The guests for Rue Morgue Magazine’s Festival of Fear have been announced, and they’ve certainly outdone themselves this time around.

Dario Argento – Rare public appearance by Legendary Horror Director of Suspiria
Malcolm McDowell – Alex in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
George A. Romero – Honoured Horror Director of Dawn of the Dead
H.G. Lewis – Acclaimed Horror Film Producer
Michael Biehn – Star of Terminator, Aliens and Grindhouse
Angela Bettis- Star of upcoming films, Red and Scar
Adrienne Barbeau – Revered actress and “Scream Queen”
Greg Nicotero – Award winning Special Effects and Make Up Artist
Basil Gogos – Award winning Horror Artist and Illustrator

The Festival of Fear is the only horror convention I have had the opportunity to attend, so I’m not really in any position to compare, but that looks incredibly kick ass to this guy. Usually I’m interested in a handful of people, but this time around they’ve really stacked the deck. In fact, my only real complaint is that there don’t seem to be any real interesting B-listers. And I mean B-listers in terms of mainstream popularity, not quantity. People like Jack Ketchum, Jeff Lieberman and David Hess, all of whom were announced as guests in years previous (even if some of them couldn’t attend). There are still a few names to be announced, so hopefully my need for sleaze will be satiated. Cough, Henenlotter, ahem.

Speaking of Rue Morgue, one of my favourite writers for that magazine got hitched over the weekend. Congratulations Paul and Alex! Now I know why you haven’t been able to contribute as often to the Horror Roundtable!

Finally, Rock ‘N Roll Nightmare was right. Toronto is happening, man. Here’s a sample of what’s coming up in June alone.

1 - Trash Palace, Toronto’s Classiest Theatre, presents Schizo.
4 - Cinematheque Ontario presents The Unholy Three.
15 - Friday Night Frights presents Andy Warhol’s Dracula.
21 - Rue Morgue Magazine’s Cinemacabre presents Deathdream.
22 - Friday Night Frights presents Death Race 2000.
22 - Trash Palace, Toronto’s Classiest Theatre, presents Frankenstein’s Daughter.
29 - Friday Night Frights presents C.H.U.D.

And now I only live an hour away. Take that, losers!

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