SPECIAL GUESTS
Experts on Horror, Terror, Film, and Art
DANIEL HORNE
Artist, Illustrator
DANIEL R. HORNE PAINTER, SCULPTOR, MASK AND DOLL MAKER AND 5 TIME RONDO AWARD WINNING ARTIST.
Daniel has been making art professionally for the past thirty six years.
From paperback covers and children's books to gallery paintings and one of a kind art dolls, Daniel's art is in many private collections from Hong Kong to New York City.
Daniel's art has been featured in many of the genre's leading magazines and has been honored to have his painting: ARCADIA on the cover of : SPECTRUM the best of fantastic art., The covers for MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT, SCREEM MAGAZINE and a fine interview in make up artist magazine.
Daniel's classic monster paintings are in the collection of DAVID and JAN HAFT, GUILLERMO DEL TORO, RICK BAKER, GREG NICOTERO .
No matter the medium, Daniel gives each and every one of his creations life and a history.
BRYAN NORTON
Director, Professor, Writer, Producer
Interview with Bryan Norton about Jack Attack
Bryan Norton has an M.F.A. degree in Film Production from New York University's Tisch School of The Arts Graduate Film Program, and a B.A. in Cinema Studies from Sarah Lawrence College. He wrote and directed the award winning horror film Penny Dreadful with a generous grant from Warner Bros, starring Friday the 13th's Betsy Palmer and has won over one hundred film festival awards worldwide as well as the recent horror hit ‘All Hallows Eve 2”. As a professor and lecturer of film, Bryan taught film directing and screenwriting throughout the United States since 2001 and served as the chairperson of The New York Film Academy. He also has consulted on several documentaries, books and articles relating to the history and analysis of the horror genre, including Butcher Knives and Body Counts: Essays of the Formula, Frights and Fun of the Slasher Film, Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel and the upcoming documentary “Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street.” He has written articles for Fangoria Magazine, Delirium and other horror publications. His book ‘For God Sake’s Get Out! The Making of the Amityville Horror’ is due out next year from Bear Manor Media.
JESSE WEINER
Professor at Hamilton College
Jesse Weiner's research and teaching interests encompass Greek and Latin epic poetry, drama and, especially, the many ways in which classical antiquity continues to inform modernity. Weiner has worked as a Latin consultant for Hollywood films and as a scholar with the Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives program. He previously taught classics at Illinois Wesleyan University, California State University Long Beach and the University of California, Irvine, where he earned his doctorate. More about Professor Weiner.
