A: I was a fan of low budget horror movies. And I was going to high school in the city and I had absolutely no intention of being an actress by any means. But because my school in New York were for actors, and there was an actor's newspaper and there was an ad for "Tromette". And I ‘m like "God dammit that sounded so familiar. What was that?" And then I remembered that that was the crappy movies that I used to watch when my parents would go out of town. So I got to school and I cut to audition and it was for a movie called "Tromeo and Juliette." And I ended up getting a small part in it. And it kinda went on from there. Wow, this was fun. I thought, "This was a pretty easy way to make money." You know, and then I started doing the convention scene. And that was way cool because everyone was just like me. We all love the scary movies. I love horror movies and I can make money doing it.

          A: Exactly, and then sitting across from horror guests that I grew up loving and now we are friends.

          A: That’s pretty cool, yeah.

          A: I play a character called "Cathy Blue". She is a horror movie actress that works for Lance Henriksen’s company, I think its "Pritchett films." And they make tons and tons of bad horror films, which is pretty similar to life. And she’s obsessed with the 50’s, which is kinda odd. Dresses in 50’s clothes and drives a 50’s car. Kind of this quirky, weird shit. And we’re making a bunch of films, one in particular called "The Pirate Wench." And there’s Edward Furlong who’s a crazy fan, who wins a walk-on role. And hey who knows, we fall in love and people start dying. And it’s an odd role for me to play because I really play this nice girl. And like there’s nothing edgy or sarcastic or odd about me. Just the love interest. I saw the film and I’m "Ah, I’m so boring."

          A: Yeah, but that attracted me to it.

          A: You know man, it’s just a fun little ride. It’s not gonna scare ya or keep you awake at night. It’s not necessarily a gore-fest. It’s just a fun popcorn movie. You know, sit back, have a drink or 2 and watch and say "Wow, man, I know that guy." Or "Oh cool, that’s Mercedes McNabb." And something that’s different about in that it was shot on "35." You don’t get a lot of low budget movies being shot on film anymore.

          A: There’s nothing you can say about how it looks. It’s a beautiful, beautiful looking movie. So yeah, if someone is looking for some fun and not some film where it was shot for $12 in their mom’s basement, it’s a good film and I think people will like it just for that.

          A: No, I got the fucking stomach flu while shooting the movie. There’s a scene with me and furlong are talking in a café and no one else can see it apparently. I can see it. In between takes, I’m running to the bathroom to vomit. It was horrible. It was the worse night of my life. I remember telling Josh, "Look I can get through the night but you’ll have to try and condense these somehow." There was a lot more to the scene that was written that got chopped down. You can see me, I was physically turning green.

          A: That wasn’t good. But the funny part about that story was our craft service guy, and he had a tendency to do weird things with food and stuff. And I bitched at him "You gave me food poisoning...you left the milk out." And I’m bitching and bitching, calling my house, my mother, my neighbor, bunch of other people, "Ah, I’m so sick."

          A: No, I never feel that way. There’s always problems. They’re always problems that come up. Especially with a shoot like that. But we did have a larger budget than my film normally do. With an ambition to shoot on film, we had a lot of actors, a lot of high-maintenance actors, all those pretty-well known genre actors require certain attention sometimes. You’ll always come into conflict with that. And you’ll have your days where you’re shooting and like you have underwater shots and somehow, some way, someone forgets to bring oxygen for our underwater cameraman. So we’re sitting around going "shoot, does anyone know anyone that’s a diver?" And this like midnight on day 18. So there’s always shit that happens.

          A: I have.

          A: Yeah, yeah. Josh did a really good job. He had a lot on his plate for a movie that size. It was a pretty huge cast. And I think he did a great job with it. It’s a fun little ride. I think, I think, people will like it. I know I did.

          A: Yeah, it’s kinda cool thing about it. Like I said, whether or not you like everyone in it, you’re going to be impressed by the amount of actors who are in it with the Tracy Walters, the fact you have Mercedes McNabb, I fucking get to kill Rick Baker in a cameo. So just for that alone, that’s kinda fun.

          A: Ah, "The Hazing." That was like my dream movie. I tried to get that movie made for like 7 years. I came across the script when I was this distribution company for a minute, called "Prescription Films." The script cost much to produce and we were unable to do it. I was like "man I really love the script, and it’s so much fun, it’s like "Night of the Demons" and it never happened. So I had to audition for it when it finally came out. I had to audition for it like 8 times because Rob liked me but the producer really didn’t. So that was like a "labor of love." But the fact that it’s got like Brad Dourif in it, like "Fuck, it’s like the coolest thing ever." It’s got Brad Dourif in a movie and I get possessed by him.

          A: Yeah it’s a great film. It’s really funny because a friend of mine, who isn’t a horror fan at all, and hasn’t seen any of my movies and he asking was like which one should I watch and I was like you should watch "The Hazing." So I gave him a copy of it. And I had it out, so I was like "Fuck, I should watch a copy of it." And I hadn’t watched it in years and it still holds up.

          A: Ah, "Bloody Murder 2." It’s funny, because if you ever saw "Bloody Murder 1", "Bloody Murder 2" is a masterpiece in comparison to the first one. A masterpiece. And man, I had a lot of fun on that movie. We shot it on Idyllwild, on top of a mountain. And we’re all teenagers like "19 years old." It’s just, just fun. Obviously you know what it is. It’s a rip-off of any other bad serial killer movie. But it was fun. The gore in it was great. And the scene where the guy gets his leg chopped off, was awesome.

          A: "Delta Delta Die" was fun too because it was a really great idea. Hot sorority chicks kill boys for a bake sale. Awesome. I was a big fan of Brinke’s and Julie Strain. When I was younger and first starting out, I was like "Oh man" them and Linnea Quigley, I thought that’s what I wanted to do. Working with both of them in that film was pretty cool too.

          A: (laughs a lot)

Ok, "Death Factory" was funny. They wanted me to come in and play another one of the characters. And I read the script and said "yeah, no, not interested. But I’d love to play a monster. I’d never played any type of killer or monster up to that point. I’ll do it if I could do that. That fucking shoot, man, was hard. I think they did it for like $8 and I had like windshield wipers attached to me for special effects because that was like all they could afford. And it was a hard, hard, hard shoot. But whether or not I liked it, I still get people come up to me and say "Man, you’re the fucking chick from "Death Factory. You are awesome." I’m like "Yeah, aright". There’s a fan base for it and that film’s been out awhile but...I still get requests to sign in and from people about the sequel which I did not do.

          A: I have a lot of stuff coming out this year. We’ve got "Night of the Demons" which I think should be coming out this year. Um, a movie with William Forysthe and Dee Wallace Stone called "Curve of Earth" which is not a horror film. It’s a weird movie about the porn industry. A movie called "New Terminal Hotel." With Stephen Geoffreys and Ezra Buzzington. I got tons and tons of stuff coming out this year. I got a movie called "Cicle" coming out on April. It’s a really, really cool kind of serial killer, slasher kinda thing. The cool thing about it is, it’s not your typical film. It’s not like your typical preppie college kids go to the cabin into the woods. It’s about a bunch of bad motherfuckers. So you just don’t care about anyone. You just root for your "Killercicle" Everyone sucks, every one of your heroes is bad to the bone and it’s kinda like an action piece. We have lots of fun, cars flipping. Stuff like that. And I’m working with Josh and Rolfe Kanefsky on a project called "Once Upon a Horror." Which I don’t know what I can say about it right now…but it’s like a "television show" kinda thing.

          A: Well we have "The Devil Pies" still on the horizon. Which I was supposed to shoot last year but stuff happened with one of the producers. So we’re looking for new financiers right now. I’m pretty certain by the end of this year it should be done and hopefully coming out for next year. Pretty certain about that. And once we do the "Once upon the Horror" stuff, I’ll be directing in that series at all. And hopefully after that, I can be sitting back in San Diego with you having a cocktail.

          A: Forget all this movie nonsense.

          A: Oh man, everybody. You know, I just like to work. I like to work with Adam Green, which "Hatchet" was one of our best fucking throwbacks to the 80’s. Adam would be really cool to work with. Just everyone on the planet. I’d like to work with Rob Zombie because his movies just make millions of dollars. I pretty much know a lot of people in our little world out there so we’re seeing really a lot of talented kids out there. I really couldn’t pick one or the other. But I’d like to work with Adam and he’d be fun to work with again.

          A: Fun. Fun. Fun, fun all the way. Like I said, I tend to look for stuff I would like to watch. Not necessarily what everyone else would like and unfortunately, usually I have pretty shitty taste. I’ve made stuff that maybe not everybody likes. But yeah if its fun and I feel like I’m gonna have a good time on the set. I mean, because I like to have fun with everybody. I don’t want to walk onto anything that’s way too serious. So yeah, a good time and if you can see people are really gonna try…you know you get a lot of reviewers who just hate on a film but you know what man, it’s so fucking hard to make a movie, let alone make a good movie. You know so if I can walk away, complete shit or not, if I had a great a great time and we’re cool and it’s was fun and the energy was up and they’re not just making it in their mom’s basement but they’re putting effort into it. That’s cool.

          A: Hmmm, huh…

          A: If I tell you what shows I watch, I’m finished. I’m kinda one of those "Grey’s Anatomy" losers.

          A: No it’s pretty shitty. And especially now that they have the crossover last night. Yeah, it’s pretty bad. Um, I don’t know, I’m pretty open, everyone knows everything about me. I’m afraid of heights. If you offered me a million dollars I really don’t think I could bungee jump. Ever. You could have the case in front of me and there’s not a chance. I absolutely don’t give a shit about nature or going to see the fucking Grand Canyon. I don’t know why but I’d love to go to Roswell.

          A: Yes, I’m ashamed to say .

          A: "The Unborn."

          A: I’m vomiting in my mouth. Not good. Yeah, umm…yeah. And I even went with a bunch of people thinking even if it’s really, really bad it’ll still be really, really fun. And there was just nothing fun bad about it.

          A: Oh my god. A movie called "Scream for Help." And it wouldn’t even be considered a horror movie I think, maybe more like a thriller. Really, really stupid movie that me and my brother used to watch when we were kids. Obviously I was a huge fan of "Motel Hell" and "Return to Horror High" which everyone has seen. But I don’t know anyone who has seen this movie, and it was filmed in my hometown of New Rochelle, New York. And the funniest scene in the world, is the step dad has moved in and is trying to kill the mom for the money and the daughter finds out and he takes the mom in a wheelchair and throw her down the stairs. And me and my brother would rewind that over and over and over again. And for some reason it was so funny and you got to see her legs go over her head and hear her hit every step. Anyway, it was just phenomenal. And "Return to Horror High" because George Clooney was so fucking cute back then. I met him once and I brought up to him and he was like "oh my god, no one in my career has brought that up to me."