 Thank you for checking out this video. So this is basically a wrap-up for the Monster Mania 42 convention that I went to Actually when I'm recording it I just went yesterday when this is going up same day that I'm recording it It actually is still going on because they do Friday Saturday Sunday, but first first off Let me tell you I must apologize for the way my voice sounds a little bit raspy And I have water though. I have to take a sip of from time to time One had a lot of talking yesterday because you know when you stand in line for autographs at conventions You end up talking to a lot of people a lot of cool people by the way because a shared horror interest leads to a lot of good Conversation to be honest. The other thing is that Weather's been kind of crazy around me. So my sinuses are going nuts And that's just like all sorts of leakage. Anyway, you guys don't need to need to get all those details So also my my excitement level might be a little bit lower than usual because I'm just feeling kind of the other thing is I'm almost 40 years old. I'm about to be 38 and Standing in line for a total of like six hours for autographs is just not good on your body I mean honestly no matter what age you are. It's just tough on your body But as you get older it becomes tougher and tougher and tougher my buddy rich who I was with I'm having the same issue. We were kind of laughing about it. We're like God We're so old and he's like my knees are killing me and I'm like my lower back is killing me by the time We walked out of there. We're just like kind of hobbling a little bit It's just kind of funny, but you pay a physical price for getting some good autographs and that's just the way it is So anyway, uh, Monster Mania 42 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Overall, I had a very good time as usual the last time the last one I went to number 40 was Really good time as well. I have a review video up for that the one before that that I went to I forget Which number that was that was the one where they had a lot of problems where they were letting in too many people selling to me to get stuff like that But I can tell you having been to 40 and now to 42 that They fixed like everything pretty much and that's all you can really hope for you know when when issues like that come up You know, I know people get mad about it But look to what the people do to fix it and Monster Mania fixed it like things are good And the other thing is they don't just fix the problem and then stop They're continually doing other things like this year in addition because there's always been a problem with parking because it's at a hotel And there's only so much parking there and then there's street parking and then people are still kind of screwed like where do I park? So this year they actually worked something out where they got access to a parking lot at like some office complex office building complex Like a mile or two down the road and they hooked it up with the hotel to like run a shuttle from there So I was like that's really awesome But what I would say is if you don't want to have to deal with all that shuttle stuff And you plan to go to this or one or a convention kind of like this go as early as you can my buddy rich and I always Buy the pre-show tickets So it's like $5 extra per ticket and you can get in one hour earlier now It's not one hour earlier for autographs, but it's one hour earlier for all the vendor stuff Which is fine because you know, I'm gonna go around and look at all the vendor stuff I'm also going to buy some things and it's just nice to go around and have less people around you Because you don't feel as rushed because sometimes around those vendor tables It gets kind of crowded and you kind of like wait in line in a sense to look at the wares that these people have so That's just nice And then also parking is less of an issue when you come really early Although this year in comparison or this con in comparison to number 40 that we went to we showed up around the same Time and we could not get parking in the parking lot Whereas the time before that we had no problem at that time So I think other people are kind of getting wise to go as early as you can So it's just kind of it's what it is. It's what you end up dealing with and that's fine So anyway, we got there. I'll go over a few of the things that we got from the vendors Pro tip whether you're a male or a female going to the convention with a friend or by yourself If you are not going with a significant other and they are back at home Because you're leaving them for the day I find it very courteous to pick something up for them You know it you may not be able to always always find something to fit what they're into especially if they're not into horror But I've been able to find something for my wife, which she appreciates There's a company who shows up there called Arcane Bunny Society and she does Handmade soaps, which is really cool. So the last one at number 40 I got her a handmade soap and it was like a coffee infused one, which she really enjoyed So this time I stopped by didn't have the coffee infused one again, but she did have some really interesting stuff This one being the best This one's the What's the name on this one the mama? It's like the pink mama Literally, it's like a very, you know pink soap and it smells a little bit floral a little bit like Citrusy fruity. It smells really nice. I might actually use a little bit of this Look, there's no shame in that people. There's no shame And then I also got her This one which is less on the fruity and I believe and this one is called meat at the water front It's very blue and this is kind of like a it's got a little bit of like a a a florally and kind of like a Wood note to it. Maybe like fresh rain type ordeal is what they're going for like a Spring-ish that's a little more subdued than than the other one. So Both pretty good soaps just set those aside and then I Was very excited actually because there's a board game a horror board game that I've been looking at online It's come up with like promos online and stuff But also has shown up with ads in room or magazine, which as you know, if you watch enough of my videos I love that magazine and reading it for like 10 years at least at this point religiously every issue I read every issue so Pretty much cover-to-cover too. So there's it's a game called mix tape massacre and it's based on 80 Slashers and the whole premise is you as a player kind of control this 80 slasher character That's an original character because they're not you know dealing with licensing and stuff like that So you just go around and you try and like kill people and there you have like abilities And there are like cards that you that you pull and like someone were like VHS tapes and some were like cassette tapes Which is very 80s and very cool. They just did a really good job of like tying it into 80s stuff So I'd had interest in this board game because I'd seen it a bunch and I just never pulled the trigger I kept being like oh that looks really good. I kind of want it. Well, they had a booth at Monster Mania So I was like if there's ever a time like this is the time So I went over and talked to him the two people who were doing it are actually the same two people who do The kind of like walkthrough game video on their website So that's cool. They're out there like in the field like making it happen. So I picked it up I got this is what it looks like mix tape massacre Yeah, look at that and Some stuff on the back So like I said this it's something I've been looking at for a while So I figure hey, this is a time So it was like 50 bucks now if people are like whoa board game for 50 bucks Honestly, if you haven't been buying board games in quite some time, it's gonna seem steep, but that's not outrageous Nowadays to be honest. That's kind of what it's like for for especially like independent type board games So I'm really excited to get into that I was really excited to talk to the mix tape massacre people and they legitimately like they're like let's show you How the game works they had all the stuff laid out and they kind of went over all the rules To kind of give you a feel for what it would be like which was really nice They were super nice super nice people and I'm excited to get into that so That said let's move on to the autographs. So like I said all in all we stood in line for like six friggin hours So my plan of attack always when I go to these conventions is identify who you think is going to have the longest lines and Who you want to get autographs for so if if you identify, okay I think these people have the longest lines and you say Some of those people I want to get prioritized from there Who do you want the most in that case as soon as you get to that convention pretty much start lining up? Start lining up So we did that for months remaining of 40 as soon as we got in pretty much We just looked at like one or two vendor tables and then just started getting in line because people will start lining up in Preparation to get into the autograph rooms, which you know waiting around for like an extra hour like Kind of sucks, but at the same time really good. So we kind of split it a little bit. We didn't get in line until like 15 like 20 to 15 minutes before the autograph rooms were gonna open But that's you know, that's enough ahead of of the other people who are gonna only start to be let into the convention at At 10 o'clock that you know, you'll be fine because you'll get ahead and we immediately identified I wanted to get Neve Campbell's autograph and I was like I feel like she's gonna be a big one so we got in line for Neve Campbell pretty much immediately even though that was the case we ended up waiting for her for about two hours because You know between the She didn't show up to her table to sign like right at 10 o'clock when it starts I think she was a little bit later than that. I could be wrong though But anyway, it took us like two hours But like I said, we had some really good conversations with some people in line Just going over like what do we love in horror like what horror movies are great So it's just it's always a good time like and the thing is if you if you're standing in line and you're not talking to the other people around you Step out of your comfort zone. Like just start having conversation because a it makes time go by way faster and B There's some really cool people standing with you in line and you guys obviously have a shared interest So just start talking man. It's great So got up there met Neve Campbell. She was very very nice very nice I believe her autograph was like six was 60 But then they do this thing where all of them now are doing it's like here's the price for the autograph Here's a price for just getting a selfie with them And then here's a price for the combo and there's usually like a little bit of a discount So I don't remember what her selfie was because I don't do the selfie thing I'm like I don't need a picture all I'm going for is the autographed item That's all I really care about but there are a lot of people who really care about the selfie. So like Here's an example like someone was like it was like 50 for an autograph and And 60 or it was like 50 for an autograph. I'm like 50 for the selfie But if you want the combo then it's 80. So you're you're like saving 20 bucks if you do if you do both of them So I don't know But you know, it's just not my thing Anyway, so Neve Campbell was like super nice really really really nice And I just kind of talked to her I always kind of want to have this is something that rich kind of taught me my friend rich Smith Thank you for teaching me this rich He's like you really probably want to have like something memorable So like come up what you're waiting in line like come up with some sort of like Question that you can ask them that either you've really want to bend. Oh my god. I'm sorry I'm tired because of the con but You either really want to know the answer to from that person or is an interesting question that could kind of get I'm going a little bit to give you some cool information Because then you're more likely to have a cool story tied to the autograph you got So that's what I've tried to do and with Neve Campbell. I was just kind of asking her like hey Are you I mean when you were doing the filming for Scream? Were you at all aware that this film could be as big as it was and that could it could potentially have the impact that it did on you know horror the horror industry and she was like Yeah, no, I really didn't think about it all that much and she was like I mean I know that I knew it was a really good script and I was excited about doing the film But she was like I was too new of an actress at that point to really understand what it could end up being And she was like to tell you to give you an example She said they her agent ended up calling her when the film was in theaters and said oh my god You know just said hey Scream made 32 million at the box office And she told me I thought she was saying that like that was bad Like that wasn't good enough and then she's like oh no no no it's it's actually great And she's like oh okay awesome So she was kind of just like I mean like that's how little I knew at that point and she was like But obviously you know as time went on I started to realize what you know How good that film really was and how things really came together and how important it ended up being so It was just kind of cool to hear that directly from her someone who was so heavily involved in it And she like I said, she's very very nice. So she's signed. I got this picture signed Her obviously from Scream pulled in the kitchen knife, and she wrote up there. What's your favorite scary movie as I'm sure people See And I always get my personalized I'm not the type of person who looks at autographs and thinks I can sell that in some years. I don't care I'm going for me I want the autographs for me So I always ask to have them personalized and the other thing is she was very excuse me wait my Sinuses get my eyes watery too, but she was accommodating With if you wanted specific lines of dialogue they would write that down on the sticky note with your name and She would write that down. So it's really cool that she was that accommodating I just didn't have any preference. I was kind of like she can do whatever she wants But the interesting thing is with this quote her doing though What's your favorite scary movie it made me start thinking I was just like, you know It's kind of weird when you're getting someone's autograph and they put a quote that's not their quote from the film It's just like a really well-known quote So It's just got me thinking about that. I'm like it's kind of weird like I'm cool with that being the quote on there I just think it's kind of funny that it's not a quote that she said It's just there are certain things that end up standing out about a film over the years and people start to like Misremember things too because I'm sure there are people out there who think that's one of her lines and that's just you know Something that happens. But anyway, that was never Campbell. She was really awesome. Thank you. Neff I'm sure she'll never see this. I was sure none of the people that I met will see this except maybe the last people Maybe they strike me like they might be like that So then we stood in line for a long time for meatloaf. Yes meatloaf the singer songwriter Was in Rocky Horror Picture Show was in Fight Club was in Tenacious D and the pick of destiny One of these things is a little out of place. I know you know, but um, yeah meatloaf So I think he's done an excellent job. I love the film Fight Club. It was a movie I watched a lot in college. So it's really important to me read the book and everything. So Loved it. So I was like, I got to meet him because he was he was Robert Paulson He was Bob from from Fight Club. So we stood in line for him that ended up being about another two hours. Honestly Maybe a little bit more because he was taking time with fans And when we got close enough when we were seeing how he was interacting with some people It was really sweet. It was really nice Some people were like legitimately crying because they loved him so much in the time that he was putting in with him The only thing that irked me though is there was this one guy this one guy who was wearing like a blazer or something over his Regular t-shirt with pants not saying there's anything wrong with the fashion But I'm just calling it out because if people see this video and they know who I'm talking about because you saw that guy that guy was kind of a D bag because I Understand you want to talk to the to this person But you need to know when the limit is because there are a lot of people waiting behind you and it's common courtesy Like take your time take a little bit of time, but I'm not kidding. This guy was talking to me low for over five minutes Probably close to ten minutes Which some people will be like, oh like ten minutes. That's not really that long But if you've been standing in line for hours and you're waiting to meet this person Ten minutes is a very long time Especially when you're within view of the signing table and that's just not okay You know, I don't fault me low for it like I know that he just wants to have meaningful interactions with the fans Robert England is that way when we went to Montsourmenia 40 he was very much that way, but he wouldn't take that much time He would kind of like cut it off at a decent amount of time like take a minute or two That's fine, which it is it is a decent amount of time like one or two minutes is a decent amount of time with the celebrity Well, they're you know, just giving you an autograph But this person just would not leave the table. He kept talking to him talking to him talking to him and I just say this to say it really irked me It irked a lot of people in line and I don't put that blame on me love. I put that blame on that fan People if you're like that be better. That's not that's not okay. Be courteous. That's not okay so anyway On a more happy note when I did get up and met Milof He was super nice and he signed this picture for me and said to carlin rockin He was signing everything as rockin Yes, let's see. Okay. Sorry about the ring light Yeah, so it's him is Bob from fight club and he's coming at you Like it a lot so Yeah So really nice Guy I talked to him about his role. How do you get his role in fight club and he I was like Did you audition or anything? He's like no, no, no, he's like I never auditioned for roles I was like really you don't he's like well It's it's known that I can act and I and I've been an actor He's like so I get people calling me for roles and that happened with fight club Which was really interesting because you would think like he got a call from David Fincher for fight club and like Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are in this and Jared Leto and you're just like Interesting, but you know, there are some people that when they're when they're getting a film ready They have certain people in mind and then they're not necessarily always like the huge names when it comes to acting So it was interesting for him to say that but he also said that He has a good reputation like people know that he's gonna show up on time every day He's gonna know his lines. He's gonna know what he needs to do on set And he's like I'm a professional and I take things seriously and I'm no prop I'm not I'm not a trouble person and he said I could tell you some stories about some people who I've worked with on set Who are very unprofessional and I just don't get it and he's like I won't say anything about who they are Because you would know he's like it's not like Brad Pitt or anything though. He's like he's totally professional But he said I'm not gonna say anything because I don't want to you know, which is classy That's a classy move, but just know that there are people in Hollywood out there who are difficult to work with But me loaf is not one of them. So that's pretty cool So I really had a good time meeting him. That was great But that was the end of my time there and I was starting to like really be like But you get kind of like a bit of a recharge when you actually meet the person you've been waiting hours for and you're just like Oh, yeah, that was awesome. That's cool interaction And then the last I'm gonna say person two persons that I met This is my favorite. This is my favorite interaction of the convention. This is sasca twins Sylvia and Jen and They are the sweetest people. They're so nice. They're like super super sweet You can tell they're very thankful to have fans and you can tell they're super excited about horror I knew that going into it because I've read a lot of interviews with them But here's the picture. I got them a sign. I thought it's pretty awesome. They're holding these chainsaws Yeah and if you couldn't read it Jen put beloved carlin fatally yours Jen and Sylvia put The dearest I Think it's dearest carlin blood soaked kisses Sylvia. I can't read what that says. Oh darling carlin. That's right Okay, they're very very much like that like they're very Touchy-feely open people very lovey Legitimately they hug every person and it's not just like quick hug like quick loose hug it's like a legitimate at least 10 second like clutched hug like you feel them actually squeezing you and Some people would be like, you know, that's kind of weird, but I don't think so. I think it's actually kind of sweet Because how often in your life do you actually hug people? I mean even in your day-to-day life with your loved ones like how often do you actually hug them? And there was some scientific study that came out not long ago that was saying that you know a Extended seconds of of hugging actually helps create like legitimate feelings of like of Bonding between people so I don't know if they're if they know that and they're kind of you know using that But they're just genuine people and they're excited about horror They're excited about their fans and they're just like lovely people So it's really nice and each time every single person they would come around the table Both of them would hug that person with like legitimate hugs Like I said, then they would go back around the table sit down start the signing and just talk like whatever you want to ask I'm go for it They're very open and they would like parlay that into some other things too And then after that they would get up come around and give that person a hug again So that was really cool They even hugged my buddy rich who didn't pay to have anything signed it was just kind of standing on the side They ran over and hugged him too. They're just cool people and he was like what what is this about? And I believe Sylvia was like we're Canadian So that's pretty funny, but when I talked to them I was very honest and When I I say that I mean I've not seen any other films to be honest I haven't seen any other films a bunch of their films seno evil 2 As well as American Mary those two films are on my Netflix DVD queue and have been for some time now It's just I have almost 500 DVDs on that queue. So I Have a lot to get through I Watch a decent amount of films, but there are so many films that I want to see so I told them that upfront I was like I haven't seen in your stuff and they're like, oh really they weren't offended They were just kind of like oh, okay, and I said the reason I want to meet you guys is because I'm an avid reader for a Morgue magazine been reading it for a return for at least 10 years avidly and Whenever they've done interviews, which they've done it. I think three interviews Over the about 10 years that I've been reading that magazine. Yeah, I'd say probably about three interviews most recently There's one just like from the issue January February issue. I believe And I was just saying that their interviews are like the best like they do awesome interviews And you can just tell how excited they are about horror in general how they have fresh cool new ideas How they they just want to get out there and they just want to grow horror They want to add new stuff. They want to do great film and it's really cool And I also have a lot of fascination in how they work together Because first of all simply siblings fight, you know, I'm sure everyone knows that siblings fight I don't know I well, okay I don't think I could work with my siblings like in a job for years and years and years that just seems Like something that couldn't happen without people just Going off the deep end having too many problems You want to keep those things separated so that kind of fascinates me but also just creatively like who adds what to what and Jen was actually telling me that She's more of like the light and more comedic aspects of things and Sylvia does more of like the sadistic Gory Intense like messed up stuff and she's like when we're writing a script, you know, Sylvia will put something like Awful and horrendous into the into the script like good that way though And then she'll come in and be like, okay, let's lighten the mood real quick Let's do something a little bit lighter like comedic or something like that So it was cool for them to kind of break that down for me I was also talking to him about how excited I am for their new film to come out. They're doing a remake of rabid Yes, the David Cronenberg film rabid and I was like, I feel like that's really ballsy and they were like, oh, yeah well, thank you and They were telling me how there were other people who wanted to remake the film and David Cronenberg had to sign off on it And he passed on a lot of these people Because their visions for it were either the same as what Cronenberg already did or just weren't great ideas so he said yes to them because they have a different way to approach it and Jen Sasca was telling me that you know, whereas David Cronenberg's rabid was from the perspective of a heterosexual white male gaze, which you can see with the camera work She Specifically Jen. She said I'm pansexual So I think that you know, there's the ability to find Everyone attractive and for that reason the gaze that my camera has when directing is very different and you'll see that difference and So there's a lot more of like a female perspective to it. There's more of like a pansexuality to it. So I'm interested to see it. I just I just think that when there are Directors who know what they're doing who do a remake and want to put some different spin on it I know a lot of people are just like, but it could be awesome It could be like a fresh new cool take and it could end up being like a totally different film Like kind of similar but totally different at the same time. So I was just really excited about that and Yeah, I got some really good information out of them and I love that I love being able to just like talk horror shop with them and they were just like I was like You guys just like ooze excitement for horror in general and they're like, oh, yeah We were raised on it like that's that's our childhood and we're still excited about it I was like, that's really awesome. Like that's that's great. So super lovely people They were my favorite part of the convention because they were just so nice and also they didn't have like a huge huge line So they were able to like spend a little extra time with people, which is cool So yeah, so that's that's what I ended up doing at the convention If you guys noticed when I was talking I was saying I went to Monster Mania 40 and then to this 42 I wanted to go to the to number 41, which is in Hunt Valley, Maryland But I couldn't go because I happened to be out of state during that time And it really sucked because like Ray Wise was there the woman Damn, I forget her name right now But the woman who played Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks was there I loved Twin Peaks by the way So I was really like broken up about that Robert England was there, but I already got him but Heather Langen camp was there and I was like Hopefully these people, you know show up again at these conventions, but I will be going to the to number 44 In Hunt Valley this year in the first weekend of October because Bruce Campbell will be there as soon as they announced that last year I bought my tickets like a year in advance because I'm like I'm not missing out on Bruce Campbell And you better believe I'm getting I got the pre tickets And I will be standing in line like immediately because I know that his line is going to be insane. So anyway Awesome, everyone. Thank you for checking this out. The final thing I need to do is thank everyone who Works for Monster Mania and all the volunteers with Monster Mania because you guys did a really good job You had to get really creative with you know looping the lines around and stuff like that They're always super super helpful with you know, if anyone had a question like you go here This is what's here. This is what's there Just nice people do a great job and it's hard work and they're volunteering. So, you know people be cool and then I think they do need to move venues though because they they're now cutting off tickets You could sell a lot more tickets and you wouldn't have is as big of an issue with the lines If you move to a bigger venue, you know, I like where it is because it's convenient for me relatively, but I Feel like it's got to move if you want it to grow then that's you know I'm just saying that take it take it if you want it don't if you don't doesn't really affect me But I guess one more thing though Farooza Bulk was there. She had a big line because they did like a craft reunion and She showed up a little she didn't show up in time for the Friday night to sign any autographs or do any photo ops or anything So some people got kind of pissed about that online and they were really like taking it out on Monster mania and I was like what is wrong with you people like they can't control when the celebrities show up They reach out the celebrities they book them to come in they can't control if they make it or not They can't control how that person, you know meets out their time to figure out how best to get there in time That it's not on them those things and I know that they do a good job of trying to You know mitigate the issues that arise from those things. So just be kind people Realize when it's within their control and when it's not within their control and in that case it wasn't but the positive about that is when I saw online when people were like being ridiculous about it that they actually There were a lot of people who came to the defense of monster mania and we're like look It's not their fault. So that was good. But anyway, thank you monster mania. You guys did a really good job It was a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun. My buddy rich had a lot of fun We're exhausted. Thank you everyone for watching this video. Please hit the subscribe It helps me out a lot if you want to know whenever I put up videos, which I'm trying to do more Hit the notification bell and you'll get that information And then also comments. Let's talk about things. Did you go to the convention? Do you go to other conventions? 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