Over the weekend of February 16-18, 2018, I had the great pleasure of attending the Famous Monsters Silver Scream Festival in Santa Rosa, CA.
I’m a monster geek from way back, so it was total thrill to be hanging out with film industry people and geeking out about horror films. I got to meet several icons of horror cinema: Ricou Browning, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, who was celebrating his 88th birthday that weekend; John Russo, the screenwriter on Night of the Living Dead; Jackie Kong, director of the cult classic Blood Diner; Kelli Maroney, actress in such horror classics as Chopping Mall and Night of the Comet; and Barbara Crampton, who starred in two of my favorite horror films, Re-Animator and From Beyond.
The capper, however, was that my “steampunk heart of darkness” screenplay, Where the Devil Resides, won the award for BEST HORROR/FANTASY SCREENPLAY.
I’m so gratified to the contest organizers for putting on such a great event. Now to find someone who’ll produce it…
