By: Arthur Jefferson
"I love to be frightened...it's sexy."
She’s hot. Red hot. And all natural. Patience Holmes is also all business, at least until she addresses a camera lens–and then she effortlessly slips into a couple of characters. This dichotomy includes a demure waif-next-door (think Dawn Wells) and an unbridled "wild child". Holmes is more actress than model; her facial resiliency and body language develop a flexibility that breeds more than a generic bombshell. There’s a palpable intelligence behind the eyes of both alter egos. And mischief. Striking poses with a pulp-ish hubris, her vulnerability evolves into empowerment and vice versa. A sure candidate to crack the Boys Club, her genre preferences also reflect a duality. The ravishing redhead tempers her affection for classics (DON’T LOOK NOW, CARRIE) with a passion for modern Grand Guignol. Circumventing stereotype, she doesn’t shield her eyes from on-screen carnage; she’s a slasher geek! Holmes’ activity includes modeling for a comic book tentatively titled Red Riding Hood (vignettes about an "tasty adventuress" who winds-up [literally] in the soup or in the oven). Award-winning illustrator/sculptor Daniel Horne has conceptualized a sci-fi heroine exclusively for the actress/model ("Patience is a beautiful, contemporary girl with a classically sleek and womanly figure," explains Horne. "I’m going to portray her as a renegade–specifically a light-saber wielding, Hutt-hunting debt collector. Patience is a turn-on because all she has to do is stand there, she doesn’t even have to try."). The "horror hotty" has been cast in Jerry Moore’s Giant Monster Movie Serial (Toho homage) and THE COLLECTOR, the latter directed by Charles Roggero. Fanboys fantasize about a gorgeous girl who rhapsodizes about zombies, Pinhead and whacked predators; well, gentlemen, here she is...and may the best man win!
Favorite horror movies? "HELLRAISER, HALLOWEEN ('78), EVIL DEAD II, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ('68)."
Worst horror film? "PUMPKINHEAD."
Favorite actress who's linked to the genre? "It's a tie between Linda Blair and Kathy Bates."
Favorite actor who's linked to genre films? "Another tie, this time between Boris Karloff and Johnny Depp."
Favorite boogeyman (or boogeywoman)? "Pinhead...and Freddy Krueger."
Favorite female character? "Carrie White." (CARRIE)
Favorite director? "Wes Craven and Rob Zombie."
The scene, from a horror film, that genuinely frightened you? "Actually, zombies always seem to scare me the most--especially fast moving zombies!"
Favorite sexy or erotic scene from a horror movie? "The love scene between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in DON'T LOOK NOW."
Your comments regarding women's roles in the genre? "I think more women should embrace the horror genre; furthermore, I think women add a lot of appeal to horror movies whether villain, heroine or victim."
Why do horror films appeal to you? "I love to be frightened, it's sexy. I love everything from thrillers, that really get you thinking, to outright blood and guts. It's all so fun!!"
Do you sleep in the nude? "Absolutely!"
(Photo: Thanks to evilnice.net for the stained glass window of Robby the Robot)
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