JEANNE TAYLOR, Screenwriter, Producer
I’ve always been afraid to watch scary movies - my imagination tends to get the best of me.
But then I met Thom Floutz, award winning special effects make-up artist, and everything changed. Thom would explain, “The blood is really corn syrup with red food coloring” or “That’s a puppet and there’s a guy off screen with a toggle making him move,” turning something scary into something really cool and creative.
I’ve spent years writing comedy, and Thom’s spent just as long making monsters and scaring the pants off people with his special effects. It just seemed right to finally do something together that let us both have a blast. That’s how the idea for a horror comedy screenplay came about—a perfect excuse to mix what we both love and just have some fun.
And honestly, being married to Thom for thirty years means we bring a pretty cool energy and a lot of shared history to the projects we cook up together.
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But then I met Thom Floutz, award winning special effects make-up artist, and everything changed. Thom would explain, “The blood is really corn syrup with red food coloring” or “That’s a puppet and there’s a guy off screen with a toggle making him move,” turning something scary into something really cool and creative.
I’ve spent years writing comedy, and Thom’s spent just as long making monsters and scaring the pants off people with his special effects. It just seemed right to finally do something together that let us both have a blast. That’s how the idea for a horror comedy screenplay came about—a perfect excuse to mix what we both love and just have some fun.
And honestly, being married to Thom for thirty years means we bring a pretty cool energy and a lot of shared history to the projects we cook up together.
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THOM FLOUTZ, Executive Producer, Special Make-up Effects
Special EFX Make-up design and application. It all started with monster movies as a kid. Since then Thom Floutz has been able to turn his passion into a career and has worked as a special make-up effects artist for the past 30 years. He's been nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Hellboy 2 and received an Emmy award for his work on Six Feet Under. He’s received 9 Emmy nominations including The Pitt in 2025. Recently, his work can be seen on One Battle After Another’s Perfidia, Night Bitch’s Mother, Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jim Baker, Impeachment’s Bill Clinton, Westworld, American Horror Story and Se7en. Aside from that, he feels very lucky to be able to make a living doing something that he loves. And he's very excited to be a part of this project.
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ELIZABETH ARENDS, Director of Sizzle Reel, Producer
Elizabeth Arends has been directing and choreographing for many years.
She landed her first acting job at the age of 19yrs at 'Warwick Castle' (Ghosts Alive) in a Ghost tower in the Middle of England. She then worked with 'Sudden Impact' Entertainment group. A Global Horror Company, where she directed and managed a Horror (Scream Park) show in Malaysia. She taught Actors the 'Art' of Scare acting.
Elizabeth recently directed the Feature 'Longtails' her first Thriller with horror elements, which was sold for World Wide distribution earlier this year.
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