Ash Hamilton
Ash Hamilton is an award-winning horror director best known for his chilling and genre-pushing films that explore the darker corners of the human experience. His feature credits include the critically acclaimed Holes in the Sky: The Sean Miller Story, Final Days: Tales from the End Times, and the comedic horror short Play With Me. Hamilton is also the creative force behind the fictional horror podcast Dislocated, showcasing his storytelling range across multiple mediums. His work has earned him over 70 awards, solidifying his place as a formidable voice in independent horror cinema.
Beyond filmmaking, Hamilton is the founder and owner of Horror-Fix.com, a leading site dedicated to horror news, reviews, and original content. Through the platform, he has built a passionate community of genre enthusiasts while championing indie creators. He is also the creator of the horror board game Slice & Dice, a board game CCG hyrbid that puts the player in the middle of the some of their favorite and deadliest horror movie scenarios. He is the CEO of Horror-Fix Films, an international production company, responsible for his own films as well as serving in producer capacity on Camp Death 3 in 2-D, Jennifer Nangle's Body Count and others. A cinephile and film historian, Ash has lent his voice to several physical media commentaries including Reform Schoool Girls, Transylvania 6-5000, Death Machine, Deep Star Six and others.
With his unique blend of psychological horror, practical effects, and cultural commentary, Ash Hamilton continues to carve out a legacy that’s as thought-provoking as it is terrifying.
Devanny Pinn
Devanny Pinn is an award winning actress and producer hailing from Los Angeles, California who is best known for her work in independent horror cinema. A performer since the age of 3, Devanny grew up in New Jersey appearing in ballets and musicals. Starring as Clara in South Jersey Ballet Theaters production of "The Nutcracker", she continued on to appear in the Moscow Ballet's production during their US Tour. At 17 she moved to Arizona where she landed the role of Eva Peron in Scottsdale Theaters "Evita". She entered college with an Opera scholarship and appeared as Christine Daae in their televised review of "Phantom of the Opera."
During college, reality show producers recruited Devanny for a variety of shows in Los Angeles including Rock of Love, Shot at Love, Paris Hiltons New Bff and Vh1's Scream Queens. Fascinated by production, she decided to seek out acting opportunities in movies. It was then that she landed her first lead role in feature film, a horror movie that would introduce her to genre fans and press that soon after dubbed her their 'scream queen'.
She has since appeared in over 80 horror movies and has shared the screen with genre icons including Linda Blair, Danny Trejo, Vivica A. Fox, Sid Haig and Tara Reid. She has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of infamous true-to-live individuals including Susan Atkins in the Charles Manson biopic "House of Manson" and murder suspect Casey Anthony in ID mini series "Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery", which received the highest rating debut in the networks history. Psychological thriller "The Dawn", in which she stars opposite Stacey Dash (Clueless) and Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) debuted in American theaters January 2020 and is playing around the world.
Having found a love for film behind the camera as well, Devanny began producing feature films in 2012. She became VP for an international sales agency and worked in acquisitions for a United States-based distribution company. Devanny has since produced 10 feature films which are available on Television, Blu-Ray, DVD, and Video on Demand platforms worldwide and have been featured in major industry trades such as Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, and Rolling Stone. She has aspirations to be a studio executive and is a proud member of the Producers Guild of America. .
Diane Franklin
Diane Franklin is an iconic 80s American film actress, known for her dark curly hair, and dialects. Beginning her acting career at the age of ten, Diane started with modeling, theater, commercials, and soap opera work. She then won the lead role of the dream girl, Karen, in cult classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982) and soon after played the daughter, Patricia Montelli in AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION. Her break-out film role was the spirited French-exchange student, Monique Junot, from the off-beat comedy BETTER OFF DEAD. And her most notable commercial success was playing the medieval Princess-babe, Joanna, from 1980s iconic comedy, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE.
Diane sang the NATIONAL ANTHEM at Dodger Stadium in 2004, and wrote two autobiographies about her career: Diane Franklin: The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Kindle), and Diane Franklin: The Excellent CURLS of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Barnes&Noble) Her other acting credits include episodic television, such as Charles in Charge, Murder She Wrote, Matlock and Dallas : The Early Years. She also re-curred in televisions series, and movies made for television, such as SummerGirl and Deadly Lessons.
Over the years Diane has also performed in her daughter/filmmaker, OLIVIA DELAURENTIS' award winning comedies: HUMANIZED (L.A. Film Festival,) MY BETTER HALF (Soho Film Festival,) and more recently a comedy web-series on YouTube titled SUGARBABIES (Barely Legal Comedy). Diane returns to acting, on the big screen, in 2018 with the following films: WALLY GOT WASTED, WAKING NIGHTMARE, THE FINAL INTERVIEW and THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS: THE HAUNTING ON LONG ISLAND.
Dilynn Fawn
Dilynn Fawn Harvey is an actress, director, and writer. She is known for her roles in "Bonehill Road" (2017), "Dreaming Purple Neon" (2016), and "Clownado" (2019).
She is also credited with appearances in "Abaddon" (2016), "Bambi Fawn Taylor" (2019), and "Zombie Ho". She has been married to Jeff Har since October 18, 1997, and they have two children.
Gary Piland
Gary Piland's the kid the other kids' parents wouldn't let play with them - too much imagination, zero common sense.
In 2010, Gary founded Roaring Rat Films, his indie horror film company based in Topeka, Kansas. (Yes, *that* Topeka, Kansas.) With the able assistance of the incredible actors, musicians and production talent right here in the Midwest - he has written, directed, shot, edited and produced six movies so far.
Three zombie-comedy shorts: 2010 - "Zombie Laundry" The original Roaring Rat Films zombie comedy short. 2012 - "Zombie Chigger" A walk in the woods goes horribly wrong. 2014 - "Zombie Tattoo Parlor" Love never dies.
And three feature-length zombie-thrillers: 2016 - "Zombie Beauty Pageant - Drop. Dead. Gorgeous." 2017 - "Zombie, Kansas - Death in the heartland." 2021 - "Blackstone - Hand of God."
All three of his feature length movies are available to stream on Amazon.
Gary's mission? Make cult-classic feature-length horror movies. Oh, and get the other kids to come out and play.
Jenn Nangle
Born and raised on Boston's North Shore, Jennifer jumped onto the stage at age 10 and never left. She earned her B.F.A. in Theatre Studies from Niagara University in Lewiston, NY performing in many main-stage productions. During her summers home she helped create Danvers Youth Theatre and starred in productions with all proceeds going to local charities such as H.A.W.K. and Hospice.
After realizing that chisling out her car every morning from ice and snow was getting way too chilly, Jennifer left the ice scraper behind for sunny Los Angeles, California! She enrolled at the Laura Henry Acting Studio in Santa Monica and dedicated two years to studying the Meisner, Linklater, and Alexander techniques.
Since then she has acted and produced many different film, web, and stage productions.
Julie Ann Prescott
Julie Anne was born and raised in the St. Petersburg, Florida area. She was inspired to pursue a career in the entertainment business at an early age. Her mother was a stay at home mom, and children's book / screenplay writer, who encouraged Julie to write and perform throughout her childhood and early teens.
By the age of 20, Julie Anne had established herself as a spokesmodel (working with companies such as Troma Studios and Sony PlayStation), as well as a widely published alternative model appearing in such nationally distributed publications as Gothic Beauty Magazine.
Soon after, she began performing small variety shows, as a way to have more action in her art. But stage performance was not enough for Julie Anne, she wanted to go even further and pursue full creative expression as an actress.
Since accepting her first role, Julie Anne has been working non stop, both in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes. Presently she has an impressive film resume, ranging from feature length films, award winning shorts, to nationally televised programs.
As far as future goals, she is actively pursuing projects that will allow her to grow and strengthen her skills, and expand her resume into yet uncharted territory. With a strong work ethic, unlimited energy, and unequalled passion for the business, she is poised and determined to conquer her vision as well as simply enjoying the lifelong journey.
Kristen Vaganos
Kristen Vaganos is an actor, writer, and producer from Philadelphia. She earned her BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Kristen is most widely known for starring in the 2021 Independent Feature, OBSESSED WITH THE BABYSITTER, recurring in the Amazon Prime series, BULGE BRACKET; in WongFu's rom-com series DATING AFTER COLLEGE, and as the titular 'Lisa' in the feature film, I AM LISA, a revenge thriller which had its world premiere at the UK's 2020 FrightFest, and for which a sequel is in development.
She is also a performer on a house improvisation team at the renown Upright Citizens Brigade.
Sanae Loutsis
Sanae Loutsis started acting and modeling when she was 4 years old. At age 6 she did her first film Next (2015) where she played herself (an aspiring actress trying to get to LA).
Since then she has been in miscellaneous print adds, commercials, music videos and an episode on Discovery ID - Evil in Law (2013). Sanae was cast as Isabella in the Feature Film The Black String (2018) Staring Frankie Muniz that opened at the 2018 Austin Film Festival. Sanae was cast as Nina (lead) in a new Horror Feature Film Beloved Beast (2018) Staring Sanae Loutsis that opened in October of 2018. Her latest Feature Film The Parish (2019) where she plays one of the leads, Audrey Charles, starring Angela DiMarco and Bill Oberst Jr. will be coming out in late 2020. Sanae was cast as Ashley Jarvis (lead) in the film Friday the 13th: Vengeance (2019) also staring Steve Dash and C.J. Graham that was released in 2019.
In 2021 Sanae was cast as Rose (lead) in the Friday The 13 Film, Rose Blood that will be Premiered October 1st and that same year she was cast to reprise her role as Ashley Jarvis (lead) in Vengeance 2 Bloodlines opening late 2021. Sanae has been in several films since then. She was recently cast as Snow White (lead) in The Death of Snow White that will Premier in March of 2025. When not working,
Sanae enjoys school, hanging out with her friends and especially playing with her dog Diamond. By: Shawn Loutsis
Victoria Price
Victoria Price is an author, inspirational speaker, and the daughter of actor Vincent Price. She is known for her memoir, The Way of Being Lost: A Road Map to Your Truest Self, and for writing a biography of her father, Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. She also has a background in journalism, having worked as a news anchor and reporter for various stations.
She has taught at various institutions, including the University of New Mexico and the Philos School in Santa Fe, and has been involved in the Vincent Price Art Museum. She also appeared in Edward Scissorhands, her father's last feature film.
She speaks on topics including art, design, spirituality, wellness, and her father's life.
