A: I was raised on Horror movies. There were no other children around, when I was growing up. I spent a lot of time alone as a child, so I had a fertile and vivid imagination. So, I never wanted to do anything but act. I first started acting in High School. I went to school with Mike Bishop (who later went on to be the bass player for the band GWAR) he was in an improv group, and had dabbled in acting, as well as music. I was about sixteen, and he introduced me to his friend Mark Harvey (he was older than us) he was making movies for college. Mike knew how bad I wanted to act, so we did some college films for Mark. I think I did about four little movies (shorts) for Mark. I didn’t start acting professionally (or at least for money) till 1995. I met JR Bookwalter through his friend Matt Walsh. Matt introduced me to him because he knew I wanted to act. I ended up doing a short for Matt first (I’VE KILLED BEFORE, which later was made into the feature BLOODLETTING) I had moved to Ohio to work for J.R., writing for his magazine ALTERNATIVE CINEMA. Finally, we started making movies together, after he finished THE SANDMAN, a movie he shot before I came into the picture. Then we finally moved to Los Angeles and started working for Full Moon Entertainment, so I acted in several of their movies.

          A: I play the character of “Heather” in PLATOON. There is a war between humans and The Dead. “Heather” has sought refuge in an abandoned farmhouse, with two other women. A platoon of human soldiers are attacked by the Dead and make their way to our farmhouse. They need our help, so, we all have to get along while fighting off the dead soldiers. That’s about all I can say. For any more you will have to rent the movie. (laughs)

          A: I don’t know exactly. Have there been any reviews? It’s not finished, to my knowledge. Is there something I should know? (laughs) I saw a very rough cut of the movie, so it’s hard for me to know what the finished product will look like. I can say I had a great time working with John Bowker (The Director) and Joe Sherlock (The Director of Photography). I did a cameo in Joe’s latest movie, IT HAUNTS. All the cast was fun. I got to go to Oregon, and some of us were staying with each other…that always makes everything more fun.

          A: The only thing about PLATOON that was difficult, was one of the actors was a little too “needy”. He made it difficult for the rest of us…demanding more of his fair share of “the spotlight”. Tensions ran high at times (laughs) but John defused the situation.

          A: Not really, it’s hard to answer that question, because I haven’t seen the finished movie. I don’t know how it turned out.

          A: POLYMORPH will always have a special place I my heart. It was the first time I worked with JR Bookwalter. It was also cool, because I had a lot to do with its inception. I was going through JR’s old treatments, and picked POLYMORPH as the movie I thought we should make. I also got to cast a couple of actors I wanted to work with, Sasha Graham and Jenny Huss. It was just a lot of fun, shooting guns, running through the woods. I even got to pack explosives. And let’s not forget the kickboxing, catfight. I love doing stunts.

          A: BLOODLETTING is bitter sweet with me. I get a lot of positive response about it. I still think it could be better. It’s sad because none of us got along on that movie. We all went our separate ways after doing the short it was based on. It’s amazing we ever got it made. It’s sad because the only person I talk to still is Lonnie (James L. Edwards). Movies should never make enemies out of people. It’s just not worth it.

          A: WHISPERS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE was the first movie I made when I moved to California. It was actually made back in 1997. The director, Ted Newsom had sent me a letter (when I lived on Ohio) telling me he liked my writing for ALTERNATIVE CINEMA. So when he heard I moved to Cali. he gave me a role in his movie. It was based on the Linda Sobeck case. She was a Raider’s cheerleader that was murdered by photographer she worked with. It was a small part. I played one of her friends, which were part of the search party looking for her, before they found her murdered. I also helped on the crew for a couple of days.

          A: JR came up with the idea to package some of his…let’s say “less desirable movies”. We had hoped to make a television series out of it. We would show a bad movie as a “case file” and host the episodes before the movie, and between commercial breaks. Sort of like Elvira or USA’s UP ALL NIGHT. We had some offers, but the stations never got up and running, so we just made a DVD series out of it. There is still talk about doing more episodes. We have some really funny ideas. I think it could be a lot better than the first three episodes turned out.

          I have watched the movies we showed. I actually saw them before I met JR. I remember joking with a friend, how I’d never work with JR, because his movies were so bad. He finds this quite funny today, and never lets me forget I said it. Never say never…

         I think HUMANOIDS FROM ATLANTIS would be my favorite. It’s so bad, I can laugh at it.

          A: I just finished a movie called HE. It’s more of a drama. It’s very hard to describe. It’s about a couple struggling with their relationship and their sanity. It’s done very ambiguously, like a David Lynch film. I did voices for a graphic novel called THE NIGHT DRIVER with Jeffrey Combs and Tiffany Shepis. I’m supposed to start another project about a “Scream Queen” who is kidnapped in February. I got to do a dance routine in Darin Scott’s DARK HOUSE. Also, starring Jeffrey Combs. I should also be doing a ghost story called CORPSE ROAD the year. There is talk of others, but financing has been so unstable, I don’t want to talk about them till I know they are happening.

          A: I ‘m getting some leads on working with some Italian directors. I hope I could be talking about some of those as finished projects next year.

          A: I just had the pleasure of meeting Lamberto Bava recently. I would love to work with him. I love all the Italian horror directors, Dario Argento, (Asia for that matter) Michele Soavi, Ruggero Deodato. I would like to do more movies out of the country. I’m tired right now of the “Hollywood” line of thinking. There is such a formula, and lack of creativity, that’s become tiresome to me.

          A: I look more to the Director, than the project. There are too many people making movies that shouldn’t be right now. I want to work with someone whom, even though they have a small budget, cares about what they are doing. I want to work with people who have taken the time to learn their craft. People seem to be too concerned with making a movie, rather than making it right.

          A: I’m not sure. Just that I love all the wonderful feedback I’ve had from all my fans. You guys make it all worthwhile!

          A: The last movie I watched was a documentary on Australian Exploitation films called NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD. I enjoyed it very much. I love Australian/ New Zealand films. Even if you don’t like Australian cinema, the documentary is so much fun, and very well made. I don’t think it’s been released yet. But keep an eye out for it.

          As far as obscure, I go to Rolfe Kanefsky’s home to watch movies a lot. He showed me a movie called TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE. It’s an Italian giallo directed by Dario Piana. I think it’s obscure. Neither Rolfe, nor I had ever heard of it. He picked it up on a whim. It’s very well done. It has beautiful locations. It’s about a killer slicing up a bunch of beautiful models. You can’t go wrong with that.

          A: Thank you! Sorry, it took so long.