Pssst! Las Vegas is actually Northeast from L.A, not West. And if I wanted to get REALLY anal I'd mention that the theater is well outside city limits, in Paradise. Though probably as many as 20% of the people who live here don't know that either.

I'll try to dredge up some attendees from SGVegas.

That was a blast.

Beyond being classic exploitation and a mix of exploitation and sci-fi, both movies were often (unintentionally) hilarious.

Bought some DVDs and had them autographed.

I had a bit of bonus fun. There was a classic bit of exploitation film magic when this hypnotist shows up at the beginning of The Thrill Killers and hypnotizes us to hallucinate that we will beileve we see "this maniac" (Cash Flagg, AKA Ray Dennis Steckler) in the theater. We will see him when the "hypno wave" effect appears onscreen. Of course, back in the day they'd use these moments (interspersed throughout the film) to have Cash Flagg pop up in the theater dressed as bad guy Click.

Well, Ray Dennis Steckler appeared at the end to do a Q&A session. I had fun pointing at him and yelling, "There's a maniac loose in the theater!" The event was full of fun like this. Some of the dialogue in these films is so cheesy the audience broke out in laughter. And at some of what in the day would have been the scariest moments. Decapitated heads going flying at the camer. Cars making skidding sounds as they braked to a stop on dirt.

Thanks for the tip-off, I enjoyed the festival a great deal, as did my friends. It turns out that the head maniac in the Thrill Killers used to teach at neighboring UNLV. Nice guy, too.