***OKAY, SLIGHTLY NEW FORMAT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHICH MOVIES CERTAIN HORROR CELEBS ARE FROM, SO I AM GOING TO START PUTTING A LITTLE INFO NEXT TO THEIR NAMES. BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE MOST FAMOUS FOR.***

August 2003 Horrorfind Weekend

Well, I had a little bit of the scare there, and it was looking like we weren't going to make it this year due to my developing some health problems, but I decided to put off the health problems and get it taken care of at a later date, lol. To be more specific I developed a Pilonidal Cyst at the base of my spine (eeeewww!). I was going to have it surgically removed before the Fall semester of school started, but then figured the way the operation would go, I don't think I would have recovered by then anyway, and it has only been infected once so far. If it becomes infected again, then I will have the surgery, but why go through all that pain if it may not ever be infected again? There ya have it, some fascinating gross stuff for ya, lol.

Okay, well it has been a little while since I wrote the above paragraph, in fact, it is now after the convention and I am home and happy. I do still have to have the surgery it turns out, but it will be this Thursday, and I hopefully will have the time to recover before the Fall Semester begins September 3rd. But ENOUGH ABOUT THAT!!!! Let's get on to this year's Horrorfind Convention :)

Raven, my mother and myself arrived at the Marriott around 4pm Friday. There was absolutely no wait to have our tickets checked and wristbands in place, which was wonderful. We waited until 5pm for the convention to start and were immediately let in, and of course, headed straight to the celebrity room. The first horror icon in line was Gunnar Hansen. He was incredibly warm and talkative and even made little "Grrr" noises when we had our pics taken with him. Next were Doug Bradley and Ken Foree. Raven was meeting Doug, as I had met him previously, and I had a great time as usual with Ken Foree.
All along the next wall were a bunch of the celebs from George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Mom met and spoke with the Cooper's first, and "Harry Cooper" commented on how much he liked the dragon on Raven's shirt. He was extremely warm. Also from NOTLD there was "Johnny", some guy named John Russo sitting next to him (lol), the first zombie and "Barbra". Judith was INCREDIBLE!! She was sooo nice and talkative and lively, she had to be one of my most favorite people I ever met.
We then went to meet Reggie, and I explained to him that Raven was the girl I had him address to the camcorder for me two years prior, he immediately got up to hug her, and as he did, her spiked piercing sunk into his shoulder! He laughed and made a bunch of jokes about how deadly she was, and Raven still to this moment, feels terrible about it (but I don't think she should, it was a memorable experience and it wasn't like he was curled on the floor reeling in pain, it was cute). While we were standing at Reg's table I notice David Naughton across the room and almost fell over, I couldn't wait to meet him! He was very sweet and a little disturbed by my behavior I think, lol. We then met Tony Todd, and he was amazing, so incredibly friendly!
Of course, and I am sure anyone who attended and met this next person would be quick to agree, that the most fun celebrity to meet was indeed Mr. Bill Moseley. He had everyone in stitches during his antics. He performed so many hysterical bits for my camcorder we were dying! He was so animated and hysterical, just meeting him alone would have been fun. I got three pics from him, one each from Night of the Living Dead '90, Texas Chainsaw 2, and House of 1,000 Corpses, and on each one he wrote a great line from each movie and performed each line while doing so. What fun!
Everybody else we were to meet the next day, so when we arrived on Saturday, we immediately got into line for Alice Cooper. We finally got to meet him after a relatively (but not too bad, it was a longer wait for Bruce Campbell) long wait, and he was incredible! Mom said to him "This feels like Christmas meeting you!", and when he saw that Raven had a copy of Monster Dog for him to sign, he went on to explain how handsome he thought he was in that movie, lol. I pointed out the tattoo on my arm and jokingly said, "This is supposed to be you where the smudge is (the tattoo is somewhat disintegrating)" and he said, "That is okay, my face is pretty much a smudge now anyway!" NOTE TO ALICE: Don't say that, you look great!!!!!
After that I met Dee Wallace and she was very funny and warm, and then Raven finally got to meet Tom Savini, whom we hadn't realized was there the night before, because his table was downstairs with the vendors.

Mike once again did a knockout stellar job with the Horrorfind and deserves much praise for holding it all together like he does. Please keep it up and cannot wait for future wonderful potential memories to be had. And now, on to the large amount of pics!:

Gunnar Hansen:
**Gunnar is most famous for his portrayel of Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre**

On the left, Raven meets her first celeb, and is damn happy! Me and Gunnar on the right, he was very talkative and discussed future film projects he has in mind, as well as the wonderful "Grrr" noise he would make while having our pictures taken with him, lol!

Gunnar's Official Site: http://www.gunnarhansen.com/

Doug Bradley:
**Doug is best known as his recurring role of Pinhead from the Hellraiser series**

Raven and Doug.

Doug's Official Site: http://www.dougbradley.co.uk/

Ken Foree:
**Ken Foree played Peter Washington in Dawn of the Dead, and has also appeared in several TV Shows and other movies such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3: Leatherface**

On the left, Ken and Raven...and on the RIGHT, LOL!!!!!! Me and Ken in what has to be the ultimate replacement to what I thought was the goofiest picture ever taken of me and a celeb (Tom Savini and myself Horrorfind '01, go look, you will laugh very hard, lol)!! I literally peed myself laughing when I saw this pic! I look like Lily Tomlin doing the phone operator lady ("One ringy dingy, Two ringy dingy") and Ken just looks...it is too funny!!!! As usually, he was one of the warmest and friendliest people I ever had the pleasure to meet, and I am sorry Ken if you see this pic posted, but you have to admit it is soooo funny! I always want to run home and watch Dawn or Leatherface when I meet and talk to him, he just makes you feel so comfortable, and with the exception of Tom Savini and Reggie Bannister, he is the only celeb that I have talked to every single time he appeared at a convention that I was at.

Ken's Official Site: http://www.kenforee.us/

Night of the Living Dead Reunion:

Top left is myself and Marilyn Eastman and Karl Hardman who portrayed Helen and Harry Cooper. In the middle is myself and Judith O'Dea who portrayed Barbra, and top right is Mom and Russ Streiner who played Johnny. Below is Mom and Bill Hinzman who portrayed the cemetary ghoul in the opening of Night. All were wonderful, warm, and gracious!

Reggie Bannister:
**Reg is most famous for his recurring role as Reggie the ice cream man/bad-ass avenger in the Phantasm series, but has also made appearances in Wishmaster and the up and coming Bubba Ho-Tep**

On the left, Reg and Raven discussing the aftermath of her inadvertantly piercing his shoulder, and on the far right a beautiful pic of them together.

Reggie's Link: http://www.reggiebannister.com/

David Naughton:
**David is most famous for his role in An American Werewolf in London, as well as appearing in a multitude of other movies and television shows including John Carpenter's Body Bags and the TV show My Sister Sam**

I think I scared him. He was sweet, though, lol.

Tony Todd:
**Tony is most famous for his recurring role as The Candyman, but has also appeared in many, many other movies such as The Crow and Night of the Living Dead 1990**

On the left, Tony and Raven, and on the right, Tony and myself. Incredibly warm and easy going!

Tony's Link: http://alwheaties.com/Tony_Todd.html

Bill Moseley:
**Bill is most recently famous for his portrayal of everyone's favorite psycho Otis in House of 1,000 Corpses, but is also well known by his legion of fans as the unforgettable Chop Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2**

A collage of pics of myself, Raven and Bill. Read my review above about how incredibly fun and fantastic this guy was...and CUTE too!

Bill's Link: http://www.choptopsbbq.com/pages/chophp.html?

Dee Wallace Stone:
**Dee has been in a zillion horror movies, that most memorably include The Howling, Hills Have Eyes, and more recently The Frighteners**

Very sweet and funny too!

Dee's Link: http://www.deewallacestone.com/

Tom Savini:
**Tom has a vast career and huge following starting with his career in the special effects. His effects can be seen in various movies like Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, Friday the 13th Parts 1-4, and many many more. He also had a role in Knightriders as an actor as well as playing Sex Machine in From Dusk Til Dawn**

Raven and Tom! Yowsah!!

Tom's Link: http://www.savini.com/

ALICE COOPER:
**Do I really need to do this for Alice "Freaking" Cooper?!**

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol, Middle top is my me in all my goofiness after meeting the man. Below left is Raven patiently waiting in line to meet Mr. Cooper. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alice's Link: http://www.alicecooper.com/

Some random pics from our experience:

So there ya have it, another incredible convention!!!!!