Rue Morgue Festival of Fear 2008

[missmacabre]

The Creepshow!!!!! actually my favourite band. I'm sooo stoked now. They've been touring overseas and skipped their Windsor show that was supposed to be my birthday present.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

at last - the horror guests have been announced (some crossover with sci-fi



WES CRAVEN
GUEST OF HONOUR
A Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream, The Hills Have Eyes



SID HAIG
House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, Spider Baby



BRAD DOURIF
The Exorcist III, Lord of the Rings, Child's Play



RUGGERO DEODATO
Cannibal Holocaust, Cut and Run, Phantom of Death



TURA SATANA
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Astro Zombies, The Doll Squad



KRISTY SWANSON
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Deadly Friend, The Phantom



SHAWNEE SMITH
Saw, Saw II, Saw III, The Blob


Special Guests

LLOYD KAUFMAN
The Toxic Avenger, Tromeo & Juliet, Poultrygeist



SEAN ASTIN
Lord of the Rings, The Goonies



Special Appearances

THE CREEPSHOW
Canada’s Horrorbilly Musical Sensation


JOHNNY HOLLOW
Sonic Alchemists


MELANTHA BLACKTHORNE
Death Race, Sinners and Saints



GASLIGHT STUDIO
Special Effects Team, 300, Diary of the Dead



SUICIDE GIRLS
Wizard of Gore



GORD ROLLO
The Jigsaw Man

So I can bring whatever DVDs I have to get signed and then just wait in an hour long line to get the sigs?

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Despare

So I can bring whatever DVDs I have to get signed and then just wait in an hour long line to get the sigs?

yeah - it costs an average of 25$ a sig .. either on something you bring or a still photo from them.

(thank ebayers for that - years ago it was free)

[Despare]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

yeah - it costs an average of 25$ a sig .. either on something you bring or a still photo from them.

(thank ebayers for that - years ago it was free)

That sucks, ah well, I guess everybody's out to make a buck.

[urgeok2]

yeah its a shame - but i cant say i blame them ... for a lot of them it's their main source of income.

plus it must be annoying having someone thrust a bunch of stills in front of you saying 'i dont want them personalized' and knowing what this 'fan' is going to do with the pictures as soon as they leave the con.

to me it would be cool if they did it this way :

the guys who dont need the $$$ do it for free.
the people who are no longer active in the industry charge $10 for personalized sigs, 30$ for non-personalized sigs.

give the real fans a break and penalize the vendors.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

yeah its a shame - but i cant say i blame them ... for a lot of them it's their main source of income.

plus it must be annoying having someone thrust a bunch of stills in front of you saying 'i dont want them personalized' and knowing what this 'fan' is going to do with the pictures as soon as they leave the con.

to me it would be cool if they did it this way :

the guys who dont need the $$$ do it for free.
the people who are no longer active in the industry charge $10 for personalized sigs, 30$ for non-personalized sigs.

give the real fans a break and penalize the vendors.

For sure, try and get the fleabayers to go somewhere else. I don't know if I would want them personalized just because eventually I'll pass my DVD collection on to somebody else but I understand why they charge. I'll just have to bring an extra hundred or so for a few signatures. No biggie I suppose.

[urgeok2]

someday i'll definately be passing on my DVDs - to my son .. so having them personalized for me will still mean something to him.

he's starting to get a few done for himself now which is fun.

(you'll find that about 70% of the guests do voicework in cartoons.)

[missmacabre]

Booking my hotel room tomorrow :) All the coed hostel rooms are sold out. Now I just need a way to toronto and a ticket to get into the expo. Wes Craven here I come.

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by missmacabre

Booking my hotel room tomorrow :) All the coed hostel rooms are sold out. Now I just need a way to toronto and a ticket to get into the expo. Wes Craven here I come.

i booked mine yesterday :)

(the hotel adjoining the con.)

i thought i booked it months ago but something told me to double check and indeed i hadnt - so i missed the con rate.

[missmacabre]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

i booked mine yesterday :)

(the hotel adjoining the con.)

i thought i booked it months ago but something told me to double check and indeed i hadnt - so i missed the con rate.

we ended up getting a four person room at the fairmont. pretty snazzy.