Texas Frightmare Weekend has made yet another exciting announcement for their already stacked 2020 celebrity lineup. The horror convention takes place May 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency DFW Airport in Dallas, Texas. This year will mark Texas Frightmare Weekend’s fifteenth year anniversary.
The newest special guest to be announced is legendary director David Cronenberg! From Texas Frightmare:
“Texas Frightmare Weekend Presented by Arrow Video is pleased to announce iconic director David Cronenberg. Cronenberg will appear all three days at the upcoming convention and film festival on May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
In the annals of dark fantasy filmdom, perhaps no other artist has made more of an impact than Canadian director David Cronenberg. From his early Cinepix shockers Shivers (They Came From Within) and Rabid to his landmark psychological body horrors The Brood and Videodrome, to his epic, slime-soaked tragedy The Fly, Cronenberg’s cerebral, controversial, often stomach-churning mind-benders made him an international sensation with critics, fellow filmmakers and audiences alike.
But while many of his colleagues and peers ended up retreading and repeating their past success, Cronenberg refused, instead opting to evolve the very idea of what a horror movie could be, with progressive films like Dead Ringers, Crash, A History of Violence, and the unjustly overlooked M. Butterfly.
As an actor, Cronenberg has made appearances in everything from John Landis’ Into the Night to Gus Van Sant’s To Die For to his latest role in the neo-noir Disappearance at Clifton Hill. But he is, of course, perhaps best known and loved for his mesmerizing turn as the serial killer psychiatrist Dr. Decker in Clive Barker’s Nightbreed.”
Other special guests who have been confirmed for Texas Frightmare Weekend 2020 include:
- Alice Cooper (Rocker, Icon, Actor)
- Tony Todd (Candyman, Final Destination)
- Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet)
- Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010)
- Clive Barker (Author, Director, Screenwriter, Comic Artist, and more)
- Doctor Sleep Cast: Alex Essoe, Henry Thomas, Zahn McClarnon, Kyliegh Curran
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Reunion: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton
- Night of the Living Dead 1990 Reunion: Tom Savini, Patricia Tallman, Tony Todd, William Butler
- Danny Trejo (From Dusk til Dawn, Machete)
- Skeet Ulrich (Scream, The Craft)
- Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs, The Fly II)
To check out the full lineup that has been announced so far, and to purchase passes and photo ops, visit Texas Frightmare Weekend’s official website.
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