When her mother’s soul is dragged to hell, Jane must set out to rescue her. But if she cannot escape, she will forever be trapped inside her mother’s worst nightmares.
A WORD FROM CHRIS NOTARILE
About 10 years ago, I wrote a really cool script about evil, demonic clowns. And I never got to make it, which has been urking me for quite some time. So when I was writing this chapter of Haunted City, I instantly knew I wanted to take as many elements from my clown story as I could, including one of the main antagonists- Mimzy.
Llenelle Gibson shines as this maniacal monster. Some of you may remember her as Tammy from my Betelgeuse fan film, or as Tiffany from my Chucky series. We wanted to make the character as memorable as she is creepy, and Llenelle gave one hell of a performance.
Another element I wanted to incorporate was my take on the Charon, the Ferryman. I also have another years old script about this character that I’ve been unable to make, so it was nice to bring him in as well. I always thought it would be cool to show the Ferryman as a personal chauffeur. Of course, if I had the budget, he’d be driving a much nicer car, but you get the idea. When working with Chris Bostrom on the character, I told him I wanted Charon to have a very safe feeling about him. For lack a better description, I told him to act like Doug Jones. I met him a long time ago and to his credit, Doug has a very safe and calming presence to him, but because of his size, it can visually appear creepy or unnatural. But it’s Doug Jones, and he’s awesome!
You may have noticed that Josie’s personal hell looks a lot like a suburban home. Well, that’s what happens when you have no budget, you gotta get creative, so I did. I figured Josie would be locked away in her early 90’s grunge era home. As you can see, she is quite young, which means she had Jane at an even younger age. If you do the math, you can assume that Josie didn’t have a very good childhood, especially if she was a teen mother. It’s not glaringly obvious in the script, but it’s definitely in the subtext.
