Halloween: 45 Years of Terror Convention (2023)

 

Since the 40 Years of Terror Convention, Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022) were all released.  Three new films meant a slew of new guests for the David Gordon Green trilogy.  In addition, Brent Le Page, Gwen Van Dam, Jennifer Rhodes and Jadeen Barbor were welcome first timers as well as fan favorites like Nick Castle, PJ Soles, Dick Warlock and Danielle Harris.  While a certain Scream Queen was absent, the convention saw its first appearance by Master of Horror John Carpenter!  Panel discussions provided some interesting and humorous anecdotes in between perusing the plethora of vendors with merchandise of all things Halloween.

Friday, September 29, 2023

Horror's Hallowed Grounds Bus Tour

In keeping with tradition, the Horror's Hallowed Grounds Bus Tour kicked off the weekend festivities.  I was fortunate to be asked back as a tour guide and led Bus #6.  With new bus restrictions, a lot more walking was required this time around - 9.2 miles to be exact.  Everyone was a trooper and a lot of people got to see the filming locations for the first time.  The standard route included locations from Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) and Halloween (2007).

Saturday, September 30 & Sunday, October 1, 2023

Gwen Van Dam - Nurse, TV Version of Halloween (1978)

Jennifer Rhodes - Nurse, TV Version of Halloween (1978)

Brent Le Page - Lonnie, Halloween (1978)

Tom Morga - The Shape, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Halloween (1978) Panel

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) Panel

Michael Myers Panel 

David Gordon Green Trilogy Panel

John Carpenter Panel

In keeping with tradition, I always get the post convention blues.  Months of anticipation and it's over in a flash.  But it was another great experience meeting new cast and crew from the franchise as well as fellow fans.  With the news that Miramax has won the rights to the franchise, it will be interesting to see where it goes as we head toward the big 5 0.

Related Locations:

Halloween (1978) ,  Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982),  Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998), Halloween (2007), Halloween II (2009), Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021), Halloween Ends (2022), Halloween: 25 Years of Terror Convention (2003), Halloween: 30 Years of Terror Convention (2008), Jamie Lee Curtis Horrorhound Weekend (2012), Halloween: 35 Years of Terror Convention (2013), Halloween: 40 Years of Terror Convention (2018)