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***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 2005 Horrorfind Weekend

AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! What a wonderful time we had this year!! First of all, a few days before the con, I was beyond thrilled to learn that Gaylen Ross would be attending!!! I was sooo excited about that.

Mom and I arrived at the hotel Friday super early (well, super early for us, lol, around 2pm) to attempt early check-in. Of course that wasn't happening, but ah well. We did get to check in like around 3:30 so it was all good. :)

We didn't go to the lines until a little after 4, because I didn't feel like using my standing-in-line energy so early into the con, lol. We got right in and immediately went to the dealer's rooms as the celeb room wasn't open yet. We went to the t-shirt counter and I finally got to see and chat with my long lost friend and brilliant artist, Chad Savage. Years ago when he lived in my area, I commissioned him to do this awesome portrait of me for my then-boyfriend-now-husband, Nathan :

We first went to the students of Tom Savini's FX school table, and mom got a cool voodoo head, then I got a mini Teddy Scare for Nathan, and we looked around a little more before heading up to the celeb room.

The first person I made a beeline for was Gaylen Ross. She was great! She was happy to see female fans, and talked with us for a little while. If that had been my only meeting at the con, I would have been happy, but everything got even better. She made a lot of references to shopping, and I had been previously warned not to mention Madman to her even though I wanted to, but I didn't. That kinda sucks because that is an old favorite that Mom and I used to watch when I was little, but I wasn't going to risk a bad experience. I also ended up getting one of the cool shopping bags she had at the table. :) She said she hasn't been back to the mall because she doesn't want to see all the changes. After that, she was one of the few celebs that every time we walked by her table she would shout out a "Hi!" to us, which was awesome! (I am such a loser, lol, but I love it!!) Another thing I noticed different this year was most of the celebs immediately introduced themselves to us and asked our names and shook hands and asked how our weekend was going, etc., which was great. Anyway, Gaylen let me videotape her a little bit and we went to the next celeb.

FELISSA ROSE!! She could not have been any more kind and talkative and warm, it was amazing. As soon as she found out we were mother-daughter, she was so excited and we talked for awhile. This was another movie that was an extreme favorite of ours when I was little, and we were sooo thrilled!! She explained that her mother was at the con as well, and also her newborn beautiful daughter, which she brought out later. She asked us all sorts of questions (a celeb asked US question, lol) about our backgrounds and such, and did fun stuff for the camcorder, and finally, of course upon my request, made "the face" for me when we had our picture taken. As well as Gaylen, she too, would call us out by name whenever we passed by her.

We then went by the Ladies of the Evil Dead table. Only Betsy and Sarah were there, as Ellen and Hal were having trouble getting in that night due to airline strikes. They were a riot, though, I had them sign a copy of Evil Dead Companion for our friend Az because he couldn't be there, due to the fact that he was watching Mom's house while we were gone. They did a personal message to him via my camcorder and they were hysterical! I then told them I wanted them to sign a pic for me, and when Betsy asked how I spell that, I said "M-E" (LOL, lame!!!!) and they laughed and said I should sitting back there with them, lol! Again, those two would call us out whenever we passed by, most of the lady celebrities at this year's con were so great!!

Then we met John Kassir, who was beyond cool!! He did the Cryptkeeper for the cam and kept us laughing so much!! We then met Eugene "Big Daddy" Clark, and he was very nice. After that was Ashley Laurence, and she was very nice, but a couple of Comic Book Guys pushed me aside to get close to her, lol, so the time was short with her. Eileen Dietz was cool, although she remarked so much about not having to personalize stuff so we could sell stuff on ebay, I was getting a teensy uncomfortable. She had these cool cans of Captain Howdy Split Pea Soup, so I had to get that, lol. Sid Haig was amazing to meet, lol, he was sooo intimidating but it was real cool, lol!! We then met Russ Streiner, and he was so awesome, we chatted with him for a long time, and of course he did "They're coming to get you, Courtney" for my cam. Jeffrey Combs was great, very quiet, but very nice too.

We were pretty tired, so we didn't really head back to the celeb room until the next day. The first thing we did was get in line for Angus Scrimm and Don Coscarelli. We noticed along the way, that the Bruce Campbell line next to us was the biggest line we had ever seen for anyone, it was massive!!! While in line to meet Angus and Don, Bruce came out and he was so funny! His hair was a bit longer, and he looked great! We met Don first, and he really was just about the nicest, most sweetest celeb I have ever met! After that, was Angus (one of the biggest thrills of my life), and he was very gracious and very soft spoken, however he did make his trademark face and "Booooyyyy!!" for the cam!!

We then hit the Evil Dead table to finish up the Evil Dead Companion for Az with Ellen Sandweiss and Hal Delrich. Ellen did a message to Az for the cam, and then we went to Ken Foree's table, and he was sweet as usual. We then returned to Felissa's table so Mom could get a pic, and Felissa again did "The Face" this time for my cam in case the pic didn't come out, lol. We went to Tom Sullivan's Evil Dead Museum, and it was incredible, so cool to look at everything!! He was really nice!! Finally, I said I wouldn't but I DID end up stopping by Tom Savini's table, lol, this time I only got the David Letterman video :).

Mike once again did an incredible job with the Horrorfind. And now, on to the large amount of pics!:

Gaylen Ross:
**Gaylen appeared as Frannie in Dawn of the Dead and as Becky in Creepshow**

Me and Gaylen, what a great lady!!

Gaylen's Official Site: http://www.grfilmsinc.com/main.html

Felissa Rose:
**Felissa is best known as Angela in the movies Sleepaway Camp, and upcoming Return to Sleepaway Camp**

Me and Felissa Rose. AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Felissa's Official Site: http://www.geocities.com/felissarose2002/
Sleepaway Camp movies Official Site: http://www.angelfire.com/retro/officialsleepaway2/campfront.html

Jeffrey Combs:
**Jeffrey Combs is a horror veteran mostly appearing in Lovecraft movies, most notably in the Re-Animator series**

Me and Jeffrey Combs!

Jeffrey's Official Site: http://www.jeffreycombs.com/

Eugene Clark:
**Eugene is most famous for his portrayal of Big Daddy, lead zombie, in the latest installment of the Romero Dead series, Land of the Dead**

Me and Eugene, so awesome!!!

Land of the Dead Official Site: http://www.landofthedeadmovie.net/

John Kassir:
**John is a great voice actor, most known for his voice work for the Cryptkeeper**

He was soooo funny!!!!

This is pretty cool, it is a list of his voice work: http://voices.fuzzy.com/actor.idc?actor_id=62

Sid Haig:
**Sid Haig is a veteran actor with tone of credits spanning way back and most recently appeared in the House of 1,000 Corpses movies, Kill Bill: Volume 2, and Jackie Brown**

AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Sid's Official Site: http://www.sidhaig.com/

Russ Streiner:
**Russ is most famous for his role as Johnny in Night of the Living Dead**

Me and Russ, lol!

Eileen Dietz:
**Eileen is best known as Linda Blair's stunt double in The Exorcist**

Me and Eileen

Eileen's Official Site: http://www.eileendietz.com/

Ashley Laurence:
**Ashley is best known for starring in the Hellraiser series**

Me and Ashley!

Comic Book Guy #1 that shoved me out of the way to get to Ashley

Ashley's Official Site: http://www.ashleylaurence.com/

Angus Scrimm & Don Coscarelli:
**Don is the brilliant director behind the Phantasm series and the recent Bubba Ho-Tep and Angus is best known as The Tall Man in the Phantasm series**

Me and Angus!!!!!

Angus, me and Don (Don said he liked my Bub shirt)

Phantasm Official Site: http://www.phantasm.com/

Ladies of the Evil Dead:
**THEY ARE THE LADIES FROM THE EVIL DEAD!!!**

Betsy (Linda), Ellen (Cheryl) and Sarah (Shelley)

Ladies of the Evil Dead Official Site: http://www.ladiesoftheevildead.com/

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 and most recently, The Devil's Rejects**

Ken, cool and sweet as usual!

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

Tom Sullivan:
**Tom Sullivan is an artist and master of special effects from the Evil Dead series**

He was so sweet!!!

Tom's Official Site: http://www.darkageproductions.com/

Tom Savini:
**Tom Savini is actor, stuntman and the godfather of special effects**

Tom!!!

Tom's Official Site: http://www.savini.com/

Chad Savage:
**Chad is an amazing artist and old friend, please I urge you to check out his wonderful work!**

Awwww!

Chad's Official Site: http://www.sinistervisions.com/

Our Ice Bucket:
**Our Ice Bucket appeared in room 1072 of the Hunt Valley Marriott**

The ice Bucket in our room!!