Cons, Festivals, Cosplay

MegaCon

Event Recap: MegaCon 2017

For many comic, anime and gaming fans, MegaCon is the massive celebratory geek event that they look forward to all year long. For someone used to the intimacy of a horror convention like Spooky Empire...

Texas Frightmare Weekend

Event Report: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2017

Another Texas Frightmare Weekend has come and gone, but the fans who attended this year’s event will no doubt be left with plenty of wonderful memories from their horror-filled weekend. The 2017...

Spooky Empire

Event Recap: Spooky Empire Retro

Spooky Empire Retro was clearly designed with an attitude of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The location is exactly the same as last April, at the Wyndham Orlando, whic...

Stranger Things Netflix Horror

Highlights from the Stranger Things Panels at Spooky Empire

There was no bigger draw to Spooky Empire this past weekend than the cast of Stranger Things. The line to get into the panel featuring the lead three boys—Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLoughlin and ...

Spooky Empire

Event Recap: Spooky Empire 2016

In October, Spooky Empire was gearing up for what was going to be its biggest convention ever—by far. They’d moved to the Orlando Convention Center, they’d pulled together an amaz...

Frightfest 2016 Interview: Nick Jongerius & Chris W. Mitchell on Windmill Massacre

If you were to make a list of the scariest places in the world, let alone the best spots to set a horror movie, it’s unlikely The Netherlands would rank particularly high. And yet, its capital c...

Frightfest 2016 Interview: Charlotte Beaumont & Fiona Hampton

As healthy as the horror genre is right now, it’s been a depressingly long time since we’ve been gifted a decent slasher movie – let alone a franchise. The Windmill (AKA The Windmill...

Frightfest 2016 Interview: Patricio Valladares & Barry Keating

Although it wears its influences on its sleeve, it’s unlikely you’ve ever seen a movie quite like Downhill. The brainchild of Chilean director Patricio Valladares and Irish screenwriter Ba...

Frightfest 2016 Interview: Natalie Burn

Up-and-coming actress Natalie Burn has been quietly making a name for herself in eye-catching bit parts in the likes of Mechanic: Resurrection. But it’s her challenging role in the balls-to-the-...