Texas Frightmare Weekend 2026

 

Hey guys we have a video on Tik Tok here for a recap/montage https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBULeXsQ/ So we went to Texas Frightmare Weekend on Satrday only. This blog is based only on Saturday. I'll start with the bad because we like to leae a good taste innpeoples mouth if we can. As you guys know if you have been that the crowds have always been huge and if you haven't then just know every uear we become more and more Sardined. The lines of cars when we arrived were backed up to thw highway just to park. We got there at noon and it was sold out of Parking in most places near there. Luckily i have been to this Convention Center before numerous times so i knew where parking was that was cheap and in this case this year....free. Downside is you have to walk a looooong way to get there but nothing you can't walk in 20 minutes or less. I personally don't mind walking as long as i am not covered in melty face paint or bad shoes and Reid_iculous_guy well he didn't complain and it was free...Yay. Anyways, once you got in check in to get our badges was simple and quick with the qt codes and everything. The lines to the Elevators and escalators were so long and kept stopping that we missed the Scream panel because we literally were at the escalators for 30 minutes and then the line was so long it was basically too packed to get in. So instead we walked around downstairs in the Exhibit hall for a while until 2:20 ish. The Exhibit hall was so packed we couldn't breath or move and ended up having to escape for a bit. We then headed up to the panel rooms in the Grand Ballroom for the Welcome to Derry Panel. That was a blast and the kids are adorable and sweet. The entire panel was a blast so we enjoyed that very much. We then left and walked around for a minute until about 4 when we thought thwy were lining up for the Saw panel....it wasn't . The person who worked there seemed overwhelmed and lost poor girl. She told us yes it was for saw and then they started letting people in and we were like ...wait huh? It was a total different panel but luckily we liked the panel. It was the stars of Silent Night Deadly Night. That was a fun panel. We went and told them about what happened and they said just stay when the panel is over and we can just have those seats for the next panel. So that was cool we were pretty close so we were ok with that. The saw panel was excellent and Tobin Bell is so insightful you guys it is like reading a motivational book or something. He is such a great guy and the other cast and the writer of the first 3 Leigh Whannell is so funny and kind. They then told us if we were staying for the next panel we can just stay seated but we went downstairs to see the exhibit hall again which was more cleared out and we were able to actually look around. Same stuff we see at all horror conventions but we love it none the less!! Then we headed up for our last thing for the day which was the Movie Premiere for Models vs. Werewolves by Full Moon Features. They did one of our favorite series Puppet Master. That adventure getting up there was again terrible but we were able to get in by the last 15 minutes of the last panel and stayed in the front row for the movie. The movie was actually hilarious and fun to watch. So much camp but thats for another post later lol. After that we were hungry and done. Headed out to the long walk to our car. Took alot of video coming soon. So our over all thought is....its too big for that small of a space and it makes it almost impossible to get where you want to go. Other than that everything was so much fun and we can't wait for next year only this time.... we may go on a sunday for less crowds lol. Fun 6/10 crowds really were a buzzkill Guests 10/10 parking 4/10 afternoon organization 5/10 lines and everuthing were chaos accept will call and photo op virtual lines. Vendors 7/10 same vendors as everywhere else but we still like it lol Staff 8/10 they were all so kind and helpful although some seemed like they didn't know anything Overall 6.5/10 Crowds were just such a buzzkill not enough space and a bit disorganized.