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i thought you guys had all kinds of cool festivals in the UK?


i met Lewis at a Fangoria Weekend of horror here in Toronto .. It may have been the only one held here - i didnt hear about any others.

this was like i said - about 12 - maybe 15 years ago. hardly anyone at the festival knew who Lewis was ..
I was into collecting horror films early and - as a matter of fact - 2000 maniacs was the 1st beta movie i ever bought. I had that and Bloodfeast.
At the festival LEwis gave an abrasive and amusing presentation .. then was left completely alone after that - i approached him and asked for a picture and he put his arma around me and told my buddy to get a picture of us both together ... really cool of him. I suspect he really appreciated at least 1 person who knew who he was.
For some reason i didnt actually know he was going to be at the festival so i didnt bring my movie for him to sign - but he did sign the festival programme for me. (this was so far back in the day - that the guests didnt charge for autographs .. it was all free)


the sad note to this is that although i took about 40 pictures at this festival .. only the 1st 4 turned out. I had dropped my camera a week earlier thinking no damage was done .. but as i found out later a tiny sprocket on the film advance had broken off and once the film drag was too heavy (after the 1st 4 pics) the film didnt advance and i took one picture on top of another until it was just a white square. I could have cried.
All i got was 4 pictures of vendor displays. No HG Lewis, no Tom Savini, no Kane Hodder, no Linnea Quigley and her then husband Steve Johnson (fx-guy)

ah well...i got their autographs on pictures..but it sure would have been cool to have that HG Lewis picture.