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Howl-O-Scream: The Year of the Wolf
After an amazing first trip out to Howl-O-Scream last year, H3 and I made the trip back out to Busch Gardens Williamsburg again. The marketing and early reviews seemed a bit subdued, so I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. But, any Halloween event is a good time, right? Generally, yes. The good of Howl-O-Scream was…
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Animazement: Community Matters
Every Memorial Day weekend for longer than H3 and I can remember, we’ve attended Animazement, Covid excluded. Animazement is a 3-day anime and Japanese culture convention in Raleigh that puts a focus on the animators, as well as the history and traditions, to better help audiences understand the media they are consuming. This is in…
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Mad Monster Party 2025: Review and Recap
I don’t go to a lot of conventions—something I’d like to change this year—but Mad Monster has been a twice-a -year event for us for a while now. I covered Mad Monster Expo last August. Does Mad Monster Party offer a different enough experience to justify two shows in one year? Yes and no, and both answers are why I…
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Adventures in Wilmington and the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington – Event Review
The idea to attend the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington was one of the most spur-of-the-moment plans I’ve ever put together. At breakfast that morning, I decided to try to make that night’s tour. Which may not sound like much, but since Wilmington, NC is not the town I live in, it was a bit…
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Review: Howl-O-Scream Williamsburg
For a lot of reasons, I had never been able to attend a haunt event. This year, I was determined to make it to my very first. Busch Gardens Williamsburg is just a short hop up the road, so I talked Horror Hating Husband into a quick road trip to find out if Howl-O-Scream would…
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Event Review: Mad Monster Expo 2024
Did headliner cancelations, a more-pop-culture-than-horror guest line-up and a smaller dealer’s room make this usually packed show feel less monstrous?
