FRIGHT-RAGS : HORROR SHIRTS

Our shirts are so awesome, people are STEALING them!

So, with another successful Monster Mania behind us, we loaded up the van Sunday evening and headed off to dinner with friends. We always stay at the hotel one extra night as it gives us time relax after a stressful weekend, and rest up for the ride home the next day.

And while the evening started off great, it didn’t end so well…

Atkins/Dekker Event Recap

Well, it’s been just about a week since we had Tom Atkins and Fred Dekker in town to screen their movies. And as I’m getting back into the swing of things, I wanted to post a quick recap of how it went. So keep reading to check out what you may have missed and see some pics from the weekend!

Two Double Features – Two Amazing Posters!

As you may – or may not – know, this weekend Fright-Rags and The Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House will be paying a special tribute to Tom Atkins and Fred Dekker. Friday, July 16 will be An Evening With Tom Atkins, featuring two of his classic films – The Fog and Halloween III Season of the Witch (both presented in 35mm!) Tom will be there in attendance for a Q&A after both films.

Then on Saturday, July 17 we will have An Evening With Fred Dekker featuring his most beloved films Monster Squad (35mm) and Night of the Creeps (The Director’s Cut – shown digitally). Fred will be in attendance for a Q&A after both films, also accompanied by Tom Atkins after Night of the Creeps.

Now, I understand that many of you may not be able to make it out to both – or either – of these events. After all Rochester, NY isn’t the closest city to everyone. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t be a part of it… Keep reading to find out how you can get a piece of the action for yourself!

The Summer Shirt Massacre

Starting Wednesday, June 9, we will be discontinuing over 20 designs as a part of our
“Shirt Massacre” sale.

To Print, or Not To Print?

I’ll keep this short and sweet. Take a look at the designs below and let me know if you think…

Judging a Book By Its Cover…

I spent probably as much time at the library when I was a kid as I spent at the video store. The main reason was, of course, to do research for homework. We had this really cool old church at the top of the hill down the road from my house that served as the local library. It had the old parish cemetery right on the grounds, and was even said to be haunted.

What’s Coming Up…

I have to admit, now that Spring is here, I’m getting antsy to release some new stuff. I’ve got a slew of designs sitting on my hard drive just waiting to be unleashed… Why haven’t I released them yet, you ask? Well, I’ll explain…

Monster Mania 14

Fright Rags enjoyed another great Monster Mania weekend, March 12-14. The weekend was filled with a ton of great  Fan/Customer/Celebrity encounters. It was a Night of The Creeps and My Bloody Valentine Reunion show, and Fright Rags had an excellent time with members from both casts! They were very enthused with our My Bloody Valentine and Night of The Creeps shirts respectively.  Before we show you some pictures from our highlights, we just want to take a second and Thank all who came out to the Con and supported Fright Rags and all the other vendors who traveled far and wide to sell their wares. We wouldn’t be here without you, and going to Cons is one of the best parts about this business because we get to meet you in person! Thank You for making this our most successful Monster Mania to date!

Interview with John Squires of Freddy In Space!

I fell in love with an inanimate object last year. I fell in love with a blog. Yes, I know how silly that may seem, but it was love at first sight for me. The first post from Freddy In Space that really grabbed me was what could be considered an inane one. It was entitled “The Freddy Candy Bowl & Musical Jason Heads”…and that’s what it was about, a couple of Halloween decorations. I was impressed I was seeing a blog post about something so “trivial”. But that’s just it, it wasn’t trivial. For horror nerds, it’s an interesting subject, and I was interested! I found out about Freddy In Space sometime in early September. I had found myself more on Facebook at that time, and came across the profile of John Squires. I knew I recognized his bearded face from interactions I had with him at Monster Mania Con at the Fright Rags table. He’s got a face you don’t forget…I think the beard is what does it. When I added him, he remembered me too and we started an awesome cyber friendship that is still going strong. We have had many a random aim chat, and that’s really what inspired this interview.

Very Convention-al

Hey everyone, it’s me Kristy! I’m the one who makes all of those sticker packs you find hiding out in your Fright Rags order, I’m also the one who runs the Street Team (don’t worry it will soon be more of an interactive team instead of just a Facebook profile haha), I field customer service emails, but more than anything I am the girl you will find standing behind the Fright Rags table at Conventions. And it’s that last piece to my puzzle that has prompted this latest conversation topic.

Going to Horror Conventions has become a big part of my life over the last almost 2 years. I’ve been a Horror nerd since I was about 3 or 4, but only started going to Cons over the past couple of years. Mainly because it took me that long to find friends as enthusiastic as me about Horror who would trek 4 or 5 hours just to meet some Horror celebs and geek out on action figures and rare out of print dvd’s. It was at Monster Mania in August of 2008 that I met Ben Scrivens, owner/founder of Fright Rags and he changed my life for the better. Because of him not only did I start working for the greatest Horror t shirt company in the universe, but I met some of my all-time favorite Horror celebs and got an awesomely painful concussion from Jeff Zornow at Monster Mania Conn this past June! On a personal note, if it weren’t for Fright Rags and the Con life I would have never met my boyfriend, and I would have never met Fright Rags superfan Mike Kenny, who is now practically engaged to my niece Melissa. I am overstating it, but the Convention life has given me so many amazing experiences, and so many new friends, it’s a life I could live forever, and hopefully I will…

It prompts me to ask the question of you: What are some of your favorite Convention moments? It can be any Convention, whether Fright Rags has a table there or not. We’re about to start a new Con season and it just made me want to know more about your experiences at Cons! Have you met your significant other there? Met a celeb who was a class act? Met a celeb who ruined your childhood memories of them? Tell me all of it! Fright Rags customers happen to be the best part of this job, so I would be jazzed if you took a moment to share!

You will catch Fright Rags in all three installments of Monster Mania (March, June and August) and hopefully more Conventions this year-we will keep you posted!

Thanks!

-Kristy!