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Creep I.E. Con Returns: Bloody Disgusting Hosting Panels with Cassandra Peterson, Ted Raimi, and ‘Elm Street’/’Scream’ Stars
Creep I.E. Con, one of Southern California’s biggest horror themed conventions, returns to start the spooky in 2026. From January 30th through February 1st, the Ontario Convention Center will house over 30 celebrity guests, 170 vendors, and another round of blockbuster Q & As hosted by Bloody Disgusting.
On Friday, Ted Raimi and Screambox ‘s Director of Programming Tony Wash will preview their new original series in a panel hosted by Scare You to Sleep mastermind Shelby Novak and Bloody Disgusting Executive Director of Business Development Michael Roffman.
Saturday will see The Boo Crew dig deep with David Dastmalchian & Leah Kilpatrick then talk shop with Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas before Jose Mangin rounds out the sessions with horror trivia. That’s not all: Emily Kinney will wake the walking dead with a rockin’ aftershow featuring a special appearance by Robert Englund.
Don’t sleep in! Shake off the Sunday Scaries with The Ladies of Elm Street – Amanda Wyss, Lisa Wilcox, Tuesday Knight, Brooke Theiss, Brooke Bundy, Joann Willette, Toy Newkirk – hosted by Diandra Lazor and Michael Roffman. The Boo Crew will keep it Craven with a Scream session feat. Skeet Ulrich, Lee Waddell, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Dermot Mulroney.
Closing out the weekend is the one and only Cassandra Peterson! For the final hour, hosts Shelby Novak and Michael Roffman will revisit the icon’s inimitable career as she laid it out in her excellent 2021 biography: Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark.
Consult the full schedule below.
The weekend will also host a can’t-miss Lost Boys reunion (Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Alex Winter, Billy Wirth, and Chance Michael Corbitt); Evil Dead stars Jane Levy, Dana DeLorenzo, Ray Santiago; Back to the Future buds Christopher Lloyd and Thomas F. Wilson; Henry Winkler, Linda Blair, and much more.
It all goes down in less than two weeks — from Friday, January 30th to Sunday, February 1st — at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California. Tickets are selling out fast — in fact, all VIP passes are sold and off the table — so secure your passes ASAP before it’s too late. After all, you don’t want to miss the first real horror event of the year!
Epic’s Fortnite is heading for another crossover, this time with Universal Orlando and Halloween Horror Nights. The title’s annual Fortnitemares Halloween event will be coming to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort in a new scare zone, kicking off on August 28.
For those not in the know, Scare zones are themed, open-air areas where guests and actors roam around freely.
This is the first time Fortnite will be featured during the after-hours event, which will run from August 28 until November 1. Tickets and packages are on sale now at the official site.
Per the press release, guests will enter Freaky Fields, a Halloween-inspired living battleground that’s been “overcome with a threatening force.” From there, fans will meet up with the Battle Bus, featuring familiar Fortnitemares characters, including “a few new additions exclusive to Halloween Horror Nights.”
And of course, there will be Fortnitemares merchandise available for fans, including a graphic t-shirt, decal set, and an acrylic collectible piece.
Fortnitemares won’t be the only featured property at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. Killer Klowns from Outer Space will also be getting its own scare zone. Sinners, Stranger Things, Hellraiser, and Evil Dead Burn will also be part of the event, though they will be relegated to their own specific houses.
And while it’s early yet, gamers can probably expect Fortnitemares to return to Fortnite this October.
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