After a day-long delay due to blizzardy badness, Gary and I finally made it to Horrorfind in Baltimore this past weekend. Although the crowds were a little thin, and we arrived late (9:30) Saturday night, we still had a blast. Armed with duty-free Grey Goose and Canadian Whiskey, it was all about hangin’ out, getting’ hangovers and meeting a whack of really cool readers. Above: it’s Friday night and Gary’s striking poses with Danny from Nostromo Design, who, despite being a Carolina Hurricanes fan, is good people, and party hardy.

Below, is a pic from Saturday eve. We went to a tasty seafood place called Ocean Pride, where there were a lot of local folks smashing the meat out of whole boiled crabs with these little wooden mallets. Unfortunately the place was all out of Norris Head. From Left to right: Ghoulish Gary, me, Living Dead Dolls co-creator Damien Glonek, his gal Jen plus Ken and Pam of the Cinema Wasteland convention.

Of course, you don’t have a horror convention without genre celebs signing headshots and the like. Instead of simply posting a bunch of pictures with horror notables, however, we’re going to determine who’s Horrorfind’s hottest. Here’s the thing, though, because it wouldn’t be fair to post Horrorfind guests who partially built their careers on being scream queens, such as Adrienne Barbeau, Hellraiser‘s Ashley Laurence or Hostel’s Barbara Nedeljakova, all the contestants are guys (also because all of the guests I happened to be goofing around with before I ran out of space on my crap-ass digital camera were dudes). So, with apologies to my subjects, who didn’t know they’d be thrust into such a challenge but are cool enough to not always take themselves seriously, it’s time to vote for Horrorfind’s hottest.

Register your vote in the comments section with a reason for your pick and we’ll determine a champion at the end of the week. Don’t forget to click on the pics to enlarge them.

In alphabetical order:

Doug Bradley
Cool, suave and British, ladies can’t resist Doug, even when not in his Pinhead bondage gear, and here he’s seriously upping the hot factor by adding a couple of handsome wingmen.

Ken Foree
Damn, Ken could eat Shaft for breakfast and Superfly for lunch with those styles. In Dawn of the Dead, I’m pretty sure he killed a few zombies just by staring them down.

Kane Hodder
The eyes say stern, the neck says powerful and those gloved hands scream “disciplinarian” – in and out of the Jason mask, Kane’s clearly a ladykiller.

Jack Ketchum
Standing beside the poster for The Girl Next Door, the movie adaptation of his novel, Jack Ketchum is as cool as ice yet full of that boy-next-door-charm. Make no mistake, though, he’s dangerous…

Michael Laimo
Author on the rise and subject of current literature feature in Rue Morgue, Michael Laimo earns extra points for holding up the mag – not that he needs them, though, with that perfect smile and those dreamy eyes.

Lucky McKee
Bookish, lanky and sporting a coif you run your fingers through for days, when he’s not making twisted films like May, The Woods or Roman, Lucky surely lives up to his name – nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more. (And yes, that’s Joe Pilato eating lunch in the background)

Joe Pilato
Joe knows how to bring it. Out of his Day of the Dead army fatigues, he’s got the smooth styles and devilish grin to give even zombie women a fever. “I don’t want them to do anything but drop over!”

OK, horror fans, time to vote!