From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://www.slashfilm.com/the-nightmare-gallery-casts-amber-benson/   
      
      
   Tara may have been ripped tragically from the world and from us Buffy the   
   Vampire Slayer fans, but Amber Benson is still acting in projects that   
   recall the sweet, vulnerable witch who stole Willow’s, and our, hearts.   
      
   The 40-year-old actress’ new horror drama 'The Nightmare Gallery', feels   
   like a nod to her roots, with a starring role as an gay anthropology   
   professor who investigates the mysterious, supernatural disappearance of one   
   of her students. Maybe if Tara had lived, this would be the kind of   
   adventures she would have.   
      
   Here’s the official synopsis for 'The Nightmare Gallery' below:   
      
   'The story follows Amber Benson as an anthropology professor as she   
   investigates the sudden, suspicious disappearance of her star pupil. A   
   mysterious collection of occult artifacts leads her on a nightmarish, Da   
   Vinci Code-esque journey toward an unspeakable truth that will threaten her   
   career, her marriage, and her sanity.  Kevin Chamberlin  is in a co-starring   
   role as a psychiatrist who assists in the professor’s investigation.'   
      
   I said earlier I’d love this movie as the continuing adventures of Tara (and   
   presumably Willow as her unseen wife) in a hypothetical situation in which   
   she survives Buffy the Vampire Slayer and lives happily solving supernatural   
   mysteries, though I’d probably take it without the “unspeakable truth”   
   threatening her career, marriage, and sanity. 'The Nightmare Gallery' itself   
   sounds like an intriguing mystery horror movie with pleasing LGBT aspects —   
   something rarely seen in genre movies outside of token stock characters.   
      
   In a press release, director Blalock stressed the importance of the LGBT   
   elements, and keeping a gay character as fleshed out and complex as   
   possible:   
      
   “One of the driving forces behind this film is the realization that very few   
   movies, particularly in the horror genre, feature LGBTQ characters and treat   
   them like normal people, rather than caricatures. So while the anthropology   
   professor is married to another woman, her sexual orientation doesn’t   
   tokenize her or diminish the nuance of her characterization. Our intention   
   with this film is to craft an outstanding horror film in its own right, but   
   also one that would promote the idea that genre films can be about someone   
   other than straight, white men and women.”   
      
   'The Nightmare Gallery' is slated to begin production this summer.   
      
   David   
      
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