Special Charity Screening of "Day of the Dead" in Pittsburgh to Benefit Scares That Care

Online, April 12, 2012 (Newswire.com) - East Coast Horror Group and Horror Realm have teamed up to present a special charity screening of George Romero's 1985 zombie film "Day of the Dead" on May 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont (Pittsburgh, PA). Tickets are $10 and proceeds benefit Scares That Care (www.scaresthatcare.org), a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides money, toys and other items to help sick children.

The event begins with a zombie crawl starting at Eljay's Books in Dormont at 6 PM. To help celebrate, Eljay's is offering humans and zombies a 20% discount on all horror books purchased on the day of the event.

Zombies can then shamble to the Hollywood to meet stars of the film including Lori Cardille, John Amplas, Antone DiLeo, Mark Tierno and Michael Gornick, who will also participate in a Q&A session following the screening. There will also be a silent auction of horror themed merchandise and artist Ed Quillin of Deadburgh Designs and Illustrations on hand doing "Scaricatures" which will benefit the charity. Prescreening meet & greet with the stars will begin at 7 PM followed by the film screening at 8 PM.

To purchase tickets in advance, please visit http://www.showclix.com/event/dayofthedeadcharityscreening. Tickets may also be purchased at the theater on the night of the event.

The event is sponsored in part by Independent Settlement Services (www.isspgh.net), Exler Contracting (412-221-3522) and South Hills Financial Group (www.shfingrp.com).

Eljay's Books is located at 3233 West Liberty Avenue in Dormont and features a wide selection of used, new and rare books to buy, sell or trade. The Hollywood Theater is one of the last remaining single screen theaters in the area, located at 1449 Potomac Avenue. Both locations feature free parking on the day of the event at metered spaces on street or in nearby public lots. Both are also accessible by Red Line light rail transit's ("the T") Dormont and Potomac Avenue stations, respectively.

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

East Coast Horror Group is a grass roots organization headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA that provides the horror community a place that they can go for no-gimmick horror news, reviews, interviews, and convention coverage.

Horror Realm is Pittsburgh's semi-annual modern horror convention and horror-themed event producers. The next convention will be held September 21-23, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South hotel.

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