DARK XMAS MEDIA GUESTS
DENISE CROSBY *Saturday only
Denise was the co-star of Star Trek The Next Generation in the first two seasons playing Lt. Tasha Yar. She would leave the show for a time to pursue a movie career, co-starring in Stephen King's Pet Sematary and the asteroid thriller Deep Impact.
She would return two years later to Star Trek appearing as Tasha Yar in "Yesterday's Enterprise" which is considered by many fans to be the best of the Next Generation episodes. That episode would eventually spawn a new character played by Denise, Romulan Commander Sela. Sela and Leonard Nimoy's character Spock would both make their final TV appearance in the two part episode "Unification." Denise would play Lt. Tasha Yar one last time in the final Next Generation episode "All Good Things..."
Denise would then go on to produce and host the movies Trekkies and Trekkies 2 that focus on the fans of Star Trek. She played Dr. Speake in two episodes of The X-Files, co-starred in Tobe Hopper's Mortuary, appeared on Dexter, played herself in an episode of Family Guy, and much more.
DANNY HICKS
Danny is best known to Evil Dead fans as Jake who stars behind Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead 2. He is a long time friend of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell and often appears in their movies. In his most recent movie role, he is part of a comedy duo with Timothy Patrick Quill from Army Of Darkness in My Name Is Bruce directed and starring Bruce Campbell.
Danny although best known for Evil Dead 2, has also appeared in Darkman, Maniac Cop, Intruder, Wishmaster, and has a cameo in Spiderman 2.
TIMOTHY PATRICK QUILL
The Blacksmith in Army Of Darkness is what Timothy is probably best known for. He is a long time friend of director Sam Raimi and actor Bruce Campbell since they were all in high school together. He co-starred with Danny Hicks as a comedy duo in Bruce Campbell's new movie My Name Is Bruce.
Timothy often appears in Sam Raimi movies along with Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, and Danny Hicks. He also appears in all three of the Spiderman movies and will be appearing in the fourth one as well.
He will be bringing along home video footage of Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi when they were all younger that we will be playing at the show. He promises that the video's are very funny and that aspiring filmmakers will love it.
STEPHEN MANLEY *Spock in Star Trek III
Before Zachary Quinto portrayed the character Spock made famous by Leonard Nimoy, a young actor named Stephen Manley played the character in the movie Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.
He was a childhood actor, other than Star Trek he is best known for his role in the Robert Wise movie The Hindenburg. He also portrayed David Carradine's character Kwai Chang Caine as a young boy in Kung Fu.
SCOTT CUMMINGS
Scott Cummings is best known as Michael Jackson's former bodyguard. He is also an author and he has been a bodyguard to many other celebrity stars like Donald Trump, Sir Elton John (pictured above), Bill Cosby, Martha Stewart, and many others. He has also worked along side such government icons as President's Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, and former U.S. Secretary Henry Kissinger.
COREY HAIM *tentative, likely not able to attend
Perhaps best known as a teen icon in the 1980's, early 90's, and for his role as Sam Emmerson in The Lost Boys. Corey's first breakout starring roles were Lucas with Charlie Sheen and Stephen King's Silver Bullet.
In 1987 Corey would take part starring in the popular vampire film The Lost Boys. This would also introduce him to Corey Feldman, the two would go on to star together in many films including License To Drive, Dream A Little Dream, and many more. Corey also starred in the horror film by Dean Koontz called Watchers.
Recently Corey teamed up again with Corey Feldman on the A&E popular reality TV show "The Two Coreys." He also did a cameo in Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, and appears in Crank 2 with Jason Statham and Amy Smart. He is signed on to be featured in the new horror film "The Girl" shooting in the Youngstown Ohio area from June to September of 2009.
*Corey is marked "tentative" as he has been paid in full to attend the event. However he recently contacted me to let me know that a very close family member is going through cancer treatments and he is unsure if he'll be able to attend the show at this moment in time. We wish Corey the best and if he is able to make the show, then great, and if not we understand and support him in this matter. This is directly from Corey after explaining what was going on. "I'm out for now, don't worry I'll be able to get back to you sooner than later." Then he goes on to say "He (his agent) and I will figure something out, I'm sorry man but I'm in shock so I'll be speaking to ya later on."
KAYLA PERKINS
Kayla started her acting career on the final season of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. Kayla is also an award winning model who is on billboards and in magazines.
She has been in the horror film Hell-ephone with Ari Lehman, and she is a co-star in two thrillers currently in production, Window With A View, and Red River. In the May issue of Supermodels Unlimited Magazine she was voted a "Rising Star" as being a future star supermodel.
Kayla recently joined the cast of the The Girl playing one of the three lead female cast members.
Friday The 13th Movie Reunion!!!
ARI LEHMAN * 1st Jason Voorhees in Friday The 13th "original"
Meet the original Jason Voorhees from Friday The 13th, Ari Lehman. From Ari's early work with special effects master Tom Savini, he received an appreciation for the horror greats like Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Vincent Price. Ari is now the lead singer of the punk/metal band First Jason who will also be performing at Dark Xmas.
WARRINGTON GILLETTE *Jason Voorhees in Friday The 13th Part 2
Meet the man who terrified you as a young child, the man who killed without mercy to avenge his mother's death. Warrington Gillette played the first adult Jason Voorhees killer in the movie's franchise. He also reunited with his mother Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) in the movie Penny Dreadful.
JOHN HOCK *Jason Voorhees in Friday The 13th Part 5
John Hock is a professional stunt man who in Friday The 13th Part 5: A New Beginning along with Tom Morga played the role of Jason Voorhees. John has also been a stunt man in such films as Rambo III, Total Recall, What Dreams May Come, Elvira Mistress Of The Dark, and many more.
ELVIRA'S TWIN
Patterson Lundquist is well known as Elvira's Twin, Official Look-alike for the real Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Patterson co-starred with the Real Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) on her 2007 FOX reality show 'The Search for the Next Elvira' where contestants had a chance to become the Next Elvira. Patterson served as the nice 'Manvira' judge, coach and make-up artist for the finalists and is the most popular Elvira look-alike in the world.
LISA NEELD
Lisa is a cover model with Playboy as well as an actress. She first appeared in J.R. Bookwalters horror film The Sandman. This year she plays a twisted killer in the new horror movie "The Girl" starring Lisa and Kayla Perkins and being filmed in the Youngstown Ohio area. In 2008, Playboy voted Lisa as being one of the top 100 sexiest women alive.
J.R. BOOKWALTER
J.R. directed his first movie The Dead Next Door in 1988, it was produced by Sam Raimi and had two characters that were voiced by Bruce Campbell. He became a popular producer and director with Full Moon Pictures, producing the William Shatner movie Groom Lake as well as many others. He also directed Witchouse II and III with Full Moon. Currently he is the CEO of the movie distribution company Tempe Video, based out of his hometown in Akron Ohio.
CIRCUS ENVY
Circus Envy has a role in Rob Zombie's H2, the sequel to Halloween. He will be appearing all weekend at Dark Xmas, and atleast one of the days he'll be dressed as the Dark Xmas Santa Claws.
DOORWAY PRODUCTIONS
Doorway Productions is ran by Josh Maldonado and is known as the original erotic horror company. The company features such actors as Lynn Marz, Joe Shelby (Dawn Of The Dead), Nikki C., Syn DeVil, and Nick Tallo (Dawn Of The Dead). Their movies are distributed worlwide through Hostile Entertainment at select stores.
LYNN MARZ
Lynn has been the leading star actress for Doorway Productions since 2004. She is best known for the lead role in Goth Girls and she was also the star of the erotic horror trilogy, Creepy Clips. Her latest film Torture Toys will be available at Dark Xmas.
TROY HOLBROOK
Troy is an FX artist, photographer, writer for Cryptic Magazine, and FX artist for the upcoming movie Cyrus. Cyrus stars Lance Henricksen, Danielle Harris, and Brian Krause. Troy will be on hand for the weekend giving a demo on silicone appliances, selling selections for his collection of mock crime scene photography, trading cards and makeup packages, where participating attendees get a chance to "die and live to tell about it." and have their SFX make-up and photo taken.
WAYNE ALAN HAROLD *Saturday & Sunday only
Wayne is a well known cult filmmaker from the Cleveland Ohio area. His early work was producing "Genuine Nerd" segments for MTV News starring Toby Radloff. He is best known for directing Killer Nerd and Bride Of Killer Nerd starring MTV's Toby Radloff. He later went on to direct Girlfriends, Townies, and Genuine Nerd. He recently wrapped up his documentary on award winning comic book artist P. Craig Russell which will be shown at Dark Xmas.
TOBY RADLOFF *Saturday & Sunday only
In 1980 Toby met Harvey Pekar and soon after became a character in Pekar's popular comic book American Splendor. Later MTV hired Radloff to appear on it's MTV News performing skits as the Genuine Nerd. Wayne Alan Harold then cast him to be the star of both of the cult horror films Killer Nerd and Bride Of Killer Nerd. HBO in 2003 made a movie on Harvey Pekar's life called American Splendor, Toby appears in the movie in the documentary section of the film. He has appeared on the Howard Stern Show and in the films Genuine Nerd and Townies.
TED ALDERMAN
Mr. Alderman has been very busy acting, directing, and producing his own independent films. Ted's company, Wicked Dreams Entertainment, first started out with the feature film Vampyre Tales. Next up was The Deepening, and then Scream Farm.
Ted has also worked in the following feature films and TV shows, The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice, I Love You Phillip Morris, Murder in Black and White, Torment, and many others. He continues to work in projects all over the country and states, "Life is to short to let someone try to stop you from reaching your dreams. So soar to the sky and reach for the stars."
SUZI LORRAINE
Suzie Lorraine is also known as Kelli Summers. She is best known for her roles with Misty Mundae and Darian Caine in the Seduction Cinema film's Lord Of The G Strings and Spiderbabe. She has appeared in such magazines as GQ, Esquire, FHM, and has done modeling with ads for Nike, Mercedes, etc. She was recently the co-host for many of the MonsterFest episodes on AMC.
LILITH STABS
Lilith Stabs is an actress/scream queen and model. She can be seen in various b-flicks including Demonatrix, Malefic, Zombiegeddon, Deadly Stingers, Bad Movie Police, and Demon Divas. She has graced the pages of various publications: Femme Fatales, Draculina, Prick, Extreme Fetish, and CQ among others. She helped London Knight Studios comic book character Razor battle demons in the pages of the Razor comic book. She also has several ongoing projects involving photography, writing, and a new music project.
BRENNA LEE ROTH *Sunday only
Brenna will be showing the new film she stars in, Killer Biker Chicks on Sunday at Dark Xmas. She co-stars in the movie Dog and appears in the new movie The Road coming to theaters this October starring Viggo Mortenson and Charlize Theron.
THE RICHARD CRAWDADDY SHOW
If Howard Stern and Ozzie Osbourne had a love child and it was a puppet, it would be Richard Crawdaddy. The sarcastic Crawdaddy from EVTV will be taping his one hour long show live at Dark Xmas where he will be on stage interviewing some of the celebrity guests and more.
TREK CONTINUUM GUESTS
DENISE CROSBY
(See biography above)
STEPHEN MANLEY
(See biography above)
ARLENE MARTEL
Arlene is likely best known as Spock's vulcan bride T'Pring in the popular Star Trek episode Amok Time, an episode where Kirk and Spock must fight eachother to the death. She also portrayed a vulcan Priestess in Tim Russ's Star Trek Of Gods And Men film.
She appeared in The Outer Limits original episode Demons With A Glass Hand written by Harlan Ellison, he is responsible for writting possibly Star Trek's best episode City On The Edge Of Forever. She was also in Mission Impossible with Leonard Nimoy, Battlestar Galactica, Hogan's Heroes, Twilight Zone, and many more.
B9 ROBOT from LOST IN SPACE
The year was 1965 and Irwin Allen's hit TV series, Lost In Space, had captured the imagination of the future for fans accross America. One such fan, Keith Sturgeon built this life size B9 Robot for all to enjoy.
MEET THE CAST & CREW OF THE GIRL
The teaser trailer for The Girl will premiere at Dark Xmas 2009. The horror movie being shot in the Warren - Youngstown Ohio area stars Kayla Perkins, Ari Lehman, Robert Z' Dar, Warrington Gillette, Suzie Lorraine, Ron Millkie, and Warren Ohio's own Lisa Neeld. Listed below are some of the actors and crew involved in the making of the film.
LISA NEELD
(See biography above)
KAYLA PERKINS
(See biography above)
ARI LEHMAN
(See biography above)
MARK CRAY
Mark is an award winning actor who began acting on stage and eventually made the jump to film. Some of his films include Voodoo Rising, Reunion, Zombie Holocaust, and The Ritual co-starring with Brinke Stevens. Mark's latest film The Ritual will be playing at Dark Xmas.
LONNI GARY
Lonni is one of the three lead actresses in the movie "The Girl." She is based out of Baltimore, Maryland and has recently been cast in a few horror films. One that will be released in late 2009 is Demons Rising and she has most recently been filming Eye 4 An Eye.
TIFFANY APAN
Tiffany was gaining popularity for her roles in B-movies with Troma Entertainment and others but she was looking for more. This lead to a career with music, she has released two singles from her album "Poet." She recently starred in the film Heavy Mental, the short horror - comedy Doll Nazi's Must Die by Eerie Frequency, and she'll be appearing as Kara in The Girl.
TRAVIS BOWEN
Travis is the director and co-producer for The Girl. He is the creator of Dark Xmas which was started in 2003. He recently wrapped up the Ed Wood inspired film Shadows In The Woods starring actors from Star Wars as well as indie film stars as well. He has been an actor in over fifteen films most of which are indie horror movies. He works mostly with Doorway Productions and is the co-owner of Eerie Frequency Entertainment, he appears as Stanley in The Girl.
JOE MOHN
Joe is the screen play writer and still photographer for The Girl. He also appears as Zeke in the movie and is the co-producer.
MARY JO MCINTYRE
Mary Jo is a model and actress. She recently appeared in a horror calendar and she plays the character Kim in The Girl.
MATT JEFFERSON
Matt plays one of the leading characters Carl in the film The Girl. Matt is mainly known for starring in the horror-comedy film Acid Trip. He currently works mostly with Eerie Frequency Entertainment and Doorway Productions. Other than acting he also directs, writes, and is a special effects artist. He'll be premiering his twisted new film with heavy special effects The Tooth Brushes at Dark Xmas.
JOSH WHITE
Josh plays the cocky character Mike in the movie. He was a leading character of a local vampire film shot in the Valley a few years ago. He also helped out in the movie 2020: An American Nightmare.
SOUND VIDEO PRODUCTION
Sound Video Production pictured in the middle does the camera work and edits The Girl. The editor has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for her work on the Cleveland news.
BILL BANKEY
Bill, pictured on the right is the head of special effect makeup on The Girl. He has done the special effects for other movies such as Shadows In The Woods, The Dead Among Us, and 2020: An American Nightmare. Other than special effects he also acts, he played the lead in 2020: An American Nightmare along side of such popular b-movie actors as Conrad Brooks, Joe Estevez, and Lilith Stabs.
INDEPENDENT HORROR FILM
GUESTS
LOW BUDGET PICTURES / CHRIS SEAVER
Low Budget Pictures, or LBP to the hardcore fans, have been on the front lines of micro-cinema for about 18 years now. They are devoted to bringing you the viewer an entertaining ride filled to the hilt with witty and off beat dialogue, gore, boobs, sight gags, and more. LBP marches to the beat of their own drum and makes the types of films they want to see and nobody is making. Love them or hate them, Low Budget Pictures has stood the test of time. While many the copy cat have come and gone, LBP will always be there, thrusting there brand of "High Garbage" down your throats for you to enjoy.
For over ten years they have acquired quite a rabbid fan base and huge amounts of media coverage from many top selling genre magazines as well as featured on television worldwide, compliments of Reelz Channel and Slamdance TV. They have also been written about in two of Troma President Lloyd Kaufman's books and have over 36 full length features to their credit. Fifteen of those films can be purchased, rented, or downloaded from many retail chains around the world. Check LBP out if your looking for some truly unique twisted comedy horror!
JOHNY WALKER
Spawned from the influence of Ed Wood, Johny Walker is known for his horror films Super Hell, Super Hell 2, and Dee Flowered. He directs, writes, and acts in his films. Like Wood he has mainstream horror actors in his films such as Conrad Brooks (Plan 9 From Outer Space), Robert Z'Dar (Maniac Cop), John Link (Ironbound Vampire), Syn DeVil (Witches Sabbath), and Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger). His movies are bizzare, sleaze - trash B-Films for a better today and he is a surreal artist hailing from Lousiville Kentucky.
EERIE FREQUENCY
Meet Ohio's own independent film movement, Eerie Frequency! Co-owner Joe Mohn wrote the screen play for The Girl, is a co-producer, and also has a cameo in the movie. Jennifer Milligan and Greg Cupan will also have cameo's as well. Jennifer and Greg appeared in Doll Nazi's Must Die, and Joe and Jennifer appeared in Shadows In The Woods.
OLD SCHOOL SINEMA
Under the leadership of Director / Producer / Writer and founder Joe Ostrica, Old School Sinema is quickly emerging as one of the most prolific and exciting independent production companies behind original Horror, B-Movie, Exploitation, and Grindhouse cinema in recent years. Based out of Cleveland Ohio, OSS has produced "The Horror Convention Massacre" (Winner of Best Horror Film at the 2007 Miami Underground Film Festival), "The Horror Convention Massacre 2,"The Spookshow" (a supernatural, rock-and-roll slasher film featuring Bill Hinzman of "Night of The Living Dead" fame) and "She Devils A Go-Go." Ostrica and company currently have 5 more features in various stages of production. OSS hosts a charity zombie walk twice a year and have had more than 600 zombies participate, raising more than 1,200 pounds of food for Harvest for Hunger. Visit www.myspace.com/ossprojects and www.ossmovies.com for more info.
LEN KABASINSKI
Len is a legend in Erie, PA... His movies are available in video rental stores and video retail stores nationwide. His production company is known as Killer Wolf Films and they have released such horror films as Swamp Zombies, Curse Of The Wolf, and their latest film Fist Of The Vampire starring Darian Caine. Len will be holding a Q & A about Fist Of The Vampire and will be showing the film as well.
DOOM AND GLOOM PRODUCTIONS
Doom And Gloom Productions will be selling copies of their vampire film Revival Of Darkness, we will also be playing the film at Dark Xmas. Their film sets out to show fans that horror doesn't need to be blood and gore, it can also be artistic in a way that the original horror classics were like Dracula, Phantom Of The Opera, etc.
Greg pictured above in the middle, with Jason Mewes (Kevin Smith's Mall Rats, Dogma, Clerks) on the left and Travis Bowen of Dark Xmas and Eerie Frequency on the right. Greg not only created the Eerie Horror Film Festivel in Erie, PA but he is also a producer working on a new movie in the Erie, PA area that will star former Dark Xmas guest Tony Todd.
BANDS
FIRST JASON *Ari Lehman's band
Friday The 13th's Arli Lehman will be performing at Dark Xmas with his band First Jason. Ari is the original actor who played Jason Voorhees. Ari who formerly worked for Bob Marley's own Tuff Gong Records and Interscope Records now tours with his band across the United States.
TIFFANY APAN
Former b-movie actress turned singer, has two singles Ghost and Run Away from her first album Poet.
DJ
DJ YETI
GUESTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
SEPTEMBER 2009 DARK XMAS CANCELATIONS INCLUDE:
CAMILLE KEATON (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE), One of her close family members is undergoing surgery around the time of the event and she will be with him. She will however be joining us for our Dark Xmas Clas-sick hotel show in December.
G TOM MAC (THE LOST BOYS THEME SONG), With Corey Haim's uncertain status at this years show we've decided to go in a different direction since Gerard will be appearing at our friends the Eerie Horror Fest the following month in October.
LAR PARK LINCOLN (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 7), Sadly, Lar's battle with cancer took a turn for the worse and she'll be unable to make it to this years show. We wish her the best and hope for her recovery.
C.J. GRAHAM (FRIDAY THE 13TH), C.J. recently acquired a new job as head of security at a large hotel in California and is unable to get away from his job.
RON MILLKIE (FRIDAY THE 13TH), Ron's manager called and said he had a death in his family and was unable to attend the event.
GUESTS FOR NEXT SHOW....
(Guests listed below are for the Dark Xmas Clas-sick hotel show, which is currently postponed.)
ROBERT Z' DAR
Robert is famous to horror fans for portraying Matt Cordell the Maniac Cop in the Maniac Cop trilogy starring Robert and Bruce Campbell. It was possibly his role as the brutal murderer Matt Cordell which landed him the role of Face, co-starring with Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell in Tango And Cash.
In 1991 he would play the character Rocco in the real life story of Lucky Luciano played by Christian Slater in the mafia thriller Mobsters.
Interestingly, before Robert ever played a police officer in movies he was a real life officer in Chicago after graduating college at Arizona State. In 2009 he once again will portray an officer of the law, playing the head police officer in the Youngstown / Warren Ohio horror movie The Girl.
CAMILLE KEATON
"This woman has just cut, chopped, broken, and burned five men beyond recognition... but no jury in America would ever convict her!" With those words, the poster for I Spit On Your Grave gives you an idea that this isn't your average horror film.
Camille is the star actress of I Spit On Your Grave. The 1978 cult horror film is still controversial today for it's brutal rape scene and for it's revenge scenes. She won a Best Actress award for the role.
In what feels like a perfect match, considering the story line to the Eerie Frequency movie The Girl. We bring you the actress who was the original female serial killer.
MORE GUESTS COMING SOON...