Luigi Cozzi

Luigi Cozzi (born 7 September 1947 in Busto Arsizio, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. At a young age, Luigi became a fan of science fiction and began his career as an overseas correspondent for Western film magazines.

After directing his first film The Tunnel Under the World (1969), Luigi befriended director Dario Argento and began working with him in film and television. He received screenplay credits for Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) and The Five Days (1973), special effects credits for Phenomena (1985), and was second united director for Two Evil Eyes (1990) and The Stendhal Syndrome (1996).

Film directed by Luigi himself include The Killer Must Kill Again (1975), Starcrash (1979), Contamination (1980), Hercules (1983), Monster Shark (1984), Hercules II (1985), Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989), Paganini Horror (1989), and The Black Cat (1990).

I have met Luigi twice. The first time was in the shop he co-owns with Dario Argento, Profondo Rosso, when I visited Rome in October 2024. I bought a book co-written by Luigi, which he kindly signed for me. I met him for the second time at Weird Worcester in July 2026 where he signed a Contamination Blu-ray sleeve for me.

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Profondo Rosso Store

Blu-ray sleeve, also signed by Ian McCulloch

Meeting Luigi for the second time in Worcester

Outside the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome

Meeting Luigi at Profondo Rosso

Andrew Bryniarski

Andrew Bryniarski (born 13 February 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actor and former bodybuilder, who I know best for portraying Leatherface in the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Patrick 'Madman' Kelly in Any Given Sunday (1999), Zangief in Street Fighter (1994), and Butterfinger in Hudson Hawk (1991).

I met Andrew at the Weird Worcester convention in July 2026. He signed a German Street Fighter lobby card for me and he posed for a photo in a Leatherface costume.

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Q&A panel in Worcester

Zora Kerova

Zora Ulla Keslerová (born 11 August 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actress, dancer, singer and model. Often credited under the names Zora Kerova, Zora Kerowa or Zora Keer, she became known for starring in numerous Italian horror films during the 1980s.

Zora started her career as a dancer and singer, later becoming a photo model. Kerova made her screen debut in the Italian film, La febbre americana (1978). A year later, she appeared in the Czech drama, Křehké vztahy, and another Italian film, Terror Express. She followed by starring in cult horror films such as Antropophagus (1980), Cannibal Ferox (1981), Lucio Fulci's The New York Ripper (1982) en The New Barbarians (1983). She appeared in another two Fulci films, Touch of Death (1988) and Sodoma's Ghost (1988).

I met Zora at Weird Worcester 2 on 19 July 2026, where she signed my Cannibal Ferox Blu-ray cover.

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Fabio Testi

Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941 in Peschiera del Garda, Italy) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Testi continued stunt work and getting roles in low budget genre films until he was cast in Vittorio De Sica's historical war drama The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). Following this film, Testi became a star in Italy, appearing in some artistic films by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Claude Chabrol. Testi also continued to work in poliziotteschi genre films as well as gialli, including What Have You Done to Solange? (1972), Gang War in Naples (1972), Revolver (1973), Stateline Motel (1973), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Go Gorilla Go (1975), The Big Racket (1976), The Heroin Busters (1980), and Contraband (1980).

I met Fabio at Weird Worcester 2 on 18 July 2026. He signed the sleeve of my copy of Stateline Motel. Unfortunately he signed the back of the Blu-ray cover but it was great to meet such a legend of Italian cinema.

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Official website

Jsu Garcia

Jesus "Jsu" Garcia, also credited as Nick Corri (born 6 October 1963 in New York City, New York, USA), is an American film and television actor and producer.

I know him for his roles in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Gotcha! (1985), Predator 2 (1990), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), Candyman: Day of the Dead (2000), Traffic (2000), Collateral Damage (2002), and We Were Soldiers (2002).

I purchased the signed photo below from Woody's Memorabilia in April 2025.

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Official website

Leslie Hoffman

Leslie Gail Hoffman (born 21 January 1955) is an American former stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and actress. Films for which she did stunt work (often uncredited) include 1941 (1979), Airplane! (1980), Motel Hell (1980), Death Wish 3 (1985), The Naked Gun (1988), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Scream 2 (1997), and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

She played the Hall Guard in the original Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

I met Leslie at Horror Con Scotland in Paisley in November 2025.

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Official website

Carl Gabriele Yorke

Carl Gabriel Yorke (born 23 November 1952 in Burbank, California, USA) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Alan Yates in Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

I met Carl at the Weird Worcester convention in June 2025, where he signed a Blu-ray sleeve and a DVD cover for me.

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Blu-ray sleeve also signed by Ruggero Deadato
and Francesca Ciardi

Spanish DVD digipak also signed by
Francesca Ciardi

Enzo G. Castellari

Enzo G. Castellari (born Enzo Girolami; 29 July 1938 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.

He directed a large number of Italian films in various genres, many of which have become (cult) classics. These include Eagles over London (1969), High Crime (1973), Street Law (1974), The Big Racket (1976), The Heroin Busters (1977), The Inglorious Bastards (1978), The Shark Hunter (1979), Day of the Cobra (1980), The Last Shark (1981), 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), The New Barbarians (1983), and Escape from the Bronx (1983).

I met Mr Castellari at the Weird Worcester convention in July 2025, where he signed three Blu-ray sleeves for me.

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Street Law Blu-ray sleeve

The Last Shark Blu-ray sleeve

The New Barbarians Blu-ray sleeve,
also signed By Fred Williamson

Silvia Collatina

Silvia Collatina (born 14 January 1972 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian actress who, as a child, appeared in several Italian horror movies of the late 1970s and 80s. She is best known for her roles in Sergio Martino's The Great Alligator (1979) and two Luigi Fulci films: The House by the Cemetery (1981) and Murder Rock (1984).

I met Silvia at the Weird Worcester convention in June 2025.

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My 4K Blu-ray sleeve, which was later also
signed by Catriona MacColl

Margit Newton

Margit Evelyn Newton (born Margit Gansbacher; 12 October 1962 in Bolzano, Italy) is an Italian actress who appeared in fourteen films between 1979 and 1990. Newton is perhaps best known for her performance in the 1980 Bruno Mattei zombie film Hell of the Living Dead (also known as Zombie Creeping Flesh).

She also appeared in The Last Hunter (1980, also known as Hunter of the Apocalypse), The Final Executioner (1984), and The Bronx Executioner (1989). She had a cameo appearance in Claude Chabrol's Quiet Days in Clichy (1990), her most recent film to date.

I met Margit at the Weird Worcester convention in June 2025, where she signed two Blu-ray sleeves for me.

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Zombie Creep Flesh (aka Hell of the Living Dead)
Blu-ray sleeve

The Last Hunter Blu-ray sleeve

Sergio Martino

Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre. Martino is the brother of the late producer Luciano Martino (who died in 2013). They collaborated frequently in their respective professions. Their grandfather was director Gennaro Righelli.

I know him best for genre films such as The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971), The Case of the Scorpion's Tale (1971), All the Colours of the Dark (1972), Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), Torso (1973), The Violent Professionals (1973), Silent Action (1975), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Great Alligator (1979), 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983), and Hands of Steel (1986).

I met Mr Martino at the Weird Worcester convention in June 2025.

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Slave of the Cannibal God (aka Mountain of 
the Cannibal God) Blu-ray sleeve

Hands of Steel (aka Fists of Steel) Blu-ray sleeve

Lamberto Bava

Lamberto Bava (born 3 April 1944 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film director. He is the son of legendary director Mario Bava. I know him for films such as Macabre (1980), A Blade in the Dark (1983), Blastfighter (1984), Monster Shark (1984), Demons (1985), Demons 2 (1986), Delirium (1987), and Body Puzzle (1992).

I met Mr Bava at the Weird Worcester Convention in June 2025.

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Demons Blu-ray sleeve also signed by
Geretta Geretta

Blastfighter Blu-ray sleeve