Fangoria Comes to L.A.
Posted by: Shola Akinnuso on April 16, 2009 at 3:17 pm
PopCultureShock got last minute details on Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors Convention, but they’re carving a bloody path through Los Angeles from April 17th-19th, and we’re going!
We’ll try to our best to get as much video coverage as possible, but the press release below gives off more details than I can squeeze in. IF you can make it out and you live in the Los Angeles area, check it out. We think it’ll be a scream.
…We couldn’t resist:
From the Press Release:
(Los Angeles, California; March 30, 2009) The ?FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors? returns to the Los Angeles area for its 24th year, Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19, with the gory best of terror talent from both film and TV. This fright-filled three-day event will be held at the LA Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa St., West Hall B.
Celebrity scream greats set for Fango?s annual blast include: Sam Raimi, director of EVIL DEAD and SPIDER-MAN trilogies, will preview DRAG ME TO HELL; Clive Barker, creator of HELLRAISER, CANDYMAN, NIGHTBREED and ABARAT, will preview new movies DREAD and BOOK OF BLOOD, plus novel THE SCARLET GOSPELS; Tobe Hooper, director of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and POLTERGEIST; Herschell Gordon Lewis, Godfather of Gore and director of BLOOD FEAST, TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!, WIZARD OF GORE and many others; Tom Savini, makeup FX legend from DAWN OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13TH, MANIAC and many more; and Lloyd Kaufman, Troma president and director of the TOXIC AVENGER films.
Also, scary favorites not to be missed include: Ron Perlman, HELLBOY and BEAUTY & THE BEAST star who?s featured in the new MUTANT CHRONICLES; Jeffrey Combs, star of RE-ANIMATOR films, FROM BEYOND, THE FRIGHTENERS and STAR TREK; Doug Bradley, HELLRAISER?s Pinhead; Thomas Jane, star of THE MIST, MUTANT CHRONICLES and THE PUNISHER; and Bill Moseley, star of HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, THE DEVIL?S REJECTS and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2.
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