Festivals and Conventions

The New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival is approaching quickly. They will return August 9-11, 2024, at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey. The event is rapidly picking up steam from years past. The con has hosted many celebrities in past years, and they are pulling no …

It’s summertime! The heat outside is sweltering, the A/C is on, and the lights are down to keep cool. What better time to watch a movie? Thankfully we’re not alone in thinking that; our friends over at Fantasia Film Festival had the exact same idea! As always, Fantasia is a …

In a strange way, comic conventions are like an art form; each one following the same template yet adding unique elements to it. FanExpo puts on many events each year, Megacon Orlando, Fan Expo Philadelphia, but more pertinent to today is Fan Expo Boston. Although each one of these shows …

The good folks from Terror in the Aisles have programmed another incredible festival aimed at giving fellow horror fans an opportunity to experience intimate Q & As following screenings of beloved favorites and premieres of shorts and features for a very fair price.  The lineup for Shock-A-Go-Go (May 17th and …

The seventh installment of Astronomicon took place in Detroit this past weekend! This convention has proven it isn’t just a one hitter. The event successfully provided another weekend of high moments for those in attendance. AWESOME VENDORS Exploring the vendor booths is always tons of fun! There is always the …

About four times per year, the Steel City Con returns to Monroeville, PA with a gigantic list of celebrities and vendors packed to the gills to celebrate all of the greatest fandoms in pop culture. Between celebs, artists, and vendors, there was no shortage of things to occupy the time of …

-Altered Reality Entertainment is at it again! This year for Rhode Island Comic Con, they brought together the original Brat Pack from the ’80s, plus offered up a bunch of other just as well known actors and singers from the time. Plus, they had a ton of contemporary voice actors, …

Escape Halloween helps the veil thinning, bringing this world and the afterlife closer together for all things ghoulish, spooky, and heart-pounding. The masterminds behind Insomniac have perfected a unique immersive and mystical experience for music and Halloween devotees alike. Crowds gathered in Southern California for two days of captivating music, …

On the weekend of September 15-17, 2023, Marlborough, MA was besieged by genre lovers from all across New England, anxious to get their horror on for this year’s spooky season. Coming just a week after Ice Nine Kills’ Silver Scream Con in Danvers, MA (read our recap here), Altered Reality …

Many moons ago, horror fandom was not embraced the way it is today. There weren’t circuits of conventions, there were minuscule amounts of merchandise catering to the demographic, and the idea of an interactive theme park celebrating all things spooky was a fledgling one, to say the least. But thanks …