About 3 months ago I decided to take matters into my own hands a bit. I decided to buy a custom card from a UK-based eBay seller, intending to mail it to her eventually and hoping for a TTM auto. That plan changed recently when I was looking at horror conventions in Indiana. Sure enough, Heather was going to be at a convention about 20 minutes from my house. I bought tickets for a photo op because I wanted to have the memory documented. My 9-year-old and I set out this morning to try to get my card signed. I had never been to a horror convention before today. It's an interesting sort of event, but in a very cool way.
All in all, we got to chat with Heather 3 different times, and she was an absolute sweetheart. Made my childhood crush feel warranted after all these years
She remembered our names each time and talked to my son (he wears glasses) about how old she was when she first got glasses and how that went. She asked what other movies we're into, and I told her my favorite franchises are the Nightmare franchise and the Alien franchise, and how she and Sigourney Weaver are the best heroines in movies, in my mind. She told me how much she loves Sigourney too. She was just the absolute best possible celebrity interaction I could have imagined. I made sure to tell my son how not all celebrities are like her and how special it is that she's so down to earth. He became a big fan today too (even though he hasn't seen any of her movies yet).
And here's the finished product. I don't think it could have turned out any better.
2026 Autograph Crypt Heather Langenkamp "Nancy" (IP Autograph) by SMosley21x, on Flickr