It may not be Halloween season yet, but the fine folks in Calgary are celebrating the scares of summer with the 9th Annual Calgary Horror Con this weekend, and our very own Scott Drebit will be on hand to host two panels at the largest horror convention in Canada!

The Calgary Horror Con kicks off with a VIP party at Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre on Friday, June 21st and runs through Sunday, June 23rd. According to the convention's Facebook page, there will be more than 150 vendors, an international film festival, and an impressive list of celebrity guests, including:

  • Kane Hodder (Jason - Friday the 13th Part 7-10),
  • CJ Graham (Jason - Friday the 13th Part 6),
  • Danielle Harris (Jamie Lloyd- Halloween 4.5)
  • Danny Lloyd (Danny Torrence - The Shining)
  • Bill Moseley (Otis) Devil's Rejects (Chop Top) Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
  • Cast of Texas Chainsaw Massacre I, II, III including: Edwin Neal (the hitchhiker- TCM), Teri McMinn (Pam- TCM), Bob Elmore (Leatherface-TCMII), R. A. Mihailoff (Leatherface - TCM III)

Daily Dead columnist and Corpse Club co-host Scott Drebit will be at the convention to host panels on Saturday with Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder at 4:00pm and 5:00pm, respectively, so be sure to stop by and say "hi" if you're in town!

To learn more about Calgary Horror Con, visit:

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    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.