Thursday, June 5, 2008

Expo more than horror

By Katie Libecco

NILES — From the creators of Dark X-Mas come a new blockbuster convention.

This weekend the Eastwood Expo center will host the Hollywood Movie & Memorabilia Expo, which features vendors and celebrities from horror, science fiction, comedy, action, sports, drama and wrestling cultures.

Show promoter Joe Mohn says it’s a family-friendly event that’s inclusive of all genres, not just horror films. He says while other conventions, like those in Cleveland and Pittsburgh are strictly for the horro film culture, this weekend’s expo is “all Hollywood.”

Co-promoter Travis Bowen says there’s a lot more in this expo than Eerie Frequency’s other shows.

“Dark X-mas was fun, but that was a smaller kind of show. This is larger,” he says. “We have to appeal to larger audience because it’s at the Expo Center.”

He describes the guests and vendors as “more mainstream.”

“If you like movies, then you’d like this show,” he says.

Bowen will also premiere his latest horror film, “Shadows in the Woods,” at 7 p.m. Saturday at the expo. He says the film has an Ed Woods feel to it.

Mohn says there will also be casting calls for films during the weekend.

Celebrities scheduled to appear at the show, and participating in Q&A sessions, are:

JENNIFER RUBIN:

• Nightmare on Elm Street 3

• Screamers

• The Crush

• Little Witches

• The Doors

ALEX VINCENT:

• Child’s Play

JOYCE DEWITT:

• Three’s Company

LISA WILCOX:

• Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and 5

• Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

• Watchers Reborn

• MacGyver

MARK GODDARD:

• Lost in Space

• Barnaby Jones

PRISCILLA BARNES:

• Three’s Company

• Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects

• 007: License to Kill

HONKY TONK MAN:

• WWE

ROBERT Z’DAR:

• Maniac Cop I, II and II

• Tango

• Cash

FRED “THE HAMMER” WILLIAMSON:

• Starksy and Hutch

• From Dusk til Dawn

• NFL star

SONNY LANDHAM:

• Predator

• Firewalker

• The Warriors

• Poltergeist

BILL BYRGE:

• Ernest Saves Christmas

• Ernest Goes to Jail

• Ernest Scared Stupid

• Ernest Goes to School

JASON LIVELY:

• National Lampoon’s European Vacation

• Night of the Creeps

CATHY ST GEORGE:

• Starsky and Hutch

• 007: Diamonds are Forever

WARRINGTON GILLETTE:

• Friday the 13th: Part 2

• Penny Dreadful

ANTONIO FARGA

• Starsky and Hutch

• Herdes

• Foxy Brown

• Shaft

LARRY STOCK

• F-Troop

• Gilligan’s Island

• Car 54 Where Are You?

LANA WOOD:

• 007: Diamonds are Forever

• Starsky and Hutch

VIRGIL/VINCENT JONES:

• WWE

• WCW

HANK GARRET:

• Death Wish

• G.I. Joe

• The Dukes of Hazzard

TIFFANY APAN:

• B-horror movies with Troma Entertainment

J.R. BOOKWALTER:

• Director, October Moon

• Director, Deadly Stingers

• Director, Witchhouse 2 and 3

• Director, The Sandman

LYNN MARZ:

• Goth Girls

• Island of Torture

• Slavez of Horror Land

BRENNA LEE ROTH:

• Frat House Massacre

• The Horror Convention Massacre

• Poultrygeist

HERBIE THE LOVE BUG

THE GENERAL LEE and HAZZARD POLICE CAR

STARSKY AND HUTCH CAR