Horror Fest V Recap (Now with Photos!)

Greetings, readers! Welcome to the photographic recap of last weekend's Horror Fest V: The Revenge of Cap'n Howdy. Revenge, as it turned out, was sweet, as the fifth festival (or the eighth, if you also count Summer Fests) was second only to The Greensboro Summerfest Massacre Part III for audience enthusiasm. Between Street Trash, Kingdom of the Spiders, Frankenhooker, The Evil Dead, and especially House, the quality of this year's lineup easily surpassed Part IV's.

I also have a number of ideas for Summerfest IV and a special December version of the fest (made by special request from a friend overseas) that doesn't have a name yet. I'm looking for suggestions, by the way. In the meantime, let's have a look back to one week ago...

Our poster for this year (mostly accurate).

Our movies for this year (again, mostly accurate).

Oh wait, did I forget Horror Fest V's "Surprise" movie?

Cranpire (host of Night One) alongside his House on Haunted Hill poster.

The creepy tree face outside of Cranpire's apartment.

What's a Horror Fest without proper decoration. Liz and Randy had already set up some excellent Halloween accouterments, like this:


and these cobwebs:


So I helped by adding Horror (and Summer) Fest traditions like festive lights and, of course, Shecky:

Ladies and gentlemen, the "vampire" from Curse of the Undead. (Cue Theremin)

Tom, Cranpire, and kitty "enjoy" Curse of the Undead.

The Rianimator unveils her Baphomet costume.

Doctor Tom and the Rianiphomet, just before House started.

Point of Terror, this year's "Trappening." It's horrific, but not horror.

Frankenhooker.

Speaking of which, remember when I said "he drills into his head to think clearly," and promised a picture? Here it is...


by the end of Night Two, only the Cap'n was left standing. Even our hosts, Liz and Randy, had conceded to Mr. Sandman:


Alas, the Cap'n was busy photographing Halloween costumes and related mania on Sunday night, so no photos from Night of the Living Dead, The Evil Dead, or The House of the Devil exist. I suggest you seek those films out and see for yourself. I insist you hunt down copies of Street Trash and House, and highly recommend you get some friends, a six-pack, and a copy of Kingdom of the Spiders for some snowed-in evening.

Tomorrow's Trailer Sunday concludes coverage for Horror Fest V. Until December*, stay scared!


* Seriously, I'm looking for good monikers. It could be very fun, and I might set up a voting system...