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Here’s Why Daveigh Chase of ‘The Ring’ (Allegedly) Never Appeared At Monster-Mania…
Monster-Mania XXX ran from March 13-15 in Cherry Hill, NJ.
On the guest list was the highly-demanded Daveigh Chase, best known as ‘Samara’ in The Ring franchise over at DreamWorks Pictures.
The show’s promoter contacted me about taking to his blog to explain to angry fans why Chase never showed. If true, it sucks pretty hard.
The promoter alleges that they came to an agreement with Chase’s reps at June Entertainment, only to be robbed of their money, and face.
Explains the blog post, they were told that Chase “missed her flight” and that the rep was traveling and missed the calls and e-mails. The promoter even tried to get Chase on a new flight, to no avail.
The worst, according to there post, is that they still haven’t been refunded the hefty advance, and have lost all contact with June Entertainment and their rep.
Running a convention isn’t easy, and wrangling all the stars (and their egos) is a nightmare. Who knows what happened in this situation, but one things is for sure, Monster Mania deserves their deposit back (and an apology).
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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