{"id":46883,"date":"2025-03-21T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=46883"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:49:41","slug":"newcomer-alexandra-serfass-interview-women-in-horror-month-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/21\/newcomer-alexandra-serfass-interview-women-in-horror-month-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcomer Alexandra Serfass Interview [Women in Horror Month 2025]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet newcomer Alexandra Serfass:<\/div>\n

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What is horror to you, what makes a work of art one in the horror genre?<\/strong><\/div>\n
Since working as ‘Craft Services’ on my first set ‘Amityville Barbi & The Evil Dead-O’s’ in September 2024; I have learned the biggest piece of the puzzle is having an incredible team of Cast, Crew and Post-Production Crew.<\/div>\n
Having a team that works well together is the biggest hurdle in completing a true work of art.<\/div>\n
Every person is integral to the process. It’s important that all of those people feel supported in their roles.<\/div>\n
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What made you want to work in horror?<\/strong><\/div>\n
I feel like it’s in my blood. My great-grandmother was an extra in many of the Japanese z-rated Kaiju films. Then, there’s my Step-Dad who is a huge horror fan. He introduced me to many of the great 80’s Slasher-Flicks.<\/div>\n
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Since then, I have met so many inspiring individuals in my short-time working in the genre that continue to inspire me.<\/div>\n
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Where do you get your inspiration?<\/strong><\/div>\n
I gain inspiration from the various teams that I have worked with. Their levels of unique creativity and passion on-set continues to fuel my drive.<\/div>\n
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My biggest inspiration has come from my mentors at Trimungus. Mark Sarro & Jessica Jett. They have taken me under their wing and continue to teach me new things. Learning fuels my inspiration to try new things.<\/div>\n
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I have also found excitement and inspiration from watching the practical FX teams do their work. Shawn Sieger, Trauma Queen FX, Stacy Lynn S & Ronald Black are the names I would be watching if I were you!<\/div>\n
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What would you like your legacy to be in the genre (or elsewhere)?<\/strong><\/div>\n
There is more than one answer to that question; both answers represent a desire to support other filmmakers in their pursuit of making their dream-production into a reality.<\/div>\n
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One of my long-term goals is to be a great-cinematographer, so that I can use my camera to tell incredible stories.<\/div>\n
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Right now, I am very passionate about the work I am doing as Producer\/Director.\u00a0 Which also allows me to take a concept and turn that concept into a stunning reality.<\/div>\n
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What is Women in Horror Month to you and why is it still important this many years later?<\/strong><\/div>\n
‘Women-in-Film’ sometimes feel so few and far between. So, I think Women in Horror Month reminds us that we are ‘many.’ That we are all a force to be reckoned with.<\/div>\n
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Who are some of the Women in Horror who you look up to and who do you want to bring attention to in your field or others?<\/strong><\/div>\n
Fallon VenDetta is a prolific actress\/producer that I met on the set of a Schlock & Awe Kaiju-Film ‘Amityville Pool Toy Massacre.’ Not only is she a strong asset to the Horror Community, Fallon VenDetta feels like a force to be reckoned with!<\/div>\n
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Jamie Root, of ‘Fuzz on the Lens’ was one of the first female Director\/Cinematographer\/1st AD that I met in-person. She is one of the Women in Horror that I greatly admire. She and her team have become one of the most-celebrated production companies of the modern indie-horror community.<\/div>\n
Root’s advice (as I spoke with her only once very briefly at a STREAM screening,) was; to keep working\u00a0 and never stop learning.<\/div>\n
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Michelle Santiago is another name you don’t want to miss in horror! While I met her as the lead villain in Swine & Dine by Black Ave Films. You may know her from STREAM,\u00a0 Terrifier 2, Fall Out & so many more!<\/div>\n
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What are you currently working on that you can tell us about?<\/strong><\/div>\n
All I can say is that I am currently Producing\/Directing something really special that I hope will be released in 2026.<\/div>\n
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I also hope to work with friends at ‘Clockout Films’ on their upcoming feature film “First State of Fear.” Which you can currently find crowd-funding on Indiegogo.<\/div>\n
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Where can readers keep up with you?<\/strong><\/div>\n
If you want follow my works; You can find me on Instagram as @alexandraserfass
\nIf you are looking to connect and work on a project together; you can email me directly at\u00a0MoodyMercuryProductions@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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