Horror Realm Announces Rondo Nomination, Guest & Event Updates

Best Convention nominee adds Three's Company alums to guest list.

Pittsburgh, PA, March 01, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Horror Realm™, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention, has been honored with a nomination for Best Convention of 2009 by the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. The Rondos are fan based, with nominations and votes coming from horror fans, pros and enthusiasts. The Classic Horror Film Board has been honoring excellence in the horror genre through the Rondos since 2002. Voting continues through April 3; ballots are available at www.rondoaward.com.

Horror Realm™ offers an eclectic guest lineup for horror fans, including the addition of:

Three’s Company cast members Priscilla Barnes and Joyce DeWitt. Barnes is best known to horror fans for her role in the 2005 Rob Zombie film, The Devil’s Rejects.
Gary Streiner, one of the ten original investors in the seminal horror film Night of the Living Dead. Streiner was also sound engineer for the film and founder of the Living Dead Festival.
Mike Gornick, who was director of photography for the George Romero films Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Knightriders and Creepshow. He also directed the film Creepshow II.
Terri Susan Smith was the lead female actress in the cult film Basket Case. Today, Terri is better known as gypsy artist Ahu Smith, who creates sacred healing Bowls of Empowerment.
Mark Tierno will make his first ever convention appearance at Horror Realm™. Tierno is a voice-over artist and comedian best known for his role as the zombie “Beef Treats” in the film Day of the Dead.
Monique Dupree, a scream queen, alternative model and singer with more than 50 films to her credit.
Mark Cray, an independent actor best known for roles in The Grindhouse Massacre and The Horror Convention Massacre.
Dawn of the Dead alums Sharon Ceccatti-Hill, Tony Buba and Joe Shelby.

A complete guest list including photos and bios can be found on the convention web site.

The convention welcomes the Pittsburgh Film Worker Awards as part of its film program. The awards honor work in independent feature length as well as short horror films with a “Creatch” award. The competition will include a short film festival. For more information, visit www.pfwa.com.

The Horror Realm™ film program will also feature a screening of Night of the Living Dead Reanimated, a video based art show in which artists from around the world were invited to select scenes from the original film and make them their own. Details on the project can be found at www.notldr.com.

For details on the convention, including exhibitor and sponsor rates, schedule, guests, advance ticket purchase and hotel reservations, please visit www.horrorrealmcon.com or email info@horrorrealmcon.com.

Horror Realm™ is produced by Horrorrealmonline.com and Lifeless Entertainment Ventures. The convention is sponsored in part by Library of the Living Dead, Rue Morgue Magazine and Human Production Gallery.

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