The Cast

The Filmmakers

Director

Jonathan Walter

Jonathan Walter, a talented filmmaker, began his journey in 1994 at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, where he honed his skills in film and video production. In 2002, he made his directorial debut with the feature film "Love & Fate." Jonathan later collaborated with the legendary horror filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis, co-writing two screenplays in 2005. Following his passion for music, Jonathan ventured into composing soundtracks for various films, including "Christmas Cupids Arrow" (2018) and "A New Lease on Christmas" (2021) for Ion Networks, the horror adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" for Grindstone Entertainment/Lionsgate in 2024. As well as the music for Bring Her to Me, Quadrant, Death Streamer, Cutter's Club, Dungeons of Ecstasy, Prompt, The Grim Rapper and Robotica for Charles Band's Full Moon.

Screenwriter

Sean-Michael Argo

Sean-Michael Argo is a storyteller and filmmaker from rural Arkansas and is happy to work in the same sorts of worlds where he likes to play, so his expanding body of books and films is a testament to his love of space marines, zombies, gritty dark fantasy, epic tales of swords & sorcery, and the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Recent film credits include adapting the Crackle Original series “Salvage Marines” from his bestselling novel series Necrospace, as well as writing the screenplays for “Jeepers Creepers: Reborn” and “Black Noise”.

Cinematographer

Leigh Scott

Leigh Scott managed operations at The Asylum in Los Angeles from 2005 through 2007 Mr. Scott, propelling the small indie studio from obscurity to international prominence. Today, The Asylum is one of the world's most prolific and prominent indie studios, recently referenced by CNN Money as “the movie studio that never loses money”. In 2008, he moved his team and operations to Lafayette, Louisiana with producer Ken Badish to create Bullet Films. After one year, Bullet Films had already turned a profit and established itself as a strong service and content provider in the industry. Under Mr. Scott’s supervision, Bullet Films produced and developed ten feature films that all saw major domestic and international distribution. In 2009, he financed, produced, and directed the epic “The Witches of Oz” a global hit, mini-series. Following the success of that production, he quickly moved into producing higher-budget content for Anchor Bay Entertainment, featuring talents like James Woods, Forrest Whitaker, Stephen Dorff, and Steven Lange. He then worked for MSR Entertainment and produced several films for them including, The Island, Black Noise, and Strickly Confidential featuring talents like Michael Jai White, Jackson Rathbone, and Elizabeth Hur-ley. He just finished directing a horror film, “The Little Mermaid” based on the fairy tale, for Grindstone Entertainment and Lionsgate.

Producer

Joe Carleton

Joe Carleton grew up and found his love for filmmaking in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Louisiana State University in 2019, and has been working across the United States for BBC, Amazon Prime, and ITV, as well as many regional theatres, and his indie company, Unoriginal Films. Joe holds an Enrolled Agent license with the IRS and helps companies and individuals both in and out of the film industry manage their finances and navigate tax law. As an actor/producer, Joe strives to find efficiency and FUN in every project. Check out Unoriginal Film’s debut feature, Beware the Box Folk - coming soon. @_JLCARL