Robert Englund tops list of groovy ghouls at this year's Terror Con

Through the dark of futures past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me.

Redrum. Redrum. REDRUM!

If any of these scary movie lines get your hairs raising, heart racing, body shaking, nerves wracking and skin crawling (all in a good way), then Terror Con is the horror movie convention for you.

With"living" legends of the art of dying and several unholy reunions, Terror Con will be unearthed unleash a feast of frights Sept. 15 to Sept. 17 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborough.

He's a real dream

When it comes to the golden age of slasher films, Robert Englund is slice-and-dice royalty. Classically trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Englund is best known as the gloved one. No, not Michael Jackson but Swiss-knife-bearing, army glove-wearing reddy Krueger, the apparition of a deceased child killer who terrorizes teenagers in their dreams, and usually going them by "cutting" to the chase.

If his killer kitchen utensils don’t make your sides split, his priceless one-liners will.

Englund made his memorable Freddy debut in 1984 in Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” which spanned several successful sequels.

In addition to Englund, Terror Con will also bring together Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and Ronee Blakely, from the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street," Kim Myers and Mark Patton, from 1985’s "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge,” Nicholas Mele in 1988’s "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” Beatrice Boepple, Erika Marie Anderson, Lisa Wilcox and Whit Hertford from 1989’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child” and Monica Keena in 2003’s “Freddy vs. Jason.”

Ghoulish gala

If Freddy is not your fancy, how about sticking your fangs into a “Fright Night” reunion?

Chris Sarandon, who played Jerry Dandrige, the vampire who lives next door, in "Fright Night" will be rising up from the dead at Terror Con. Some of Sarandon's other memorable roles include Prince Humperdinck in "The Princess Bride" and the voice of Jack Skellington in "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

In addition, Sarandon will be joined by other “Fright Night” alums including Amanda Bearse (who arguably has the scariest scene in the movie, and also played Darcy on “Married…with Children”), Jonathan Stark, Stephen Geoffreys and the movie’s reluctant hero, Williams Ragsdale.

In his film career, Lance Henriksen has faced off against Aliens, Predators, a Terminator, pesky piranhas, a Pumpkinhead, a Ghostface killer and Jean-Claude Van Damme and lived to tell about it. Well, maybe not on film, but in real life. Henriksen will also hobnobbing with fans at Terror Con.

Scary kids and adults

For “Twin Peaks” fans, Horror Con is serving up Ray Wise, who played Leland Palmer, jitterbug-loving father of plastic-wrapped, home coming queen casualty Laura Palmer; and Sherilyn Fenn, who played “Twin Peaks” resident bad schoolgirl, Audrey Horne.

John Kassir, the voice of Cryptkeeper in HBO's “Tales from the Crypt” franchise, will be sitting in for a spell at Terror Con.

“The Walking Dead” is represented at Terror Con with Chandler Riggs, who played Carl Grimes, son of Rick Grimes, as well as Emily Kinney (Beth Greene), Katelyn Nacon (Enid), Ross  Marquand (Aaron) and Seth Gilliam (Father Gabriel).

If that’s not enough to quench your thirst for stars in zombie-themed projects, Eugene Clark in “Land of the Dead” and Melinda Clarke from “Return of the Living Dead 3” will also be walking with the living at Terror Con.

If you’re a fan of Stephen King’s “The Shining,” Terror Con has dueling Danny Torrances to spin your Big Wheel. Scheduled are Danny Lloyd, who played the psychic son of Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” and Courtland Mead, who played the same role to parents Steven Weber and Rebecca De Mornay in the TV adaptation of “The Shining.” Despite the sequel “Dr. Sleep,” neither Lloyd or Mead grew up to be Ewan McGregor.

It's blood, honey

For “Halloween” fans, you have Sandy Johnson from John Carpenter’s 1978 original and Danielle Harris and Scout Taylor Compton from later spinoffs and reboots of the Mike Myers slasher series.

And if that isn't enough to satisfy your slice and dice needs, Derek Mears, who played Jason Voorhees in the remake of "Friday the 13th," will be sharpening his machete in anticipation of fans.

There is also a mini-“Cabin Fever” reunion with stars Cerina Vincent and James Debello, and a mini-“Five Nights at Freddy’s” reunion with Jess Weiss and Kevin Foster.

Other celebrity guests at Terror Con include Carl Toop who played Xenomorph in 1986’s “Aliens;” Alaina Huffman who played Black Canary of “Smallville;" first Lt. Tamara Johansen in “Stargate Universe” and the demon Abaddon on “Supernatural;" Craig David Dowsett from 2023’s “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey;” Edward Furlong from “Terminator 2: Judgement Day;" Sean Patrick Flanery from "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles," "The Boondock Saints” and the new indie-horror film “Nefarious;” and Ginger Lynn Allen from “The Devil’s Rejects.”

And, if professional wrestlers are more your thing, Mick Foley, Killer Kelly and Mandy Sacs will be slamming the convention mat.

Terror Con

When: 3 to 9 p.m. Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 16, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 17.

Where: Royal Plaza Trade Center, 181 Royal Plaza Drive West, Marlborough

How much: $11.99 to $152.91, rates vary for children and adults. VIP packages available. theterrorcon.com.