An evening of celebration for the contributions of local female horror creators! This Just-Us-Girls event includes an intimate group discussion around the female perspective on and relationship with horror.
In an "around the campfire" setting with spooky ambience, we will discuss women and their work and perspective in the genre with local horror artists sharing their creations and promoting discussion together.
This is exclusively for women and folks who identify or were socialized as female to share their perspectives and enjoyment of the horror genre. Fun, honest, intimate, empowering.
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Missy is a life-long creative with a master's degree in Creativity Studies and a proclivity for marrying the terrifying with the beautiful.
During her time as a visual artist, writer, filmmaker, actor, teacher, and photographer, she has honed her own practice into a science.
Missy is the founder of Mouse House Productions and currently focused on her roles as writer, director, and producer of films about people who are ready to step off the ledge.
She loves to cultivate strong communities of humans who happen to be artists, build things from the ground up, watch stories burst into life, and spend time cohorting with nature.
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Jennifer Trudrung loves all things horror.
She’s appeared in The Vampire Diaries and Halloween Kills and written the short films Hickory Dickory Dock, Unbearing, and the award winning Here There Be Tygers based on the Stephen King story.
Jennifer is currently in post-production on her first feature film The Virgins.
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Laura Cuellar is a producer, writer, and actor based in Asheville, North Carolina whose main focus is on work in the horror space.
After attending Spartanburg Methodist College, Laura went on to work on various documentaries for the History Channel. She also trained with Kevin Patrick Murphy at The Actor’s Center of Asheville.
She produced/wrote/and acted in the award-winning film Crispy. Notable festival wins came from Dark Red Horror Festival and CatFly Festival. The film is currently available on Amazon Prime.
Her sophomore film Opprobrium was a festival darling and took home awards from the Valkyrie International Film Festival and Southern Gothic Film Festival. Her latest film Outbound was a festival hit, receiving 9 laurels, including internationally and winning 2 awards.
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Meagan Lucas is the author of the Anthony-nominated short story collection Here in the Dark and the award-winning novel, Songbirds and Stray Dogs.
Her short fiction has been named to The Best American Mystery and Suspense Distinguished list in 2023 and 2024, and her story “They Light Themselves on Fire” will be included in the 2025 edition.
Meagan teaches in the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA, is the editor-in-chief of Reckon Review, studies law at the University of Dayton, and lives in Flat Rock.
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Burlesque performer turned femme fatale frontwoman, Adrianne Blanks, leads a band of wickedly versatile musicians in conjuring a sound they call, cocktail noir.
It’s a genre-bending cocktail that slips between velvet decadence and kitschy camp, as likely to soundtrack a smoky slow dance as it is a half-lit midnight séance.
Pulling from the saturated palette of Jacques Demy and the cinematic cool of the 1960s, the group stitches together jazz and swing with a pulp sensibility.Blanks’ speakeasy storytelling doesn’t just entertain, it populates a lurid underworld where vampires flirt at the bar, witches cast spells in satin gloves, metropolitan murderesses prowl the night, and surf-rock sea monsters thrash beneath the tide.
The band’s sound oscillates between Bond-theme grandeur and the jagged reverb of vintage guitar noir.
Their debut vinyl release, Tales of Mystery & Suspense, Unknown Terrors, and Gothic Romance, is the kind of record that blurs the line between high drama and playful pastiche, a soundtrack for anyone who prefers their jazz haunted, their swing a little dangerous, and their dance floor lit by candlelight.Sign up for the newsletter to get notified about new music releases, live shows, and any other wyrdly wonderful happenings: http://eepurl.com/hIfn3D
