George A. Romero to Appear at Flashback Weekend Next Month

2013/07/11 19:01:56 +00:00 | Jonathan James

Unless you live in Toronto, there haven't been too many chances lately to meet the man responsible for the zombies we know and love today. If you live anywhere near Chicago, you'll want to make your way out to Flashback Weekend. Taking place from August 9-11, the popular horror convention will have a Dawn of the Dead reunion, with George A. Romero appearing every day to spend time with fans.

"Flashback Weekend is Chicago’s largest and longest running horror convention featuring a huge horror dealers room, special events, and major celebrity guests including legendary director George A. Romero in a rare convention appearance. Flashback Weekend also dedicates itself to the preservation of the big screen horror experience by featuring big screen horror presentations at the Muvico Theaters Rosemont 18 (located next to the convention hotel).

Special film screenings include a 35mm 45th anniversary screening of the original “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD” introduced by George A. Romero, “PET SEMATARY” introduced by Mary Lambert and the cast, and the World Premiere of the unseen Pulsepounders
“TRANCERS sequel “TRANCERS 1.5 CITY OF ANGELS” (1988) starring Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt. Director Charles Band will be introducing the screening, and will have many surprises for the audience."

Current Guest List:

“DAWN OF THE DEAD” (1979) reunion

George A. Romero
David Emge
Ken Foree
Scott H. Reiniger
Gaylen Ross

“PET SEMATARY” reunion

Director Mary Lambert
Dale Midkiff
Denise Crosby
Miko Hughes
Brad Greenquist

Rob Zombie’s “THE LORDS OF SALEM” reunion

Meg Foster “John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE”
Dee Wallace “THE HOWLING, “THE HILLS HAVE EYES” “, “ET”
Patricia Quinn “THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW”
Judy Geeson HAMMER FILMS, “FEAR IN THE NIGHT”, “INSEMINOID”
Bruce Davison “WILLARD”, “X-MEN”, Rob Zombie’s “THE LORDS OF SALEM”

Additional Guests

Tom Atkins “John Carpenter’s THE FOG”, “NIGHT OF THE CREEPS”, “HALLOWEEN 3”
Nancy Loomis “John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN”, John Carpenter’s THE FOG”
Betsy Russell “SAW 3-7”, “CHEERLEADER CAMP”, “PRIVATE SCHOOL”
Lisa Marie “ED WOOD, “MARS ATTACKS”, Rob Zombie’s “THE LORDS OF SALEM”
Kim Darby “DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK”, “HALLOWEEN: CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS”
Eileen Dietz “THE EXORCIST”, “EXORCISING MY DEMONS”

If you're heading to Flashback Weekend, be on the lookout for us, as we'll be covering the event live. We'll be providing more updates on Flashback Weekend over the coming weeks and will give readers and opportunity to score free tickets. To pick up VIP and screening tickets, and for more information, visit: http://flashbackweekend.com/