Meet Night of the Living Dead's JUDITH RIDLEY!!!!

[scarredgod]

i registered just to respond to this, this news is PHENOMENAL! excellent work to all involved and you can count on us being there.

[Monrozombi]

so yeah I just sqweeled with delight at reading this, putting this on my calendar fo' sho'

[Trancelikestate]

I'm approaching the realm of wanting to go to this even more than zombiefest. But man i'm gonna try for both.

[DubiousComforts]

I'm approaching the realm of wanting to go to this even more than zombiefest. But man i'm gonna try for both. I don't believe this. If you're a Dead fan living in the western PA area and you don't show up for The Living Dead Festival, you will not only lose all credibility, but you also deserve a smack upside the head. Why would you even care about Zomebiefest, which isn't even called "Zombiefest" any longer but "Horror Realm" so they can also include all the idiotic Rob Zombie remakes and torture porn flicks, and be like every other lame "horror" convention in the country? I was a vendor at the 2007 show where they could have easily filled the Monroeville Expo Center with 20 or more Night of the Living Dead guests that live just a few mniutes away in the Pittsburgh area. They just didn't bother to look for them; I guess it's too much trouble to lift up the local phone book. It's simply amazing to me that it's taken 41 years for there to be an event in the Pittsburgh area that honors its own homegrown horror film in a big way. Well, it's finally happening with Gary's festival. He's not only delivering the event that Night of the Living Dead fanatics like myself have waited over 30 years for, but it will probably also be the largest gathering of HPOTD freaks in one place, ever. Are you going to miss that in order to attend some other convention once formerly known as Zombiefest? Don't make us come looking for you.

[Trancelikestate]

I don't believe this. If you're a Dead fan living in the western PA area and you don't show up for The Living Dead Festival, you will not only lose all credibility, but you also deserve a smack upside the head. Why would you even care about Zomebiefest, which isn't even called "Zombiefest" any longer but "Horror Realm" so they can also include all the idiotic Rob Zombie remakes and torture porn flicks, and be like every other lame "horror" convention in the country? I was a vendor at the 2007 show where they could have easily filled the Monroeville Expo Center with 20 or more Night of the Living Dead guests that live just a few mniutes away in the Pittsburgh area. They just didn't bother to look for them; I guess it's too much trouble to lift up the local phone book. It's simply amazing to me that it's taken 41 years for there to be an event in the Pittsburgh area that honors its own homegrown horror film in a big way. Well, it's finally happening with Gary's festival. He's not only delivering the event that Night of the Living Dead fanatics like myself have waited over 30 years for, but it will probably also be the largest gathering of HPOTD freaks in one place, ever. Are you going to miss that in order to attend some other convention once formerly known as Zombiefest? Don't make us come looking for you. haha, well to be honest my friend i live in Colorado again, and just haven't updated my location. so i would try to time it rightly, but you are right about how lame zombiefest has gotten. i haven't been to one in 4 years, so i guess i just kinda missed it. my favorite part of zombiefest, or any other monroeville convention is talking to lenny lies and sharon hill. they make my trip! i love those guys! when i say monroeville convention i am also refering to comicon, not sure if that one has been canceled also now that they tore down the radisson. the first time i meant lenny sharon and clayton was at comicon, and i also happen to meet karl hardman and marilyn eastman. that was just before the unfortunate news of his death i totally agree with you, and since you called me out on it i had to explain it further, does that explain my seemingly ignorant statement? to sum it up, i wanted to go to both, but may just go to the living dead fest because A: it sounds like it's gonna totally kick ass and they havnt even announced zombiefest, and B: you helped convince me hahahaha! lets not forget your talking to "a daily night watching badass"

[gary]

I don't believe this. If you're a Dead fan living in the western PA area and you don't show up for The Living Dead Festival, you will not only lose all credibility, but you also deserve a smack upside the head. Why would you even care about Zomebiefest, which isn't even called "Zombiefest" any longer but "Horror Realm" so they can also include all the idiotic Rob Zombie remakes and torture porn flicks, and be like every other lame "horror" convention in the country? I was a vendor at the 2007 show where they could have easily filled the Monroeville Expo Center with 20 or more Night of the Living Dead guests that live just a few mniutes away in the Pittsburgh area. They just didn't bother to look for them; I guess it's too much trouble to lift up the local phone book. It's simply amazing to me that it's taken 41 years for there to be an event in the Pittsburgh area that honors its own homegrown horror film in a big way. Well, it's finally happening with Gary's festival. He's not only delivering the event that Night of the Living Dead fanatics like myself have waited over 30 years for, but it will probably also be the largest gathering of HPOTD freaks in one place, ever. Are you going to miss that in order to attend some other convention once formerly known as Zombiefest? Don't make us come looking for you. Now that was a solid triple Jim. Close to an in the park homer

[Trancelikestate]

say gary, i was wondering about the details of the festival, its 2 days, do you have a scheduel of events, or a basic idea of what will be going on? do you suppose there will be an evening event also such as a reception? i'd love to have some beers and shoot the breeze with some of the notld guests if any are up for something like that.

[gary]

say gary, i was wondering about the details of the festival, its 2 days, do you have a scheduel of events, or a basic idea of what will be going on? do you suppose there will be an evening event also such as a reception? i'd love to have some beers and shoot the breeze with some of the notld guests if any are up for something like that. Well now that you ask. There will be an event on Friday night that I think will end up being an event that will be talked about for some time to come. It's Andy Jones’s collection (40 to 50 pieces) of ad material that will be on display at The Strand Theater in Zelienople. The doors will open at 8 PM and end with a Midnight screening of Night. This will be a real art opening type event with all of the guests attending. In addition Andy has created a numbered limited addition commemorative book containing the material from the show. How cool are they going to be!!~ Admission to this event will be $100 and that will also get you into the Saturday events over at EDCO Park in Evans City. Lots of signing, panels, ect. That day will end with the annual screening of Night in the open chilly Fall air. We are going to be blessed with a Full Moon that weekend. I'm hoping the crowd will be 500 to 1000. We had 300 last year with about two weeks promotion. No mention of it was really on the web eather. BTW tickets to the gala on Friday night will be limited to like 100 or 125 max + guests. Price for other event pkgs are being figured out now. I also want to mention my friend Terry Gindele-the first ghoul to get it from Ben's tire iron on the first attempt to get to the truck. Terry has a 5min film that is going to become as much of a collector’s item an Andy's book. Oh and did I forget to mention JUDITH RIDLEY!!~ I had a 4hr breakfest with Judy about two weeks ago and she is so great, remember we were once brother and sister in laws. You Guys are going to just shit at how cool and normal she is. So a more direct answer is yesssss lots of hang time. Believe it or not I have to rethink things numerous times to get more hang time in. One of the first announcements made was the official bar of the fest is Sports & Spirits on main street. Give Evans City the chance to chill you out. We are even going to have Night of the Living Dead beer for fucks sake. Yea right you got a better place to be I don't think so.

[Monrozombi]

well hell Gary, since you put it that way, sign me up twice

[capncnut]

Damn the f**king ocean!

[DubiousComforts]

haha, well to be honest my friend i live in Colorado again, and just haven't updated my location. so i would try to time it rightly, but you are right about how lame zombiefest has gotten. i haven't been to one in 4 years, so i guess i just kinda missed it. Okay, since you live in Colorado, we'll cut you some slack. But we'd better not find out that you were in western PA and didn't attend the Living Dead Festival or these guys will come looking for you... The Meathook Trio will drag you outside and feed you to those things!

[C5NOTLD]

The Meathook Trio will drag you outside and feed you to those things! Didn't The Meathook Trio have an album of zombie folk songs in the late 1960's and toured around PA?

[Trancelikestate]

oh dont worry dubious, i know where to be thats really awesome gary, thnx for the info. definatly sounds like a once in a lifetime experience. i sure am gonna try my hardest to get there. say what do you guys think the chances of judy odea showing up are?

[gary]

oh dont worry dubious, i know where to be thats really awesome gary, thnx for the info. definatly sounds like a once in a lifetime experience. i sure am gonna try my hardest to get there. say what do you guys think the chances of judy odea showing up are? It's not imposable!!~

[Trancelikestate]

thats what i like to hear. other surprise guests as well possibly?