Dior Aioubov as Jake

Dior was born in Tajikistan and has lived in the Czech Republic and the United States. He is currently attending Utica College and will graduate in August 2007. He has dedicated his life to pursuing an acting career and hopes to eventually becoming a film director. In order to achieve this goal, he has played in many theatre productions, TV commercials and films. Dior has met many famous actors in his travels and has been around many Hollywood filming sites.

Rachel Powers as Tila

Rachel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama from Syracuse University. An aspiring actress, she has appeared in various Newhouse/VPA film productions and Syracuse University drama festivals. She is currently living in Rome, New York after a brief stint in NYC, but hopes to end up in LA when the time is right. Besides acting, Rachel's other interests include traveling and politics. Rachel is Mad Angel Films' Vice President of Cast and Crew; she is a veteran of the company with this being her fourth film. She played Tila in Brackish, Seleace in The Abandoned, and Miss Abbey in Star-Cross'd.

Al Amendolare III as Chad

Al Amendolare has been a movie buff his entire life. This is why Mad Angel Films was the perfect place for him to start his career in acting. Al has studied film and drama in the past and looks forward to applying that knowledge and using his talents in this film.

Josh Campbell as Brad

Josh Campbell lives in Cohoes, NY. He loves the camera and is extremely outgoing without even a hint of shyness. He's had very little experience in acting although he did some backyard wrestling videos when he was younger. He's trying to expand himself in this world and work on some bigger projects. Josh has worked on still shots with the photography Chuck Mossey who works out of Cohoes. He knows that acting will be a promising career for him.

Catherine Presite as Beth

Catherine holds a B.A. in Theatre from Stony Brook University. She has had numerous lead roles in theatre and film and plans on pursuing a career as a professional actress. Her most recent role was as Sister James in Doubt put on by Players of Utica.

Vanessa O'Brien as Collet

Vanessa is originally from Chicago and now lives in Albany. Her acting experiences include the full feature film entitled One Last Kill, where she played a psychologist named Carrie, and three short films: Vampire Assassin, Dead Residents and A Thief in the Night whose themes revolved around zombies, vampires, and demons. Vanessa's friends kid her about it and ask her if she's trying to be the next Karen Black. She is a regular on a local music video show, The Glenn Slingerland Situation, on Channel 4 in the Albany area. Although acting has always been one of Vanessa's passions, as a career she runs a group home for people with special needs and is an advocate for victims of sexual assault and rape.

Kevin McDermott as Sheriff Merlock

Kevin is 42 years old and grew up in Hell's Kitchen, NYC although he currently resides in Utica. Kevin's acting experience is still very young but he has been involved with community theatre where he was an extra in As Good As It Gets. While living in New York City he would go to many sets of films that were being shot on location.

Irene Young as Sarah

Irene is an all-around theatre-geek, appearing in shows at many local theatres. She is also a member of a world-championship finalist winter guard performance team. "Brackish" is Irene's second film and she is looking forward to doing many more.

Melissa A Seelman as Florence

Melissa is from Vernon, NY, has been in many of Matt's short films and has made appearances in every Mad Angel Films movie. Melissa is looking forward to spreading her acting wings and taking on more serious roles as she continues to bring artistic talent to Mad Angel Films for years to come.

Adara Wilczak as Little Ray

Adara is currently attending Rochester Institute of Technology, majoring in Graphic Media with a minor in Music. Although her recent acting experience has been limited, she is a member of RIT?s World Music Ensemble, played drums for The Scratch Dirty and The Shameless Breaks, and is also a dj for 89.7 WITR Henrietta. Adara is a big fan of independent filmmaking and is very pleased to be able to help out the company.

Larry Cicigline as Jake's Grandfather

Larry Cicigline, 65, was born and raised in Utica, N.Y. He attended MVCC and graduated from the New York State Municipal Police Academy. He is a retired Senior Detective with 38 years of service with the Utica Police Department. He was an MVCC Utica Police Academy Instructor and headed the Utica Police Criminal Investigation Division for several years.

Jason A Covey as Hooded Figure

Jason Covey is the CEO of Mad Angel Films. He has two associate degrees from Mohawk Valley Community College, one in Computer Science and the other in Mathematics. He also has a Bachelor and Master of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology in Computer Science. In addition to being the CEO of Mad Angel Films he is the executive producer of every film and assists with the films in various ways that differ from film to film. His "real job" consists of being a Senior Software Engineer at a local software development company and he is also a part-time instructor of mathematics at his community college alma mater.

Gary P Hood Jr. as Zombie

Gary P. Hood Jr. has performed in musical theater and has done many voice solos as well. His accomplishments include singing for All State, NYSSMA, and with the Potsdam Crane School of Music. His career goals include becoming a part time body guard for Will Smith.

Matthew A Peters as Hooded Figure

Matthew Peters is a man of few words, but great vision. Matt started with humbled beginnings, creating short films such as Pot Zombie and MacMatt. His first feature film was Brackish and was quickly followed by his second film: The Abandoned. His third film, Star-Cross'd lies in post-production, and a script for a fourth film is being developed. Matt holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema from Binghamton University, as well as an Associate of Applied Science in Photography from Mohawk Valley Community College.