Nicole Merat is an American actress based in Seattle, WA, where she attended Cornish College of the Arts (2008-2012) and received her BFA in Acting. Best known for her co-starring role in Mountainside as Stella. Nicole loves sci-fi, documentaries, and creature features, and is a sucker for good cinematography and soundtracks. She is also a yoga teacher and sound bath practitioner. Nicole is represented by TC Talent in Seattle, WA.

Luke Elliott is a writer whose speculative fiction has appeared in Reckoning, Metaphorosis, and the Buckman Journal, among other magazines and podcasts. He's also the co-host of the “Ink to Film” podcast where he discusses books and their film adaptations from a craft perspective with a filmmaker co-host and industry guests. He has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop.

As a child, I was afraid of the dark, dolls, and monsters. Surprisingly, as I grew older, these very fears became the inspiration for my greatest passion: filmmaking. I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to turn my childhood terrors into captivating stories on screen. It's a journey from fear to fascination that I'm grateful to share with audiences everywhere.

Matthew Hardesty, born in Houston, Texas, has been described as having a ‘very special talent for taking figurative demons and making them real and terrifying’. He started his career in independent film in Austin at age 18. His education at the Austin School of Film showed him the importance of experimental cinema, and of not viewing the world through the obvious perspective. After moving to Los Angeles, Matthew continued to push boundaries on projects that the press have penned as ‘all orgiastic mayhem’ with ‘stunning visuals’.