Sunshine City Scare, Florida\u2019s Official Halloween Prequel, kicks off the season August 15\u201316\u00a0\u00a0at Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, 333 1st\u00a0St. SE. The horror convention features costume and prop-making inspiration, cosplay contests, specialty vendors shop with spooky treasures, and interactive experiences for fans ready to get a head start on Halloween before summer ends. The event runs from 10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n
This year, attendees also can learn how to participate in \u201cCosplay\/er,\u201d an independent slasher movie inspired by cosplay culture and fan conventions that will film portions of its production this spring in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n
Event Highlights Include:<\/p>\n
Get Halloween costume and special-effects makeup tips from YouTube master crafter, \u201cEvil Ted,\u201d who will lead a panel on creating blood effects, and \u201cThe Star Cos,\u201d a 21-year-old Universal Epic Universe makeup artist with 1 million TikTok followers.
\nShop for Halloween decorations, apparel, accessories, collectibles, and artwork from specialty horror vendors. You won\u2019t see these items on Amazon or in a mall.
\nEnter or watch horror cosplay and lip-sync contests.
\nDive into the after-hours Slash & Splash Pool Party on Saturday, August 15 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
\nParticipate in fan panels exploring cosplay, prop-making, and fan culture<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s convention also will introduce attendees to \u201cCosplay\/er,\u201d an upcoming slasher movie inspired by cosplay culture and fan conventions. The production plans to film portions of the movie in St. Petersburg, including scenes during St. Pete Comic Con on April 17-18, 2027.<\/p>\n
During Sunshine City Scare, attendees can:<\/p>\n
Audition for minor speaking, featured non speaking and background roles.
\nStep into The Screams Booth to record a horror scream that could appear in promotional materials or in the movie.
\nHave professional makeup artists recreate the movie\u2019s signature horror look.
\nMeet members of the production team and learn about cast and crew opportunities.<\/p>\n
Advance tickets for Sunshine City\u00a0Scare are $25 for Saturday, $20 for Sunday, or $35 for a weekend pass. Prices increase by $5 at the door. <\/p>\n
To learn more about the movie \u201cCosplay\/er\u201d\u00a0visit\u00a0cosplayslasher.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunshine City Scare, Florida\u2019s Official Halloween Prequel, kicks off the season August 15\u201316\u00a0\u00a0at Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, 333…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-364358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}