Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Fantasy television series have come and gone, but some remain in the minds of genre buffs long after their run on the tube has ended. Two of the most iconic are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Xena: Warrior Princess. Years after they wrapped, conventions are still held in their honor, millions remain devoted fans, and the actors who played the central roles have officially achieved break-out celebrity superstardom as a result of their performances. And yet both Buffy and Xena had a counterpart series featuring a male hero that has seemed to fade into the background. So why isn’t there love for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Angel the way there is for Xena and Buffy? Perhaps a female action hero is innately more exciting to watch, both aesthetically and contextually.

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Actor Bill Johnson (left, Leatherface from Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) and John Dugan (right, Grandpa from Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw) have joined the lineup of the next Chicago edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held March 6-8 at the Wyndham Chicago O’Hare Hotel (6810 North Mannheim Road, Rosemont, Il). Dugan also appeared in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, while Johnson turned up in Future-kill and TV’s Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Other guests comin’ to our Midwest extravaganza include:
• George A. Romero: the director of Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead, Land Of The Dead, Diary Of The Dead, Creepshow, Martin, Knightriders and The Dark Half will have the first news and footage from his latest zombie flick
• Tobe Hooper: director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist, Eaten Alive, ’Salem’S Lot, The Mangler, Crocodile,

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