Spooky Empire October 2024

Spooky Empire October 2024

12:00am EDT

Dark & Disturbing Plaza Ballroom E

12:30am EDT

Bloody Love Plaza Ballroom F

11:00am EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Zachary Beckler • Sarah Tice Publishing 101: How to Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing Celebration 14-15Holly Rae Garcia • Derik Cavignano • Jose Cruz • Kenzie Jennings • Matt Masucci • Peter Rawlik Saturday Morning Spooky Toons Celebration 3-4 Costume Contest Registration Regency FoyerVAMP FX Autograph Room Regency Ballroom T-VRosanna Arquette • William Atherton • Simon Bamford • Amanda Bearse • Thomas "Brooklyn" Bellissimo • Thora Birch • Doug Bradley • Billy Bryan • Eugene Clark • Piggy D • Frank Dietz • Christine Elise • Dorothy Fielding • Erin Fitzgerald • William Forsythe • Stephen Geoffreys • Michael Gross • Ernie Hudson • Scott Innes • Doug Jones • Tom Woodruff Jr. • Sid Krofft • Bruce Kulick • Ashley Laurence • Joe Lynch • Kevin Mangold • Rob Mello • Trevor Newlin • Celeste O'Connor • William Ragsdale • Paula Rhodes • Andrew Robinson • Jessica Rothe • Salli Saffioti • Garrett Sander • Chris Sarandon • Samantha Scaffidi • Craig Sheffer • Jen & Sylvia Soska • Jonathan Stark • Karen Strassman • Kristy Swanson • Lili Taylor • Nicholas Vince • Alex Vincent • Dee Wallace • Ian Whyte • Barbie Wilde • Alicia Witt • America Young • Kellee Riley Clive Barker Autograph Room Celebration 1-2Clive Barker Photo Op Room 1 Silver SpringCeleb Photo Ops Photo Op Room 2 Rainbow SpringCeleb Photo Ops The LEGO Room Celebration 7-8Greater FL Lego Group Vendor Room Regency Ballroom O-S Film Fest Lobby Regency Foyer Tattoo Festival Plaza Ballroom G-K Filmmaker’s Lounge Plaza Ballroom D

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Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Derik Cavignano • Kenzie Jennings Scary Stories to Tell Your Kids Celebration 14-15Matt Masucci • Christopher Balzano • Jose Cruz • Wendy Dalrymple • Jennifer McMahon • Josh Strnad Howl O Scream: Orlando- Have you heard the Siren’s Call? Florida Ballroom AJaimz • Sea World Howl-O-Scream Q&A with Sid Krofft Orlando BallroomSid Krofft Arthouse Horror Plaza Ballroom F Sci-Fi Scares Plaza Ballroom E Creating Freakishly Severed Fingers Blue Spring I

12:30pm EDT

Cinema Cafe with Film Fest Guest of Honor Joe Lynch Plaza Ballroom DJoe Lynch

1:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Matt Masucci The I- 4 Dead Zone (and Other Things in Florida that Can Kill You) Celebration 14-15Christopher Balzano • Evan Bond • Kristin Dearborn • Joshua Ginsberg • Owl Goingback • Lucas Milliron • Peter Rawlik King of Horror Trivia Celebration 3-4 Lifecasting Demo: Making a Face Mold (and More) Blue Spring II Q&A with Lili Taylor Orlando BallroomAndrea Subissati • Lili Taylor Q&A with Scott Innes Florida Ballroom ANancy Andrade • Scott Innes The Gaming Room Celebration 5-6The Haven Games

1:30pm EDT

Ghost Tales Plaza Ballroom E Student Cuts! Plaza Ballroom F

2:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Evan Bond • Lucas Milliron Horror for Beginners Celebration 14-15Zachary Beckler • Douglas Ford • Judith Sonnet • Sarah Tice Night School Horror – Change our Minds Celebration 3-4 Fearless Filmmaking: Disabled Voices in Horror Plaza Ballroom D Q&A with Ernie Hudson Orlando BallroomJaimz • Ernie Hudson Q&A with Tom Woodruff, Jr. Florida Ballroom AFrank Dietz • Tom Woodruff Jr. Nightbreed Shuna Sassi Makeup Demonstration Regency Rotunda Stage

2:15pm EDT

The Art of Laying and Punching Hair Blue Spring I

3:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Douglas Ford • Judith Sonnet Healing Horror: How Terror Helps Us Grieve Celebration 14-15Victoria Nations • Bridget Brave • Robbie Dorman • Jennifer McMahon • Cindy O’Quinn • Sarah Tice Biolextricity hosts Resident Evil Trivia Celebration 3-4 Q&A with Doug Jones Orlando BallroomPiggy D • Doug Jones Q&A with Rosanna Arquette Florida Ballroom AAndrea Subissati • Rosanna Arquette Legends of the Weird & Strange! Plaza Ballroom F Predators & Prey Plaza Ballroom E Horror Able Plaza Ballroom D

4:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Bridget Brave • Victoria Nations Spotlight: Interview with Jennifer McMahon Celebration 14-15Douglas Ford • Jennifer McMahon Monster High Panel Orlando BallroomJaimz • Erin Fitzgerald • Paula Rhodes • Salli Saffioti • Garrett Sander • Karen Strassman • America Young Q&A with Alicia Witt Florida Ballroom ANancy Andrade • Alicia Witt

4:30pm EDT

Holiday Horror Plaza Ballroom F Psychological Horror Plaza Ballroom E Applying Encapsulated Silicone Prosthetics Blue Spring I

5:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Jennifer McMahon Is That Your Blood or Mine? Why We Can Stop Worrying and Love the Gore Celebration 14-15Zachary Beckler • Holly Rae Garcia • Kenzie Jennings • Stephanie E. Jensen • Lucas Milliron • Judith Sonnet Live or Die, the Choice is Yours: 20 Years of the Tricks and Traps of Saw Plaza Ballroom D Q&A with Bruce Kulick Florida Ballroom ABruce Kulick Q&A with Thora Birch Orlando BallroomPiggy D • Thora Birch Tattoo Awards: Categories Plaza Ballroom G-K

6:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Holly Rae Garcia • Stephanie E. Jensen Florida Horror Writers: How to be Dark, Gloomy, and Gothic When It's So Bright and Sunny Outside Celebration 14-15Robbie Dorman • Wendy Dalrymple • Owl Goingback • Victoria Nations • Peter Rawlik • Gaby Triana And You Films’ Horror Parody Hour Plaza Ballroom F Q&A with Carla Gugino: CANCELED Orlando BallroomNancy Andrade Bloody Love Plaza Ballroom E

7:00pm EDT

Choose Your Own Adventure Celebration 14-15Douglas Ford • Bridget Brave • Holly Rae Garcia • Matt Masucci • Lucas Milliron • Josh Strnad Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Owl Goingback • Peter Rawlik RIFFTACULAR HORROR THEATRE: She Came! (From Outer Space) Plaza Ballroom F

7:30pm EDT

Horror Heroines & Femme Fatales Plaza Ballroom E

8:00pm EDT

Horror Jeopardy! Celebration 14-15Eric O’Dierno • Zachary Beckler • Evan Bond • Jose Cruz • Holly Rae Garcia • Judith Sonnet • Sarah Tice Live Performance: SEWERSIDE BOMBERS Regency Rotunda StageSewerside Bombers Hilarious Horror Plaza Ballroom F Gaming: Blood on the Clocktower Celebration 5-6The Haven Games

9:00pm EDT

Live Performance: NOT NINE INCH NAILS Regency Rotunda StageNot Nine Inch Nails Bad Witch Burlesque Orlando Ballroom HORROR WESTERN: They Call Her Death Plaza Ballroom E

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Monster Madness Plaza Ballroom F

10:00pm EDT

Live Performance: LOVESONG THE CURE TRIBUTE Regency Rotunda StageLovesong Cure Tribute Tattoo of the Day Awards Plaza Ballroom G-K

11:00pm EDT

Live Performance: VISION VIDEO Regency Rotunda StageVision Video Scream Queens Drag Show! Orlando Ballroom Dark & Disturbing Plaza Ballroom E Perfectly Campy Plaza Ballroom F

12:30am EDT

LATE NIGHT Guts & Gore Plaza Ballroom E Troma’s Bring on the Damned! Plaza Ballroom F

11:00am EDT

Fear, Faith, and a Dash of Holy Water Celebration 14-15Josh Strnad • Derik Cavignano • Eric O’Dierno • Cindy O’Quinn • Sarah Tice • Gaby Triana Florida Fear Plaza Ballroom F Sci-Fi Scares Plaza Ballroom E Filmmaker’s Lounge Plaza Ballroom D Costume Contest Registration Regency FoyerVAMP FX Film Fest Lobby Regency Foyer Autograph Room Regency Ballroom T-VRosanna Arquette • William Atherton • Simon Bamford • Amanda Bearse • Thomas "Brooklyn" Bellissimo • Thora Birch • Doug Bradley • Billy Bryan • Eugene Clark • Piggy D • Frank Dietz • Christine Elise • Dorothy Fielding • Erin Fitzgerald • William Forsythe • Stephen Geoffreys • Michael Gross • Ernie Hudson • Scott Innes • Doug Jones • Tom Woodruff Jr. • Sid Krofft • Bruce Kulick • Ashley Laurence • Joe Lynch • Kevin Mangold • Rob Mello • Trevor Newlin • Celeste O'Connor • William Ragsdale • Paula Rhodes • Andrew Robinson • Jessica Rothe • Salli Saffioti • Garrett Sander • Chris Sarandon • Samantha Scaffidi • Craig Sheffer • Jen & Sylvia Soska • Jonathan Stark • Karen Strassman • Kristy Swanson • Lili Taylor • Nicholas Vince • Alex Vincent • Dee Wallace • Ian Whyte • Barbie Wilde • Alicia Witt • America Young • Kellee Riley Clive Barker Autograph Room Celebration 1-2Clive Barker Photo Op Room 1 Silver SpringCeleb Photo Ops Photo Op Room 2 Rainbow SpringCeleb Photo Ops The Gaming Room Celebration 5-6The Haven Games Tattoo Festival Plaza Ballroom G-K Vendor Room Regency Ballroom O-S

12:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Eric O’Dierno • Cindy O’Quinn Getting Cozy with Horror Celebration 14-15Jose Cruz • Zachary Beckler • Wendy Dalrymple • Douglas Ford • Josh Strnad • Gaby Triana Shared Screams (The “Unsure But Interested” Horror Episode podcast taping) Celebration 3-4 Q&A with Jessica Rothe Orlando BallroomNancy Andrade • Jessica Rothe Kids Costume Contest Regency Rotunda Stage Hellraiser Makeup Demonstration Blue Spring II Sculpting 101 Blue Spring I Costume Contest Pre-Judging Celebration 16 The LEGO Room Celebration 7-8Greater FL Lego Group

12:30pm EDT

Arthouse Horror Plaza Ballroom E Student Cuts! Plaza Ballroom F

1:00pm EDT

Creators Track: Author Signing Celebration 14-15Jose Cruz • Josh Strnad Glorious Grotesqueries: Why Are We Like This? Celebration 14-15Christopher Balzano • Evan Bond • Derik Cavignano • Joshua Ginsberg • Stephanie E. Jensen • Cindy O’Quinn “A Strange Little Man” A Salute To Frank Henenlotter Celebration 3-4 Live Performance: SOY DIVISION Regency Rotunda StageSoy Division Panel: The World of Clive Barker Orlando BallroomPiggy D • Simon Bamford • Doug Bradley • Ashley Laurence • Andrew Robinson • Craig Sheffer • Nicholas Vince • Barbie Wilde

2:00pm EDT

The Media Is the (Bloody) Message Celebration 14-15Stephanie E. Jensen • Christopher Balzano • Robbie Dorman • Joshua Ginsberg • Matt Masucci • Judith Sonnet Panel: The Cast of Fright Night Orlando BallroomAndrea Subissati • Amanda Bearse • Dorothy Fielding • Stephen Geoffreys • William Ragsdale • Chris Sarandon • Jonathan Stark RIP BEST OF FEST Plaza Ballroom F How to Make a Flat Mold Blue Spring I

3:00pm EDT

25 Years of Horror: Trends in the 21st Century Celebration 14-15Zachary Beckler • Bridget Brave • Kenzie Jennings • Victoria Nations • Judith Sonnet • Sarah Tice

4:00pm EDT

Film Festival Awards Plaza Ballroom F Costume Contest Orlando BallroomMohawkCrew • VAMP FX

5:00pm EDT

Tattoo of the Day Awards Plaza Ballroom G-K