Monster-Mania August 2025

This past weekend of August 15-17 held the latest edition of Monster-Mania in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. My friend Freddie and I attended that Saturday the 15th and had fun as we always do. 

I was short on cash, so I only met two celebs, but they were both awesome. First up was Paul Kratka who played boyfriend Rick in the always fun to watch Friday the 13 part 3. He was really nice in person and talked to me for a bit. We discussed the enduring popularity of the franchise and Jason, himself.

The other celeb that I met was the great Joseph Whipp. He played police Sgt. Parker in Wes Craven's masterpiece A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He also appeared in Scream, The Hidden, and more. In person, he is one of the nicest celebs I have ever met! He talked to me for a good bit asking me about my shirt (I told him it's The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs where he plays horror movies) and if my Nightmare box set that I gave him to sign was new (I told him no, but, I ran out of space on the inlet card and was now getting the cardboard slipcover signed). The Monster-Man employee who took the pic, then made us pose for a bunch of pics: normal, pointing, fist bump, and drunk! And, then he still talked to me about how amazing it was to work with Craven! Meeting him was definitely the highlight of the day for me.

Sadly there was far less people in attendance than I have ever seen, at this con, but there was still some amazing cosplays on hand. Here are some of my favorites that I saw on this day:

Writer and cosplayer Crystal Rose Cardano

We stayed for the Friday the 13th part 3 cast panel which was fun to listen to. Though, we did leave right after that.

Here are the two autographs that I got:
Friday the 13th part 3: Paul Krakta
A Nightmare on Elm Street: Joseph Whipp

The only thing I bought was something from Vinegar Syndrome's booth. It's Fatal Delusion on Blu-ray. I never seen this W.A.V.E. production, but it stars gorgeous scream queens Deana Demko and Tina Krause. So, I was like, "Sold!"

Did any of you guys go to this Monster-Mania? If so what were the highlights for you, and who did you meet? Let me know in the comments section below.