Jan 15 2009
Horror Convention Nostalgia
Reminiscence of the old January Fango convention VHS roundup continues…..
1998 had just begun weeks before. The following day was the Fangoria convention. Staying at his girlfriend’s house before heading to the train station the next morning, this reviewer was only supplied with a newly-acquired Triboro VHS of the unrated version of Andy Warhol’s Dracula (aka Blood for Dracula, 1974). The night was long.
This reviewer arrived around 11AM in the morning. This first Fango con was overwhelming. Meeting the great director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, 1968; Dawn of the Dead, 1978), special “splatter” effects master Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th), and “El Hombre Lobo” himself - Paul Naschy, was a lot to absorb. However, the fact that hundreds of movies that would ordinarily be out of reach for this webmaster were plentiful - and for easy selection - was almost too much for the wallet to bear. Oasis of the Zombies (1982) was a quick ten dollar purchase.
