Creation Entertainment’s Weekend of Horrors will be landing at the Marriott LAX May 20-23. If you’re a fan of Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and/or Halloween franchises, you’ll want to be there. Not only will the original Freddy Kruger, Robert Englund, be there, but so will many of the actors who played Jason […]
When I created The Genre Traveler, one of my primary motivations was that there was no single resource for genre travel info available (and there still isn’t). Well, “because there wasn’t one” is also the inspiration for the Sci-Fi London Film Festival, now in its 9th year. “The festival started primarily because there wasn’t anywhere […]
Chiller Theatre is a toy, model and film expo with a decidedly dark bent. And it attracts a wide array of celebrity guests and interesting bands. So, if you’re going to be in the Parsippany, NJ, area April 16 – 18, 2010, you might want to check them out. They have a whole line up […]
I’m in the middle of a big book launch (check it out if you’re an author, speaker or coach at http://www.homesweethomepagebook.com) so I won’t have much time to post until April. But I’ll do my best. Anyway this came through my email and I wanted to make sure you knew about it: Win 2 gold […]
I just read this very interesting blog post and wanted to share it with you. It gives you slice of life from the point of view of a “celebrity liaison” at a horror convention. Well written, entertaining read. The Newborn Dead: Confessions of a Convention Liaison
The Saturday Nightmare Expo is really hoping the hungry, shuffling undead will be stopping by this year’s event. To encourage this, they’ve invited George Romero, along with most of the original cast of Night of the Living Dead, to discuss the movie. In addition, the opening night will feature a showing of Roy Frumkes’ new […]
Just found these headlines: Anaheim makes bid to lure Comic-Con from San Diego Anaheim wants Comic-Con to go up, up and away from San Diego Comic-Con may change hosts when contract with San Diego expires What could this mean? My first thought is that there may be more media guests because it’s closer to L.A. […]
I just saw this press release the other day: “New Sci-Fi Convention Company Vulcan Events Offers Alternative to Florida Fans” This could be good or it could be bad … it all depends on the conventions. I’ve been to a number of Creation conventions, and although they are able to bring in the stars, they […]
I just got this in my email box and wanted to get it out to you pronto: ===== The official Star Trek Magazine has a sensational prize up for grabs for one lucky winner – two gold tickets to the official Star Trek convention on August 5-8, 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. The soon to […]
Con Nooga, the only multi-fandom convention in Chatanooga will be held this weekend, Feb. 19 through 21. “Topics” covered by the con include sci fi, horror, comics, authors, film makers and concerts. Guests lined up for this weekend include: Troma Entertainment president, Lloyd Kaufman Dark alternative rock band, Bella Norte Author, Christina Barber Freelance journalist […]