Horror Highlights: COLD SKIN, Card Game ZOMBIE DOCTOR’s Classic Horror Movies Expansion Pack Kickstarter, BATTLE AT THE COMIC EXPO Book Trailer

2018/07/05 14:46:00 +00:00 | Tamika Jones

From Samuel Goldwyn Films and director Xavier Gens comes Cold Skin, set to be released digitally, On Demand, and theatrically this September. Also: Zombie Doctor classic horror movie expansion pack Kickstarter and Battle of the Comic Expo book details and trailer.

Cold Skin Release Details and Poster: "Samuel Goldwyn Films is set to release Xavier Gens’ (The Divide, 2011) Cold Skin, this September. The film was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films earlier this year, for distribution throughout North America. Influenced by H.P. Lovecraft’s work on The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Cold Skin centrally stars Ray Stevenson (“Black Sails”) David Oakes (“The Living and the Dead”) and Aura Garrido (The Body). This fantasy feature will be available on several platforms: Digital, On-Demand, and in theatres - in just a few weeks. And now, the film’s exciting theatrical trailer and official film poster are available here.

The film’s story begins with a reclusive lighthouse keeper (Stevenson). When a weather observer (Oakes) lands on the isolated island, he is forced to confront the island’s original natives. Together, these two men must work together as a nightmare emerges every night, from the nearby shoreline.

Cold Skin was developed from Albert Sánchez Piñol’s 2007 novel. Writer Jesus Como (28 Weeks Later) and Eron Sheean have developed the screenplay. Now, fans of fantasy and horror can see more of their work and of Cold Skin as the film nears its September 7th release date. This title’s North American trailer and poster provide a closer look at what lays in wait for the isolated characters within Cold Skin!

The official synopsis: On a remote island in the Antarctic circle, a young man finds himself trapped in a battle for his life against nightly invasions of unknown creatures that emerge from the ocean.

Director: Xavier Gens. Writers: Albert Sánchez Piñol, Jesus Olo, and Eron Sheean.

Cast: Ray Stevenson, David Oakes, and Aura Garrido.

Samuel Goldwyn Films
Samuel Goldwyn Films is a major, independently owned and operated motion-picture company that develops, produces and distributes innovative feature films and documentaries."

Zombie Doctor Classic Horror Movies Expansion Pack Kickstarter Details: "At the end of 2017, Colin Hutton successfully secured funding for Zombie Doctor - The Zombie Card Game, through crowdfunding website Kickstarter.

Following the game's success, Colin (now the Managing Director of Gimme Games) is expanding the Zombie Doctor universe with the Classic Horror Expansion Pack. This includes four iconic characters from the world of horror: The Invisible Man, Dracula, The Mummy, and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. The Kickstarter goes live on 2nd July 2018.

In Zombie Doctor, medical colleagues tried to stay alive for as long as possible during the zombie apocalypse. However, the classic horror characters are using medicine to try to stop them from turning into their alter ego.

The expansion still uses the base game's fun and unique card-turning system to represent the degradation of limbs, as well as Pain or Gain Cards which can be used to heal you or hurt others.

Both the Zombie Doctor base game and Classic Horror Expansion Pack will be available when the Kickstarter launches on 2nd July. There's also awesome and gruesome Stretch Goals including solo and co-op modes, as well as new Pain or Gain Cards.

Please visit the Kickstarter campaign here or visit www.zombiedoctor.co.uk for more information."

Battle at the Comic Expo Book Details and Trailer: "As a child, author Richard Andreoli would daydream about saving the day if a crisis broke out in real life. Those fantasies became even more acute when he started volunteering at Comic-Con in San Diego as a teenager, because who wouldn't want to be seen as a hero in a place filled with fans of action/adventure stories, right? “But as I grew older it became clear that ‘good guys’ weren't always pure and noble,” says the LA-based writer, “and the term ‘villain’ was in the eye of the beholder, so it seemed perfect to explore those concepts in a setting where people believed in those big ideas of heroism and protecting the innocent.”

Andreoli delivers on his youthful dream in his second book, Battle at the Comic Expo, a hilarious, oddly moving and pitch-perfect dark comedy action/thriller that captures the strange parallel universe of comics, cosplaying geeks, and obsessive fans to a tee. The novel is currently available at any national bookstore website as well as Amazon, with the audiobook being released at the end of June through Audible. A book trailer is available at the website: www.battleatthecomicexpo.com.

“From the first page, Richard Andreoli catapults you down the rabbit hole and immerses you in the crazy world of comic conventions,” says best-selling YA Fantasy novelist C.J. Abedi, who wrote the FAE Trilogy, which was optioned by filmmaker Ridley Scott. “But this isn’t simply a sardonic examination of fans; it’s a love letter to heroism and the people who believe in it most.”

In Battle at the Comic Expo, an obsessed fan (the tragic but endearing Velma) with a twisted sense of reality kidnaps the most successful and arrogant man working in comics today (Ron Lionel) along with his archrival (Joe) – a failed comic book writer who is now the head of Comic Expo security. These two unlikely allies must find a way to save themselves and stop Velma before she inadvertently kills them and destroys the largest comic book convention in the United States.

To expand the story and experience beyond the novel, Andreoli also created a number of websites and social media pages for the main characters:

https://www.americasfinestcomicexpo.com/
https://www.ragnarokcomics.info/
https://www.facebook.com/TheEnduring/
https://twitter.com/RealRonLionel

Raised in San Diego, Andreoli moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA where he majored in English Literature with an emphasis in Creative
Writing and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He also attended The Groundlings School to broaden his comedy writing and improv skills. He
has developed television and movie projects, produced stand-up comedy, written for magazines and television shows, and launched and edited multiple pop culture websites. Currently, Andreoli is the creative director for TV4 Entertainment, the global leader in OTT streaming with more than 30 genre-focused channels. In his spare time, he runs away with the circus to perform on the trapeze.

For more information about Battle for the Comic Expo, visit the website and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram and via the hashtags #BATCE #BattleAtTheComicExpo.

To learn more about the multi-talented Richard Andreoli, visit his website here: http://richardandreoli.com/

About the Author - Tamika Jones

Tamika hails from North Beach, Maryland, a tiny town inches from the Chesapeake Bay.She knew she wanted to be an actor after reciting a soliloquy by Sojourner Truth in front of her entire fifth grade class. Since then, she's appeared in over 20 film and television projects. In addition to acting, Tamika is the Indie Spotlight manager for Daily Dead, where she brings readers news on independent horror projects every weekend.

The first horror film Tamika watched was Child's Play. Being eight years old at the time, she remembers being so scared when Chucky came to life that she projectile vomited. It's tough for her to choose only one movie as her favorite horror film, so she picked two: Nosferatu and The Stepford Wives (1975).

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