Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors

The L.A. Convention Center this weekend is the central hub of sex and violence. In one hall is AdultCon — an egregiously overpriced adult film convention — and in another is Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. Being slightly more of a fan of carnography than pornography, I attended the latter this afternoon.

I’d never been to a horror convention before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I skipped all the panels (Q&A sessions bore me to tears) and just trolled around the vendors room. There were dozens of horror film stars signing autographs, ultra-low-budget horror filmmakers talking up their projects and dealers selling collectibles, t-shirts and bootlegs. Here’s a list of what I picked up:

a Winchester pint glass from “Shaun of the Dead”
a “Toxic Avenger” t-shirt
an issue of “Fangoria” from 1990 with a cover story about “Darkman”
“The Making of ‘Friday the 13th’” book
“The Gingerbread Man” DVD, starring Gary Busey as a killer cookie
a Danielle Harris (”Halloween” 4 & 5 and the Rob Zombie remake) autographed picture
a Brian O’Halloran (”Clerks”) autographed picture

I wanted to get the out-of-print “Puppet Master” boxed set at the Full Moon booth, but it was $90. Picking that up would’ve left me with about $10 in spending money. It seems like it’d be really easy to blow this month’s rent on some of the goodies I saw today.

Fans really do go all out for this sort of thing, especially the ladies. I wore my “Thanksgiving” t-shirt and was sorely under-dressed compared to all the women there in mohawks and corsets and gore makeup — homina! Who needs the AdultCon when Fangoria’s next door?

-Brad Lohan

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