Elliot Frances Flynn and Michael Paré Set for Supernatural Horror 'Not Herself'
Elliot Frances Flynn will star in the supernatural horror film Not Herself, with Michael Paré co-starring, Variety reported on 10 November 2026. The independent production has recently finished filming in New York.
Flynn plays Izmarie, a young woman who carries heavy guilt over a tragic accident in her past. The film follows how that history haunts her. Paré plays Reverend Charles Weathers.
The film is written and directed by Jon Russell Cring and Tracy Nichole Cring, a husband-and-wife filmmaking team. They co-wrote and co-directed the picture together, and they have produced 20 feature films as a pair.
Independent films are made outside the large studios, usually with smaller budgets and fewer famous names attached. That makes a casting announcement one of the first public signs that a project is moving forward. Wrapping production means the cameras have stopped. The next stage, post-production, covers the editing, sound and visual effects work that turns raw footage into a finished film.
Supernatural horror, a genre built on ghosts, curses and unexplained events, has long been a steady draw for small-budget filmmakers. Many of these films start with a tight cast, a single location and a clear central character, and Not Herself follows that pattern in its line-up: a lead at the centre of a story about past harm, supported by an older character in a position of spiritual authority.
Flynn and Paré are both known to audiences in different parts of the screen world, and their pairing gives the project a recognisable face at the top of the cast list. The filmmakers' track record of 20 features suggests a team used to working quickly and on a modest scale, though the announcement itself does not give a release date or distributor.
For now, the news is simple. A new horror film has its leads, its creators and a finished shoot. Anyone curious about what comes next will need to wait for the next round of updates from the production team.
