2 posts tagged “screamfest”

Spent the weekend at Screamfest.  They bill it as Florida's largest horror convention.  It may be the largest, but only by default.  I'm not aware of any other horror cons in the state.

The event was disorganized chaos.  Poor queue management.  Poor communication between the staff and the guests.  The location was way short on parking.  I'd have a hard time recommending the event to anyone who wasn't local based on this year's experience.

Todd and I had a good time outside of the poor running of the event.  We were able to get our Crystal Lake Memories book signed by Richard Brooker (Part 3), Kane Hodder (Parts 7, 8, 9, 10), Betsy Palmer (Jason's mother in Part 1), and Harry Manfedini (the composer- the guy who did the 'Ki...Ki...Ki...Ma...Ma...Ma').  Picked up 2 more signatures on my Devil's Rejects Poster and started a Halloween Poster (damn Rob Zombie for putting the same people in his movies and forcing me to get their signatures on everything).

David Arquette was there and screened his movie "The Tripper" and signed autographs.  The Tripper is a mix of comedy and horror and was a lot better than I expected.  That is to say, I didn't expect much and was surprised.  The cast kicks ass - Jason Mewes, Paul Reubens, Balthazar Getty, Lukas Haas, Marsha Thomason.  My head was pounding from not eating or drinking anything all day, so I left during the signing.  Todd got an autograph for me, though.

Here are a few pics

Kane is about 6'3''.  I'm taller.  When he stood up he said, "God damn, you're a big mother fucker!"  I guess coming from the guy who played Jason that that is a complement.

Betsy Palmer was extremely nice and had Todd and I in stitches.  While most people would only sign a small area of our Crystal Lake book, she decided to sign the entire inside cover.  I guess when you are #1, you can do that.

Michael Berryman was also great.  He talked to us for a long time.  I brought up the Motley Crue video because that was the first time that I remember seeing him when I was younger... and the only time he didn't scare the hell out of me.

Danielle Harris was tiny.  She was also extremely polite to the guys in front of her that were just drooling all over themselves.  They were making me uncomfortable.  Can't imagine how she dealt with that for 3 days.

William Forsythe really surprised me.  I guess because he plays rough and seedy people so well that I expected that from him.  He was great.  We talked about his character in Rob Zombie's Halloween.  Mainly that there wasn't a single thing that he said in the first 10 minutes of the movie that he could quote on my poster and not be offensive.  I think his daughter was with him.  That tickled her.  Oh yeah, I don't know about the bare feet either, but he was cool.

So was anyone there who was not cool?  A few.  But that comes with the territory.  I just don't understand why those guys even go to things like this if they aren't going to be nice to the fans.  I know some fans are a little bit overboard on everything, but most of us just enjoy the work.  In some cases, have admired their work for a long time.  No reason to be a dick about anything.