Join us for a 45-minute panel with casting directors Rich Delia ('Scream,' 'Final Destination: Bloodlines'), Sarah Domeier Lindo ('Halloween Kills,' 'M3GAN') & Wittney Horton ('Until Dawn,' ' The Boogeyman'), moderated by casting associate Adam Richards. The panel will delve into the unique approaches to working in and casting for the horror genre. Is it all in the screaming, crying and running for your life? What does it take to be a convincing monster, demon or serial killer? How can actors hone their skills to audition and perform in every facet of the genre if it’s an original or a remake, or whether the budget is big or small? It will be followed by a 15-minute audience Q&A.

BIOS:

Rich Delia is a Casting Director based in Los Angeles and the owner of Rich Delia Casting. Rich is a proud member of the Casting Society of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television. He is a 13 time Artios Award Nominee, winning in 2015 for the film ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ and in 2022 was nominated for a BAFTA award for the film ‘King Richard.’ Additional credits include the upcoming films, ‘The Long Walk,’ ‘Now You See Me, Now You Don’t' and ‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘The Flash,’ ‘Shazam,’ ‘It’ and ‘It Chapter 2,’ ‘Game Night,’ ‘Short Term 12,’ ‘The Disaster Artist’ and ‘Joy Ride.’ He also casts for Television including the upcoming series, 'Welcome To Derry’ and 'M.I.A.'

Sarah Domeier Lindo is the Senior Vice President of Casting at Blumhouse Productions, with over 15 years of experience in film and television casting. She began her career in 2008 as a casting assistant to Meg Morman and Sunday Boling on several independent features, where she developed a deep passion for the craft. In 2011, she began a long and fruitful collaboration with casting director Terri Taylor, progressing from assistant to associate and eventually becoming partners.

In 2014, Lindo and Taylor joined Blumhouse Productions to establish the company’s in-house casting department. During her tenure, she has worked on more than 60 films and television series, including 'The Invisible Man,' 'Halloween,' 'The Black Phone,' 'M3GAN,' 'Us' and 'Whiplash.' Lindo was nominated for a Casting Society of America Artios Award for Jordan Peele’s 'Get Out' and won the award the following year alongside Taylor for Jon Chu’s 'Crazy Rich Asians.'

A native of Southern California, Lindo lives in Los Angeles with her husband and young son.

Wittney Horton's discerning eye for talent and her singular commitment to her projects have made her one of the most sought-after casting directors in Los Angeles.

Horton most recently cast A24’s film, Backrooms, based on the YouTube short series directed by Kane Parsons that has accumulated 186 million views on the platform. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell.

Last year she cast Playstation’s hit horror video game adaptation, Until Dawn, for Sony’s Screen Gems. Her other recent feature credits include East of Wall (2025 Sundance Film Festival Next Audience Award winner) as well as the latest installment in the juggernaut Transformers film franchise entitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts for Paramount Pictures and a Stephen King adaptation, The Boogeyman, for 20th Century Studios.

On the television side, she cast the Showtime series "Let the Right One In" written by Andrew Hinderaker and based on the acclaimed Swedish film of the same name.

Horton also cast the Peacock television pilot "The Lost Symbol" written by Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin based on the bestseller authored by Dan Brown. In addition, she cast the CBS television pilot "Tommy" written by Paul Attanasio and starring Edie Falco as well as the television adaptation of the hit film "Snowpiercer", starring Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, and Alison Wright which ran four seasons.

With Yesi Ramirez, Horton cast the pilots for "Thin Ice," produced by Liz Meriwether and Katherine Pope for Fox; "Terry," for Comedy Central; and the independent films Vandal and Gemini.

Horton worked as an associate with Casting Director Carmen Cuba for over five years on a wide range of films (Alien: Covenant, The Martian, Magic Mike, Now You See Me, Side Effects, Dark Places, The Reach), television pilots ("Looking," "Open") and series ("The Girlfriend Experience," "The Knick," "Sense8," "Narcos," "Stranger Things," "Mosaic") before forming her company, Horton Casting, in 2016.

Wittney Horton won a CSA Artios Award in 2014 for her work as Casting Associate on Steven Soderbergh's "Behind The Candelabra" for HBO. She was nominated for an Artios five additional times for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, "Stranger Things", "Narcos", "Looking" and Magic Mike.

Before her transition to casting, Horton spent almost a decade in development and production. Horton set up a number of spec scripts independently, most notably Most Likely Two at Sony with Laurence Mark (As Good As It Gets) and Sex Lives of Married People with Fox Television Studios.

She attended Film Independent's prestigious Producer's Lab in the fall of 2008 with the project Close To Me. Horton studied film and psychology at the University of Michigan.

Horton proudly served as a national board member of the Casting Society of America from 2015-2017 and is a member of the Television Academy.