An actor from Harrogate is to make his debut in a horror film produced by a local independent filmmaker.
Damien S Fear starred in Joe Cash’s horror-comedy Calling Nurse Meow, a follow-up to his 2021 film Carnal Monsters.
The film will premiere at the Dead Northern horror film festival in York on September 24.
The film is an anthology based around one of the main characters from the first film, who Mr Cash said proved popular with the film’s audience.
One of the film’s shorts was filmed in Harrogate. Initially intended as a test run, it was included after the filmmakers thought that the filming process had gone well.
In total, filming took over four months – longer than normal for an independent film. Scenes were also shot in Nottinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
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Mr Cash, who is also from Harrogate, previously made props for Fantastic Beasts and played a stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode VII.
He believed making the film as an anthology had been a different experience to a regular film. He said:
“There’s so many more cogs and people involved with an anthology. There’s a lot more creativity in there… It’s been a lot of fun but it’s been a lot of work.”
A TV series based around the film’s characters in also set to be produced and released in 2024.
Damien S Fear made his acting debut in Joe Cash’s anthology film (photo: Joe Cash)
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The Dead Northern festival started out as the Harrogate Horror Film Festival in 2019.
This year, it is showing a mix of classic horror films as well as independent films made by local and international producers.
A live séance will also feature as part of the event, which is running between September 23 and 25 at York’s City Screen Picturehouse.