We attended last years Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC and I have to say it was a great show. Plenty of guests and fun all weekend. This year the show returns to The Blake Hotel March 22 – 24th. Check out their awesome guests list for this one…..
Danielle Harris has appeared in many film and tv projects from “One Life To Live” to the “Halloween” films. She has done voice over work as well as directing the film “Among Friends”. We first spoke with her several years ago at Scarefest in Lexington, Ky. We caught up with her again at Blood At The Beach last year and she told us what she has been up to since that first interview. Hope you enjoy my chat with Danielle Harris.
Sarah French is a model / actress from Minnesota. She got her first break when she was discovered at a metal concert. Since then she had done tons of modeling and acting in films. Her screen credits include Strip Club Slasher, Killer Biker Chicks, In Harm’s Way and Terror Overload as well as being featured in Gorezone and Girls and Corpses magazines. She also writes a scream queen column for Shock horror magazine as well. Head over to her page and welcome her to Monsters From The Basement!!!
I guess everyone has a favorite horror convention they like to attend. For us here at Monsters From The Basement it is our home town show, The Full Moon Tattoo And Horror Fest. Now in it’s 12th year this show gets better and better. Full Moon is put on by our friends Ben and Stacey Dixon and we look forward to it each and every year.
Click here to see more about the Full Moon Tattoo And Horror Fest
Viviana Chavez first got interested in acting while she was in high school after appearing in some school productions. She fell in love with being on stage and hasn’t stopped since then. She was cast as Miranda in the first season of the AMC hit show “The Walking Dead”. Since then she has had parts on “Homeland”, “Bethany” and “It’s Supernatural” as well as several web series. Viviana was a guest at the Full Moon Tattoo And Horror Fest this past fall. I was really happy to get the chance to interview her and had a great time with her. This is one lady that I think we will be seeing a lot more of in the future!
Kevin Galbraith never intended to get into acting, but he answered a casting call on Facebook and became a cast member of the hit AMC TV show “The Walking Dead”. Kevin has appeared in several scenes of the show as one of the walkers. He was the “swamp zombie” that Carl was throwing rocks at and was also the zombie that killed Dale as well as other scenes. Kevin was a guest at the Murfreesboro Anime And Comic Convention last month. We sit down and had a wonderful talk about the show, cast and his plans for the future. I hope you enjoy my interview with Kevin Galbraith.
My son, Julian and I had the pleasure of attending the second Days Of The Dead Convention in Atlanta Ga last weekend. Julian was really excited about meeting Kane Hodder and it was good to see him excited about going to a con that wasn’t anime related. Now, the first Days Of The Dead was in the Peachtree City area of Atlanta. This years hotel was in the heart of downtown Atlanta. It is one of the hosts hotels for Dragon Con so I was glad it was right off the interstate and we had been in the area before as well.
I love it when horror conventions feature cast reunions from my favorite films. This past fall, The Full Moon Tattoo And Horror Convention in Chattanooga, Tn did just that. Three of the stars of Phantasm, A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister and The Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm, along with director Don Coscarelli were guests at this show. I asked all four if they would be interested in doing interviews for Monsters From The Basement and they all said yes. Phantasm was a huge hit when it was released in 1979 and was followed with 3 sequels. The films have all became cult classics all over the world. Listen in as I talk with Reggie, Michael, Don and Angus as we talk about Phantasm as well as Don’s new film John Dies At The End. Hope you enjoy the Phantasm interviews!!
Well, it’s convention time again and the first big show of the year is Days Of The Dead in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the second year in a row that Adolfao Dorta and his staff have put on the show in Atlanta. We had a great time last year and this year promises to be even better. Check out the guest list which includes not one, not two, not three but four major movie reunions!!!
Special VIP Guest Ace Frehley – Guitar Legend
The reunion that I am the most excited about at this show is the Return Of The Living Dead Reunion. Return is my all time favorite horror movie and I can’t wait to see the cast again.
The cast members from Return Of The Living Dead attending Days Of The Dead are….
Linnea Quigley
Beverly Randolph
Thom Matthews
Jewel Shepard
Brian Peck
John Philbin
Allan Trautman AKA Tarman
Don Calfa
Clu Gulager
If that isn’t enough for you, how about two more reunions, The Devils Rejects and House Of 1000 Corpes
Featuring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Danny Trejo, Diamond Dallas Page, Ginger Lynn Allen, Michael Berryman, PJ Soles, Leslie Easterbrook, Jennifer Justin, Tom Towles, David Reynolds, Irwin Keys, Robert Mukes and Walter Phelan!!!
Also the stars of The Blair Witch Project!!!
Heather Donahue
Michael Williams
Joshua Leonard
The Blair Witch Project
Plus all of these stars as well!!
Patti Mullen – Frankenhooker
Dick Miller
Tony Todd
Gunner Hansen
Jake The Snake Roberts
Mickie James
Kane Hodder
Tom Savini
Mike Perez – Never Sleep Again & More Brains
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Stacey Dixon – Model, actress and promoter of Full Moon Tattoo And Horror Convention
Ben Dixon – Tattoo artist and promoter of Full Moon Tattoo And Horror Convention
Ari Lehman and his band First Jason
Michael Graves – The Misfits
Eerie Von – Danzig / Samhain
Chelan Simmons – Tucker And Dale Vs Evil
John Dugan – Texas Chainsaw Massacre
William Katt – Greatest American Hero, House and Carrie
Diane Goldner – Feast
John Gulager – Feast Trilogy
Butch Patrick – The Munsters
Marilyn Burns – Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Brian O’Halloran – Clerks, Clerks 2, Chasing Amy
Howard Sheman – Day Of The Dead
Sonya Thompson – The Walking Dead
Madison Lintz – The Walking Dead
Kylie Szymanski – The Walking Dead
James Balsamo – I Spill Your Guts
Plus Monsters Among Us
Impressed yet? I know I am. This promises to be one of the best conventions of 2013!!!
What are you waiting for? Click here to head over to the Days Of The Dead Website and check it out even further.
Marilyn Burns was an actress living in Texas when she landed the role of Sally in the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. After making that film she went on to appear in Helter Skelter, Eaten Alive and Future-Kill. In 2012, one of the Days Of The Dead Conventions featured a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reunion. Marilyn was one of the guest at that show and she was nice enough to sit down with me so I could ask her a few questions about her career and her memories of make the cult classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Sit in with me as I talk with Marilyn Burns.
Click here to listen to Marilyn’s interview
