Texas Frightmare Weekend 2018: Last House on the Left special guests and Arrow Video release!

As if I needed more of a reason for us here at To Avoid Fainting to attend this year's TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND horror con (yes, we will be there this year)!

TFW has just announced some awesome guests and a super rad Arrow Video release that I will most definitely need to be getting my hands on.

"Texas Frightmare Weekend Presenting Sponsor Arrow Video is bringing two very special guests to our May 4-6 event. In celebration of Arrow Video’s upcoming and previously unannounced release of Last House on the Left please welcome Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler!

 We're also very excited to give you a first look at the cover art by celebrated artist Paul Shipper."

While you're at it, check out my review for Last House on the Left, which also happens to be the first post I made for the site. 

Texas Frightmare Weekend 2017! We're back!

If you follow me anywhere else on social media, you know that us folks here at To Avoid Fainting just got back from 2017's Texas Frightmare Weekend!  We had such a blast and came back with new friends, bruised livers and sore legs, and a big heap of merch from several of the buttload of vendors that were in attendance.

I don't think I'm going to post the following pictures in any particular order, so just enjoy!

Arrow Videos had such an impressive selection of blu's that we couldn't help but pick up a few for ourselves (which means more reviews to come!)

As you can see we stopped by the Severin Films booth as well for more films!

Sorry for the potato quality, but we also attended the Blumhouse.com panel (hosted by Rebekah McKendry, who is a total sweetheart - and Ryan Turek, who I believe, is Director of Development for Blumhouse) which was fascinating hearing them discuss the films on the roster, some of the ins and outs of the website, and a few future projects in the works.

In that same group of folks, we also attended a live recording of their podcast, Shock Waves which I highly recommend to anyone who has a deep love and appreciation for horror.

All of that also means I finally got to meet the awesome and funny, Rob Galluzzo, who is the Senior Editor at Blumhouse.com

Saturday is/was the busiest day of the convention weekend!  Every square space was full of people milling about meeting their favorite actors/artists/directors or buying something from the insane amount of awesome vendors that were posted up.

It pains me to say that I never got around to meeting one of my favorite directors, Dario Argento, who was one of the guests this year.  I swear, we had the worst luck every time we tried to get in line (they seemed to always have "capped" the line at the moments we walked up)!  I'll just be content with the fact that I saw him in person from 10 ft away and breathed the same air as him!  Is that creepy?  OH WELL.

More awesome friends we met!

Of course we couldn't go and NOT rep TAF!

Adam was particularly excited about his Monster Squad prints from London1888!

(how amazingly gross is that fucking Don't Breathe pin!?)

London1888 has this pretty badass Texas Chainsaw Massacre/Whataburger bundle exclusive to TFW.  Which, OF COURSE, as loyal Texans, we had to purchase!

Our resident To Avoid Fainting model, Adam.

Real squirrel foot necklace!  I never thought I needed one until this past weekend.

There was even an auction for the "Jane" used to promote The Autopsy of Jane Doe!  Even more awesome, all proceeds went to StopTheStigma.org

To sum our weekend up, it was an absolute blast.  Hopefully next year we can attend and participate in even more shenanigans!

Texas Frightmare Weekend revealed 2017 art!

TFW never fails to deliver when it comes to the artwork for their convention each year, and 2017 is no exception!

All items shown begin their pre-orders tomorrow so you better act fast and snag some awesomeness up!

"The TFW 2017 Official Pint Glass design... Get $5 draft refills in these all weekend long at TFW 2017!

Designed and hand etched by Drink With The Living Dead, these deep etched, heavy base glasses will last a lifetime, come individually wrapped in tissue and are gift boxed.

Pre-orders start tomorrow! $18.95 each or get a 4-pack for $64.95. Limited quantities will be available..."

"The TFW 2017 Event Poster #1... This beautiful 20" x 30" poster is designed by Texas based artist Timothy Pittides and screen printed on high quality poster stock. Be sure to visit Pittides at his booth during the convention for more of his amazing art.

Limited edition of only 75 hand numbered prints.

Pre-orders start tomorrow!"

"This year's stunning retro-pulp magazine inspired t-shirt and poster design is by Elvisdead who are known for their unique work with The Melvins, Queens of the Stone Age, Primus, Monster Magnet, Universal Pictures and more!

This will also be available in a screen printed 11" x 17" poster!

Pre-orders start tomorrow! If you've already pre-ordered a shirt, this is the design you will receive. T-shirts will be printed by the amazing Fast Custom Shirts."

All items will be available tomorrow for pre-order at www.texasfrightmareweekend.com

Quantities are super limited so don't sleep on these items!

To Avoid Fainting is heading to TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND this year!

That's right!  Adam and I will be making our yearly trip (with the exception of last year's con) up to Dallas for the always badass TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND horror convention this May 5-7!  There are so many awesome guests that have been announced over the last several months- Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin from Stranger Things, Austin Amelio and Tom Payne from The Walking Dead, pretty much the whole cast of 31, an almost reunion of the cast from The Thing, pro wrestler Sting, Ted Raimi, Shannon Elizabeth- I cannot wait!

You can find the full list of guests here.

And to make it more exciting, Blumhouse.com is now sponsoring the convention!

We're super excited and can't wait for more guests to be announced (I hope)!

Keep checking back here at the site for more updates leading up to the con and our full coverage the weekend of!

Tickets are still on sale at discounted prices (which will go away the closer it gets to convention time!)