Robert Englund has definitely been our most requested guest since the very first Texas Frightmare Weekend way back in 2006. So, in the tradition of giving fans what they want....Robert Englund will finally join us for TFW 2011!

Perhaps best known as the dermatologically challenged, razor gloved Freddy Krueger of A Nightmare on Elm St, Englund has stalked our celluloid nightmares in various roles for over 35 years. Besides Nightmare, his credits include roles in Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive, Dead and Buried, Galaxy of Terror, V, 2001 Maniacs, Masters of Horror, Hatchet, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and more. At 63 years old and with six films in production he shows no signs of slowing down.

Please join us in welcoming Robert Englund to TFW 2011! While you're at it, why not stop by the TFW forums and join the discussion about this exciting new announcement?!

Texas Frightmare Weekend, in association with Anchor Bay Films, is pleased to announce the I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE Trailer Contest. In celebration of the release of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE in theaters October 8th, we're asking filmmakers to submit their best exploitation trailers. The three best entries that capture the essence of "exploitation" cinema will play before the Dallas premiere of I Spit on Your Grave on September 30th at 8:00 pm at the Angelika Film Center. Were looking for submissions that are over the top, scary, wild, absurd and freaked out. Any entry will be considered, as long as it's an original work. Live action, animated, stop motion, claymation-it doesn't matter as we'll consider everything submitted.

The best entry that captures the essence of "exploitation" cinema will play before the Dallas premiere of "I Spit on Your Grave" on September 30th at 8:00 pm at the Angelika Film Center. In addition, those filmmakers will receive a prize pack sponsored by "I Spit on your Grave" and Texas Frightmare Weekend. The best trailer will also be posted at the Texas Frightmare Weekend website so the entire world can see your masterpiece.

Submissions must be received no later than September 24th, at "Texas Frightmare Weekend", PO Box 384, Grapevine, TX 76099. All submissions must be in DVD format, ready for presentation in NTSC video. Questions should be forwarded to loyd@texasfrightmareweekend.com.

I Spit on Your Grave is an unrated remake based on Meir Zarchi's controversial 1978 cult horror film Day of the Woman a.k.a I Spit On Your Grave.

A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject Jennifer to a nightmare of degradation, rape and violence. Left for dead, she returns for vengeance. Trapping her male attackers one-by-one, she inflicts acts of physical torment upon them with a ferocity that surpasses her own ordeal. When the carnage clears, victim has become victor.

Starring Sarah Butler (CCSI:New York, CSI: Miami, Jeff Branson (All My Children), Daniel Franzese (Bully), Rodney Eastman ( The Caveman's Valentine, The Opposite Sex),Chad Lindberg (The Rookie), Tracey Walter (Batman) and Andrew Howard (Transformers 2).

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It is our great honor to announce that Clive Barker has been confirmed for our April 29-May 1, 2011 convention!

Join us April 29-May 1, 2011 in Dallas as Texas Frightmare Weekend salutes author, director and artist Clive Barker. Barker was introduced to fans in the US with his groundbreaking, three volume Books of Blood and The Damnation Game. Stephen King once knighted him "the future of horror". Barker is perhaps best know for creating the twisted world of the Hellraiser films.

Barker has continued to invoke nightmares on the silver screen with Rawhead Rex, Nightbreed, Candyman, Lord of Illusions, episodes of Masters of Horror, Midnight Meat Train

We're also excited to welcome back TFW fan favorites Doug Bradley (who has donned the Pinhead makeup for eight Hellraiser film) and his co-star in the first two Hellraiser films, Ashley Laurence.

Hotel reservations are now available here. You can also reserve your 2011 convention passes here including our highly coveted (and limited to 200 only) VIP Passes!