PANEL, WORKSHOP & SCREENING SCHEDULE
SATURDAY PANEL SCHEDULE TIME ROOM
Axel, Psycho Head & More: Q&A with the Walking Dead's Lew Temple 12:00pm 201
Witchfinger Live Podcast Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! Come see YASMINA KETITA, MEGAN STINSON and MORGAN 12:00pm 203 LANDER LIVE and party with Ash and some Deadites in a screening of ARMY OF DARKNESS! So Hail to the King baby, and remember shop smart, shop S-Mart!
WRITING HORROR IN THE 21st CENTURY Rue Morgue’s MONICA S KUEBLER leads a discussion panel that looks at how horror literature is evolving nearly twenty years into the new millennium. What sorts of monsters scare contemporary readers? Do 12:00pm 204 the old tropes and beasties still work? What kinds of stories are editors looking for? How have #metoo and other recent movements affected the stories we tell? Plus: how to write strong women, how to add more diversity to your fiction (and reading list!), cliché-busting tips and more.
40 Years of Pet Sematary: Q&A with Pet Sematary's Miko Hughes 12:00pm 205
The Night He Came Home: Q&A with Halloween's Tony Moran 1:00pm 201
Rue Morgue TV Meet some of the personalities behind Rue Morgue’s popular YouTube channel and get a sneak peek 1:00pm 203 at coming episodes. Featuring host ANDREA SUBISSATI, The Rewind Zone’s YASMINA KETITA, Grim Reader’s MONICA S. KUEBLER and more!
Makeup 101: How to Rip Someone in Half! Sit in and witness this exciting panel showing how The Butcher Shop FX Studio uses practical effects 1:00pm 204 to rip someone on half!
Death is Coming: Q&A with Supernatural's Julian Richings 1:00pm 205
Conversations from Beyond: Live Q & A with Canada’s Best Psychic Medium, Lynn Nicholls Canada’s best psychic medium will field your questions about connecting with the other side, the human 2:00pm 201 spirit & more!
Screening: Quiet Room Bears Simon‘s weekend away renovating his cottage turns into a bloody nightmare of madness when he finds 2:00pm 203 a mysterious teddy bear at his front door that is not what it seems. Welcome to the world of the Quiet Room Bears.
Rufus Firefly: Q&A with House of 1,000 Corpses Robert Mukes 2:00pm 205
Makeup Tutorial with Craig Lindberg 2:30pm 204 Learn to apply the full face prosthetic from The Eye of the Beholder
Beers with Jason* 3:00pm 201
Introducing...Midnight Movie Society Horror cinema has long been fertile ground for creative ingenuity and boundary-pushing outrageousness, and Midnight Movie Society is a celebration of that legacy. Join Midnight Movie Society‘s Director of 3:00pm 203 Programming, ADRIANNA GOBER, for a discussion on how the new streaming service makes a home for the extreme, the fringe – horror on the margins.
The Ultimate Villain: Q&A with the Devil's Rejects' William Forsythe 3:00pm 205
The Women of Horror: Q&A with Scream Queens Linnea Quigley, Barbara Crampton 4:00pm 201 & Dee Wallace
Little Terrors Short Horror Film Showcase Rue Morgue and Unstable Ground‘s long-running short film festival presents 90 minutes of crazy genre 4:00pm 203 mayhem, culled from the best of last season‘s selections. Come see what the future of the horror genre has to offer! SATURDAY PANEL SCHEDULE (CONTINUED) TIME ROOM
Taxidermy Workshop Join taxidermy artist/darling of the dead ANKIXA RISK along with NIGHTTIME NICHOLAS and JEREMY 4:00pm 204 JOHNSON for a discussion on death positivity, memento mori options and sourcing ethical and sustainable specimens.
Nemesis Unleashed: Q&A with Resident Evil's Matthew G. Taylor 4:00pm 205
From Texas to Hell: Q&A with Horror Icon Bill Moseley 5:00pm 201
Dwellers Q&A with Producer David Ellefson & Director/Actor Drew Fortie 5:00pm 203
TERROR IN THE CARDS: Tarot in Horror Rue Morgue’s resident diviner LAURA HOKSTAD takes a look at the use of tarot cards in horror, and 5:00pm 204 addresses whether the readings given in films like THE EXORCIST III, DEAD ALIVE, and DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORROR make the grade.
From Haddonfield to Texas: Q&A with Halloween's Sasha Jenson 5:00pm 205 SUNDAY PANEL SCHEDULE TIME ROOM
The Saw is Family: Q&A with Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘s RA Mihailoff & John Dugan 12:00pm 201
Play Dead Join Rue Morgue Games Editor EVAN MILLAR for a comprehensive look at the early days of horror in 12:00pm 203 video games. Find out which noteworthy titles made the genre what it is today, plus a special selection of obscure gems guaranteed to get you in the Halloween spirit!
Makeup 101: A Beginner‘s Guide to Lifecasting Using lifecasting materials, watch and learn how The Butcher Shop Fx Studio takes impressions of the 12:00pm 204 body just like they would on a Hollywood style film. Using alginate, they‘ll show you how to safely life cast a hand!
History of Horror Soundtracks Join Blood on Black Wax authors AARON LUPTON and JEFF SZPIRGLAS as they do a deep dive into horror 12:00pm 205 soundtracks, exploring the best, the boldest, and the most unusual and sharing their top picks. Plus: bring your copy of the book or Prom Night 7-inch soundtrack to get signed!
Cannibals in the Nevada Desert: Q&A with the Hills Have Eyes‘ Michael Berryman 1:00pm 201
Screening: Revenge of the Slasher 1:00pm 203
I Wanna Be Sedated: Q&A with The Ramones‘ Marky Ramone 1:00pm 205
Makeup Tutorial with Craig Lindberg Watch Craig Lindberg demonstrate the way to do typical wounds such as black eyes, burns, small wounds 1:30pm 204 & the creation & application of water.
Camp Crystal Lake Revisted: Q&A with Friday the 13th‘s Kane Hodder, Ari Lehman, 2:00pm 201 Lar Park Lincoln & Terry Kiser
Frights For Tykes With the big screen adaptation of Goosebumps, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and even shows like Stranger Things, there‘s a thirst for horror for younger audiences. Join writers JEFF 2:00pm 203 SZPIRGLAS (Tales From Beyond the Brain), MONICA S. KUEBLER (Bleeder), and MARINA COHEN (The Doll‘s Eye), along with illustrator STEVEN P. HUGHES (Tales From Beyond The Brain) as they explore a genre that’s always enthralled youngsters (and proved divisive amongst parents and librarians!).
The Djinn From Hell: Q&A with Wishmaster‘s Andrew Divoff 3:00pm 201
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