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[Chicago] Full Flashback Weekend Schedule!
Get ready for this week’s Flashback Weekend here in Chicago, which is highlighted by a major A Nightmare On Elm Street series reunion. We’ll also be there sharing episodes of “World of Death”, while Synapse will be on hand showing the 4K restoration of Suspiria! Click here for the full schedule fo events. Come by our “World of Death” booth tpo say “hi”!
Horror legend Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) headlines a major A Nightmare On Elm Street series reunion featuring celebrity guests from each of the eight Elm Street films including Heather Langenkamp (Elm Street 1, 3, & 7), Amanda Wyss and Ronee Blakley (Elm Street 1), Joann Willette (Elm Street 2), Lisa Wilcox (Elm Street 4 & 5), Brooke Bundy (Elm Street 3 & 4), Tuesday Knight (Elm Street 4), Danny Hassel (Elm Street 4 & 5), Brooke Theiss (Elm Street 4), Andras Jones (Elm Street 4), Toy Newkirk (Elm Street 4), Kelly Jo Minter (Elm Street 5), Ricky Dean Logan (Elm Street 6), Ken Kirzinger (Jason from Freddy vs. Jason), Katharine Isabelle (Freddy vs. Jason), and Jesse Hutch (Freddy vs. Jason).
Other major guests include the legendary Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark, Pumpkinhead) and pop culture icons Sean Patrick Flanery and David Della Rocca (The Boondock Saints), Curtis Armstrong (“Booger”) and Don Gibb (“Ogre”) from Revenge of the Nerds, Lew Temple (“The Walking Dead”, The Devil’s Rejects), with more guests to be announced.
Special events include a giant screen outdoor movie showing of A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) introduced by Robert Englund and the cast. Chicago Horror Host legend Svengoolie (Rich Koz) will host the annual Sinister Visions Costume contest. Special parties each evening including a Costume Contest with prizes and celebrity guest appearances, and a wild party featuring illusionist Ron Fitzgerald and Burlesque.
Bloody Disgusting and director Tony Wash will be screening WORLD OF DEATH episodes and give away prizes throughout the weekend.
Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Con also features a huge vendor’s room, celebrity guest panels, and screenings throughout the weekend. Tickets are now on sale. For additional details visit http://www.flashbackweekend.com
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‘Kong x Godzilla: The Ride’ Theme Park Attraction Opens in South Korea This Summer [Trailer]
Legendary’s Monsterverse is a multi-media empire at this point, and the brand’s first ever theme park attraction is on the way. Fans in Seoul, South Korea will be able to enter the Monsterverse with Kong x Godzilla: The Ride, launching at Lotte World Adventure this month.
Kong x Godzilla: The Ride opens up for business July 24 in Seoul, South Korea!
Head over to Variety for an in-depth preview of the epic new attraction.
Legendary’s James Ngo previews, “This is going to be Lotte’s biggest investment as a ride in the park. It’s going to be the marquee ride and really the main attraction for everything. From the moment guests come to line up, they are being recruited to join Monarch. That’s kind of our opening human touchpoint for the guests to be able to step foot into this world.”
“Kong really guides them through Hollow Earth and all the experiences, while also protecting them against all the dangers that they would find in Hollow Earth,” Ngo continues. “There are massive screens, a lot of amazing media that we’ve created with our partner. There are physical sets as well for our Titans and animatronics at massive, massive scale.
“The combination of real-world things with the media that works together in order to enhance the guest experience makes it extremely immersive.”
Ngo also notes in his chat with Variety, “This is the right time in the franchise for us to bring these major experiential projects to the fans so that they can experience it in real life. We’re going into our sixth movie next year; we have a TV show. So the franchise is kind of at its apex right now in terms of all the different media projects.”
On the big screen, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. recently announced the title of the sixth Monsterverse film: Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, which is expected sometime in 2027.
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