horror Favorites TOP THREE MOVIES: Bret: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Night of the Living Dead, The Fly (original and remake) Smurf: Hellraiser, High Tension, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein TOP THREE SHOWS: Bret: Anything from Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher) Smurf: The Fall of the House of Usher, Friday the 13th: The Series, The Walking Dead TOP THREE AUTHORS: Bret: Stephen Graham Jones, Paul G. Tremblay, Smurf: Oh, that’s hard to say. I used to watch all of the Vincent Price films with The Abominable Dr. Phibes being my favorite, but I also loved Abbott and Costello who had a rather different approach to horror, but one of the best monster lineups a fan could wish for. IF YOU COULD SPEND A DAY WITH ONE HORROR VILLAIN — WITHOUT BEING HURT AND/OR MURDERED — WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? Bret: I’m gonna go really current, Mother from Barbarian. I love that film! Now I could say why, but that would be too gross; when I told Jeanni why, she said, “Nope, you’re not saying that!” Smurf: Pinhead of the Hellraiser series. ANY OTHER FUN HORROR/SCI-FI BASED PROJECTS YOU’RE INVOLVED WITH OUTSIDE OF COFOH? Bret: I had such a great time this last April in Colorado Springs helping our Six Feet Under Horror Film Fest friends put on the Hooked On Horror mini-convention and film festival with four Scream Queens in attendance. The forensic pathologists who put on the quarterly film festival, Leon Kelly and Dan Lingamfelter, will be back at COFOH with another creepy real-life cases panel. We’ve started doing screenings with special guests at different times of year and different venues too, like My Bloody Valentine and Mother’s Day. Smurf: I also run the Colorado Ghostbusters and after COFOH starts our busy season, we make appearances at various events throughout October. Everything from haunts, Trunk or Treats, the Broadway Halloween Parade and other parades, and other Halloween-inspired events. WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOR COFOH 2025? Bret: For our 5th year anniversary celebration, there will be Monsters! I wonder where that will take us?! Smurf: We have plans on adding a whole new element for next year as we build off of our theme Monsters. I can’t go into any detail without ruining the surprise, but we all are very excited about it as we hit year five. COLORADO FESTIVAL OF HORROR 2O24 FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 - SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 MARRIOT DENVER SOUTH AT PARK MEADOWS 10345 PARK MEADOWS DRIVE | LONE TREE | CO VIP HOTEL PACKAGES AVAILABLE *FREE FOR 10 YEARS & UNDER W/ A PAYING ADULT* LEARN MORE & GET TIX: COFESTIVALOFHORROR.COM FOLLOW FOR MORE COFOH NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: IG: @COLORADOFESTIVALOFHORROR | FB: @COFOHORROR No. 129 Daniel Kraus Smurf: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Stephen Graham Jones TOP THREE VIDEO GAMES: Smurf: Dead by Daylight, Silent Hill, Dead Space FAVORITE GENRE WITHIN HORROR: Bret: The slasher! Smurf: Slasher, no question. FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK: Bret: John Carpenter’s Halloween Smurf: Great question, I’d have to think about that one simply because there’s been some really good ones, but the first one that comes to mind is A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. FAVORITE QUOTE: Bret: “They’re coming to get you, Barbara.” Smurf: “Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don’t care how crazy they are.” YET TO BE RELEASED FILMS OR SHOWS YOU’RE EXCITED FO: Bret: Alien: Earth TV series, Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist and The Dark Tower Smurf: Army of Darkness FAVORITE PROTAGONIST: Bret: Ellen Ripley Smurf: Ash Williams FAVORITE ANTAGONIST: Bret: Aliens! Smurf: Aliens ARTIST XANDER SMITH & JEANNI SMITH, COFOH '21
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