I’M HOME! After nearly 24 hours of flying in airplanes and being trapped in airports I made it back from my amazing trip out to California. I had so much fun this Halloween! On October 30th (the day I arrived), I met up with my spooky pal Nicole at LAX and we quickly got our rental car and drove towards South Pasadena! We checked into the Sheraton Hotel where the convention was being held, put down our bags, and headed to the TOTAL SKULL office in LA. We met up with Alicia, who also works for TS, and SMZ herself! We all hung out for awhile and then loaded the merch for the convention into our car while dodging Star Tour Vans. After that, we drove out to the old Myers House back in So Pas! We visited Carol (who works in the house and helped me get the measurements) for a little bit. It was so great to finally meet her – she has helped me out a lot and building the Myers House NC wouldn’t have been possible without her - so THANK YOU again Carol! She also showed me a copy of the “South Pasadena Review” newspaper with my house on the front page! The Myers House NC was also on the front page of the “Pasadena Star News” newspaper on October 31st, and I’ll be sure post the articles on here sometime this week! After that, we walked around a little bit more, and then went back to hotel to mingle with all of the other HALLOWEEN fans.
On HALLOWEEN morning we woke up early and drove out to the California desert (Palmdale & Lancaster) to re-visit The Devil’s Rejects filming location Kahiki Palms, aka Club Ed, as well as Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen from House of 1000 Corpses! We had complete access to the locations and were able to get some amazing photographs. The landscape out there is beyond belief ...the views are incredible! After that we hit up Halloween Town Store in Burbank and got to meet Wayne Toth, the special effects artist from Rob Zombie’s Halloween and much more. And then we drove out to the cemetery used in the original HALLOWEEN, which was very cool. Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for Halloween night. Nicole painted me up like little Tommy Doyle from Rob’s Halloween and she did a killer job! I went Trick-or-Treating in the real Haddonfield and got to visit the original Myers House on HALLOWEEN NIGHT! ...it doesn’t get much better than that! There were so many people out there taking pictures of the house and guys dressed up as Michael Myers walking around the outside of the house. It was crazy awesome! Then to top everything off, I attended a midnight showing of the original Halloween in 35mm.
I went back to the hotel, slept for 3 hours, and then got back up to start getting ready for the 30 Years of Terror HALLOWEEN Convention. I started setting up the Total Skull booth at 7:30 in the morning, and by the time the convention doors opened, Alicia and I were ready and excited! We sold quite a bit of TS clothing and I got to meet so many awesome Halloween fans at the booth that knew about the Myers House NC and were excited to stop by and chat with me about the house. Everyone was very nice and super supportive. I had such an amazing time - I got to meet PJ Soles, Brian Andrews, Will Sandin, Ellie Cornell, William Forsythe & many more guests at the convention! I also got to see some old friends like Scout, Danielle, Kristina, Sean, Stef, Donnie, and MORE ...so needless to say, I had a very HAPPY HALLOWEEN this year ;)
...but I’m happy to be back home in North Carolina with Emily and my kitty cats, and I can’t wait to see the house this weekend! Since I’ve been gone the crew has put up most of the exterior window molding, they have installed more siding, and our giant gable ornaments have been delivered to the property and might go up this week! So stay tuned for MYERS HOUSE NC updates soon.
