Simon Burzynski

Simon says that he became interested in acting for the sole purpose of creating and re-creating personas. "Ever since I can remember, especially when I was growing up, certain artists in the mediums of film, TV and Theater would leave permanent marks in my imagination, which not only offered me an escape from my every day life, but also gave me tools to discover myself as a person." More

Annmarie Lynn Gracey

Starting out her career in beauty pageants and modelling gigs, Annmarie has never had a problem turning heads. It's therefore apropos that in her first horror film, Witch’s Sabbath, she managed to lose her own. More

Jed Rowen

Jed Rowen is ecstatic to return as an official guest of the Starfest Convention for the second year in a row. In last year’s Horrorfest, Jed was showcased in the crowd-favorite feature Zombie Farm.  This year, Jed is proud to be starring in the 2008 Horrorfest World Premiere Screening of Attitude for Destruction. More

Scarlet Salem

Independent actress / model Scarlet Salem is an artist who has many original and colorful facets expressed in her versatile field of work. First and foremost, her enthusiasm and passion for the Horror Movie genre is portrayed with any role she is given. Miss Scarlet is the star of You're Next 3: Pajama Party Massacre.More

Colby Veil

Colby Veil has spent the last 10 years in Hollywood making a name as one of the most talented vocalists around. Having spent much of his life training to be a lead vocalist, he never set aside his beliefs or values and kept Rock 'n' Roll alive. More

Ford Austin

Ford has been a professional award-winning actor/director/writer/producer for 15 years. He is a direct descendent of Stephen F. Austin and was raised in Texas and Oklahoma.  Since making his transition from performing on the New York stage, Ford has been working behind the camera on movies and TV for 10 years in Los Angeles. More

Lance Hendrickson

Lance currently lives in St. Paul, MN. He has worked with Ben and Mike for the last few years on short films. When the idea came up to shoot a feature film, Ben struck on the idea for Summer School and Lance was on board. He is currently in the midst of producing Random Creatureface Films' next feature. Besides producing and having a supporting actor role, he wrote and directed the Cult sequence of the film Summer School.

Marc Lougee

Marc Lougee has over 20 years of experience directing and supervising animated television series and commercials, including MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, Ace Lightning, and Sid and Marty Krofft’s Land of the Lost. Marc is coming to Horrorfest to show his award-winning stop-motion short The Pit and The Pendulum, executive produced by the legendary animation and visual effects pioneer, Ray Harryhausen. More

Troy McCall

Troy was born and raised in Sartell, MN. He is currently in his senior year at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. For years, Troy has had a passion for cinematography and has been an acting Director of Photography for several student and independent films. Besides being the DP and having an acting role, he directed the Nazi sequence of the film Summer School.

Mike P. Nelson

Mike grew up in Maple Grove, MN. He studied film at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and made his love of movies and monsters his life's work. His recent work includes the award-winning film, The G.I., amongst other short films. He is currently co-writing and plans to direct Random Creatureface Films' next feature. In addition to being the Director of Photography, Sound Designer, and the monster, he wrote and directed the Hillbilly sequence of the film Summer School.

Richard Taylor

Richard is from Denver, Colorado and works generously for Troma Entertainment. Recently just got off the film Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead! doing the Blood FX on the film. He also has a small acting part. Richard is currently making Horror/Comedy films here in Denver with his productions company BIZJACK FLEMCO and is promoting his new film The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy.

Ben Trandem

Ben was born and raised in Minnesota. He hooked up with an old friend, Lance Hendrickson, and college film buddy, Mike Nelson, and together they began making short films together, including The G.I., Necrotize, and Lucky. Ben graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in the Animation program. He then formed Random Creatureface Films with Mike and Lance. Besides writing the script and working as lead Special Effects artist, Ben directed the Vampire and Slasher sequences of the film Summer School.

Mario Acevedo

After Mario bought his first computer, he decided to write a novel. Four computers and with six unpublished manuscripts later, he finally wrote a story good enough to get the interest of an agent and a publisher.