We’re excited to announce Buck Taylor and Kelly Lintz for their first ever convention appearances at Texas Frightmare Weekend!

Born the son of a famous Hollywood actor, Buck Taylor grew up on movie sets, watching his father, celebrated actor Dub Taylor, appear with such movie greats as John Wayne, Tex Ritter and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Since his first feature film role in 1963, Buck has worked nonstop for more than forty years with roles in such films as Tombstone, The Alamo and Grand Champion. Buck is best remembered for his eight-year run as Newly on Gunsmoke.

Horror fans will best remember his character of Ambrose Cornell in Stephen King’s The Mist.

Kelly Lintz has been a professional actor for more than 20 years appearing in over 30 national and regional commercials. In 2005-06, she appeared in 10 episodes of the NBC prime time show Surface. In 2007-08, Ms. Lintz appeared as “Alice” in the CW nationally syndicated hit TV show One Tree Hill. In 2007 she appeared in Stephen King’s The Mist, having a chance to work opposite Thomas Jane playing his ill-fated wife who is discovered trapped in a spider’s web near the end of the film. Kelly most recently was cast in the Lionsgate film The Hunger Games due out March 23, 2012.

Jennifer Runyon appeared in the very first scene of Ghosbusters as Venkman’s ESP test subject. For 1980′s To All a Goodnight, directed by the late David Hess (Last House on the Left), she was stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume. She also appeared in uncle-in-law Roger Corman’s CARNOSAUR. Some may also know Runyon from her 18 episode stint on Charles in Charge.

We’re excited to announce that Meg Foster will join Texas Frightmare Weekend 2012! Ms. Foster’s icy gaze made a her a latter-day femme fatale worthy of besting Rowdy Roddy Piper and He-Man.

Best remembered for her piercing, pale eyes, Joe Bob Briggs once wrote that Foster was “the Cruella De Ville of drive-in movies”. Her memorable films include They Live with Roddy Piper, Blind Fury and The Osterman Weekend with Rutger Hauer, The Emerald Forest, Leviathan and Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren. Her most recent project is Rob Zombie’s Lords of Salem.

“10 things to know for a successful movie shoot, and other tips and tricks for film-makers”
(or..why your horror film doesn’t need to be a train wreck)
- The ten most important things to know when shooting your feature film
- Shortcuts and tricks to make your film-making experience easier and more efficient
- Real life stories and experiences from over 20 years of film-making
- Question and answer session

So you have your script, funding, and you’re ready to shoot your film. Here are the things that first time film makers need to know before and during shooting. Hear ideas, tips, and tricks from a 20yr veteran film maker, and have your questions ready for the Q&A session during the last half hour of the class. Keep yourself from making the most common mistakes a young movie maker typically makes.

• Cost: FREE! (w/paid convention admission)
  
• Date/Time: TBA

Joey Stewart is the director of the After Dark Horrorfest 4 film, “The Final”, and has been a producer on 11 feature films, 2 MOWs, and 2 Webseries for Warner Brothers and Lifetime Television. After getting his start as a PA on Oliver Stone’s “JFK” in 1990, Joey quickly moved up the ranks and became one of the most sought after 1st ADs in Texas, running the sets of 15 feature films and 8 seasons of episodic television. In addition, Stewart has also served as 2nd Unit Director on 3 feature films, and most recently on 2 episodes of the Jerry Bruckhiemer/NBC TV show “Chase”. “The Final” was picked up by After Dark Films and Lionsgate for wide release in 2010 and was featured at TFW 2010.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829518/
www.joeystewartfilms.com

“How Independent Press has Changed Horror Fiction.”
New technology has allowed small and independent publishing houses to flourish in the land of corporate giants. Where a giant company may not take a risk on an unknown author or subject matter that’s way outside the mainstream, small and independent press can take that risk while bringing new and exciting ideas to the public.

Eric Beebe is the owner/founder of Post Mortem Press. Post Mortem Press has released over 30 novels and anthologies. They have published well known authors like Jack Ketchum, Jonathan Maberry, F Paul Wilson, and Joe Schreiber, along with up-and-coming authors like Paul Anderson, Brad Carter, Kenneth W. Cain, and Joseph Williams and many many more.

• Cost: FREE! (w/paid convention admission)
  
• Time/Date: TBA

Other films include Mad Dog and Glory, Fortress, Blood In, Blood Out, The Rock, Doctor Dolittle, Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses as Lt. George Wydell, Rob Zombie’s Halloween and the GRINDHOUSE faux trailer Werewolf Women of the SS.

Dave Alexander has been the Editor-in-Chief of Rue Morgue magazine since the fall of 2009, and an editor there since 2005, when he moved from Alberta, Canada (sometimes called “Texas North”) to join the Rue Crew. In addition to working on the magazine, he programs monthly CineMacabre movie nights in Toronto, hosts panels at the annual Festival of Fear movie nights, is a published fiction writer, an award-winning filmmaker, and can be seen on television and in documentaries such as Zombiemania talking about things dark and dead.

Dave will be at the Rue Morgue booth all weekend meeting and greeting fans of Rue Morgue magazine. Additionally, Dave will be moderating some of our yet to be announced panels.

Join us in welcoming Nathan Baesel, Glen Echo’s prodigal son, to Texas Frightmare Weekend! 6 years ago Leslie Vernon was defeated by his Survivorgirl, but he’s ready for his big comeback. Everyone has a dream and Leslie Vernon wants to be in the same league as Freddy, Jason and Michael, and he needs your help! The script is written and ready to go with the entire crew from Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon on board.

Right now they are in the process of raising the funding for this film. Nathan Baesel is making his first appearance at Texas Frightmare Weekend in order to spread the word about the proposed sequel, Before The Mask: The Return of Leslie Vernon. All proceeds from his appearance go towards the funding of this long-awaited sequel.

In the meantime you can help by pre-ordering the DVD/Blu-Ray of Before The Mask: The Return of Leslie Vernon.

Plus visit their webstore, which has all sorts of memorabilia including a brand new t-shirt design, and all proceeds go to the funding of the sequel.

Best known as one of Hollywood’s resident scream queens, actress Tiffany Shepis took her big-screen feature bow in the 2000 comedy Everything for a Reason, then appeared in Ted Bundy, The Hazing, Nightmare Man, Bryan Loves You, Abomniable. Most recently she can be seen in Cyrus, Night of the Demons, The Violent Kind and currently has eight films in various phases of production including Stingy Jack and Manson Rising as Manson disciple Susan Atkins.

P.J. Soles was among the hundreds of actors auditioning for Brian De Palma and George Lucas in their joint casting session for Carrie and Star Wars. John Carpenter cast her for his film Halloween after seeing Carrie. He wrote the part of Lynda especially for her because of the way she said the word “totally.”

P.J. starred in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School  also starring TFW 2012 guest Clint Howard and the Ramones. Next she filmed Private Benjamin and then Stripes with Bill Murray.

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