2025 Guests of Honor
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Mary Lambert is a director pioneer in the genre. Her horror films include the original film adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary 1 & 2, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, The Attic, Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge, and more. Beyond that she has worked on series episodes for Tales from the Crypt, Law & Order, The Blacklist, and more, and done a huge variety of music videos from Madonna to Motley Crue. She was the first female to direct a SyFy original movie and will be taught about in film schools for decades to come.
She has not done a convention in over a decade and we welcome everyone to bring all those cast-signed items to snag the director’s signature at this once-in-a-decade appearance!
Rahul Kohli studied drama and film in school and went on to move from theater to British television to advertising campaigns to Hollywood. He starred in the smash hit iZombie, as well as appeared in The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Midnight Club, and the upcoming The Life of Chuck, based on a Stephen King novella. He has also lent his voice to several games, including Rage 2, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, and the Warhammer and Fortnite franchises. Saturday/Sunday Only
Dee Wallace is one of the most recognized icons of horror, be it as a mother, a scream queen, or a surprise cameo, and has appeared in everything from cult classics to acclaimed favorites. Her work includes Cujo, The Howling, The Lost (all based on books), The Hills Have Eyes, Critters, Popcorn, The Frighteners, Halloween (’07), The Lords of Salem, plus so many more in and out of the genre, and of course, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Annabeth Gish is a versatile, award-winning actress who appears in every genre across film and television including roles in cult hits X-Files and Sons of Anarchy. In horror, she has appeared in Stephen King’s Bag of Bones, The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and most recently in Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches.
Seth Gilliam is a familiar face in horror and supernatural television. Best known for his role as Father Gabriel in The Walking Dead, horror fans may also recognize him as Dr. Alan Deaton in Teen Wolf (in both the MTV series and the 2023 film continuation). Familiar and fantastic work outside horror includes both television series The Wire and Oz.
Matt Biedel is a familiar face in the genre via the Mike Flanagan works Midnight Club, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher, and the upcoming Life of Chuck. Beyond that he can be found in Umbrella Academy, Narcos: Mexico, Altered Carbon, and more.
Jason Liles is this year’s actor behind the makeup. His work with makeup artist Rick Baker and mentor Doug Jones gave him an appreciation for playing non-human characters in prosthetics and performance capture. His roles have included Ryuk the death god in Death Note (shared with the voice of Willem Dafoe), George the albino gorilla in Rampage, King Ghidorah the three-headed dragon in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Chatterer in Hellraiser ‘22, and more.
Harry Manfredini is an award-winning composer who specializes and excels in writing scores for horror films. His work includes the Friday the 13th franchise (movies and games), House film series, DeepStar Six, Wishmaster, Scream 6 and hundreds more.
Steve Niles is partly responsible for the resurgence of comic book popularity. His comics adapted to screen include 30 Days of Night and the sequel Dark Days, Remains, The October Faction, and the upcoming Aleister Arcane. His work can also be seen in the video game F.3.A.R, The Army of Darkness comics, an adaptation of I Am Legend, the Frankenstein Alive, Alive! series with Bernie Wrightson, and of course, his comics Freaks in the Heartland, Criminal Macabre (Cal McDonald in general), and more.
Ben Templesmith is an award-winning comic artist and writer. His art can be found in 30 Days of Night, Dark Days, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, the franchises of Army of Darkness, Silent Hill, and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, the comic adaptation of the game Dead Space, an illustrated version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and his The Squidder plus much more. He also produces art and design for music bands, DVDs, toys, and film concept work.
Shane Zander is a 3-time Emmy nominated Makeup FX artist with over 20 years of experience in movies and television. His work includes Resident Evil(s), Silent Hill(s), The Strain, House of the Dead, Cabinet of Curiosities, and bringing to life the iconic Pennywise in the latest adaption of Stephen Kings IT Chapters 1 & 2 as well the prequel HBO series Welcome to Derry.
Arthur Suydam is an award-winning comic and graphic novel artist. His work can be seen among the issues of Aliens, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth, and of course Marvel Zombies, as well as in the magazines Heavy Metal and National Lampoon, in the book Visions: The Art of Arthur Suydam, plus several album covers for the Misfits.
Ashley Levy began as a fine artist (watercolor and sculpture), takes inspiration from Tales From The Crypt comic books, and has the personal aesthetic of a Disney villain. Her work can be seen in The Exorcist: Believer, Five Night’s at Freddy’s, Insidious: The Red Door, Scream: The TV Series, Happy Death Day (1 and 2U), Salem’s Lot, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and more. She can also be found on Amazon’s Killer Cakes as a special effects consultant for the contestants (with Tom Woodruff Jr).
Tim Waggoner is an award-winning author with over 50 novels and 7 short stories collections. Beyond his original works, he has written tie-in fiction for the franchises of Supernatural, Grimm, The X-Files, Alien, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and more. His film novelizations include Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, The Terrifier 2, Halloween Kills, and the series Pearl, X, and MaXXXine.
**WORKSHOP** Tim will be doing a FREE workshop. Spend an hour learning about scripts and franchise tie-in work. Pick the author’s brain and bring a notebook! FREE admission, but limited seating. Pre-registration is highly suggested to secure your seat (you can sign up when you get your ticket).
Jamie Flanagan is a Bram Stoker award-winning writer and actor. As a screenwriter, their work can be seen in The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, The Fall of the House of Usher, Creepshow and more. As an actor, they can be spotted in The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, and more.
Kat Cressida has brought to life many animation and video game characters for Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Cartoon Network, and more. Her voice work includes The Haunted Mansion’s Bride aka Constance Hatchaway, Jessie the Cowgirl (Toy Story video game), Dee Dee (Dexter’s Laboratory) and more, plus video games Resident Evil: Village, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, Wolf Among Us (Bloody Mary), Avatar, Dark Deception, Van Helsing, The Thing, Fallout, and more.
Crystal Lake Publishing is one of the world’s leading publishers of horror with several divisions and imprints which cover fiction, poetry, comics and graphic novels, kids selections, a magazine, and games based on fiction. They have won several Bram Stoker Awards and have many other nominations. They have published works from Mercedes M. Yardley, Tim Curran, Joe R. Lansdale, Joe Hill, Tim Waggoner, James A. Moore, and more.
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