Saturday Nightmares Returns To New Jersey

It seems like it has been entirely too long since New Jersey had itself an amazing and awesome horror convention. For years many of us have been wondering when we'd be getting something back towards the scale of the Monster-Mania and Chiller Theater conventions of old. Well, it looks like we've finally got a contender.

Originally at the Landmark Loew's in my hometown of Jersey City, NJ, the Saturday Nightmares convention in NJ is moving to a bigger location and has an even more impressive lineup.

Running from June 3rd through the 5th this year, at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in East Rutherford, NJ, the show already has a boastful lineup of some classic names in horror and sci-fi, from The Birds and Dawn Of The Dead to the man responsible for the voice of Roger Rabbit. Fucking awesome! Check out the website at http://www.saturdaynightmares.com/ and look below for just a sampling of some of the guests to be expected at the show.

Tippi Hedren
Bruce Dern
Karen Black
Sid Haig
Barbara Steele
Julian Sands
Doug Bradley
Lisa Marie
The cast of "Dawn of the Dead" - (Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, Scott Reiniger, David Emge, all lead zombies)

The cast of "The Return of the Living Dead" (Beverly Randolph, Don Calfa, Jewel Shepard, Thom Mathews, Allan Trautman, Linnea Quigley, Brian Peck, John Philbin)

The Ladies of "The Evil Dead"
Brenda Bakke
Charles Fleischer
Terry Alexander
Claudia Wells
Belinda Balaski
Kelli Maroney
Lynne Griffin
Lesleh Donaldson
Michael Baldwin
and many, many more!

NIghtmare: Vampires NYC - Review

I'm old. 30 may not seem like the new 80, but haunted houses, horror movies, and unemployment haven't terrified me since I was able to wipe my own ass. Still, I love horror movies, horror imagery, and just about anything that reminds us to live life to its fullest, as our expiration date may be a terribly grizzly day away. Upon being invited by my buddy, The Jaded Viewer, to attend the Nightmare: Vampires Halloween attraction, I most definitely had to accept.

I went to the Nightmare attraction last year, and while it was fun, it was most definitely not scary. Still, it was a decent way to celebrate my favorite holiday. I expected pretty much the same experience, but was intrigued by the new location and the fact that they were covering one of my least favorite horror subjects. Vampires have become almost as tired as my fat asthmatic ass, after walking up 3 flights of stairs. What could they do to make them fun and interesting again? More importantly, how could they make a bunch of Goth kids with fake fangs scary? I've been used to laughing at them at nightclubs for years.