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Flashback Weekend Brings ‘Halloween’ to Chicago This August!
The annual Flashback Weekend is returning to Chicago (Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, Rosemont, IL 60018) from August 7-9, 2015.
The event, which Bloody Disgusting will be partaking in, will feature the largest gathering of Halloween guests in the home state of Michael Myers ever. It will also bring fans the largest Halloween 3: Season of the Witch reunion ever!
Also, Rob Zombie’s “Babysitter” reunion features Scout Taylor Compton, Danielle Harris, and Kristina Klebe.
Special events including an outdoor showing of John Carpenter’s Halloween, with Alan Howarth in concert, and more!
AMERICAN HORROR STORY guests – John Carroll Lynch (Twisty the Clown) & Naomi Grossman (Pepper)
RE-ANIMATOR’s Stuart Gordon & Jeffrey Combs & MORE!NICK CASTLE
The original Michael Myers
John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN (1978)JOHN CARROLL LYNCH
TWISTY THE CLOWN
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAKSHOWNAOMI GROSSMAN
PEPPER
AMERICAN HORROR STORY – “ASYLUM” & FREAKSHOWSTUART GORDON
“RE-ANIMATOR” – “FROM BEYOND”
LEGENDS OF HORROR directorJEFFREY COMBS
HERBERT WEST
“RE-ANIMATOR”DEAN CUNDEY
Legendary Cinematographer
“John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN” (1978)NANCY LOOMIS
“John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN” (1978)CHARLES CYPHERS
“John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN” (1978)TOMMY LEE WALLACE
Director “HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH”
& Michael Myers
John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN (1978)DICK WARLOCK
Michael Myers
“HALLOWEEN 2”DANIELLE HARRIS
“Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN 1 & 2” Adam Green’s HATCHET 2 – 3”SCOUT TAYLOR COMPTON
“Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN 1 & 2”KRISTINA KLEBE
“Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN”TOM ATKINS
“HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCHSTACEY NELKIN
“HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCHALAN HOWARTH
Composer
“HALLOWEEN 4 – 6”,
Co-Composer
“HALLOWEEN 2-3”, “ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK”, “THEY LIVE”GEORGE WILBUR
Michael Myers
“HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS”
&
“HALLOWEEN 6 : THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS”DON SHANKS
Michael Myers
“HALLOWEEN 5 : THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS”TAMARA GLYNN
“HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS”MATT WALKER
“Spitz”
“HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS”CAROLYN PURDY-GORDON
“RE-ANIMATOR”, “FROM BEYOND”RICHARD BAND
Composer
“RE-ANIMATOR”JOHN RUSSO
“NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD”CHARLES BAND
FULL MOON CREATOR – The producer and director of hundreds of classic horror films!
“THE PUPPETMASTER” series, “SUBSPECIES”, “TRANCERS”, and many more!SVENGOOLIE (Rich Koz)
Chicago TV Horror Host legendMore celebrity guests to be announced!
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SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDE:Friday August 7, 2015
Alan Howarth in Concert
An intimate audio & visual experience.
We are proud to present film composer legend Alan Howarth live in concert on Friday August 7, 2015! Alan is the composer of “HALLOWEEN 4 – 6”, and co-composer of “HALLOWEEN 2-3”, “ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK”, “THEY LIVE”, & many more!
is an amazing audio and visual experience not to be missed. Admission is free for paid Flashback Weekend attendees (limited to seating capacity). Early preferred seating is available to Ultimate package holders and HALLOWEEN Event Weekend pass holders.Friday August 7, 2015
30th Anniversary screening
“RE-ANIMATOR”
Hosted by Stuart Gordon & Jeffrey Combs
Saturday August 8, 2015
OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING
On a GIANT screen
“John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN” (1978)
Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention presents the original 1978 classic “John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN” on a giant inflatable screen on Saturday August 8, 2015. The screening will be presented in the Crowne Plaza courtyard and will be introduced by our HALLOWEEN 1978 guests along with many surprises. Admission is included with the ULTIMATE packages and the HALLOWEEN Event Weekend pass.
Sinister Visions costume contest hosted by Svengoolie
Sat. Aug. 9, 2014 4:15PM
Join us Saturday August 9 at 4:15PM in your favorite ghoulish costume for our Annual Flashback Weekend Costume Contest and compete for fun and prizes! The contest will be hosted by Chicago Television legend “SVENGOOLIE”! All ages welcome!
Prizes are awarded for First, Second and Third Place, and there’s a Kids Category for ages 12 & under. Winners are determined by audience applause.
This event is sponsored by Sinister Visions inc.
Zombie Pin-up Beauty pageantSat. Aug. 9, 2014 5:15PM
Attention ladies – put on your sexiest classic pinup outfit and your most gruesome zombie make up, and compete to win the coveted title of Miss Zombie Queen 2015! The Pageant will be hosted by John LaFlamboy, judged by several of our Celebrity Guests and awarded fabulous prizes for First, Second & Third Place.
Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects, costume and adherence to the spirit of the classic pinup image. To get an idea of what we’re looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW!
This event is sponsored by Sinister Visions inc.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
Visit www.flashbackweekend.com or call (847) 647-3124 for updates!
DISCOUNT ROOM RESERVATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Reserve your rooms now at the Flashback Weekend discount rate of only $111.00 per night (plus tax) by calling the Crowne Plaza O’Hare at (847) 671-6350. Be sure to mention FLASHBACK WEEKEND to receive your discount hotel rate. You must make your reservation by July 15, 2015 to receive the special Flashback Weekend discount hotel rate. However, the discount rooms are based on availability and will sell out so make your reservation today!
If you have any difficulties booking your rooms at the Crowne Plaza or receiving the Flashback Weekend discount rate, please phone Flashback Weekend at (847) 647-3124.
Any questions e-mail help@flashbackweekend.com or call (847) 647-3124.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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