Meet the permanent team behind AtmosFEAR!
Creative Producer
Jason Karl is uniquely qualified to produce haunted attractions and entertainment having worked in the UK haunted entertainment industry for the past 13 years. 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 Tussaud’s Group. He has produced haunted events for a variety of blue chip clients including The Walt Disney Company, Merlin Entertainments, Mars and Virgin Active. At Halloween 2005 he was selected by Producers at Disneyland Resort Paris to join their Halloween Parade and most recently produced ‘Ghost Encounter LIVE’, ‘Madame ZORA’ and ‘The FRIGHT Before Christmas’ haunted attractions during 2007.
Jason first appeared on television aged 14 in the award winning television series ‘Knightmare’ which paved the way for his career in the entertainment industry. This was quickly followed with further childhood television appearances including British Satellite Broadcasting’s ‘The Satellite Game’ and the Disney Pictures/Touchstone film ‘Three Men and a Little Lady’. After studying theatre, photography, film and television and gaining his Equity card travelling the country in a variety of theatre shows in his early twenties, Jason rose to fame as a co-presenter on the Living TV show ‘Most Haunted’ and subsequently ‘Most Haunted Unseen’ both of which have been syndicated to worldwide audiences. He has presented a variety of television programmes and series in several genres including Discovery Channel’s ‘Ghost Hunters’, ITV’s ‘Haunted Halloween Live’, ‘Tineke’s Paranormal World’ (Holland), ‘Ghost Quest’ (Belgium), Live TV’s ‘The Why Files’, ITV’s ‘Strange But True Encounters’, ZDF1’s ‘Schlossgeister Mondan’ (Germany), Channel 4’s ‘The F*cking Fulfords’, the supernatural adventure gameshow ‘Spectre Inspectors’, ABC’s ‘Diana – Spirit of a Princess’ (USA), Meridian TV’s ‘Perfectly Pets’, the DVD series ‘Jason Karl’s High Spirits’ and produced ‘Haunted Homes’, ‘Spellbound’, and ‘The TV Chef’ starring Julie Goodyear which was shown at the Edinburgh Television Festival. He has presented over 1000 hours of live television on ‘QVC’ – the world’s premier shopping television network, gameshow channel ‘Jackpot TV’, ‘Yes TV’ and jewellery showcase ‘Gemtique’.
As former Creative Director of Pure TV Ltd. he developed ‘Terrortower!’ – a location based television adventure game blending aspects of the haunted attraction industry with a traditional television entertainment format. He also commissioned a series of live interactive audience participation events under the title ‘Scariest Places in Britain’ during which members of the public were invited to spend the night in a variety of haunted locations across the country and produced ‘GhostCon’ – the UK’s first paranormal conference which was held in a Victorian mansion and attracted visitors from around the world.
After developing AtmosFEAR! with Paul Howse and Pure Productions in 2004, Jason produced a variety of haunted attractions and entertainment for a number of high profile clients including ‘Disney’s Haunted Mansion Weekend’ for The Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista, ‘Wicked Weekend’ for New Holland Publishers, City of FEAR’ for Mars, ‘Fright Nights’ – an 18 month long series of haunted entertainment events for Merlin Entertainments and ‘Mission Possible: Haunted Castle’ for Virgin Active. He also designed, wrote and produced ‘The Exhibition of Ghostlore’ for The York Dungeon in 2002.
Jason is AtmosFEAR!’s Creative Producer and is responsible for developing concepts into workable attractions and shows, fostering relationships with production partners, branding AtmosFEAR!’s product, directing productions and ensuring AtmosFEAR! remains the market leader in the independent UK haunted attraction industry.
Jason is an established television presenter and broadcaster, most recently presenting ‘Make Up Most Horrid’ – a make up special effects horror show, and BBC Jam’s ‘The Makeover Show’, occasional actor, most recently in ‘The Clenched Twat of Notre Dame, for Virgin Shorts/Propeller TV, and author of six books which have been published throughout the world including titles for Canada and the USA. To date he has sold over 35,000 books worldwide and has reached television audiences of over 30 million viewers. He is a member of British Actors Equity, The Spotlight (Presenters), The Chartered Institute of Journalists, The Pagan Federation, is a regional representative for The Ghost Club Society (established 1862) and a member of The International Association of Haunted Attractions (IAHA).
Email Jason – jason@atmosfearuk.com
For further information you can visit Jason’s official website at www.jasondexterkarl.com
Technical Producer
Paul has always had an interest in things spooky and strange and a passion for storytelling. He has worked in theatre since he can remember and has a flare and imagination for creating drama and spectacle.
When the chance to work in the scare industry with producer Jason Karl presented itself back in 2004, Paul jumped at the opportunity and together imagineered the seeds of what has become AtmosFEAR! Haunted Attractions - a company with a portfolio of scare attractions to suit a variety of genre.
Following the successful ‘Disney’s Haunted Mansion Weekend’ designed for The Walt Disney Comapny/Buena Vista to coincide with the launch of ‘The Haunted Mansion’ film being released on DVD in the UK, Paul realised that with his flare for scare, AtmosFEAR! had the potential to introduce the American scare industry to the UK.
Subsequent productions including Ghost Encounter LIVE! at Halloween 2007 have ensured that Paul’s creativity is constantly brimming with dastardly delights and that as Technical Producer, the Scream Team behind AtmosFEAR! will go from strength to strength.
Paul is always imagineering new ideas to scare the pants of people, and works with technical equipment, magic props, close up magic, mentalism and psychological scares to keep AtmosFEAR! audiences on their toes. He is a member of British Actors Equity, a professional performer and has also appeared in several scare attractions for AtmosFEAR!
Email Paul – paul@atmosfearuk.com
Show Producer
Janet Baron has worked in the entertainment industry in theatre, television, films, radio and holiday centres for over 20 years as well as role playing in a variety of tourist attractions. She is currently also a principal for the Helen O’ Grady Drama Academy.
Janet is a qualified teacher and started dancing at the age of 9. Janet also has LAMDA qualifications with distinctions in acting and the speaking of verse and prose.
Janet is an accomplished singer with her own touring show and has worked as an Entertainments Manager, local cable television presenter and radio presenter. She is a member of British Actors Equity.
Since 2005, Janet has been working with AtmosFEAR!, firstly as a Host and more recently as a Show Producer on productions including ‘Ghost Encounter LIVE’, ‘SCARY Tales’ and ‘The FRIGHT Before Christmas’.
Today, Janet is responsible for dealing with performers, assisting with casting, writing show scripts, managing show operations and understudying character roles in case of scareactor unavailability.
Email Janet – janet@atmosfearuk.com
Production Assistant
Industry Relationships Co-ordinator
Willow is AtmosFEAR!’s administration and production assistant. One day she may be sorting through marketing databases, filing paperwork and contacting clients, the next she will be covered in black paint helping to construct a set on location, or dressed up as a scareactor handing out flyers for an upcoming production!
Willow is also AtmosFEAR!’s Industry Relationships Co-ordinator and fosters links with other haunted attraction operators, suppliers and marketers.
Email Willow – willow@atmosfearuk.com |
