Growing up out here meant everything good was ninety minutes away. The concerts were in Los Angeles, the conventions were in San Diego, and the deal was always the same: somebody's parent drives, or you do not go. A whole generation of Inland Empire kids learned that their own taste was something you had to commute to.
So a horror convention that is genuinely, unapologetically Ontario's is a different object than a horror convention that merely happens to be in Ontario. Over a hundred and seventy vendors, and the thing veterans will tell you is to come on the Friday, which runs five until ten. It is the short day and the quiet one, which makes it the only session where the dealers' room is actually walkable and the people behind the tables have time to talk. Saturday is when it becomes a crowd.
From $85, with the early badge getting in an hour ahead on the weekend. The IE horror scene runs on the haunts and the drive-in revivals the rest of the year, and this is where everybody who makes those finds each other.
Growing up out here meant everything good was ninety minutes away. The concerts were in Los Angeles, the conventions were in San Diego, and the deal was always the same: somebody's parent drives, or you do not go. A whole generation of Inland Empire kids learned that their own taste was something you had to commute to.
So a horror convention that is genuinely, unapologetically Ontario's is a different object than a horror convention that merely happens to be in Ontario. Over a hundred and seventy vendors, and the thing veterans will tell you is to come on the Friday, which runs five until ten. It is the short day and the quiet one, which makes it the only session where the dealers' room is actually walkable and the people behind the tables have time to talk. Saturday is when it becomes a crowd.
From $85, with the early badge getting in an hour ahead on the weekend. The IE horror scene runs on the haunts and the drive-in revivals the rest of the year, and this is where everybody who makes those finds each other.
Growing up out here meant everything good was ninety minutes away. The concerts were in Los Angeles, the conventions were in San Diego, and the deal was always the same: somebody's parent drives, or you do not go. A whole generation of Inland Empire kids learned that their own taste was something you had to commute to.
So a horror convention that is genuinely, unapologetically Ontario's is a different object than a horror convention that merely happens to be in Ontario. Over a hundred and seventy vendors, and the thing veterans will tell you is to come on the Friday, which runs five until ten. It is the short day and the quiet one, which makes it the only session where the dealers' room is actually walkable and the people behind the tables have time to talk. Saturday is when it becomes a crowd.
From $85, with the early badge getting in an hour ahead on the weekend. The IE horror scene runs on the haunts and the drive-in revivals the rest of the year, and this is where everybody who makes those finds each other.