As promised, here is a continuation of the discussion of the Texas Frightmare Weekend that took place in Irving, Texas this past weekend.
Lloyd Cryer, the organizer and director of the event, is an avid horror movie fan and enjoys anything dealing with the macabre. He started the convention just a couple years ago by organizing an email and phone campaign. He began calling and contacting people in the horror movie industry and, as a result, more than 1,500 people attended the first Texas Frightmare Weekend. The first Texas Frightmare Weekend had several horror-related celebrities as well. Sid Haig from Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses appeared to sign autographs.
Within two years, the event was attracting more than 6,000 horror fans. This year, people were lined up outside the ticket booth to buy tickets. Many of them came to get an autograph from Alice Cooper. Others were excited to hear Linda Blair, star of The Exorcist, discuss her love of rescuing and rehabilitating abandoned animals through her Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation. All the money she received for her appearance at the event went toward her charitable cause. Still others appreciated the various exhibits and displays of Cadillac hearses and other death-related merchandise.
Come back on Friday for the third and last part of our series discussing the Texas Frightmare Weekend.
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