Age: 61
female
Martha Mills Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her work as a screenwriter and executive producer on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003). She was also executive producer, writer, and creator of the Bravo comedy-drama series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2015–18) and the Lifetime drama series UnREAL (2015–18). She was an executive producer of the CBS medical drama series Code Black (2015–17). Noxon also wrote the science fiction action film I Am Number Four (2011), the horror thriller film Fright Night (2011), and the biographical drama film The Glass Castle (2017). She wrote and directed the drama film To the Bone (2017). Noxon created the AMC dark comedy series Dietland and the HBO limited series Sharp Objects, both of which premiered in 2018.
In a seemingly ordinary third-grade classroom, everything feels just slightly... off. When a new teacher arrives - impeccably dressed in a vintage burgundy polka-dot dress and carrying an unsettling stillness - most students are too intimidated to question her. But not Eddie Baker, a scrappy, sharp-eyed troublemaker, and Melody, a fearless, action-ready classmate who refuses to ignore her instincts. Alongside them is Liza Higgins, a sensitive dreamer who notices the quiet, eerie details others overlook. At first, it’s small things: the way their teacher never seems to move unless she chooses to, the unnatural silence of her footsteps, the strange “Rules” she writes on the board that feel more like warnings than classroom guidelines. But when shadows begin to stretch in ways they shouldn’t - long, claw-like shapes that don’t match her form - the kids realize they may be dealing with something far more dangerous than a strict educator. As suspicion turns into certainty, the trio embarks on a secret investigation, sneaking through hallways, decoding clues, and testing a theory no adult would ever believe: their teacher might not be human at all. Blending humor, mystery, and just the right amount of chills, Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots is a nostalgic, “spooky-lite” adventure about courage, friendship, and the strange realization that sometimes the scariest monsters don’t lurk in the dark—they stand right at the front of the classroom, smiling patiently, waiting for the bell to ring.
