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Classic horror icons descend on
Toronto
Toronto, CANADA – Halloween will be coming early this
August, when Rue Morgue, Canada’s premiere horror magazine, and Hobby Star
Marketing bring back THE RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR Canadian National Horror
Expo for its second annual run. The country’s powerhouse genre event will
invade the Metro Toronto Convention Centre the weekend of August 26-28, 2005 as
part of Canada’s National Expo (along with ComiCon, CNAnime, SFX and
GamesX), and is expected to draw in excess of 25,000+ genre fans.
Rue
Morgue is proud to announce that the Guest of Honour for the 2005 Rue
Morgue Festival of Fear will be legendary author/filmmaker CLIVE BARKER
(Hellraiser, Candyman, Nightbreed, Books of Blood). Joining him will be
special guests ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK (a.k.a. Cassandra Peterson),
LINDA BLAIR (The Exorcist) and TONY TODD
(Candyman), along with ELIJAH WOOD (The Lord of the Rings, Sin
City), splatter superstar GUNNAR HANSEN (the original Leatherface
from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ‘74) and cult horror icon KEN
FOREE (Dawn of the Dead, The Devil’s Rejects).
Also
appearing will be Canada’s original scream queen MARGOT KIDDER
(The Amityville Horror, Black Christmas), JAMES MARSTERS (Spike
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Johnny the Homicidal Maniac creator
JHONEN VASQUEZ, cult horror filmmaker JEFF LIEBERMAN (Squirm,
Blue Sunshine), LIVING DEAD DOLL creators Ed Long and
Damien Glonek, world renowned horror tattoo artist BOB TYRRELL,
special effects wizard FRED VOGEL from Toe Tag Pictures (August
Underground’s Mordum), House on Haunted Hill’s JANET
TRACY KEIJSER, horror novelists BRIAN KEENE (The Rising),
NANCY KILPATRICK (Power of Blood series), SEPHERA GIRON
(House of Pain), and many more!
“Last year’s show
exceeded expectations,” commented Rod Gudino, Rue Morgue
Editor-in-Chief and Festival of Fear coordinator. “The pressure is on to
bring in a bigger and better show. We plan to meet the
challenge.”
RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR Canadian National Horror
Expo 2005 will also feature the premier performance of Nightmare Picture
Theatre (performed by James Fisher and directed by Rue Morgue founder and
editor Rod Gudino) and the legendary Nash the Slash performing live to
Robert Wiene’s classic Expressionist masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari. All this and exclusive parties, intimate and interactives, horror
film screenings, autograph sessions, dealer tables and much
more!
Previous guests of the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear include
George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow), Alejandro Jodorowsky
(Santa Sangre), Doug Bradley (Pinhead from the Hellraiser
movies), Kane Hodder (Jason from the Friday the 13th movies), Tom Savini
(Day of the Dead, Dusk Till Dawn), Bill Moseley (House of 1000
Corpses) and many, many more.
Currently, Rue Morgue is one of
the leading genre magazines in the world, and hosts a series of offshoot
events, including Rue Morgue Presents CineMacabre (a monthly screening
of new, rare, classic and cult horror films in Toronto’s legendary Bloor
Cinema) and its ever popular Halloween Bash. Rue Morgue has also
developed its in-house initiatives Rue Morgue Records and Rue Morgue
Radio.
Hobby Star Marketing was founded in 1992 as one
of Canada's premiere sports and entertainment marketing agencies.
For
more info please visit
www.rue-morgue.com/festival.php or
www.canadiannationalexpo.com, or contact RUE
MORGUE Magazine at info@rue-morgue.com .
News item submitted by Rue
Morgue
Posted May 10, 2005 by Dem
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