The gang is ready to go!!! Dale gives this trip a thumbs up! We stopped on the way up for lunch at Dickie's Barbecue Pit. Good friends, good barbecue! The ice cream machine was not working, but this fried ocra cone just wasn't the same. And the gargoyle welcomes us! Got a table this year and had LOTS of help from my friends. Did well and made a lot of new fans and friends! This statue kept an eye on our booth all weekend. It's called BRANDING!!!!! This woman has good taste in b-movies! This woman is Tonjia Atomic! This man has good taste in b-movies...and t-shirts. These new fans have good taste in b-movies...and t-shirts...and hats! Sid Haig and I were the first to arrive at the black baseball cap club meeting. I loved this show when I was a kid, so it was great to get a signed photo from Sid Haig of his villain Dragos from "Jason of Star Command!" Let's all get together for a photo! ...and as usual the Soska Sisters have more fun than is allowed. Three Amigos. Jen and Sylvia Soska with some American Mary cosplayers. "Steve, hold this...and this...and this...and hang on to this..." These ladies all forgot their pants! OUCH! Majenta's Diamond Tattoo Ted White from Friday the 13th The Final Chapter had a snazzy display and a nice white jacket! Sharp! Caroline Williams from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Cool Catwoman outfit! It's Christine!!! Creepy clowns! Just a few of the cool props scattered around the con. Cool make-up! Look out, Dave! What's this? Oh, just a demon getting a drink of water. Dave found Captain Spaulding! Star Trek: The Next Generation's Denise Crosby Why are these guys so mad?!?! I thought we were having a good time! One of these years, our party will be so big we won't fit in Famous Daves! Time for booze!!! I love this. Mmmmmmmmmm Wait! That sausage looks too big!!! Time for banana pudding!!! Saturday morning it was time for evil skulls and bloody eyeballs at IHOP. PANCAKES!!! Tim is really excited about his first panel of the day! A Five Nights at Freddy's cosplay! Freddy Krueger Chick #1 Freddy Krueger Chick #2 Dig that ghoulish decor! Dutch Bihary sporting some heat miser hair! Tim got this ashtray when travelling through Canada. This was the hotel that scenes for The Soska Sisters' "Dead Hooker In A Trunk" were shot at! Sylvia Soska was thrilled about Tim's gift. Jen Soska was thrilled about Tim's gift, too!! Way to go, Tim! Hanging out on the patio. Someone provided cherry pie and hot coffee for the Twin Peaks panel! This guy wanted to give someone a piece of his mind...and it looks like they took it! Cool! I need to do this next Halloween. Reaper in training Look who Face-Off's RJ Haddy found...Rob! Samantha Mack is shocking with Nadine L'Esperance. Cool art in the silent auction. This was sweet - the Soska Sisters called their mom during their panel and we all said hi. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 panel Hey! Madeline Morgan showed up so we had a mini BLOOD CREEK WOODSMAN reunion! Dave chats a bit with Bill Moseley Everyone has their cake skulls for the horror cake decorating class. Rolling out fondant for the horror cake decorating class. That is a lovely skull cake! Somebody looks fashionable. The indie filmmaker panel was really interesting. Twin Peaks' Sherilyn Fenn The Devil's Rejects panel. Sid Haig with the Crypt-ICON award, sculpted by William Bivens! What a festive holiday ornament! These sparkly boobs were not on display for very long. After the Desperate Visions screening of "Simone: Le Femmes Demon." Promoting the Odd Noggins screening. Delicious roast turkey dinner before the screening. These chicks are ready to watch the movie! We had a great time at the Odd Noggins screening! After the screening, Adam made a new friend. Having fun with security mirrors after the screening. John is tired. Really tired. I was flattered that Melody made a couple of Cards Against Humanity cards with quotes from my movies! Guinness beer through a straw? Sure, why not? This poor guy had to lay under all the VIP breakfast stuff! Clint Howard with his gruesome prop from Ice Cream Man Four heads are better than one! Debbie Rochon answers a question from an attendee in the room, while someone else responds to Periscope viewers on their phone. John made lots of new friends at Crypticon. Like this crazy-looking person... And this crazy-looking mask from Beetlejuice... And this Dalek from Dr. Who... And this pie-loving kindred soul. Awwww... Ken Foree was keeping it cool. And if you look, you can see some lip-prints on his cheek. The ladies loved him... RJ Haddy does some neck work in his make-up class. Look at this! The Master commands it!!!! This is Jackey Neyman Jones, who played the little girl, Debbie, in MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE. She is holding a painted she did, a replication of the painting her father did for the original film. Jackey's dad also played "The Master" in the movie! Michael Berryman from One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Hills Have Eyes, Weird Science, The Devil's Rejects and many others. Seattle filmmaker/model/actress/make-up artist/bunch-of-other-stuff Michelle Nessk William Forsythe from The Devil's Rejects, G-Men from Hell and Dick Tracy (he played Flattop!) This guy. William with authors Kyona Jiles and Charity Becker. Zombie gnome!!! Michelle and William show off their smiles! Clint Howard was such a swell guy. So nice to chat with, very grounded and full of great stories! This nurse has been in the waiting room too long! Caffinated marshmallows?!?! It would not be Crypticon Seattle without the Thriller dancers! Zombies!!! Tim, Melody and the Soska Sisters. John got this cool VHS hat! Dale and I bid farewell to Debbie Rochon after picking up a couple of movies from her. We were all tired and had a great time but didn't say goodbye to Mickie - we just said, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT CRYPTICON SEATTLE 2016!!! |