Maria Olsen

Acting

Maria Olsen

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Maria Olsen is an American actress. Best known for her appearances as Mrs. Dodds/The Fury in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Paranormal Activity 3, American Horror Story and Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem, Maria Olsen has worked on more than 65 feature films and over 150 shorts, television shows, music videos and commercials since 2005. She has also won four awards (including awards for both acting and directing), had two short films appear at the 2009 Cannes Short Film Program, one at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, plus others at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors and HorrorFest. Olsen also owns MOnsterworks66, producer of features such as Brandon Scullion's Live in Fear, Randal Kamradt Jr's Faraway, Eric Michael Kochmer's Way Down In Chinatown, Bert Havird's Reunion and Michael LaPointe's LoveTouchHate.

Acting credits

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief poster
6.2

Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010

Neighbors poster
6.2

A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.

Neighbors

2014

Paranormal Activity 3 poster
5.9

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

Paranormal Activity 3

2011

The Lords of Salem poster
5.4

Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

The Lords of Salem

2013

Southbound poster
5.9

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

Southbound

2015

Mojave poster
5.0

A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.

Mojave

2016

I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu poster
3.0

Following her rape, Jennifer Hills wrote a bestselling account of her ordeal and of the controversial trial in which she was accused of taking the law into her own hands and brutally killing her assailants. In the small town where the rape and revenge took place, the relatives of the rapists she killed are furious that the court declared her not guilty and resolve to take justice into their own hands.

I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu

2019

Faraway poster
3.0

Audrey, a determined young American woman, arrives in the Philippines with a mysterious mission, little money, and no chance of success. But when she enlists the help of two friendly locals, Hazel and Rey, and an extremely unfriendly American expatriate, Nick, suddenly the possibility of success comes into view. All they have to do is cross 300 miles of roads, jungles, and ocean, ward off the attacks of a vicious local motorcycle gang, and keep themselves from killing each other. It's going to be a bumpy ride.

Faraway

2014

Starry Eyes poster
6.1

A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

Starry Eyes

2014

15 Killings poster
4.6

After committing a series of multiple murders, a neurologist visits an incarcerated killer, living in exile. She studies him and his brain and discovers the horror that lurks behind his violent impulses.

15 Killings

2020

Vile poster
5.1

A group of people awaken to find themselves prisoners in a mysterious house with no means of escape. They are each outfitted with electronic devices attached to the base of their skulls. The chemicals that the brain produces when in pain are collected by the devices, and when it collects a predetermined amount, the doors will be opened. In order to escape, they must hurt themselves and each other.

Vile

2011

The Resort poster
5.4

Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.

The Resort

2021

Eminence Hill poster
4.7

A trail of revenge leads a notorious killer and a lawman to a town of fanatics.

Eminence Hill

2019

Dragonquest poster
3.4

When an ancient warlord summons a mythological beast, a young hero must complete a series of quests to awaken the dragon that will defeat the monster.

Dragonquest

2009

Murder Manual poster
3.4

Creepy, terrifying chapters from our book of horror include a little girl's journey from a world of nightmares into the nightmare of reality, a gay couple's romantic getaway in Palm Springs that turns murderous, a young woman whose rideshare turns deadly, and a girl who is held captive by a circus that must be rescued by her husband.

Murder Manual

2020

Pretty Boy poster
5.1

A masked killer named Pretty Boy takes a blind woman from her home in the Hollywood hills and crashes a Valentine's Day party where the bloodshed continues.

Pretty Boy

2021

Addicted to Fresno poster
5.2

Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.

Addicted to Fresno

2015

Folklore poster
1.0

Over the course of one day, an android, a water nymph, a time traveler, a couple aliens, an angel, a vampire, and many other mythic beings of folklore are interviewed and asked to update a fictional government agency on their lives.

Folklore

2012

No artwork available
5.3

Feed Me is a story about a young family in a suburban area in Southern California. The father, Jason (Cameron Graham), is an ambitious executive who keeps getting promoted in a large corporation. The mother, Christy (Mitra Avani), is a step aerobics instructor, who dedicates her life to caring for her 4 years old daughter Alicia (Duna DiVito). However, everything changes when Alicia suddenly starts disappearing every night. Jason contemplates his job security in devoting a great deal of time to this disturbing family issue. Christy believes that she can save her daughter by developing her medium skills. Alicia seems to remember nothing when she reappears, and malevolent forces may be placing her in a state between the unconscious to the subconscious.

Feed Me

2013

Lyla poster
4.6

A husband takes his family on a getaway to escape the distractions of society in order to complete his first book. While on the trip, he fights to retain focus and sanity after multiple visits from mysterious strangers who seem to know him all too well. When the husband is finally pushed to the edge of insanity, his wife's intentions come into question over a secret she is willing to do anything to protect.

Lyla

2022

Mark of the Witch poster
3.4

A young orphan discovers her occult lineage and the curse she is destined to fulfill.

Mark of the Witch

2014

Trophy Heads poster
4.6

An obsessed fan and his mother kidnap former 'scream queens' and force them to reenact their famous film roles...with deadly results.

Trophy Heads

2014

White Devils poster
NR

When the executor of a will comes to investigate why a once prosperous South African homestead has turned to rack and ruin, he uncovers a dark secret buried in the evils of Apartheid putting his own life in peril.

White Devils

Something Sinister poster
3.0

Amelia's claustrophobic life with Aunt Helen is disrupted when her past tries to push through to her present.

Something Sinister

2018

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