 Thanks for checking out this video. I'm gonna talk about monster mania monster mania 40 to be exact that just happened Just finished over the weekend. I went to the Saturday one You can do Friday night Saturday all day or night and Sunday all day or night Oh, you can get a pass for all that. They also have like VIP They have like pre-show where you can get in like an hour early to see the vendors tables and stuff like that Which is what my buddy and I did on the Saturday because Robert England was going to be at the convention And we wanted to make sure that we would be there very very early because we knew that he would be very very popular As most people watching this would assume as well So just kind of want to talk a little bit about the convention in general and how that went overall had a very good time It was pretty seamless. They did a really good job this year. So monster mania very good job In start comparison to the last one that they had in March. They had a lot of problems there I know what they've been saying about that and all the issues they had is that there were a lot of counterfeit wristbands that are your past to get in that were going on and That's what caused the crazy influx in people I ended up having a situation where the fire marshal showed up and they started limiting people going in because They were over capacity. So it was a situation where people who literally had some Passes, you know the wristbands had purchased them were had to wait outside of the hotel Which was the crown plaza hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey They literally had to wait outside for other people to come out in order for them to start letting other people in and it Was just like a mess the huge influx of people ended up causing issues with lines for autographs But also with like their photo ops. They have a photo op area where you can get photos done with the celebrities Just you and them and they're like high quality really nice and then you can try and go and get those signed but They had a lot of problems with a lot of things and some people who even headed into a purchasing Couldn't even get in Because of all these issues So I think in the end they did refund money for a lot of people But the but the big thing for me is that they They took care of things with the the one that we just had in August the number 40 They really really stepped it up. They limited ticket sales. That's another thing in March. They weren't limiting ticket sales I know they'll say that it was all the the counterfeit wristbands that that was the problem Oh, and also people reselling their bands when they left they would like take them off and Resell them and give them to people which I don't doubt that happening I could definitely see that type of stuff happening, especially because with their staff They were so understaffed for how many people were there, which I'm sure they didn't realize it would be that many people But they couldn't check all the bands at it back in March They really the their staff really couldn't and I don't fault them for that. It was just too hard So this time around they did scannable bands, which was super super smart They have like a kind of like a little chip inside of them So that literally they had like these kind of choke points to get into the vendor area to get into the autographing area and People could get into the hotel lobby With no problem But then to get back into like the vendor areas and autograph areas you had to be scanned in Which worked very very well. They really took care of that things were very smooth start contrast to what happened in March They really stepped it up. They took care of those issues and it was great. So what did I do there? I mainly just want to talk about Not just, you know how things went but what did I do? What did I have fun with? so The big thing for me is autographs there I don't really buy much in the in the way of stuff from vendors Every now and then I will when it's something I feel like oh my god. I have to have to have this But really don't get a whole lot of stuff because I'm very focused on just using the amount of money I allotted for myself for autographs because I really like to you know get horror autographs But I will say as far as vendors go. There are a few vendors there who I really enjoyed and I'm thinking about purchasing some of their stuff online. There was one guy. I didn't even catch what the company was I wasn't thinking I was literally thinking about purchasing and then I was like, maybe I'll come back later But I ended up not but it's I don't know if people have seen it before It's like VHS tapes with like a horror movie on it And then they have like lights on the inside like wrapped around the reels So it like lights it up and they look super cool And this guy was doing it only for like 20 bucks a pop, which is a really good deal But I was like do I really have a place to display that do I really want it? So I was like himming and hawing so I might try to go online and look for it But they had a really cool Phantasm one that had like green lighting in it and then they had a really awesome shining one that had blue Lighting in it because there's a picture like Jack Torrance on it and said the shining so the blue with like the fact that he was frozen Spoilers, I mean if you haven't seen it by now though shame on you the spoilers not that big of a deal But the some of the other ones had a really good time talking to Whoo, sorry try to make sure my ring light doesn't really cause too much reflection vinegar syndrome had a really nice time talking to one of the guys at the vinegar syndrome table I Don't think I even asked his name. I feel bad about that I want to say his name was Chris for some reason, but I may very well be wrong. I'm probably wrong But a really nice guy who's there. He was telling us some really cool things just like pointing out DVDs and Blu-rays is just like this movie is crazy. This movie is crazy vinegar syndrome does a lot of more fringe things that they They put out Not like mainstream studio stuff, but like smaller more independent things like sexploitation films and horror and You know stuff like that, but They had some really interesting stuff and the fact that the guy would just like in-depth talk to you about what each of them were And he was very very passionate about it. So that made me really excited about vinegar syndrome I didn't purchase anything because as I was saying I was saving all my money for the autographs But I grabbed the card because I do want to check them out online Few interesting films there they do some restorations too So they had like basket case which if anyone's seen the movie basket case like it's it's nuts If you have it you definitely should see it. It's it's worth it The other cool vendor I did pick up a card from was nightmares on the limited So there we go nightmares unlimited You can find him on Facebook So this guy makes like prop replicas kind of and it's like a bunch of like Freddy gloves and he does like the phantasm Like sphere with the the prongs coming out of it and like the drill and stuff So he does a bunch of different variants of those things Including like an eyeball coming out of one of the phantasm balls and he'll like mash things together too from time to time like a Freddy glove with the Syringes on the end of it, but it's reanimator So it's like neon green in there and it has like a picture of Herbert West on it Like just cool things like that like and a bunch of them So you should definitely check out that stuff like really really interesting stuff. So nightmares unlimited nightmares unlimited check out nightmares unlimited I really wanted to get one of those phantasm Replicas looks so good. Just look it up. You'll know what I'm talking about. It was like 150 bucks. And once again, I was like Yep, trying to save this money for the autograph. So I'm gonna look online I'm gonna think about it Maybe it'll be like a birthday present for myself next year or something because it's a really awesome Display piece like really really awesome, especially if you're a phantasm fan, but check those out So that was pretty much it about for like the vendors So I did want to say stuff about the people I met to get autographs from the celebrities I'll start with the the lesser Not that they're lesser people, but the lesser of fame people We met Rob Schneider. I didn't get anything signed by Rob Schneider I wasn't wanting to really meet Rob Schneider, but he was a nice guy. My buddy really wanted to meet him He got a douce big low thing Picture signed and he wrote my friend seems rich But he has him right out Richard and he said to Richard a good jiggaloo I thought it was pretty funny, but he was really nice. He took some time to just kind of chat with us Obviously wanted to talk about what he was doing Currently he has a show on netflix called the real rob or I think it's called real rob And I can't remember but he was really saying oh check that out if you like my stuff So it was just nice guy to talk to was you know more than willing to talk about some of the behind the scenes stuff About some of the snl skits he did and stuff like that So that was nice Uh, Billy zane was there. We did not meet Billy zane, but he was right next to Rob Schneider And at one point Billy was walking uh away from his From his table and my buddy rich was just like yo Billy zane and without skipping a beat He keeps walking and just goes every day And just walked on and it was one of the best Oh, sorry about that. It was one of the best Responses just like automatic responses. I've ever seen like Billy zane's the man So that was fun. I met shane and Elizabeth. So this is where we start we pick up with my actual autographs I got so I met shane I'm sorry with the glare try and like get in a position so you can see it pretty well like that No glare Sorry guys Yeah, but you can see it well enough. So I got shane and Elizabeth signed A skit. Thank for scary movie for me. Um, she she was really nice Um, she you know, I don't know if this is how she is just in normal life But she's like super saccharine Like overly nice in my opinion seemed really fakie But that just might be how she actually is in real life and just to me it seemed like that But you know, she wasn't rude to me or anything She was quite nice like chatted a little bit about her stuff because I wanted to say, you know I liked her in 13 ghosts. I liked her in scary movie Um, obviously she I didn't Bring up american pie because I just have this feeling that like Most likely whenever people like guys come up to her at conventions She probably just feels like oh, they saw me naked in american pie and that's why they want my autograph Which for me is like not the case. I mean, obviously I saw american pie movies But it's not the case like I respect her I've seen a lot of things she's been in so I kind of felt like it was cool to get her autograph for that And I you know, I really like scary movie the first two scary movies and she did a really good job And 13 ghosts 13 ghosts is a good movie. It is a remake, but you know It's fun a lot of good visuals and there's there's good acting in it. So also Matthew Lillard's in it and I really like Matthew Lillard as well. He's great So yeah, meeting her was fine. That was cool. Uh, the other one another one I only have two other ones that I got uh, Justin Long was there So I got him. I know probably a lot of people are gonna see this and be like, what the Why would you get him? I'm a lot of people are like, why would you get him to sign something from task? So the main reason for that being I like Justin Long and I've not seen the gibberish creepers movies So if I had seen him at that point and I really liked him I would probably get him to sign a gibberish creepers thing because that's way more horror than something like tusk is because tusk like is horror But it's kind of like comedic like it's dark humor Um, but I really love Kevin Smith. I'm a big Kevin Smith fan and he did tusk and he like talks Trash about tusk all the time and he's just like that's the movie that ended Justin Long's career And that's the movie that ended my career and it's such garbage And I just like hate how self deprecating he is about it because it's not a bad film Like it's it's a decent film if you watch it for what it is And there's some really good stuff in it. Like the acting was super good. The script was not bad It was like good script It's just people I feel like people didn't know how to feel about that film because it was kind of ridiculous in concept But executed really well, so I think people are just kind of confused so they're like, well, I don't like it You know, but so I wanted to get him signed something from tusk because I'm a big Kevin Smith fan So that connection he always connects in my mind to Kevin Smith But I did tell him when I met him that Um, one of my favorite roles of his was Brandon st. Randy and Zach and Mary make a porno that Kevin Smith also did and he kind of laughed about that and he's like, yeah, you know, thanks Thank you very much. Um But he was super cool. He was down to just like chat for a while He looks like he hasn't aged at all that guy looks the same So good for him. Um, but I started talking to him about moose jaws If people aren't familiar Kevin Smith is working on another film. Um, that's in the trilogy was tusk yoga hosers, which I can't recommend yoga hosers, but it's also not as bad as I assumed it would be based on the trailer So I don't know So the third one in the trilogy wants to make one called moose jaws Which is going to take place in canada and it's kind of like jaws but on the land and it's a moose instead of a shark so I mean i'm in just because I like kevin smith and i'll see pretty much anything he does Uh, but I assumed that just along would probably be in it So I started talking to him about and he was like, oh, yeah, can you know kevin told me? I'm gonna be in it So and he was like is it happening and I was like, well, I heard like a month ago in one of his podcasts that he got Money for it like he has funding at the moment He's like, okay, and I was like you got to check in with him then he's like, yeah, yeah, I'll contact him See what's going on with that so when I got back to my house, I took a picture of The autograph and I tweeted it out and tagged kevin smith in it and said You know just got this autograph from just along talked to him about moose jaws He said that you know things look good. He should be in it And so I was just like kevin smith call your boy and lock him into this film And it was cool because kevin smith liked my tweet So hopefully that means that that got kevin thinking and was just like, yeah, I need to call justin and lock him in for this movie So fingers crossed I like just along. He was really nice and I like the stuff he's done Oh, and if people couldn't read it because I was trying to like show it without glare Uh, it says I hope this doesn't happen to you So just along hopes I don't get turned into a walrus, which was a really nice You know kind of personalized-ish thing that he put on there I like that Now the piece did resistance for this convention as I talked about it freddy kruger himself robert england was there I feel bad because I'm sure a lot of people who wanted to get his autograph did not get his autograph the thing was First of all in addition to pretty much everyone probably wanting to get in line for his autograph He takes a lot of time with the people he meets So he doesn't just like take whatever you want to get signed and just sign it and be like, oh good to meet you by He tells stories He answers any questions you have he just wants to create meaningful interactions And that's something I'd heard about him And it kind of sucks for people who want to just get his autograph because it makes the line go pretty slow But for the people who do get to meet him It's more than just hey, I met this person and they slapped their autograph on this thing So it's kind of like this catch 22 I got lucky my friend and I got lucky because we got in line at the right time super super early We just missed the cutoff for getting stuck For waiting like another hour hour and a half Because he was going to have to go do lunch and do his photo ops and stuff like that So we were very grateful for that literally they cut the line off two people behind us for that And we were like, oh my gosh. Thank you so much because otherwise we'd be here another hour hour and a half just waiting in line So all in all we were in line for like three hours waiting for for Robert england But uh, I'd also waited in line years ago for george romero for about three hours as well. So You know it I wasn't too concerned Plus when you have a friend with you and you can just chit chat the whole time it makes time go a lot faster But it was cool. Um, they they did a really good job Monster mania did because they didn't have people just standing They actually had like these kind of like banquet rooms and they set tons of chairs up So what they're doing is allowing people to sit in the chairs Um, and they added in two rooms the room where he was signing and then an additional room And then there was like a standing line outside of that additional room And then people would just kind of like filter in and as you know, the autographs were done Everyone would get shuffled up So it was nice to be able to be sitting and we were sitting for like the the entire three hours since we got there Early enough. So that was really nice So when you're in the room where um, he's signing you can hear what he's saying to other people and just see other people's reactions And what they're getting signed And uh, it was cool because he did some some freddy krueger voice from time to time He did like next victim and everyone, you know, like lost it But he's just he likes to entertain and he likes to tell stories and you know, give information And it was just really nice. So when I did get up to talk to him, uh, we chatted about um Well, I I listened to a podcast called post mortem With mcgaris and if people don't know mcgaris is a horror writer and director who's really underrated and actually Robert england said to himself when I was talking to him He was like mcgaris is a great guy and he's totally underrated and I was like, I agree with that So I was just telling him that I listened to that podcast and robert england was on and was an interviewee By mcgaris and I was like that was like Honestly, the best interview I've ever heard of like anything like he is crazy entertaining. He's a super smart guy He's had such interesting stuff to say and so I was just like, I just loved it I just wanted you to know that so then talking about mcgaris kind of went to um talking about the shining because mcgaris was involved with a mini series adaptation from steven king's book the shining And he was talking about how steven king hated stanley cubrick shining which I which I've known about that But he actually liked the mini mini series that mcgaris was involved in because it was closer to the actual book and We were just talking about I was just like I was like freaking out in my head because i'm just like I cannot believe The robert england is currently talking to me about one of my favorite movies the shining like It's crazy because like I love him. I think he's awesome He's such an icon and here he is talking to me about one of my favorite horror movies And it's just it's a unique experience and that's one of the great things about people like him is He's interested in creating those unique experiences first fans when you meet some and I really like that But I do have to tell you this amazing quote from him. I will never ever forget it and I have to pass it on to you guys He was talking about the big difference between The shining series and the shining movie by cubrick and he said the big difference is that Jack Nicholson's character was more Already kind of bad before he got to the overlook hotel Whereas in the mini series is more he was Like closer to the book He was less way less bad not really bad and then when he got to the overlook hotel The overlook hotel is what made him bad and you kind of see that progress or process of becoming bad and so When he was talking about that he broke it down and he said Because when he when jack torrance goes to the overlook hotel The devil already has one finger up his ass and I was just like First of all, that's a hilarious quote. Second of all, that's a very unique quote and I will always remember that So I was just like That's awesome. I can't believe you just said that to me and I will always remember it And I pass that along to people because it's hilarious and it was cool. So But let me show you what he signed I'm not unfortunately, you know, one of those people who does the super Unique stuff there were people bringing like huge posters that looked really awesome And like dolls and figures and funko pops and all this kind of stuff I I like small things that I can display on my walls Um, and this is how I've been doing it for these horror autographs for a long time So I just stick with it So I just got one of his pictures and he put fork carlin Sleep kills freddy k and then signed it robert england down there. It looks really good. It looks really good And uh, it was awesome. I will say, uh People are probably wondering well, how much were the prices? So Shannon elizabeth was 40 dollars Justin long was 40 dollars rob schneider was 40 dollars. A lot of the people on that level were 40 dollars um Robert england was 100 bucks Which when I was like waiting in line people would ask like, do you know how much it is? How much is it? Maybe like it's 100 dollars and everyone's reaction was the same. They'd first go Oh my god, are you serious? And then they go, well, it's worth it. It's robert england Which, you know, what are you gonna do if you actually want to meet him? You'll spend that money I mean, he's horror royalty really. So what are you gonna do about that? And I did I did it although I heard that carl weathers who was at the convention Was also charging 100 dollars, which is kind of weird seeing is that he hasn't really done any work in some time and he's not Even close to being the level of someone like robert england but The celebrities get to set their own prices and I saw plenty of people in carl weathers line So, you know, it's kind of like a supply and demand thing if you can charge it and people are gonna pay it then You know, that's what you're gonna do But anyway, I mean obviously my favorite thing from the convention was the robert england signed picture But overall, I just wanted to say monster mania number 40 was really good I'm really bummed. I can't go to 41 in hunt valley maryland because Like ray wise is going to be there. Uh, the girl who played laura palmer and twin peaks is going to be there. I forget her name Dang it. Why do I forget her name? well, people can tell me down below but Uh, or I'm a big twin peaks fan. So I'm sad. I'm gonna be missing out on that There are some other really good people who are going to be there. I can't think of at the moment But monster mania does a good job. Uh, they got things really well on track at the moment So I'm excited to continue to go to their stuff So that's kind of gonna wrap it up for me for this video I do want to thank everyone for checking this out. Uh, go ahead and put in the comments You know, your experiences of monster mania whether you went to this one or past ones or if you're excited for Once for the future Um, or just want to talk about like celebrity autographs or you know, ones that you have once you paid for Cool stories surrounding ones that you got, but let's just you know, create some nerdy Comments and discussion down below and we'll do that. You can give it a like if you like the video You can give it a thumbs down if you don't really like the video. 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