Unless you're a serious horror fan, you probably know nothing about "Texas Frightmare Weekend". It's actually a HUGE deal and this year it's getting  a little exposure outside of the genre because of one of it's special guests, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor.

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Texas Frightmare weekend brings together horror movie fans with the people who make the movies.  There's tons of stars on hand and this year Corey Taylor will be presenting footage from a horror movie he stars in. In additon to Corey, Twiggy from Marilyn Mansons band, Dee Snider from Twisted Sister,  and Ace Frehley from KISS will be on hand.

Other big guests this year include the king of the zombie films George A Romero and Tobin Bell who played Jigsaw.  Linda Blair from the Exorcist will be on hand and they'll have reunions of cast members from Aliens, the Blair Witch Project, The Terminator,  the Cenobites from Hellraiser and more.  There's even cool behind the scenes folks like the voice of The Cryptkeeper and special effects makeup legend Tom Savini.

The event takes place the first weekend in May in Dallas.

Head here for more information.

 

 

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