'Terrifier' star Catherine Corcoran says producers shortchanged her, filmed her nude without written permission

An actor from the original “Terrifier” movie has filed a federal lawsuit against the franchise’s filmmakers, accusing them of shortchanging her on promised residuals and using on-screen nudity without written permission

An actor from the original “Terrifier” movie has filed a federal lawsuit against the franchise’s filmmakers, accusing them of shortchanging her on promised residuals and using on-screen nudity without written permission.

Catherine Corcoran, who played Dawn in the first of those hit low-budget slasher movies, accused producer Phil Falcone and producer/director Damien Leone of paying her $8,341 in what’s just a fraction of what she’s contractually owed, the lawsuit alleges.

The actor reached an agreement with the filmmakers to work on the film for a very low per diem rate in exchange for 1% of the profits of the film and any future films in the series, as well as 1% of profits from merchandise related to the film, the suit said.

The movie became an indie hit and spawned one of the most successful horror franchises in modern cinema, but Corcoran never received the full amount she was owed, according to the lawsuit.

“Terrifier” is “one of the most popular and profitable independent horror films series produced in the last 25 years,” plaintiff’s attorney Devin McRae wrote in the lawsuit.