Warren Speed - Writer / Director / Pervo The Clown

Warren Speed started out playing in a rock band, moved onto stand-up comedy and now performs critically acclaimed male burlesque in large venues around the world.

Performing an energetic brand of slapstick Warren often ends up wearing nothing but a thong with nipple and bum tassles, and as bizarre as it sounds audiences love him – as proved by his recent two week stint in Paris performing alongside the world’s biggest burlesque star Dita Von Teese.

In the year 2000 Warren founded Growling Clown Entertainment who now organise the annual Newcastle Gateshead comedy festival, the chain of Funny Bones comedy clubs, the bizarre clubnight House of the Golden Lotus and also the popular theatre variety show Cabaret Excentrique.

Previous credits for Warren include writing, co-directing and performing in a theatrical circus show called “The Midnight Circus”; writing, co-directing and starring in a strange TV sitcom pilot called “Freakarama”; and besides all this he also regularly performs as a stilt-walker and freakshow performer at many diverse events in Europe.

Warren’s latest achievement is to be the writer/co-producer/co-director and one of the stars in the low budget comedy horror movie ZOMBIE WOMEN OF SATAN.

Victoria Hopkins - Skye Brannigan

Victoria Hopkins began her formal training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating with a Masters in Classical Acting in 2004. Whilst studying, she also completed a BA in Costume Production at Rose Bruford College. In 2007 she returned from LA having completed an Intensive Film acting course at TVI Studios.

Her first film roles include playing Erika Spawn in Pat Higgins’ THE DEVIL’S MUSIC (2008) and a major role in Jake West’s DOGHOUSE (2009) as The Bride. Upcoming roles include THE NEPHILIM (2010), BLOODLESS (2011) and a lead role in the new sci-fi series CHRONICLES OF SYNTAX, due to start filming in late 2010.

Seymour Mace - Johnny Dee Hellfire

Seymour Mace first burst onto the comedy scene in 2000 as the winner of the Newcastle Comedy Festival Big Grin Award. More plaudits followed, including winning the Cup A Soup Challenge and becoming a finalist in Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny? As well as being named North West Comedian Of The Year in 2003.

Seymour's comedy comes from a strong theatrical and clowning background. Since training with the National Youth Theatre he has toured Norway, Japan, Finland and Germany with Natural Theatre Company, adapted and directed Gregory for Flat One Theatre Company and toured with the devised show Cat In The Hat .

Seymour has partaken in several radio and television productions for Channel 4 and the BBC as a stand –up, actor and writer. These numerous credits include The Stand-Up Show (BBC Radio 7), Swizz Call (both Channel 4) and new sketch show No Friends In The North (BBC Radio 2) alongside fellow stand-up Alun Cochrane.

In 2007, Seymour starred in his third series of BBC3's acclaimed sitcom Ideal, alongside Johnny Vegas.

Peter Bonner - Zeus

Peter Bonner has appeared in several films, beginning in 1988 when her worked as Warwick Davis’ stunt double on the classic film WILLOW (1988).

Since then he has appeared on TV in the series THROUGH THE DRAGON’S EYE, as well as films such as DAZZLE (1999), FRED CLAUS (2007), SIX BEND TRAP (2008) and BARRY BROWN (2009). Peter also has a lead role in the forthcoming film SHORTFELLAS, reuniting with Warwick Davis in a tale about five dwarfs planning a £5,000,000 diamond heist in the center of Newcastle, UK.

Kate Soulsby - Harmony Starr

Kate Soulsby is a London-based actress who graduated after three years at Musical Theatre July 2009 and is currently studying an acting diploma at Central School of Speech and Drama.

She has appeared in theatre productions including Educating Rita and John Godber's Shakers: Re-stirred and also short films including Narcotic Effect, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. ZOMBIE WOMEN OF SATAN is her first feature film. She will soon be seen in Will James Moore’s BLOOD ARMY which is currently in production.

Christian Steele - Tycho Zander

Christian Steel, a graduate of London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, first began performing stand-up comedy in October 2005.

As an actor, he was offered the male lead in THE GRADUATE in the West End opposite Jerry Hall, but turned it down to play Peter 'Geordie' Gardner in BBC's Second World War film NIGHT FLIGHT alongside Edward Woodwood. He then went on to film Channel 4's SHACKLETON with Kenneth Branagh - living on an icebreaker in the North Pole for five months.

He has also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Coriolanus and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Bill Fellows - Dr Henry Engelbert Zander III

Bill Fellows was born on May 25, 1957 in Middlesbrough, Teeside, England, UK. He started his career in 1981 with the film called HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE in which he played the role of Jamieson, directed by Lindsay Shonteff.

Since then, Bill has acted in many other films and TV series such as: SILAS MARNER: THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE (1985), JULIA JEKYLL AND HARRIET HYDE (1995), HETTY WAINTHROPP INVESTIGATES (1997) and WITCH HOUSE: THE LEGEND OF PETRONEL HAXLEY (2008). Other TV work includes Eastenders, Casualty and Holby City. 

Victoria Broom - Rachel Brannigan

Originally from Shropshire, West Midlands, Victoria has made an impression on the theatre and film world since moving to London in 2004. A lover of Bruce Lee films inspired her involvement in Kung-Fu from the age of six resulting in high black belt status, the UK national female title and further honing of her skills today.

She directed Sarah Kane’s 448 PSYCHOSIS while still at college and was seleced ahead of many other applicants into the Carlton Television Workshops Brimingham to undergo the intense TV and theatre training.

The classical theatre is still her special love and has appeared in many roles such as Elissia in Boccaccios THE DECAMERON at The Globe Theatre. More recently she played “the other woman” in Gemma Deerfield’s new film production TRAUMA (2009) and other film roles include SHOTTAS PARADIE, FOREST OF THE DAMNED 2 and BAD DAY.

Gillian Settle - Blue Zander

Gillian Settle is a graduate of London Centre for Theatre Studies, RADA's Shakespeare course and also has a degree in Media Performance from Salford University.

Whilst at university Gillian wrote, produced and stared in the one woman show Shakespeare's Women.

Film credits include Beautiful People, The Legend of the Golden Fishcake and Flatline. Theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet, This Happy Breed, The Three Sisters, The Rivals and Our Country's Good, and the Marat/ Sade.

Marysia Kay - Red Zander

Marysia Kay started her acting career in 2004 playing a monstrous angel in feature film Forest of the Damned. Since then she has appeared in over 25 other features including When Evil Calls (2006), Colour from the Dark (2008), The Scar Crow (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010 - UK cinema release 1st October) and upcoming thriller Unwelcome (2010) in the lead role of Kate.

Marysia was born on the west coast of Scotland, the eldest of three children. She studied at Glasgow University and moved to London in 2002. As well as feature films she has appeared in numerous short films, television (Tony Blair Rock Star, Trial & Retribution, The Bill and Hanrahan Investigates) and music videos for The Puppini Sisters and Manda Rin.

On stage she has directed Hedda Gabler and is currently working on a new play about the death of Christopher Marlowe. As well as directing she studies stage combat with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat (BASSC), specialising in sword work. She appeared as part of the fight team in recent Lord of the Rings film Born of Hope. She also writes and has completed two feature length screenplays (Hell Hath No Fury and Chosen), with four more in the works.

Kathy Paul - Mother Zander

Kathy Paul has appeared in several short films, notably RABBIT STORIES, which was shortlisted for the BBC New Filmmakers Award in 2006. She has engaged in television and advertising work, as well as several theatre productions.

Kathy writes comedy, mainly in the form of three-act murder mysteries. She performs in, and produces, these for SUSPECT productions. Kathy has ventured also into dark comic interpretations of tales by the Brothers Grimm.

ZOMBIE WOMEN OF SATANis her first horror movie. She says filming it was "a truly unique experience!"

Steve O'Brien - Director / Producer / Director of Photography

Steve is the Managing Director of 24:25 Films Limited and has a Masters Degree in Film from Newcastle University, an HND in Video Production from Newcastle College and has been making films since 1992.

In 2000, Steve produced a three-part radio drama for the BBC. In 2004 he filmed four corporate dramas for Procter and Gamble in Mexico City and shot a documentary in Cannes for Tyne Tees TV. To date, he has received five Regional Royal Television Society Awards and Commendations.

He has specialised in High Definition Cinematography since 2001, shooting five feature films and three music promos on the format. His most recent HD camera assignments were for a BBC/SKY Sports premiership football match which went out on BBC's flagship 'Match of the Day' followed by FIA GT Car and Formula 3 Racing in Nogaro, France and Zolder, Belgium, both of which went out as live HD broadcasts across Europe.

Having shot, produced, edited and directed over fifty short films, music promos, commercials and corporates during the last Eighteen years, Steve has also managed a studio and editing facilities in the North East which provided programmes for the country's emergency services.