Characters

Name: Emilija Rybakova

Role: Alice (Present younger sister)

Alice is a young curious 10 year old girl. Her relationship with her sister is slightly strained which makes her prefer to spend time alone, but she knows when Kate is being serious and listens to her when she shows authority in important situations. She was reluctant to move to the new house and leave her friends behind, but did not get to have a say in the matter.

Name: Simona Rybakova
Role: Kate (Present older sister)/ Past older sister

Kate is Alice's 18 year old sister. Since their mother is always busy with work, Kate has had to assume the role of mother and help rake care of her sister. She is still however, a teenager, and enjoys those rare and precious moments when she can act like one. Kate has a hard time showing Alice that she does care for her and that she's not just taking care of her because she has to, but their encounters usually end up as ill misunderstandings.

Name: Tara Cox

Role: Wise Old Lady

The Old Lady is a life long resident of the town and knows many things that others have tried to keep secret. She was possibly a former member of the cult, or was just aware of their actions, but chose to stay in the town when the cult dispersed. Others just see her as just a crazy old lady who lingers in the town and is usually avoided.

Name: Arlene Rafferty

Role: Emily (Past younger sister/ spirit)

Emily was a child that lived in the present sisters' current house. Her family were part of a cult that her older sister discovered had evil intentions. The sisters tried to escape but were caught and Emily had a curse put onto her to kill all those who went against the cult, which led her to kill her older sister. The cult moved on leaving Emily behind in the house. Her spirit was never able to rest and to this day continues to haunt the house and target people who choose to insult the cult.

Seeing as the story is about sisters, it would have been great if we could get an actual pair of sisters to play the necessary parts. Both me and Tara Cox had sisters, but Tara’s sister is the same age as her, so it would have been unrealistic to pretend that one was younger when they look the same age.

I also had a sister and she was about the right age. The only problem is that she is the same height as me, so when shooting will take place, she might have to bend her knees or slouch; and I will have to wear shoes with thicker heels to make myself look taller. Other than that, she was the best candidate for the job because of her more childish face and the fact that we look like each other, making the sister relations look more believable.

The part of the Old Lady was originally planned to be played by Tara’s mother, but she will not available during the days when shooting her scenes is planned. To overcome this issue we decided that Tara could fill the role. When the old lady features in the film her face is predominantly hidden by her hair and a scarf and Tara changes her voice to sound more raspy. This way she should be able to pull of the role.
Tara chose her younger cousin Arlene to play this roll. One reason being that we used her cousin’s house as the main domestic location for our filming. Furthermore her cousin is the right age and size to play the role of the young girl who happens to be possessed  Her character will feature mainly at the beginning and end of our trailer as she is a very important character relating to and reflecting the main narrative of our film. Arlene will be to able to play this role well as she is not required to perform any sort of strenuous acting.