Cult auteur Larry Cohen has been added to the lineup of Sci-Fi Spectacular 6, coming up this weekend in Chicago. Cohen will join Night of the Comet star Kelli Maroney at the April 28 event, which will feature fourteen hours of cult sci-fi and horror flickage. Scroll down for all the details you need. Keep an eye on Rue Morgue’s Facebook and Twitter feeds, where we’re giving away tickets to the event.

The mad scientists who stage the Terror in the Aisles and Music Box Massacre events in Chicago are back with Sci-Fi Spectacular 6, a fourteen-hour marathon of cult science-fiction and horror flicks that culminates in the Midwest premiere of the new horror anthology film The Theatre Bizarre. Besides the mind-blowing, bladder-punishing lineup of man-eating plants, rogue comets and space monsters, the April 28 event will also feature vintage trailers, vendor tables and an appearance by Night of the Comet star Kelli Maroney. Hit the jump for all the details you need. If you’ve never been to one of these events, trust me — it’s worth the drive. And how about that killer Mitch O’Connell poster?