Lisa Watkins
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Lisa Watkins is an American actress primarily known for her roles in independent cult cinema and horror anthologies during the 1980s. She gained recognition for her performance as Verna in the 1985 cult classic Night Train to Terror, appearing in the segment "The Case of Harry Billings." In this role, she portrayed a bar owner and psychiatric patient alongside veteran actor John Phillip Law and Richard Moll.
Much of her work is intertwined with the filmmaking of Greydon Clark and the unusual production history of 1980s "slasher" cinema; her scenes in Night Train to Terror were originally filmed for the project Scream Your Head Off, which was later re-edited and released in 1992 as Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars. Beyond her most famous horror credit, Watkins also appeared in the 1983 thriller The Death Wish Club (also known as Carnival of Fools). Although her filmography is selective, she remains a recognizable figure for fans of "B-movie" horror and vintage exploitation cinema.
