Tina Krause
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Born | Cristina Krause[1] (1970-07-29) July 29, 1970 (age 54) Queens, New York, USA |
Occupation(s) | Film actress Film director Film producer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Tina Krause (born July 29, 1970) is an American film actress, producer, director, and model.[2][3][4][5]
Career
Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen',[6] and an 'Indie Horror Queen',[7] the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent producers of horror films and erotic spoofs. In an interview at Horror Society, she states that she was "discovered" at Chiller Theatre and has been acting "ever since".[3][8][9] Her first feature was Sorority Slaughter in 1994. By the time she was in her 30s, she had become a "huge fan favorite".[2]
Krause has appeared in over 78 independent, direct-to-video features, including Penny Dreadful, The Drunken Dead Guy, The Thirsting, Zombiegeddon, and Play Dead.[10] She also worked several times with RedLetterMedia, including on The Recovered, Feeding Frenzy, and The Grabowskis.[11] She has also done some fetish modeling, sometimes under the stage name Mia Copia.[12] She is in Horrotica which began its principal filming in the New York–New Jersey area in June 2009.[13] In 2011 she portrayed Sally in Richard Chandler's Christmas comedy film Scrooge in the Hood, which is a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.[14] In 2015 she starred alongside fellow scream queens Erika Smith and Rachael Robbins in The Fappening.[15]
Partial filmography
- Sorority Slaughter (1994)
- Rana, Queen of the Amazon (1994)
- Rana and the Vengeance of Ilsa von Todd (1994)
- Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island (1995)
- Sorority Slaughter 2 (1996)
- Danger in Blue (1996)
- Curse of the Swamp Creature 2 (1997)
- Bloodletting (1997)
- The Hypnotic Murders (1998)
- Psycho Sisters (1998)
- Dead Students Society (1998)
- The Vampire's Seduction (1998)
- Evil Streets (1998)
- Scary Sexy Disaster Movie (1999)
- Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge (1999)
- Crimson Nights (1999)
- Cannibal Doctor (1999)
- Limbo (1999)
- Misty's Secret (2000)
- Dinner for Two (2000)
- Danger in Blue 2 (2000)
- Crimson Nights: Vampire's Seduction 2 (2000)
- International Necktie Strangler (2000) (as Mia Copia)
- Strawberry Estates (2001)
- Shoot the Girls (2001) (as Mia Copia)
- Blood For the Muse (2001)
- Hayride Slaughter (2001)
- Witchouse 3: Demon Fire (2001)
- The Vegas Showgirl Strangler (2002)
- Revenge of the Necktie Strangler (2002)
- An Erotic Vampire in Paris (2002) (as Mia Copia)
- Machines of Love and Hate (2003)
- Vampire Vixens (2003) (as Mia Copia)
- Zombiegeddon (2003)
- Silver Mummy (2004)
- And Then They Were Dead (2004)
- Bikini Girls on Dinosaur Planet (2005) (as Mia Copia)
- Penny Dreadful (2005)
- Thirsting (2006)
- Cross the Line (2007)
- Blood Oath (2007)
- Catching the Fever (2008)
- Survive! (2009)
- Cross the Line (2010)
- Feeding Frenzy (2010)
- She Wolf Rising (2010)
- Scrooge in the Hood (2011)
- When Death Calls (2012)
- The O.C. Club (2012)[16]
- The Fappening (2015)
- Hollywood Warrioress: War of the Gods (2019)[17]
Recognition
In their review of the film Thirsting (aka Lilith), Sci-Fi Universe wrote, "Most actresses are unknown. Only Tina Krause has earned a solid reputation, particularly through her performances in films produced by rogues fantastic Seduction Cinema".[18]
References
- ^ Krause, Tina. "post, 9/9/2022". Instagram.
- ^ a b Skin (2004). Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked (illustrated ed.). Macmillan. p. 304. ISBN 9780312331443. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ^ a b "Tina Krause: Scream Queen of the Month, 06/00-08/00". Scream Queen. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Tina Krause". All Movie Guide. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Tina Krause interview". B Movie Man. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Tina Krause in Jay Bauman & Mike Stoklasa's The Recovered". Twitch Films. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ Gringold, Michael (March 24, 2009). "BAD BIOLOGY (Film Review)". Fangoria. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ "interview: Tina Krause". Horror Society. March 28, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "She's a Sensation--Tina Krause on the movie biz & filmmaking". D-filed.com. 2001. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "LaSalle County debuts as setting for horror film". Pantagraph. November 15, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
- ^ see imdb
- ^ "Femme Fatales journal". 11 (1 ed.). Femme Fatales. January 2002.
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(help) - ^ Gringold, Michael (June 11, 2009). "Scream queens shriek through 'Horotica'". Fangoria. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ Gash, Doctor (April 30, 2012). "Boston Film Family's Scrooge in the Hood Tickles Your Paranormal Funny Bone". Dread Central. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ "The Fappening (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ The O.C. Club at IMDb
- ^ Hollywood Warrioress: War of the Gods at IMDb
- ^ "LILITH : QUAND LILITH LA COQUINE TAPE L'INCRUST'" (in French). SciFi Universe. November 14, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.