Horror Realm’s Spring Break Massacre & Zombie Gras Shambles March 10

One day convention and costume party offers entertainment relief for horror fans

Horror Realm, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention, offers an event on March 10 to help local horror fans battle the winter blahs and rev up for the start of convention season.

The second annual Spring Break Massacre takes place at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South, the same location that hosts the group’s annual fall convention, which will be held September 21-23, 2012. The March show is on a smaller scale, focusing on interactive events and offering an opportunity for local and first time vendors to participate.

This year, a second dealer room has been added to accommodate more vendors, in response to a sell out and waiting list in 2011. A variety of vendors including local artists, crafts people, authors and merchants selling DVDs, jewelry, t-shirts and other horror themed merchandise will be on hand.

Guests for the March show include:

Mike Christopher, actor and composer best known as the Hare Krishna zombie in George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, which was filmed at Monroeville Mall in 1978

John Amplas, stage and screen actor and star of the Romero film Martin, who also appeared in Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead and Knightriders

Kyra Schon, who played child zombie Karen Cooper in Romero’s Night of the Living Dead

Lawrence C. Connolly, author and “21st century scop” whose latest book Voices: Tales of Horror has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

Writer/filmmaker Mike Watt and actress/director Amy Lynn Best of Happy Cloud Pictures

The show also includes interactive events and games such as:

VHS Room & swap meet sponsored by Butcher Shop Online
Makeup/FX panel featuring Benzy from Benzidreams Studio and Arvin Clay from Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera
Horror Realm Fall guest announcements
The Horror Match Game hosted by Mr. Schlock
Guest panels/Q&A sessions
Are You Smarter* Than Tim Gross (*about horror movies)

Dealer and guest room hours are 11 AM to 7 PM. The VHS room will run from 11 AM to midnight. At 9 PM, the Zombie Gras costume party will begin with a DJ, cash bar and zombie king and queen pageant.

Admission prices are $7 for the convention only; $10 for convention and Zombie Gras combo ticket; and $5 for the Zombie Gras only (18 and older, valid ID required). Children under 12 are admitted to the convention for free but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. Some material may not be suitable for younger children.

Tickets may be purchased in advance through Showclix at http://www.showclix.com/event/210968

For more information, please visit www.horrorrealmcon.com.