Deadly Beauty: Horror’s Scream Queens and Rising Talent: Sarah French
“Sarah French is an actress and model from Minnesota. She got her start modeling when she was discovered at a metal concert, her favorite genre of music. She modeled under the name Scarlet Salem. She later had an opportunity to get into acting. Her love was always horror so naturally she gravitated towards those projects using the Scarlet Salem name. To date she has done over 30 films with titles such as Strip Club Slasher, Killer Biker Chicks, In harm’s way and Terror Overload. Outside of horror she also plays a Russian assassin in the martial arts film “Opposite Blood” and a Ghostbuster in the online series Ghostbustin 911, which is a mix of Ghostbusters, Reno 911 and Cops. In addition she has been featured in many magazines like Gorezone and Girls and Corpses. She writes a scream queen column for Shock horror magazine. In April 2011 she dropped the Scarlet Salem name and began to use her real name for all future work.”*
Location: Minnesota
1. How did you get into the industry?
I started out modeling.. A photographer came up to me at a metal concert, liked my look, and we set up a shoot. Soon after that, I gained enough confidence in myself and looked into auditions for horror films. I’ve always wanted to be in a horror film, because thats my favorite genre to watch, so I did some research and found some casting calls. Went to an audition for a short film called “Pajama Party Massacre”, they liked my look and attitude and I was hired right on the spot. Since 2007, I’ve been in 30+ feature and short films, commercials, and music videos. I can’t get enough of it!
2. What Scream Queen inspired you most?
I’d have to say the actress/scream queen that inspired me the most would be Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira. She’s more known as a TV/movie horror hostess, but she’s done her fair share of movies as well, and is a scream queen to me. I’ve just always loved her character, she’s super funny, beautiful, and all around has great charisma on TV. Watching her on tv hosting cheesy horror movies was great. As a young girl I’ve always looked up to her and still do to this day.
3. What are the next couple projects you are working on?
I’m always working on something new, whether its a photo shoot or film shoot. A film I shot last year called “Insectula”, is slated to come out in September, really looking forward to that. I recently worked on a zombie film called “Lazarus”, which is set in the 50’s. Very cool time piece with lotsa gore! Few more films in the works in the next couple of months. Plus have some conventions coming up… an all night flea market in Chicago in August, Crypticon Horror Minnesota in September, also Rock and Shock Massachusetts in October, and a few more in the works. You can stay updated by visiting my website at www.sarahfrenchonline.com.
Bloody kisses, Sarah
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