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X-Entertainment’s First Horror Convention!

AHHHHH!Hello all! Hope you're enjoying your day off. There's a new article in town -- a massive two-page photo-essay on my first experience at a Horror Convention! We had a great time -- met Betsy Palmer, made Betsy Palmer sign a picture of her decapitated prop head and giggled when Betsy Palmer kept interrupting the guy who played Jason for three seconds in the first F13 movie. Lots of Freddy, Pinhead and other horror icons were also there to make this weekend one we won't soon forget. Admission: Article is really, really long and kind of all over the place, so bear with it.

In other news, this latest article is the last to be posted within X-E's long-running Christmas layout. I'm looking at the new design now -- Brian's just tweaking it up. I'm using it to introduce a couple of new features to the site that'll help keep the place alive during weekdays, since I think we can safely say that I have no time to write these EPICS after work. In short, better times are ahead for the site, and I thank all of you who've stuck by it during the eternal holiday season. You will all be rewarded with candy canes.

Posted by Matt on 05/30/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 133 comments

WOW! Far way better than any Treckie convention I’ve been to. Big Props to ya Matt. Great story.

Chestnuts roasted by Mexi-Can @ 05/31/2005 12:29 PM

I went to an Anime con that was in the same convention center as some sort of Christian youth group retreat…most of the people were really nice. I think they would have been much more interesting at the Horror convention, though.

Chestnuts roasted by Shiamir @ 05/31/2005 12:50 PM

Woohooo finally a new layout. I thought christmas was going to run all the way to halloween. Cause Matt I know you wouldn’t keep christmas around for halloween…

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 05/31/2005 12:57 PM

Bravo Matt, well worth the wait.

How did you resist that $10 Greedo figure standing behind Granok?

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 05/31/2005 2:22 PM

Thanks for another great article, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Christopher @ 05/31/2005 2:34 PM

I got school credit for volunteering at a horror convention last year.

One of the guests was some trailer trash 50′s scream queen who refused to believe that she was 60 and not 20 something. She had enough plastic surgery to choke a horse, and wore ugly revealing clothing.
I actually saw this woman take a smoke off her cigarette, drink her beer, then drop the cigarette in the can and take another swig of beer. UGH!

Chestnuts roasted by Anne Packrat @ 05/31/2005 2:36 PM

I remember I tried Absinth once. It definitely had that funky green color and did have a licorice type taste to it. I took only one shot and it BURNED going down…then about 10 minutes later, and this has to be the strangest way liquor has ever hit me, starting at my feet was this really fuzzy feeling that traveled straight up my body! Normally I feel the alcohal in my head first and then it travels down….it was quite an experience, even doing straight shots of everclear doesn’t even compare.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 05/31/2005 2:55 PM

P.S. Kudos on the old school Castlevania skeleton and Legend of Zelda bats!!!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 05/31/2005 2:57 PM

Loved the Horror Con. I live in the middle of Michigan, so the only Cons that come within 3 hours of us are of the comic book variety, and it’s nothing more than the your local dealers in a different town.

Chestnuts roasted by Rayzak @ 05/31/2005 4:05 PM

I enjoyed the article. Never been to a convention of any kind before. I wanted to go to a Star Trek convention when I was younger but my mom refused to take me. Looking back on it, I think I’m grateful.

And like phunqsauce mentioned, I got a kick out of the Castlevania skeleton at the top of the page(s). It’s like the first thing I noticed :)

That’s sad, isn’t it?

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 05/31/2005 4:16 PM

first thing i noticed too

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 05/31/2005 4:54 PM

May I suggest again that we all send pictures of ourselves to Matt so he can make little paper dolls and have a X-E convention in his apartment. Then he can write an article on how our little avatars behaved themselves during the First Annual X-E Poster Children Gathering and Paper Doll Bowling Tournament. With a special prize going to the one who gets attacked by his cats first.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 05/31/2005 5:04 PM

Hey just wondering Matt…

Did you actually dish out the 20 year old cans of Ninja Turtle and Pac Man Chef Boyardee to the winners of the essay contests?

Still have any of the Hi-C Bubble Gum?

Just some lingering questions I had…Oh, and the skeletons kick ass too!

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 05/31/2005 5:20 PM

A few years back, Halloween 2002. Clemson University had Pin Head come and meet with the students. I got to go meet him, as well as getting him to side my Hellraiser comics and taking pictures with my ex and me. It was great! He was a wonderful guy, and did a few things on stage for us too.

Chestnuts roasted by Nahim @ 05/31/2005 5:38 PM

Isn’t absinth illegal in the US?

Chestnuts roasted by Kris @ 05/31/2005 6:04 PM

Nice work and nice review!

Chestnuts roasted by Matthew @ 05/31/2005 6:59 PM

I got one of those Freddy dolls for my sixth birthday and just like the one Matt bought it started to have some sort of fit after a few months. One day it was growling at normal speeds and then it started to speak at high rates in gutteral tongues. The only parts of it I still have are it’s head, hat and sweater. It’s voicebox went the way of the buffalo and my talking Alf’s voicebox.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike Kane @ 05/31/2005 7:08 PM

A little update concerning the whole Jason vs. Jason feud between Steve Dash and Warrington Gillette that you mentioned. Gillette made the apology, and Dash somewhat accepted it, but after a posting made by the stunt coordinator for Friday II also claimed Gillette to be a liar, he took back the acceptance of the apology. His last words thus far to Gillette: "Warrington you suck!!"

Chestnuts roasted by SkyDog @ 05/31/2005 8:05 PM

Yeah, it’s pretty nuts over there. Not in a good way. :) But check out some of the other forums there — much breezier.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 05/31/2005 8:09 PM

The Holiday season starts after Halloween…what’s that…5 months? You might as well just keep the decorations at this point…

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 05/31/2005 8:34 PM

Nah, from now on, instead of redoing the entire main page, we’ll vamp only a section of it — so we don’t repeat our current situation. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 05/31/2005 8:36 PM

Erik,

Sorry I missed the excitement. My only real tidbit of advice is to pack light for the hospital. We (Mrs. Manimal) took too much (worrying about how she looked when people came to the hospital when in reality no one cared). It is such a surreal event anyway. I remember every detail of the day and it just kinda washes over you. Still probably the only new dad to flip between the inauguration/CHARLOTTES WEB/and the THS of Jerry Lewis while is wife and baby slept the day after delivery.
Kingklash, your paper doll idea repels AND intrigues…..

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 05/31/2005 9:25 PM

I went to that Con too. It was my first Horror con but I am sure it won’t be my last. I only live around an hour away and was only there from the opening on Saturday till around 3am in the morning after helping my friends who were in the Rocky show clean up. The only thing I spent my money on was getting my copy of Killer Clowns signed by the creators. Also, in case any of the fans out there wanted to go, there is another convention in August. http://www.monstermania.net/Convention4.htm

Chestnuts roasted by Speak @ 05/31/2005 9:47 PM

^oh, at that con, Danielle Harris from Halloween 4 & 5 will be there! Hot stuff! Yeah!

Looks like that one is like a big Halloween reunion. Like 8 different Michael Myers’ and different bit characters…remember "Boom Box Boy" from Halloween 2? Yeah, he’ll totally be there! Kick ass.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 05/31/2005 10:17 PM

If you enjoyed Monster Mania, check out Chiller Theatre. Takes place a few times a year across from Giants Stadium and is 10 times better than Monster Mania.

Chestnuts roasted by Dave @ 05/31/2005 10:35 PM

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