Morgan Moss She / her
"Usually, extra lives only cost a quarter. This one cost me a little more."
SPECIES: Vampire OCCUPATION: Bartender / Manager at Another Castle AGE: 74 Years Old (Looks to be about 47) PLAYED BY: Jam FC: Robin Tunney
BIOGRAPHY:
Have you ever heard of Morgan Moss? It’s alright, not many have. Her stuff’s pretty deep cut. Like, carotid artery deep. Cult classic, shlock and awe.
I think Moss is a stage name, like the double Ms make her more interesting. She grew up rather unremarkable in Ventura, California, but had dreams of hitting Hollywood someday. Emotionally intelligent but perhaps a little intense, she never quite shone as brightly as other stars, but that’s okay – it takes all kinds to light up the night sky.
Morgan herself was lighthearted, determined, and a funny girl. An empath, some would call her, extremely attuned to the emotions of others. She could slip them on like a costume if she wanted. And despite everything else, she couldn’t help but find herself drawn to the growing landscape of horror films, the feeling of fear prickling the back of her neck, sweat on her brow, her heart hammering. Black and white and red all over, she watched the Universal Monsters, Hitchcock’s classics (but back then, they were the contemporaries), Rosemary’s Baby, and more. The films went from monsters to thrillers to satanic panic and Morgan wanted to be a part of this transgressive world of spine-chilling cinema.
It took some time for her to get there, of course. A lot of couch surfing was involved, living paycheck to paycheck, taking whatever role she could get. (Don’t ask her about losing Laurie Strode to some no-name nepo baby.) The movies Morgan Moss featured and even starred in barely made it to the theaters, relegated to the bargain VHS bin and public access broadcasts largely lost to time. It was blood, sweat, and tears but she smiled through it all the same.
But like all the fake corn syrup blood, opportunities dried up the older she got – Hollywood has a way of sucking the life out of you, doesn’t it? In the ‘90s she hit her 40s, too old to even play a mother, a role she never got to fulfill for herself as she chased her glittering dreams. It was tenuous work already but having a child was like commercial suicide for an already-irrelevant but always-reliable actress like her. There were no big breaks for women at her big age. Until some bigwig casting director got her on his couch – and you’ve heard about what goes on behind closed doors in showbiz. Morgan’s career was in the red and unlucky for her, was only going to drown in it.
She was only too willing to put her neck on the line, so it’s no surprise it got bitten. Morgan didn’t remember much about those few days, but she knew enough to recognize she had gone full method for her horror movies – Hollywood turned her into a vampire. At first, the loss of her empathic ability was a shock to her system. The only emotion she could feel for once in her life was her own, and newly turned, she was ravenous. Selfish. Survival mode. It wasn’t all bad, though, because the turn really opened her up to the nightlife of stardom, the dark underbelly. The whole industry was bloodthirsty in a way she’d only imagined on the other side.
Morgan spent a few years on a bender before Y2K fears loomed and the turn of the millennium sobered her back up. Technology was changing, times were changing, and she was now stuck in place – eternally too old for Hollywood, eternally young enough to save herself and the things she loved from total irrelevancy. She became an advocate for media preservation – from movies to video games from her heyday.
By about 2010, Morgan Moss didn’t really do acting anymore, but a last-ditch opportunity to be in a Stephen King-inspired project sent her to Maine and she comfortably landed in Wicked’s Rest. On set, she fell in love with the Best Boy (what a job title, so silly and yet so perfect), a man named Bradley Roland. Though she confessed the monstrous truth to him, he was unafraid, having seen the type of person she really was – without all the acting and fake viscera she had put between herself and others for so long. They married and settled down together, taking ownership of a local barcade they curated to celebrate the not-so-distant past.
They were happy for 15 years, until the magic of Wicked’s Rest started to unravel, unsettle, and there was a blackout, a bite, and a dead body. Now Morgan is back to being a solo act, mainly content to be an extra in the movie that is other people’s lives.
PERSONALITY:
Dorky · Nostalgic · Maternal · Hardworking · Addicted · Avoidant · Stubborn
OTHER INFO:
Morgan doesn’t know whether she killed her husband or someone else did. She blacked out during the early 2025 surge that led to his death. She wants to believe it wasn’t her fault – an actress is always good at pretending, right? (Open for a possible plot with others here - message Jam!)
Morgan starred/appeared in a number of extremely C-and-D-List horror films throughout the ‘80s and early ‘90s, with various ratings. Her credits include, but are not limited to: Evil Dog From Mars, Evil Dog 2: The Bitch is Back, Death Orders a Pizza, Museum of Dead Girls, A Splitting Headache, That Statue Has Eyes, The Devil’s Ex-Wife, Deer Hart, Blood Sunset, Blood Sunrise, Massacre at Grady Beach, Vampire Babes from Down the Block, Gone By Morning, Heartbeats from Pluto, The Mold, The Deading Singer, and more.
She also played a bartender in a movie called Dead Cushion (a billiards-themed horror flick) which inspired her curiosity in the profession later in life. She also just really likes talking to people and hearing their stories – she considers it character study. Morgan especially likes talking to empaths as a way of reminiscing about her living days.
Her personal favorite movie is The Lost Boys. Yes, she knows it’s ironic now.
Morgan has a massive personal collection of physical media, functioning players, and more. She’s usually happy to share, but is extremely protective of her stuff.
Signs her initials on the arcade high score tables as MOM.
