Monster-Mania August 2026

With me back to writing here on a regular basis (or at least as much so as adulting allows for), I am back to posting about conventions. Now, I never stopped going to cons during the hiatus, just didn't wrtite about them. With that in mind, let's with a trip to this past weekend's Monster-Mania!

My friend's and I went to the Saturday, August 15, 2026 edition of the three day event. Celeb prices were fucking awful so I only paid for one autograph, my friend Catherine Corcoran. I had not seen her in years, so it took a bit for her to recognize me. But, when she did, she got happy and gave me a big, old hug. It was really great to catch with her. 

My friend Freddie did go up to a lot more celebs than I did. Among them was the lovely Heather Langenkamp, who is of course one of the greatest final girls of all time in the form of Nancy of A Nightmare on Elm Street. I met her ages ago at one of the old Famgoria Weekend of Horrors. When I told her that she was like wow! That was like 30 years ago! That's crazy huh? Anways, she let the three of us get in the pic. She is a true legend and did not need to do that. That only makes me an even bigger fan of hers.

The last person I went up to was Pinhead from Hellraiser, himself, Doug Bradley. This is actually my third time meeting him. He was taking free pics with fans! More people should do stuff this cool.

I absolutely LOVED Obsession, so I totally flipped for this group cosplay of it.

Catherine's autograph is the only one I got, but it is a great addition to my Terrifier Blu-ray.

Swag that I got at Monster-Mania:
Beyond the Darkness/ Biuo Omega T-shirt free from Severin Films
Ghost flipping the bird figurine- only $5!!
Horror Convention Bingo T-shirt- easily one of the best and funniest shirts I have seen at a con in ages and 100% accurate!
And, from Diabolik DVD (still the best booth at this con):
Possession Second Sight 4K and Revealer Blu-Ray

And, so ends another fun time, You know I been going through a rough patch, as I have been missing someone and dealing with the fallout. So, it was wonderful to be out with my friends and having a great time at a convention. Until the next one!