The Movieside website is down, but you can get all the infor you need at
www.myspace.com/musicboxmassacre.
I went the first year, and had a great time. They had a costume contest, a burlesque show, and a few surprises. Sadly, I didn't last the full 24 hours... I slept through the Howling and left right before the last show, Near Dark (I've still never seen it, and I left because i wanted to see it and not sleep through it...)
I couldn't make it last year, so I blew possible my only chance to hang out with Joe Dante.
This year I'll be there, and I'll be bringing friends and family. They've got a good mix of movies I love (Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein), and movies I've always wanted to see (Equinox... I'm too poor for the Criterion DVD). They have yet to announce a 3-D movie, which they've had the last two years. I'm hoping they continue the tradition this year. Plus they have Fred Dekker, who I have several questions for...