News Round-up Week Ending 22 August

Shaune Harrison

Prosthetics guru heads to Grimmfest

Prosthetics and FX guru Shaune Harrison will be appearing at this year’s Grimmfest. Having worked on films such as World War Z, Nightbreed and TV show Game of Thrones, Harrison will bring Hollywood pedigree to the Manchester festival. To get your tickets, head over to the Grimmfest website.

First trailer for A Good Marriage emerges

The trailer for A Good Marriage, the film based on Stephen King’s novella from his collection Full Dark, No Stars has been released. The film will be released on VOD and in limited theatres on 3 October.

David Moody is no longer isolated

Infected Books have released Dvaid Moody’s new book Isolation this week as an ebook. A physical release of the book will happen later on this year. To pick up your copy of the book, which also contains four zombie short stories, head over to the Infected Books website.

Day of the Dead immortalised

George A. Romero’s 1985 film Day of the Dead has been immortalised in Lee Karr’s new book The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead. Featuring extensive interviews with key members of the cast and crew, plus 250 brand new photos, this book has been approved by Romero and Tom Savini. It is due to hit shelves in October.

Chilling with Stephen King

Stephen King is the latest celebrity to step up and take on the ALS ice bucket challenge to aid ALS research. Enjoy watching the master of horror drenched in freezing cold water!

DAN HOWARTH

 

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