UK’s First HorrorCon Scares Up Legendary Guests for 2015
Gareth Jones
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While there’s no crippling shortage of horror-centric film festivals in the UK, genre fans there have historically been starved of a fright-filled convention scene. Thanks to savvy sisters Wendy and Gill Bell, that problem is to be no more as they kick off the first ever HorrorCon at Yorkshire’s Magna Science Adventure Centre this July 11-12.
Guests confirmed for attendance so far include good ol’ Leatherface himself, Gunnar Hansen; fan favourite Ken Foree; effects maestro Tom Savini; Hammer legends Caroline Munro and Martine Beswick; and authors David J. Howe, Sam Stone, Paul Kane, and Marie O’Regan. More guests are to be announced shortly.
Alongside rubbing shoulders with the aforementioned personalities, attendees have the chance to visit a number of special attractions including an expansive marketplace of over 50 horror-themed stalls, a scare attraction created by the folks at Evilution Events, lectures by the Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies, a cosplay competition, short film screenings, and more.
Speaking of the event, creator Wendy Bell states “I’ve loved horror since I was a kid. I was looking for a horror convention to attend in the UK, and I couldn’t find anything like this – only horror film festivals – so Gill and I decided to start our own! So it’s a first – a big American-style horror convention right here in Yorkshire. When you’re a real horror enthusiast, horror isn’t just for Halloween, and we’ve got something for every fan of the genre – we’ve been getting enquiries from excited people from all over the country.”
Tickets for the event cost £15 for a single day or £27 for the weekend. Early access tickets – which allow you to enter the arena an hour before the official opening time – are also available at £17 a day or £31 for the weekend.
Tickets can be purchased right now at the Eventbrite website, and you can get more info on the convention itself straight from the official HorrorCon website.
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