Move over Emerald City Comicon, Sakura-Con, and PAX. My new favorite convention is CRYPTICON—”Largest Horror Convention in the Pacific Northwest.” Not only did I get to hug Dee Wallace—star of The Howling, the mom in E.T. and Cujo, and soon one of the witches in Rob Zombie’s new movie Lords of Salem—I got to shake this guy’s gigantic hand, talk to Marilyn Burns (the lady who runs and runs and screams and runs some more in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and I walked up Doug Bradley, “pin-head” from Hellraiser and high-fived him right after meeting Ricou Browning, the guy who played The Creature From The Black Lagoon. There were books, authors, directors, workshops, panels, merch, zombie tag, LARP-ers, film screenings, and last but not least, a panel of a bunch of local ghost-hunters discussing pros and cons of Ouija boards.
My only complaint was there were too many zombies and not enough vampires. Professional wrestler and former WWE star Gangrel had to pretty much hold it down for the fangs.
- Kelly O
- Thirsty zombie
More photos after the jump!
- This guy chased me around when I arrived—Eeeeeee!
- Kids were running around everywhere, and seemingly afraid of nothing
- Still one of the best-ever scary kids?
- A real kid, and not a mask
- Also not a mask, and the winner of the make-up contest
- These zombies love a Starbucks latte
- She just wants to clean your house
- There’s wrestler Gangrel, still “fangin’ and bangin'”
- Fangin’, but not bangin’
- Wait, what?
- Best pun!
- Worst complexion
- Wait, what?
- In a heavy metal opera, coming soon
- Ok, now I’m scared
- The VIP section
- Live action role player
- Cute couple!
- Headache
- Headache, part II
- Wanna pet my snake?
- Quoth the raven, nevermore
- Have you shown these to The Creature From The Black Lagoon?
- Wanna buy a big knife?
- Shexy knife!
- Beef with… oh, wait, that’s Dee Wallace!
- She said EVERYBODY cries…
- I wanted to ask Marilyn Burns to scream
- Dude’s over seven feet tall
- Why the long face?
- Dude above needed to meet these girls
- Wait, what?
- Ok, I’m scared
- Hey look, it’s Pinhead!
- “See you in Hell!”
