A: Back in Chicago, during the 80’s, I was a high haired, teenage, Jamie Lee Curtis wanna be with lofty aspirations of fame and fortune. I had been a horror movie fan since my baby sitter let me watch ‘Halloween’.

          After years of rejection, crooked modeling contracts and tacky pageants I moved to the East Coast and abandoned my theatrical side. I worked in advertising, married, had two boys and moved to Central PA. My husband knew I still craved the spotlight terribly so he put me in touch with a friend of his looking for actors to be in ‘Limitless’. I finally realized that telling my sons to chase their dreams meant nothing if I had given up on my own.

          I drove the 3 hours to Philly and spent one glorious day on the set of ‘Limitless’. I was completely hooked once again. Older and wiser, I got new headshots, scheduled several auditions and quickly found myself back in ‘the business’.

          I was cast in several independent features including ‘I Clean up Your Grave’, ‘Dead Man Working’, and ‘The Road Killer’. Dying seems to be my specialty. I’ve been dismembered, had my throat slit, been clubbed over the head, hit by a car, thrown off a building… and I loved every minute of it. Every minute, that is, except the traveling three hours, back and forth, to major cities.

          That got me thinking; why not bring everyone to me! I began writing, networking with past cast and crewmembers and hinting around to my wonderful father-in-law that his gorgeous estate would make the perfect location for a film. One year and many sleepless nights later we were knee deep in the production of my first feature, Caveat.

          A: Group 13 is my chance to actually be what I always said I wanted to be when I grew up. My husband and I have always concentrated on being responsible parents while working for the family business, Rich Coast Coffee. This production company is our way of expressing our creative sides while drawing some well-deserved attention to the amazing cinematic resources available in central PA.

          A: I am a huge control freak. Born to produce. I handled all pre-pro including writing the script, casting, set design, handling insurance, permits, and locations. During filming I had a small cameo, directed, coordinated stunts, handled wardrobe, make-up and extras wrangling. Post-production has been the biggest challenge with marketing, coordinating the editors, and seeking distribution. It’s my baby. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I plan on taking a lead in my next feature so I’ll have to learn to let go of the production reins a little more.

          A: Each character has a namesake from my past. Every line has meaning. I’ve never killed anyone, I swear, but the emotions, hostility and anger are real. No one was raised in a perfect family. The fictional Mosier clan was a chance for me to scream to the world that suppressing your feelings will only make things worse in the end. Just tell it like it is. If I didn’t, I’d end up being the subject of a real horror movie instead of the moviemaker!

          A: We tried to shoot a nighttime drowning scene several times. The first time equipment literally exploded. The second time a monsoon rolled through crashing thunder and lightning down on our already spooked crew. The third time the generator crapped out. I thought it was an omen and started rewriting the scene without the water. Thankfully, my tired and wonderfully headstrong leads, Lindsay Goranson and Taylor Nicholson, pushed me to finish the scene proper. They kneeled in a foot of muck in the middle of a murky river to turn a possible disaster into a gorgeous, pivotal scene. I’ve watched it over and over and I love it more every time.

          A: I originally wrote the lead for myself but during auditions I still had actresses try out for the part. I stood silently with my family and executive producer while watching Lindsay’s audition. The room went eerily still. As we watched her, you could feel the electricity in the room. Everyone knew that she was spot on for the lead. No one wanted to be the one to say it… so I did. Lindsay is amazing and made my ‘Kathryn’ even better than I had written her. It felt like Christmas and Lindsay was the most amazing gift. I wrote my next feature with Lindsay already cast as a lead.

          A: I started having nightmares when I was 2 or 3 years old. Watching scary movies helped desensitize my reaction to them. I began to master my dreams and write them down.

          I’d love to say that I am completely fearless. But that isn’t so. I once saw something that terrified me to my core. I’ve seen it twice since. I rarely talk about it and it’s the one thing I’ve never written down but it helps me write other material from an honest place. I don’t write it if I don’t know it. But when it comes to horror, I promise, I know it.

          A: Because of having children I am now a slave to Netflix, Syfy and The Chiller Channel. I lovingly refer to watching some really bad movies as ‘research’. I can’t resist a cheesy Syfy original. My last Netflix pick was “The Crazies” and I have to say it was pretty darn good. But my favorite, not so mainstream movie, would have to be Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Never gets old. What a classic!