![]() The lead actor, Joey Collins, lives in Arlington and has been seen in the latest theater version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Broadway. “Most of my actors are from Virginia,” he said, mentioning Prince William County and from Maryland too. The actors came from around this area and the Screen Actor’s Guild. “There’s always a market for horror films,” he said. The pandemic got in the way a few times but the crew persevered. Powdering the nose of Arlington resident Joey Collins takes the shine off when the camera lights are on.The filming process for “Monster,” started in December 2021 and he’s just about through with all the post-production work before it hits the film festival circuit and possibly more. “My sister had this disease and it killed her,” he said. This monster affects his speech and then spreads to his whole body. ![]() “A man is haunted by a monster that only he can see,” Taylor said. In the world of “spoiler alerts,” he didn’t want to give away too much before audiences get a chance to sit on the edge of their seats, so he threw out a teaser. In this latest production, he filmed scenes at the Southside 815 restaurant, Bradlee Medical Center, and a house in Great Falls to tell a story that is indirectly about a real-life disease that haunts many including his sister, who died of the disease. In Michael Taylor’s horror film, “There is a Monster,” lots of scenes were filmed around Alexandria and Mount Vernon, where he lived for a while honing his filmmaking career that landed him in the entertainment limelight for the last few years.
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