![]() ![]() I also enjoy general chit-chat with them. “I love meeting the fans and talking about the film with them. “I love coming out to do these conventions,” Dowsett later told me. It was amusing to watch Land of the Dead‘s Eugene Clark learn in real time that fellow panelist Craig David Dowsett played a demonic version of the beloved children’s character in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Thankfully, all the participants were good-natured. Beyond not knowing the names of his interview subjects on more than one occasion, he constantly interjected awkward attempts at humor and personal anecdotes, often cutting off guests and usurping audience Q&A time. I didn’t mind the quarter-mile walk or sporadic shuttle ride required to get to the Best Western hotel next door where they took place, and I’m willing to overlook the tenuous panel subjects - opting to combine actors who didn’t know one another rather than utilizing the several cast reunions in attendance - but the podcaster that hosted most of the panels was ill-fitted for the job. Terror Con hosted adult and kids costume contests on Sunday, although cosplayers - from Resident Evil Village‘s Lady Dimitrescu on stilts to several different incarnations of iconic characters like Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Captain Spaulding - were out in full force all three days. The massive selection of vendors was equally impressive, ranging from homemade goods, artwork, and apparel to collectibles both modern and vintage. “Horror conventions are the happiest family gatherings of any type!” she enthused. Sandy Johnson, who played Judith Myers in the original Halloween, only recently started doing the convention circuit - but she’s keen to do more after Terror Con. The stacked guest list continued with the likes of Derek Mears ( Friday the 13th), Cerina Vincent ( Cabin Fever), Melinda Clarke ( Return of the Living Dead 3), Danny Lloyd ( The Shining), Courtland Mead ( The Shining), Ginger Lynn ( The Devil’s Rejects), Carl Toop ( Aliens), Sean Patrick Flanery ( The Boondock Saints), Alaina Huffman ( Supernatural), and Courage the Cowardly Dog voice actor Marty Grabstein, among others. ![]() Other big draws included Lance Henriksen ( Aliens), Edward Furlong ( Terminator 2), pro wrestling legend Mick Foley, The Walking Dead‘s Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Chandler Riggs, Emily Kinney, and Katelyn Nacon, Danielle Harris ( Halloween), Sherilyn Fenn ( Twin Peaks), John Kassir ( Tales from the Crypt), and a Fright Night reunion with Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, and Jonathan Stark. He was joined by several other A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise alumni: Part 1’s Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, and Ronee Blakeley Part 2’s Mark Patton and Kim Myers Part 4’s Lisa Wilcox and Nicholas Mele Part 5’s Erika Anderson, Whit Hertford, and Beatrice Boepple and Freddy vs. A mere week after Silver Scream Con took place in Danvers, Terror Con slashed into the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborough on September 15-17.įreddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, had the longest lines throughout the weekend. It’s not even October, but Massachusetts is already being spoiled with horror events. ![]()
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