Summary Not all body-swapping stories are full of fun mischief, as seen in Suitable Flesh. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep", the movie follows a psychiatrist as she learns one of her patient's schizophrenic symptoms are actually due to someone using an occult ritual to swap bodies with him, and she finds herself the next target of the one behind it.
It's been a joy, especially in this world, because I had never done anything quite like this. I think all my heroes are ones that always push themselves, and I wanted to push myself in a realm that I had never done anything with this sort of gravitas and atmosphere, but also at the same time, pay homage and make this a bit of a love letter to those cinematic provocateurs that I grew up with, especially Stuart Gordon. Knowing that this had ties to Stuart's work, it was a dream come true.
I'm glad you were allotted that opportunity. Heather, outside of maybe The Stand, this is also your first straight horror movie in quite a while. What was it like getting to dive back into that genre, and what about this project really sparked your interest? Heather Graham: Well, like Judah said, it's a dream to, as an actor, get to do multiple characters in the same movie. It's such an incredible opportunity, and obviously, working with such other talented people was so fun. I think we all had a great time, and Joe is such a cinephile, so you feel like you're in the hands of someone who really knows movies.Heather Graham: It's an actor's dream to get to play three different characters in the same movie. It's amazing.
Joe, I love how practical this movie is when it comes to a lot of its effects. I'm trying to be somewhat tame on spoilers, but it gets pretty brutal. How did you go about deciding how gory you wanted to be versus how subtle? If we're getting that kind of reaction on the day, on set, we knew that we were doing something right, because it was going to parlay into what was going to end up on screen, as well. So, having that practical and that over to the top feel was part and parcel with what we were trying to homage, but also still stand on its own and make sure that it hurt where it counted.