Cast

 
Lory-Michael Ringuette - Decter Arkoff
Lory-Michael Ringuette began making Super 8 films with friends & classmates at the age of 10. It was many years later, after earning a degree in Visual Communications that he first stepped in front of the camera. Ringuette’s first principal role was in the cult movie “The Video Dead” (1987). Since then he’s earned acting credits in nearly 40 features including “Savage Instinct” (1989), “Steel Heel” (1989), “This Gun For Hire” (1996), “Frezno Smooth” (1997), & “Down Time” (2002). He stepped back behind the camera to direct “Deeply Disturbed” in 1993 & “Blood Reaper” in 2000. “Tele-Zombie” is his third feature as director/actor & second as producer.

 
Brinke Stevens - Det. Wednesday Toogood
Brinke Stevens has established herself as a pre-eminent B-movie “Scream Queen,” with more than 100 films to her credit, including “Slumber Party Massacre” (1982), “Mob Boss” (1990), “Haunting Fear” (1992), “Mommy” (1995), & “Blood Reaper” (2002). After her youthful film debut in “Necromancy” (1972), Stevens didn’t immediately follow the lights to Hollywood, instead graduating from San Diego State University and then earning her master’s in marine biology from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Says Stevens, “I've been addicted to watching horror films for as long as I can remember. So, it was just natural for me to gravitate towards it as an actress”.

 
Dane Andrew - Walter Parsley
Dane Andrew has had roles in independents such as “A Time to Remember” and mini-series such as “North & South Book II.” Additionally, he is both an interviewer of celebrities as well as an often-interviewed guest, accompanying Rascal, his best friend who holds the title of “The World’s Ugliest Dog.” The pair has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Jerry Springer Show,” “America’s Funniest Pets,” and “Guinness World Records Primetime,” among others. On his own, Andrew has been a celebrity interviewer and commentator on such shows as “E! News Daily and Weekend,” “Access Hollywood,” & “Inside Edition”.

 
Don Jennings - Det. Seymour Friday
Don Jennings moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988 from Illinois, and enrolled at San Francisco Community College, where he completed the filmmaking curriculum. While a student, he interned as a gaffer and grip on the Disney production of Skellington Studio’s “The Nightmare before Christmas.” He also wrote, produced, directed, photographed, edited, and designed the sound for several short 8mm and 16mm films. One of them, “Silver Bullets,” a western horror comedy in which Jennings played a major role, was publicly screened in 1998. His role as Seymour Friday is his second foray out from behind the camera.

 
Crew

 
Lory-Michael Ringuette - Writer, Producer and Director
Lory-Michael Ringuette began making Super 8 films with friends & classmates at the age of 10. It was many years later, after earning a degree in Visual Communications that he first stepped in front of the camera. Ringuette’s first principal role was in the cult movie “The Video Dead” (1987). Since then he’s earned acting credits in nearly 40 features including “Savage Instinct” (1989), “Steel Heel” (1989), “This Gun For Hire” (1996), “Frezno Smooth” (1997), & “Down Time” (2002). He stepped back behind the camera to direct “Deeply Disturbed” in 1993 & “Blood Reaper” in 2000. “Tele-Zombie” is his third feature as director/actor & second as producer.

 
Tom Widener - Director of Photography

 
Michael J. Stewart - Editor, Associate Producer
Michael J. Stewart is a filmmaker in the SF Bay Area. In recent years he has been busy running Unstoppable Pacific Productions, producing movies such as BLOOD REAPER (Michael's first collaberation with Lory), and RAY'S DAY.

 
Lee Stokes - Production Manager

 
Jonathan Mayer - Music, Final Mix
Jonathan has been performing and composing original music for over fifteen years. He has been involved in formal music study, both privately and through school from a very young age. In 1996 Jonathan was awarded a bachelor of arts from the University of New Mexico and in 2000 he received an Associate of Science degree in the Recording Arts. Jonathan's lifelong love for movies has resulted in a musical background heavily influenced by film. He claims the first record he purchased was Neil Norman's Greatest Science Fiction Hits (rumor has it he still listens to it). He relishes in merging traditional film music styles with contemporary musical technology, sounds and noises. Currently, Jonathan makes his home in San Francisco where he has spent the past five years working as a composer, producer and engineer with some of the best talent in the Bay Area. In addition to his film work he has worked on records with local artists such as Michael Franti and Spearhead, George Winston, Bonnie Hayes, and Nervebox. Jonathan's recent film scoring credits inclde: "The Troll's Demise" (2002), "Simply Murder" (2003), "The Duke of Goo" (2003), "Tele-Zombie" (2004), "SnakeBite" (2004), "Zen and the Asteroid" (2004). Visit www.jdmayer.com for more information on Jonathan or to hear samples of his work.