

By: Heather Seebach





I have been goi ng to horror cons for many years now and Monster Mania 24 has got to be the biggest I have attended yet. Celebrating 10 years in 2013 , Monster Mania has consistently been bringing us East Coast horror fans the best in vendors, celebrities, and general con fun. I suspect this 10th anniversary show was so big thanks to the TEN Walking Dea d cast members in attendance . Plus, movie screenings , a costume contest, photo op 's, a charity auction, and celebrity Q&A's made this one bigger and better than ever.





It is both a positiv e and a negative that I have never seen the halls of the Cherry Hill Crowne Plaza so packed! On the one hand, I am thrilled for Dave Hag a n & co ; on the other hand, the immobility and constant stench of human traffi c was not so f un. T hanks to comic cons, I am accustomed to the B O, but my god, why is New Jersey so flatulent?!









Also a p ositive and negative - I purchased more stuff than ever before ! All my favorite ven dor staples were there - Fright-Rags, Curious Goods, Cruikshank Creations, London 1888, Freaky Deekys, LIXonline, etc. - but I found a lot of new stuff, as well. I f you're unfamiliar with the dealer room, expect to find t-shirts, posters, DVDs, toys, crafts, artwork, masks, stickers, buttons, collectibles , plushies, clothing, ornaments, and everything else you can imagine. This con, The Walking Dead fans in particular were treated to everything from original artwork to Daryl Dixon Hello Kitties.





Live make-up demonstrations

Here are so me of the awesome items I scored:





My wallet is hurting today but it was so worth it. So aside from great vendors, the con offered a plethora of great celebrities to meet including Star W ars legends Peter Mayhew and Billie Dee Will iams; Danielle Harris ; Tyler Labine ; Bill Moseley ; Kan e Hodder; Tyler Mane ; Jordan Ladd ; Katharine Isabelle ; Martin Kove; and The Misfits. And the aforementione d ten Walking Dead stars, which included Denai Gurir a (Michonne), Laurie Holden (Andrea), Michael Rooker (Merle), Scott Wi lson (Hers hel), IronE Singleton (T-Dog), Chandler Riggs (Carl), and more. Incredible!



Scott Wilson (Hershel)

Laurie Holden (Andrea)

Vincent Ward (Oscar)













Michael Rooker ( Merle)

I think there was more cosplay than ever, as well. There were some GREAT costumes, horror-themed and otherwise. The costume contest was seriously impressive.









Fully-functional R2-D2 :









My absolute favorite costume of the con - Maurice from Little Monsters!

The contestants got down to Thriller...





And Jason and Freddy were not amused....





Even the chari ty auct ion for Save the Yorkies was a blast, and they raised over $3,000 for the doggies!





Auctioneer Rob Dimension

Uh oh...





Freddy's got the Yorkie!

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