“We’re all going to die someday, but when we die is there
something else?” asked Spaltro. “If there is something else,
what is it? Are we alone in the
universe? I feel like the more we
know, the deeper the questions
get because we have all this information and things still don’t
add up.”
As a director, Spaltro has seen
his share of bad horror scripts
— often exp loitive — and generally the type of slasher flick that
won’t advance a career. But he
also admits to being a horror fan
while growing up. He blames
it on his grandfather showing
him films he probably shouldn’t
have been watching as a kid.
While researching films for this
project, he noticed he was able
to experience the same visceral
thrills as an adult that he had as
a kid, while seeing the films from
a different perspective. In fact,
watching them again with the
eyes of a filmmaker helped him
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