We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...

Oh who am I kidding?  We had two cups of coffee, a pen, two pads of paper, a camera, and our stuff in the trunk.  It was Friday morning, 6 am to be exact, and I pulled up to my friend Ryan’s house.  I was greeted by his camera flash.

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I didn't think I'd ever see it.  I thought it couldn't be done.  I considered it impossible.  But my friends at the Texas Frightmare have pulled off the biggest guest in all of conventions.

John Carpenter.

I don't know how TFW got him, but John Carpenter will be at their 2010 show.  Read that again.  John Carpenter.  Director of some of the greatest horror films of all time.  HALLOWEEN.  THE THING.  ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.  BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.  His earlier efforts read like a litany of horror's most accomplished films.  For the covention-goer, it doesn't get any bigger than this.

Here's TWF's press release.  If you have any love of horror, this is a tremendous to you:

 Join us April 30-May 2, 2010 in Dallas as Texas Frightmare Weekend salutes legendary filmmaker and composer John Carpenter! This movie maverick staggered audiences in 1978 by unleashing suburban boogeyman Michael Myers into our collective nightmares with Halloween. Carpenter's continued to chip away at frayed nerves with The Thing, Christine, The Fog and so many more, including fan-favorite Snake Plissken's misadventures in Escape From New York. We are tremendously honored John Carpenter has graciously accepted our invitation and we eagerly await his latest fright flick, The Ward!

Check out the TFW's site here for more guests! 

--Phil Fasso

 

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