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Chicago: Full Schedule For the Flashback Weekend!
We’ve been covering the hell out of this weekend’s forthcoming Flashback Weekend, which promises to be their biggest event yet.
Unless you’re living under a rock, you are already aware of the epic charity event where the great Robert Englund will appear one last time in his A Nightmare On Elm Street Freddy Krueger makeup, being created by Robert Kurtzman (the ‘K’ in KNB!).
Below are the details once again, as well as a full printable schedule for you to start making your plans.
Flashback to Elm Street and have your photo taken with the man of your dreams, iconic horror actor Robert Englund in the make-up of his famous character, Freddy Krueger, one final time.
The legendary Robert Englund will don his iconic Freddy Krueger make-up at Flashback Weekend on Friday Aug. 8, 2014. This will be the first time that Robert Englund will appear in his legendary Freddy make-up at a horror convention. This historic event is a Flashback Weekend exclusive!
Flashback Weekend is proud to present this historic event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Wes Craven’s classic “A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET” and to support the Midway Drive-In Digital Projector fund.
FX master Robert Kurtzman will apply Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger make-up
Mr. Englund’s Freddy Krueger make-up will be designed and applied by FX master artist Robert Kurtzman in the same extensive process used in the “NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET” films.Robert Englund Freddy Krueger Make-Up Photo-ops – ONE DAY ONLY! Fri. August 8, 2014
Flashback Weekend fans will have this exclusive opportunity to pose for a photo with Robert Englund in his iconic Freddy Krueger make-up. This one time only event is happening August 8, 2014.Robert Englund in his iconic Freddy Krueger make-up live on stage!
Robert Englund will appear live on stage in his Freddy Krueger make-up on Friday, August 8, 2014.
FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHTS LIVE will be a live on-stage late night horror talk show hosted by Chicago Horror host legend Svengoolie (Rich Koz).and will also feature many celebrity guest appearances, entertainment, and surprises! Cash bar.Robert Englund Flashback Weekend 2014 schedule
Friday August 8 – Robert Englund in Freddy Krueger make-up, including photo-ops
and live appearance on stage.Sat. – Sun. Aug. 9 – 10 – Robert Englund daily autographs sessions,
daily photo-ops (non make-up), Q & A sessions, film screening intro.FLASHBACK WEEKEND 2014 ALL-STAR CELEBRITY GUEST LINE-UP
The Flashback Weekend 2014 line-up features horror legends including Robert Englund, “PHANTASM” 35th anniversary reunion featuring, director Don Coscarelli, Angus Scrimm (THE TALL MAN), and a full “PHANTASM” cast reunion, Lance Henriksen (“ALIENS”, “NEAR DARK”), Jen and Sylvia Soska, Katharine Isabelle, Traci Lords, Zach Galligan, Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley, Jennifer Rubin, a “HELLRAISER” reunion (Ashley Laurence, Barbie Wilde, and Nicholas Vance), Charles Band, Chicago Horror Host legend Svengoolie, and more!Flashback Weekend also features a huge horror vendor room, evening entertainment including “PHANTASM” stars In Concert and Charles Band’s Full Moon Horror Roadshow, Costume Contest hosted by Svengoolie, Sinister Visions Zombie Pin-Up pageant, and more! ,
FLASHBACK WEEKEND TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Robert Englund Make-Up packages are now on sale. The deluxe package includes a photo-op with Robert Englund in full Freddy make-up, admission to FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHTS LIVE featuring Robert Englund in his iconic make-up live on stage, and more! Tickets are now on sale at www.flashbackweekend.com.
ALL NET PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE MIDWAY DRIVE-IN DIGITAL FUND
Flashback Weekend is a horror convention with a deeper initiative. Our philanthropic efforts are dedicated to the preservation of the American Drive-In. Flashback Weekend owns and operates the Midway Drive-In located in Dixon, IL to support the film industry and to present classic 35mm horror film festivals. For this reason, all net proceeds from Flashback Weekend go to the preservation and operation of the Midway Drive-In, located in Dixon, IL.
A contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator is on the way, and Deadline has unveiled the first look at the new Herbert West and the pathologist drawn to his orbit.
Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut, “Salem”) and Tim Metcalfe (The Haunting in Connecticut, Kalifornia) penned the script. The original screenplay and storyline come from Jade Sandberg Wallace.
Michael Grossman (“The Originals”, “Pretty Little Liars”) directs.
The new images introduce star Joseph Morgan (“Vampire Diaries“), who plays “brilliant surgeon and scientist Herbert West, who is obsessed with creating a serum to reanimate the dead.” Katie Cassidy (Speed Demon) stars opposite as the pathologist with a troubled past who joins his efforts.
Together, they prove that conquering death may be the ultimate sin against life itself.
The film’s official synopsis: “As a child, Herbert West watches his father Peter reanimate his dead mother Judith in a secret basement lab — only for Judith to mortally wound Peter and nearly kill Herbert before Peter shoots her. The trauma leaves its mark on Herbert, but so does one final image: his mother’s finger, twitching after death. Thirty years later, Herbert West is a brilliant, secretive surgeon still chasing his father’s obsession.
“Pathologist Kate Locke arrives in town and is drawn into his orbit — first through a spark at a hospital fundraiser, then through his secret lab, where he reveals a serum capable of reanimating severed tissue. Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him. Their early experiments on a cadaver succeed only briefly. West concludes that dead tissue is the problem — they need something fresher.”
Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx, Randall Newsome, Emma Reinagal, James D. Bryce, Kathryn A Bentley, Jack Lancaster, Amy Holland Pennell, John Pierson, Mindy Shaw, Eric Dean White, Tristan Wilder Hallet, Adrienne Lamping, Aaron Crippen, and Drew Patterson.
Makeup artist Jeff Lewis (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) and cousin Roger Lewis are heading the production via their newly established Woodlake Entertainment.
Lovecraft’s short story, first serialized in Home Brew magazine in 1922, is the first among his works to mention the fictional Miskatonic University. It was most famously adapted into a 1985 horror movie from Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Herbert West: Reanimator is set in Alton, Illinois, where production is now underway.
Herbert West: Reanimator. Photo credit: Matt Lief Anderson
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