A cold rainy day did not keep New Jersey's hardcore horror fans from checking out day one of the first NJ Horror Con and Film Festival in central New Jersey. It has been mentioned here enough how the horror culture in The Garden State has deep roots. So deep that a guy that grew up in the area used his passion for horror to make a career out of scaring folks that come to conventions like this one.
Before he became the demonic priest known as Father Evil, he was close friends with the founder of this site. They both caught up to talk about how great the crowd turned out for the first night and what they're looking forward to for the rest of the convention and horror in New Jersey.
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