and his creative process. As disappointed as he was to not see the fruits of his labor, Koepp is now opening up about the challenging time he had on the long-gestatingmovies are so difficult is because it’s really difficult. It’s hard. It has to be great. The first and third movies in that series are just utterly beloved, and ‘utterly beloved’ is a high bar,” Koepp explains. “So, I did a couple versions of this last one that I thought were good; the last one, in particular.
I’ve always respected the fact that Blumhouse is willing to do reshoots for their low-budget films. It shouldn’t be a practice that only gigantic blockbusters can afford. Generally speaking, what did you revise or clarify via reshoots? Both. It was a real Rubik’s Cube because the location in Wales is a real place called the Life House, which you can see. It’s designed by this architect named John Pawson, and it’s a beautiful house. It’s only one story; I added the second story in post. It’s got these marvelous hallways and so, some of our early shots are in the actual house. They’re long takes for a reason because I wanted to lay out the geography very specifically and say, “Look, here’s the light hallway.
Avery Essex gave one of the better child performances I’ve seen in quite a while. Did you cast a wide net to find her, or was she discovered rather quickly?
I find it telling that in all the interviews, neither Blumhouse or Koepp will even acknowledge inspiration from House of Leaves let alone ripping it off.
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His new thriller looks scary AF. Love Kevin Bacon and can’t wait to watch it.