Events and Screenings 2008
| Jan. 22 | Vampira: The Movie screening in Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| What: | Utah debut at TromaDance Film Festival |
| When: | 3:00 PM |
| Where: | Salt Lake City Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| More info. | TromaDance official website. Flyer for this event. MovieMaker Magazine article about TromaDance (Jan. 8, 2008). |
| Jan. 25 | SBIG FilmFest presents a tribute to Maila Nurmi in Los Angeles |
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| What: | Plan 9 From Outer Space screening with Vampira: The Movie clips and giveaways |
| When: | Midnight |
| Where: | Vista Theatre, 4473 Sunset Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027 |
| More info. | Admission $10, cash only. SBIG FilmFest on MySpace. |
| Feb. 15 | Berlin premiere |
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| What: | Berlin premiere of Vampira: The Movie, followed by Plan 9 From Outer Space. With Vampira: The Movie editor Alexia Anastasio in person. |
| When: | 8:15 pm |
| Where: | Central Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin, Germany. |
| More info. | Central Kino website, phone: +49 30 28599973. |
| Feb. 22 - 24 | Meet composer Ari Lehman at Fangoria Chicago |
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| What: | Meet composer and first Jason of Friday the 13th fame signing copies of Vampira: The Movie at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, Chicago, IL area |
| When: | Fri., Sat. and Sun. February 22-24, 2008 |
| Where: | Wyndham Chicago O'Hare, 6810 N. Mannheim Rd. Rosemont, Illinois |
| More info. | Buy tickets here. |
| Mar. 7 - 8 | Meet Kevin Sean Michaels at MegaCon, Orlando, FL |
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| When: | Fri., Sat. and Sun., March 7 - 9, 2008 |
| Where: | Orange County Convention Center Hall SB. Please take note we are across the street in the North/South Building. The South Concourse, located inside the OCCC's South Building, faces International Drive. The street address for the South Concourse is 9899 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819. |
| More info. | MegaCon website. |
| March 14 - 16 | Meet director Kevin Sean Michaels and editor Alexia Anastasio at Monster Mania in NJ |
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| What: | Meet director Kevin Sean Michaels and editor Alexia Anastasio in Cherry Hill, NJ at Monster Mania Con X. |
| When: | March 14-16, 2008 |
| Where: | Crowne Plaza Hotel Philadelphia-Cherry Hill, 2349 W. Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill, NJ |
| More info. | MonsterMania.net. |
| Apr. 4 | Vampira: The Movie screening in Helsinki, Finland |
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| What: | Finland debut at Night Visions Film Festival |
| When: | 11:00 PM |
| Where: | Kino Engel cinema in the heart of Helsinki, Finland |
| More info. | Night Visions official website. Night Visions on MySpace. |
| Apr. 4 - 6 | Meet director Kevin Sean Michaels, horror host Penny Dreadful, Debbie Rochon and editor Alexia Anastasio in Long Island, NY |
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| What: | Special events listed below, and see us in the dealer's room all weekend at I-CON 27. |
| When: | April 4 - 6, 2008 |
| Where: | Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY. Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 62. Follow Nicolls Road North approximately 9 miles. The main entrance for the University will be on your left. |
| More info. | I-CON website. |
| Apr. 5 | I-CON panel: Before SHOCK! Theatre - Vampira Remembered |
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| What: | Panel discussion featuring Professor Kinema, Kevin Sean Michaels, Penny Dreadful, and Alexia Anastasio |
| When: | 3:30 - 4:00 PM |
| Where: | Room Javits 102, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY |
| More info. | I-CON website. |
| Apr. 5 | Vampira: The Movie screening |
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| When: | 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
| Where: | Room Javits 102, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY |
| More info. | I-CON website. |
| Apr. 6 | I-CON panel: After SHOCK! Theatre - TV Horror Host & Hostessing in the 21st Century |
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| What: | Panel discussion featuring Professor Kinema, Kevin Sean Michaels, Penny Dreadful, and Alexia Anastasio |
| When: | 12:30 - 1:30 PM |
| Where: | Room Javits 102, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY |
| More info. | I-CON website. |
| Apr. 6 | I-CON panel: Guilty Pleasures |
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| What: | Panel discussion featuring Professor Kinema, Kevin Sean Michaels, and Alexia Anastasio |
| When: | 1:30 - 2:30 PM |
| Where: | Room Javits 102, Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY |
| More info. | I-CON website. |
| Apr. 6 | Vampira: The Movie screening in Helsinki, Finland |
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| What: | Finland screening at Night Visions Film Festival |
| When: | 2:30 AM (yes AM!) |
| Where: | Kino Engel cinema in the heart of Helsinki, Finland |
| More info. | Night Visions official website. Night Visions on MySpace. |
| Apr. 18 - 20 | Exclusive "Vampira: The Movie" print by Ronn Sutton available at New York Comic Con |
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| What: | Meet director Kevin Sean Michaels and editor Alexia Anastasio at booth 900-A. There will also be a special exclusive Ronn Sutton autographed Vampira: The Movie tribute print for sale at the show. |
| When: | All weekend |
| Where: | Jacob K. Javits Center (booth 900-A), 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY |
| More info. | Ronn Sutton is a veteran artist best known for penciling stories for the Elvira, Mistress of the Dark comic book (Claypool Comics). The print is autographed by Ronn and by Kevin Sean Michaels. The print measures 11x17 and costs $20. Comic Con official website. List of all Comic Con exclusive products (scroll down for Vampira: The Movie print). Ronn Sutton official website. |
| Apr. 25 - 27 | Meet Kevin Sean Michaels and grindhouse legend Ted V. Mikels in Los Angeles, CA |
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| What: | Meet us at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors at our booth and for a panel discussion about Ted's new movie Demon Haunt and Kevin's new doc on Mikels entitled The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels. |
| When: | April 25 - 27, 2008 |
| Where: | Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA |
| More info. | Buy tickets here. The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels official website. |
| May 15 | Screening in Berlin, Germany |
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| What: | Screening of Vampira: The Movie at the Entzaubert Radical Non-Commercial Queer Film Festival |
| When: | 5:00 PM |
| Where: | Schwarzen Kanal, Michaelkirchstrasse 20, 10179 Berlin, Germany |
| More info. | Entzaubert on MySpace, Entzaubert blog. |
| May 17 | Kevin Sean Michaels on Cult Radio A-Go-Go! |
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| What: | Terry and Tiffany interview Kevin Sean Michaels in this live radio call-in cult movie show. |
| When: | 8:00 PM Pacific Time, 11:00 PM Eastern |
| Where: | Listen free on CultRadioAGoGo.com |
| More info. | Show information, MySpace. |
| May 30 - 31 | Kevin Sean Michaels at Wizard World Philadelphia |
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| What: | Meet the director of Vampira: The Movie at this exciting convention |
| When: | May 30 - 31 |
| Where: | Pennsylvania Convention Center. We'll be at the Suicide / Anti-Authority Clothing booth. |
| More info. | Wizard World official site |
| June 19 | Unspeakable Night |
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| What: | A Night of Horror: Live performance by "London After Midnight." Event dedicated to Maila "Vampira" Nurmi. With Vampira: The Movie give-aways. |
| When: | 8:00 PM |
| Where: | Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th Street NW, Washington, DC |
| More info. | Unspeakable DC, Town Danceboutique, buy tickets at Groove Tickets. |
| June 20 - 22 | Kevin Sean Michaels at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in NJ |
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| What: | Vampira: The Movie director in person screening The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels |
| When: | exact date and time TBA |
| Where: | Crowne Plaza Meadowlands, 2 Harmon Plaza, Secaucus, NJ |
| More info. | Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors |
| June 27 - 28 | Kevin Sean Michaels at The Two Boots Pioneer Theater in NY |
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| What: | Vampira: The Movie director in person screening The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels |
| When: | 10:00 PM |
| Where: | 155 East 3rd Street (between Avenues A and B), New York, NY |
| More info. | The Two Boots Pioneer Theater |
| July 23 - 27 | Vampira: The Movie at Comic-Con International: San Diego |
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| What: | Kevin Sean Michaels and Tura Satana signing copies of Vampira: the Movie and The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels |
| When: | July 23 - 27, 2008 |
| Where: | Booth 5409 at the end of aisle 800. San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 |
| More info. | Comic-Con official site, The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels official site |
| July 29 | Grindhouse Film Festival Presents The Doll Squad |
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| What: | Kevin Sean Michaels and Francine York in person discussing the Ted V. Mikels film The Doll Squad |
| When: | Tuesday July 29, 7:30 PM |
| Where: | New Beverly Cinema, 7165 West Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 |
| More info. | Grindhouse Film Festival, New Beverly Cinema, The Doll Squad on IMDB |
| Aug. 8 | Homegrown Film Festival on Long Island, NY |
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| What: | Ripe Art Gallery presents the first "Homegrown Film Festival" featuring all local film makers. Vampira: The Movie will be showing on August 8th. Other films being shown are The Ghouligans (Aug. 1), Lost Suburbia (Aug. 15), and The Deed to Hell (Aug. 22). Admission is $5. or $3. for floor space. |
| When: | "Green" carpet starting at 8pm, followed by the screening, then a reception until 11pm. Kevin Sean Michaels will attend. |
| Where: | 67 Broadway, Greenlawn, NY. Click for directions. |
| More info. | Ripe Art Gallery View film fest postcard |
| Aug. 22 - 24 | Rue Morgue Festival of Fear |
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| What: | Stop by the Vampira: The Movie table at Toronto's largest horror convention |
| When: | Aug. 22 - 24 |
| Where: | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 222 Bremner Blvd. (South Building), Toronto, Canada. |
| More info. | Official Rue Morgue website View poster |
| Aug. 24 | Celebrity Q & A with Tura Satana at Rue Morgue |
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| What: | Get up close and personal with the legendary star of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! |
| When: | 1:00 PM |
| Where: | Room #715A, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 222 Bremner Blvd. (South Building), Toronto, Canada. |
| More info. | Official Rue Morgue website |
| Aug. 24 | The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels at Rue Morgue |
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| What: | The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels by Kevin Sean Michaels, featuring Tura Satana |
| When: | 2:00 PM |
| Where: | Room #707, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 222 Bremner Blvd. (South Building), Toronto, Canada. |
| More info. | Official Rue Morgue website |
| Aug. 29 | Kevin Sean Michaels at Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival |
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| What: | Documentary filmmaker Kevin Sean Michaels takes us into The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels, the grindhouse director behind Blood Orgy of the She Devils, The Corpse Grinders, and The Astro-Zombies, who lived in a castle surrounded by women. Clips. |
| When: | 10:00 PM |
| Where: | Hyatt Regency Atlanta (The Learning Center room) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. |
| More info. | Dragon*Con main site, Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival site, Ted V. Mikels on IMDB |
| Sept. 18 - 20 | Meet Kevin Sean Michaels at The Clay Theatre, San Francisco, CA |
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| What: | A Celebration of the Films of Ted V. Mikels! With Ted V. Mikels, documentarian Kevin Sean Michaels and actress Shanti in person. |
| When: | Thursday September 18: The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels and Blood Orgy of the She-Devils at 9:15 PM with your hostess Peaches Christ! Friday September 19: The Corpse Grinders and The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels at midnight. New! Also appearing for a special live performance: Thee Merry Widows! Saturday September 20: The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels and Blood Orgy of the She-Devils at midnight |
| Where: | Landmark's Clay Theatre, 2261 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 |
| More info. | View poster. Event listing at Clay Theatre website. Showtime line: (415) 267-4893, box office phone: (415) 346-1124. Ted V. Mikels on IMDB |
| Oct. 17 - 19 | Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend in Orlando, Florida |
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| What: | Stop by the VAMP Productions table at Florida's largest horror convention. |
| When: | All weekend! |
| Where: | The Wyndham Resort, 8001 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819 |
| More info. | This is the event formerly known as Screamfest. Spooky Empire official site |
| Nov. 2 | Vampira: The Movie screening in Cape Town, South Africa |
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| What: | South African debut at Horrorfest Film Festival |
| When: | 8:30 PM |
| Where: | The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa |
| More info. | Horror Fest South Africa official website, MySpace and Facebook. |
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