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Friday, March 06 2009
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Our first stop on the 2009 Weekend of Horrors Tour gets started today in Chicago, and we've got an updated look at this weekend's festivities, along with a map of the event facility.

Friday, March 6
2:15 P.M. GREETINGS
With our hosts, CREATION chief Adam Malin and FANGORIA editor Tony Timpone
2:30 P.M. PREVIEWS: Future Fears
3:30 P.M. PREVIEWS: “BEAST” & “BRAINCELL”
The gruesome details behind two new indie gorefests with actor Joe Zaso and
scream queen Raine Brown
4:00 P.M. PREVIEW: “PLAGUE TOWN”
Director David Gregory gives us the scoop on his old-school
killer-kids shocker!
4:30 P.M. BILL MOSELEY
The star of THE DEVIL’S REJECTS and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 is now in
THE GRAVES, DEAD AIR, BLOOD NIGHT and HALLOWEEN 2!
5:00 P.M. H.G. LEWIS PHOTO OP (In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets
at registration)
5:10 P.M. TOM TOWLES
This guy has been in everything: HENRY, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,
THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, HALLOWEEN and many more!
5:40 P.M H.G. LEWIS
The legendary Godfather of Gore, who gave us BLOOD FEAST, TWO THOUSAND
MANIACS! and WIZARD OF GORE.
6:30 P.M. HORROR ROCK PANEL
Members of Mushroomhead and Fashion Bomb, as well as video producer David
Greathouse and Fango’s Scott Licina, discuss the horror-rock connection.
9:00 P.M. SHOCK-N-ROLL SPOOKTACULAR!
Prepare yourself for another mind-blowing show with performances by
Mushroomhead, Fashion Bomb, Weekend of Horrors Spooksmodel Shannon Lark
& DJ Brianne (In Main Auditorium, separate ticket; check at
registration for details)
Saturday, March 7
11:30 A.M. PREVIEWS: Future Fears
12:30 P.M. LLOYD KAUFMAN LIVE!
The Troma chief and TOXIC AVENGER and POULTRYGEIST director.
1:15 P.M. ASHLEY LAURENCE
The lovely actress from the HELLRAISER films, LIGHTNING BUG and others is
here to bewitch us!
2:00 P.M. MASTERS OF ITALIAN HORROR PANEL
Datsa Italian! With Ruggero Deodato (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Lamberto Bava
(DEMONS) and FX artist/director Sergio Stivaletti (WAX MASK, CEMETERY MAN/
DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE); hosted by Paolo Zelati
3:00 P.M. PREVIEW: “ALIEN TRESPASS”
Actress Sheila Larken (“Margaret Scully” from X FILES) gives us
the scoop on the
new sci-fi/horror/comedy
3:00 P.M. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE GROUP PHOTO OP
With Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, John Dugan & Marilyn Burns.
(In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets at registration)
3:30 P.M. DOUG BRADLEY PHOTO OP
(In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets at registration)
3:40 P.M. PREVIEW: “THE GRUDGE 3”
Acclaimed director Toby (SPLINTER) Wilkins discusses Kayako’s
latest ghostly rampage.
3:45 P.M. HELLRAISER DUO PHOTO OP
With Doug Bradley & Ashley Laurence.
(In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets at registration)
4:15 P.M. DOUG BRADLEY, HELLRAISER
The man who is Pinhead discusses his career in fear!
5:00 P.M. TRIVIA CONTEST
Test your terror knowledge to win cool prizes!
5:30 P.M. CREEPY MAKE-UP ARTIST COSTUME CONTEST,
TERRIFYING TATTOO SAVAGE TATTOO CONTEST
& “LIVE” SPOOKSMODEL CONTEST APPLICANTS
Enter at registration!
6:30 P.M. MASTERS OF ITALIAN HORROR GROUP PHOTO OP
With Lamberto Bava, Ruggero Deodato & Sergio Stivaletti.
(In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets at registration)
9:00 P.M. CELEBRITY COCKTAIL & DESSERT PARTY
Meet and greet many of our attending celebrities while enjoying
delicious desserts,
cocktails and performances from 2009 Spooksmodel Shannon Lark, Illusionist
Ron Fitzgerald & DJ Brianne! (GOLD TICKET EXCLUSIVE in Barley’s
Restaurant)
Sunday, March 8
11:30 A.M. PREVIEWS: Future Fears
12:30 P.M. PREVIEW: “VINDICATION”
Meet director Bart Mastronardi, whose new chiller Clive Barker
calls “a triumph…
what a real horror movie looks and feels like.” Also appearing:
actor Alan Rowe Kelly.
1:00 P.M. ROBERT KURTZMAN
The KNB co-founder-turned-director is back with new movies including TO LIVE
AND DIE, BUMP and HISSS.
1:15 P.M. GEORGE A. ROMERO PHOTO OP
(In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets at registration)
1:30 PM. FANGORIA ENTERTAINMENT PANEL
Be on hand for major announcements from the company’s Scott Licina, James
Zahn and Mark Kidwell.
2:00 P.M. GEORGE ROMERO
The director of the DEAD is back with a brand-new zombie movie! See
the first footage!
3:00 P.M. TOM SAVINI
The actor, director and splatter FX great discusses his countless
movies like DAWN
OF THE DEAD, CREEPSHOW, FRIDAY THE 13TH, MANIAC, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
and GRINDHOUSE.
3:45 P.M. AUCTION
Bid on some great stuff, including the autographed stage banners.
4:00 P.M. JEFFREY COMBS PHOTO OP
(In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets at registration)
4:30 P.M. JEFFREY COMBS
The “Re-Animator” himself is here with news of his upcoming
roles in PARASOMNIA
and THE DUNWICH HORROR.
5:15 P.M. “TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE” MOVIES REUNION
The cast & crew of the first two film reunite: Marilyn Burns
(“Sally”), Caroline
Williams (“Stretch”), John Dugan (“Grandpa”) and FX artist
Tom Savini.
6:00 P.M. WILDCLAW THEATRE
A special horrific presentation from this local terror troupe!
Fangoria's Frightful Film Program
In the Narita Room Down Stairs
FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH
3:00 P.M. IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL DIE IF I WANT TO
Sara must use her martial arts skills to fend off zombies,
creatures and demons and
get her friends out of the haunted Burkitt Manor alive. With Tom
Savini! (Introduced
by the filmmakers)
5:00 P.M. PLAGUE TOWN
A town of deformed children menaces a group of tourists in this
unnerving shocker.
(Introduced by writer/director David Gregory; presented by Dark Sky Films)
7:00 P.M. World Premiere: BEAST
In this gory and offbeat thriller, a young man with serious
werewolf tendencies
returns to his estranged family where his life intertwines with
another werewolf, two
befuddled monster hunters and two Eurotrash criminals. (Introduced
by star Joe
Zaso and Raine Brown)
SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH
12:30 P.M. Short Film Showcase: HORRORS FROM KANSAS
SenoReality Pictures presents two suspenseful short s: NEXT CALLER,
in which an
arrogant talk show host is haunted by supernatural forces and NOW
THAT YOU’RE
DEAD, a dark-humored twist on the vampire tale.
1:00 P.M. World Premiere: THE GRUDGE III
Kayako haunts again in the latest Ghost House Production, with Shawnee (SAW)
Smith and Marina (STAR TREK) Sirtis. (Introduced by director Toby Wilkins)
(Presented by Sony Pictures Home entertainment)
3:00 P.M. VINYAN
This eerie chiller, about a couple looking for this missing child
in the jungles of
Thailand, will haunt you forever. From the director of THE ORDEAL
and starring
Rufus (DARK CITY) Sewell (Presented by Sony Pictures Home entertainment)
5:00 P.M. TIMECRIMES
The most unique time travel thriller you will ever see, with a
killer ending! (Presented
by Magnolia/Magnet Releasing)
7:00 P.M. SPLINTER
One of the most acclaimed creature features in years concerns two
couples besieged
by a shape-shifting monster. (Introduced by director Toby Wilkins;
presented by
Magnolia/Magnet Releasing)
SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH
12:00 P.M. BASEMENT JACK
A serial killer, haunted by a torturous childhood, hides away in
homes and kills the
unsuspecting families whenever lightning strikes. With scream
queens Lynn (THE
CRAZIES) Lowry and Tiffany (THE HAZING) Shepis (Presented by Black Gate
Entertainment)
2:00 P.M. SHUTTLE
Tony (MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN) Curran menaces two young women trying to get home
in this nail-biting suspense thriller. (Presented by
Magnolia/Magnet Releasing)
4:00 P.M. Special Screening: FAR CRY FROM HOME
Controversial tale of an urban gay couple who stop off at a rural
antique store owned
buy a sect of homophobic, crazed killers. (Introduced by
actor/writer/director Alan
Rowe Kelly)
5:00 P.M. World Premiere: VINDICATION
Wow, Clive Barker says this emotional horror film “delivers shock
after shock,
horror upon horror, creating scenes that are intensely beautiful
and immensely bloody
at the same time.” (Introduced by writer/director Bart Mastronardi)
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