Texas Frightmare Weekend 2013 went off without a hitch (after a kind of rocky start at their new location last year), and fun was had by all. I’ve been to a lot of conventions, but this one has to be the best and best run one I’ve experienced. This year featured the usual batch of awesome guests (including Jeffrey Combs, Marilyn Burns, Gary Busey, Veronica Cartwright, Meg Foster, Bruce Davidson, Bill Moseley, Caroline Munroe, Stuart Gordon, Bernie Wrightson, Patricia Quinn, Steve Railsbeck, David Naughton, Steve Niles, tons more) and panels on Alien, Pet Sematary, Stuart Gordon, Lords of Salem, horror comics, and more.
There were horror movies shown all 3 days (including The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh, which I already reviewed below, the Maniac remake (review coming soon), and Neil Jordan’s Byzantine (which I missed)) and a midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Patricia Quinn and a shadow cast.
This was just Saturday’s schedule- so much to do!
My favorite thing about conventions is just exploring the dealer room (this convention had 2 two of them!), geeking out with fellow geeks, and people watching (the costumes are always awesome).
Dealer room 1 open for business… Horror business!
Jason menacing Ted White (who played Jason in Friday the 13th Part IV), as Freddy and Leatherface assist.
I bought a lot of awesome movies and memorabilia, and had to stop myself from spending too much money (self control is hard for me with great stuff for sale like this):
The coolest “celebrity” I met was Bill Moseley, who is very friendly and amiable and told us stories about working with Buckethead and the members of Stolen Babies on his music projects (I bought one of his Spider Mountain cds) and about how he prepared to portray Drayton in that last (terrible) Chainsaw movie. He also told us some cool stories about the original Drayton, Jim Siedow (who evidently had a vast array of dirty jokes for every occasion).
Despite spending too much money, I found a lot of great deals (like the soudtracks to both Cannibal Ferrox and Zombie on one cd for only 10 bucks), and talked to the guys at the RUE MORGUE magazine table for awhile (who were also very friendly)…
The only complaint I’d have is that it all went by way too fast. I can’t wait to go back next year…
Jeffrey Combs signing autographs
The line to meet Danny Trejo is longer than his favorite machete
- a fan gets the drop on George “The Animal” Steel
- Gary Busey dancing to creepy accordion music
the facebone’s connected to the… red shirt?
- lots of great artists sell their work in the dealer rooms- here’s an awesome portrait of Marilyn Burns from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
and the real thing, signing autographs for her fans
Patricia Quinn (Magenta from The Rocky Horror Picture Show) loved posing with fans
Until next year- stay creepy!