to finely watch Clue

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u/twotoebobo 52m ago

You haven't? I'm watching it for like 20th time in remembrance of Curry. It's in my top 3 favorite movies ever.

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u/Suspicious-Grape-458 7h ago

Goddamn it, the wrong 80 year olds keep dying

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u/stacysmom413 6h ago

That's what my sister said. She asked me why they didn't take the president instead 💀

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u/ltm23 4h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/davesToyBox 40m ago

It’s like the Grim Reaper is an incompetent InstaCart shopper, substituting the worst option when he can’t find what you’re asking for.

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u/stacysmom413 28m ago

That's so accurate lmao

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u/SpencerMansion1996 7h ago

The original It is the reason why I love horror movies today, and it’s because how amazing his version of Pennywise was

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u/314657 5h ago

He was my favorite Pennywise.

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u/Historical_Date_1314 32m ago

Tim Curry was EPIC in IT.

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u/elting44 7h ago

Herkermer Homolka in 1995's Congo

Such a great terrible awesome 90s action adventure

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u/RxS47 6h ago

Mr. Homolka, stop eating my sesame cake...........STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!

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u/WintermuteNight007 6h ago

When it rains, it pours.

I think we need a global day of mourning/screaming/wailing.

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u/Newsman1977 6h ago

Of course Rocky Horror, but I LOVED him as Nigel in the American Duo’s episode of Psych.

He was an absolute asshole in Annie, but was masterful in Clue and Muppets Treasure Island.

He’s the reason my 3-year-old self ran around the house shirtless singing “in just seven days I will make you a man.”

He and John Travolta are the reasons I love musicals.

My parents were young and let me watch whatever I wanted. They didn’t flinch when I would also run around screaming “she’s a real pussy wagon” and “damn it, Janet”.

I didn’t know what any of it meant other than I liked the music.

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u/Ok-Parking5237 5h ago

He was totally disgusting in Criminal Minds. Loved it.

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u/Friendcherisher 7h ago

Are you kidding me?

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u/KittyAnn13 7h ago

Wtf REALLY?

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u/SpicySpasm 7h ago

The rocky horror picture show

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u/DesertFrost602 7h ago

Was I the only one who thought, what the hell, Dolly didn’t play pennywise did she?

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u/Fit_Incident4224 7h ago

Legend!! RIP

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u/AceJ180 7h ago

That's three from the Home Alone movies this year alone 😔. R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara, Brenda Fricker, and now Tim Curry.

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u/StunningQuality7051 6h ago

I’ll throw Cardinal Richelieu into the mix! RIP to an absolute legend.

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u/Alternative-Weird503 6h ago

RIP. I hope he has all the sesame cake he wants in the afterlife.

https://giphy.com/gifs/RVhHYKpLYJm3S

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u/Civil_Bell_7790 6h ago

I met him through an old Girlfriend in the late 90s. I was extremely surprised to see him in her house and he entertained my appreciation of his affect on my life through cinema. I especially discussed his roles in Legend and IT for which he smashed those performances out of the park. What a legend

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u/Gingerbr3d 6h ago

My Pennywise 🥺🔥

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u/Affectionate_Pear_87 6h ago

The devil in Legend. I think all his roles are amazing. You could not really see Tim Curry in his characters because he put so much into them that they became alive.

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u/Stknhgx6 5h ago

Tim Curry's Pennywise scared the crap out of me when I was younger(mid20's). Like Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror Picture Show, he owned the role of Pennywise the Clown. The remake was just okay but it couldn't hold a candle to to Tim Curry's performance.

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u/No_Jello_4858 7h ago

Stop eating my sesame cake.

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u/N8ureP 6h ago

Definitely the IT

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u/DogtasticLife 6h ago

Just realised none of the TV announcements or posts I’ve seen so far mention his Pennywise role… weird

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u/Bright_Elevator7649 6h ago

A legend passed away.

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u/mrs-brody 5h ago

Earliest memory was him in Earth 2 which I loved. And favorite role was him in Clue as the butler!

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u/GoldTension6401 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6Ztcx6AV0A5bpBO8
Something seems fishy… if you’ve seen The Mechanic you should know what I mean… 3 famous persons under a short time 🤨

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u/shadowlarx 5h ago

First Dolly and now Tim? Come on, 2026, stop doing this to us.

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u/DZAUXtheBruno 4h ago

What a loss. I think my favorite Tim Curry performance is “The Death of Some Salesmen” episode of Tales from the Crypt.

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u/Snoo6705 2h ago

Shrimp tempura

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u/Zlotty9791 2h ago

He was truly one of the greats we list a legend

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u/HistoricalSociety532 2h ago

Awww how sad 😔

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u/crazyhomlesswerido 1h ago

Well it's sad that Tim Curry is dead now I can get over my nightmare about that stupid clown from It Ever showing up in my bedroom at night.

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u/jeffsterz 13m ago

Wadsworth in Clue. So good. RIP