Upon entering the main floor, attendees were greeted by the sight of the Ice Nine Kills museum, complete with memorabilia from the band’s music videos and live shows. The guest list also included Kane Hodder ( Friday the 13th Part VII-X), Nick Castle ( Halloween), Bill Moseley ( The Devil’s Rejects), Doug Bradley ( Hellraiser), Danielle Harris ( Halloween 4-5), Tom Arnold ( Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare), James Jude Courtney ( Halloween 2018), Ari Lehman ( Friday the 13th), Felissa Rose ( Sleepaway Camp), Paul Soter ( Super Troopers), Erik Stolhanske ( Super Troopers), Miko Hughes ( Pet Sematary), Andrew Bryniarski ( The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003), Dave Sheridan ( Scary Movie), Ricky Dean Logan ( Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare), and more. Silver Scream lost Skeet Ulrich the week of the show due to filming commitments, but they promptly replaced him with a fellow Scream star, Jamie Kennedy. Moreover, INK frontman/mastermind Spencer Charnas often had the longest line out of all the celebrities.Ĭancellations are an unfortunate reality when it comes to conventions, and it can hurt when a headliner has to back out at the last minute. Informal polls conducted before each panel consistently showed that more than half of the attendees were at their first horror convention. Rock and Shock catered to the intersection of music and horror, but with Ice Nine Kills’ rabid cult following behind it, Silver Scream Con brought in a new audience beyond die-hard genre fans. Created by Massachusetts’ own horror-inspired metal band Ice Nine Kills, the first ever Silver Scream Con took place August 26-28 at the Doubletree Boston North Shore in Danvers, MA.
If its debut is any indication, Silver Scream Con is, at long last, a worthy successor to the throne.
While several other events admirably attempted to occupy the void left in the local horror community, none were quite able to fill Rock and Shock’s sizeable shoes. Rock and Shock served as New England’s premier horror convention for 16 wonderful years before its reign came to an unexpected end in 2019.
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