Washington State Horror Con

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

The lineup is almost complete for this year, and 98% of all photo ops are on the site ready to purchase. The 2026 Washington State Horror Con happens in Puyallup from October 23rd through the 25th. The times for the Photo Ops Schedules will be released October 13th.

Autographs and Selfies are purchased at the show. Purchase your Professional Photo Ops here: https://www.wahorrorcon.com/photo-ops/

Admission Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/07/2026

We can't keep this guest a secret any longer. Dwight is heading to Puyallup and he agreed to leave his crossbow at home. Please welcome Austin Amelio to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th.

Austin Amelio is an actor and former skateboarder best known for playing Dwight on The Walking Dead from 2015 to 2018, then continuing the role on Fear the Walking Dead from 2019 to 2023.

Dwight enters The Walking Dead in season 6 as a lieutenant of the Saviors under Negan. The part covers the burned face, the crossbow taken from Daryl Dixon, and Dwight’s later break with the Sanctuary. On Fear the Walking Dead he is a series regular from season 5 through season 8, still carrying the crossbow and the history with Negan and Sherry. Together the two shows account for the bulk of his television work.

Austin was in the horror movie Mercy Black (2019), in which he played Will Nylund. The film follows a woman released from psychiatric care who finds that an urban legend she was involved in as a teenager has spread online. Other film credits include Nesbit in Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), a role in Terrence Malick’s Song to Song (2017), Hark in Holler (2020), Jasper in Hit Man (2023), and The Conquistador in the supernatural horror movie Hokum (2026). He has also appeared in Stumptown and the series When Nobody Sees Us.

Amelio has two new movies slated for a 2027 release: The Rescue, and the Ron Howard war drama Alone at Dawn.

Meet Austin all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. He will be signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a Walking Dead panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/06/2026

Jason always returns. Always. He comes a bit taller this time. Please welcome Ken Kirzinger to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. Ken is a actor and stunt actor that has worked in film and television since the 1980s and stands at 6 feet 5 inches tall.

Ken is best known for donning the Jason Voorhees mask in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), directed by Ronny Yu. He played Jason opposite Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger for the length of the film, including the lake sequence and the fight at the cabin. He had already appeared in the series: in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) he played a New York cook who crosses Jason, then played by Kane Hodder. Later horror roles include Pa in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) and Rusty Nail in Joy Ride 3: Roadkill (2014). In the parody Stan Helsing (2009) he played Mason, a Jason-style figure. He also had a small part in Thir13en Ghosts (2001).

His early stunt credits include Stakeout, Shoot to Kill, Bird on a Wire, Look Who's Talking, and Cool Runnings. He later coordinated stunts on films including Insomnia, The Santa Clause 2, and the 2005 remake of The Fog, and did stunt work on Paycheck, X2, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Incredible Hulk, Watchmen, 2012, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Cabin in the Woods, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

He appeared in Friday the 13th documentaries, including His Name Was Jason and Crystal Lake Memories, discussing the Voorhees role. His other acting credits include a helicopter pilot in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Nurse Becker in The Assignment, and guest spots on Supernatural, Smallville, Fringe, Psych, and Stargate.

Meet Ken all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. He will be signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/05/2026

She went from The Secret Life of the American Teenager to the secret life of a vampire in the Underworld. Please welcome India Eisley to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th.

India Eisley's career started at age 9 and includes television and independent films. From 2008 to 2013 she played Ashley Juergens on the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Her later television credits include the title role in the Lifetime film My Sweet Audrina (2016) and Fauna Hodel in the TNT series I Am the Night (2019).

Her horror and fantasy credits begin with Headspace (2005), in which she appeared with her mother, Olivia Hussey. In Underworld: Awakening (2012) she played Eve, the hybrid daughter of the vampire Selene, played by Kate Beckinsale. She took the role of Briar Rose in The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016), a dark-fantasy retelling set around a cursed estate. In Look Away (2018) she played both Maria and her reflection, Airam, in a psychological horror story about a teenager and the double in her mirror. Other genre work includes Clinical (2017) and Vampires of the Velvet Lounge (2026), in which she plays Joan.

Outside horror, she played Sawa opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Kite (2014), Lucy in Every Breath You Take (2021), and Lee-Grace Dougherty in American Outlaws (2023).

Meet India Eisley all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. She will be signing autographs, taking photos, and meeting fans at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/05/2026

Cat dead. Details later. We are excited to bring another horror legend to Puyallup later this month. Please welcome Jeffrey Combs to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th.

Jeffrey Combs is best known for playing Herbert West in Re-Animator (1985) and its sequels, Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and Beyond Re-Animator (2003). The films, drawn from H. P. Lovecraft and directed or produced by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna, cast him as a medical student experimenting with a reagent that restores life. He returned to Lovecraft material in From Beyond (1986), as Dr. Crawford Tillinghast, and in Necronomicon (1993), where he played Lovecraft himself. Other Gordon collaborations include The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) and Castle Freak (1995).

His additional horror credits include Milton Dammers in The Frighteners (1996), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), and Dr. Richard Benjamin Vannacutt in the 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill. He later appeared in Would You Rather (2012) and has worked regularly in independent horror and science fiction roles on tv and movies.

We can't forget about Star Trek! Combs was a frequent presence in Star Trek. On Deep Space Nine he played the Vorta Weyoun and the Ferengi Brunt, sometimes in the same episode. On Enterprise he played the Andorian commander Shran.

Meet Jeffrey all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. He will be signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/03/2026

Our next stop, the Twilight Zone. We get so many opportunities to host incredible actors and actresses, and are honored to bring a local Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated actress to the show this year. Please welcome Kathleen Quinlan to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th.

Kathleen Quinlan is an accomplished actress whose screen work began in the early 1970s. She appeared as Peg in American Graffiti (1973) and took the lead in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), playing a teenager in psychiatric treatment, a performance that brought a Golden Globe nomination. Later credits include Patricia Kennealy in The Doors (1991) and Marilyn Lovell in Apollo 13 (1995), opposite Tom Hanks, which earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for supporting actress. She also starred as a family lawyer in the CBS series Family Law (1999–2002).

Her horror and science-fiction work includes the Joe Dante segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), in which she played Helen Foley in “It’s a Good Life.” In Event Horizon (1997), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, she played Peters, the medical officer on a rescue crew sent after a ship that has returned from deep space. The film follows the team as they review the vessel’s logs and the effects of its experimental drive. In the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes she played Ethel Carter, one of a family stranded in the desert. Other genre credits include Warning Sign (1985) and The Stairs (2021).

Outside horror, she played Amy Taylor in the thriller Breakdown (1997), opposite Kurt Russell, and later appeared in Breach, Made of Honor, Prison Break, and Horizon: An American Saga. Quinlan was born in Pasadena, California, on November 19, 1954, and has worked in film and television for more than five decades.

Meet Kathleen all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. She will be signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/01/2026

We are thrilled to extend our streak of Aliens guests for the third year in a row! We have NEWT coming to Puyallup! Please welcome Carrie Henn to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th.

Carrie Henn is an American actress best known for playing Rebecca “Newt” Jorden in James Cameron’s Aliens (1986). Cast at nine with no prior professional experience while living in England, where her father was stationed with the U.S. Air Force, she portrayed the sole young survivor of the Hadley’s Hope colony on LV-426. Filming opposite Sigourney Weaver, she formed the film’s central bond between Newt and Ellen Ripley. The performance earned her the 1987 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actress.

Henn’s work on Aliens included both the theatrical cut and additional material later released in the special edition, in which her brother, Christopher Henn, appears as Newt’s sibling Timmy. The role required long days on practical sets, water sequences, and close work with the film’s creature effects. One of her lines, “They mostly come at night… mostly,” became closely associated with the character.

After the film’s release she did not pursue a full-time acting career. She later appeared as a union worker in the independent feature Thunder Island (2020) and has taken part in documentaries and retrospective interviews about Aliens. She graduated from California State University, Stanislaus, in 2000 with degrees in liberal studies and child development and went on to work as an elementary school teacher in California. She has remained active with Alien franchise events and fan conventions.

Meet Carrie all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. She will be signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

10/01/2026

One ran the prison. One sang through the apocalypse. The Greene sisters are reuniting in Puyallup. Please welcome Emily Kinney to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. Emily is an actress and musician who will be featured for a special concert on Friday night after the show. (more details to come.)

Emily Kinney is best known for playing Beth Greene on AMC’s The Walking Dead. She joined the series in season two in 2011 as Maggie’s younger sister, became a series regular, and remained through season five. She later returned for a voice appearance and appears as Beth in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

After leaving the flagship series, Kinney starred as Tess Larson on ABC’s legal drama Conviction. She guest-starred as Brie Larvan / Bug-Eyed Bandit on The Flash and Arrow, and had recurring or guest roles on The Knick, Masters of S*x, The Following, Ten Days in the Valley, and Netflix’s Messiah.

Her earlier television work includes The Good Wife, The Big C, Law & Order: SVU, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Film credits include It’s Complicated, Concussion, The Enormity of Life, and the holiday film Santa Bootcamp. She also appeared on Broadway in Spring Awakening.

In addition to acting, Kinney records and tours as a singer-songwriter, a side of her work that first reached a wide audience through songs performed on The Walking Dead.

Meet Emily Kinney all weekend at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. She will be signing autographs, taking photos, group photos, and speaking on The Walking Dead panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com

09/30/2026

She’s survived walkers, Negan, a New York apocalypse, and now she is ready to take on Puyallup. We are honored to be the hosts for her first convention appearance in the Pacific Northwest in well over a decade. Please welcome Lauren Cohan to the 2026 Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th.

Lauren Cohan is best known for playing Maggie Greene (later Maggie Rhee) on AMC’s The Walking Dead. She first appeared in season two in 2011, became a series regular in season three, and remained a core cast member through the original series’ end in 2022. She continues the role in the spinoff The Walking Dead: Dead City, where she also serves as an executive producer and directed an episode of season two.

Before joining The Walking Dead, Cohan played Bela Talbot in season three of Supernatural and Rose on The Vampire Diaries. She had a recurring role as Vivian Volkoff on Chuck and later starred as Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge in ABC’s Wh***ey Cavalier (2019).

Her film work includes the lead in the 2016 horror film The Boy, a cameo as Martha Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Leila Steinberg in All Eyez on Me, and Alice Kerr in Mile 22. She has also done voice work on Invincible and Twilight of the Gods, and appeared in the 2025 independent film When I’m Ready.

Meet Lauren Cohan on Saturday and early Sunday at the Washington State Horror Con from October 23rd through the 25th. She will be signing autographs, taking photos, and speaking on a panel at the show. Tickets for the Washington State Horror Con are on sale now at: www.wahorrorcon.com