Corey Haim, shown here with Jamison Newlander (left) and Corey Feldman (right), died on March 10, 2010. One of his most well-known genre roles was from the vampire movie, The Lost Boys. I just found out yesterday that Corey Haim died at the age of 38. Corey’s genre roles included: Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985) […]
In my meanderings around the web this past week, I came upon a page on IMDB called “Most Popular People Born in 1960.” What I found interesting was how many of these actors, turning 50 this year, have been in genre films. So I thought I’d share the top 13 genre-connected ones with you here: […]
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 […]
It is a dream of mine that The Genre Traveler be a TV show … maybe something like Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations … only focused on genre locations. I’ve been dreaming a lot about it lately and I thought, what if someone came to me and said, “O.K. We want to make this happen and […]
What is a good vacation without a good book? (Or am I just that much of an introverted geek?) Anyway, one of the features of this website is that I regularly review science fiction, fantasy, and horror books and rate them on a scale of 1 to 5 palm trees. Some of these books were […]
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 […]
Apparently this month is “Women in Horror Month.” In honor of the occasion, Last Doorway Productions is presenting Women In Horror Con on Saturday, February 27 at the SF Center in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit their website at www.lastdoorwayproductions.com/events/home.html. Editors, film-makers, actresses … even burlesque performers … and other horror-related female guests […]
The official Famous Monsters of FIlmland Convention will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 9-11, 2010. The weekend-long convention will feature special screenings, parties, music acts, panels, a costume contest and more. Featured Guests Thomas Jane Actor The Mist, Punisher, Dreamcatcher, Mutant Chronicles, Deep Blue Sea Derek Mears Actor The Hills Have Eyes II, Friday […]
Wouldn’t it be cool if when someone asked you what you were doing that weekend, you could answer “Walking like a zombie.”? Well, if you take part in the Moxley Manor Zombie Walk on Saturday May 1, 2010, you most certainly can! “What is a zombie walk?” you ask. Well, according to the Moxley Manor […]
I just finished reading the first book in the Twilight series … not bad, not great either, but that’s another post. Anyway, at the end, the first chapter of the second book, New Moon, was included and it ended with the following sentence: “… into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.” And […]