The gang attends a local horror convention together in an effort to meet Adam and Joe's favorite film director (John Landis) and hand him their mock trailer for Shinpads. When they can't afford a front-of-the-line "gold pass", Joe pretends to be disabled in order to skip the three hour long wait. Meanwhile, Lance is concerned that he may have caught a sexually transmitted disease after sharing a beer with the lead singer of Faster Pussycat.

After managing to do most everything a fan can do wrong at a horror convention and make enemies with such iconic horror stars as Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder, Adam and Joe finally get their mock trailer for Shinpads into the hands of John Landis. When Landis responds to the boys weeks later in the form of a letter, the result is not what the boys were hoping for.