Queens Of Scream: The New Blood (3) Thank you for taking the time to talk with me and I invite your readers to stop by my website or visit me on MySpace to see what I have coming up! Without all of your love and support, I wouldn't be able to do what I love. Thank you so much! :) No problemo, babe! *** Filmography: Actress: In Production 2000s Blood De Madam: The Fallen Ones (2009) (V) (pre-production) .... Sheriff Boyds Albino Farm (2009) (post-production) .... Pig Bitch In a Spiral State (2009) (post-production) .... Marlena What a Great Idea (2009) (post-production) (as Bianca Abel) .... Kat The Fear Chamber (2008) (completed) (as Bianca Evans) .... Ghost Woman Monster Mountain (2008) (V) (as Bianca Abel) .... Allison Craig (2008) (as Bianca Abel) .... Dreamgirl ... aka Craig: The Movie (USA: informal title) The Devil's Muse (2007) (as Bianca Abel) .... Rose/Corpse Canes (2006) (uncredited) .... Tree Demon ... aka The Covenant: Brotherhood of Evil (USA: DVD title) NVF Magazine interview with Nicole Kruex Greetings, Nicole. How are you on this fine Saturday morning? Amazing! I�ve been so blessed with every opportunity I�ve been presented with� from the small cameo appearances to the full contracted lead roles I both appreciate and thank every director, producer, actor, teacher and writer I�ve had the opportunity to work with!! Tell me about your film Why Am I In A Box? It sounds sort of Poe-ish {Premature Burial}. I actually don�t know anything about it, expect I don�t think is was horror? It was my first cameo appearance, the actor I was working with that day was a lot of fun to work with though!! Instead, let�s talk about Terror Overload!! Aside from the Coen Brothers A Serious Man film.. Terror Overload was the best set I�ve had the privilege to work on so far!! Jason and Joe had me in stitches the entire shoot� and with co-stars like Marv Blauvelt and Chase Ambrose I loved every minute of filming! Terror Overload is a three part picture with a forth part wrap around story that ties the entire film together, lead by Hitchhiker �Debbie� and Joe Netter as the Truckdriver.. it is one sick surprise after another!! A must see� When did you first decide to become an actress? Any favorite actresses? I�ve been in the business of entertainment since elementary school, my first play was called Hollywood Hotel where I was honored to play the iconic part of a female Dracula� after that I did commercial work for Comcast, seven years of competition dance, worked as a stage hand during high school, and dabbled in the music industry. I was never out to be �an actress�� it�s not a vanity, or an attention quest for me, I just love to entertain. As for favorite actresses, my answer may surprise you. I am inspired by women who have risen above the bare minimum the women who really work for and at their craft vs. relying on nudity or pretty faces. Classic and classy women like Audrey Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kate Beckinsale; rising stars like Zooey Deschanel, Eliza Dushku or Shawnee Smith; and the real scream queens like Brink Stevens, Debbie Rochon, and Tiffany Shepis. It never ceases to amaze me what long and impressive resumes are submitted to me by women that a lot of men would consider as nothing but ''big-boobed bimbos'' with the IQ of a gnat. I think it is really funny how women like you show them the other side of your persona, rub it in their faces. I bet you enjoy it, too, huh? Ha� that�s funny, I�ve actually lost roles BECAUSE I don�t fit that �blonde big-boobed bimbo� role. I enjoy that I can portray the strong side of female sensuality without sacrificing my integrity!! I�m not much of a femi-Nazi man hater, I actually don�t think men really do think of us (Scream Queens) that way unless we openly project that trait. Look at Jamie Curtis?! Anyone who labeled her a �bimbo� needs help!! The funny thing is though, it�s the bimbos that are forgotten after their looks fade and their boobies drop� and the women who focus on strong acting skill and well picked roles who live on in history. {insert photo here} What would you say is the hardest part of becoming a professional actress? I am sure it is an exciting life, but it has to have unpleasant aspects as well. The networking, the scheduling, the classes, the commitments, and the auditions. I get invitations to events daily, requests for interviews, autographs, to read scripts and attend auditions� I also have acting training, film school (I�m earning a bachelors degree), and run a production company where I have daily interactions with talent, investors, lawyers, recording companies, composers, and talent managers. Don�t get me wrong, I love every minute of it� but the work is exhausting. There is never enough time in a day. You seem to be a very versatile actress. How do you manage to keep each role fresh? Training� Training� Training. I like to research a person I think best fits the character I�m portraying� mimic their movements and make their personality my own. Using the teachings of Method and Meisner to naturally react but which character. I like dark characters� antagonists� or strong female presences. If you could trade places with one of your favorite scream queens for a day, who would it be? I wouldn�t. I don�t really envy the careers of any of the women who inspire me. I�m here to crave my own niche. BUT I would love to work with Debbie Rochon, she is so nice!! Everytime I�ve had the opportunity to talk with her she�s been nothing but amazing�so to do a movie with her would be an honor. I wish she could have been in this book. Oh well. What's on the horizon for Nicole? Oh gosh, I�m beginning to lose count! I have five films I�m either contracted out to or am reading for 2009. I will be playing the lead huntress Quintana in the new Stonebell Creations film Zen: Hunter, I�m reading scripts for Hayride, Whitey and Fun Park, I�m signed on for supporting roles in Mr. Jones� film Hunger and the Fear the Dead Feature, I have a film of my own to direct and I will be making television appearances as a full team member in what is slated to be a national network show Dead Reckoning (sorry can�t mention which network yet), and a comedy episodic titled Placebo Effect where I�m contacted out as a reoccurring character. Any last words before you bid us farewell? James Duval (Donnie Darko) once told me, �Don�t get discouraged Nicole, for every 500 auditions I�ve only landed 10 roles� just keep at it.� So�For all the girls who travel this road� Work hard, love yourself, never sacrifice your morality, be strong� and over all HAVE FUN. It�s a difficult road, never expect more then you�re willing to give!! There are 100 girls who look just as good as you in mascara, so above all else be humble, honest, and grateful. You will succeed if you are meant to. And for you� Thank you so much for this opportunity!! I am truly honored (blushing even), I�m not sure I deserve such an opportunity but I embrace the gift and will always appreciate this. Thank you David. Anytime, babe, anytime� ~***~ Film Lust Lead - Nicole Blood Planet Lead - the Savior Changing Channels: The Zombie Apocolypse - Young and the Lifeless & American Idol Lead - Dorothy After Lead - Mary Hit Chicks Lead - Kylie Niobe Lead - Ana Terror Overload: Lot Lizard Lead - Aja Erin and the Gun Lead - Erin Fiend in the Family Co-star - Alice Trinty Co-Star - Lacey Confirmation of Brother Eli Co-Star - Inspector Erin Holbrook Flush Co-Star - Holly The Pact: Hob's Horn Co-Star - The Devil: Hob Hunger Co-Star - Ami The City Supporting - Heroine Chic Boss Violet Supporting - Lizzie Lesser Known Characters Supporting - Stacey Speed Dating Featured Why am I in a Box Featured Spooner Sisters Featured Crime of the Century Featured Street Hassle Featured A Broken Family Featured Into Tempation Featured A Serious Man Featured Television Placebo Effect Series Pilot Co-Star - Senior Technician Nicole Ghostbustin 911 - Ghost Girl Trailer Co-star The Real America Lead/Co-star/supporting in Random Skits Commercials Shop NBC Christmas 2008 Promo Commercial Lead Tide To Go Pen Co-star Detroit Pistons 2008-2009 Commercial Featured Theater A Simple Act of Generosity Lead - Layla A Dreary Monday Kathren NVF Magazine interview with Rachel Grubb Hello, Rachel. How are you today? Good, I hope. I'm fantastic! Thanks for asking. First of all, your film, "Why Am I In a Box?" Has such a diverse title. I just have to know what the plot is behind that one. Pray, tell? I play the protagonist, Ellen Farnsby. She went to school to be a writer, but she never really became one. She has a crush on this younger guy, Jeremy, who just got out of art school, and really wants to pursue a creative outlet, but he's really wishy-washy and can't follow through with anything. So they kind of talk to each other about the art they'd like to create, but never follow through. My character gets kidnapped by Paige, played by Brooke Lemke. Brooke and I run Silent-But-Deadly Productions together. Her character, Paige has a lot of drive to be a writer and has written several novels, only they all suck. She has no talent. She's the opposite of Ellen, who has talent, but never does anything with it. So Paige kidnaps Ellen and locks her in a big, white room and tells her she must either write a great novel or die. That aspect is a little like "Saw," only instead of crawling through razor wire, the victim has to write a novel, which can be just as torturous. "Why Am I In A Box?" is a dark comedy. {insert photo here} What was it that first drew you into the acting profession? Any favorite actresses or actors? I am a huge fan of Malcom McDowell and I used to watch "A Clockwork Orange" every night before I went to bed. It was around that time that I became more serious about film and decided it was what I wanted to do. I thought I would be a screenwriter. I went to school to be a writer and since I was very young, I wanted to write books. Then when I discovered I loved film more than literature, I started writing screenplays. I wrote a few shorts for school and began work on my first feature-length script when I graduated from college. It won the Best Breakthrough Screenplay award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. I decided that if it ever got made, I wanted to be in it. I had been in a couple plays as a child, but I didn't really have any acting experience. I'm not sure why I was drawn to acting in my film. I suppose I just thought it would be fun. So I started taking acting classes. Unexpectedly, I became very good at acting and enjoyed it more than writing. So, now I am an actress who also writes. I have always loved independent film and apparently you do, too. Have you ever been in a big-budget production? And if so, is there a big difference? The biggest-budgeted film I've ever worked on is "13 Hours In A Warehouse," which is still pretty small by Hollywood standards. So, I guess the answer is, "No, I have never worked on a bigger-budget production." That's not to say I never would. But for the most part, I do like working in indie film. I love the process of working with a small group of people with an idea they believe in. I also love watching independent films, because I love to see filmmakers who do the best they can with what they have. Okay, now for a question I don�t ask very often, so you will have the extreme honor of being my first victim today: What would you say, in your personal opinion, is the exact definition of a ��scream queen��? That's a great question, because I think the definition has changed over the years. Back in the '80s, I think people thought of scream queens as women who screamed loudly and often, specifically in slasher movies. Then the definition progressed to include women who were known for acting primarily in horror films. Today, I think it's something different. I've recently become a staff writer for The Chainsaw Mafia, which was founded by Shannon Lark. The Chainsaw Mafia believes that the term, "scream queen" can be used to describe women who work in all aspects of production in horror films. Scream queens can act, write, direct and produce their own horror movies. Scream queens are talented and have a true love for horror. Who would you say is your favorite scream queen? Come to think of it, I don�t think it�s fair that there aren�t any ��scream kings��. I have heard guys in horror movies scream in terror more than the ladies. Really macho guys. Actually, HorrorMovieFans.com Indie Radio has a photo album on their Myspace page dedicated to guys they consider "scream kings". Marv Blauvent, my costar from the "Lot Lizard" segment of "Terror Overload," is one of them. But in answer to your question, my favorite scream queen is Debbie Rochon. She has always been the one whose career I've wanted to emulate. She's such a talented actress, she plays lots of interesting roles and she's appreciated and respected by true horror fans. Has the thought ever crossed your mind that the ladies of horror don�t always get the recognition they deserve? It has for me. That�s one reason I wanted to do this book. I think it has been far too long and in between that the ladies of horror got their place in the spotlight. I mean, there are some great actresses out there in big-budget films, but there are in low-budget films, too. But you never hear their names on TV or see them on the cover of People Magazine, do you? Actually, that's one of the things I love about being a scream queen. The fans appreciate what I do, but I don't have to be in the tabloids. I love being an actress, but I don't love the idea of being photographed by strangers everywhere I go or having my outfit critiqued in national magazines. I have a whole collection of Halloween costumes I wear on regular days just for fun and I know I would make the "worst dressed" section every week. Every director I have worked with has been very appreciative of me and said complimentary things about my performance. I feel that I get the recognition I deserve from the true fans and people who appreciate scream queens. Having said that, I do want people to know that scream queens are talented and deserve respect. I think the stereotype of a scream queen is a cute girl who gets naked in a horror movie because that's the only way she can get cast in anything. There are certainly some girls like that in low-budget productions, but there are bad actresses in Hollywood films, too. I wish the mainstream would acknowledge that some of us do this because we love horror and we love the independent film community. What would you think if I began posting a scream-queen-of-the-month in all the online and print issues of my magazine? I think it would be neat. I think that's a great idea. I love anything that celebrates scream queens and recognizes their true talents. Will do! Getting a little off track here, what would you say your favorite scary move is? Or book, for that matter? Gosh, there are so many that I love! I can narrow it down to a few. I love "The Ring". I am a fan of the Japanese original, but I like the US remake more. I like it because Samara in "The Ring" is much younger than Sadako in "Ringu". I like a good malevolent child in a horror film. Another one of my favorites is "Deep Red" by Dario Argento. I love almost every single film Argento has made, but "Deep Red" occupies a special place in my heart. The first time I ever heard of Argento was when I saw the trailer for "Deep Red" and now he's one of my favorites. And I'd have to hang myself if I didn't include something by David Cronenberg. He is my favorite filmmaker of all time and it was after watching "Videodrome" that I realized this. Although they aren't exactly horror, two other films I love to watch again and again are "Battle Royale" and "The Dark Knight". These are more action films than anything, but they are both scary in their own way. Heath Ledger's take on the Joker is one of my favorite film performances. "The Dark Knight" has the distinction of being the film I've watched most in theaters. I also love John Waters and I never get tired of watching "Pecker". My favorite scary book is "The Traveling Vampire Show" by Richard Laymon. Hey! That is one of my favorite books, too! Any exciting film projects coming up for you? I just wrapped shooting a few movies. One is called "Camp Kill". It's a fun, campy, slasher movie I made with Scarlet Salem. Another one is "Terror Overload: Tales From Satan's Truckstop," which I made with NFTS Productions. It's four short stories and I play four different characters. I also have a dramatic film I did called "One Way Ticket". It's about an arranged-marriage couple from West Africa. It's in post- production and will be released in West Africa some time next year. I have a few projects coming up, too. I'm going to be working on a couple movies with Haunted Autumn Productions, who made "Tales Of The Dead". I'm doing a short film with them called "Night On Has-Been Mountain" and another feature-length film called "Hi-Way Headhunter". I'm going to be acting in those and serving as casting director. I'm also doing a movie called "The Psychosis Of Ghosts". It's by Dave Kaufman, whom I've worked with on "13 Hours In A Warehouse". We'll be doing that next year. Sounds great! Thanks for taking the time to do this, and take care. You too, David. **** Rachel Grubb appeared as Amy in Saint Euphoria Pictures' THE MONSTER OF PHANTOM LAKE. Since then she has acted in numerous independent feature films such as UNHOLY REUNION, TALES OF THE DEAD, and CAVE WOMEN ON MARS. She played a creepy ghost in Dave Kaufman�s 13 HOURS IN A WAREHOUSE, and she played the lead role in JP Wenner's RETINA, which appeared on THE HORROR VAULT DVD. She recently finished directing her first feature film WHY AM I IN A BOX? from Silent-But-Deadly Productions, the non-profit all female production company she runs with her friend Brooke Lemke. She just finished NFTS Productions' TERROR OVERLOAD, and will soon begin working on Dave Kaufman's next feature film, THE PSYCHOSIS OF GHOSTS. Rachel has been> an in-studio guest on Maxim Radio's "Hotties Of Horror" week, and writes a regular Scream Queen Guest Blog at HackSlashDead.com. **** Why Am I in a Box? (2009) (post-production) .... Ellen Farnsby Into Temptation (2009) (post-production) .... Prostitute Terror Overload (2009) (post-production) .... Jill/Ashlyn/Bobbi Rae/clown Nobody (2008) (post-production) (uncredited) .... Art student 13 Hours in a Warehouse (2008) (completed) .... Ghost #2 IceBreaker (2008) (completed) .... Bar Patron Horror House (2008) (completed) .... Audition Attendant The Completely Remarkable, Utterly Fabulous Transformation of a Regular Joe (2008) (completed) .... Office Worker Trinity (2008/I) .... Dream Lacey The Telephone Game (2008) .... Olivia Donnell Tales of the Dead (2008) .... Laurie/Nancy/Augmenta Unholy Reunion (2008) .... Monica Telmig The Horror Vault (2008) .... Shelly (segment "Retina") ... aka The Horror Vault Vol.1 (USA) Cave Women on Mars (2008) .... Hagra "The WaZoo! Show" .... Wendy (1 episode, 2007) - Episode #2.3 (2007) TV episode .... Wendy (Yielding to) A Willing Breath (2006) .... Bar Patron The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006) .... Amy A Prairie Home Companion (2006) (uncredited) .... Radio Show Fan Doomed to Consume (2006) .... Featured zombie Justice (2004/I) (uncredited) .... Protestor
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