Spooky Empire - Fall 2026

Spooky Empire, "The Dark Side of Comic Con", is one of the largest horror conventions in the US, held every October in Orlando since growing out of Fort Lauderdale's Ultimate Horror Weekend (2003), with horror movie and TV stars, 200+ vendors and artists, a horror film festival, a tattoo festival, costume contests, a haunt, live music, burlesque and drag after-hours shows.

The fall 2026 show (October 30 – November 1, Hyatt Regency Orlando) features Jamie Campbell Bower (Sat & Sun), Doug Bradley, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (Saturday only), Juliette Lewis, Jena Malone, Gina Gershon, the Chiodo Brothers, Jenna Jameson, Andy Black, Tom Savini, Steve-O (Fri & Sat), Danny Trejo (Sat & Sun), Tyler Mane, Billy Zane, Robert Kurtzman, Michael Cudlitz, Halloween II's Dick Warlock, Pamela Susan Shoop, Lance Guest, Gloria Gifford and Leo Rossi, Hellraiser's Simon Bamford, Five Nights at Freddy's Kevin Foster, Jade Kindar-Martin and Audrey Lynn-Marie, Terrifier's Amelie McLain and Samantha Scaffidi, Wyatt Sicks wrestlers Erick Redbeard, Nikki Storm, Samuel Shaw and Joseph Sawyer, Skid Row's Rachel Bolan and Dave "Snake" Sabo, and more.