First Saturday open studio · 1–4 PM · Gulfport, FL
Indie horror · psychological thrillers · dark comedy · since the late 1990s
Beyond my work as a visual artist, musician, and performer, I’ve also spent years exploring the wonderfully strange world of independent filmmaking.
My acting experience spans horror, psychological thrillers, dark comedies, experimental films, and surreal fantasy. Beginning in the late 1990s, I became involved in underground and independent film productions, often gravitating toward unconventional characters, bizarre storylines, and projects that pushed creative boundaries.
My love for acting comes from the same place as my music and artwork: a fascination with the unusual, the unsettling, the theatrical, and the beautifully bizarre. Whether I’m creating a character, performing onstage, or stepping in front of a camera, I’ve never been particularly interested in being ordinary.
Robert Englund · Bill Moseley · Tom Towles
Lloyd Kaufman · Tom Savini · Director Adam Wingard
Role: Eliza (credited as X-Zanthia). Written & directed by Mike Bradecich & John LaFlamboy; filmed Chicago 2009.
Two brothers inherit a rundown apartment building with a flesh-eating creature lurking in the basement.
Cast: Robert Englund, Tim Kazurinsky, David Pasquesi, Dana DeLorenzo, T.J. Jagodowski.
Role: XZanthia (credited as X-Zanthia). By Brian Dodd.
The disturbing history of Straight, Incorporated, a youth drug rehab program (1976–1993) founded in St. Petersburg, FL.
Cast: Brian Dodd, Kibwe Dorsey, Shawn Genther, Bjorn Jiskoot Jr.
By John Hartman; 1h34m.
A toymaker’s creations rebel and escape into the real world through a surreal dimension.
Cast: John Hartman, Ben Kronberg, Randall Bellows, Ashley Satterfield.
Tidbit: stop-motion, mostly B&W, $12,000 budget.
Role: Call Girl #1 (credited as X-Zanthia). Director Adam Wingard; Writer E.L. Katz; filmed 2002 in Bessemer, Alabama.
A blood-soaked independent horror film about a mysterious stranger carrying a suitcase full of razor blades who unleashes a supernatural killer upon a group of friends.
Cast: Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses), Tom Towles (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Night of the Living Dead 1990), Tiffany Shepis (Tromeo and Juliet, Victor Crowley).
Tidbits: Wingard later directed Blair Witch, Death Note, You’re Next, The Guest, Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong; E.L. Katz later directed Cheap Thrills; premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival 2007.
By John Hartman; 5 min.
A teenager named Count Gothula is trapped in a dream world where his worst nightmare is a world filled with haunting happiness.
Cast: John Hartman, Jeremy Osborne, Regan Shock.
By Timothy Mather; 24 min.
A young man whose girlfriend becomes a hideous, possessed zombie faces a relationship nightmare, armed with a silver cross and a fear of commitment.
Cast: Lloyd Kaufman (Troma co-founder, creator of The Toxic Avenger), Dave Aquino, Culture Gorman.
Tidbit: Troma helped launch James Gunn.
By Craig Kovach; 2h06m; set in Tampa, FL.
Ancient Native American artifacts are found during construction of a downtown Tampa high-rise; when archaeologist Mallory Page tries to preserve the site, supernatural forces emerge.
Cast: Tom Savini (Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead, From Dusk till Dawn), Katharine Kissingford, John Frans, Joe Davison.
Director Vito Trabucco; Writers Joe & Vito Trabucco; 10 min.
Three veteran security enforcers whose questionable activities take a dangerous turn when the son of one of the men joins their ranks; explores loyalty, corruption and family ties.
Cast: Mark Terry, Joe Makowski, Bobby Lee Black.
Tidbit: Trabucco later directed Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012) with Reggie Bannister and Tim Sullivan.
Director Stephen Sanacore; Writer Justin Routt; 30 min.
Three couples (one middle-aged, two college-age) navigate relationship struggles, a midlife crisis, and an unusual test involving a puppy.
Cast: Jordan Rosner, Jeannie Garcia, Victoria Mallow.
Role: Psycho Shed Girl (credited as X-Zanthia). Written & directed by Richard R. Anasky; filmed from about 1998 in Spring Hill, Tampa & Port Richey, Florida; unreleased / listed as 2008.
Unreleased · release not verified
A psychedelic underground horror film exploring murder, madness, revenge and psychological terror; one of my earliest acting projects and the start of my serious involvement in independent filmmaking.
Cast: Hans Hernke, Sabrina Leigh, Gabrielle Lomerson, Greg G. Freeman, Joel D. Wynkoop.
Tidbits: filming stretched over five years; inspired by the British metal band Witchfinder General; official soundtrack released 2001 on Meteor City Records; a completed public release has not been verified.