User Reviews

I watched this in the bath one night, in a third Covid lockdown. It reminded me of what life used to be like, and gave a great substitute experience of going to a convention - well, as close as you could hope for in an hour, while having a bath.

Its really enjoyable. The editing and structure is tight enough to prevent any dull lags. I loved watching the fans just doing their thing, seeing all the cool posters and props and just imagining I was there. Jamie is an absolute delight throughout, as are the organisers who did a great job of it. It made me crave more like-minded friends to talk about movies with, the fans felt like a tribe I want to belong to.

This was a great extra on the recent 35th Anniversary blu ray release of 'Halloween', one of my very favourite contemporary (to me, that means 1970-and-beyond) horror releases. I wish at the time that I had known about the event--the one time Jamie Lee Curtis agreed to appear at a horror convention, in order to raise funds for her favourite charity; namely, the children's hospital of Los Angeles--for I would have gone in a heartbeat. I haven't watched much of her work, admittedly, but I loved her performances in the four 'Halloween' films I have seen her in, as well as 'The Fog', 'True Lies' and 'A Fish Called Wanda'. As she stated about the convention itself, the film--as a documentary of a moment in time, and of horror fans' love for her work--was top-notch, and the extra is well worth a watch, both for fans of Curtis' work and for those wanting to investigate the subculture of horror fans in general. It's a fun hour worth spending.