Festivals and Conventions

Since January, Hellfire Club members throughout the City of Brotherly Love and beyond were not-so-patiently waiting for the weekend of June 2-4. At FAN EXPO Philadelphia, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, they would be meeting Joseph Quinn (Make Up 2019), who made an unprecedented impact among the Stranger Things fandom …

It’s always an immense joy in the horror community to see creepy creatives collaborating. This past weekend in Pittsburgh saw just that, as Eeeek! Creature Coffee hosted their first annual Drop Dead Crafty event, in association with Bold Escape Rooms and The ScareHouse. This horror-themed vendor show took place in …

One of the most notorious murders in American history was committed by the Manson Family cult. The conspiracies that followed the murderous cult post-1969 spawned many rumors, books, documentaries, and internet sleuths connecting the dots to Son – or Sons, of Sam and to the Unabomber. In The Resurrection of …

The team that Smoking Causes Coughing focuses on, Tobacco Force, are Power Ranger expies that use the chemical components of cigarettes but are “heroes” fighting off human-sized rubber monsters. There is no indication these monsters present a threat to anything beyond what the team says, and even kids above 6 …

We had the honor of attending the A Night of Misfit Films fundraiser on April 1st, an amazing local event looking to help raise recognition and awareness for the annual fan-favorite film festival. Once again the festivities took place at the legendary Phoenix art center, the Alwun House, and was …

New Orleans, LA – The Overlook Film Festival, the seventh annual celebration of all things horror, announced the winners of the 2023 juried competition along with the Audience Award recipients. Taking place March 30 through April 2 in America’s most haunted city, New Orleans, LA, the 2023 festival welcomed 110 filmmaker guests, …

While technically not a horror convention (my usual haunts), Fantasticon-Toledo this past weekend, had plenty to offer the average horror fan. Walking into the, very full on Sunday, Seagate Convention Center, you immediately got the feeling that you were, somewhat anyways, among “your tribe”. There was definitely some full frontal …

Pittsburgh has a storied horror lineage. Ever since George Romero’s skeleton-crew of visionaries put together Night of the Living Dead (read our retro review here) in 1968, the steel city has been one that’s very dedicated to the genre. Horror Realm Con is a yearly convention that pays homage to that rich history, …

Closing our coverage of the Horror-On-Sea 2023 Film Festival, we had the chance to catch the exhilarating, fear-inducing 2021 short film, Escalation. Here’s what we thought about it.  Escalation Synopsis During the pandemic, an isolated self-centered man has to confront his own inner demons and decide what kind of person …

As we near the end of our Horror-On-Sea 2023 Film Festival coverage, we had the extreme pleasure of viewing the amazing documentary, Murphy’s Lore. Check out what we thought about this phenomenal film. Murphy’s Lore Synopsis A tribute to the life and legacy of the late, great British indie horror …