Reyna Young

Reyna Young's alter ego Miss Misery has been labeled by press as "The Queen of Horror in the bay area". She currently resides in San Francisco with her husband John Gillette and son Logan. Reyna is an Award Winning Director and actress with over 15 years of experience in Theater, Television and Film. Reyna is known for her work in the horror and action genre films and is a late night horror hostess of the popular syndicated show Movie Massacre which she writes, directs and produces. She was born in 1983 in San Francisco, Ca and grew up taking dance, singing, tap dancing, martial arts and acting classes. The oldest of two children, her younger sister and her were raised by their Father. She is of English, Hispanic and Native American descent. Reyna became interested in acting after watching John Carpenter's Halloween when she was a little girl, wanting to grow up and be Jamie Lee Curtis, she quickly begged her father to take her on auditions, which he did. Landing her roles in commercials, and seeking out every audition she could. Before Directing her first short Reyna auditioned and landed roles in independent films and theatre productions her first year of college. Quickly wanting to be behind the camera, she wrote and directed her first short film and from there fell in love with Directing. After meeting her future husband John Gillette, they quickly created Last Doorway Productions and started making short films. In 2007 on October 31st The Last Doorway aired and Reyna Young presented her persona Miss Misery. The Last Doorway lasted for 78 episodes before being asked by a station in Hayward to host late night movies. Thus Movie Massacre was born and is now a syndicated television show. Reyna also hosted Zombie Proms around the bay area and ran for six years a film festival showcasing the work of short horror films called A Nightmare to Remember. She's producing, Directing and writing feature horror films in the industry.