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SCREAMING AT RETRO-HORROR CON 2025!

Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Halloween’s ’bout ‘nother couple o’ months away, but it’s already in full swing ’round these parts. Store’s are burstin’ with ghoulish goodies, the costume shops are open with every disguise and murder weapon a trick or treater could ask fer, and our amigos at Toy Federation just had their first ever horror convention — Retro-Horror Con! Yessir, this inaugural event was one fer the history books to scream the least, and we had a hoot and a half as its official announcers.

Jump scarin’ the chance to go all-in on this monstrous event, we took full advantage of bein’ in the eye of the storm and came out with some of the greatest memories any creep could hope to take to their grave. Aside from announcing, we got to drive horror hall of famers ’round town to their tv station interviews, host VIP dinners in Roger L. Jackson’s honor (the voice of Ghostface in all the Scream movies), lead panel discussions fer Judith O’Dea (Barbara from Night of the Living Dead), Jonathan Breck (The Creeper from Jeepers Creepers 1-3), and David Naughton (star of An American Werewolf in London), as well as mingle with a roomful of top shelf horror talents durin’ a special celebrity dinner that included Alex Vincent (Andy from Child’s Play 1-3), Derek Mears (Jason from Friday the 13th (2009)), Bill Johnson (Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), and Allan Trautman (Tarman from Return of the Living Dead 1-2).

For a gang of top shelf talents known fer playin’ some of cinema’s most horrifyin’ villains, they turned out to be some of the nicest folks any fan could wanna meet. Derek proved to be the quietest giant you’ll ever see sneak up on someone, Judith is the most delightful ball of energy to ever charge into a room, Bill always has the most thought provokin’ topics to discuss, Allan was the best neighbor anyone could be stuck by at a con, Jonathan disarmed everyone he met with that Texan smile of his, and Roger was the warmest soul with the best sense of humor we couldn’t get ‘nough of.

Of all the good times we had, our favorites were definitely with Judith, Jonathan, and Roger. Judith was all smiles, greeted everyone with open arms, and left the stage durin’ our panel with her to sit in the audience for a more up-close and personal conversation with her fans they couldn’t believe. Jonathan quickly figured out he was in Creeper country, and the one thang he loved more than hearin’ folks’ stories of their fandom fer Jeepers Creepers was pullin’ a good prank. The best by far, was him ambushin’ Mandy durin’ one of her con announcements over the intercom with a run-by fear sniffin’ that caused her to shriek into the microphone. We’re still in stitches laughin’ ’bout that one!

The mon-star of the hour fer us, however, was Roger, who we hung out with the most. He’s a walkin’ encyclopedia of movie trivia from the Golden Age of cinema to today, introduced us to some cool new songs like “Psycho” by Eddie Noack, offered some voice actin’ tips, and even sang unforgettable parody tunes he learned from Mad Magazine fer a karaoke performance. He was the hardest fer us to say good-bye to, but bridges have been built fer us to cross paths in the future.

As far as the rest of Retro-Horror Con, the vendors were unbelievable with their merch and displays. We had a free play arcade in the corner from Pinky’s Revenge, fellas with free samples of their spooky hot sauce they were sellin’ with jarred eels on their table, original bad ass action figure lines like World War Hell by Grindhouse Toys that came in kick-ass VHS packagin’, replica makers like Ten31FX with their Jason and Leatherface masks, and the show stopper of the whole weekend — this haunted house lookin’ VHS store with lifetime rentals. We wanna live in this sucker, we’re tellin’ ya! Truly amazin’!

We’ve been so stoked ’bout our involvement with Retro-Horror Con, we even added some new promotional material at our table. We’re still sellin’ the Scream Freaks Fan Club Kit, posters, and trading cards (now in new wax packs) as usual, but now we added the first ever Screaming Soup! pogs! Yup, our next disastrous idea fer advertisin’, we went all in on this ’90s fad and produced a set of five pogs featurin’ Deadwest, Billy, Peyote, Spidercrow, and Rabbit Kadabra, all of ’em with info ’bout each character on the back. Dated idea? Maybe. Fun promotional item? Most definitely!!

So, in closin’, Retro-Horror Con was a howlin’ hottenanny of a good time, and we can’t wait to do it ‘gain next year! Don’t miss out and mark it on your calendar to attend and don’t skimp on the VIP Gold Passes, ’cause they’re totally worth it!

And fer y’all wantin’ more Screaming Soup! updates, know the latest Screaming Soup! episode is still on the way as well as the Deadwest action figures we’ve been teasin’. We got a sneak peek at the first of the figures produced and they look amaze-balls! We can’t wait to make that available to you loyal Scream Freaks out there!!

Other than that, please show your support for our show with donations through Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, and Ko-fi, purchase Screaming Soup! Fan Club Kits and exclusive merch, catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, watch our daily TikTok movie reviews and read recent bite-size reviews for the newer horror films we’re checkin’ out in our blog R-Rated Reviews, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets (are they still called that?), subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74 .

See ya later, Scream Freaks!

SCREAMING AT THE SILVER BOLO AWARD!

Howdy there, Scream Freaks! Lots to catch up on since last we yapped, so let’s get to it, what do ya say?

First off, the Virtual HorrorHound Film Festival we were invited to host with Clownvis and Raggedy Dead Ann was a hoot and a half! We got to watch a butt load of flicks from some very promisin’ filmmakers we need to keep tabs on, mingle with a buncha comedians in the livestream’s chat rooms, and cheer our fellow horror hosts durin’ their segments. Raggedy reeled us in with her deceptively cutesy act, but Clownvis had us rollin’ with his oddball music video, Trafficula, y’all gotta see to disbelieve. And much to our devilish delight, the crowd had just as much fun watchin’ our short film block with us havin’ to keep the film festival’s livestream safe from a couple of malicious viruses found in a VR machine Doc Rex drug outta storage to enhance our virtual experience. Lotta fun, good times, and thanks again to master wordsmith Jessica Dwyer for makin’ this happen. In case any of you Scream Freaks missed the festival, below is our segment minus the short films fer yer enjoyment!

Now, last time we wrote y’all, we teased at an upcomin’ video interview with Alex Vincent, better known as Andy from the Chucky movies. Everyone involved thought this would be a shoe-in to happen since he’s not some pretentious A-lister flyin’ in from Beverly Hills, but lo and behold, we couldn’t twist this former child star’s arm to save our tailbone for so much as a single question. After lookin’ worried he’d be seen talkin’ to a skeleton cowboy, Alex said he wouldn’t do an interview for less than three digits and even hinted he might be a bit gun shy from some cyber bullyin’ he’s experienced lately. With no choice but to respect the fella’s wishes, the best we could do is ask our question and report it back here for you Scream Freaks.

In case you trivia nuts and jokesters didn’t know, ‘long ‘fore Alex popped back in the Chucky movies with Curse of Chucky, he actually had one last literal throwdown with his friend to the end in a little movie called My Family Treasure in 1993. A family friendly flashback flick ’bout a household’s claim to a Faberge egg from the Russian Revolution, the reason horror fans will wanna check this respectably made fluff out (other than Dee Wallace playin’ Alex’s mama) is ’cause Alex has a humorous confrontation with a store bought Chucky doll. Most the movie takes place in a livin’ room littered with toys, one of which is a Chucky doll Alex immediately picks up the moment he enters the scene. He and the chew toy lookin’ Good Guy lock eyes long ‘nough to let the inside joke set in, then he throws the little guy down to haunt the background the rest of the movie. When we asked ’bout this gag, Alex admitted this was all the director’s idea after he figured out the heroic little boy from the Child’s Play franchise was cast in his movie, and he was the one who brought the toy to set. For those of y’all interested in seein’ My Family Treasure in its entirety, it’s still up on YouTube last we checked.

We also owe a long overdue shout out to ‘nother supporter of our show. James C. Harberson III is a brilliant writer who first hit us up to review his graphic novel, Stay Alive (which is currently nominated for a Rondo Award for the Best Graphic Novels or Collections category. Check out our review in our Sequential Slime blog HERE), and is now spreadin’ the good word ’bout his new terrifyin’ anthology, A Disgusting Supermarket of Death. A mish mash of horrific characters and twisted fates, we encourage ya’ll to give yerself a good scare with these gross out pros and head over to its Amazon link HERE to snag it digitally or as a traditional paperweight. And if ya need more convincin’ to read this sucker, just see what our favorite ghost girlfriend Mandy has to say ’bout it with her in depth review HERE! And don’t forget to vote for ’em in the Rondos and throw us a vote while yer at it for favorite horror host HERE!

Finally, the biggest news to happen ’round here lately is the announcement we won a Silver Bolo Award for excellence in horror entertainment from one of our show’s biggest inspirations, Joe Bob Briggs! Yeeeeee-Haw! Kickin’ off the premier of The Last Drive-In‘s third season on Shudder with a double feature of Mother’s Day and The House By the Cemetery, we’re honored to be the first recipients of this season’s winners and happily join the exclusive ranks of those who won ‘fore us. We’ve had our eye on this sucker since Darcy the Mail Girl first made it part of the show in 2019, and persistently suggested our show for the award with the help of you Scream Freaks as a lesser known horror themed series that could use the exposure. Never missin’ an episode of Last Drive-In since its original marathon that broke the internet, it’s surreal this happened the one time we had to miss the live feed due to plans out of town. Thank Craven for social media. As if designed by fate, we just so happen to look at social media the very minute Shudder congratulated us for the award on Twitter!

Thank you Joe Bob Briggs for bein’ such an inspiration all these years. Thank you Darcy for believin’ our show is worthy of this attention. Thank you Shudder for givin’ the horror community somethin’ to rally ’round like The Last Drive-In. And most importantly, thank you Scream Freaks for all your support these many years. It’s your die hard enthusiasm for our show that fuels our creative fires to achieve milestones such as this.

What’s next on our agenda, ya ask? We just snagged a couple more sweet interviews this past weekend with Tyler Mane and Paul Taylor, better known as Michael Myers and Pinhead, so expect to see those vids drop sooner than later. And it’s that time of year ‘gain when we help our favorite horror fam, the Horror Addicts, celebrate their own annual award show recognizin’ the best in horror entertainment, the Ahhh Scares! Scheduled for 4/25/21 on their YouTube channel, we’ll be there to hand out the award for best animated horror of 2020!

Other than that, be sure to catch up on all past Screaming Soup! Seasons, check out this week’s Howl’n Hottie, read recent reviews for the newer horror films and comics we’re checkin’ out in our blogs, R-Rated Reviews and Sequential Slime, and help us get the word out about the web’s #1 animated horror host show! Please use our social buttons in the upper right corner of the site and follow our tweets, subscribe to our video channels, like our Facebook, watch and share all our vids, and keep that fan mail comin’. You can also warm up some Screaming Soup! leftovers with reruns currently playin’ on Beta Max TV, Sluggo’s The Vortexx, and Mr. Lobo‘s OSI 74!

See ya later, Scream Freaks!