Fright Fest Panel discussions
FX – R.J. Haddy Sci Fi Face Off, Monster Man’s Cleve Hall and Jim O’Rear
Horror and why we love being scared – Kane Hodder, Ari Lehman of Friday the 13th, Eugene Clark of George Romero’s Land of the Dead, Christopher Saint Booth filmmaker , Drew R. Varick of American Horror Story: Freakshow,
Paranormal Q&A – Sci Fi’s Ghost Hunters Grant Wilson, Dave Tango, Steve Gonzalves, Aaron Sagers of Travel Channel’s Paranormal Paparazzi , Katrina Weidman of Paranormal Lockdown, Daniel Klaes, Adam Kimmell, Chad Lindberg, Harry Dolan and Brian McCauley of Demon Files, author Christopher DiCesare and star of SyFy Channel’s “School Spirits”. Panel hosted by paranormal author Angel Vaow and Ernest Robinson
Vampire Among Us – Dacre Stoker, John Edgar Browning, Lord Chaz, E.R. Vernor, Kevin Eads, Rosemary Ellen Guiley Clay Gilbert (moderator)
Ah! Zombies! –Lew Temple, Bishop Stevens, Santiago Cirilio, Moses Moseley and Theshay West of the Walking Dead and Eugene Clark, of George Romero’s Land of the Dead
Daughters of Horror – Sara Karloff and Victoria Price discuss their lives and growing up as the daughters of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price
Serial Killers – Confessions of the Milwaukee Cannibal author Brian Ward, author Kenny Sills, Kane Hodder, Ari Lehman of Friday the 13th, author Steve Giannangelo author of Real-Life Monsters: A Psychological Examination of the Serial Murderer moderated by John Borowski
Masquerade ball and Scream Queen Pin up contest Sunday after the event! 8:00pm
Fright Fest presenters
Dacre Stoker – The author of Dracul will be doing three presentations.
1. Stoker on Stoker, The Mysteries Behind the Writing of Dracula. 80 mins. Bram Stoker’s life and the “perfect storm” of how he came to write one of the most famous books in English literature.
2. Even Immortals Have Their Beginnings, The Research and Writing of Dracul by Dacre Stoker and JD Barker. The story behind how two International bestselling authors teamed up to write the Bram Stoker Estate authorized prequel to Dracula.
3. What’s Vlad Got to Do with it? Dacre brings the audience on a visual tour of modern day Transylvania to visit places associated with both the historic Vlad Dracula lll and the fictional Count Dracula.
Scary Critters Fact or Fiction – Dani Dracanea model and creature wrangler for several horror films such as Eloise, along with husband Ragnar Dracaena.
Lure of the Vampire – Bertena Varney, vampire author and professor discusses the vampire in pop Culture
Shetan Noir – Cryptozoology of the great lakes region. An in depth look at the many different cryptid creatures from the great lakes states.
Ken Gerhard Monster Quest and National Geographic star – Cryptids of America
Daniel Klaes – The Hinsdale House owner and author speaks on his location that has been featured on the hit TV series Paranormal Lockdown, radio host (Phenomena Encountered) on the Crossroads Radio Network.
Katrina Art – Performance and demo on sword dancing
Coyote Chris Sutton –
Jonathan McCoy – paranormal author lectures “Paranormal Exposed.” All about starting off as an investigator.
Vicki and Shauana Paranoirmal Geeks Radio –
Keith Age – to be announced
