Scream Team

LuciFEAR
The Angel of Hell

I am the Lord of Darkness, Ripper of Dreams and Weaver of Nightmares. I am The Master of Fear and Supreme Architect of Evil, the voice in your head and the devil on your shoulder.

I am the Reaper of souls and Tormenter of the Damned. Fear me, for I am Legion, resurrected from the pit of decay, and manifest in the world of mortal minions. I am Fear itself and known by many names...

In the dead of night, it is I who stands at your bedside and whispers twisted terrors into your soul, and it is I who brings the screams of horror, the madness and the mayhem, the carnage and the chaos.

Within the boundless catacombs beneath the Terrortower I create your worst fears, and give them life. King of phobia and bringer of tears it is I, LuciFEAR, who commands you to bear my mark, the sigil of severance and totem of terror...

As the Seneschal of the Season of Screams it is I who feed the creative minions of AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group. Plucked from my own mire of malum, each 'attraction' is my own brainchild, my creation made real, my twisted vision made manifest...

LuciFEAR is a visual manifestation of AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group, and our demi-god from whom all ideas are born. LuciFEAR represents AEG at public appearances, terrifies guests in our attractions, entertains queue lines and gives interviews to the media on behalf of AEG.

Inherently linked to all our production narratives, LuciFEAR is all knowing, and can discuss any of our huge variety of projects, while adapting the delivery to suit the audience.

Jason Karl
Creative Director

Jason is uniquely qualified to produce scare entertainment. Perhaps best known as a TV presenter, he has worked in the UK scare entertainment industry for the past 15 years. In 2009 he was selected by business guru Duncan Bannatyne to completely re-design an outdated tourist attraction for Virgin 1's television series Duncan Bannatyne's Seaside Rescue, and in the same year led the team behind Scare Kingdom Scream Park - the UK's newest Halloween entertainment venue, now in its third year of production. As former Creative Director of Pure Television he developed Terrortower – a location based television adventure game which blended aspects of the scare attraction industry with a traditional television entertainment format.

As a professional scareactor Jason played Count Dracula - an interactive character host for the Transylvania themed world at Chessington World of Adventures, haunted the Wicked Witches' Haunt for a season at Thorpe Park, and played Rocky the Vampyr - an interactive scare character in Gloomy Wood and The Haunted House ride at Alton Towers theme park, all for The Tussauds Group. Over Halloween 2005 he was selected by producers at Disneyland Resort Paris to join their Halloween Parade, performing along Main Street USA. Throughout 2010 he performed a lead role in Carnesky's Ghost Train, an acclaimed theatrical horror experience produced by Olivier award winning theatrical impresario Marisa Carnesky, also taking the role of Stage Manager in the same show. He will return to play the same character on selected dates during the 2011 season, beginning with an appearance for Blackpool's Showzam Festival in February.

Since first developing AtmosFEAR! with Paul Howse in 2000, Jason has produced a variety of scare attractions and entertainment formats for a number of high profile clients including Walt Disney Pictures, Virgin Active, Mars, Funtasia Theme Parks and an 18 month long series of haunted entertainment events for Merlin Entertainments. He also designed, wrote and produced The Exhibition of Ghostlore for The York Dungeon in 2002.

Jason is AtmosFEAR!'s Creative Director and is responsible for developing concepts into attractions and shows, fostering relationships with production partners, controlling AtmosFEAR!'s product services and overseeing the entire team of show producers and creatives.

Jason is an established live event producer, television presenter, broadcaster, and author of nine books which have been published throughout the world including titles for Canada and the USA. To date he has sold over 40,000 books worldwide and has reached television audiences of over 30 million viewers. Jason is Chief Reporter on Scare-E TV - the world's first IPTV channel dedicated to the scare entertainment industry, writer of the bi-monthly feature Jason Karl's Scarezone - the UK's only regular printed news stream for the scare entertainment world and Editor of Scareworld magazine - Europe's first and only publication covering the scare entertainment industry.

He is a member of British Actors Equity, The Spotlight (Presenters), The Chartered Institute of Journalists, The Haunted House Association and a board member of The British Association of Scare & Haunted Attractions (BASHA).

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Paul Howse
Consultant Technical Director

With a background in theatre and a passion for storytelling through drama and spectacle, Paul was ideally qualified to partner with Jason in 2000 when AtmosFEAR! was first developed. Having spent considerable time working together at a television production company, and later a live events team, Paul was responsible for imagineering the seeds of the original AtmosFEAR! brand concept with Jason.

Paul is responsible for all research and development at AtmosFEAR!, specifically how to integrate new theatre and entertainment technology with imagineering to create unique new experiences and push existing boundaries. In 2009 Paul designed Blood Bath - the UK's first all wet scare attraction; although tamed down, a version of the attraction debuted at Scare Kingdom Scream Park, where guests were drenched not only with fear, but with 'blood'!

Paul is a very experienced theatrical lighting designer, technician and actor. His debut as a scareactor took place during AtmosFEAR!’s Disney’s Haunted Mansion Weekend in which he played the lead role Dr Ravenswood - a crazed Ghost Hunter, alongside a motley crew of other characters.

Paul’s technical skills are continually in demand at AtmosFEAR! Imagineering, he is responsible for converting ideas into reality and lending his technical knowledge to each project ensuring our audiences never know quite what to expect!

Paul is also responsible for the creation of technical Imagineering concept artwork, digital graphics and brand images for AtmosFEAR! productions, he also designs lighting plans for live shows.

He is a member of British Actors Equity and BECTU.

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Chris Kerry
Director of Production

Chris has enjoyed a very successful career as an actress starring in stage, television and film productions from a very early age. After attending drama school and with an extensive background in theatre, Chris took a break from the world of entertainment before returning to show business in 2007. It was at this time that she auditioned for a role in AtmosFEAR!’s Ghost Encounter LIVE, securing the role of Old Mother Demdike in the attraction.

Chris’ natural ability to deal with the public and her strong leadership capabilities ensured she became Assistant Producer for AtmosFEAR! in early 2008. With the companies production workload increasing year on year, the demand for strong production staff who could lead by example had become increasingly important, and Chris was an obvious choice. As Assistant Producer Chris helped produce and cast three 2008 productions The Phantom Feast, Ripper’s REVENGE! and HEX in the Harvest. She became a Scareactor Captain for The Phantom Feast leading a team of 4 others, and acted as stand-in Show Producer for several nights of operation on HEX in the Harvest, being responsible for the entire production.

In early 2009 Chris became Show Producer for AtmosFEAR! and was responsible for producing the initial Street Theatre performers, as well as the cinematic trailer for Scare Kingdom Scream Park. Later in 2009 she became Senior Show Producer for Vampire Vault, Scare Kingdom Scream Park 2009 and Soulstice, she also played roles in all 2009 productions and attractions.

In 2010 Chris oversaw production of Scare Kingdom Scream Park, as well as a variety of other productions, she also appeared in Hellfire Hall and Soulstice and is now Director of Production across all divisions of AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group.

Chris currently attends Manchester School of Acting and has featured on the TV dramas Hollyoaks and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Her film appearances include The Witch Next Door, Tea Leaf and Happy Hour.

She is a member of British Actors Equity and The Spotlight.

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Gary Oke
Senior Show Producer
European Sales Manager

Gary stumbled upon his acting talent at the age of 9, since then, he has performed in a variety of roles in theatres around the country.

As former Marketing Director and Trustee of the Stockport Garrick Theatre, Gary is well placed to exploit all of AtmosFEAR!’s marketing opportunities, and is an experienced keynote speaker. Along with his wife, Monica Vaness, Gary has a long history designing and producing stage shows as well as conferences and corporate events.

Gary is a qualified Hypnotherapist and lends his knowledge of phobias, fears and human reactions to help AtmosFEAR! manipulate the senses of audiences as they experience our attractions and productions. Gary brings a fusion of skills making him extremely well-suited to life in the scare attractions industry.

Gary appeared initially as Jack the Ripper in the 2008 attraction Ripper’s REVENGE! and became a Show Producer in 2009, producing Dead Alive, Buccaneer Bay and The Pirates of Pasty Bay. He also appeared in a variety of Street Theatre productions and played Jeremiah Crow in Dead Alive and Robin Goodfellow in Soulstice.

In 2010 Gary produced Halloween Hollow and Psycho Maze at The Halloween Adventure and oversaw pre-production of Phantom Funtasia and Tunnel of Terror at Funtasia in Ireland, he also taught AtmosFEAR!'s Scream School scareactor training course at a variety of locations, and co-produced Hellfire Hall at Scare Kingdom Scream Park. He performed as Fergus Stoker, Scare Chair, The Bound One and Gretchen Vole at Scare Kingdom Scream Park, Rumplestealskin at The Halloween Adventure and reprised his role as Robin Goodfellow for the 2009 production of Soulstice.

Gary is one of two Senior Show Producers for AtmosFEAR! and a member of British Actors Equity.

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Monica Vaness
Senior Show Producer

Monica has been entertaining audiences, in one form or another, since the age of 4. She made her talent ‘official’ when she attended Keyano College in Fort McMurray, Alberta as a student of the Drama Programme.

Monica joined the AtmosFEAR! team as a cast member in the 2008 attraction Ripper's REVENGE!, since then she has also appeared in The Pirates of Pasty Bay, Vampire Vault and Blood Bath. As well as filling the role of Casting Director between 2009 and 2010, Monica produced The Sunken Village of the DAMNED and Blood Bath in 2009, and Unhallowed Hill and MediEVIL in 2010. She also taught AtmosFEAR!'s Scream School scareactor training course throughout 2010 and performed as Beelzebob in the 2010 site specific theatre production Soulstice.

With her history as a successful event organiser and skills in leadership and people management, Monica is more than adequately qualified to handle productions in an efficient and artistic manner. Comfortable in all types of roles and always bringing a unique energy and passion to her performances.

Monica is one of two Senior Show Producers for AtmosFEAR! and a member of British Actors Equity.

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Mark Lofthouse
Senior Show Producer
Imagineering Producer

As an ardent scare entertainment enthusiast, Mark first met the Scream Team in 2007 when he endured the UK’s largest scare attraction Ghost Encounter LIVE, produced by AtmosFEAR!

After studying media at college, Mark joined the AtmosFEAR! team as a scareactor in the 2008 attraction The Phantom Feast. At the beginning of 2009 he became part of the creative team working on the development of Street Theatre and taking the role of Assistant Producer in Vampire Vault, Scare Kingdom Scream Park 2009, Buccaneer Bay and The Sunken Village of the DAMNED. He has also undertaken additional roles including Show Writer, Imagineer and Scareactor, appearing in Blood Bath, Street Theatre and Vampire Vault in 2009.

Mark generally works alongside the Show Producers to develop ideas, effects, storylines and scripts, and was responsible for imagineering major elements of Scare Kingdom Scream Park in 2010. In the same year he performed as Mephisto and Lord Francis Dashwood in the same attraction.

Mark is now Imagineering Producer and responsible for creating and developing concepts and ideas across the entire AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group divisions.

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Annie Cabasa
Make-up & Character Effects Designer

Over the past 20 something years Annie has worked in fashion, costume, hair and makeup for the photographic, theatre, film and television industries from the UK to Los Angeles and everywhere in between.

She has designed and applied makeups for everything from Bridal to gory and horrible creations, which can be seen in most AtmosFEAR! productions. Her varied career has covered many aspects, one day applying casualty special effects for a car crash reconstruction and the next applying an avante garde glittering spectacle for the runway.

Annie runs her own makeup school - Facecrew UK and is also a lecturer in Specialist Makeup at Lancaster and Morecambe College, she is AtmosFEAR!'s Makeup and Character Effects Designer responsible for bringing the design teams grisly creations to life on the faces and bodies of our scareactors.

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Darren Ofsarnie
Technical Director

Darren's involvement with the technical side of media started out at an early age, At the age of 18 he was asked to join a large Manchester based events and team building company as there Technical Co-Ordinator for large scale events and conferences.

Following that Darren set up his own events company which has gone from strength to strength and he still runs today, focusing on club nights and outdoor summer events. His current workload involves working with corporate clients to produce events that stand out from the crowd. With his technical experience he has been able to advise and enhance the use of technology, sound, lighting and special effects to their advantage.

After meeting the AEG scream team on numerous occasions Darren was asked to join the company in 2010 for their Scare Kingdom and MediEVIL attractions as Technical Producer.

Working on new ways to use special effects, sound and lighting, Darren is now responsible for all technical operations at Scare Kingdom Scream Park where he continues to develop and improve ways that technology can be used in scare attractions.

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Jane Willis
PR & Communications Manager
UK Midway Entertainments Sales Manager

Jane looks after all of AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group's public relations, sales and marketing activities and is responsible for commercial publicity of the company's brand and it's many divisions and attractions, including Scare Kingdom Scream Park.

As a former UK regional newspaper journalist for nearing 20 years, including nine years as the news editor of the Citizen Newspaper Group, Lancashire, Jane has bags of experience in generating positive publicity and has stacks of media contacts to help her achieve this aim.

Over the past three years Jane has successfully helped to raise the public profile of AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group through local and national newspaper coverage, magazine editorials, TV and radio appearances and through successful partnerships with external companies.

Jane has recently joined AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group's magazine, Scareworld, as deputy editor and also runs a successful publicity and writing company which specialises in PR, SEO web content and corporate writing literature for a range of UK businesses.

She is also an accomplished public speaker on various topics relating to communication for publicity.

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Willow Silverwheel
Production Co-ordinator

Willow has always shown a keen interest in the worlds of entertainment and the arts , she began working with AtmosFEAR! in 2004.

As Production Assistant her role involves many duties including administration, documentation and research. Her practical duties include assisting the creative team in all their endeavours during live productions and attractions.

Willow played the role of 'The Black Widow Bride' in the trailer for Ghost Encounter LIVE, 'Gretilda' in the trailer for HEX in the Harvest, a 'Demon Diner' in The Phantom Feast, 'Clarimonde' in Vampire Vault and 'Hellmina Hatchet' in Blood Bath.

Although not always on the frontline of AtmosFEAR!’s production output, Willow’s contribution to the team is very important; one day she may be filing and typing up letters, the next she may be supplying sandwiches to a hoard of zombies in the rain!

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Nathan Walton
Show Producer

Although relatively new to the scare entertainment industry, Nathan has been working as an actor for several years and studied performing arts at Blackburn College before going on to appear in several television soaps including Hollyoaks and City Central.

Nathan first began working with AtmosFEAR! as Jack the Ripper for a promotional campaign advertising Ripper's REVENGE! He later appeared as travelling showman Edward Diablo in the 2008 attraction HEX in the Harvest.

At the beginning of 2009 Nathan joined the production team as Sponsorship Producer and produced a successful raft of sponsors for Scare Kingdom Scream Park 2009. He also appeared as the highly popular Diamond Jack in the 2009 attraction Dead Alive at Scare Kingdom Scream Park.

In 2010 Nathan became a Show Producer for Scare Kingdom Scream Park, co-producing Tingler's Toy Factory with Danielle Royle. He also co-produced Unhallowed Hill with Monica Vaness.

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Danielle Royle
Show Producer

Danielle has been involved in the performance arts world for her entire life, actively taking part in dance, musical and theatre productions at school and amateur levels since her teen years.

With a strong interest in the macabre and dark forms of live entertainment, Danielle first came into contact with the AtmosFEAR! team when she visited Ghost Encounter LIVE in 2007.

After a successful audition for HEX in the Harvest in 2008, Danielle joined the team initially as a scareactor, playing Arachna Fobia and has since performed as Margot Bloodmire for AtmosFEAR! street theatre.

After taking a break from performance to have her first child, Danielle became Wardrobe Mistress in 2009 and later Show Producer for Scare Kingdom Scream Park in 2010, co-producing Tingler's Toy Factory with Nathan Walton.

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Katrina Marston
Senior Show Producer

Katrina has had a passion for acting since a young age and studied both dance and drama, regularly participating in shows within school and with external companies.

Katrina joined AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group after successfully auditioning for the Buccaneer Bay attraction in 2009, where she later became Artistic Director. Further work with AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group included street theatre performances as Mary Killigrew in The Pirates of Pasty Bay.

Katrina moved into production in 2010, producing both Phantom Funtasia and Tunnel for Terror at Funtasia Theme Parks in Ireland, as part of their Funtasia Frightfest 2010.

Katrina is also a part time drama teacher, teaching acting to 6 – 16 year olds in Cornwall.

Katrina is a member of British Actors Equity.

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Stacie Cabasa
Show Producer

Stacie has worked in the entertainment industry all her life, starting as a childhood performer on television and in theatre productions.

After training with various performing arts schools, she diversified into makeup and choreography and now works in these fields alongside her performances, and does some modelling on the side!

After beginning working with AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group in early 2010, she performed as Mephisto and Miss Harridan in Scare Kingdom Scream Park's Hellfire Hall attraction during the scare season of the same year.

Stacies experience as a scareactor also includes performing in Carnesky's Ghost Train, where she is also a stage manager.

She is now one of several Show Producers, and is a member of British Actors Equity.

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Anthony Dowling
Show Producer

Comedy actor and performer Anthony Dowling has made a career in the entertainment world appearing in TV dramas including Waterloo Road and Blue Murder, and a variety of theatre productions including Oliver Twist and Twelfth Night.

As a trained actor, Anthony first joined AtmosFEAR! as a member of the cast for the 2008 production The Phantom Feast, and has since performed in Vampire Vault, Scare Kingdom Scream Park 2009 and 2010, Hell and various street theatre roles including Rasputin, Mrs Lovett, Hellfire and Clyde.

Anthony co-produced the 2010 attraction Hellfire Hall, and also produced Halloween Street Party during the same year. He is now one of several Show Producers for AtmosFEAR!

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Paula Mayo
Senior Show Producer

As a child Paula always had a passion for film, especially horror films. She moved from Ireland to Manchester to study sound engineering when she was 18 where she met AtmosFEAR!'s Production Director Chris Kerry and they became good friends.

In 2007, Paula went to see Chris in AtmosFEAR!’s Ghost Encounter Live! and loved it so Chris put Paula in touch with the team and she was cast as Pandora Fortune in the 2008 trailer for Hex in the Harvest, she later played Mad Millicent in The Phantom Feast in the same year.

After a return to Ireland in 2009, Paula came back to the UK and was delighted to be invited back to work with AtmosFEAR! again in 2010, she performed at Scare Kingdom Scream Park in Tinglers Toy Factory and Hellfire Hall and also in MediEVIL. She was delighted to be asked to join AtmosFEAR! as a Show Producer for 2011.

Paula currently works an accounts clerk for her husband Chris who runs Futureworks media college in Manchester. Aside from acting her other passion is dogs and she helps out regularly as a dog minder/handler for her friends doggy day care business.

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Paul Ware
Show Producer

Over the past 20 years Paul has worked as an Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Community Artist, working on stage and film productions.

New to AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group, Paul joined the team in October 2010, performing at Scare Kingdom Scream Park in Lancashire, and in Psycho Maze at The Halloween Adventure, providing the dedication and skills that AtmosFEAR! have come to expect from artists.

Paul is also Artistic Director for Merseyside based Community Interest Company 'Moving On Up Productions' delivering performing and visual arts projects. Working with youth and community groups, writing and directing modern adaptations of classic plays and producing new plays.

In his spare time Paul is a keen Artist, painter and song-writer and has a passion for chainsaws, rabbit holes and things that go bump in the night.

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