b'Versatile Actor Alys Crocker:\x1f \x1d to HORROR Born into a creative family, AlysShe also watched a lot of moviesto hide, and then jump out and scare Crocker was destined to be an actor.as a child. the rest of the cast.Herlatefather,JohnCrocker,My Dad was a movie bu , sheAlysenjoysthechallengeofa wasadramateacheratPortPerrysaid.Wehad3,000VHStapesatvariety of di erent roles.High School. Her mother, Catherinehome. I dont have a favourite genre, McNeill, taught art there. Herfatherwouldoftentakehershe said. I like switching back and Little Alys grew up playing maketothemovietheatre.Asyoungasforth. I dont want to get stagnant.believe and putting on skits. agesix,AlysaccompaniedhimtoShe portrayed the romantic lead-I always liked to be the centre ofhorror thatwerePG-13.Johning lady Madison, who fell in love, inicks attention, she laughs. would assure the ticket seller that histhe movie Unperfect Christmas Wish. daughter would be okay with it andThen she was oacting in another not afraid. horrorlm.It toughened me up, she recalls. The May 2021 issue ofFocus on We enjoyed many movies together. Scugogfeatured a story entitled the NowAlysgetstostarinsci-UnperfectChristmasWish:Local andhorrormovies,insteadofjustproductioncompany lmsanother watching them. Her Facebook pagemust-see movie in Port Perry. This pro le photo depicts her wearing aarticle is about a recent movie shoot bloodstained white t-shirt, dressed asinvolvingscenesatthelocalPet a character that was stabbed to deathValu. This project is one of many that in the chest.Alys has worked on with her friends, Theres a lot more to acting than BrigitteKingsleyandlmmakers justrememberingthelines,AlysAndrew Cymek, who live on Scugog pointedout.Forexample,itsveryIsland.importanttorememberwhereyouMeetingBrigitteandAndrew are supposed to fall after youwas one of the most important things get stabbed. thathappenedinmycareer,Alys Theres thinking aboutsaid. We bonded, and are such good thelighting,wheretofriends and we really enjoy working turn, how to walk, wheretogether. We also had that Port Perry tosetdownyourcup,connection.where you are supposedOneofAlysfavouritemovie tobelooking,whereroles was Elle, a super enthusias-thecamerais,plustic,overthetopgirlexcitedabout awareness of 30 peoplelife who truly believed in the magic watching. ofChristmasinMistletoeMagic. Its very technical,Andrew directed it and Brigitte was she explained. one of the producers.On the set of the mov-This spring, Alys was busy with ie The Door, in a creepythe role of Emily, the leading mans old haunted, abandonedgirlfriend, in a psychological thriller meat-packingfactory,entitled The Devils Void. It was being Alyswastheonlyone lmed at a cottage near Bancroft and who was not afraid. atabarinPeterborough,notfar Otherswereterri ed,from home.every day, she said. I usedPlease turn to page 14FOCUS - JULY 202113'