Dead Winter Con Big Success

London, Ky played home to the first annual Dead Winter Horror Convention on February 17th and 18th . Dead Winter is the first of it's kind in southeastern Kentucky. It brought some of the biggest names from both the horror genre but also the paranormal world. 

The event gave fans a chance to meet film makers and celebrities in a setting that some bigger events wouldn't allow. Smaller lines gave fans a chance to have conversations with the actors or film makers and find out more about their favorite movies. 

Some of the celebrities on hand were: Alex Vincent (Child's Play 1&2), Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th and First Jason), Victor Miller (Writer of Friday the 13th), Tony Moran (Halloween) and John Dugan (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). There was also three walkers in attended from AMC hit show The Walking Dead Jeremy Ambler, Rodney Hall, and Micheal Koske. Also at Dead Winter was a couple of different paranormal groups such as Flatline Paranormal and Crossover Paranormal.

Dead Winter was more than just a meet and greet it also included concerts from City of Sirens, King Tank Revolution, Devastation Device and headlining each night was First Jason.  There was also gaming tournaments hosted by Troll and Toad. Aron Houdini was also on hand performing several escapes including breaking out of 2,000 pairs of hand cuffs and a straight jacket.

The event also played host to a movie screening two of the featured films shown was D4 and Girl Number Three. Following the viewing of the film fans had the chance to meet with the makers of the films Darrin Dickerson (D4), Nathan Thomas Milliner (Girl Number Three) and Herschel Zahnd (Girl Number Three). Following Saturday's screening of Girl Number Three the audience was welcomed to the lead actress Julie Streble dressed in her characters costume. 

Photo from Girl Number Three Facebook Page

This first year event was hosted by Brian and Samantha Sizemore who pulled out all the stops to make sure everyone in attendance was having a great time.  You could see Brian bouncing all around the convention making sure everyone felt like they having an amazing time and treated everyone he came in contact with like he had known them for years. 

Dead Winter Con was an amazing event  for southeastern Kentucky and will be for many years to come. It gives the unique feeling of a family atmosphere that all event should have. This event will continue to grow over the years but the one thing that will always be there is that it is made for the fans.