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Phoenix FearCon

Overview

Phoenix FearCon was founded by Jim & Chris McLennan of Trash City as the Phoenix Fear Film Festival, a horror film festival with convention extras, but it grew into Phoenix FearCon, a fully fledged horror convention with a film track.

Over time, it expanded from one day to usually two and from every other year to every year. It's a notorious venue hopper which has been held at seven different venues over eleven years, not including their virtual year on Zoom.

Most Recent Program Book Covers

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History

Chronology of Arizona Conventions | Index of Program Books

Phoenix Fear Film Festival
# Date Location Chair(s) Guests Book Web Notes
1 2006
29 Dec		 The Paper Heart
Phoenix		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
2 2008
30 Aug		 Chandler Cinemas
Chandler		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
5 MB
3 2010
23 Jan		 MADCAP Theatres
Tempe		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
3 MB

Phoenix Fear Film Festival & Convention
# Date Location Chair(s) Guests Book Web Notes
4 2011
21 May		 MADCAP Theatres
Tempe		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
3 MB		 1

Phoenix FearCon
# Date Location Chair(s) Guests Book Web Notes
5 2012
13 Oct		 UltraStar Cinemas
Scottsdale		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
19 MB		 2
6 2014
1 Nov
2 Nov		 Fear Farm
Phoenix		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
9 MB

Fangoria FearCon
# Date Location Chair(s) Guests Book Web Notes
7 2016
7 Oct
9 Oct		 Sun Studios of Arizona
Phoenix		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below

Phoenix FearCon
# Date Location Chair(s) Guests Book Web Notes
8 2019
18 Oct
19 Oct		 Sun Studios of Arizona
Phoenix		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below
34 MB
9 2020
16 Oct
17 Oct		 Virtual
Zoom		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below 3
10 2021
15 Oct
16 Oct		 Sun Studios of Arizona
Phoenix		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below

Phoenix FearCon Horror Film Festival
# Date Location Chair(s) Guests Book Web Notes
11 2022
14 Oct
15 Oct		 FearCon Network/CTYC Studios
Phoenix		 Chris & Jim McLennan see below

Notes

  1. Charles Band was unable to attend the 4th Phoenix Fear Film Festival & Convention.
  2. Creepsville 666 were unable to perform at Phoenix FearCon V.
  3. Phoenix FearCon 2020 was originally intended to be held physically, at Sun Studios of Arizona, but it chose to go virtual because of concerns over COVID-19 rather than cancel. Dates were also extended to run from 16th October to 31st December.

Guests

Phoenix FearCon sometimes has too many guests to list in the table above. Here are the guests announced for each event (in alphabetical order):

2006: Syn Devil.

2008: Brain Damage Films, Count Smokula, Eben McGarr and R. A. Mihailoff.

2010: Brain Damage Films, Fancy Pants, Nick Principe, Tiffany Shepis and Thunder Stump.

2011: Charles Band, Tiffany Shepis and Voltaire.

2012: Creepsville 666, Tiffany Shepis and Fred Williamson.

2014: John Brightman, Theodus Crane, Ken Foree, Kyla Kenedy, Oliver Robins, Tiffany Shepis, Scott Tepperman and Mark Torgl.

2016: Eugene Clark, John Dugan, Lynn Lowry, Robert Mukes, Monique Parent, Tiffany Shepis, Ari Stidham, Lew Temple, Jay & Marie Yates.

2019: Agents of Lust, Ken Foree, Lynn Lowry, Spider Hole, Voltaire and Fred Williamson.

2021: Craig Chenery and Fred Williamson.

2022: Voltaire.

Other Documents

Index of Ephemera

Phoenix Fear Film Festival 2

Poster (114k)

Phoenix FearCon V

Postcard (192k)

Program Book Covers

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Last update: 17th September, 2022