TBT: Horror Stars Autographs Part 2

 Horror Stars Autographs Part 2.

Lisa Loring

Lloyd Kaufman. I emailed him and he sent me this autograph.

Michael Berryman

I made this printout for him to sign.

Pat Priest and Butch Patrick

Robert Englund

Sara Karloff. Daughter of Boris.

Son of Ghoul. Local horror host.

Superhost. Local horror host legend!

John Zacherle/Zacherley

I brought this album for him to sign.

I bought his latest CD (at the time) and he signed it.

TBT: Horror Stars Autographs Part 1

I've met a bunch of horror stars over the years at different conventions I've attended. I'm gonna split this into two posts since I have so many. 

Basil Gogos

I printed out this picture and had him sign it.

He also signed this CD insert. It was previously signed by Rob Zombie.

Ben Chapman

He signed this mini poster. It is also signed by Ricou Browning.

Big Chuck and Lil' John. Local horror hosts.

Chuck also signed his biography for me.

Bob Burns with the cane head from the original Wolfman movie.

He signed this photo from the Ghost Busters.

Brinke Stevens

Conrad Brooks. I don't think I took a picture him.

He also talked me into buying this DVD from him.

Donnie Dunagun

Forrest J. Ackerman

Kane Hodder. I took a picture of him, but lost
all of the photos from that event to a computer crash.

R.I.P. John Zacherle

Sad news. Legendary horror host Zacherley has died. I met him at the Monster Bash back in 2006. 

"Good night, whatever you are!"

Zacherley and me.

From the WFMU blog:

The great John Zacherle, known to generations of horror fans as Zacherley, "The Cool Ghoul," has passed away at 98. The news came tonight as author Tom Weaver, a close friend of the Zacherle family, began informing colleagues of the the sad news, and an outpouring of tributes has already begun across the internet. 

A veteran of World War II, Zacherle started working at WCAU in Philadelphia in 1954, and in 1957, he got the job of being Philly's first late night horror movie host on Shock Theater, creating the character of Roland (pronounced Ro-LAND), who talked to his dead wife in her coffin. An association with Dick Clark, whose American Bandstand was based in Philadelphia, led to the recording of "Dinner With Drac" in 1958. He moved to New York's WABC in '59, became known as Zacherley and his show was renamed Zacherley At Large. He later hosted the Newark teenage dance show Disc-O-Teen, and was a DJ on WNEW and then WPLJ, where he stayed for ten years. 

Considered by many to be the greatest TV horror host of all-time, Zacherele has spent the last several decades appearing on TV, radio, and film and making personal appearances at conventions and special events. 

When I went to take a picture of his banner, he put his hand in the air. :)

I had him autograph his classic Monster Mash album

I bought his new CD at the time and he autographed it, also.

Monsterfestmania Review

Back on July 30 I went to the first annual Monsterfestmania classic sci-fi and horror convention in Akron, Ohio. The show was put on by the same people that run the Akron Comicon. I had a really good time and look forward to next year's show.

You can find out more about Monsterfestmania at these sites:

Website
Facebook Page
Facebook Group

Here's some of my photos from the show:

I met actor Felix Silla. He was Cousin Itt on The Addams Family, Twiki on Buck Rogers and an Ewok in Return of the Jedi among many other roles.

 I also met some local horror hosts.

Dale Kay from Eerie House

The Son of Ghoul

Janet Decay from The Mummy and the Monkey

Vilessence Vile. He's not a horror host, but he's cool.

The Green Goblin head from Maximum Overdrive.

The local CW channel was there. Spin the wheel and win a prize! I won a deck of  "The King of Queens" playing cards. :)

Local cosplay group Rubber City Cosplay

Horror cosplayers.

The winners of the costume contest.

Even the cars were dressed up.

 Here's some cool stuff I saw that I didn't buy:

 Here's what I did buy. Weird that I didn't buy anything horror related.

Pokémon GO Team Valor (red) sticker.

I got a really good deal on some Funko Pop!s.

Incredible Hulk button.