Today was the second day of horror popculture convention, Days of the Dead: Los Angeles! This is at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel and takes place over three days, the last day is tomorrow! More information can be found at: https://daysofthedead.com. There were free posters of That’s A Wrap which had at table featuring writer, Joe Knetter, Sarah French (Harper), and director, Marcel Walz. Their q&a is on Sunday! There were panels for the Millennium Godzilla actors; Tsutomu Kitagawa, Godzilla in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002), and Motokuni Nakagawa, the suit actor for Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003).
Days of the Dead, the International Ballroom, author’s photo.
Later there was a panel on the Heisei Godzilla; Watau Fukuda, played Godzillasaurus, in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) and Hurrican Ryu, Godzilla Jr. in Godzilla vs. Destroyah (1995). A film festival and photo ops were at the Plaza Ballroom. also a few Alien displays from the Hollywood Horror Museum! The International Ballroom had vendors and celebrities from wall to wall! Alyssa Sutherland had a table featuring her photos from Evil Dead Rise where she played one of the sisters, Ellie. Next was comedian Tom Arnold from the True Lies (1994). One of the retailes was Preston Poulter of Pocket Jacks Comics. He wrote the graphic novel, White Lily (2020) about two Russian fighter aces, Lydia Litvyak and Katya Budanova
A number of the cast members from Aliens (1986) were there; Cynthia Soctt (Corportal Dietrich), Ricco Ross (Pvt. Frost), Daniel Kash (Pvt. Spunkmeyer), Jenette Goldstein (Pvt. Vasquez), Mark Rolston (Pvt. Drake), William Hope (Lt. Gorman), Michael Biehn (Corporal Hicks), and Carrie Henn (Newt). It was great to see Mark Rolston especially with his memorable role as Boggs in Shawshank Redemption (1994). Rolston noted the rehearsal process that bonded the Colonial Marines. Biehn mentioned that his role as Lang in The Mandalorian was from Tombstone (1993). In the back was Tom Woodruff, Jr., Academy Award winner for Death Becomes Her (1992).
An Alien from the Hollywood Horror Museum!
Towering in the room was Ian Whyte, who played Gregor `The Mountain’ Clegane in season 2 of Game of Thrones. On the other side of the room was Damien Leone, writer and director, and David Howard Thorton (Art the Clown) from Terrifier (2016) and the sequel, and Amelie Mclain (The Little Pale Girl) from Terrifier 2 (2022). There was a a photo op of Thorton and Mclain in costume! Bin Furuya was a special guest who had played Ultraman from the first series in 1966 to Shin Ultraman (2022)! Mizuho Yoshida played Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)! I’m a fan of his work as the deadly alien in the sci fi sentai movies; Zeiram (1991) and Zeiram 2 (1994)!
Hiroshi Kanatani had new sketchbooks of Godzilla and Ultraman and drew sketches in each one! Many of the cast from Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors 3: Dream Warriors (1987) also had tables. Ken Sagoes played Kincaid who has the distinction of being the “first African-American actor to survive a major horror film”! Also there is Jennifer Rubin who played Taryn, “In my dreams, I’m beautiful - and bad!” Other actors include Ira Heiden (Will), Bradley Gregg (Phillip), and Rodney Eastman (Joey). There were a few cosplayers and even a line of nuns for the promotion of The Nun 2 which opens 8 September! It is always to meet the creative people who make a cosmos of sci fi, Kaijus, and crazy clowns come alive! Days of the Dead is a fun convention with many celebrities out of our fears and others who are in favorite movies and television.
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