A couple of weeks ago I worried this was becoming too sports-heavy. Now, I'm thinking too horror-heavy.
On Saturday I took the girls to Monster Bash, a movie monster convention. Ben Chapman, Forrest Ackerman and a bunch of others made appearances. We stayed for three hours, or about as long as our youngest would permit, and had a good time. Bill Hinzman, who Romero devotees know as the cemetary zombie and the very first zombie to appear, was there in costume, looked scarcely a day older and signed a glossy photo for me of him emerging from Johnny's body to chase Barbara. "I'm coming to get you next, Russ." I need to set this up with image-hosting capabilities so I can post it and the photo Ali took of him posing with Leah. The two older girls have been teasing their younger sister with "They're coming to get you, Barbara" long enough that it felt like coming full circle.
I also had a chance to meet and talk with Kyra Schon, the girl in the cellar. She was a pleasure to talk with, and if the trowels with the painted-on image of her going after her mom had been $10 cheaper, I'd own one.
Did you meet Bob Burns?
ReplyDeleteJust briefly. The room where he and Ben Chapman were located was the room where Toddler Meltdown 2005 also occurred.
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