Fangoria's Weekend Of Horrors

Creation Entertainment Presents
FANGORIA'S WEEKEND OF HORRORS
Triumphant return to The Los Angeles Convention Center!

LOS ANGELES, CA
Fri., Sat. & Sun.
April 17 - 19, 2009
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S. Figueroa St.

DAYS AND TIMES FOR THE CONVENTION
(all times are tentative, keep checking back for updates). Note that autographs and photo op sessions often take place before or after theatre hours as quoted below. A final schedule will be posted on this site prior to the convention.

FRIDAY April 17, 2009
8:30 am to 1pm: Vendors Set-Up (Vendors Only)
1pm to 2pm: Pre-Registration for Gold Patrons
2pm to 8pm: Vendors Room/Theatre Open/Registration Continues

SATURDAY April 18, 2009
10 am to 11am: Pre-Registration
11am to 7pm: Vendors Room/Theatre Open/Registration Continues
9 pm to ??:??: Fangoria's Fiendish SATURDAY EVENING Cocktail Celebrity Bash, complimentary and exclusive for Gold Patrons ONLY

SUNDAY April 19, 2009
11am to 7pm: Registration, vendors/theater open to public

GUESTS

Clive Barker

Tobe Hooper

Doug Bradley

Caroline Williams

CLIVE BARKER
Award-winning writer/director/artist and executive producer. His amazing credits include Hellraiser, Nightbreed, Candyman, and Gods and Monsters

MARILYN BURNS
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’s Sally Hardesty; EATEN ALIVE’s Faye; FUTURE-KILL’s Dorothy Grim; HELTER SKEPTER’s Linda Kasabian. Marilyn will be participating in our TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE reunion panel. She will be signing autographs on a complimentary basis for Gold and Preferred Weekend Patrons, for others she will be charging a nominal fee at her booth in the vendors room.

All guests are tentative and subject to change due to contractual commitments.

TOBE HOOPER
Critically acclaimed award-winning director, producer and writer. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist, The Funhouse, Lifeforce, Mortuary. Tobe will be featured on our TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE reunion panel!

DOUG BRADLEY
HELLRAISER’s Pinhead; NIGHTBREED’s Dirk Lylesberg; and Clive Barker’s upcoming film, BOOK OF BLOOD’s Tollington. Appearing Saturday

CAROLINE WILLIAMS
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2’s Vantia ‘Stretch’ Brock; STEPFATHER II’s Matty Crimmins; LEPRECHAUN 3’s Loretta. Ms. Williams will be signing a complimentary basis for Gold and Preferred Weekend Package Holders. For others she will be present in the vendors room to offer her signature for a nominal fee.

^ Top

CONVENTION TICKETS

For those ordering ticketing packages or single day tickets that involve reserve seating: Please note that seating locations are assigned in the order in which tickets are purchased. If you wish to sit near friends you must all order the tickets together under one purchase.

Customer Support E-Mail: ANY problem you have please write to us at: and we'll look into it and get right back to you. Thanks!

GOLD WEEKEND PACKAGES
They are the most "Frightfully Fun" way to attend all three days. You'll be the envy of all your fiends when you sign up for this devilishly delightful deal! There's no better bargain in horror entertainment. HERE are the benefits that you get when you join our Golden (Ticket) Army:

1. The very best seating reserved for you throughout ALL THREE DAYS! It's your seat, come and go, all day, all weekend in our main theatre where all the guests appear and presentations are done!

2. Complimentary in-person autographs from the majority of our major celebrity guests including CLIVE BARKER, TOBE HOOPER, MARILYN BURNS, DOUG BRADLEY, CAROLINE WILLIAMS and more to be announced. Without a doubt the value of the autographs you receive will be more than the cost of the entire package!

3. First to get autographs for signings that are done row by row, since you are in the front rows!

4. Complimentary admission to Fangoria's Fiendish SATURDAY EVENING Celebrity Bash. We'll have lots of horror celebrities dropping by. Limited attendance: come ready to party! These festivities are ALWAYS the hit of the weekend!

5. Wristband entrance so after you get set you don't have to wait anymore to get in.

6. Pre-Registration for Gold Weekend Patrons: we get you set with your credentials before anyone else! This is a particularly cool benefit since the convention is so monstrously huge!

7. FIRST CRACK at FANGO SWAG! There's no better place in the convention world to pick up free goodies than Fango and the movie studios go all out to make sure your ravenous freebie appetite is fulfilled! And, as our illustrious GOLD PATRONS, you get first "bite" at these delights when you pre-register! Certainly a benefit worth howling about!

8. Complimentary reserved seating to Friday Night's Entertainment Event.

Note: Particular events and benefits are subject to change.

$289

Additional ticket options, including general admission and single day tickets, will be available soon!

^ Top

AUTOGRAPH TICKETS

With all the fake autographs out there on on-line auction sites this is the absolute best way to know that your autograph is real! Non-rushed hand signed signatures: bring your item to be signed (or buy a photo or collectible at the event if you prefer) and you'll get your item signed in person! Many of the autographs are included in our Gold and Preferred Weekend Packages but if you want more than one signature of a celebrity (or you are not in one of the package deals) you should purchase these autograph tickets. If you are a package holder with the autographs included and also buy more below you will get ALL your items signed at the same time.

CLIVE BARKER: $20

TOBE HOOPER: $25

DOUG BRADLEY: $20

Autographs Note: Patrons must bring an item for celebrities to sign. You can bring something from home or purchase a photo or other collectible in the vendors room. Please feel free to purchase as many autograph tickets of a particular celebrity as you'd like. However, if you purchase 5 or more tickets for an individual celebrity you may be asked to get your signatures at the end of the autograph line. Thanks for understanding.

Guests appear ONE day of the convention, so therefore their autographing and/or photo ops take place that day, except in VERY rare occasions which will be noted. If you are not attending all days of the convention it is wise to wait until specific days of appearance are announced before purchasing autographs or photo ops. You must have an admission ticket to the convention to get autographs or photo ops.

^ Top

PHOTO OPS

What's a PHOTO OP like?
Check out these photo ops where fans got the chance to get a pic with SUPERNATURAL star JARED PADALECKI

The fantastic opportunity to have a full color gorgeous 8 by 10 photograph of yourself with your fave celebrity. An awesome souvenir! And, most of the photo ops will be available for pick up during the weekend (usually the next day or late that day depending).

Please read: PHOTO OP F.A.Q.

CLIVE BARKER: $40

TOBE HOOPER: $40

MARILYN BURNS: $40

DOUG BRADLEY: $40

CAROLINE WILLIAMS: $40

^ Top

VENDORS

LOS ANGELES: April 17-19 • Los Angeles Convention Center • 1201 S Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA

The world's biggest gathering of horror fans just got bigger: for years we've turned away fans because our space was too small. That problem has been solved with our triumphant return to the LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER! Horror finally takes its rightful place, in world class convention centers. This should be the biggest and best FANGO ever! Join us for the selling frenzy: Each table purchased comes with 2 chairs at only $350 a piece for the weekend. Each booth (10' X 8' which includes 1 table, 2 chairs, pipe and drape and locations in the prime spaces of the facility) is only $1000 a piece for the weekend.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE VENDOR INFO
Before you submit your vendor order form through our web site please make sure you have a valid tax id number for the state of California
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE A TABLE OR BOOTH ONLINE!

GES is the official decorator for The LA Fango Convention. Vendors may move in a maximum of 200 lbs. themselves as long as they are using POVs (privately owned small passenger vehicles) - automobiles, mini-vans and SUVs. Company trucks, rental trucks, trailers, bobtail trucks and higher weights must use GES teamsters to move items on/off the show floor while they are on hand. Vendors that wish to hire GES to move goods in/out of the convention center can do so on the basis of standard labor rates or take advantage of the "cartload service" that is also an offered option. Vendors with special booth builds must utilize GES decorators for booth assembly; this does not apply to vendors who rent tables or standard pipe and drape booths with no carpentry build. GES offers complete rental, carpentry and decorator services on an a la carte basis, electrical is contracted through the LACC (The electrical, phone line, internet etc. applications are listed on the LACC web site - click on the 2009 forms. Any vendor wanting those services can order directly through GES.) - Audio visual rentals are contracted through Show Gear Productions (forms contained within the GES Fango Exhibitors Kit). CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE GES EXHIBITORS KIT (no link yet)

^ Top

HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS

Holiday Inn City Center
1020 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles

Rooms:
$150 single/double flat rate
Call 213 748 1291 or 888 336 3745 for reservations and use Fangoria as your code to get this lower than normal rate.

Hotel parking:
$20 overnight with in and out.
You can walk to the Convention Center from the hotel.

Creation Entertainment holds a "block" of rooms for our attendees as described above. These blocks of rooms have a lower rate than standard rates at the hotel, but they also have a "cut-off" point after which hotels may choose to revert back to their own higher rates for our customers. Usually this cut off date is one month prior to the event, but this does vary. Therefore it is always wise to book your rooms for our conventions as early as possible.

^ Top

DIRECTIONS TBA

^ Top

EVENTS

WANNA SEE SOMETHING REALLY SCARY?
A CRAIG SPECTOR SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP

Bestselling author and screenwriter CRAIG SPECTOR [ANIMALS, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5] talks and workshops with aspiring screenwriters on tapping their magical inner mutant to bring their most frightening visions from the page to the screen. Topics include: Transforming Cliche to Archetype; Getting to the Bloody Heart of It; Caring About the Ones You Kill (On Screen); Making Your Worst Fear Your Best Friend... Or At Least An Ally; and more...

This unique workshop will be approximately 2 hours and take place prior to the opening of the convention on Saturday morning. Limited attendance, seating is $129. Reserve your spot today!

^ Top

SCHEDULE TBA

^ Top

VOLUNTEER TBA

^ Top

All guests and scheduling is tentative and subject to change.

Creation assumes no responsibility for typographical errors or inaccurate information provided by convention venues. All dates, venues and guests are considered tentative and subject to change. Check back frequently for updates.

NOTE: ALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-EXCHANGEABLE. ABSOLUTELY NO AUDIO OR VIDEOTAPING ALLOWED AT ANY CONVENTION. Still photography is for personal use only - public dissemination and commercial use strictly prohibited.

By attending Creation events you agree to allow your image to be used on our website and in news documentaries or stories, either filmed by Creation Entertainment or other entities.