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The Chameleon Killer (2003)

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The Chameleon Killer

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Violet Flame was originally supposed to play the dual roles of Ellie and Trish from the beginning. Later, Matt Spease cast an actress to play Trish, but once Violet arrived to do her scenes the actress backed out and Violet agreed to play the dual roles anyway.
The murders that the killer ends up copycatting appear in the exact order that each film was released...
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
  • Halloween (1978)
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
  • Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
  • Scream (1996/I)
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
  • Urban Legend (1998)
  • Valentine (2001)
Violet Flame was hired for the role of Ellie Richards because of her physicality. The character is required to do many scenes that included fighting and her own stunt work, it only fitting that she was played by a pro wrestler.
The role of Sherrif Garris was originally written with actor Daniel Ramme in mind, but when director Matt Spease met Daniel's father Brian Ramme, he cast him in the role instead and Daniel ended up playing the much smaller role of Al Donaldson.
Many of the characters in the film are named after either other horror characters or horror actors/actresses...
  • Sheriff Garris (Brian Ramme) is named after David Kagen's
character in 'Friday The 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)'
  • Ellie Richards (Violet Flame) is named after two different horror
actresses, Ellie Cornell of 'Halloween 4 (1988)' and Denise Richards of 'Valentine (2001)'
  • Trish Richards (also Violet Flame) is named after Michele Michaels character of Trish Devereaux in 'Slumber Party Massacre,
The (1982)'
  • Theresa Mallory (Amber Simmons) is named after Laurene Landon's
character in 'Maniac Cop (1988)'
  • Michelle Wallace (Robin Lawrence) is named after actress Michele Michaels of 'Slumber Party Massacre, The (1982)' and Kyle Richards
character of Lindsey Wallace in 'Halloween (1978)'
  • Courtney Wallace (Brittany Scolfield) is named after Jennifer Myers character of Courtney Bates in 'Slumber Party Massacre, The
(1982)'
  • Janet Crane (Shania) is named after actress Janet Leigh and her
character of Marion Crane in 'Psycho (1960)'
  • Denise Marshall (Roxanne Burnett) is also named after actress 'Denise
Richards' of 'Valentine (2001)'
  • Reed (Isaak Partlow) is named after Peter Barton's character in
'Hell Night (1981)'
  • Mitch Phillips (Matt Spease) is named after actress Gina Philips
of 'Jeepers Creepers (2001)'
  • Paul (Charles Dickenstein) is named after John Furey's character
in 'Friday The 13th, Part 2 (1981)'
  • Glen Jacobs (Rodney Duncan) is named after WWE wrestler Kane who
ironically made his horror debut in 'See No Evil (2006)' Non Horror related names:
  • Coffy Grier (Kaisha Johnson) is named after both Pam Grier and her
character of 'Coffy (1973)'
  • Deputy Albright (Jonathan Jones) is named after Ernie Hudson's
character in The Crow (1994)
  • Dirty Harriette (Kelli Ross) is a female take on 'Clint
Eastwood''s character of 'Dirty Harry (1971)'

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