Rue Morgue Festival of Fear 2007 Line Up

Be afraid! Rue Morgue, Canada’s distinguished horror magazine, and Hobby Star Entertainment bring back THE RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR - Canadian National Horror Expo for its 4th annual run. The massive genre event will descend upon the Metro Toronto Convention Centre the weekend of August 24-26, 2007 as part of Canada’s National Expo (with ComiCon, CNAnime, SFX and GamesX), and is expected to draw more than 40,000 fans over three days.

Rue Morgue is elated to announce a rare public appearance from legendary master of horror film DARIO ARGENTO (Deep Red, Suspiria, Masters of Horror, Mother of Tears), as official Guest of Honour for this year’s show. Argento has influenced three generations of filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to John Carpenter, and is responsible for re-designing the horror film genre for millions of fans worldwide.

Joining Argento will be special guest and Argento collaborator GEORGE ROMERO (Night of the Living Dead, Diary of the Dead), British acting iconoclast MALCOLM McDOWELL (A Clockwork Orange, Rob Zombie’s Halloween), genre actress ADRIENNE BARBEAU (Creepshow, The Fog, Carnivale), godfather of gore HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS (Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs!), genre actor/director ANGELA BETTIS (May, Toolbox Murders) SFX guru GREG NICOTERO (Grindhouse, Sin City, Land of the Dead), cult-film phenomenon MICHAEL BIEHN (The Terminator, Aliens, Grindhouse), acclaimed horror artist BASIL GOGOS (Famous Monsters of Filmland) and SEAN ASTIN (The Lord of the Rings, The Goonies).

Complimenting the line-up will be cult TV star CHARISMA CARPENTER (Cordelia from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), horror-rock icon ODERUS URUNGUS from the infamous band GWAR, Argento muse CAROLINA TASSONI (Opera, Demons 2, Mother of Tears), Argento film score collaborator and GOBLIN composer MAURIZIO GUARINI, hotter than hell pin-ups THE SUICIDE GIRLS, writer/director KARIM HUSSAIN (The Abandoned, Subconscious Cruelty), horror auteur DOUGLAS BUCK (Sisters, Cutting Moments), special effect wizards GASLIGHT STUDIOS (300, Diary of the Dead), stuntman/actor ROBERTO CAMPANELLA (Silent Hill), and many more…

• THE RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR also features intimate and interactives, autograph sessions, workshops, dealer tables, film panels, and exclusive parties and much more, including…
• DEMONS 2 Special Screening, Friday August 24 at The Royal (608 College St.). Rue Morgue and Vagrancy Films present an exclusive 20th anniversary film screening of the classic new-wave horror film Demons 2, starring Coralina Tassoni, who will be present to introduce the film, and host a Q&A with fans.
• GIALLO MACABRO, Saturday August, 25 at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor St. West). The Official Party of the 2007 Rue Morgue FESTIVAL OF FEAR featuring a midnight costume contest hosted by ODERUS URUNGUS from legendary horror rock band GWAR, plus the psycho-sexy Detroit rock-gods CRUD, terror tunes and more!
• SPEAK OF THE DEAD – An Intimate and Interactive Evening with Horror Film Legend GEORGE A. ROMERO, Sunday August, 26, at Toronto’s Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. West). Rue Morgue and Daniloff Productions present a very special evening that will include a detailed Romero carreer retrospective, an on-stage interview with Romero by Rue Morgue Radio personality Stuart Andrews, and a live off the floor Q&A with fans and zombies.

Previous guests of the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear include Clive Barker (Hellraiser), Crispin Glover (Willard, Wild At Heart) George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow), Alejandro Jodorowsky (Santa Sangre), Karen Black, (Five Easy Pieces) Doug Bradley (Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies), Kane Hodder (Jason from the Friday the 13th movies), Tom Savini (Day of the Dead, Dusk Till Dawn), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses) and many, many more.

Currently, Rue Morgue is one of the leading genre magazines in the world, and hosts a series of offshoot events, including Rue Morgue Radio (a weekly horror music show), Rue Morgue Presents CineMacabre (a monthly screening of new, rare, classic and cult horror films in Toronto’s legendary Bloor Cinema), and its ever popular annual Halloween Bash.