Age: 63
female
Jill Marie Schoelen (born March 21, 1963) is an American actress. A more unconventional husky-voiced "scream queen" heroine of the 1980s was Jill Schoelen, daughter of well-known fashion designer Dorothy Schoelen. Born and raised in Burbank, she studied at the Acting for Life Theatre in Burbank and started off on TV as a teen in the Fame-influenced TV pilot called Best of Times (1981) (TV) starring the up-and-coming Nicolas Cage and Crispin Glover. She gained in experience with a number of innocuous films geared mostly toward the young, including D.C. Cab (1983), Thunder Alley (1985) and Hot Moves (1984). The dark-eyed, black-haired pretty with the trademark bangs wouldn't find her horror niche until hooking up with Wes Craven and his TV movie Chiller (1985) (TV). From there she scored big with the cult shocker The Stepfather (1987) wherein she played the resourceful stepdaughter terrorized by the lecherous, meek-appearing Terry O'Quinn as the title monster. The sleeper hit put Jill on the map with a seemingly solid future, continuing on with The Phantom of the Opera (1989), this time keeping company opposite Freddy Krueger inhabiter Robert Englund as her deranged pursuer. But a few bumps in the road with such lowgrade fodder as Curse II: The Bite (1989), Cutting Class (1989) and Popcorn (1991) put a permanent damper on her career, despite coming back with a bit of grit in the thriller TV movie When a Stranger Calls Back (1993) (TV). Her object-of-a-stalker days behind her after filming Not Again! (1996), she settled comfortably back and raised two children with husband/musician/composer Anthony Marinelli.
A group of sorority sisters faces a terrifying Christmas break when a mysterious killer stalks their house. As the women prepare to leave campus, they discover they're not alone—a sinister presence lurks in the attic, watching their every move. One by one, the girls vanish under horrifying circumstances, their screams echoing through the darkened halls. With phones cut and help impossibly far away, the remaining survivors must band together to uncover the killer's identity and survive the night. Trapped in their own home during the holiday season, they confront not just a masked madman, but the psychological terror of not knowing who—or what—hunts them. Tension builds as paranoia spreads and trust fractures. This visceral slasher combines 1980s practical effects with genuine dread, transforming a festive setting into a nightmare where Christmas carols become a haunting soundtrack to survival.
