What drew a secondary school teacher and a former tax adviser into the world of low-budget horror?
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The BBC meets her at a studio in south Essex, an area fast becoming a Hollywood of horror, where she is reshooting a scene with TIS Films.It was with TIS films, and its director Alex Churchyard, that Gustard, got her first big break with"This is kind of like my midlife crisis," she says. "I gave up my tax work about six years ago, retrained and I am now a full time actor."
Market studies show the horror genre is becoming increasingly popular with younger audiences, particularly in the US, whereThe independent horror scene depends on a mix of DVD, screenings at key festivals such as FrightFest and Horror on Sea and, increasingly, online streaming. By day Mr Lall works as a business studies teacher at a local secondary school. By night he is the producer ofBy day a school teacher, at weekends Singh Lall is a horror producer
"Everybody helps each other; it is just how it is. Doing stuff like this is great, though I don't usually wear a dress.""And it is a lot of fun," says film historian Barnett, who moved to the UK from North Carolina 13 years ago.The Witches of the Sands"Acting is an accidental part of the journey.
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