Halloween Horror Expo returns this weekend

Staff report

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Halloween Horror Expo returns to Eastwood Expo Center this weekend, with merchandise vendors, live entertainment and — of course — movies.

The show will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Highlights of the show, which is now in its 10th year, will be the premiere of the film “Night of the Cannibals” at 7 p.m. Saturday and a wrestling show by Hardkore Brutal Wrestling at noon Sunday.

Special guests will include Daniel Emery Taylor, who was the co-star of “The Return of Swamp Thing” and is the star of “Night Of The Cannibals.”

The other main guests are wrestler Necro Butcher, who was in the movie “The Wrestler”; Sierra Holmes from VH1 “Scream Queens” season 2 and “Pirahna 3D”; and Lisa Neeld, Playboy model and star of “The Girl” (appearing Saturday night only).

“Night Of The Cannibals” was shot in Trumbull County and directed by Joe Mohn, who was the writer for “The Girl.” It was co-produced by Travis Bowen and Mohn, and edited by Jim Danko.

The cast of “Cannibals” will attend the premiere, including professional actors Taylor, Kristina Michelle and Holmes.

The story is about a group of campers who unknowingly spend their vacation in an area where cannibals lurk in the darkness.