A Tale Of Three Chiller Theatres: Johnny Caps Recaps

Hello, everybody. Johnny Caps here. First, a little backstory: As you know, I normally recap my attendance at every Chiller Theatre convention for PopGeeks, but I haven’t done so these past few years, and that’s been due to my physical health battles that I’ve been fighting since Fall of 2023. The issues were so bad that I wasn’t able to make it to either of the 2024 Chillers.

My health issues continued into 2025 and 2026. Even though I was able to attend these past three Chillers, those health issues prevented me from doing a lot of writing apart from my interviews last year. It’s now time to remedy that. This article will recap the April 2025, October 2025, and April 2026 Chiller Theatre conventions, conventions that I’ve had the pleasure of attending on another level.

You see, shortly after the October 2023 Chiller, I was gifted the honor of a staff badge for being such an ardent supporter and booster of the convention. 2024 would’ve been the first year I had the honor of using that badge, but my battles with gastrointestinal health put me out of commission with a lot of things in 2024. My first of several corrective surgeries starting in April of 2025 went well, at least at first, so after a year-and-a-half away, I was able to make it to the April 2025 Chiller.

Before the show even started, I received not only my staff badge, but a hero’s welcome from my Chiller family. So many of the friends I’ve made because of Chiller told me how much they missed me and the energy I bring to the show. I never realized until the April 2025 Chiller how much I’ve impacted my Chiller family. Spending so many weeks in a hospital in 2024 and the first third of 2025 was devastating to my mental and emotional health, but returning to Chiller provided me with a great lift to my spirits.

Now that I was back at Chiller, it was time to meet some stars, and the first star I met at the April 2025 Chiller was the man of whom I said “Since James Brown isn’t around anymore, he’s earned the title of the Hardest Working Man In Show Business”. I’m talking about a man who makes more movies in a year than some actors do in their entire careers. He appears in films running the gamut from Oscar winners to Razzie winners and back again.

I’m talking about the one and only Eric Roberts.

Mr. Roberts was originally scheduled to attend the October 2024 Chiller, but his time on Dancing With The Stars precluded such an appearance. Happily, he was able to make it to the April 2025 Chiller, and he was incredibly friendly. Having rewatched Runaway Train on YouTube Movies And TV a few days prior, I told him about how much I loved his work in that movie, and he liked hearing that. There are so many movies you could ask him about, though. I had him sign a Dancing With The Stars picture for me and a headshot for my friend Erin’s restaurant Emerald Point…More on that later.

Seated next to Eric was his wife Eliza Roberts, who played Brunella in Animal House. She had attended one of the Chillers that I attended before, but I didn’t think to meet her at the time. I remedied that at the April 2025 Chiller, and I found her to be very friendly as well. She was very complimentary to me on my knowledge of the Chiller Theatre convention, and I was flattered by that.I asked her to autograph a headshot of hers’ with the inscription, “Johnny, we both have lovely eyes”. I often ask for that inscription from stars with lovely eyes as I’ve been told on multiple occasions that my eyes are my best feature. I like hearing that, and Eliza agreed with my self-assessment. I’m proud of my eyes.

I then went on to meet one of my most anticipated guests for the April 2025 Chiller, Gina Gershon. I’d been a fan of hers’ for a long time, not only for her work as an actress, but also as a writer. I’ve listened to the audiobook of her memoir In Search Of Cleo, a tale of her life with cats as pets, and when I met Gina, I talked about how my family has always been a cat family. She was fascinated by that. I then asked her to sign a picture from her Maxim photo shoot with the inscription, “Johnny, let’s party!”, but she politely declined and instead went with, “Johnny, party on, dude!”, which also worked for me. That wouldn’t be my only time meeting Gina that weekend.

After Gina, I met a very fascinating guest. Her name is Patricia M. Peters, and she’s an accomplished stuntwoman with credits going back to the 1980s. Most notably, she worked as Michelle Pfeiffer’s stunt double in Batman Returns. Patricia even brought one of her screen-used whips with her for posing with fans. I told Patricia about how I’ve done interviews with several people who have worked alongside her, talents like Ve Neill and Spice Williams-Crosby, and she was interested by that. I hope to be able to interview Patricia someday as well.

The next star in the grand parade was Kent McCord. I’m most familiar with him from his work in the movie Predator 2, which you’ll recall from my first article about 90s things I like is a sequel I prefer to the original. Happily, Mr. McCord had several Predator 2 pictures available for autographing, so I got one signed. I also told him of how I interviewed Marian Green, Maria Conchita Alonso’s stunt double on Predator 2, and Kent told me of how his character substituted for Maria’s in a scene when she wasn’t available. I thought that was fascinating.

The next star I had the pleasure of meeting was Maddie Corman, whom I was familiar with from the movies Seven Minutes In Heaven and The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane. Ms. Corman was very friendly to meet. When I met her, we talked about The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, where she played the character of Zuzu Petals. I talked about my enjoyment of the movie, and she talked about having good memories of Andrew “Dice’ Clay. I even did my Diceman impression for her, and she liked hearing it.

Next up was a trio of stars from the 80s sitcom Too Close For Comfort, which celebrated its’ 45th anniversary in 2025. The first star I met was Jim J. Bullock, but when I met him, I didn’t talk about Too Close For Comfort. Instead, I talked about Spaceballs, where he memorably played Prince Valium. I told him that Spaceballs was the first Mel Brooks movie many of my generation saw, and how he played a memorable part as Prince Valium. I asked him about whether he would appear in the upcoming Spaceballs sequel, which was only a rumor at the time, but he didn’t say anything one way or another. Perhaps he will show up in the movie. We’ll find out next year.

After him, I met Lydia Cornell, a talent I’d been hoping to meet for a while. When I met Lydia, I took out a picture I didn’t initially know if she would be okay with signing. My friend and two-time interview subject Kimmy Robertson calls them “kitten photos”, short for sex kitten. I know that Lydia had mixed feelings about her 80s bikini photos, but I was glad she signed it. I also told her that it was the horror movie Blood Tide where she first made an impression on me, and she was pleasantly surprised to hear that. I may do an interview with her someday, so stay tuned for that.

After Lydia, I met Deborah Van Valkenburgh, a star I’d previously met at Chiller Theatre in October of 2016. I knew I wanted to get some new pictures with her because the lighting at the hotel where Chiller was held up to, and including, October 2016 was lousy. I hope the lighting will be better when Chiller returns there in October of 2026. Happily, the pictures I took with Deborah in April of 2025 were a lot clearer. We also compared how we looked in the 8 1/2 years between photos. A lot had changed, but her kindness hadn’t.

I then met Donal Logue. While many of you may be familiar with him from Gotham or his recurring role on Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, I told him the impression he made on me was with VH1’s I Love… programs. I asked him if the commentators on those shows wrote their own quips, or if the show had writers. He told me that every commentator did their own writing. I then asked him to inscribe a picture with the words, “Johnny, I love the 80s, but not as much as you”. He was taken a little aback in a playful way by that idea, and I thanked him again for his time, as I do every star I meet at Chiller.

I capped off the evening by once more meeting a previous interview subject of mine, Loretta Swit. I reminded her of our conversation for PopGeeks in 2018, and she remembered me once I showed her a picture of us at Chiller in October of 2018. I’m glad I had the chance to meet her again. I had no idea that she was battling health issues. Her death a month or so later really caught me off guard, so perhaps this second meeting was a chance to say an unofficial goodbye to her. I’m always honored to do interviews with talents whose works I greatly admire.

I began the next day by meeting Michael Biehn. He had attended several Chillers I’d also attended before, but it never occurred to me to do so until the April 2025 Chiller. Biehn starred in two of my favorite 80s movies, The Terminator and Aliens, and it was The Terminator I got an autographed picture of. I told Michael that I preferred the original to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, although I thought that was also a good movie, and he liked hearing that.

Next up was Gregory Harrison, an accomplished actor and producer well-known for his work on the series Trapper John M.D.. It was his work as a producer, though, that I discussed with him…To be specific, the made-for-TV movie Legs, which starred my dear friend and previous interview subject Deborah Geffner. I told him of my friendship with Deborah, and he told me that a copy of Legs was digitized for Radio City Music Hall’s historical purposes. I texted Deborah later in the day to tell her that Gregory said hello. I like being able to pass on messages to previous interview subjects, many of whom have become dear friends.

After Gregory, I met Donovan Scott, whom I was most familiar with from his work as Leslie Barbara in the first Police Academy movie. When I met him, I asked him if it was true that Leslie Easterbrook is battling dementia, and he sadly confirmed that, but he also said that she’s in good spirits. I was saddened to get confirmation like that because Ms. Easterbrook was scheduled to attend the April 2020 Chiller before COVID bollixed up the world, and by the time Chiller returned, she wasn’t able to. Returning to Donovan, though, he was very friendly and jolly, appropriate for an actor who has played Santa Claus multiple times.

The next star I met was Lee Tergesen, whom I remembered from the Wayne’s World movies. I told him of how, even though I don’t like a lot of what was popular in the 90s, I do love the Wayne’s World movies. I mentioned that I was a little too young to understand a lot of the references and jokes, but I saw Wayne, Garth, and their friends as very cool characters. He signed a Wayne’s World picture for me with the inscription, “Party on, Johnny”, similar to Gina Gershon’s inscription when I met her the day before.

The next star I met was a talent I’d previously met at the October 2015 Chiller, actress and socialite Kim Richards. She remembered me from that Chiller, and I apologized to her, as I have to several stars from the October 2015 Chiller that I’ve met at Chiller again, for having a recorder going to capture conversations with the stars I met. She accepted the apology, and she noticed how I had changed in the 9 1/2 years since our first meeting. She signed a Tuff Turf picture for me with the inscription, “Johnny, stay tuff!”, a reference to my ongoing health battles.

I then got a picture with Geri Reischl, the Chiller regular and longtime friend best known as Fake Jan from The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. It’s something of a tradition for me to take a picture with her at every Chiller she attends. She’s one of the many members of my Chiller family who makes the show unique. It would be a year before we were able to take another picture, but that story will come later.

A very popular guest at the April 2025 Chiller was David Joyner, the suit actor for Barney The Dinosaur from Barney and Friends. I was initially not planning on meeting him, but when discussing him with the booker who brought him to Chiller, my friend Stuart, I decided to meet him after all. I met David around the time that RFK Jr. and his merry band of eugenicists started putting heat on the autistic community, and I told David that, although I preferred Sesame Street growing up, I can see how Barney impacted the autism community for the positive, and I thanked him for that. I also apologized for laughing at the many shots the show took in the 90s. In retrospect, the show didn’t deserve the venom it got.

I then got some more pictures with Lydia Cornell, as well as another autograph from her. I was interested in getting another bikini picture signed, and she had quite a few of them, so I decided on one from Blood Tide. Lydia is really a fantastic person. As alluded to earlier, she has expressed interest in doing an interview, but she has a lot going on right now with projects in various stages of development, as well as a lot of family time. I know it will be worth the wait when we finally do speak, though.

I ended the day by meeting Gina Gershon again. The difference here is that she was offering the chance to have her sketch your portrait, for a price, of course, so I decided to go for that. We switched places, with her standing in front of the table, and me sitting where she would, as she asked ME a few questions while sketching me. The portrait is shown above, and I think it’s a very unique piece. Before I left, I gave her my contact information in the hopes of doing an interview with her, but a little over a year later, she published her autobiography Alphapussy. I’ll have to read that if I ever hope to interview her.

I started off Sunday by getting a few more pictures with Patricia M. Peters. In our pictures on Friday, we were hamming it up with her whip, but I wanted some more casual pictures, so she went along with that. I hope to be able to interview her someday. I’ve interviewed several stunt performers over the years, and I hope to add Patricia to that roster eventually.

After her, it was suggested that I meet Tomas Arana, whom I knew from L.A Confidential. I told him that I really liked that movie, and even though I’ve interviewed several people who worked on Titanic, which I did like, I thought L.A Confidential should’ve won more Oscars than the two it did. He was so touched by that compliment that after signing one L.A Confidential picture for me, he signed another one at no charge, and I was honored by that.

Since Maddie Corman was in the same room that he was, I got another autograph combo with her. On Friday, I had gotten an Adventures Of Ford Fairlane picture signed. On Sunday, I got a Seven Minutes In Heaven picture signed, having told her that I think it’s an underrated 80s teen movie. I gave her my contact information, but haven’t had luck in setting up an interview yet. Perhaps it will happen within the next year or so.

I’d previously met Peter Riegert at the April 2018 Chiller, but I knew I wanted to see him again to get a hopefully better-lit picture. It was better lit, and when I met him, I got an Animal House picture signed. Just as with Eliza Roberts, I told him of watching Animal House in an edited version on TBS several years before I saw the movie uncut, and how much of a difference there was in terms of changes. I like sharing that story when I’ve met Animal House cast members at Chiller.

After him, I met Ellen Lutter, an accomplished costume designer who was also the only actress to play Jason Voorhees in a Friday The 13th movie, playing his feet in an introductory scene in Friday The 13th, Part 2. I talked to her, though, about her costume design work, complimenting her on the costumes she created for Little Nicky, my favorite Adam Sandler movie, and offering my condolences to her on the passing of Gene Hackman, with whom she worked on Mississippi Burning. I love talking to behind-the-scenes talents as much as those in front of the camera. My interviews with Oscar winners are a testament to that.

Liane Curtis, my dear friend and former interview subject, was attending Chiller all weekend, not as an official guest, but as a regular attendee. I missed seeing her on Friday, but I was able to see her on Sunday, and we spent a lot of time hanging out together that day. She offered me a lot of support during my time in the hospital, and it was wonderful to see her again under happier circumstances. She continues to be a dear friend, and I’m glad I had the chance to see her at Chiller once more, as well as her friend, who took a picture of us with an Instax camera.

I was offered the chance to meet Geraldo Rivera, and even though I expressed some reluctance due to our differing political beliefs, I was offered a free picture with him, so I figured, “Why not?”. I decided to get his autograph as well, but you can tell from the picture that there was a bit of awkwardness on my part. That may also have been because I told him that I liked the parody of him done on SCTV by the late Joe Flaherty.

After him, I decided to get a new picture with James Remar, whom I’d previously met at the October 2014 Chiller Theatre convention, the first Chiller I really attended. I had changed a lot physically and mentally in the 10-and-a-half years since I first met her, and he noticed those changes, as well as telling me of some of his own changes. It was nice to see him again.

I ended my time at the April 2025 Chiller by getting another updated picture, this time with Linda Blair. I’d previously met her at the October 2015 Chiller, but that was an early Chiller for me, so I appeared and acted very awkward, and the picture had lousy lighting. My picture with Linda at the April 2025 Chiller was better-lit, and I also had the chance to tell her that I think she should get the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work in helping animals. She was surprised, but pleasantly, by that compliment.

With that, I returned home, but was already looking forward to the October 2025 Chiller, the show that would mark the convention’s 35th anniversary. I almost didn’t get to that Chiller, though, as I had a health setback at the start of October that led to another hospital stay. Happily, the stay didn’t last too long, and I was able to make it to the October 2025 Chiller after all, where I once more proudly donned my staff badge.

There was some chaos when I got there, but it didn’t have anything to do with Chiller. You see, the Parsippany Hilton played host to a wedding the day before, and the checkout process for all the guests went well into the first night of the convention. Attendees didn’t get their hotel rooms until at least 8:00 PM. It was difficult for me to maneuver as I wasn’t able to access a space for my medical equipment during the day. Thankfully, I was able to make the change at night.

In the meantime, the convention began that evening, and the first star I met was 80s rock icon Huey Lewis. As he was one of the most-anticipated guests at that Chiller, I didn’t have much time to talk to him, but I did thank him for his music and how it got me through the dark times that were my 90s and 00s. I got an autograph for myself, and one for my friend Erin’s restaurant Emerald Point.

I didn’t know, though, that she would be announcing she would be selling the restaurant shortly after that Chiller. The restaurant played an essential part in my development as a person with autism spectrum disorder, first through karaoke evenings at the restaurant, and then through my birthday dinners there from 2014 onward. I got autographs for the restaurant as a way to pay back the show business sheen I felt from singing karaoke, and it was nice to help the restaurant build up a Wall Of Fame. I haven’t eaten there since the new owners took over. I don’t even know who they are, but perhaps I might be able to develop a friendship with them someday that could lead to a new Wall Of Fame.

The next star I met was another BTTF trilogy veteran, Marc McClure. When I met him, though, the project I complimented him on was Amazon Women On The Moon. He appeared in the Video Date segment, which started out regularly funny and ended darkly funny. He talked positively about his memories of that movie. I ended up getting a Back To The Future picture signed, and we talked about how funny it was that his character, Dave McFly, was wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt when BTTF is a movie that defines Disney rival Universal.

I then proceeded to cross the room and meet a talent who had been a Facebook friend of mine for a few months at that point, Jeanne Basone. Basone is well-known for playing Hollywood in GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling, and she’s still grappling to this day. I had actually met her earlier in the day before the show began, but I knew I wanted to meet her formally. I got an autographed picture and an autographed copy of her autobiography, which I will read before I send her an interview request, a lesson I learned from a Chiller guest I’ll be writing about later in this article.

After Jeanne, I met Brinke Stevens, another Facebook friend and a scream queen extraordinaire, for the second time at Chiller. I showed her a picture of our previous meeting at Chiller in April of 2023, and she remembered me. When I told her name, she asked me if that was my real name, and I told her it was a pen name. I said she could probably relate to that, and she agreed as Brinke Stevens is a stage name. I got a sexy picture signed and we updated our picture together.

After Brinke, I met Michelle Bauer for the third time at Chiller. Actually, this was the fourth time as I crossed paths with her earlier in the day. She recognized me from previous Chillers, and she gave me a hug, which I happily accepted. It’s always nice to get a hug from a star at Chiller.

Meeting her at Chiller proper, the first thing I did when I saw her was apologize for sending her a Facebook friend request. Happily, she accepted the apology, explaining that it was a page for her professional life. I understand that completely. I have a Facebook page under my birth name that I use just to keep in touch with certain family members. Anyway, I got a sexy picture of her signed and we also updated our picture together. This wouldn’t be the only time I met Brinke and Michelle this weekend.

I then met Morgan Fairchild for the third time at Chiller. My interview with her last year was done, in part, to promote her return to Chiller, and she remembered me from the interview. Again, she was just as friendly in person as she was on the phone. I asked her to sign a picture of her in a T-shirt from 80s fashion label Heaven, although I didn’t know much about the label at the time. She obliged, and we got some more pictures together as well.

I ended day one of the October 2025 Chiller by meeting Beverly D’Angelo. I mentioned that I was a Facebook friend of hers’, and she told me that she doesn’t really use the page that often, but she was still very friendly to meet. I asked her to sign the picture, “Johnny, we both have lovely eyes”. She signed the inscription, but forgot to include my name, something I didn’t realize until day two of the show. I knew I would be seeing her again, but at this point, I was finally able to get a room, so I went upstairs, took a shower, took care of my medical equipment, and got a good night’s rest in anticipation of day two.

Said day two began by meeting Morgan’s The Seduction costar Andrew Stevens. Contrary to the creep he played in that movie, he was very funny and very friendly. It was his first convention appearance in almost two decades, so he was a popular guest, and thus we didn’t have much time to talk. In the time we did talk, though, I found him to be fantastic to speak to, and I hope he’ll return to Chiller in the future.

After him, I met another previous interview subject of mine, Donna Mills. She didn’t seem to remember our interview, but that’s understandable as she’s done so many of them. She was also very friendly, and is incredibly beautiful. She doesn’t look her age at all. I had her sign a swimsuit photo and a headshot, the latter of which was also inscribed with “Johnny, we both have lovely eyes”. As mentioned earlier, I often ask for that inscription, and every time I get it, the stars I meet agree with my self-assessment. It always warms my heart to hear that.

The next star I met was Mimi Rogers, who was making her Chiller debut. I told her I was hoping she would come to Chiller once she started on the convention scene, and I was glad to meet her. She was also very friendly, and she signed her Playboy issue for me, as well as a swimsuit photo. We took a few pictures together, and they looked well at the time, but I would notice later that my phone was pretty far away when the pictures were taken. I knew I would remedy that later in the day.

In the meantime, I met Sheree J. Wilson, whom I was most familiar with from the movie Fraternity Vacation. She had a picture from that, and she signed it for me. I also got a second autograph for her. It was a very 80s shot of her on Dallas, and I asked her to inscribe it with another favorite inscription request of mine, “Johnny, come back to the 80s with me”. I had a chance to briefly tell Sheree of the importance of 80s pop culture in my life, and she liked hearing that. I’m lucky in that all the people whom I’ve asked for that inscription are okay with that. I know 80s pop culture is still being mocked, but I will always defend it.

Next to Sheree was Mena Suvari of American Beauty fame. The movie I love her most in, though, is the 2001 crime comedy Sugar & Spice. I got her autograph on a picture from that movie, but that autograph was gotten for me at her April 2017 Chiller appearance by my friend Paul as I didn’t start attending both Chillers in a year until 2018. I knew that I would want to meet Mena when she came back to Chiller, and the October 2025 show allowed us to get a picture together. As with all the stars, she was very friendly.

Alongside Mena were several other American Pie cast members, but the one whom I was most interested in meeting was Tara Reid. When I met her, I told her that, even though it was my first time meeting her, I owed her an apology. I apologized for having laughed at all the mean comments made at the expense of Tara and her generation of female entertainers. I now know what their generation was up against in their personal lives, and I know how cruel the tabloid press can be, so for laughing at those jokes, I apologized to Tara, and she accepted it. I’m honored that she did.

In another part of the room was Garrett Morris, one of Saturday Night Live’s original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. When I first met him, I greeted him as Mr. Morris, and he happily told me to call him Garrett, so I did so. As Chevy Chase has an as-told-to autobiography and Laraine Newman has an audiobiography, I asked Garrett if he was going to write a book, and he told me he had one in the works. If it ever gets published, I look forward to reading it, or at least listening to the audiobook as that’s how I enjoy my books these days.

Near to Garrett was Joyce Bulifant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Airplane!. I actually had an Airplane! picture from the October 2018 Chiller that was signed by Jill Whelan, and as Joyce played her mother in that movie, and indeed was featured in the photo, I knew I wanted to get her signature on the picture as well. She thought that picture was cool, and I told her that I hope Lorna Paterson will also come to Chiller someday to complete the picture.

After Joyce, I met was wrestling icon Jerry “The King” Lawler. I had the chance to tell Jerry that, although my late 90s and early 00s were not a good time, I loved the work he did as an announcer on television produced by the then-WWF, and he liked hearing that. I also said that, now that Vince McMahon is gone, it must be nice to be able to use words like “wrestler” and “wrestling” again, and he seemed a little less responsive to that, but he was still friendly.

The next star I met was Megan Cavanagh, whom 90s movie fans will recognize from A League Of Their Own and Robin Hood: Men In Tights. I told her that, although this was my first time meeting her at Chiller, it wasn’t the first time she was in a picture with me at Chiller. I then showed her a picture of me and Kristy McNichol at the October 2016 Chiller, and I showed Megan where she photo-bombed the picture. She was amused by that, and after we had a few laughs, I complimented her on her work in Robin Hood: Men In Tights, which is the second Mel Brooks movie many of my generation had seen, which she found interesting.

Across the room was DeVaughn Nixon, who played Dyson’s son in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. I talked about how I interviewed John Bruno, who worked on that movie’s special effects, and we talked about how great the film’s special effects were. I asked him how he was enjoying Chiller, and he said he was enjoying it very much. I then said that he should pitch his stepmother as a possible guest for a future Chiller. His stepmother, for those who don’t know, is actress/dancer/choreographer/Honorary Oscar winner Debbie Allen. Maybe someday it will happen.

In the meantime, I met another previous interview subject of mine, Belinda Balaski. She remembered our interview and that I was Facebook friends with her before she initially deactivated her profile. As I had already gotten her autograph from her website, we just took a picture together. Happily, when she launched a new Facebook profile recently, she again accepted me as a friend. I look forward to many more years of friendship with her.

Next to her was a talent who started attending Chiller one show before I did. Her name is Kadrolsha Ona Carole, a journalist and actress with background credits going back to the 1980s. Although we attended many of the same Chillers, this was my first time meeting Kadrolsha, and she was very friendly to meet. We talked about how we both started attending Chiller in 2014, and I apologized for not meeting her sooner. Once I start sending out interview requests again, Kadrolsha will be on my radar.

Next to Kadrolsha was Cathy Moriarty, an Oscar nominee for Raging Bull, and a talent I had previously met at the October 2022 Chiller. In the ensuing years, she accepted my Facebook friend request, and she offered me support during my health battles in 2024 and 2025. I had the chance to thank her for that, as I always do to anyone who has stood by me during the turmoil I’ve gone through these past few years.

In one corner of the room, near Cathy, was James Widdoes, who played Hoover in Animal House. He was friendly to meet. I told him of how much I loved his work in Animal House, and how a viewing of the TBS edit when I was in middle school inspired me to have the students in my class dress in sheets on the day we wrapped up studying Roman history in homage to the toga party scene. He found that story funny. I also told him of how I thought his lines in the Delta House initiation scene were hilarious, having him inscribe my photo with one of those lines.

At the other end of the room was Steve Railsback. Many will know him from Helter Skelter or Lifeforce, but when I saw him, I complimented him on his role as Harry in Scenes From The Goldmine, an underrated music drama from the 80s. He thanked me for the compliment. If you look at our photo, you’ll see that, while he may have played Charles Manson, I was the one with a wild look in my eyes. He didn’t have any pictures from Scenes From The Goldmine available, so I got his autograph on a photo from The Stunt Man, a movie which was a hybrid of practically every film genre you can think of. It was directed by the late Richard Rush, who mentored my dear friend and former interview subject Kim Hopkins. Check it out if you can.

After him, I met Dave Davies of The Kinks. I was hoping to get a signed copy of his autobiography, but they had all sold out the day before, so I just went for a pre-signed photo. Dave was pretty quiet, but he was very friendly. We posed for multiple photos, and I thanked him for his attendance.

Next up was Robert John Burke, whom I remember from his recurring role as Ed Tucker of IAB on Law And Order: Special Victims Unit. I started watching that show again during one of my hospital stays, and I told him of how it, too, played a part in my recovery process. We also talked about how cool Mariska Hargitay is, and how we both hoped her documentary My Mom Jayne would be nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar. It didn’t happen, but it is a good documentary, so perhaps a future documentary by Mariska might make it to the Oscars someday.

After him, I met another actor known for playing a police officer…In his case, multiple police officers. Reginald VelJohnson was very friendly to meet. I told him of how I liked that his character of Carl Winslow on Family Matters was, for the most part, not the Bumbling Dad that has been so popular for decades now, and how important that was for me as I lost my dad, who was most definitely NOT a Bumbling Dad, when I was only 12 years old. He was touched to hear that. He also signed a Die Hard photo with the inscription, “Johnny, Die Hard IS a Christmas movie”. Bruce Willis may not have thought so, but the trope An Ass-Kicking Christmas exists for a reason.

After him, I met James Tolkan, who played Principal Strickland in the Back To The Future trilogy. My friends Leigh and Rocky got me his autograph when he appeared at the April 2024 Chiller, a show I wasn’t able to attend due to my health issues. He also signed the Get Well card that members of my Chiller family at that convention. I met him to just take a picture with him and thank him for his kindness in signing both the autograph and my Get Well card. I’m glad I had the chance to meet him as he would pass away a few months later. James will be missed.

I met Michelle Bauer again, and gave her my contact information as I hope to interview her someday. I explained my interviewing style to her, and she seemed interested. I haven’t heard back yet, though, but I think it will happen someday. I also got another nude of her signed. Michelle had many nudes, and she looked sexy in each of them, a sexiness that remains to this day.

I wrapped up the day by meeting Mimi Rogers again for some more photos together. The difference is that my phone camera was closer this time, so we could be seen more closely. She was still very friendly even after I told her about how I was glad she left Scientology. I know that can be a touchy subject, but she liked hearing that. I was even able to give her a hug.

With that, I wandered around the vendor area for a while, where I had the chance to say hi to my friend, author Nick Riccio, and then I went back to my room to have dinner and prepare for the third day of the show, which started with another meeting with Jeanne Basone. I got her autograph on a sexy bikini photo, and we took a few more pictures together. I look forward to her return to Chiller this October.

I then met Morgan Fairchild again. This time, I got her autograph on a Pee-wee’s Big Adventure photo, which I had her sign, “Johnny, I know you are, but what am I?”. We took a few more pictures together, and I asked her if she could put in a good word for me with Mimi Rogers, whom she worked with on the TV show Paper Dolls. She said she would, but I’ll have to follow up on that.

Speaking of which, I met Mimi Rogers one more time to give her my contact information. I told her that I would be very interested in interviewing her in 2026 as it marked anniversaries for several of her movies, and indeed her acting debut. She seemed intrigued by the knowledge I had of her career. I’ll be reaching out to her agents soon to see if they can forward an interview request to her and/or her press people.

I met Cathy Moriarty again, and I asked her if she had a copy of the swimsuit photo that led to her role in Raging Bull available for signing. She didn’t, but she did have a swimsuit photo from Raging Bull. I asked her if she could sign it, “Johnny, let’s go for a swim”, and while she expressed a little hesitation, there was a smile on her face when she was hesitating, so she agreed to it. I also hope to be able to interview her someday.

I ended my time meeting the stars at the October 2025 Chiller by taking a few more pictures with Brinke Stevens. I asked her about the possibility of an interview, and she politely declined at the time. It’s understandable, considering how busy Brinke is with her film work, and how exhausting that can be. Hope spring eternal, though, and perhaps I might be able to interview Brinke someday after all.

A few days after the October 2025 Chiller, I had a meeting with a surgeon to discuss surgery that could potentially put an end to my gastrointestinal issues. I told him that I didn’t want to miss the April 2026 Chiller, so we arranged the surgeries for May.

Those actually happened in June, but either way, I was able to make it to the April 2026 Chiller, which had another amazing lineup of stars to meet.

The first star I met was easily one of the most popular stars that weekend, the one and only Heather Locklear. I got on her line before the show began, knowing how popular she would be, and she was so incredibly friendly to meet. I asked her to sign two 80s swimsuit photos, and she was very kind when doing so. There was no hesitation with my inscription requests, and I even got her autograph on a Return Of Swamp Thing VHS cover for my friend and fellow PopGeeks writer Adam Pope. If you have the chance to meet Heather Locklear, don’t hesitate to do so. She’s fantastic with her fans.

The next star I met was a dear friend and a former interview subject of mine, Darcy DeMoss. When we did our interview for PopGeeks in 2021, we discussed the Chiller Theatre convention, and how we both hoped she would return to Chiller someday. That someday happened this year, and it was wonderful to meet Darcy in person. Meeting her was everything I was hoping it would be. She signed an Aerobicise photo for me, and she also signed a photo from her Playboy shoot. When I requested a sexy inscription, but obviously not hardcore, she came up with something fantastic, and I thanked her for it.

Across the way from Darcy was another former interview subject of mine, Dee Wallace, whom I was meeting at Chiller for the second time. I again mentioned how she said she didn’t remember our PopGeeks interview when I first met her in 2022, but I told her I understood. I said it was special for me, but she does a lot of interviews, so it might have gotten lost in the shuffle. She agreed with that assessment, but she was very friendly about it.

Next to Dee was another Facebook friend of mine, Barbara Crampton, well-known for her work in the horror genre. This was my second time meeting her at Chiller, after having previously done so in October of 2015. I showed her the picture, and she noticed the changes I’ve gone through over the decade. I also apologized for the recordings I made that weekend in anticipation of a never-written article for PopGeeks, and she accepted the apology. The pictures were better lit than those from our first meeting, which would go on to become a recurring theme throughout the weekend.

After Barbara, I met a star who was making her first Chiller appearance in almost two decades. Caroline Williams played Stretch in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, an underrated sequel that went flying over the top. I told her how much I loved her work in that movie, and I had her sign one of the nudes she did about a decade back. I also asked her about the possibility of an interview, and she kindly declined, saying she only does interviews when she has something to promote. I told her I’d keep an eye on her filmography, and she was kind about that.

After Caroline, I got a new picture with Geri Reischl. She had to miss the October 2025 Chiller due to health issues, a thing I can most definitely relate to, but as I captioned the photo on Facebook, we’re still in the game. Geri is always wonderful to talk to at Chiller. Her presence is one of the things that makes Chiller the wonderful show that it is. I always like seeing her, and I look forward to seeing her again in October.

The next star I met was actually a star I met earlier. With my staff badge, I’m able to wander around before the show begins and see how things are being set up. When I was in the room she would be in, I met Candy Clark in the early afternoon. We had been talking on Messenger for a few years at that point, and I told her it was great to finally meet her in person. She brought along a few copies of her photography book Tight Heads, and I got a start on my autographs that weekend by paying for a copy of it and having her sign it.

When the show proper began, I knew I wanted to meet Candy again, this time to get some pictures with her. When I met her, I said it was too bad she didn’t have the picture of her in black jeans and a black leather jacket available for signing, but I do plan on purchasing it from her someday. I instead got an American Graffiti picture signed, and we took a few photos together. No matter what the decade, Candy is incredibly beautiful, and she has a wonderful smile.

Several cast members from The Last American Virgin were in attendance at the April 2026 Chiller, and the first one I met was Lawrence Monoson, who played Gary in that movie. This was my second time meeting him at Chiller, after having first done so at the April 2018 Chiller, and he was just as friendly as he was the first time. I mentioned to him that some said of our 2018 picture that we looked like brothers, and he found that interesting. I took some pictures with Lawrence, and got his autograph for my friend Ming.

Next to Lawrence was Joe Rubbo, who played David in TLAV. My dear friend and two-time interview subject Kimmy Robertson, who was not able to make it to this Chiller, told me to tell Joe that she said hello, and he liked hearing that. He told me that he hopes for another TLAV reunion at Chiller in the future, and I hope for it as well since I would love to meet Kimmy in person for the first time. I got his autograph both for myself and Ming.

The next star I met was another Facebook friend of mine whom I’d met at Chiller before. Rutanya Alda is an actress and author with credits going back to the 1960s, and she’s very friendly. I first met her at the October 2015 Chiller, and I showed her the picture of us from that Chiller. I was not looking my best at that Chiller, but I’m in much better shape now, both physically and mentally, and I think that shows in my 2026 photos. As to Rutanya, I also got her autograph for Ming, who wasn’t able to get many autographs himself that weekend as he was helping Jon Bowzer Bauman and Pamelyn Ferdin, both of whom I’ll be writing more about later.

Next to Rutanya was her co-star in Amityville II: The Possession, and the third Last American Virgin cast member I met at Chiller, Diane Franklin. She’s a longtime Facebook friend of mine, and I had the chance to tell her that she played an essential part in my development as an interviewer. As I told her, the bulk of my interviews from 2006 to 2013, which were done for the website RetroJunk, were e-mail interviews. She was one of the talents I interviewed via e-mail, an interview she remembered, and I mentioned to her that although she answered one or two of my questions, the bulk of her answers were variants on the sentence “It’s in the book”.

Because of that interview, I knew that, in the future, I would have to read the books of talents I hoped to interview if I wanted the interviews to be good. Upon meeting Diane, I thanked her for how she helped my interviewing style, and I purchased a copy of her main autobiography, which she inscribed, you guessed it, “Johnny, it’s in the book!”. As an endcap to this meeting, I told her of how, when I was offered the opportunity to interview her for PopGeeks, I passed as I was taking a break from interviews in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Adam interviewed her for this site instead, and he did an amazing job with his questions for her.

With that, I was off to my hotel room to sleep for the night, resting up for Day 2, which began by meeting Jon Bowzer Bauman, singer, actor, and political activist. When I met Bowzer, I told him of how autism spectrum disorder has impacted my voice, and how I wished I had a voice like his. He told me that, as someone who advocates for the autistic community, he thought I was doing well, and then, although my natural voice isn’t a deep one, I did do an impression of Jon for him, which he found pretty well-done. We exchanged contact information, and I’ll be reaching out to him about an interview soon.

After Bowzer, I met Patrick Wayne, son of John and an accomplished actor in his own right. I got his autograph on a picture from Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger, which I said was a very fun movie that reminded me of how even movies with a G rating in the 70s could have a little edge to them. I would also cross paths with Patrick later in the day as we were on the same floor at the hotel and took an elevator down together. I asked him how the convention was treating him, and he had a positive answer for that, which made me feel good.

Next to Patrick was Grand L. Bush, an actor who appeared in a slew of classic 80s and 90s action movies. There were so many possibilities to choose from in terms of pictures, but I chose a photo from License To Kill. I told Grand that I thought Timothy Dalton played a darker James Bond first and better than Daniel Craig, and Grand agreed with me. Our pictures together came out great. If I were ever able to interview Grand, man, would there be a lot to talk about. Name an action classic of the 80s or 90s, and the chances are very good that he made an appearance.

After Grand, I met another star at Chiller for the second time. I first met Burton Gilliam of Blazing Saddles fame at Chiller in April of 2018. I was using a crappy handheld digital camera at the time, and the pictures on it didn’t really come out well, leading another attendee to take a picture of us on his phone and send it to me. I knew I wanted to use my own phone this time, and the pictures of us cam out better in 2026. We talked about how technology has advanced the art of photography, and I’m definitely glad for my iPhone.

Speaking of stars I met at previous Chillers, another star I met again in April of 2026 was Brooke Smith of The Silence Of The Lambs. I showed her the picture of us from the October 2015 Chiller, and as we were taking new pictures in April of 2026, I was telling her of my awkwardness when I first met her at Chiller. The recordings I made at the Chiller ended up useless when the late WWE announcer Howard Finkel that me that he wasn’t allowed to give unauthorized interviews, even if they had nothing to do with WWE. As I was telling Brooke that, our conversation had to be interrupted since she had to leave for some pro photo ops.

While she was taking those pro photos, I met Dyan Cannon. I’d rented The Last Of Sheila on YouTube a few days prior to meeting Dyan, and I told her of how I thought it was a brilliantly-written movie, as well as how she did a great job of acting in it. I also mentioned that she was the fourth Muppet Show guest star I met at Chiller over the years, having previously met Lesley Ann Warren, Melissa Manchester, and the aforementioned and much-missed Loretta Swit. She had good memories of appearing on The Muppet Show, and as I had the great pleasure of meeting Jim Henson, it cheered me to hear that.

Brooke Smith had returned from her pro photo ops, so I paid for some more pictures with her, and finished telling her the story of my never-written article about the October 2015 Chiller that I had my recorder going for. I apologized to her as well about the recording, and she, too, accepted my apology.

Across the room from Brooke was Dominique Swain, whom I was familiar with from the movie Face/Off. I told her that I enjoyed that movie in spite of John Travolta, not because of him. I said that because my life has been greatly helped by psychology and psychiatric medication, both of which Scientologists like John Travolta detest. She told me that he’s non-judgmental when it comes to stuff like that. I hope so. I mean, Travolta otherwise seems like a nice guy, so I don’t understand why he would be part of such a cruel religion. That’s just my opinion, though.

I then met Adrian Zmed. I missed his April 2024 Chiller appearance due to my health issues, so I knew I wanted to meet him this time. I talked about how I saw him in Bachelor Party in its’ edited version on USA, and then how I rented the uncensored version from a local video store several years later. We laughed about how different the two versions were, and he roared with laughter when I had him sign a Bachelor Party picture with his famous line from that movie, “Gentlemen, start your boners!”.

After him, I met Johnny Brennan, well-known for his work with The Jerky Boys and as Mort Goldman on Family Guy. I got a Rolling Stone photo of him signed for myself, and a Family Guy picture signed for my brother. I asked Johnny if he ever considered making a Jerky Boys-style call to either Gene Siskel or Roger Ebert for trashing The Jerky Boys Movie, and although he didn’t, there was understandably no love lost for them.

Next up, I met Robert Wuhl. He was a very popular guest at that Chiller, and although we didn’t have much time to talk, I did tell him about how I’ve interviewed several of his Hollywood Knights costars, including Kim Hopkins, Leigh French, Stuart Pankin, and Sandy Helberg. Naturally, I had him sign a Hollywood Knights picture, which was actually the last one of those he had available. I lucked out with that one.

The next star I met was actually one of the first stars I ever met at Chiller. Jenette Goldstein was there in April of 2026 as part of a 40th anniversary reunion for Aliens, where she played Vasquez. Her previous Chiller appearance in October of 2014, for a Terminator franchise reunion, was the first Chiller I ever really attended. I showed her a picture of us at that Chiller, and she was surprised by how much I had changed in the 11 1/2 years since her last appearance. It’s amazing how time changes a person, and thankfully all those changes, well, most of them in my case, have been for the better.

After Jenette, I got online to meet David Clennon, who was making a rare East Coast appearance as part of a The Thing reunion. That wasn’t why I wanted to meet him, though. If you recall my interview with Lizz Winstead, at the end of that interview, I apologized to her for having been supported George W. Bush and the War On Terror when I was younger, an apology she accepted.

David Clennon ardently opposed both Bush and the War On Terror as well, so I knew upon meeting him that I had to apologize to him as well. Just as I said to Lizz, David’s bullshit detector was on from the start, and it took mine over a decade to activate. I told him of how he was right to oppose the War On Terror, and he was very touched by that, so touched that my friend Josh, who brought him to Chiller and offered me a great kindness in meeting David, passed along my phone number to him.

He sent me a lovely text shortly before I went to the hospital for my surgeries about how touched he was by my words. I saved David’s contact information, and I will definitely be reaching out to him about an interview soon. I’m honored that he accepted my apology. I will always apologize to anybody who had their bullshit detector on regarding Bush and the War On Terror. They were the true patriots.

The next star I met, Mackenzie Phillips, was a star I previously met at the October 2016 and October 2021 Chillers, and the lighting was lousy in my pictures from those meetings because of my crappy digital camera. I showed her those photos, and she agreed on the lighting, so we took some new photos with my phone camera, and we both agreed that the lighting was finally good.

Kim Richards was back at the April 2026 Chiller, and she recognized me once more. I told her of how my health journey had progressed since our last meeting in April of 2025, and she once more offered supportive words. We took a bunch of pictures together, and we really hammed it up in the photos. I certainly liked doing that. I hope that there might come a day when I’m able to interview Kim Richards. She has a fascinating story, and I’d love to help her tell it.

In the corner near Kim was Lorenzo Lamas, who was seated next to Heather Locklear, whom he’s dating as of this writing. My friend and fellow Chiller staffer Gregg also offered me a great kindness in meeting Lorenzo. I got his autograph on a Grease picture, talking about how the movie grew on me, and we took some pictures together. They came out great, and I said, “It helps to have a handsome man in the picture”, and Gregg said, “Yes, and Lorenzo’s in there, too”. We three shared a good laugh about that.

I ended my second day of meeting stars by meeting Diane Franklin again. If you’ve seen Diane’s social media, you know she can really rock a swimsuit or a bikini to this day, so I got her autograph on a swimsuit photo. We posed for a few more pictures together, and I told her of how I preferred How I Got Into College to Better Off Dead, explaining that I found BOD to be a little too dark for my tastes. Although her role in BOD was bigger than her role in How I Got Into College, she understood where I was coming from, and I’m glad she did.

I ordered dinner and relaxed in my room, resting up for the third and final day of the show.

I began the day by meeting Michael O’Keefe from Caddyshack. I told him of seeing the movie as a 9-year-old and how I enjoyed it from the first time I saw it. I also told him of my friendship with the late Cindy Morgan, whom he worked with on that movie. I told him I thought it was sad that the Oscars didn’t include her in their In Memoriam in 2024, but then I thought an inclusion of a clip of her in TRON when Rosanna Norton was honored in the Oscars In Memoriam this year was a retroactive inclusion for Cindy, which he seemed to agree with. We took a few pictures, and he even allowed me to wear his Bushwood cap.

Another Caddyshack star in attendance was Scott Colomby. I got his autograph on a picture of him with Rodney Dangerfield in that movie, and we talked about how much we admired his work. I even broke out my Dangerfield impression for Scott, and he seemed to like it. I wish Rodney would’ve been able to go out on the convention circuit before his passing. I think he would’ve done very well.

I then met Pamelyn Ferdin, who was making her first Chiller appearance in a very long time. Although she’s well-known for voicing Lucy in various Peanuts projects, I had her autograph a picture of her from Charlotte’s Web, a role I feel is more reflective of the great kindness she shows in her real life. If I recall correctly, I also asked her if she ever saw the short Bring Me The Head Of Charlie Brown. She and her booker, my friend Stuart, seemed a little unnerved by my description of that short, but if you haven’t seen it, check it out. It’s a brilliant blast of dark humor.

The next star I met was Sally Struthers. I don’t have any pictures with her as she wasn’t doing table photos, but I can tell you she was very friendly to meet. I told her of how I loved her episodes of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, and she had fond memories of that appearance. I also told her that I thought a lot of people don’t understand that the usage of slurs on All In The Family was not an endorsement of them, which she agreed with. I also mentioned that my autograph of her was the second autograph I had of a Dinosaurs cast member after the aforementioned Stuart Pankin, whom she spoke fondly of.

I then met Darcy DeMoss again, just for a few photos. She told me that she’s hoping to return to Chiller in 2027 for a 40th anniversary reunion for Can’t Buy Me Love. I think that would be a fantastic reunion, especially if Tina Caspary could appear. I haven’t had any luck yet in landing an interview with Tina, but maybe next year could be the year it happens.

I then met Caroline Williams again, this time getting her autograph on a Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 picture. I told her that I thought she looked sexy in the nudes she took a decade ago, and that I hoped I wasn’t being too forward in saying that. She accepted the compliment as intended, and said that she took the photos as a way to shake up her image. I still hope to interview her someday.

There were a few things I wanted to mention to Candy Clark before the convention was over, so I paid for some more photos with her. I told her that my dear friend Kimmy, who worked with her on Twin Peaks: The Return, said hello, and I complimented her on her audiobook work, telling her how much I loved her reading of the Sidney Sheldon novel Nothing Lasts Forever. We didn’t have much time to talk, but Candy was still very friendly to talk to, and she accepted my Facebook friend request a short while later, which I’m very honored by.

The last star I met that weekend was Megan Ward, whose last Chiller attendance was in April of 2014, the last Chiller before I started attending the show. When I met her, I got her autograph on an Encino Man picture, and I told her of an oddity I saw on YouTube. There was a TBS promo from the late 90s for an 80s Day movie lineup, but Encino Man, which came out in 1992, was airing that day. We both agreed that it was odd. I told her that I thought the 80s didn’t have a lock on lighthearted movies and the 90s didn’t have a lock on dark movies, and she agreed that seeing Encino Man in an 80s movie lineup didn’t make sense.

With that, I waited for my cab to pick me up, and I got home, eagerly anticipating the October 2026 Chiller. I promise it won’t take a year-and-a-half to recap that Chiller.

Before this article ends, though, I want to honor the memories of two very important men in my life, both of whom played a part in my becoming part of the Chiller Theatre family.

The first man is Rocky Mazzeo. He and his wife Leigh made an offer to me in the 2021-2022 time period to become a moderator in the Official Chiller Theatre Fans Page Facebook group. I accepted the offer, and because of that, I gradually started becoming part of the Chiller family. Rocky and Leigh played a part in affording me the honor of a Chiller staff badge starting in 2024.

Sadly, though, Rocky was battling cancer around that time. I had the chance to see Rocky and Leigh again at Chiller in April of 2025, and get pictures with them. Rocky would pass away a few months after the April 2025 Chiller, and I was saddened by that. Rocky was always very kind to me, and although we held different political views, he never held mine against me, and we even joked around about them in 2025 as I said I hoped he would be around to “own the libs” like me for a long time to come. I miss him.

The second man, but first in the hearts of all who love Chiller, is the man who created the Chiller Theatre convention, Kevin Clement. I was Facebook friends with Kevin for over a decade. Things started out awkwardly a decade ago as I unknowingly broke a rule about not mentioning other conventions on Chiller’s social media, but once Kevin explained it to me, he accepted my apology and my friend request. Over the course of the next decade, as I became a regular Chiller attendee, Kevin became very fond of me. When he approved the honor of a staff badge for me, I was flattered, and I will never take that honor for granted.

I found out after I started writing this article that Kevin was ill. I didn’t know how ill, though, until I found that a GoFundMe had been started for his medical expenses. I donated, and I spread the word among my friends. A few weeks after the GoFundMe started, Kevin entered hospice, and sadly, he passed away on July 18th. Cancer had claimed his life as well, and for Kevin, Rocky, and anybody whose life has been impacted by it, let me just say two words: FUCK CANCER!

I can never thank Kevin enough for his great kindness. Chiller Theatre has played an essential part in my development as an adult with autism spectrum disorder. In creating the Chiller Theatre convention, he came up with something very special, a place where people whose pop-cultural passions span decades and genres can meet the people who created the work that made them scream, laugh, cry, and fight on for a better day. The world is richer for having had Kevin Clement in it.

Although Kevin is gone, the Chiller Theatre convention will continue. It’s now being run and produced by dear friends of Kevin’s, and dear friends of mine, James O’Brien and Eddie Mika. I’ll be returning to Chiller in October, and as I meet the stars, either for the first time or again, I will always be grateful to Kevin for the magic and the memories that are Chiller Theatre.

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