“LEPRECHAUN” AND “FREDDY VS. JASON” STARS HEADLINE HORROR SEGMENT AT NIAGARA FALLS COMIC CON
by James BurrellJune 6, 2025
Horror icon Robert Englund.
By JAMES BURRELL
The Niagara Falls Comic Con, which took place at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre this past weekend, celebrated all things pop culture. RUE MORGUE was there, and we had the opportunity to meet and chat with several guests at the show.
Among the names in attendance were Freddy vs. Jason stars Ken Kirzinger (Jason Voorhees) and Lochlyn Munro (Deputy Stubbs); veteran Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, puppeteer, and Terrifier 3 associate producer Bill Diamond; and the much-loved Tommy Chong, who appeared with Nicolas Cage in the 2019 adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s Color Out of Space.
RUE MORGUE’s James Burrell meets the legendary Tommy Chong. (Dave’s still not here, man…)
Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, and Leprechaun star Warwick Davis drew long lines at the event, with Englund signing photos and a plethora of A Nightmare on Elm Street-themed memorabilia. Davis cracked jokes about his title role in the humorous Leprechaun series with the crowd at his Q&A. Other guests at the event included Tremorsstar Michael Gross and genre film icon Michael Ironside (Scanners, Visiting Hours, V). Vendors from across Ontario were on hand to sell various masks, figures, games, comics, posters, cards and other collectibles.
Check out the accompanying pics from the event in the gallery below! (Photos courtesy of photographer Sanjay Mohanta.)
Warwick Davis holds court at Niagara Falls Comic Con.
Suspect Video’s Luis Ceriz.
James Burrell meets actor Lochlyn Munro
Some of the weird wares for sale at Niagara Falls Comic Con.
James Burrell with comic legend Tommy Chong.
Bill Diamond, Art the Clown, and Little Pale Girl.
Horror icon Robert Englund.
With “FREDDY V. JASON’s” Ken Kirzinger.en Kirzinger.
James Burrell has been fascinated with monsters and all things scary since the age of three. Growing up in Toronto during the 1970s and ‘80s, he fed his insatiable appetite for horror with a steady diet of Hilarious House of Frightenstein and Saturday afternoon TV matinees of Universal, Hammer and Amicus flicks - all while eating too many bowls of Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry. An avid collector of monster figures, model kits, vintage board games, tie-in novels, records, comics and movie posters, James continues to search for that next item to add to his eclectic and ever-growing collection of horror ephemera. He received the 2010 Rondo Classic Horror Award for Best Interview, for his feature on Sir Christopher Lee in Rue Morgue’s 100th issue and penned two volumes in The Rue Morgue Library.
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