see the genius within the
films.
“John Carpenter and
Wes Craven were some
of the first indie filmmakers,” said Spaltro. “For
me, as an independent
filmmaker, it was about
seeing how those guys
worked with limited budgets. How can we raise
money and still tell the
story we want to tell? I
wouldn’t tell the producer that
the story is about a family with
sexual abuse, but it is, and it’s
also about a demon. It’s like,
how do you use the metaphor to
tell the story?”
The best horror films have always told much bigger stories
than they do at face level. Two
recent films that served as inspiration to Spaltro for this project
were It Follows by David Robert
Mitchell and The Babadook by
Jennifer Kent. Both films deal
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with the supernatural and evil
elements, and both are very dramatic, artistic, horror films. They
each gave him the confidence
that he could create the type of
film he could be proud of — even
in a genre he never expected to
explore.
“Horror is a great way to interpret real fears and how we
deal with what’s going on in
the world,” explained Spaltro.
“These fears are projected onto
monsters, demons, and spirits.”
Spaltro’s demon utilizes one of
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