{"id":5859,"date":"2026-04-12T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5859"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:44:08","slug":"ian-mcculloch-to-appear-at-weird-worcester-2-cult-film-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2026\/04\/12\/ian-mcculloch-to-appear-at-weird-worcester-2-cult-film-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McCulloch to appear at Weird Worcester 2 Cult Film Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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IAN McCULLOCH (GREG Preston) will appear at the Weird Worcester convention in July 2026, at which he’ll be joined by other cast members from the celebrated 1979 Italian horror movie Zombie Flesh Eaters.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning for a second year, Weird Worcester offers “a celebration of the frightful, the bizarre and the fantastic” from the world of cult film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCulloch will be joined by Al Cliver (‘Brian Hull’, in the actor’s first UK convention appearance) and Ottaviano Dell’acqua (stuntman, actor and accomplished zombie performer), in a session reflecting on the first of McCulloch’s three Italian-made horrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian McCulloch will also take part in three themed photoshoot sessions (tickets for which can be prepaid in advance<\/a>) \u2014 one solo session; one with fellow cast members from Zombie Flesh Eaters<\/em>; and one with Luigi Cozzi, the writer and director of the alien horror Contamination<\/em> (1980), which McCulloch also starred in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weird Worcester is BACK after a critically acclaimed first event. Hosted once again by boutique home video label Treasured Films, we are thrilled to be welcoming another top tier roster of cult film veterans to Worcester! It takes place in the Midlands, at the Worcester Arena, overlooking the River Severn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A grassroots led event, come join fellow cinephiles and collectors for this weekend only event, celebrating all things cult films! Our second year will see us welcome more luminaries of Italian genre cinema along with guests from other areas of legendary cult filmdom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet our special guests, have merchandise or autographs signed, get photos, dress in cosplay, partake in Q&As, browse the dealer tables! Licensed bar and food available!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Weird Worcester 2<\/strong>
18-19 July 2026
University of Worcester Arena, Hylton Road, WR2 5JN Worcester
Tickets<\/a> | Facebook event details<\/a> | Event website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IAN McCULLOCH (GREG Preston) will appear at the Weird Worcester convention in July 2026, at which he’ll be joined by other cast members from the celebrated 1979 Italian horror movie Zombie Flesh Eaters. Returning for a second year, Weird Worcester offers “a celebration of the frightful, the bizarre and the fantastic” from the world of … Continue reading “Ian McCulloch to appear at Weird Worcester 2 Cult Film Convention”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-and-crew","category-cast-news","category-conventions","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-1wv","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5859"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5888,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}