Conventions

We're fast approaching the start of Fangoria's Trinity of Terrors, their first ever Halloween weekend convention at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, which runs October 30th-November 1st. Been vacillating about going? Maybe we can make your decision a bit easier as Dread Central has teamed up with Total Assault to give away one pair of three-day tickets to the show.
Submitted by The Woman In Black on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 7:34pm.

This weekend a party will be heard down the Eastern coast. It's the best time you'll have this Halloween season. It's ROCK AND SHOCK!!! This year's guest list includes John Landis, Sid Haig, Corbin Bernsen, Malcolm McDowell, Doug Jones, PJ Soles, and more!
Submitted by Nomad on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 5:20am.

One convention that we heard nothing but good things about earlier this year was Monsterpalooza (read our event report here) in Burbank, CA, which featured special effects artists from the horror industry along with their many works. So we are very happy to report that it will be returning to the Marriott Burbank Convention Center April 9-11, 2010.
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 5:34pm.

If you weren't in Pittsburgh this past weekend, you missed one helluva good show. In fact, now that the alcohol has worn off, I find myself inundated with cool swag, great (if fuzzy) memories, and lots to write about. So here's how it all went down from September 18th-20th, 2009.
Submitted by Sifu Scott on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 4:07pm.

Searching for something different to do this Halloween? How about a trip to Vegas, where the Fangoria Trinity of Terrors will be taking place at the Palms Resort and Casino October 30th-November 1st?
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 3:15pm.

Monster-Mania 13 may have come and gone, but we have photographic proof of all the shenanigans, hijinks, and murderous highlights! Our key man in Jersey, aka the man with all of the free stuff you look forward to each year, Nomad, was on the scene with his camera and eye for naughtiness.
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 2:44am.

This October 16th-18th the biggest horror party of the Halloween season invades the unsuspecting inhabitants of Worcester, Massachusetts, for the 6th straight year. By day fans converge on the DCU Center to meet and greet their favorite celebs, snap up some hard to find goodies among the vendors, and walk away with as much free stuff as they can carry, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Dreadites. As the sun sets, we head over the the Palladium, where the gods of rock smile upon us every night.
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 6:38pm.

Pittsburgh, PA has ten days before all hell breaks loose. That's because from September 18th through the 20th at the Crowne Plaza, those fine folks that put on ZombieFest have broadened their horizons into a new convention, now called "Horror Realm."
Submitted by Sifu Scott on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 2:01pm.

San Antonio, Texas, is getting down with the bloody goodness this weekend, August 27-30, with their second annual Horrific Film Fest. For three days, horror fans, and fans of movies in general, can show up to meet horror icons, watch independent and high-budget horror flicks, and basically have a bloody good time.
Submitted by Sifu Scott on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 12:10pm.

Just a quick update to our last story on all the bloody goods Dread Central will be bringing to Monster-Mania 13 August 21-23rd! Showtime wanted to jump in and celebrate the release of "Dexter" Season 3, so they've kicked in some DVD sets for our hourly prizes! The set drops August 18th at serial killer loving stores near you.
Submitted by Nomad on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 1:38am.

Monster-Mania descends on Cherry Hill, NJ, once more this August 21-23rd for its lucky 13th event! This year’s show expects thousands of horror fans from all across the globe to meet and greet horror’s elite including film legends John Landis, Dick Miller, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Lloyd Kaufman, Sid Haig, PJ Soles, and Michael Berryman. Looking for stars of your favorite movies and TV shows? How do James Marsters, Michael Biehn, Adam West, David Naughton, Kelly Lebrock, and Derek Mears grab you?
Submitted by Nomad on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 4:25am.

It's taken a while to get up our official San Diego Comic-Con 09 photo gallery up, and we have a good reason why it's taken so long ... it's friggin' massive!
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 4:41am.

Sean "The Butcher" Smithson here. Sometime scribe for these here pages at Dread Central, sometime horror host, sometime jungle explorer, sometime exorcist, even sometime astronaut. But this time I'm here reporting on what it's like to help organize events and program films for a horror convention. Or at least, what it was like for me at this particular con, CryptiCon Seattle 2009.
Submitted by The Butcher on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 4:11am.

The date is the 31st of May, 2009. Let me just say this first and foremost; I go to a shit ton of conventions. Shit ton as in a whole lot of conventions. And believe it or not, I've never done a write-up on any of them. I've filmed plenty of videos at conventions and talked about them on podcasts and what have you, but never written an article about one.
Submitted by The Buz on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 10:39pm.

No, it’s not Microsoft’s follow-up to Windows Vista – it’s the 2009 Crypticon being held at the Seattle Center June 5th through June 7th!
Submitted by Raider Redux on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 10:52pm.