Horror Spotlight on Maritza Brikisak (Cursed Waters, They Turns Us Into Killers)

HNN spotlights the career of indie actress, Maritza Brikisak, who plays Anne Verbonic in the upcoming Mahal Empire film, Cursed Waters. She joins an outstanding cast that includes Greg Tally (Lt. Commander Jacob Bridger), Glenn Plummer (Captain Bure), John Wells (Tiberius Shaw), Wayne D Burdette Jr. (Greene), Wesley Cannon (Kilgore), Elizabeth Chamberlain (Flora), Alexander Hauck (Benjamin Norton), and Dawna Lee Heising.

Cursed Waters – After their ship is sunk in a naval battle, a group of pirates flee to a nearby island. However, the island is more than it seems. As they try to evade capture by the navy they soon find that the island is inhabited by a terrifying cult. What other secrets does this island hold? Can the pirates survive? Can they escape? – Director, Adam Werth

Maritza Brikisak has an incredible background that has brought her to where she is now. Maritza was a Mission Control Engineer in the James Cameron documentary, Aliens of the Deep (2005) that explored the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet’s most unique life forms.

The popular soap opera, The Young and the Restless (2007) gave Maritza the opportunity to play an inmate and gain exposure on network television.

The Lurking Man (2017) is about a woman battling addiction is given a chance at redemption if she accepts Death’s offer. Maritza plays Cailean in this film that she also co-wrote with Keith Rommel.

Alister Kunkle believes death is in love with him. A simple smile from friend or stranger is all it takes to encourage death to kill. Maritza plays Death and Alister’s mom in the movie, The Cursed Man (2020).

Will Collazo Jr’s Night of the Zomghouls (2022) – When a serial killer escapes while being transported to prison, the psychopath makes a sacrifice, and possesses the animatronics at a kids restaurant. Maritza plays Jill Korek.

Maritza is Lady Sinister in The Macabre (2022) – Shy girl Molly is having a party. She is inviting her school bullies and has planned one hell of a night. After a party trick goes horribly wrong, each guest is forced into a macabre game of life and death by an ancient demon who forces them to tell horrifying stories.

The future is bright for Maritza Brikisak as she has two upcoming films from filmmaker, Thomas Walton. In the horror film, They Turned Us Into Killers, Maritza plays Detective Marcia Anderson along with a all star genre cast including Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, Michael Barryman, and Scout-Taylor Compton. And then, Maritza plays Darlene Rutherford in the highly anticipated, Camp Pleasant Lake. An enterprising couple, the Rutherfords, decide to open a horror camp on an abandoned camp property (Camp Pleasant Lake) where a young girl named Echo Meadows was kidnapped and her parents were brutally murdered 20 years prior. Maritza is part of an all star cast that includes Bonnie Aarons, Michael Pare’, and Jonathan Lipnicki.

Horror News will be looking closely at Maritza Brikisak and her future works of horror.