‘Halloween’ stars to mingle with Eastern Shore fans

Posted 10/18/10

SPANISH FORT, Ala. — Courtney Green nearly fell out of his chair when he heard one of his idols would be making a live appearance on the Eastern Shore.

His mother, Brianna Green, was a little less enthused to learn the source of her 17-year-old …

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‘Halloween’ stars to mingle with Eastern Shore fans

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SPANISH FORT, Ala. — Courtney Green nearly fell out of his chair when he heard one of his idols would be making a live appearance on the Eastern Shore.

His mother, Brianna Green, was a little less enthused to learn the source of her 17-year-old son’s euphoria was one of the most iconic horror film villains to grace the silver screen, but then again, it is October.

“It’s definitely not the sort of thing you see here every day,” the Daphne mother said.

The “it” in question would be a meet-and-greet with Tony Moran, the original Michael Myers of cult classic John Carpenter’s “Halloween.”

Moran will be joined by Brian Andrews — who played Tommy Doyle in the 1978 slasher classic — for a table-signing and fan photo frenzy at Fairhope’s Nightmare Chambers Haunted House Oct. 22-23.

Will Sanders, director of Premiere Cinema in Spanish Fort’s Eastern Shore Centre, organized the event in cooperation with the Fairhope locale and Slow Fade Studio.

The Spanish Fort theater will also screen the cult classic at 11:30 p.m. Oct.

22, complete with a question-and-answer session with Moran Andrews. Although photos with the actors will be allowed, organizers are asking autograph requests be reserved for the Nightmare Chamber event. LifeSouth Blood Centers will be on site during the screening, and the cost of film admission is $5.

As of press time, Sanders said word of the event was already generating calls from across the country.

A self-professed horror genre enthusiast and “Halloween” superfan who collects memorahbilia hosts themed events and travels the country to filming locations, Sanders said his involvement in the event actually goes a little deeper.

Sanders was contacted during the summer by Phil Nobile, who was doing a documentary for A&E's Biography Channel. Nobile had seen some of Sanders’

“Halloween” convention footage and tattoos from a Halloween film site.

“I contacted a friend and local business owner Matt Ceuitat at Slow Fade Tattoo Studio that does my tattoo work. Phil said that he needed tattoo footage and fan footage for the documentary. So I submitted the videos, and we filmed me getting a tattoo of the opening title pumpkin,” Sanders said.

The footage, he said, has been included in the documentary and all will receive contributing credits.