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Cast

• Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter: Ron Rausch
• Jonathan Stokes: Bruce G. Hallenbeck | bio

  Bruce G. Hallenbeck is an author, actor and filmmaker who has written and/or directed and or/acted in many indie features, including VAMPYRE (1990), FANGS (1992), SHADOW TRACKER: VAMPIRE HUNTER (1997), BLOOD OF THE WEREWOLF (2001), MISTY MUNDAE MUMMY RAIDER (2001), DR. JEKYLL AND MISTRESS HYDE (2003), THE SEXY ADVENTURES OF VAN HELSING (2004) and many others. Bruce's credits on THE EDGE OF REALITY (2003) are host, actor and writer. He was also assistant director for the Hammer Films documentary FLESH AND BLOOD (1997), featuring the last appearance together of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, that was broadcast on the BBC. His latest books are COMEDY-HORROR FILMS: A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY from McFarland Publishing and THE HAMMER VAMPIRE from Hemlock Books, both due out later this year. He lives in upstate New York with his wife Rosa, three cats, a frog and about three thousand movies.

• Samantha Stokes: Voni Powell
• Rick: Tom Ecobelli
• Susan: Mary Guarnieri
• Jason: Denis Blaine
• Detective Chaney: Gary Secor
• Detective Street: Mary Kay Hilko
• Fritz Bramfield: Ed Dimmer
• The Author: John McCarty
• The Doctor: Ian Pancoast
• Boy with ball: Sean Bagnardi
• Bartender: Linda Seib
• Young Tracker: Chris Mcpherson
• Waitress: Amy Francis
• Bar Patron: Noel Dimmer
• Vampire: Alan Angelo
• Vietnam Vampire: Margaret Anson
• Vampire: Daniel Bailey
• Vampire Kid: Joshua P. Burns
• Vampire Kid: Sarah-Katherine Burns
• Vampire Kid: Willow Burns
• Harry the Cat: Harry the Cat
• Sophia the Cat: Sophia the Cat
• Vampire: Melissa Dubois
• Carmilla: Susan Hallenbeck
• Vampire: Tim Hatch
• Lady in Tunnel: Rose Hayes
• Homeless Person: Joseph Hoogkamp
• Vampire: Jeff Kirkendall | bio

  Jeff Kirkendall has been passionately involved in making and promoting independent movies since 1996, and since that time has written, produced & directed six movies, two of them being features. His productions include the action/horror movie THE TEMPTRESS, and the comedy OF THEATRE & BIKINIS, both produced entirely in the Capital Region of Upstate New York utilizing local talent. In addition to his own directorial projects, Jeff has served as Associate Producer & Editor on movies produced by other area filmmakers, including the features THE EDGE OF REALITY, LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT and Bruce G. Hallenbeck's THE DROWNED. Jeff was also featured in the independent documentary EVERY PIXEL TELLS A STORY from Times Union writer Peter Hanson, which includes interviews with several leading Capital Region filmmakers shooting in the groundbreaking digital video format. Additionally, he has been involved in promoting area filmmaking for many years by organizing events such as 1999's Area Filmmakers Fantastic Film Festival and 2003's Shocktoberfest, both held at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. Jeff was a featured filmmaker at the 2005 Dead of Winter Free Film Festival and the 2006 Independent Film Festival, both held at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. These events received extensive media coverage in publications such as The Gazette, Metroland and the Times Union newspapers, among others, and television stations such as Capital News 9. Jeff has also hosted independent film screenings at the Historic Madison Theater in Albany, New York, including the successful 2007 Night Of B-Movie Indies show held in November of that year. On the acting front Mr. Kirkendall has appeared in many independent movies including SHADOW TRACKER: VAMPIRE HUNTER, THE EDGE OF REALITY, BLOODLUST, THE DROWNED and CORRUPTION, among others. In 2010 Jeff was featured in The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook from writer David Byron, a book of interviews with independent filmmakers, actors & other artists (available online from BearManor Media and Amazon). Jeff's big project for 2009-10 is producing the horror anthology feature DIE LAUGHING. More information about Jeff Kirkendall can be found on his website: www.veryscaryproductions.com

• Vietnam Vampire: Janice Krystallis
• Vampire: Dan Law
• Homeless Person: Kyle Murphy
• Vampire: Jason Palmer
• Vampire Kid: Justin Rue
• Vampire: Tony Turcic
• Vampire Kid: Ariana Vacs Renwick
• Vampire Kid: Deborah Vacs Renwick

Crew

• Director: Joe Bagnardi | bio

  Joe Bagnardi has been making movies most of his life. For over 30 years he has made various types of movies. During a 22-year period he made 250 short films ranging in length from 4 to 30 minutes. They covered all film genres including horror, sci-fi, westerns, comedies, dramas, action films and even a musical. In 1992 he went to Texas and worked on a werewolf film called Verdun Manor. He was assistant to the director on that movie during a 2-week film shoot. After that he worked on three films directed by Filmmaker Bruce G. Hallenbeck: Black Easter, London After Midnight, and Bruce's latest The Drowned. He was cameraman on London After Midnight, and second unit cameraman on The Drowned. In 1995 and 1996 Joe wrote, directed and filmed his first feature called Shadow Tracker. The movie was officially released on VHS in 1999 by Ei Cinema and re-titled Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter for the release. It was shown at the Philadelphia and New York
  City International Independent film festivals. It also received Videographer and Communicator Awards - one for camera work. Shadow Tracker was also shown
  on satellite TV on a channel called The B-Movie Network. Joe's second feature was the anthology horror film Blood of the Werewolf, which was released in 2001. It was a co-production with Bruce G. Hallenbeck and Filmmaker Kevin Lindenmuth. The film was produced by Lindenmuth and sold to DVD in England, and in turn sold to various parts of the world. Joe was cameraman on the first story for Hallenbeck, and was the writer and director on his segment called MANBEAST. Joe's latest movie is The Edge of Reality, which was edited by filmmaker Jeff Kirkendall and is being promoted through his website: www.veryscaryproductions.com

• Writer: Joe Bagnardi | bio

  Joe Bagnardi has been making movies most of his life. For over 30 years he has made various types of movies. During a 22-year period he made 250 short films ranging in length from 4 to 30 minutes. They covered all film genres including horror, sci-fi, westerns, comedies, dramas, action films and even a musical. In 1992 he went to Texas and worked on a werewolf film called Verdun Manor. He was assistant to the director on that movie during a 2-week film shoot. After that he worked on three films directed by Filmmaker Bruce G. Hallenbeck: Black Easter, London After Midnight, and Bruce's latest The Drowned. He was cameraman on London After Midnight, and second unit cameraman on The Drowned. In 1995 and 1996 Joe wrote, directed and filmed his first feature called Shadow Tracker. The movie was officially released on VHS in 1999 by Ei Cinema and re-titled Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter for the release. It was shown at the Philadelphia and New York City International Independent film festivals. It also received Videographer and Communicator Awards - one for camera work. Shadow Tracker was also shown on satellite TV on a channel called The B-Movie Network. Joe's second feature was the anthology horror film Blood of the Werewolf, which was released in 2001. It was a co-production with Bruce G. Hallenbeck and Filmmaker Kevin Lindenmuth. The film was produced by Lindenmuth and sold to DVD in England, and in turn sold to various parts of the world. Joe was cameraman on the first story for Hallenbeck, and was the writer and director on his segment called MANBEAST. Joe's latest movie is The Edge of Reality, which was edited by filmmaker Jeff Kirkendall and is being promoted through his website: www.veryscaryproductions.com

• Producer: Joe Bagnardi | bio

  Joe Bagnardi has been making movies most of his life. For over 30 years he has made various types of movies. During a 22-year period he made 250 short films ranging in length from 4 to 30 minutes. They covered all film genres including horror, sci-fi, westerns, comedies, dramas, action films and even a musical. In 1992 he went to Texas and worked on a werewolf film called Verdun Manor. He was assistant to the director on that movie during a 2-week film shoot. After that he worked on three films directed by Filmmaker Bruce G. Hallenbeck: Black Easter, London After Midnight, and Bruce's latest The Drowned. He was cameraman on London After Midnight, and second unit cameraman on The Drowned. In 1995 and 1996 Joe wrote, directed and filmed his first feature called Shadow Tracker. The movie was officially released on VHS in 1999 by Ei Cinema and re-titled Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter for the release. It was shown at the Philadelphia and New York City International Independent film festivals. It also received Videographer and Communicator Awards - one for camera work. Shadow Tracker was also shown on satellite TV on a channel called The B-Movie Network. Joe's second feature was the anthology horror film Blood of the Werewolf, which was released in 2001. It was a co-production with Bruce G. Hallenbeck and Filmmaker Kevin Lindenmuth. The film was produced by Lindenmuth and sold to DVD in England, and in turn sold to various parts of the world. Joe was cameraman on the first story for Hallenbeck, and was the writer and director on his segment called MANBEAST. Joe's latest movie is The Edge of Reality, which was edited by filmmaker Jeff Kirkendall and is being promoted through his website: www.veryscaryproductions.com

• Composer: David Bourgeois | bio

  Original Music Score by David Bourgeois

• Associate Producer: Ed Dimmer
• Executive Producer: Mary Kay Hilko
• Production Company: JB Productions
• Copyright: JB Productions

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