Sean Cunningham And More Rare Guests Added To Friday The 13th 45th Anniversary Convention 'Crystal Lake Nightmares'

 This August, Friday The 13th fans are going to be treated to one of the largest franchise conventions ever assembled as Crystal Lake Nightmares presents "45 Years of Friday the 13th"! The enormous event will be held in Burbank, California the weekend of August 8-10, 2025, and promises to showcase one of, if not, the biggest collection of Friday The 13th franchise alumni and guests in history.

The guest list continues to grow, and the past several weeks a large number of alumni have been revealed via the events Instagram Page, and some are extremely rare to meet in person.

Joining the festivities are Sean S. Cunningham (Director, Friday The 13th 1980 and Executive Producer of New Line films), Harry Manfredini (Composer, Franchise Films), Paul Kratka (Rick, Friday The 13th Part 3), Marilyn Poucher (Dream Sequence Mrs. Voorhees, Friday The 13th Part 3), Vincent Guastaferro (Deputy Rick, Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part VI), William Butler (Michael, Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood), Michael B. Silver (Luke, Jason Goes To Hell), and Zack Ward (Bobby, Freddy vs Jason). Below we have the current list of alumni attending the convention, broken out, mostly by films. The latest additions are highlighted in yellow.

Franchise Alumni
Harry Manfredini

Friday the 13th
Sean S. Cunningham
Debra S. Hayes
Ari Lehman

Friday the 13th Part 2
Amy Steel
John Furey
Russell Todd

Friday the 13th Part 3
Tracie Savage
Larry Zerner
Marilyn Poucher
Paul Kratka

Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
Lawrence Monoson

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Melanie Kinnaman
Dick Wieand
Ron Sloan
Miguel A. Nunez Jr
Bob DeSimone
Tiffany Helm

Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI
Tom McLoughlin
Thom Mathews
Darcy DeMoss
Kerry Noonan
Vincent Guastaferro

Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood
William Butler

Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Jensen Daggett
Tim Mirkovich
V.C.Dupree
Tiffany Paulsen

Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
Adam Marcus
Brooke Scher
Michael B. Silver

Freddy vs Jason
Ken Kirzinger
Douglas Tait
Zack Ward