John Murdy took the stage at Midsummer Scream's AWAKEN THE SPIRITS pop-up event to throngs of cheering fans. The event runs the weekend of August 14-15 at the Pasadena Convention Center. The masked crowd of 5,000 sat in wrapt attention as Murdy began by recapping 2020, (didn't take long) and inviting everyone to let out [...]

Awards night hosts Mr. He (left) and Remy Cashman (right) are pictured with HorrorBuzz founder Norm Gidney (center) - Photo by Heather Anderson For 2021, the Midsummer Scream Screaming Room presented by Horrorbuzz, usually held at the annual Midsummer Scream convention, took place, for the first time, as a stand alone event. The [...]

The producers of Midsummer Scream are thrilled to announce a surprise event kicking off the Halloween season to take place the weekend of August 14-15, 2021 at the Pasadena Convention Center. Awaken the Spirits! will feature over 200 spooky vendors, live entertainment, and a presentation stage where fans will learn what’s in store for Halloween [...]

Spiral, the newest entry in the “Saw” franchise, opens wide this Friday, over a year after it was initially scheduled for release, due to, you know, pandemic. But, the Midsummer Scream team is impatient, and will be hosting an advance screening of Spiral with Midsummer Scream two days early, this Wednesday, May 12, at the [...]

San Diego Comic-Con kicked off the 2020 home edition this year with a brilliant panel that highlighted the Queer Community in horror. Presented by SHUDDER, HORROR IS QUEER featured Sam Wineman (The Quiet Room), director of Shudder’s upcoming documentary on LGBTQ horror film history, and a panel of leading voices: Nay Bever (co-host, Attack of [...]

Today Midsummer Scream made the announcement that they are canceling their main event for 2020. Originally scheduled to run from July 31 to Aug 2, the Halloween and Horror Convention was to be held at the Long Beach Convention Center. The announcement comes two days after California saw it's second-biggest spike in reported cases and [...]

Indie games label Fellow Traveller has announced the full lineup for LUDONARRACON 2020, the global digital festival held on Steam celebrating narrative video games. LudoNarraCon 2020 will run from April 24-27 2020 and is available for free to everyone via Steam. Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, Fellow Traveller will be able to offer a unique [...]