10.00 am on Sunday 27th October 2013 and the doors to Cardiff’s Mercure Holland Hotel open - Cardiff’s first Horror Expo
SCARdiff had officially begun!
SCARdiff was co-produced by Fantasy Events, Shock Horror magazine and Horror author
Wayne Simmons; a veritable smorgasbord of horror goodness.
The one day event was held at the rather well appointed (fully licensed bar, always a plus, nice toilets, conference rooms and good sized trading hall) and was jam-packed with horror writers, comic book artists, actors, producers, special effects artists, directors and horror fans alike.
SCARdiff Guests
The guest list was pretty extensive, including:
Dominic Brunt (Before Dawn),
David Moody (Autumn and Hater series of novels), John Higgins (Razorjack, Watchmen), Simeon Halligan (Splintered),
Adam Millard (The Dead series), Simon Williams (Bad Blood), Anthony D.P.Mann, Bobby ‘The Pimp’ Rhodes (Demons),
Wayne Simmons (Flu and Doll Parts), James Plumb (Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection),
Mike Peel (Rogue Creations SFX), Tony Jopia (Deadtime) and many more.
The guests made themselves available throughout the day so it was easy to meet with your favourite and everyone was more than willing to answer questions and generally geek out on anything horror related.
The Q&A sessions were hosted by Colin McCracken, founder and editor of
Zombiehamster.com and regular contributor to Rue Morgue, Diabolique, Shock Horror and more. The sessions were well received and tons of fun.
A number of films were shown including screenings of Out There, Shellshocked and Radio Silence.
Cosplayers were out in force featuring characters from and inspired by 2000AD, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Razorjack, Night of the Living Dead, Chucky, Interview with a Vampire, Little Red Riding Hood and more.
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| Silent Hill. |
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| Judge Pal - Wewere let off with a stern warning! |
The trading hall was packed with all manner of horror goodness from the macabre to the bizarre from traders such as
Mad Science Films,
Retrodec, Gadmachine,
Science Fiction Collectables,
ShottleBop, Sovrin’s Crafts, Feast of Flesh, Drown Soda, Fish4Comics and
Zombie Shop.
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| Zombie Shop's Trading Table at SCARdiff 2013. |
It was a great day out and an awesome celebration of all things horror. When
SCARdiff 2014 comes to town it is highly recommended for any horror fan. Zombie Shop will be there!
Missed out? Check out the video report from S4/C.
Zombie Gifts, Gaming and Entertainment
Sweet! I hope you did a roaring trade as well as all the other zombie goodness going on.
ReplyDeleteWe did indeed thank you and we had such a fun day nerding out with other horror, sci-fi and gaming fans. It was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI'm very jealous of you, Adam. I wish I'd been there with you. Great review and photos. It sure did look like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI think you would have really enjoyed it Bryan. I hope at some point in the future you're able to get out and about and enjoy some of the zombie fueled goodness on offer. It was great fun and as SCARdiff 2014 has been hinted at, we're looking forward to that too!
ReplyDeleteSounds like good fun was had by all !
ReplyDeleteIt was great fun Zabadak, well worth a day out
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