2024 Guests & Performers – Midsummer Scream

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HALLOWEEN & HORROR CONVENTION

Returning August 15-17, 2025

Long Beach Convention Center

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Pro-Photo Ops Available! Click here for lineup.

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Bob Gurr

Legendary Imagineer / Creator of the Doom Buggy (signing at the Haunted OC booth)
Nathan The CatLady

Cat Dad, Actor
Derek Mears

Actor/Stuntman, Jason Voorhees in "Friday the 13th (2009)", "Swamp Thing"
John Kassir

Voice of The Crypt Keeper, "Tales from the Crypt"
Amanda Righetti

Actress, "Friday the 13th (2009)", "Chicago Fire"
Grimm Life Collective

Paranormal and Dark History Tourists
Dana DeLorenzo

Actress, "Ash vs Evil Dead"
David Dastmalchian

Actor, "Late Night with the Devil" / Author, "Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter”
Roger L. Jackson

The voice of Ghostface, "Scream" I-VII
Micah Sloat

Actor, "Paranormal Activity" 1&2 / Hosted by Paramount Scares
Victoria Price

Speaker & Author / Daughter of Vincent Price
Nikk Alcarez

Creator, Practical Peculiarities / Author "Peculiar Baking"
Andrew Divoff

Actor, "Wishmaster", "Toy Soldiers"
The Boulet Brothers

Queens of Darkness, creators/producers, "Boulet Brothers’ Dragula"
Katie Featherston

Actress, "Paranormal Activity" 1-4 / Hosted by Paramount Scares
Tony Todd

“Candyman” “Final Destination”, “The Crow”, “Platoon” (Saturday & Sunday only)
Cassandra Peterson

aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (appearing Friday & Saturday only)
Vamp

Actor, Author, Host, "The Fiends;" "Let's Get Spooky"
Peaches Christ

Filmmaker, All About Evil / Producer, Terror Vault, Midnight Mass Podcast
Jenna Davis

Actress, "M3GAN" (Voice), "Lisa Frankenstein," "Stay at Home"
Barbara Steele

Actress, "Black Sunday", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Nightmare Castle"
Ken Foree

Actor, "Halloween", "Dawn of the Dead"

Jeremy Davies

Actor, "The Black Phone," "Lost," "Saving Private Ryan," "Justified," "Dark Harvest"
Mason Thames

Actor, "The Black Phone," "How to Train Your Dragon"
Madeleine McGraw

Actress, "The Black Phone," "The Harbinger," "Secrets of Sulphur Springs"

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Garrett Sander

Creator, "Monster High"
Kate Higgins

Voice of Frankie Stein in "Monster High"
Cindy Robinson

Voices of Holt Hyde and Jackson Jekyll in "Monster High"
Salli Saffioti

Voices of Clawdeen Wolf and Mrs. O'Shriek in "Monster High"
Karen Strassman

Voice of Catty Noir in "Monster High"
America Young

Voice of Howleen Wolf in "Monster High"; the official voice of "Barbie"

Pro-Photo Ops Available! Click here for lineup.

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Listed alphabetically by first name.

AJ Bowen

Actor, "You're Next", "The Signal" / Booth L30
Alan Howarth

Composer & Sound Designer
Alejandro Brugues

Director, "Satanic Hispanics"
Amber Benson

Writer and Director / Actor "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Amelia Richardson

Senior Marketing Manager, Winchester Mystery House
Andrea Lewis

Marketing Director, Castle Dark
Angel Melanson

Digital Editor, Fangoria
April De Leon

Director of Tours & Attractions, The Queen Mary
Arthur Dark

Creator, Hollywood Graveyard
Ashley Bell

Actress, "The Last Exorcism"
Barbara Epstein

Director/Producer of Beetlejuice's Rockin' Graveyard Revue
Barry Under Your Bed

Puppet
Billy McCartney

Comedian
Billy Murray

Casting Director, Knott's Scary Farm
Brian W. Collins

Horror critic, Historian
Bruce Stanton

Owner, Reign of Terror Haunted House
Chad Villella

Producer, "Abigail", "Scream V & VI", "Ready or Not" "V/H/S", "V/H/S99", "V/H/S85"
Christopher Cooksey

Filmmaker, "The Quantum Terror"
Claire Dunlap

Co-Founder / Producer, "Midsummer Scream", "Spooky Swap Meet"
Daniel Byrne

Manager of Tours and Attractions, The Queen Mary
Devanny Pinn

Actress, Filmmaker
Dylan White

Stand Up Comedian, Actor, and Author (Beetlejuice Performer)
Edan Gross

Actor, "Child's Play" Saga
Efren Ramirez

Actor, "Satanic Hispanics", "Napoleon Dynamite"
Girl, That’s Scary

from the Dread Central presented Podcast
Guy Van den Broeck

Associate Professor, Samueli Fellow at UCLA
Heather Oriana Petrocelli

Author
Ivotres Littles

Creator and Host, "Horror Movies and Beyond"
Jackson Robert Scott

Actor, Georgie in "IT" Chapters 1 & 2 / Booth 521
Jacob Larson

Special Effects Technician, Knott's Berry Farm
Jason Scott Goldberg

Writer/Producer, "Glorious", "Stay Out of the Attic"
Jazzy Byner

Comedian
Jeff DePaoli

Host & Producer, "Dizney Coast to Coast" Podcast & "That Halloween Podcast"
Jeff Schiefelbein

Owner, Sinister Pointe Productions
Jennifer Aguilar-Mikkelsen

Scareactor, Performer
Joe Bandelli

Producer & Clown, "Hell House LLC Franchise" / Writer and Director, "Unknown Dimension"
Joe Russo

Filmmaker, "The Au Pair Nightmare"
Joseph Ancheta

Creative Director, Castle Dark
Joshua Millican

Author, Writer, Journalist
Katie Hettenbach

Comedian
Kayla Hardy

Comedian
Kevin Carlson

Puppeteer "Child's PLay", "Beetlejuice" / FRIDAY ONLY
Kevin Lively

Writer, Write Lively
Kevin Wetmore

Professor / Artistic Director, The Haunting of Hannon
Kolten Bierman

Creative Designer, Castle Dark
Krsy Fox

Actress, "Underworld Evolution", "Little Bites", Allegoria/Producer
Lisa Morton

Author, "The Halloween Encyclopedia" / Bram Stoker Award winning writer
Mark Alan Miller

President/Founder, Encyclopocalypse Publications
Mark Straite

Production Partner, Straite to Hale Productions
Matt McCoy

Actor, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" / FRIDAY ONLY
Matthew Hersh

“Producer and Director, "If It Bleeds", "Night of the Missing” / Producer, "Stiletto”
Matthew S. Robinson

Filmmaker, "Bloody Bloody Coda"
Matthew Torres

Content Creator, Educator, and Writer
Melody Anderson

Actress, "Flash Gordon", "Dead and Buried" / FRIDAY ONLY
Michael Rangel

Apparitionist of 57 Ghosts : A Séance aboard The RMS Queen Mary
Michael Taffe

Director of Operations/Creative Director, Winchester Mystery House
Michael Varrati

Writer, Producer, Filmmaker
Mike Mendez

Producer and Director, "Satanic Hispanics", "Big Ass Spider!", "Tales of Halloween"
Pasta Berkey

Project Specialist, Knott's Scary Farm
Patti Chandler

Performer, Castle Dark
Randy Montgomery

The FUNnelCakeBlog
Rebecca Knight

Founder of The Grey Ghost Project
Renée Watt

Writer and Spiritual Practitioner
Rick West

Co-Founder/Creative Director, Midsummer Scream
Rix Boker

Owner/Creative Director, Fear Farm
Roger Hayes

Author, "Home Haunting for Mere Mortals" / Owner of Hayes Haunt Productions
Ron Hale

Production Partner, Straite to Hale Productions
Samantha Hale

Comedian
Scott Blugrind

Comedian
Sean Abley

Author
Sean Duregger

Managing Editor, Encyclopocalypse Publications
Sharai Bohannon

Co-Host, "Blerdy Massacre" Podcast
Sophia Cacciola

Director and Producer, "The Once & Future Smash", "End Zone 2"
Subhah Agarwal

Comedian
Ted Dougherty

Experiential Writer & Director
Teri Gamble

Actor, Writer, Podcast Host
Walter Magnuson

Executive Director, Winchester Mystery House
Wes Leslie

Founder, The Haunt Ghost Tours
Xero Gravity

Co-Host, "Blerdy Massacre" Podcast

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Mick Garris

Writer, "Hocus Pocus" / Director, "The Shining" mini series
Harry Manfredini

Film Composer, "Swamp Thing", "The Hills Have Eyes", "Friday the 13th" Series
Del Howison

Author, Journalist, Actor, Bram Stoker Award-Winning Editor / Co-founder, Owner "Dark Delicacies"
Violet McGraw

Actress, "M3GAN," "The Haunting of Hill House," "Doctor Sleep," "Jett"
Javier Soto

Artist
Ernest Dickerson

Director, "The Walking Dead", "Bones", "Dexter"

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