For many, Janet Montgomery is best known for her work in television. She played the character Ames in 11 episodes of Human Target, Jennie in 10 episodes of Entourage, Mary Sibley in 36 episodes of Salem, and Dr. Lauren Bloom in 89 episodes of New Amsterdam – but I’m most familiar with her work in two horror films that were released in 2009, The Hills Run Red and Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead. So it’s cool to hear that she’s returning to the world of horror features with her latest project, a body horror film called Symbiosis.

Set to go into production April, Symbiosis will be directed by Mark Heller (The Passage) from a screenplay written by Stephen James Thompson. Set in a remote research station in Scotland, the story centers on a husband-and-wife team working over Christmas as the only two people who can save humanity from an alien parasite — tiny...