Nailbiter is a 2013 horror film directed by Patrick Rea. The movie was first released onto DVD in Japan on January 25, 2013 and received its American debut on April 5, 2013 at the Phoenix Film Festival. It stars Erin McGrane as a mother who defends herself and her children against a dangerous foe. Rea intends to film a sequel to the film, which is tentatively titled Nailbiter: The Storm Children and will feature Meg Saricks reprising her role as Jennifer. Plot Janet and her children Sally, Jennifer, and Alice are on the way to the airport to pick up their military father when they are forced to take shelter from a tornado that is ravaging the area. They manage to find a storm cellar outside of a seemingly abandoned house, however once the storm stops they discover that a fallen tree is preventing them from leaving. Sally decides to try escaping from a window, only to get bitten by something outside of the cellar and fall into temporary unconsciousness. Attempts by Jennifer to message her father for help are unsuccessful. Their car is noticed by the local deputy Carr, who begins to search for the family. He asks a neighbor, Mrs. Shurman, only for her to claim ignorance of the Maguires. Carr continues to look and finds the family, but is killed in the process by an unseen monster. Frantic, the family searches the cellar for any chance of escape and in turn finds a diary that reveals that the Shuman family will give birth to monsters whenever they go into labor during a storm. They manage to also find a hidden tunnel leading to a moonshine distillery. Janet and Jennifer investigate the distillery and take a propane tank. While they are gone, a monster invades the cellar and takes Alice away. Janet manages to open the door using the propane tank as a bomb, but dies in the process. Sally and Jennifer escape the cellar but make it to a neighboring home, only to find that they are monsters similar to the Shurmans. Sally is attacked by the family, leaving only Jennifer to escape. She is soon surrounded by a large group of people, all of whom are monsters that begin to transform as a storm approaches. Jennifer is then attacked. The following morning there is no trace of Jennifer except the series of text messages that she