It has been eight long years of ghastly terrors and ghostly visions for the staff of the Worcester Palladium since The Atlantic Paranormal Society, better known to television audiences as T.A.P.S, first visited the venue for their mega-popular television series Ghost Hunters. Now, with the show’s 10th season premiering this October, co-lead investigator Steve Gonsalves is set to return to the haunted halls of Worcester as part of Rock & Shock 2014.
In addition to being a cast member of SyFy’s Ghost Hunters, the Springfield, MA native has appeared on TV series such as Ghost Hunters Academy, The Wil Wheaton Project and Destination Truth, as well as in the feature film The World Within; a 2010 documentary about world renowned demonologist John Zaffis. So get your EVP monitors and your night vision goggles ready because this ghost buster will be available all weekend long to meet and chat with fans about all things ghostly!
Joining Gonsalves will be WWE legend Tony Atlas, who will be appearing at the convention courtesy of Sinners and Saints Tattoo & Piercing in East Wareham, MA. In addition to performing with the WWE, Atlas is a famed bodybuilder, powerlifter and 3 time Mr. USA. In 2006, Atlas was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and he recently appeared on the WWE Network reality series Legends House, alongside fellow Rock & Shock 2014 guest Roddy Piper.
Also joining the convention’s lineup are horror authors Jack Ketchum and Mike Aloisi. Ketchum is a two-time Bram Stoker award winner and former Boston area school teacher best known for his horror novels I’m Not Sam, The Woman, Off Season and The Girl Next Door. Several of his works have been turned into feature films, most notably 2008′s Red starring Brian Cox, Kyle Gallner and Noel Fisher and 2006′s The Lost co-starring previously announced Rock & Shock guest Dee Wallace. Mike Aloisi, a Western, MA native, is better known to most as “Author Mike.” The author, publisher and public speaker has authored numerous books including the short story collection Tales From A Mortician and Kane Hodder’s official biography Unmasked and it’s follow-up The Killer and I.
Gonsalves, Atlas, Ketchum and Aloisi will be joined by previously announced guests: Brad Dourif (Child’s Play. Halloween, The Lord of the Rings), Tara Reid (Sharknado 1 & 2, Urban Legend, American Pie series), John Ratzenberger (Motel Hell, Cheers, Toy Story 1-3), Victoria and Jody Price (Vincent Price’s daughter and grandson), Roddy Piper (WWE, They Live), Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, The Frighteners, Star Trek), Andrew Divoff (The Strain, Wishmaster, TV’s Lost), Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) Sid Haig (Devil’s Rejects, Hatchet III), Dee Wallace (The Frighteners, Halloween), Jake Busey (The Frighteners, Starship Troopers), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet), William Forsythe (Devil’s Rejects, Halloween), Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy frontman, Repo! The Genetic Opera), Fiona Dourif (Curse of Chucky, TV’s True Blood), Tom Savini (Special FX Master, From Dusk Til Dawn, Django Unchained), Kristina Klebe (Halloween ’07, TV’s The Following), Tiffany Shepis (Sharknado 2, Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula), Alex Vincent (Child’s Play 1 & 2, Curse of Chucky), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies, Cat People), John A. Russo (Co-Creator/Writer Night of the Living Dead, TV’s Scare Tactics), Joe Knetter (Writer, Strip Club Slasher, Room), Sarah French (Shriek of the Sasquatch), Jack Bennett (Nerdist’s Cantina Karaoke and Blood & Guts with Scott Ian), Justin Beahm (Silk, Sharknado). Performers are set to include King Diamond, Machine Head, GWAR, Life of Agony, Twiztid and many more!
Also on hand will be Living Dead Dolls who will be celebrating their Sweet 16 with Rock & Shock. Living Dead Dolls are officially recognized as the world’s longest continually running series of collectible horror themed dolls. They have spawned a board game, glassware, school supplies, plush toys, vinyl mini-figures, licensed Halloween costumes, and much more. With 16 years of , the Living Dead Dolls continue to gain momentum as they make nightmares come to life.
