Horror conventions are gatherings of the community of fans of various forms of horror including horror cinema, goth lifestyle, and occasionally science fiction and fantasy. Historically the focus has been on the cinematic form rather than literature and art, but this has broadened to include all forms in recent years. People in attendance at a horror convention are traditionally known as members of the convention; invited celebrities including film directors and stars are commonly known as guests of the convention, though many professionals including directors will simply attend as members.
The first morning of most conventions, the "Opening Ceremonies" are held, where organizers and marquee guests are introduced and speeches might be made. Some conventions such as Weekend of Horrors will play horror-themed music and video.
Programedit
Panel-led discussions, or Panels, usually fill up the daytime hours of most conventions with typically one-hour discussions of topics related to horror films, horror literature, and fandom in general.
Evening entertainment often includes a combination of official and unofficial events, including dances, formal invitational dinners, and fandom-themed room parties. A bid party is a room party held to influence the choice of the location of a future convention by advertising its advantages.
A costume contest called a masquerade is often held where persons go on stage and compete for nominal prizes based on their skill in assembling and presenting horror-inspired outfits. This is truly more a "talent show" rather than the "fancy dress ball" that the term suggests (although British fandom sometimes uses the term "fancy dress").
Specific roomsedit
A Dealer's or Huckster's Room is available, where merchants sell wares of interest to fans. These include books, action figures, prop replicas and t-shirts. Smaller conventions may simply have an informal Dealer's Row, a section of hotel rooms from which dealers sell goods, while larger conventions may have both an official dealer's room and an unofficial dealer's row.
Many conventions have video rooms, in which genre-related audiovisual presentations take place and/or films and trailers are shown.
Ending the eventedit
Often the "Closing Ceremonies" on the convention's last day are dispensed with entirely. This omission is because such ceremonies would logically be held after scheduled events are over, and convention members are occupied with packing up and checking out of the hotel.
Ceremony or not, a dead dog party is likely to be held. This is the traditional winding-down party where few of the attendees are likely to have huge amounts of energy. This party is an attempt to ease people back into the real world outside of convention and can be an effective method of warding off the depression, which is often associated with the end of a major event. Analogies can be drawn to the decompression parties following large events such as Burning Man.
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recent years People in attendance at a horror convention are traditionally known as members of the convention invited celebrities including film directors and stars are commonly known as guests of the convention though many professionals including directors will simply attend as members Horror fans at Colombia Terror Fest 2018 Contents 1 Anatomy of a typical horror convention 1 1 Getting started 1 2 Program 1 3 Specific rooms 1 4 Ending the event 2 Notable horror conventions 3 References 4 External linksAnatomy of a typical horror convention editGetting started edit The first morning of most conventions the Opening Ceremonies are held where organizers and marquee guests are introduced and speeches might be made Some conventions such as Weekend of Horrors will play horror themed music and video Program edit Panel led discussions or Panels usually fill up the daytime hours of most conventions with typically one hour discussions of topics related to horror films horror literature and fandom in general Evening entertainment often includes a combination of official and unofficial events including dances formal invitational dinners and fandom themed room parties A bid party is a room party held to influence the choice of the location of a future convention by advertising its advantages A costume contest called a masquerade is often held where persons go on stage and compete for nominal prizes based on their skill in assembling and presenting horror inspired outfits This is truly more a talent show rather than the fancy dress ball that the term suggests although British fandom sometimes uses the term fancy dress Specific rooms edit A Dealer s or Huckster s Room is available where merchants sell wares of interest to fans These include books action figures prop replicas and t shirts Smaller conventions may simply have an informal Dealer s Row a section of hotel rooms from which dealers sell goods while larger conventions may have both an official dealer s room and an unofficial dealer s row Many conventions have video rooms in which genre related audiovisual presentations take place and or films and trailers are shown Ending the event edit Often the Closing Ceremonies on the convention s last day are dispensed with entirely This omission is because such ceremonies would logically be held after scheduled events are over and convention members are occupied with packing up and checking out of the hotel Ceremony or not a dead dog party is likely to be held This is the traditional winding down party where few of the attendees are likely to have huge amounts of energy This party is an attempt to ease people back into the real world outside of convention and can be an effective method of warding off the depression which is often associated with the end of a major event Analogies can be drawn to the decompression parties following large events such as Burning Man Notable horror conventions editArcana CREEP I E CON Crypticon Fangoria s Weekend of Horrors New York City s Horror Fi Expo Fantastic Fest HorrorConUK Flashback Weekend For the Love of Horror Houston Horror Film Fest 1 Fantasm Orlando Fright Night Film Fest 2 3 HorrorHound Weekend House Of Horrors 4 Oberhausen Germany Monster Mania Con Monsterpalooza Rue Morgue Festival of Fear ScareFest Horror amp Paranormal Convention Shocka Con Horror Sci Fi Convention 5 Spooky Empire SPOOKALA Tampa Bay Screams Texas Frightmare Weekend World Horror ConventionReferences edit http www houstonhorrorfilmfest com Jeremy Sheldon HORROR HOUND Issue 40 HORROR HOUND LTD Publishers March April 2013 p 66 Jeremy Sheldon HORROR HOUND Issue 41 HORROR HOUND LTD Publishers May June 2013 p 59 House Of Horrors Convention Oberhausen Germany Shocka Con Horror Sci Fi Convention External links editSlasher App Slasher Horror Events Calendar HorrorCons com Database of past and future horror conventions Ominous Events com The Horror Fests and Cons Database GOBLINHAUS The GOBLINHAUS Horror amp Haunted Attraction 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